It Can't Be...5 Months!

I really cannot believe my little guy is already 5 months old.  Here are a few pics of my little sweetie and an update on what he's been doing. So, he hasn't been a fan of tummy time, but that is changing.  He loves rolling over now.  I found him asleep on his tummy for the first time last week.  That made me sad.  He's growing up too fast.  

Lately he has been soooo hungry, so we started him on rice cereal a few weeks ago.  Not a fan.  He would scream until he got the bottle.  Now he's got the hang of eating off the spoon and seems to like it.  I cannot get over how happy this guy is, unless it's time to eat!!!  I am truly blessed to have had 3 incredibly happy babies.  Thanks, God!

Buddy Walk 2010

The Buddy Walk was on Saturday. Wow, it was a very hot day, but it was worth it! We raised $1,000!! I was so overwhelmed again by the generosity of family and friends supporting Emma and Down Syndrome. What was most overwhelming to me was the people who I hardly know, but are friends of family or co-workers, that gave. That was a blessing for me this week...How some people are so generous and kind to those they don't know. It definitely challenged me to be more giving. Anyway, thanks to all who supported us! Here is a look at our afternoon at the walk.
Here is the star of the day. She was soooo tired. It was way past her nap.



This one is precious!


The first year we started this tradition of taking Emma's picture with everyone. She wasn't so cooperative this year since she was extremely tired.

I had to jump in the picture because she didn't want anyone else to hold her.



We were finally on our way.


The whole gang.

Throughout the walk there were volunteers to cheer you on. They would chant, "Go Team Emma!" Emma would just stare at them.

She finally fell asleep. We had to use a shirt to keep her out of the sun.

After the walk...ready to go home.

Happy Birthday to Me!

What a great it has been. Dave spoiled me today. First, I got to sleep in. Then he made a yummy breakfast. Next, I got to go shopping all by myself. We ended the day at Claim Jumper for another yummy meal.

Northern Nevada

Dave and I want to move out of Vegas eventually. This isn't the place that we want to raise our kids. We've been praying that someday, hopefully sooner than later, God will move us somewhere else. Dave is always looking on line for property and dreaming of the future. We'd love to have a ranch and to have his parents and my parents both move with us.

Dave found some property up in Northern NV by a tiny little town called Battle Mountain. We took a road trip up there to see what it was like.

The girls were eating Cheetos while watching VeggieTales. We just found out they were gluten-free so we were excited.



The area was very nice and so was the property. It was in a canyon which was cool. It even had a little stream running through it, but it didn't have a huge flat area to build where the power ran to.





After that we drove over to Elko. All of Northern NV was so beautiful. We went to look at some other property that was on a river, but we ended up on a wild goose chase and never found it. We talked to someone that lived in the area and found out that the streets weren't labeled correctly. So our map was doing us no good! It was so beautiful, but then a storm hit and I didn't get any pictures by the water. Dave took this cool picture when we stopped on the side of the road.


Next, we drove down to Ely to spend the night. We wanted to ride the train, but it didn't leave until 4:30 and we were planning on heading back to Vegas early in the day, so we just took a little tour of the rail yard. We saw them working on the train and then we watched them back it out. We got covered in soot, but the kids had fun.