Colds in the Summer

Colds in the Summer are so weird. Emma has a cold right now and it's trying to make it's way through the whole family. Dave and I have been fighting it for a few days. Abby has it a little also. I think Josiah may have started it all because his eye was a little goopy before Emma got it! How can such a little guy pass on a cold? Anyway, I wanted to post something, but I haven't been taking any pictures because of the snotty noses! So, here are some random pictures from before.

Cool fort Dave made for the kids in the playroom.


Josiah and his best friend taking a nap

My big girl finally stopped for a second so I could take her picture

Emma in time out! (So stinkin' adorable)

4 Months

Our little man just turned 4 months yesterday. He thought he'd celebrate by rolling over onto his tummy! Seriously, it is going by way too fast! He is having fun checking out the world. He loves hanging out in the playroom with the girls, sitting in his Bumbo, just watching them play. He also loves making all kinds of noises in his little play gym trying to grab the toys. He has started giggling now, which is so adorable. He is huge already! He went to the doc yesterday and weighs a big 16 pounds now. He are his latest pictures.

I just can't get enough of him. Look at that sweet face!

This is his new best friend. My best friend gave this to us with all the clothes because her son didn't like this one. Her son has another dog similar to it named 'Chewy'. So Abby named Josiah's Chewy also.

Here he is asleep about 3 minutes after I took his picture!

Recent Pictures

Sorry I've been a slacker. Here are some recent pictures of my little munchkins.

Abby & Emma slept in the same bed when we went to the cabin. When we got home Emma kept getting into Abby's bed. I put Abby in our bed and left Emma in their room. This is how I found her asleep: in Abby' bed, she took off her pjs, and tucked pooh bear in also!

Just hangin' out at home.



At Burger King with friends. (The summertime playground, can't wait for it to cool off!)

Emma just started potty training. She is doing awesome. Kids with Downs are very hard to potty train, but she amazes me (as usual) and wants to use the potty.

Mr. Personality! He is so much fun now!

I was getting the next size of clothes out for Josiah. My best friend, Jill, gave me a TON of clothes. These are all the clothes for his age right now. That is a crazy amount of clothes. So blessed to not have to buy him any clothes.

We had fun burying each other.



Well, that's just some of what we've been up to lately!

Old Friends

Two of our friends from San Jose came to visit this past weekend.
This is Michelle.

She was part of the leadership team for the College/Young Adult group when Dave was the pastor over it. Michelle is on the drama team at our old church so Dave worked with her on some videos and dramas for the services.

This is Melissa.

She went to the College/Young Adult group also and she taught with me at Valley Christian Elementary. Melissa and I spent many lunch hours together, and took summer school together. We even carpooled to work sometimes.

We had so much fun seeing them again. We watched some videos that Dave made for the College group. They were hilarious and fun to watch again! The girls had fun playing with them and Josiah loved cuddling with them.

Getting Away

(Sorry this post is old! I started it, but I took so many pictures that I had a hard time narrowing them down and never posted it. So, here it is minus a ton of pics.)

Dave surprised us by taking us out of town on Sunday. We went up to Utah and stayed in a little cabin just outside Zion National Park. It is so beautiful up there. I always love going up there.


We stayed at Zion Mountain Ranch. It was so relaxing. Our cabin was right next to the garden. The girls LOVED exploring in it.




We drove over to Kanab. They had a movie set museum there. A lot of old western movies were filmed there back in the day.

3 Months Already!

Josiah has turned into Mr. Personality lately! He is so much fun. He loves to give the biggest smiles and he's been 'talking' like crazy. His little coos are so cute. He's been batting at his toys and just having fun.

The Last Day!

I can't believe Dave comes home tomorrow. It really has gone by fast this time. Having my Mom come and then going to Phx for a few days helped break things up. This is the third summer he has gone to Atlanta and surprisingly this trip was the best. I was a little nervous about him going this year because of three kiddos now, but it well pretty well. There were no major meltdowns and they were able to see him on Skype which I think is why it goes faster. I have been going non-stop since he left, but I still feel pretty good. I am looking forward to slowing down starting tomorrow! (Check out my last blog entry to see all I've been up to.)

So, here's a story of a little girl who never stops. She is definitely 2 years old and is into absolutely everything in the house. Yesterday while I showered she put lotion all over my laptop, luckily it was closed!

My sister-in-laws and niece and nephews were coming over to swim today so Abby and I were in the bathroom putting on sunblock. Emma comes in with my phone and goes into the closet and closes the door. After we were done I went to the closet to get Emma to put sunblock on her, but the door was locked. She just learned how to lock and unlock the door. So, I tell her to unlock it, but she can't. The lock has a regular key lock on it, which we don't have a key for. She has my phone in there, which is our only phone because we don't have a house phone. I ask her to slide the phone under the door and she does! I call Dave and give him the low down and he tells me to get something to beat the door handle with. He tells me to try a big book from the bookshelf, but it didn't work. So, he tells me to run to the garage to get a hammer, by this time Dave's mom, sister, my niece, and nephew arrive. So we're all in the bathroom watching me beat the door knob over and over again until it finally comes off. Then I figure out how to turn the mechanism on the inside and little Emma is free!!! Aahh, never a dull moment!

I took this picture at my sister-in-law's house this week. Emma was playing in Maddy's room and couldn't reach something. She went into the bathroom and got the stool so she could get it.