Graduations, Ceremonies, and Accomplishments

Well, the end of May had A LOT going on! Alec graduated from Kindergarten and had his little performance which was really cute. I have to say that I was a little surprised by how emotional I felt during his graduation. It's silly, but I was thinking "wow...he will never be a Kindergartner again...he's going to be a first grader and that just seems too old for my baby boy" Anyway...he had a great year, and he loved his teacher Mrs. Ferrell. she was great!

Alec also tested and passed his green belt testing in Tae Kwon Do. He has been in it since he was only three years old! He started with his little preschool buddies and they are all in it together still! Now when I see the little white belt kids it's so hard for me to believe that that was how little Alec was when he started. A week after these pics were taken with his instructor Mr. Hitt he pulled out his second upper front tooth while at Tae Kwon Do. The assistant instrucor Mr. Lee said that he would pay Alec a dollar if he would pull it out (since it was dangling) so Alec immediatly did. So now he has quite the Jack O Lantern smile.

Alec and Ava both had their Awana ceremony. They really enjoy going to Awana every Sunday during the school year. Eriik and I have our small group over to the house while they are at Awana which works out great. Alec is so fast at memorizing his verses, but most importantly is that the verses began to sink into his heart and he asked the Lord to come into his life and forgive him of his sins in May! He had been asking lots of questions and he had said the prayer before, but it wasn't till now that it really sunk in for him. He was praying before bed with Eriik, and he just said the prayer on his own. Very exciting!

We also had the opportunity to dedicate Addison to the Lord at church while my mom was visiting from Missouri! Kelly and Sydney were able to come for the weekend to celebrate Memorial Day and Addison's dedication too! We pray that she will grow to know and serve the Lord and love Him with all her heart. We pray that she will love God and love people...that simple.

Here are some pics.

Alec and Mrs. Ferrell

Ava was just a little excited about her Cubbies award :)

Alec up to bat!

Check out that cute little Sand Gnat!

I just had to throw this in because it's my favorite pic of all three of them. It was taken when Addy was about four months old.

Alec and Mr. Hitt after his belt testing....he's now a green belt...the pics of the belt ceremony are still on my Iphone.

Mr. Hitt always gets him laughing

Addison's dedication

Not much alike....

So, I just decided to compare photos of all my kids at the same age. Addison turned four months old May 6th, and so I looked up pics of Alec and Ava at the same age. I have to say I was a little surprised at how different they all look! I do remember that we could never get a smiling picture of Alec...he was always so serious, and the girls are super easy to get to smile. I think Ava wins the smile award though...if she wasn't screaming her head off she was beaming this gorgeous smile at you :) She was an all or nothin kind of baby...still is :) Addison, definatly has a different look to her and I just can't figure out who she looks like. Some people tell me they think she looks like my mom...some say she looks like Eriik's mom, some say she looks like Ava...I don't know. What do you think?

Alec 4 months old (so grumpy looking...but he was a sweetie)

Alec 4 months old (look at that chubby little man...he doesn't see the humor in us putting a wash cloth on his head I guess)

Ava 4 months old (her hair had just started to lay down..a few weeks before this, her hair was standing up all over her head)

Ava four months old (see what I mean about the smile..love it)
Here is a pic of Addison sitting in the Bumbo wearing Ava's shirt from the picture above...I tried, but I can't make them look alike!

Addison seems to be the smallest and baldest of the three. She just had her 4 month well check and she is 72% in weight and 92% in height...Alec and Ava were both over 95th percentile in everything!

As far as personality goes, Addison wins the easy going award. For example: The other day I was cooking dinner and realized I was out of an important ingredient, and Addison was asleep in her bed. I loaded up Alec and Ava in the van and transfered Addison to her car seat...she woke up, smiled at me, and went back to sleep. She stayed asleep the whole time we were at the store! We got home, I cooked dinner and she woke up at exactly the time she was supposed to eat!! That is just the way she is...very easy going....most of the time (she does love to hear herself scream a very loud high pitched squeal of joy that about makes you about go deaf). Let me tell you, I never in a million years would have woke Ava in the middle of a nap! I wouldn't have tried it with Alec either...just because he was my first, and I really had no need to. All this to say...I am so glad that we decided to have a third child...she's been a joy. I am so thankful to God for all three of our little blessings....all so different and so special.

Easter Joy...

Well, it's been a long time since I last blogged. I've been kind of busy just living life with my sweet little family of 5. It's been a fun, busy month, and I have lots of pics to share, and not a lot of time to write about them. It was so great to have my sister and niece out from San Antonio for Easter weekend. I wish they would move here! The Easter service at our church was great, and I really enjoyed the "readers theater" that our pastor shared. We had a wonderful day celebrating our risen savior!
I want to take a minute to give a quick update on the kids:
Addison is growing and changing way too fast....I want to hold on to each moment and savor it. She is three months old and will be four months May 6th! She is such a joy!! I mean that, I'm not just saying that because she's my baby, she is truly a delight. She's so sweet, smiley, and there is nothing that compares to her sweet little baby giggles! She is so easy going...just fits right into whatever schedule we have going on for the day and is a great sleeper too. Alec and Ava are such a good brother and sister.
Ava is very affectionate with Addison, and wants to hold, hug or kiss her every second...we're working on boundries :) Ava is going to be 4 June 1st and is loving preschool. She enjoys playing princess, and playing mommy with her dollies. If she's playing with Alec they play Star Wars (she's princess Leah of course), or Ninja...it's a lot of fun to watch them.
Alec has been playing baseball for the Sand Gnatts (that name still cracks me up...THE MIGHTY GNATTS!) This is his first year for coach pitch, and he really is having fun with it. I can't believe he's about to graduate from Kindergarten...where has this year gone! He is a really good reader, and is enjoying math alot. He's still taking Karate too and is a camo belt. Well, for someone who doesn't have much time, I sure got long winded! Here are the pics:

At Ava's preschool Easter party

Preschool egg hunt

Ava wanted to play dress up with Addie one morning :)

Love those big open mouth smiles

Alec got to play against his best friend Carson a couple weeks ago.

Our little Sand Gnatt :)

Praying before a game

Alec at our church Easter Celebration. I loved how they did a walk through the life of Christ, before the egg hunt and all the other activities.

Jesus feeding the 5,000

They love their cousin Sydney!

Addie loves the "sprout pouch"

Awww

Dyeing easter eggs

Easter morning

Fabulous February (and a little bit of March)!

Wow...it's been a long time since my last post! Having 3 kids has been keeping me pretty busy! Ok...so, why did I title this post Fabulous February? February is always fabulous for me because it's my birthday month, and it's Valentines Day and this year we had our newest and last addition to the family to share it all with. Addison started sleeping 6-8 hour stretches during February which was really nice! This morning she slept till 7 Am..which was just perfect for our daily schedule. Also, we just had a great visit with Eriiks parents..I loved having the extra help and we all really enjoyed their company! It was sad to see them go!


So, here are tons of pics to catch you up on what we've been up to, and what little Addison looks like lately! She is now 8 weeks old...hard to believe, time is flying!

6 weeks old

This pic was taken of her about a month ago...when she was 4 weeks old.

Addy was crying when I was in the kitchen and Ava thought she needed just a few stuffed animals! :)



Nanny and Poppy with little Addy for the first time!




Check out that double chin :)





Ava had her Western Day program and we were so thrilled that Nanny and Poppy were here to see her sing in it! She did a great job and sang every word...if I get a chance I'll try to post the video.

Sweet little half grin

Hangin out on her play mat.

What's up Daddy?

At Ava's Valentine Party

All three kids in our front yard

Sooo sleepy

This pic is one of the most recent, it shows how chubby she's getting.

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