::sick::

Our whole house is sick!
(well almost the whole house)

4 stuffy noses.2 sore throats.1 earache.1 sinus infection.3 fevers.
4 headaches.3 sick eyes.3 prescriptions.2 trips to the pharmacy.
1 dr. visit.2 absences from school.2 thrower uppers.
4 coughs.2 achey bodies.

...and a partridge in a pear tree.

(the sickies)

(the (mostly) wellies)

::performance night::

Last week we had performance night for gymnastics for Chloe and Porter.

Port's was first...








He did awesome! He's gotten a lot stronger and more coordinated since he started back in August. It's been fun to watch.

(Portie (5) and his teacher, Miss Jaquee)

Chloe's performance night was Tuesday. She did great too! She switched midyear from power tumbling to all-around. She was just a little bored with power tumbling and her favorite teacher left, and just wanted a change.






She was fun to watch. It was fun to see what she can do! She's got good flexibility, a great memory (for her routines), and good form!


(Chloe (7 1/2) and her trophy)

It was fun to watch them. They both did so great--especially since there were SO many people watching! It's really fun to watch them do well at something they really love :)

::2 months old::

Our tiny girl is 2 months old!



2 month stats...
weight: 12 lbs. 2 oz. (76th)
height: 24 1/4" (95th)
head: 37.8" (25th-it's a tiny little head)

She's such a sweet baby! We're loving every little bit of her!

@ 2 months, she...
~loves to smile, and smiles with her WHOLE body~
~LOVES to be talked to~
~goo-goos~
~says "ohh" and "wah"~
~likes to kick her legs~
~still sticks her tongue out all the time~
~has an awesome double chin~
~is getting chubby-and it's so cute!~
~likes to be held so she can see what's going on~
~gets mad if she's got a dirty diaper~
~loves to cuddle~
~loves to be held~
~cries when she needs to burp~
~always falls alseep in the car~
~eats a lot~
~doesn't love being on her tummy~
~loves to wave her arms around~
~spits up a lot~
~still sleeps a lot~

Speaking of sleep...

She started sleeping through the night @ about 8 weeks old, and she sleeps in her own room.
And it's so nice :)



We just love our girl. She's so sweet and so much fun.
She's a good baby, and we all just can't get enough of her. Especially her brothers and sister. They're always trying to kiss her and hug her. They all love to hold her. They share their toys with her and their "mummas." Bubb even offered his "beeky" to her when she was crying--now that's love!

::my beautiful girls::

These are just some random little pictures. I hate when I don't use a picture in a post. I love these, but never managed to use them anywhere, so I thought maybe I'd just do a dumb little post about nothing.

This one was taken on Ava's blessing day. Right after I fed her, Chloe wanted to hold her for a minute while she watched the rest of Bubble Guppies (dumb name, but a pretty cute show). I thought she looked particularly beautiful in this picture.


Ava's about 4 weeks old in this picture. I took it because she was really into the lights on her swing. She was making all kinds of faces at them, and she was just so wide-eyed.

In other news...
Port's sick. He's been sick since Sunday. It started out with a fever, sore throat, runny nose, and general icky feeling. Yesterday he started to feel worse...higher fever (102) and "throw upping." Poor boy! I felt so bad for him. We took Ava to the dr. for her 2 month check up (more on that later), and he suddenly got a bloody nose. It was his first ever, and totally out of the blue. He also keeps telling us how bad his head hurts. It's horrible when there's nothing you can do to make them feel better. He slept with us last night, and was pretty miserable. Some time during the middle of the night, he was crying and said "I don't wanna die!!" I wanted to cry. I just felt SO bad for him, and started to get a little scared at what he said. I looked up his symptons on Web MD. Meningitis, Leukemia, all those horrible diseases plagued my mind; and of course, being the worrier that I am, I talked myself into the possibility that he might have some horrible illness (the random bloody nose kind of contributed to my paranoia). He's feeling better this morning-thank goodness!

::the graduate::

We've had a few big graduations this year. Cousin Jordan graduated from high school, Uncle J graduated from college, and...

Port graduated from preschool!


We went and watched a little program. The kids wore graduation caps (all except Port-he carried his). They sang us some songs and did a little dancin' (not Port-he doesn't dance).


(Portie on the first day.................................................and on the last day.)

The kids got to stand up on this little platform and get their diplomas and a couple of books. The teachers talked a little about each kid and gave them awards.


Portie got the "Disney Imagineer" award because he loves characters so much. First it was Buzz Lightyear, and now it's Mario. I'm glad they can recognize individual traits in each child and call attention to it in a way that makes them feel special. He was excited to get the award (and the diploma).



Portie and his teachers.

(Miss Tammy, Porter (age 5), and Miss Michelle)

::end of the year swim party::

Since Port's preschool has a swimming pool, they always have a swim party at the end of the year.

Yesterday was the day...

It was 45 degrees and cloudy. But none of the kids even cared. The pool's heated, so that makes it nice for 'em.



And poor Bubb. He wanted to swim too, but he couldn't.

They splashed and played for about an hour and a half and then we went in to practice their songs for graduation and have a snack. I took Port home a little early because he was SOO cold from swimming and wearing a wet swim suit.

::Portie's Parties::

Happy Birthday, Portie!!!

Since Port's birthday was on a Tuesday, we waited 'til Saturday to have his parties. He had a friend party at 12:30 and the family party at 5:30. It was kind of a busy day.

He kinda likes Mario, so we went with that for his parties.
We invited some cute little friends from school and church. There were 8 little boys at our house (9 if you count Bubb)!!

(Kelton, Cody, Landon, Garrett & Gavin (twins), Liam, and Tristan, and of course, Porter)

Level 1 was jumping over the lava. If you landed in the lava you had to hop around in the lake (that I drew on the garage floor) to cool off.

Level 2: Yoshi's egg hunt.
They had to dig in a wheelbarrow full of sand to find hidden Yoshi eggs with a treat inside them.


Level 3: Balloon stomp.
They had to stomp the question mark balloons and get the treat inside them.


Level 4: Bowser!!
They had to throw water balloons at Bowser's face (which I drew with washable markers so it would fade and run when it got wet). Once they defeated Bowser, Princess Peach (aka Chloe) would be free and give out prizes.

(see Princess Peach hiding??)




Level 5: The Pinata!!
This one was the favorite, of course. Each kid took a few turns with the sun (we couldn't find a Mario one, but we figured the kids wouldn't care-and they didn't).

(Even Bubb got a turn. After Port and I knocked all the candy out, he grabbed his share and put it all in his boots. HAHA!!)

We had some pizza and cupcakes and opened some presents. Then all the little friends ran to Port's room to hide in his closet with their glow sticks. Cute boys.

(Port's poor sad face! He had just fallen and scraped his knee. I'm sure he'll love that picture when he's older :) )

And our sweet Baby Ava somehow slept through the whole thing.

(Ava- 7 weeks old)

A few hours later, we had both sides of the family over for the family party. He had lots of fun and got lots of awesome presents!



He got the MegaMind movie, some Mario action figure guys, a Mario duffel bag, a squishy Mario, some awesome bubble blower toys for outside, a slip 'n' slide (it has 3 lanes so we can race eachother-if summer EVER comes!!), and a nerf gun. He loves it all!!
:)

We had some cake...

...and called it a day!

It was such a fun day. I think Port had fun. We're so glad all his little friends (and cousins) came and that (almost) all the family was able to be here for his birthday. We have such great family. They all love him so much and he loves them all back! We appreciate so much that everyone came to celebrate Porter!! He felt special and seemed to really enjoy being the center of attention for a while
:)