Lily's 3rd birthday

Little Ms. Lily turned three this weekend, and we went up to celebrate with her on Saturday. Her birthday party was at a farm, where the kids got to ride on horses. Darrian had a lot of fun, and really loved the horses. I was surprised because I didn't think he would want to ride on them and he didn't want to get off. It was COLD, and when the rain began to fall we took the party back to the house to continue the celebration.

I can't believe Lily is three years old. I have been looking back at pictures to see how Darrian looked at Miles and Quincy's age and saw pictures of the girls from three years ago. Malia and Ivy have gotten so big, and changed so much in just three years, and Lily has come into this world and changed into such a little lady. She is so cute, and Darrian loves playing with her.

Darrian wearing his riding helmet

Miles all smiles even with the cold

the pretty picnic area

Quincy and daddy

The presents

Ivy and her friend

horses

Chris looking serious

birthday girl on the horse

Malia on the horse, she takes lessons so she got the horse to run a bit. Then she got off and the horse did not want to stop running :)

Darrian on the horse

Mr. Q

Ivy riding

Lily opening gifts, she has great reactions even to duplicates.. opps. : /

Intro to t-ball

I signed Darrian up for a into to T-ball camp. It was on Tuesday's and lasted for 5 weeks. He had a lot of fun doing it, they walk the kids through catching, running bases, hitting, covering bases, and throwing. At the end they play a game of chase and it wore Darrian out, all for $27.00 I was a happy camper.

Here are some pictures of D on the last day of T-ball camp.

Oh I remember this..

It is funny with the twins now as they show personalities and changes, it reminds me of Darrian and what he did as a baby. Wait he isn't a baby anymore? Yea that too. It makes Darrian seems so big and makes me miss the little years.

The other day I posted a picture of Miles doing "push-ups"

As soon as I took it I remembered that Darrian used to do the same thing.

The difference Miles is 5 months when he started doing this, and Darrian was 7 months. Um anyone want to tell Miles to slow down, I am not ready for it to go FASTER the second time around!

Jump off

Quincy and Miles LOVE the bouncers.. I got some footage of them jumping together this week. It makes me smile every time.






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FIVE months!!

I can't believe Quincy and Miles are 5 months old, almost a half a year. Life goes so fast when your losing your mind, I mean having a good time :). It has been a lot of fun, and now they are so full of personality it makes it even more fun.

Both are rolling over lots, and Miles is rocking on all fours. They both LOVE the jumpers and thankful for a good friend who let us use a extra one so they can both bounce at the same time. Quincy has a sense of humor which is funny to see at such a young age. Both have a voice and are not afraid to use it. Miles has started saying "mum, mum, mum". They both love the water, and watching Darrian run around.

I took a TON of pictures for the 5 month mark, so this will be a big photo dump. It is really hard to get great shots of the two of them, even harder to get a picture of the three of them.

Quincy Isaac:










Miles Jalen







boys together:

Summer Vacation

Lord help me. Darrian finished up Pre-school last week, his second year. He did really good, and I was really happy with his school year. Last year I don't think he really got it, and it was hard to get from him what he was getting because he was not talking as much. One and two word responses of how his day was gave me a glimpse into the future of teen years. This year however he was chatty, got the rules, learned lots, and really enjoyed himself. He also made friends. Until this point in his life his friends have been chosen for him by me in a sense since his friends have been my friends kids, this year he choose his own friends. He remembered names, and even made a best friend. It was fun to see him blossoming into his own little being. He did not miss a day of school, even with the twins being born.

Next year I am still trying to see if I should do two days or three days. I have to see what I can do with work. In the meantime summer vacation is upon us and I am scrambling to find activities for Darrian to be in to keep him busy. Luckily the city we live in has some great programs for kids, and I think we are going to try a few out. Also his school has a mini program I am thinking of putting him in, we will see because these summer camps add up quick. I promised him that we would have playdates with his friends so he can keep in touch.

Here are some pictures from his last day of school, and a video of his class singing us songs.



Darrian and his best friend's little sister. He really loves her.

Darrian with one of his teachers

They had a little puppet show/dance show for the kids

Darrian and his best friend Sam. He tells me all the time that Sam is his best friend in the whole entire world :) They are cute together.

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