6 months

Laila is now six months old. The past six months has gone by so fast! She'll be a year old before I know it. Yesterday she had her checkup and she now weighs 17 pounds and is in the 90th percentile for her height. She is still learning how to sit up on her own.

ava loves the trampoline

Ava used to be hesitant to jump on the trampoline, or want someone to hold her hand while

she jumped. Now we can't get her off; today she woke up from her nap crying that she wanted to jump on the trampoline. She'll even jump on it when her brothers are jumping, which is very brave!

first tooth

Laila has cut her first tooth! She also has one coming up right next to it. I tried to take a picture of her tooth but it is so tiny I couldn't get a good shot of it.

easter

I'm finally posting about Easter. We went to my parents house for Easter weekend. For our traditional Easter egg hunt Brian thought it would be funny to put raisins in some of the eggs. Poor Dario ended up getting tons of those eggs. Mom made all the yummy food that she makes each Easter. It was a fun Easter!

bluebonnets

When we went to my parents house on Easter weekend we took these pictures at a Bluebonnet field near their house.

It's been one year,

Since I started my blog. I love blogging, it is such a fun, visual way to keep a journal that will be around forever. It is also a great way to keep in touch with family and friends. All the wonderful and creative blogs I read have replaced the many magazine subscriptions I use to have, and not to mention they are free! Thank you to whoever invented the blog!

look how much Ava has grown in one year!

park fun

Dario got out of school early for Easter weekend and we went to the park. We were just about the only ones there, so there was no waiting in line for swings or slides!

first soccer game

Aiden had his first soccer game today. The little four year olds on Aiden's team were so cute attempting to kick the ball. The other team had some really good players and Aiden's team didn't win this time. The score was 6 to 1, and the one point was scored by a member of the opposite team who kicked the ball into the wrong goal. It was perfect weather and we had lots of fun cheering Aiden on.

five months old

Laila is now five months old. She loves to splash when she takes a bath, watch her brothers and sister play with wide eyes, grab at everything and eat apple sauce and mashed bananas. Momma wishes she wouldn't grow up quite so fast!

fun weekend

This weekend we attended our nephew Colby's baby blessing. He looked so cute in his white shirt    and tie. We also so got to meet our newest nephew, Lauren and Dan's baby, Evan. He is such a cutie.

Ava and Avery

babies and more babies; grammy and grandpa's house was filled with babies this weekend!

south texas state fair

This past Friday we went to the fair. The kids always look forward to going every year. In the past it has been cancelled because of hurricanes, so the fair is now held in the spring. While we were there it was threatened again by bad weather. There was a storm coming our way and every one had to go inside for about thirty minutes until the storm passed. Despite the crazy weather everyone had lots of fun on the rides, seeing all the animals and eating lots of good food.

baby laila

This weekend we spent lots of time outside enjoying the nice spring weather. We started planting our garden. Dario and Aiden helped pull all the weeds and we got a little bit planted. I love this time of year when the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. Here are a couple of pictures of Laila enjoying the beautiful weather.

happy saint patrick's day!

azaleas

I love this time of year when everything starts blooming. I wish our Azalea bushes would bloom all year long, those flowers are so pretty. Dario has had this week off for spring break, but it hasn't been much of a break because the boys have been sick with a stomach virus. After being sick all week long they are finally feeling better.

soccer!

Aiden started playing soccer in a city league. He has been asking us for awhile to play and now he is finally old enough. They had their first team meeting this week and Brian is the coach. The boys choose the T-Rex's as their team name and their colors are black and green. Next week they will start their practices. We're excited to watch him play his first game - GO AIDEN!

a week of firsts

Yesterday Laila rolled over for the first time. She also had her first taste of rice cereal, which she didn't like that much.

4 months old

      

Little Laila is now four months old. Although it has only been four months it seems like she has been in our family forever and we can't image our family without her. Her brothers and sister always fight over who gets to sit next to her in the car. When Laila wakes up from her nap they run to the bedroom to greet her. Ava is especially cute with her, although she still refers to Laila as "him", she'll say "I kissed him!." Maybe one of these days she'll realize Laila is a her not a him.