Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

Today we celebrate Aaron's brother Ryan's 33rd Birthday. The kids love it when Uncle Ryan comes over for dinner, usually on Sundays. Ryan likes to go outside, push them on the swings, play with them in the backyard, or even play hide and go seek with them in the house when it's cold. We are lucky to have Ryan living close by. We have been seeing more of him on Sundays since he taught us how to play the "Settlers of Catan" game. We play using Ryan's German version but we're hooked and determined to beat Ryan. It's been a lot of fun. Hope you have a GREAT birthday Ryan!!

Happy Easter!!

8 Months Old Already

Emily is officially 8 months old. She is crawling everywhere and is now pulling herself up to anything she can. Emily LOVES to play under and around the kitchen table. She's always trying to climb in and around the chairs and pull herself up. She's not "cruising" the furniture yet but I'm sure it won't be long. She a very happy baby and loves the attention of her brother and sister. Of course, everything goes in the mouth too. No teeth yet. (Thankfully for Mommy). The funny girl LOVES cereal bars and playing peek a boo. Emily has been such a joy to have in our family! Emily's cheeks and nose are a bit orange from all the veggies she eats.

This is how Emily fell asleep one day.
Emily likes feeling the air that comes out of the vents.

Trip to California

I got a wild hair and decided to drive to California to visit our families. BY MYSELF with 3 kids!! The drive went surprisingly well. I bought a portable DVD player which really helped keep the big kids entertained. Emily slept off and on the whole time. She did surprisingly VERY well. We enjoyed the nice warm weather in Cali. We even got to go swimming with Grammie Serr. We were there to celebrate my Dad's birthday and just enjoyed spending time with the grandparents. I also spent time working on some Family History and scanning historical documents from my grandmother. All in all - it was productive! Here are a few pictures from the trip: My Dad and Emily
Kaya & Great Grandma Serr
Logan found Uncle Nick's Buzz Lightyear at Grammie Serr's house.

Happy Birthday Nick!!!

(Aaron & Nick on Nick's Birthday)

Today is Aaron's brother Nick's BIRTHDAY!! We have been lucky enough to have "Uncle Nick" taking up residence in our basement since last September. The kids have enjoyed having their uncle around and I've enjoyed having an extra babysitter and dishwasher! Ladies, Nick is very single and quite available! He will make a great husband for the gal lucky enough to catch him. Do you know any one we can set him up with?? Happy Birthday!!

7 Months Old

Emily is 7 months old today. I can't believe how quickly the past 7 months have flown by. I was looking at pictures of her this morning and she's looking more and more like a toddler and less like a baby. She's really turned into a little chunky monkey as of late. She's getting herself around but isn't necessarily crawling yet. It's pretty funny to watch. Logan was a speed crawler at this age. Emily is just content to get to where she's going - one way or the other and enjoy the sights along the way! I put her hair up into some little "piggies" this morning. She looked so cute!!

Children's Musuem

Kaya's preschool class went on a field trip to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum this past week. Admission was $3 per kid and the adults were FREE! What a deal. They only let us stay for 2 hours but it was just enough time to play and explore the museum. Even Emily enjoyed playing in the toddler area. We treated ourselves to some lunch afterwards at Panda Express. It was really good to get out of the house. Kaya had been sick most of the week and was finally feeling better. She missed 2 days of school with a high fever. I'm looking forward to getting back on schedule Monday morning. We just received our paperwork in the mail to register Kaya for Kindergarten!!! I can't believe my little girl is getting so big. It happens so fast!!!