Happy birthday Liliana!

My baby girl is five! I cannot believe it! We are so happy to have Lili in our family. She's sweet, generous, thoughtful, kind, loving and beautiful. I'm excited to be able to do some fun things with her today. I know she is too! I'll post a better entry with pictures after the day is done!

Happy 5th birthday Lili! I love you!

Yeah, it's late...like everything else.

As of September 21st, it's official. Our "baby" is two and a half! Yep, that's right folks! Simon had is "half birthday."

Can you believe that? I can't. He is such a joy.

He loves:

*cars and trains and anything else that goes
*Buzz & Woody
*pretending with his sisters - he's very good at it (he'll even put his toys in time out)
*meat - yep, still the carnivore
*being outside
*going places with Dad (like the "man store" - aka Home Depot)
*his mama (yay!)
*showering/bathing
*going potty by himself (but not consistently yet) - he climbs up on to it, sits down and scoots way back
*coloring/drawing - he's pretty good at making circles - we recently discovered he had a lot of fun with a pencil. Upstairs. By himself. On the walls. The ones with flat paint.
*taking pictures with a toy camera and using his toy phone to talk to friends & family

What we love about him:

*Everything! (oh, want more of a breakdown? Okay, I'll try)
*He's tender-hearted and sweet.
*He likes to obey and be a helper.
*He's strong and healthy.
*He loves to snuggle.

Some things he's doing/saying now:

*I love to hear him count: "1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 6, 7! Sometimes he'll get it right, but I love to hear him counting things out on his own.
*He likes to know colors of things.
*He sings songs (Wheels on the Bus, ABC song, primary songs - with help)
*He talks to the baby and pats my belly.

I'm sure these lists are lacking a lot of info. We are so happy Simon is a part of our family. I can't believe he's going to be a big brother in about three months! Whoa!

We love you, Simon!

First games of the season

The girls played their first soccer games for the Fall season a few weeks back. Love those soccer games! We've had quite a few rescheduled this year due to all the rain. The glorious, glorious rain.

Here's a couple videos from those first games. Go girls!

New Poll

If you're on Google Reader, you will not have noticed that I posted a new poll on my blog page. I'm curious to know what you think. So, head on over and cast your vote! :)

If you're already on my blog page, it's over there ------> (below the floating baby).