sibs, parks, flowers, ducks

Sean and Eleanor were cuddling together so sweetly a couple of mornings ago.

more sibs, parks, flowers, ducks

Sean thought it was really cool that "our" duck family was following him!

Sean got tired, so he got to sit and hold Chloe for the rest of the walk

Cherries!

Eleanor enjoyed some cherries at Grammy and Grandad's house this evening. Yum!

Just too tired

At naptime this afternoon Chloe was fussy and nothing seemed to make her happy so I finally put her in the highchair and gave her a DQ french fry (Chris had gone out earlier to get me some chocolate ice cream and fries to dip in it). Well, she sucked and chewed on it for a while and the next thing I new she was asleep and still holding on to what was left of the fry! The funny part is that when she awoke a few minutes later she went right back to eating the fry as if nothing had ever happened!
By the way, she also had pears and squash before that, so don't be thinking that I feed my baby fried, greasy food all the time!

Got a little behind

Chloe was 7 months on Sunday, but since we were on the road and in MO visiting family until last evening I was unable to take and post pictures of my big girl!

Here is her 7 month and 5 days picture!

This was her 6 month photo

Eleanor wanted her picture taken today too! She smiled so sweetly!

Videos of the motorcycle

Funny Chloe

We went to the park one day last week and Chloe had a good time in the swing!

Motorcycles in MO

We have been in Missouri visiting Chris's family since Sunday afternoon. Much to our surprise Sean actually took a short ride with Papa on his motorcycle. He got to wear daddy's old helmet and it was a perfect fit!

Daddy even got on and was being kinda silly. He loves to make Sean laugh!

Later I will try to post a video or two.

Dala Horses

The day that we took pics of all the kids on the Dala horse, we were also able to go into the little store where the Dala horse stands, this is also where they make and sell much smaller Dala horses and all the kids were given their very own little wooden Dala horse! For more info on the Dala horse, click here, here, and here. You can also check out my mom's blog.

Baby Chloe

A friend who visited while we were in the hospital posted these pics from her phone on facebook. I cannot believe how fast time has gone and how little she was!

This one cracks me up! I look like I am so bored out of my mind and I am not even paying attention to my newborn daughter. That really was not the case though!

She was so precious! Still is of course!

Pictures from the day before Tab and kids went back to FL

Crazy fun times with Tab, Princess, and all our kids!

Actually it was not as crazy as some of our times have been in the past. The kids did great and Tab kept us all on task and scheduled everything for us.

Faesal was not feeling well, but he did manage to smile nicely for a picture on the swing.

Princess and Rayon held Chloe for me to give my arms, shoulders, and neck a break. Rayon gave the baby a kiss!

We were so pleased at how well the kids all did for some group pictures! Chloe's Bumbo has been such a help!

It really didn't seem like there were that many of us until I looked back at these pictures. Wow! 10 kids, plus three moms!

After pictures we had a picnic. I was amazed how smoothly that went too! Everyone was happy and ate fairly well before we went back to playing in the playground.

When the pool opened at one, we went swimming. They have a very nice baby pool area and the kids did great! We were there long enough for everyone to get cooled off on such a hot humid day, but not so long that we got too worn out.

After the pool we went to the snow cone place for some sweet, cold and refreshing treats. I didn't get a chance for pictures there. We were all a little preoccupied by the bees that were also hoping to share our icy treats. Also, Eleanor spilled hers about two minutes after receiving it and then Chloe fell asleep in my arms. I was able to lay her down on a towel in the shade later and she slept there while we all finished our snow cones and took everyone to the potty.

More Water Baby (or part 1 depending on what order you read these posts)

Chloe loves the water!!!

Flowers and Water babes

Chloe got to enjoy the baby pool at Grammy's house with her siblings and cousins. She loved it!

You can see Eleanor getting ready to pour water on the baby's head!

Sean and Henry enjoyed the sprinklers. Henry even put his head in it!

A sweet little neighbor girl gave the kids some flowers from her grandmother's garden.