Clap and crawl

Shiloh clapped and crawled all at the same time. No. Not really. That would be some mad skills now wouldn't it? BUT she did clap and crawl all on the same video. Now that is some impressive stuff right there.

So she clapped for the first time on Thursday. I was at my sister's house and she noticed it first. I thought it was unintentional because of how wild Shiloh flapped her hands around while clapping, but she has been clapping ever since.

Water Bums

After sliding down the slide into their pool, playing on their slip and slide, playing in the sprinkler, and being chased with the hose by mom, for 3 hours. This is all they wanted to do. Can you see them curled up in their towels on the floor?

On the move

Well IT has happened. Miss Shiloh has been crawling for about a week now. This is a love/hate stage for me. I love that she can get around by herself and discover more of the world around her. I hate that she can get around by herself and get into everything.

Hummmm I wonder how I can get up these?

What's in here? (Then after taking the picture, she tried to stand up and the box fell over on top of her.)

goodbye yellow, HELLO RED

Jeff received this letter in the mail today:

It is a letter of promotion to Lieutenant at the fire station he volunteers at.
Along with the promotion, he gets to wear a red helmet instead of a yellow one. So, he went to administration today and traded in his helmets. He brought them home for the kids to see.

And of course they had to try them on.

Congratulations Jeff on the promotion! I am so proud of you and your desire to serve your community!

Family Pictures

We really needed to take new family pictures.

One day my sister-in-law, Michelle, posted a picture of her Dad's antique firetruck on her blog. When I saw that, I figured it would be the perfect prop for pictures, with Jeff being a volunteer firefighter and all. So thanks Michelle for having a Dad with an antique firetruck and for arranging everything for us to use it!

And I can't tell you how thrilled I was when I saw the pictures and saw that both boys smiled. That has never happened.

Here is the link to some of our pictures:
http://calijenaephotography.com/blog/?p=876

Riverfront Park Fun

Last Wednesday Jeff took the day off so we could go to Riverfront Park for the day.


We got there before the rides opened, so the boys enjoyed the big slide for awhile.

Mason

Cooper


Then they rode on the carrousel three times. Jeff, the weak sauce that he is, felt really sick after the third time, and felt sick for the remainder of the day.

Waiting in the LONG line...

My three cute boys.

Mason

Cooper and Jeff with Shiloh on his lap. Yup, she got to go on one ride

Shiloh and me waiting for the boys to get their fill of the carrousel. Look who we found....JARED!


Then it was time for some Farris wheel fun and rides.

And a trip to Riverfront Park would not be complete without feeding the garbage goat.

Mason tried to feed the goat his hat, but the goat didn't want it.
We ended up spending a total of 6 hours there and had a blast!

8 Months

This is such a typical picture of Shiloh. I would bet that in 75% or more pictures of her, she has her fingers in her mouth, probably because 75% of the time her fingers are in her mouth.

She is trying to crawl....

And has 4 teeth on the top and 1 on the bottom.

Friend Party

Mason had a birthday party with his friends today. They had pizza for lunch.


Then Mason opened presents.

And he got lots of Lego, which he loved!

Then they whacked the pinata.CarterBen

Cooper

EthanZachMatthewThe birthday boy

Allen

Brennen

Connor

Once everyone had a whack at the pinata and it was busted open a bit, Jeff took it to the grass and dumped out the goods.


Then it was back inside to sing happy birthday and load the kids up with sugar before sending them home.


Thanks to everyone that came. Mason loved having his friends over to pa-tay!

Family Party

Last night we had a birthday party for Mason with family.

First we sang happy birthday to him and ate cupcakes and ice cream.

Then he opened presents.
Thanks to everyone who was able to come! I know it meant a lot to Mason that you all were there.