Washougal

So me and the kiddos took a trip out to Washougal for a little over a week. It was fun, but as always, there is never enough time to do everything and see everyone we want to.

Isaac and I did the Race for the Cure in Portland on "Tonya's Team," to support our friend, Tonya, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She is an amazing inspiration to me. It was great to be part of her team and spend some time with wonderful friends....yay Keila & Jon and Shayla and Tonya and her family and Anne-Elissa (her kiddo, Anderson is super tall for his age and we're hoping he and Mia get married so they can have "normal" sized kids.) hehe.

We also spent some time with Melanie and Damen as well as Allysia and Belen & Camden, who all were in town at the same time as us. It was nice to hang out with old friends. We got to also see Stephanie and her sweet baby boy, Braden. And Isaac and I spend a good time with Aeranee, too.

The kids got to see all of their uncles, Uncle Randy, Uncle Leif & Eric, as well as all their cousins except for two, which was a bummer we didn't get to see Lurlyn & the kids. And of course spent time with Aunt Teresa and Grandma and Grandma Vi. :)

Among the fun stuff we did was this: Throw up (just me and Mia, thankfully), ride bikes with boys at the Suggs house, dinner with friends, trip to the zoo, trip to the beach (and of course the Tillamook cheese factory!), shopping (hello IKEA!), soccer games, watched Randy finish a trail run, played with cousins, swang on a tire swing at Grandma Vi's, ate a lot, ate yummy grilled cheese deluxe sandwiches with super homemade tomato soup, Aunt Teresa took the girls to story time, shopping with Aeranee, pie at Shari's, caught up with old friends and stayed up way too late...oh and did I mention throwing up, too? Yuck.

All in all, it was a fun, but very busy time and the kids did not get nearly enough sleep! Oh and I got a ticket coming home. That was fun. :/

6 months old!

Wow, our sweet little boy is already 6 months old. Why does the time go so quickly?? I took him to his well baby check a couple days ago and his official weight is 20 lbs, 6 oz and he is 27.75 inches long. So he is now about 1/2 lb lighter than Mia. He is a big chunk of a baby and I LOVE it! He's got rolls galore and they are so cute. He's pretty tall, too, in the 85th percentile for height.
Isaac is a sweet, sweet baby. I adore him. He is my little snuggle bug and I love to hold him close and kiss his fat cheeks and listen to his belly laughs. He has a super cute laugh and his smile lights up my world. His mouth takes up half his face and it makes me happy. He is so observant and loves to sit (which by the way, he is a PRO at sitting!) and watch his silly sisters and the crazy dog and all their antics. He lights up when the girls talk to him. When he is sad, Aspen sings "I am a Child of God" to him and it almost always calms him. Mia loves to give him hugs and kisses. He LOVES Daddy (it would be odd at this point or one of my kids not to be daddy's kids.) We are all completely enthralled with this little munchkin.

He LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES to jump. He probably would spend all day in his jumperoo if I'd let him. He jumps when we hold him, he is going to be an active kiddo, I can tell. He's also getting up on all fours and trying to crawl. Thankfully he hasn't figured it out yet. But he can scoot around and roll around and get where he wants to go. Sometimes he scoots under the barstool and can't get out. He also enjoys pulling hair, grabbing food or anything at all within his reach. Love him.

A few days ago he started saying "DADA" and now doesn't stop. Its SO cute. He gets really excited about all the attention he gets from it. Especially from Mia, whenever he says it she'll say "You say DADA Isaac!" in her cute little voice and then he gets more excited and says it LOUDER and HIGHER. I love my kids.

Anyway, just wanted to give a quick report of Mr. Isaac and his sweetness. :)

ITS A BOY!

Meet the newest member of our family, Lucky Castle Hasselblad. (hahaha! betcha thought i was going to announce we're having another baby! hehe. nope!)
Lucky is a black lab/aussie mix and the sweetest little puppy. We weren't going to get a puppy....we were just going to LOOK at some, but when I picked him up, I caved. And the girls were SO excited...and Malo was so excited...I mean, how could I NOT agree?!?!

The first couple nights were rough; it was like having a newborn all over again, up with him every 2 hours. Anyway, he's adjusting well and working on getting housebroken. The girls LOVE him; he's Aspen's snuggle buddy, he chases Mia around while she squeals with delight, and he thinks Isaac is one of his own. All in all, he's great. Even though its MORE work for mommy, but its hard to resist those brown puppy eyes. :)

 

Daddy's little helper

Aspen loves helping Malo with EVERYTHING. Mowing the lawn, building shelves, changing the oil, doesn't really matter what it is, she wants to help him. And one of the things I love the most about him is that he lets her help. And makes her feel like she really is a big helper, even when it tacks extra time onto his project. I like him a lot.

8 years

8 years ago today I married a really cute boy, ready to spend forever with him. I had no idea that I could ever love him more than I did that day. But I'm happy to say that after 8 years and 3 kids, I love him more than I ever imagined I could. Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful husband and daddy there is. I love you, Malo! :)

Isaac's new toy

Can you believe he's only 4 months old? Gosh, I love this chunky monkey! :)

Mia

So the best part about going to Costco apparently is a new bed for Mia...for free! Haha. :)