My 2 Cuties!

Of course I had to get pictures of my 2 cuties together during Hannah Joy's 9 month photo shoot.  It melts my heart about how much these 2 love each other!  I know that they wont always get along but I sure hope this love between them continues.

More picture overload!

Hannah Joy is 9 Months!

Hannah Joy turned 9 months back on the 20th but I was waiting to post this entry until I got her 9 month pictures back.   Hannah Joy is 14 pounds even and 26 inches long.  That puts her in the less than 5% for weight and 10% for length.  To put into a little more prospective, when Eli was 6 moths old he weighed 14lbs 2 ozs.  So yes she is small but boy does she eat!  

She love yogurt and most of her meals are made up of different types of yogurt.  But she will try pretty much anything (food or not).  Some of her favorites are grapes, strawberries, marinara sauce, roasted pepper sauce and ice cream.  This sweet little thing loves ice cream!  Such a switch from a couple of months ago when we couldn't get her to eat anything and were really worried about her weight.  Her biggest dislike is hummus which her brother use to live off of.

She has been crawling for a little over a month and is starting to tackle the tile floor even though she doesn't like it.  She pulls up and is starting to cruz.  She loves balls and anything her brother is playing with.  Don't try to take a toy from her or you will get to listen to her scream. She likes the water and thinks she can swim because she has been watching her brother swim.  She is getting a lot more independent and loves playing with her toys by herself. 

Now time for picture over load!

                                     

                                    

We love you Hannah Joy and look forward to watching you grow!

Popsicle!

I leave my Deceptively Delicious out on my counter top to make people think I entice myself to cook healthy.  One benefit of having it on the counter top is that E flipped through it and picked out a recipe to make together.  He picked out the Popsicle recipe.  

They were super easy to make and very yummy.

Eli even liked them and he is not big on anything cold like Popsicle and ice cream (weird, I know) 

HJ couldn't get enough of them!

gotta live the tongue action

Licking was just not fast enough so she tried biting.

Isn't that a cute little tongue?

Popsicle face!  The green is some saute zucchini she had for dinner.

Big Girl & Gymnastics

The Diva decided that she was to good for her infant car seat and she need a car seat that would be more fitting for the Diva that she is.  So, Saturday I got Eli's old car seat all cleaned up and washed up.

We also got HJ a walking toy since she really wants to start walking

I think she likes it

Saturday Evening we all loaded up and head out to our friend, Evann's, 4th birthday party.  It was at a gymnastics gym.  Eli was a bit to fast for me to get pictures of him so I just had to get some of HJ.

Adelaide decided that she would babysit the babies and HJ was very happy with that idea.

But then she got a glimpse of Ann's cell phone and she had to see if she could get a taste of it.

I managed to snag a picture of E swinging on the rope.

HJ discovered a trampling that was her size.


And just  because I think these pictures are cute

Rainy Water Park

Wednesday morning we had plans to meet our cousins in Baytown at Pirates Bay.  That  morning the only area in Houston that was not getting rained on was the Baytown area.  So we packed up, held our breath and crossed our fingers that the rain would stay away.  It just started sprinkling off and on as we got to Pirates bay but no lightning so we decided to go for it.  One good thing about going to a waterpark on a rainy day is that you pretty much have the whole place to yourself.   Eli, Sean, and Reagan had a blast.  Hannah Joy was having a good time too but the poor thing was shivering.

Sean and Eli had fun splashing each other.  This is huge for Eli because he use to cry if anyone splashed him in the face.  Seems like swim lessons are really helping!

Just a picture of The Diva to show that she was there too!

After playing in the water for about an hour Abby and I had had enough of being cold (can you believe one can get cold in TX in the middle of July?!) and decided to head somewhere dry (at least it only cost us $5)

Since we were close by to the Mall we decided to head there and let the kids play before meeting up with Granny for lunch.  Reagan would go from trying to keep up with the boys to playing with Hannah Joy.  Poor Reagan, not quite big enough to keep up with the boys (even though her and E wear the same size shoes!) and too old for playing with a baby!

Finally it was lunch time, Abby had arranged for us to meet up with Granny for lunch at the Golden Coral.  We had a lovely  lunch where I was one of "those" people with the terrible kids.  The Diva was just not happy and throwing a fit for most of the lunch.  Eli was being his normal loud self, while trying to crawl under the table.  The Diva in her fit throwing had food and cheerios all over the table and floor.  Wouldn't you want to come sit next to us?!  I think The Diva was a bit over whelmed by the buffet because as soon as we left she calmed down.

Of course the boys were not done playing so we headed over to Abby's house to get a little more play time in before we headed back north.  Granny even stopped by to get a little more great grandkid time in.

HJ was enjoying her Granny time

A little granny love

Just because pic

Doesn't every home have an Eli bridge?