Been too long

Wow - it's been way too long since I've blogged. No real reason, just plain busy I suppose. Here's a few updates.

Chase is already 7 months old. How the heck did that happen? He is rolling around all over the place. Our friend Lauren bought him a Bumbo seat and he really likes to sit in it. We're hoping it wont be long before he sits up on his own. He stays on his butt now, but he leans over and totally just slumps over himself. It's quite cute. He's been eating solids for a month or so. His favorite thing is peas HANDS DOWN. When we first gave him mangos he hated them - then my mom tried mixing them with peas and he liked the combo. Weird kid, huh? So far he's eaten peas, carrots, squash, sweet potato, applesauce, pear, mango, peaches, blueberries and bananas. At church we have to sit in the nursery room now because he no longer just sleeps through church; he prefers to sing and read along! I took him to the Dr. today because he was congested again and we wanted to make sure he isn't getting RSV again. Dr. Kulic said his lungs are perfect but he has an ear infection. How the heck does a kid get an ear infection and stay super happy? I guess the same way he gets RSV and stays happy. What an amazing kid!

Haley just turned 5 and we had her party at the house. She chose the same bounce house as last year with the slide. This year we got a cotton candy machine too. It was SO fun to make our own cotton candy. She didn't want cake and ice cream and to be honest she didn't really want to serve anything at her party; she just wanted the bounce house. I was finally able to convince her that it's somewhat customary to serve a little food at a party so she decided on pizza and jello! :) At the last minute she also allowed me to make some cupcakes for her friends. Whew! Just tonight I noticed she has a loose tooth. Oh my - she is growing up too fast!

Cameron is 6 and loving kindergarten. He and one of his classmates are in a little competition to read their sight words the fastest. Cameron is on 120 right now and I think John is on 110. It's awesome to see the excitement for learning. He can now read books to us! So fun. He hardly has any teeth left in his mouth. I think there's 4 missing on the top and 3 missing on the bottom. The middle two on the bottom are already growing in and they seem to be almost done 'growing.' He's hoping he gets some back in time for corn on the cob season. He recently had his kindergarten play where he was a horsefly and he had a speaking and dancing part. It was so fun to watch him perform. The kids all did a great job.

Both Cameron and Haley are GREAT big siblings to Chase. The love they show him is truly unbelievable. They each help me two days a week in the morning to feed him while I finish getting all our stuff ready for the day. Cameron takes Mon & Tues and Haley takes Wed & Thurs. I would be lost without them. They are always so excited to see him in the morning and as soon as they get home from school they ask where he is and run up and kiss him and talk to him. It truly is unbelievable.