Bathtime

Micah decided to give Nattie a bath in the sink. She was filthy and the other two were in the shower. It was cute and she loved it.

There's a Frog in the House!!!

I was sitting at the computer on a rainy day when all of a sudden Alyssa shrieks, "There's a frog in the house". I quickly run over to the table where she was sitting eating her breakfast and sure enough there was a frog in my dining room. I caught it but before I put it outside Alyssa wanted to see it and pet it. Samara was scared until I put it outside and then she said I want to pet it so I went back outside and caught it and took it to her and she got scared and said no Mommy no put it back outside. It was funny.

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day Mommy and Daddy stayed in the nursery with the girls. We had to take a picture of the three of them with their Mommy. They all look unhappy because Mommy made them come over and get their picture taken and they didn't want to, they wanted to play. Oh well, at least I got a picture with me and them together on Mother's Day.

Holding Nattie

Now that Nattie's getting too big for Alyssa and Samara to hold they want to hold her. She kept squirming and trying to get away. Mara kept saying hurry mommy take a picture, quick. She's so funny.

Alyssa's Birthday

So I know it's a bit late but here's some pictures of Alyssa at her birthday party at the park. She got home that day and said "I was a princess today!!" She was so excited to be a princess at her birthday.




Blowing out 5 birthday candles. WOW she's getting to be such a big girl.


Say CHEESE!!

Cuties

Alyssa and Samara eating pizza on one of our hot days.


Nattie sitting in the chair that Grandma and Grandpa got from the yard sale for Alyssa a long time ago.


If you look closely you can see her pearly whites on the bottom of her mouth.

Love at First Sight

On two separate days Nattie found herself in my stand up mirror and got so excited. She started giving herself kisses both days. One of the days she had her passi in her mouth so she kept clanking the mirror with it. It was so cute.

Nattie walking

Ok so Nattie's about 7 1/2 months old and she is a go-getter for sure. She decided that she was going to take her toy and walk with it. She now has two teeth in the bottom front, one almost totally in and the other just popped through. She does an army crawl to get where she wants to go. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth and sometimes crawls a little like that but for now she likes her army crawl the best. She says "mama" "dada" "baba" "hi" and babbles a lot about nothing. She's my little sweetheart.

Mara Running

Mara sees Mommy running on her treadmill quite a bit so she asked Daddy if she could try it. The first time she did it Micah timed her and she ran .5 mile in 10 minutes and then Alyssa got on for her try. After about 5 steps she said her tummy hurt and that she was done. Mara wasn't she got back on and ran another .5 mile in 10 minutes. She was amazing. She wasn't even breathing hard afterwards. She's amazing.

Joe Cannon 5K

I've been training for my triathlon in July for about 3 months now so I decided to try a 5K to see where I was at with the run. My goal was 31 minutes since that's one time I got when I was running by myself. I ended up getting 27 minutes something and 2nd in my age group (20-26). I was so excited. I am pumped for my triathlon now.

After the race.


The people I did the triathlon with. Thanks Monique for encouraging me to do this.


Me and my trophy for getting second in my age group.


And the legacy continues.

Easter Morning

The girls always get up and start eating the candy out of the eggs before Mommy and Daddy get their lazy bummies out of bed. They were on a sugar high for church.

Dying Easter Eggs and More

Mara and Syssa got small Mr. Potato Heads from Auntie Carla for a late Christmas present. They decided they wanted to make their own heads like Mr. Potato Head. Where do they come up with these things?


Nattie getting ready to try to crawl.

Done dying Easter eggs.

Nattie Standin

Nattie continues to amaze us as she is trying to crawl and is holding onto things standing up. She is truly amazing to watch because she is so tiny. She reminds me a lot of Alyssa at this age. She gets very frustrated when she can't pull up on something. She doesn't stand by herself or pull herself completely up but she's still very determined to do it at this point. She's a cutie and you'll see what I'm talking about with this video.

How's it going???

I haven't updated in a while. Things have been quite hectic around here and I haven't had much time to post. I'll be better about it though. Nattie's now almost crawling, she gets up on all fours and rocks. It's so cute. She is sitting up without support all the time now too. She also gets up like she's going to do a bear crawl and then plops back down to the ground. She said Hi, Dada and Mama on Friday the 14th I think. It was so cool. She did say hi first so she followed in Syssa's footsteps in that. She definitely has a mind of her own. Alyssa is doing well in school. Her teacher just says that she talks a lot and is very bubbly (not my Syssa :-) Samara is just as cute as ever. She is a Mommy's girl and a snuggler but has fire for an attitude when tested. I am so blessed with the three of them. Micah is still hard at work. We have to decide here pretty soon on whether we are getting out or staying in or leaving here or staying here. Lots of big decisions to make. I'm doing well training for my triathlon. At least I hope I am. I run 3 times a week and swim twice a week and either swim run or swim bike on Saturdays. I'll be doing a 5K on next Saturday the 29th of March. Wish me luck. I'll try and keep you more updated, sorry.

Easter Egg Hunt

We had an Easter Egg Hunt at our housing office this last Saturday. The girls had fun. I was really glad that Mara didn't notice the mom in front of us that was snatching up all the eggs with both hands. At least Mara and Nattie each got one.


Done hunting.


Nattie's Easter Egg


Mara's Easter Egg.

I'm happy to say that they did the 4 year olds by themselves so Alyssa got 6 eggs. She shared with her sister... how sweet. She found a slip of paper in one of hers and won a big Easter basket with a ball and sidewalk chalk in it. She was sooo excited.

Before the race....

Smithsonian

Micah's grandparents came and stayed with us for 2 weeks so we decided to take the Metro to the Smithsonian. It was fun. Mara cried and screamed in the first museum we went to and then was tired and whiney the rest of the day. Syssa never complained once and Nattie was absolutely excellent.





This one's for you Grandpa Ozzie.

Talking to Fish

Funny Faces

My girls were being really goofy. Cutie goofy kids.

Nattie eating Daddy's Hat

Daddy was working nights so on his way to work he was saying bye to little Natalie with his hat on and she immediately grabbed his hat and put it in her mouth. It was so funny.


She's a Navy girl.

Nattie and her good friend playing together with Miss Sarah.

The girls love playing with Nattie Grace. Listen to the laugh.

Nattie sleeping

Nattie was bouncing in her bouncy thing while I was doing my workout this morning. I kept looking over and she would smile at me. Then at one point I looked over and she was sound asleep in her boucer. How CUTE!!!

Stay at Home Moms and Natalie

Today was the second Stay at Home Moms Group get together and Bible study that is at our home. We had a good turn out for kids. And 4 adults including me. I know that God will work through this time we are going to have together. I'm so excited about it.


I put Natalie in the playroom for a few minutes while we cleaned it and sure enough I looked over and she had wiggled her way out of her pants. I thought it was hilarious.

The girls

Playing together being cute.

The girls

Nattie sitting up and having a good time playing with a dolly and butterfly.


I plan on sitting in the playroom while my kids play a lot of the time. So I have a chair that I decided will go in there so I can do whatever I need to while I watch the kids play. I figure this way I'll be forced to interact with them a little bit more. I don't want to miss a second of their lives.

By the way today is Micah's birthday... he turns 25 and he gets more and more handsome everyday. I love him so much. Just thought the world should know.