hangn' in the pack-n-play

this is where you will find the little kids on a nice day. i dump a bunch of toys in there and they play happily together...well...for the most part, until marcella takes something from quincy that he had, and then he CRIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, i'm trying to teach her to trade with him. i think she likes to watch him react...poor guy.

can i get out now?

smiles :)

they do really love each other. quincy can say cella, and says it all the time...especially when we go into her room in the morning. they are both yelling "QUINCYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" and "CELLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAA" and each other, in a happy glad to see you sort of way. i hope this like for each other carries through their childhood.

xavier turns 7!

yesterday was our first baby's birthday. i can't belive how fast 7 years has gone by! he has turned out to be an amazing little guy, he makes me and brian proud everyday.

the picture says it all!

daddy's still got it

brian shown' the kids "how it's done"

xay's new basketball hoop

after several hours, lots of sweat, a mean phone call to GI Joes, the basketball hoop was assembled, thanks to dayle and brian. here's xavier sweeping the court clean. sporting his new b-ball gear.

i love this shot

playing baseball with dad

the weather has been VERY nice here, so friday after work brian and xay went outside to hit some balls. that kid is amazing! he's been hittn' it down the street since he was 4...no T, straight off the bat (no pun intented) from dad pitching to him. it's in his blood :)

hangn' outside

running too fast down the hill...i wish you could have seen her cheeks wiggling...and the look of..."oh god, i hope i can stop!"

SUN!!!

since it's been nice outside, well today at least, the little kids and i spent a lot of time on the deck. marcella likes to help me sweep

TADA!!!

"what was that?!??!" she heard the trees moving in the wind and she was a little nervous.

a second attempt at eating cupcakes

on his birthday he wasn't too sure what to think about them. i don't think he even tried it. this time he was more adventurous.

i think he's processing in his brain as to whether or not he likes it. the jury is still out as to whether or not he does

birthday boy

xavier wearing his custom party hat made by me

yummmmmmmmmmm cupcakes

a new flying thing to make the dogs crazy with

candy bandit

here's the bandit with cany necklaces from jade and chad with a piece of chocolate in her hand....not sure where she got her sweet tooth from...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

quincy and xay bday party

family shot with one of our kids and me sportn' one of my party hats

me with the littlest tacker

one year and a day

time went by too fast. this was quincy boy on his first day on earth...so tiny, so sweet, and a squeal that you could hear from down the hospital hallway. he was dreamt of by me when xavier was 4 months old, his name was sent to me and i was told that we would have another son. although when we found out we were having another baby, both brian and i were very nervous, me especially, i don't think either one of us could imagine life with out him. he completes the petals of our family flower so perfectly <3

doesn't he look so cute in my party hat?!?!? wait till you see the one i made for xavier...it's fabulous!