My Boys

  A few months back Casey took the boys one day to a mini photoshoot, which later made the cutest DVD for me with these picture and music for our anniversary.   I LOVED all of the pictures and picked a few. I have finally gotten around to getting them developed, some blown up and amd going to make canvases with them. Finally I will have a picture of Brooks in our house. I know he is almost 8 months. I have been a slacker.
   Its funny how by your third child the pictures are fewer and slower about getting them up. 

LOVE MY BOYS!!!!

7 months and we got a crawler.

 Brooksie Boy is now 7 months, holy moly!!   He is such a sweetheart. I could just eat him up. He gets mauled in kisses between Teegin, Casey, and I.   Lane well....
    This little guy has recently started crawling, he skipped the whole army crawl thing and went straight to the good part.  He also recently got good at sitting up; took him a while. I blame that big gut that kinda gets in the way.
   Now I need to watch whats on the floor at all times, choking hazards.  I guess its a good excuse to go through the toy box and throw away the broken toys and small things. I dont even know whats in there.

At 7 months Brooks is taking 2-3 naps a day. Sometimes he doesn't want to go to sleep for that 3rd nap.   He sleeps all night 8-7ish. 
Sits, Rolls, and crawls.
Eats 4 bottles a day every 3 1/2 to 4 hours, also eating the baby food, which is enjoying more these days. It took him a little while to eat it without spitting it all out.
Smiles A LOT
has the biggest bluest eyes!
Loves to watch the big brothers play
Is just pure sweetness

School Time!!

 My big KINDERGARTENER!!!    He was so excited to start school.  Picked out what he was going to wear on his first day, and what he wanted in his lunch. 

 I walked him to class found his cubby and then his name at the desk he was going to be sitting at. I cant believe I have a kid in kindergarten.  Its a crazy feeling for sure. It feels weird to have been gone all day. I drop him off at 8:00 and school is over at 2:15, but he INSISTS on riding the bus, which means he doesnt really get home till 3.  
    I didnt get too emotional when I dropped him off, but more just nervous and anxious about leaving him with a complete stranger with children him or I have never met and hoping that he is watched over and cared for. That I had no control over if he was safe or making friends, hoping that the things that I have tried to teach him such as values and manners and confidance some how sunk in.  He is such a bright little guy that I dont worry about him struggling in that way, but I hope that he makes good choices.

Last Hoorah

 I cannot believe how fast summer FLEW by this year.  Here are a bunch of pictures of some of the things we had to fit in before the school began. 
        The river is always a hit, catching frogs and tadpoles.

 Caught one!!!

 Hiking through the beautiful redwoods.

 Which ended up a traumatic experience. Teegin stepped in a yellow jacket nest and the both ended up getting stung, Lane in the eye and Teegin in the arm; both swelled up immediatly.    May not be going on any hikes any time soon

 Of course the carnival!!

 And we had to hit up the house boat at trinity lake one more time!!    Its always perfect weather up there and always a good time.    There was a lot of fishing going on

 and more fishing

 spying on the people across the lake from us.   They had built a slipn slide, and the girls may or may not ahve been going down topless :0....