Katelyn the Kindergartner

Well, this day is finally here. As of August 12th, Katelyn officially became a Kindergartner! The first day of school was exciting and a little overwhelming for all of us. Here in AZ, we have all day Kindergarten. Katelyn was so excited that she got to have lunch at school. She absolutely loves her teacher, she loves the kids in her class, and she loves school! She has even asked with eagerness when she gets to start doing homework. Megan didn't quite know what to do with herself without a playmate for a few days, but she has completely recovered. (In fact, she might even enjoy pretending she is an only child while Katelyn is a school and Adam is napping!) Katelyn has been ready for this day for a while and we look forward to her learning and growing this year.

6 months ago....

Wow, Adam is now 6 months old. Time sure does go quickly. Here's the new list of things going on in Adam's world:

• 16 pounds 9 ounces - by far the biggest of my babies
• 28 inches - tall, tall, tall!
• hair is coming in - almost white it's so blond and so wispy it just sticks straight up
  
• crawls...although he really prefers to get somewhere where he can pull himself up to stand
• goes from crawling to a sitting position like a pro
  
• babbles/"talks" a lot - possibly channeling Katelyn
• totally dislikes vegetables - really, he gags if I do not mix it with rice cereal to mask the flavor - I'm going to blame Grandpa Partridge on that one ;)
• happy and smiley nearly all the time

Vegas Vacation

We spent a week in Nevada with my family for a visit before Katelyn started school. We had a great time. It has been a year since we moved to Arizona, and because of moving, settling, and a new baby, it has also been a year since we have visited Vegas. My Grandma Basta and my sister and her girls were also visiting, so we had so much fun seeing everyone! Time was spent at the pool, visiting, card games (I think I might have won one), back to school shopping, yummy food, and loads of cousins. We had all the good intentions of pulling out the camera, but in the end we did not. The only photo evidence of the trip was on the ride home. Chris (while driving I might add) took a picture of the progress on the sky bridge over Hoover Dam. It is simply amazing.

Happy 30 years Chris!!

On August 3rd, Chris entered a new decade of life. He made it to 30! We started the day at Krispie Kreme (really, where any good day should start...mmm....). Adam was really impressed and attempted to eat some donuts on his own. He saw, he grabbed quickly, and then it was taken away. Even though it was kind of his birthday party too (exactly 6 months old!), no donut for him today but he came away with a beautiful hat!The bulk of the day was spent swimming and lounging in the pool at his parent's house. It was so fun to have everyone there and enjoy everyone's company.
After cleaning up from the pool, we went back to Chris' parents house for a yummy BBQ, thanks to the grilling talents of Chris' dad and wonderful hosting skills of Chris' mom. There's never any doubt what cake he wants on his birthday; it's always a Texas Sheet Cake - the family recipe. I've had both good and bad experiences trying to make it just right over the years but today, by some birthday miracle I got it just perfect. Happy Birthday Chris! We love you!