A day of firsts

Yesterday, was definitely a day of "firsts" at our house. First of all, Bryn's first tooth finally decided to make it's debut! We were wondering when her pearly whites were going to decide to come out and I guess they picked yesterday! It's her bottom right tooth that's peeking out right now and her bottom left will be coming through soon after, I think. It's weird having her teeth so much later that Paige and Austin. Paige was 6 months and Austin was 4 months when they got their first teeth. Each child is different in more ways than one, that's for sure!

Our other "first" was Paige's first experience with organized sports, T-ball. She had her first practice last night and let's just say she absolutely and totally loved it. She went to bed a very happy girl. She had to go out with Daddy and me to "practice" throwing and catching before her actual practice. She loved using her brand new purple baseball glove with its matching purple and gray ball! At practice, she learned where Home, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases were, she practiced fielding (going down on one knee, even), and batting. She did quite well hitting (which she says is her favorite part of the game) and didn't have to use the "Tee". One of her coaches tossed the ball to her and she hit the ball on her 2nd try. Now she just needs to remember to drop the bat and run to 1st base after she hits it! :0) (She definitely wasn't the only one having trouble getting this concept down!) Paige had to tell me several times last night and today that her coach called her "lightning" because she runs so fast around the bases. She really was quite fast which makes me happy being a sprinter in my younger years! ;0) It was so funny watching Paige and her teammates learn a new sport and see how much fun it is to play. Hopefully they'll always keep that love of playing and staying active throughout their lives. We'll see how they do during the season. They have games twice a week for about 4-5 weeks which will be fun! Wish the Mets, luck!!! :0)

More Family Time

We went to Brian's parents' house about a month ago and the kids had so much fun. Here they are showing off their mad baseball skills!

The kids LOVE bedtime stories, especially with Grandma's special books. You have to love how Grandpa and Uncle Dan are fast asleep!

We love our cousins!

We are so lucky to have family so close to us. We get to see them quite often and the kids love it!

Here's Dawson and Bryn. Aren't they so cute?

My kids absolutely adore their cousin, Max. This picture shows this quite well, doesn't it?

Bryn did like this before I came out to take a picture....promise.

And she likes Max, too!

And Max likes Bryn!

And who could forget Bryn?

Here's our sweet, happy Bryn. I took this picture when she was 9 months and I just

love it!! Her toothless smile (yeah, still no teeth) and her cheeks get us every time. She really is a very happy baby unless she's sick (as Brian found out while I was gone last week). She has now begun to really pout when she gets a toy taken away from her or doesn't get her way. It's really quite funny. I have a feeling she's going to as dramatic as Paige, so we'll have to watch out for this one!

I couldn't help but take this picture. Her little bottom was so cute!! And those thighs!!! ;0) I'm just really glad that she took a nap before church that Sunday!

Nothing like gumming a little apple core!

This girl has quite the facial expressions, doesn't she?

Bryn says, "Howdy!"

What Austin's been up to!

Austin is becoming our big boy. It's crazy how tall he seems to be getting just overnight. He's a typical 3 year old. By that, I mean he is stubborn, can throw some major tantrums, has moments when he's just hard to live with, but mainly is a very loving and funny little boy. He loves his cousins, as this picture shows with Max. Austin had to make sure that Max knew how to play with the dump truck he got for his birthday. He also plays well with Paige, most of the time. He has begun to pester Paige quite a bit which is a new challenge, but hey, he's a little brother and that's what they do, right?!? ;0) He's looking forward to starting preschool in the fall. It's going to be really weird just having Bryn 2 mornings every week, but it will be nice.

Austin loves to sneak my camera and take pictures with it. This picture just makes me laugh. I don't know if it's because he's wearing his cowboy boots, or the fact that he had to take a picture of the cowboy boots!

Paige isn't innocent in the camera-thievery either, as you can see, but boy did they take some cute pictures!!! :0)