A funny face

I thought Alex's face was so funny in this picture!

Cara thinks she is controlling the movie playing.....she's always trying to turn the volume up :)

My darling girl

My silly little girl.

Her curls

My BIG Boy :)

Alex's 4 month stats.....

Weight: 18lbs 4ozs (95th%)

Height: 27 1/4 inches (95%)

Head Circumference: 17.7 inches (95-99%)

What a big boy!!! I do have to admit, Cara was better with the shots. He started screaming when they gave him the oral vaccination and didn't stop until we were in the car!!!! The oral vaccine doesn't even hurt! He is doing really well (other than that). The doc said he's healthy and perfect (I totally agree!!!).

The kids

Her first time with wet cereal.

She did really well :)
Cara trying to feed Alex a toy bottle.
My sweet little boy

4 Months old!

I can't believe Alex is 4 months old already. It's insane! He is such a good baby. I started him on cereal this week. He LOVES it! I can't wait to see his stats at his well baby check next week :)

Alex laughing

Forgive the babytalk :)

Ahhh...Old car smell

I know, I know. People normally love the smell of new cars.

My friend needed a car becuase theirs broke. We have a car that's just sitting there, not being used since Blake is gone. I decided to offer it to her to use until she gets a new car. I decided today to let her borrow my car which is bigger and will fit her family of five a lot better. After having to buy a new battery for Blake's car, we finally got situated. I put the kids in the car, started it up and headed for home.
Oh, I loved the smell of Blake's car. It felt like home. It smelled like him. His stuff was still in it, his cd's in the player, his work stuff on the seat...it was just so great. It was like he was home. I know he's only been gone a couple of months, but today, it seemed like so much longer. It was a nice reminder of him.
I can't wait until November.

Many faces of Alex

His happy face.

Grr...his mad face.
Duck face!"Ugh...gross" face.

He is starting to have so many different looks! It's fun to try and catch them on camera :)

More pics of the kids

Cara talking to her Daddy. It's so cute!!

I set Alex up in the recliner and went to get something and I came back to this!!

Alex was totally checking out her yogurt bites...I think he's ready for food!

The kids

Cara loves to lay right next to Alex. It's cute :)

Her eyes

I just think they are interesting....I like the white in them.

Cara

Just a few shots of Cara

Cara's first Mommy-free outing

My friend was having a bbq tonight. We were going to go, but Alex was running a slight fever and had developed a rash on his tummy. I called and said we, sadly, had to decline. My friend Anna came over before the bbq to just chat and hang out. She totally asked if she could bring Cara and give me a couple hours of quiet! Yay!! She has three children, the youngest is only four months older than Cara, so this worked out fabulously!! I wasn't even nervous. This would be Cara's first time out and about without me or Blake. Anna has babysat the kids before and she has seen how I do things and I have seen how she does things. I wasn't worried at all. Cara seemed to have had a wonderful time :). I got some much needed cleaning done and finally got all of her clothes put away. They stay in my laundry basket a lot of the time because I do the laundry after the kids go to bed, then during the day, I either forget that it needs to be put away, or Cara "helps" me and it ends up all over the floor.
Anna did take some pictures, but I don't have them yet. I will defenitly post them when I get them. It was so nice of her to offer to take Cara. It was a much needed break for me. Being the single parent is difficult sometimes. It's not that the kids are horrible...or even that they are needy or anything. It's just constant. There's nobody to take them for five minutes while you pee..or if you just need five minutes alone. You can never just relax completly becuase you are the parent in charge if they wake up at night and need something. I am totally not complaining, I was just thankful for the few hours of quiet :) Thank you Anna!!

Just some random fun

My chunky baby smiling :)

I amnot sure what he's thinking (or doing) here...what a face!
I just love it when he smiles!

It's so difficult to get her to look at the camera........

or smile at the camera.....

Fun with water

My friend Anna babysat Cara and Alex today while I went and picked up Kimberly and Jason from the airport. Cara had a blast! She and Lukas played in the water all day long. They are so cute :) She really loved taking sips out of the hose....and giving Lukas sips too. It was a fun day!!

A good day

A cute hand me down from Jess...it's had many wears, now it's Cara's turn :)

Cara feeding Alex. She LOVES to help :)

We have had a very succesful two days with potty training. I think that she is finally starting to get a clue as to what that little plastic chair is for. Now all I need to do is teach her how to pull her panties down...she kind of just sits on the potty chair and pees...through the undies. It will come with time :)

A fun playdate

Brayden actually likes it when Cara pays attention to him...unlike Alex

Cara trying to sit on Aj's head.
Alex and Brayden...B chewing on A's hand

Tickle tickle Brayden!!

Cara insisted on sitting in the middle of them.

Alex was forever trying to get Braydens ear.

The four kids together

Just for Val

Valerie wanted to see what Alex's eyes look like up close. They havn't completly changed yet, but they are well on their way. It will be interesting to see if he keeps the blue ring around the outside. Blake's have the blue ring, so it could be possible, right??