Look Who's Crawling

Sara is officially crawling!  She has been so close for a while now and finally something clicked the other day.  Now there is no stopping her and she is all over the place mostly where ever her brothers are.  Time to break out those baby gates!!

Nap Time

Will got the short end of the stick with this napping arrangement.

Happy 80th Birthday Papa!

We celebrated Eric's grandfather's 80th birthday on Fathers day.  This was the first time that the entire family has been together in a long time...children, grandchildren and great grandchildren!!

I don't think he looks a day over 21....what do you think?  :-)

The entire family

 Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren!

Tadpole Hunting

It's serious business.....

9 Months!

Happy 9 month birthday Sara! I'm going to keep this one short and sweet since I'm late in posting and my memory stinks these days so basically I can't remember what happened at 9 months.  (sorry Sara..don't hate me when you get older and look back at your baby book).  I can say that Sara is such a happy and easy baby and I love being able to spend time with her.  At her 9 month doctor appointment, she weighed in at 17lbs 14 ozs which is small compared to her 21 pound brothers at the same age.  

Here are some pictures from the month....

Sleeping on her belly for the first time.

 Dad's in Training

 Do I have something on my face?

 Enjoying a little afternoon beach time

 First pigtails!

 What's that you say?

Trying to cool off on a hot day.  That's a bathtub not a pool but it served it's purpose.  It was also meant just for Sara but Jack had to squeeze himself in.

Wake up time!

Group hug!  I wish this picture came out better.

 I can't resist this little face.

Teeth!

Guess who got teeth!  Okay...so not much of a guess but at 9 months Sara finally got her first two teeth!  It wasn't the most enjoyable few days as those little suckers started popping through but they've arrived and Sara is happy once again.  However, as I think about it, the poor thing had teeth popping through at the exact same time she got an ear infection.  Ouch.  

Here's a few more pictures just because.  I can't resist that face.

Last Day of Tball

Will had his last tball game this past weekend.  It was such a fun season for all of us.  Will met some new friends and had a great time playing.  We loved watching him playing and actually saw the entire team improve from where they were at the start of the season.  At the beginning, they would all run after the ball no matter where they were on the field (i.e. the 1st baseman would run into left field!).  And by the last game, they were actually making plays, fielding the ball and throwing to a base!

At the end of the game, the coach presented Will with the game ball for a "great play at second base".  What the play was...I'm not really sure but Will was very excited to get the ball.  I managed to forget my camera but thank goodness for iphones so I was able to snap a few pictures.  These pictures make me smile because Will was so excited about his trophy and ball.  And it is just such a classic picture....dad and son at baseball with the trophy.  A memory we will never forget.  But at the same time, the pictures make me a little sad because he is getting big so fast.  I can't believe he is going to kindergarten in the fall.  When did that happen?