Status update! :)

I am so horrible about making time to blog! I really thought now that summer was here and I didn't have to run the girls from here to there that things would slow down but no way! Oh well. There's not too much to report on since last time.

Trysten has learned to crawl! I can't believe he is only 5 months old and mobile. I remember saying for the first couple months of his life that I wanted him to grow fast but he is really doing things early and its a real bummer! He started last week when I was waiting for Maryah at dance class. He was getting restless so I, being a bad mother, put him down on the dirty floor and off he went! I was so excited! Of course I was the only one there so I wanted to tell someone so bad to watch him and I couldn't. He was too cute. He would take a few steps and fall down then get up and do it again. He was getting a little further every day and today he actually crawled across the whole living room to see his Grammy. Its amazing! Then to top everything off he is pulling himself up on stuff. He can pull up to his knees and he sits there but if you help balance him a little he will pull up to his feet. I promise I'm not lying! I didn't think it was possible for babies to do this stuff so early but I have living proof! lol Now he is working on sitting by himself. He will sit for a minute or so before he falls over but again he gets better every day. I find myself so overwhelmed that he is doing everything all at once. Now I really want him to slow down!

Mykala and Maryah are doing great. They have been spending a lot of time at my Granny's house. We miss them something terrible but I think it is good for her to have company and the girls are pretty easy since they pretty much do everything themselves. I'm so glad they have this precious time with her and are enjoying their time with her so much. When they are home they are anxious to go back!

It's odd because it seems like the more time that passes since my Papa's death the more we all miss him. I find myself thinking of him more and more. Thinking of the situations and the day of the accident...I can't help but think I am a nurse...I should have seen it...I should have known and done something. It's my job and I missed it until it was too late....I hate living in the what-ifs. It's so hard to walk into the hospital on my shifts and be ok. It just brings it all back. I can honestly say Im a better nurse for it however. I am more observant and cautious, and paranoid. I suppose thats a good thing! Sorry to put a downer on this blog but I sure feel better after writing it down...

On a more positive note, Robert and I remodeled the breakroom at our clinic over the weekend. It looks so nice! We are so proud of our hard work. It was the first time we have completely redone a room and its not bad if I do say so myself! I'll take some pics when we get the finishing touches into it! Lots of hard work but well worth it!

I think thats about it for us right now. Life is just busy busy busy! Hopefully something more exciting will happen I can blog about! But for now, good night! :)

Lots O Stuff!

Ok....see I say I'm going to try to be good about this and update every week and you call all obviously see when I did last...lol We have been a busy crew the last couple weeks and I just recently got all my pics uploaded! So...here's my update!

San Antonio, TX...

The end of May the whole family went to San Antonio to see my brother Daniel. He bought a time share at Canyon Lake down there and traded it in for two small "houses" down by the lake for us to all come up and spend a week. They were the cutest little houses! We did TONS of stuff while we were gone including Sea World and The Wild Animal Park. We went and saw Night at the Museum 2 (great movie!) at the IMAX which was awesome! We spent some time driving around the lake as well. That was so much fun because the population of deer up there is abundant! You drive through the neighborhoods their and the deer are all over and if you slow down they come walking towards the car expecting food! Here are some pics of some the deer...

These were in someones front yard! The kids totally loved this!

Like I said we went to the Animal park as well. This was really cool. You drive your vehicle through like a safari and see all these animals! This one is fairly small and still growing but it was so cool to see the animals up close. The Zebras tended to be a little brazen and I actually had to beat one up to get him out of my car! Too bad we didn't catch that on camera! It would be something to remember!

Lazy Buffalo...

This isn't even the one that got inside! :) It was a wonderful experience though and I really would like to have the opportunity to do a bigger one in the future!

We got to see the Alamo which was quite an experience. Even Mykala was fascinated!

We had a really good time at Sea World too! It was Maryah's first time and she loved the animals! Mykala even rode the big roller coaster. She is turning into a daredevil like her Daddy!

While we were gone my Mykala turned 10...can you believe she's in double digits??? I am so sad! Well, she decided to spend her 10th birthday at Schlitterbahns Waterpark (if you are ever in San Antonio it is a must go to!) It was sooooo much fun! We all had a blast! Her Uncle Dan said that she must have a birthday cake and proceeded to surprise her with one he picked out! He is such a great Uncle!

Apparently Trysten decided he liked San Antonio because while we were gone he totally came alive! He was the best baby ever! (other than the sleep thing....) He enjoyed riding around and seemed to like seeing the different places. While he was resting on his playgym on the floor one night he decided he wanted to roll over onto his tummy, so he did! And the two nights later he decided to roll from his tummy to his back! Then by the next night he was up on all fours rocking and trying to CRAWL! I just couldn't believe it!! I was totally in denial! He is getting so close to crawling and he is only 5 months old! That is way too fast for me! This is a video from last week that Robert caught of him attempting to crawl...

He has since then learned to get on his hands and knees and rock and moves his knees forward. He still hasn't got the hand thing down though so he pretty much falls on his face but he gets right back up and goes back at it....I think he might actually crawl in the next couple weeks! Unreal! I'll have to keep you all updated on that! He also decided while we were gone that he wanted to eat what everyone else was eating. He would be sitting in our laps at dinner and as we would be eating he would reach for the forks and open his mouth. So we decided to try him on cereal and fruit and he has done well with it. He is growing so fast.....

Today is Robert and my anniversary! We have been married for 7 years today. Crazy stuff! I can't believe we have been together for 11 years now. How time truly flies! We were able to get out of town overnight on Friday to see the George Lopez concert in Phoenix! It was awesome! It was also so great to get to spend some time alone with him. We definitely don't get much of that these days! But, the best part of the romantic alone time....you guessed it ....THE SLEEP!! We got a full night of uninterrupted sleep! It was Heaven! :)

So, that's pretty much the sum total of the last couple weeks! Like I said, a lot has been going on. Sorry this has gone on forever! I really will try to get it updated more frequently! Hope this finds everyone doing well!