End of the school year!

These two little butterflies flew into the last day of school with lots of excitement.!

On Tuesday the kiddos performed a little music program.

It's a real shame these two are so shy on stage....Ha!

Amazingly, they were placed on the same side of the stage and we were sitting on that side of the auditorium.  Evie got to sing a solo line in one of the songs.  She was super proud and she did a really good job.

Thursday was bounce house fun day.  The kids had jump houses and a concession stand.  Evie thought the concession stand was the coolest thing ever! (because they got to "buy" all the candy that mom never lets them get at the store...)

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Olivia participated in the festivities also in the baby room where I was helping sub.

And now, we're ready to zoom into vacation!

Beep Beep! Out of my way!

Where is May going??

Hey Guys!  Guess what!  I'm 7 months old today!!! Wahoo!!

Olivia is sitting up on her own.  She is doing much better in the carseat.  She can find her thumb and hold her white blankie and be content for a while.  Thank goodness!

She does not sleep through the night.  Mommy is hoping that this changes in the very near future. And, she cut her very first tooth today! Let the sweet toothy grins begin!

Mother's Day 2015

I am one blessed (and sleepy) Mama!

What a pretty bouquet of little daisies! 

Blue Bubblegum ball = Blue mouth and teeth

Donuts with Dad

Sitting on the porch...waiting for the storm to roll in...

At least the older two sleep...

...even if it means a hand in the face.  

It's May!

Around here lately...

We had sports fan day at school.  Clearly, only Olivia made a good choice that day.  

 Mike explaining the complicated strategy behind Hungy, Hungry Hippo to Evie.

 Ice Cream and playground time at McDonalds

 Everyone enjoying the exer-saucer we borrowed for Olivia.

 Basking under a beautiful blue sky on our very spontaneous trip to Balmorhea State Park

 Practicing her sitting skills

 Daddy and his girls taking a stroll around the pool.

We had quite a fun time at the park.  The girls were real dramatic about swimming in the spring-fed pool with all the fish.  

Then Mavery announced that she wanted to jump off the diving board.  So we walked over to the low spring board and she states, "No, I want to jump off THAT diving board", pointing to the 12 foot high diving board that goes into 25 ft. water.  Oh. Yea. Sure.

So, I made her jump off the little one first.

Counting it off with Daddy.

 

Then she climbed her little self up the high-dive

(telling me the whole time, "Mommy, I can do it ALL. BY. MYSELF!!")

 and after some encouragement from everyone at the pool and a few countdowns, there she went...

(and mommy almost lost her lunch....)

She's our little dare-devil for sure!

Very fun times with these two drama-queens

 Sporting the sun hat for Sunday School

Six Months Old - Olivia

Olivia turned six months old on Sunday.  She is getting quite the little personality.  She is very active and alert.  She loves to watch her older sisters play and sing to her.  She weighed 15.11 lbs at her appointment and she falls into the 25th percentile for length and weight.  Olivia is learning to love baby food, but it's still a little slow.  She is starting to take an interest in her puffs, but her older sisters are more interested in them and I have to keep them from sampling all the baby food.  

She is almost sitting on her own, but she still needs a bit of assistance.  She sleeps all night about 2-3 times a week.  She does really well with her morning nap, but she is not at all crazy about her afternoon nap, the one she needs the most!

Happy 1/2 birthday Olivia Gail Morrow!  You are growing up way too fast!

Baby Dedication - Olivia

Thank you friends and family for joining us for Olivia's baby dedication. Below is our promise to Olivia, as well as Evie and Mavery, to raise these girls according to God's Word. 

Letters from Daddy:

(Olivia, I'm sorry that these may be difficult to read.  And I'm sorry about the food stains on the letters.  That's because your older sisters spilled goldfish crackers on them in the car.  Consider it their contribution to your baby dedication.  They love you!)

Letter From Mommy

Pictures from the service

Our crazy family

Mawmaw and the girls

(Olivia looks like she's trying to push Evie out of the shot.)

Pawpaw!

Evie giving her portion of the "presentation"

Play date with the Parks girls!

We miss you guys!!

 Mawmaw, Olivia and Mavery having some brunch.

Evie decided to make herself useful and help Mrs. Larissa serve beverages.

 We were happy to have the Parks attend the dedication service.

 Sweet Alden

We had a great weekend and were so blessed by friends and family who were able to attend the service for encouragement and support.  

Enjoying April

We went to feed the ducks.  Mavery made a nice pile of crumbs for the pigeons.  She looks very determined to feed the birds. 

 Pretty girl

 Crib time with Olivia

 Just about ready for the big girl stroller.  She rode in it to go get the mail today and did much better than in the rear-facing infant carrier.  

 Making mud pies on the porch.  Good clean messy fun!

Fun with videos

Easter Sunday, Drive In Movie, and Swim Lessons

Here we come...

On time and everything...

 Mommy and the girls...

We made it!

 Easter Sunday!

Happy Easter!

 Mavery pouting about going to Sunday School.

 Evie looking so pretty and way too grown up!

 Easter Egg hunt with friends.

Our first drive-in movie.  

It was...interesting.  We packed so much that it looked like we were going camping.

We have some kinks to work out, but plan to go again this summer when it is warmer.

Ahhhh! Swim Lessons!

 It's ok!  They did great!

 Mavery learning to jump in.

Evie on the kick board.

 Cannon Ball!!!!!!