First Food and Summer Happenings

Yesterday was my new cousin's baby dedication (isn't she a cutie!) as well as the Hamons family reunion so we were gone much of the day. The kids had a lot of fun playing together at the picnic and of course were running around wild as preschoolers do! Here is a picture of the gang. The older boy and the twins in the dark green and yellow are my nefew and nieces. The other twins in the mint green and white are my first cousins, and then the other two in pink are mine of course. Yes...we do have two sets of twins in ou family that are just a week apart in age. Both sets are exactly a year older than Maddelyn. Her birthday is in the middle of the week between theirs! So that means 5 girls birthdays and birthday parites in one week! Nathan calls is Birthday Season!

Caroline got her 1st tooth in this week! It's so funny to see her rubbing it with her tounge. She also started her first veggie and hated it! I made my own baby food green beans for her this week. (Yes Rachael, you inspired me to make food for her like I did Emma!) She normally gets cereal at night so I thought it would be an easier transition to just add the peas into it and give it to her that way. WRONG! She hated them! She was wiggling and whining for the cereal when she saw the bowl like normal, but after about 4 bited she realized I had tried to trick her and started shivering, spitting them out, and gagging. She hated them! We laughed so hard at her faces while she was trying her best to get it out of her mouth. I tried her on them again last night and mixed a tiny bit of formula in with the ceral/beans to add to the flavor and she ate them just fine that way. It's a good think because I have another 17 servings of beans already frozen in the freezer!

Today was a counsin day before school starts for everyone. We took all the kids (pictured above) to the Carosel here in Mansfield. They loved it! Even Caroline got a good laugh as we rode around and around. Afterwards we had a peanutbutter and jelly picnic and then headed over to Kingwood Center to feed the ducks. That is the place where I take all the flower pictures of my girls each summer. I'll have to post those pictures after I upload them in a bit.

Tonight we are going ot have a cousin sleepover at my grandparents house since my aunt from KY is here visiting. It should be a blast with 7 girls 5 and under there! We have a make-up and dress-up party planned with lots of popcorn, sleeping bags, and of course giggles I'm sure! I'll have to let you know how it goes!

Oh, and if you guys could all say a prayer for Emma I'd appreciate it. Friday at dinner we noticed a HUGE growth looking thing in her troat! It's at least the size of a quarter and takes up 1/2 to 2/3 of her throat! So our Dr had her go to the ER because of her airway and the ER Dr said it was her tonsil! He said it was not red, infected, or anthing and that it was just huge? He referred us to the Ear Nose and Throat Specialist in town for an appt tomorrow. I did look at Maddelyn's though for a comparrison and sure enough hers are enlarged too? Not as big as Emma's but both of hers are big? Isn't that wierd? So please just be in prayer for them both. All I need is two surgeries schedualed!