David and Colbie

A lot late but I had to get these two perfect little miracles on here. It is totally amazing the love you can feel for little babies of people you love, even if you haven't gotten to meet them yet! I'm so very happy for you Beck & Doug and Cassie & Chris and I really can't wait to meet them!

 

David Daniel Kakela DeMartini

6/21/12

7 lb. 10 oz. 19 in 

What an angel!! Precious!

And a perfect buddy for an awesome older brother Tucker!

Colbie Lou Ann Thompson

7/31/12

7 lb. 14 oz. 20 in.

Perfect adorable little munchkin!

And a sweet loving older brother Luke!

Colbie and Davey, cousins 5 weeks apart

And their beautiful mamas. Awesome job guys! Love you!

First Day of Kindergarten!

The first day of Kindergarten went great over here! They were very excited to have a new shirt and sneakers! (that was the extent of our shopping) Colt wanted to go to school too and it took him a few days to stop asking if he could go too. The girls were very excited and didn't seem nervous until we got there. The night before Eric gave them father's blessings and they both enjoyed getting that special blessing and comfort from dad. Colt also enjoyed getting one!

 

My kindergartners! I really can't believe it but they are in school, it is totally weird for me to think of myself as someone with kids in school but they were really ready for it.

Getting sick of my pictures, they just wanted to go! And I was nervous and going crazy and wish I would have gotten some better pictures but this is what we have!

The gang all lined up for the first day!

Ms. Ford's class, here we come!

Hannah helped them feel not so nervous since she's been doing it for years now!

Rachel asked me to stay and was a little timid at first but did awesome, she was so brave! Way to go Rachel!

Livy couldn't wait to get started and certainly didn't have time to look up for a picture! I'm so happy you are so happy Livy, so proud of you!

 

Mommas last pictures, hanging on as long as I could...

A quick peek in the room from outside the door, Rachel checked for me for a minute and then got into her work while Livy didn't even notice I left!

I only had a few tears this day and I was so happy that they were ok. I had to avoid talking about it with people or I would start crying, especially  my mom!  I am so excited for them and to see how they grow and learn this year. They will do so amazing and they are truly wonderful girls. I love you Rachel and Livy, I hope you know how special you are to us. They came home and reported that it was a little boring but they guessed they would go back the next day! I had to laugh, such funny expectations they have! Two weeks in and I am glad to report that they both totally love it! They are excited to go every day and say they have the best teacher ever! I love hearing about their day and seeing what happened and luckily so far they have loved talking about it. There are already crushes going on, yikes. Poor Colt constantly yells "I have to talk" now because he doesn't get to talk as much once they get home, I have to make a special effort to try and ask about his day too now!

While the girls were gone

 

While the girls were in New York for a week it was just these two crazy kids at home! It was a nice break from total chaos but these two still managed to keep me busy.

We sat in lots of buckets, went to the park, fed the ducks, enjoyed errands with only two kids, did some chores with help for Colt, had some doctor appointments, played in the rain, swam, and of course built lego towers. And Ellie mastered going down the slide in the living room with out totally falling on her face each time, sweet.

They had a fun week but Colt asked every hour the last 3 days when we were going to go to New York. Every time I told him to get his shoes he would run so excitedly to the door saying, we go New York?

I love you two little cuties!

Pebbles turned 7! We had an impromptu birthday party for her right before bed. Colt fed her ham and she was pretty happy, except for the hat she had to wear!

Happy birthday Pebs! We sure love you!

Ellie got into a bag of stuff I was getting rid of in my closet and decided to string them around her neck, one of her favorite past times!

We sure did miss our Liv and Rae though! Glad you two had such a fun time in New York! Colt and Ellie were lonely without their great big sisters around!

 

 

Meet the Teacher

Well, it has finally arrived........Kindergarten! Rachel and Livy were pretty excited to go and meet their teacher. We decided to make an afternoon out of it and went and got our nails done! They were really happy to have Hannah here with them for this fun/scary time of going to school. We finished the afternoon with some yummy yogurt and they were overall pretty excited to go to school on Monday!

Rachel told me on the first day of school the boy sitting next to her told her he liked her nails, they were blue.

 

Here we go!

Rachel was quite nervous once we actually got in there. She was shy and not enjoying it too much and I was fearful of the first day of school, but she surprised me and did great!

Livy was excited and all smiles. She couldn't wait to get in there and get to work!

Rachel and Livy are in the same class this year and have a great teacher Ms. Ford. We are so proud of you girls and so excited for you to enjoy this new part of your lives!