Summer Pictures!

Since Equador we have spent time resting, going to my sister's wedding (which was awesome), going to the beach and spending lots of time trying to stay cool. Here are random pictures from this summer!

Haddie and Emmi Lou

Sea Monsters William and Peter


The Grocery store in Peter's room...the bbq is the cash register by the way..


Took the paci away during the day and she always finds a substitute....rubber duck anyone?






Causing trouble as usual..



No hands!



My beautiful sister...doesn't this look like a magazine?

Seesters! (Aimee, Me, Angie)
Fun at Port A!

Equador!

We had felt God leading us for almost a year to go to Quito, Ecuador for our first experience with family missions. We prayed about it with much questioning from others on why we would take our young kids with us. We finally got to go June 7th through 17th and had such a great time! Our friends Larry and Amanda Castro live there and we had such a great trip and experienced so much of God's perfect timing and planning throughout the whole trip. We were blessed with a great team and such great friends. Can't wait to go back. Here are my favorite pictures...


Don't know what we would have done without Dominica!



Pete and Larry's wall.










Who knows....lol.






Our awesome team!







Dance party! Happy to be together!

Finished classroom...

She got really good at this!

Normal Afternoon Happenings

Happy Birthday Peter!

We invited some of Peter's friends from Mother's Day Out over to our house for Peter's 3rd birthday. Peter had asked for a Thomas the train cake and a pinata so that's what we did! Easy enough! Peter got all kinds of fun stuff and then we ended the night by bringing out his new bicycle. It was a good time and we are thankful to those who were able to come!

Peter had his 3 year well visit at the same time Hadley had her 9 month.
He is 30 lbs - (25th-30th percentile) and 37 inches tall (50th percentile).

Hadley 9 months

Here's what Hadley was up to at 9 months!

-Almost 17 lbs - 25th percentile

She has one tooth so far and I am expecting another one soon. She still doesn't crawl on her hands and knees much although I have seen her trying it more lately. She scoots on her bottom or one hand, one foot, and one knee. She is always dragging some toy around in her free hand. She has completely stopped eating any baby food unless it is the kind that she can hold in the little pouch and squeeze into her mouth, and rarely takes anything from a spoon. She eats about anything she can pick up by herself. Her favorite thing to do is hide behind the living room curtains or the couch and play peek a boo with us. She thinks she is hilarious, really she is. Especially when we can see her smiling behind the sheer curtains...lol. She still doesn't sleep through the night but is only waking up usually one time (only in the last month or so!). Which also means I have still not had a single full nights rest in over 9 months. It is really starting to wear on me! She is a pretty happy girl though and LOVES her big brother!