27 weeks

Just as a reminder...here's 22 weeks:

my big boy!

Watching Cade grow from my sweet little baby boy into a big boy is mostly the unrecognizable day-to-day changes. A couple things this past weekend, though, make it sooo obvious!

Because of another lovely summer diaper rash, we put Cade to bed in big boy underwear. He wore them most of the day Saturday & Sunday without an accident! It's a learning curve for me...like what do you do at the park or when driving in the car...but I think he's trying to tell us he's ready to ditch the diapers!

There's also his new fearlessness going under water at the pool.  I'm happy he's not scared of the water, but a little fear wouldn't be a bad thing, right?!  :)

Today, we headed to Mitch Park to watch some kites. (You can see a couple big ones in the back of the first picture.) The first time he headed up this 'ladder' I kept a hand on him, but he did great. SO I had him do it again to take a picture. When he was half-way up, I asked him to stop so I could step back & take a picture, but he just kept climbing & went all the way by himself.

So if THAT didn't make you grimace, this will! Because when I walked around & saw him swing out over this giant slide, I definitely gasped! :)

Hamburger Cookout at the Vesta's

Thank you Vesta's for the awesome cookout! We appreciate your hospitality!

Kati here is the picture with the bow colored against black and white. I figured out how to do it and I think it turned out awesome. I might enter it in the county fair!

Family Pics

We Won! We Won! We Won!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!

We started the game in the field. The opposing team Kremlin, who had beaten us all year long by more than 10 points every time, scored 4 runs in the opening inning. We came out and scored one run. The second inning we held them to no runs. We came out and scored 7. The third inning we held them to no runs and we came out and scored five. So the score is 13 to 4 we are ahead. I tell the girls all you have to do is get 3 outs and we win. So what do they do..... They start bobbling the ball. We could not catch a break. Even their little girls that normally strike out were getting hits. Would you believe they caught back up to us and tied us at 13.

So we are up. We only need one run and we win! Kaitlyn gets a hit, then Jenni gets a hit, then Samantha gets a good hit but the umpire calls Kaitlyn back to third because they got the ball in the infield before she was past half way to home. (Yeah right) It could have been called either way so out comes Brianna. She had three really good foul tips but then struck out. Erika was up. She had two strikes and I'm thinking oh my Gosh we are going to go into another inning because the next batter is really inconsistent. The pitch goes out, Erika swings the bat, I hear the metal hitting the ball and Kaitlyn takes off running and WE WIN!!!!

The girls were all screaming, I was crying. It was the most exhilarating feeling ever. My team that I coached won our tournament!!!! These girls were so wonderful. It was a total blast!

Jenni Softball Finals!

OK! I need lots of prayers! Jenni's softball team which I coach is in the finals of our tournament!!!!!!!

Monday night we played two games and won them both! The first one in extra innings. Now all along I have believed these girls had it in them but we would come out and lose our minds and the opponent would get 7 runs in one inning and kill our chance to stay in the game.

Monday night they hit well and we came out on top. I am so stinky proud of these little girls you just can't imagine. So tonight win or lose I am thrilled we made it to the finals. The worst we can do is 2nd place.

It is double elimination so if we lose the first game we have to play a second. I'm hoping for the win in the first one so we can get out of the heat. Cheer us on in your minds. Our first game is 7:30 in Medford. I'll let you know when we get home if we are champions! :)

Abby's Dance

Abby will be dancing in MWC at the Rose State College (same as the last time) on Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Morning. All I have is arrive times not dance times but she has to be there on Saturday @ 1:00 for her solo, Sunday @ 8:30 for her duo - Jail House and her other dance sucks and it's not worth seeing but it is at 1:00. : )

I have class until 9:30 on Thursday so we will most likely head to the city on Friday Morning. We will be staying with mom.

Hope we can see you all at some point this weekend!