Happy 1st Birthday Jace!!!

Jace is already one year old!! He had a really fun party! Here we're all singing to him.

Jace loved his cake and dug right in!
Cade thought it was so funny to feed Laney!Everyone playing with the new toys! It was like Christmas!

Such a cute little cowboy!!We tried to get them all to wear the hats...not easy!Cade giving Granddad bunny ears!

Amy's Baby Shower

We had so much fun honoring Amy and helping her get ready to welcome baby Hunter Luke! We're all so excited and can't wait to meet him!

The shower game...looks funny, I know! Everyone had to draw what they thought baby Hunter would look like. There were some very impressive ones!

Uncle Kevin

One of Kevin's favorite things is being an uncle to Cade and Jace. They think he's pretty cool too!

I ♥ SWA!!!!

One thing that I love about working for Southwest is that we get to do lots of things at work that some other companies don't get to do. Southwest is very involved in the community and encourages our teams to do service projects. Our manager, Jenn, suggested that our team come up with one.

Anne and I were the organizers and we made fleece tie blankets for Children's Hospital. While they were very time consuming to prepare (especially Anne's part!), it was so much fun and they turned out great! My team all generously donated money for the fabric and we made 18 blankets for the kids. Laney received several blankets during her stay at Children's so it was so exciting for me to be able to give back to them. I love that we're far enough past all of the really hard stuff that now I was able to help other kids in her honor. Thank you to my sweet team for making it possible!

A few weeks later our entire director group did another project for Children's. One of our managers, Larry, decided to plan a service project during our activity time. We made 2,000 "Busy Books for Kids"...which are coloring packets with crayons for the kids in the waiting rooms! Isn't that great!!!! I almost cried thinking about all of the effort that went into planning and watching everyone work so hard. These little extras make such a big difference. There are multiple things like this that really stick out to me when I remember our stay. I love that good things are coming out of Laney's situation. I even got to share a little bit about Laney at the beginning of the project. Great idea, Larry!

Pictures in the Park- 17 Months Old

Our good friend Steve has a photography business and took these pictures at Celestial Park in Addison! He did such a great job. Bryce and Laney weren't in the best picture mood but he managed to get some cute ones despite that. They did have fun playing in the dirt though! Check out his website if you're looking for someone that has very reasonable prices and is wonderful to work with: http://www.stevenhodgsonphotography.com/ Thank you so much, Steve!

Surprise!!!

Travis, Amanda and Carter are getting ready to welcome Baby Greyson into their family! We surprised them with a diaper shower to help them stock up. It was so fun to get the kids together and celebrate with them!! We can't wait to meet sweet little Greyson!

I'm so lucky to have Amanda as my best friend! It's fun to get to share this special time with her!An attempt with all of the kids!

Carter practicing with his "big brother" camera!
Beverly hanging out with Jackson...Dan and Susan's cutie!

Goldilocks and the Many Bears

The past few summers Kevin has taught Intro to Acting for 1st and 2nd graders. I'm just amazed that he can get such young kids to memorize a whole play and perform it in front of a big audience really well without mistakes! He's a great teacher and the kids LOVE his class. Here are a few pictures from this year:

Goldilocks in the forest...

The flowers showing Goldilocks the way home...

The bears...

17 Months!

We thought it was time for some new Mr. Bear pictures! I love this outfit that Laney is wearing. Grandmom and Granddad gave it to her when she finished her chemo treatments. I think the skirt is adorable!!!

At 17 Months Laney:

*Says DaDa, Uh Oh and other things we can't understand!

*Is very affectionate & happy- she loves laughing, kisses and hugs (especially from her Daddy).

*Holds her own with Bryce as he steals toys and runs her over at times. :)

*Cruises furniture, stands in her crib and on toys for long periods of time.

*Imitates noises and actions (Aunt Renee taught her to blow kisses!)

*Eats 5 oz of formula 4 times a day (they will stop formula at 18 months since they're still not on the growth chart), lots of table foods and some baby food.

*Favorite foods- Graham crackers, cheese, yogurt, toast.

*Favorite toys- books, balls (she's got an arm!), musical table

*Wears size 6-9 months, diapers size 3, shoe size 2, and bows whenever she'll agree to!

*Sleeps from 7:30pm-7am and takes 2 naps for 2 hours. She can skip a nap but Bryce isn't quite ready to transition to one nap yet!

*Weighs 18 lbs 15 oz and is 27.8 inches long

*Crawls everywhere:

At 17 Months Bryce:
*Says DaDa, Uh Oh (over & over again), Ducky and other things we can't understand!
*Loves to laugh and be silly- he likes us to chase him around the couch.
*Wants to play with anything that Laney is playing with.

*Loves shows on the toddler channel...he'd watch all day if you let him!

*Imitates noises and actions (he gives Daddy 5!)
*Eats 5 oz of formula 4 times a day (they will stop formula at 18 months since they're still not on the growth chart), lots of table foods and some baby food.
*Favorite foods- crackers, yogurt, toast, bananas (some days).
*Favorite toys- books, balls, cars
*Wears size 12-18 months, diapers size 3, shoe size 3
*Sleeps from 7:30pm-7am and takes 2 naps for 2 hours. He likes his sleep!

*Weighs probably about 21 pounds.
*Walks everywhere and is almost starting to run....lots of bruises at our house: