The many faces of McKenon-6 months today!

He's 6 months already...I can hardly believe it. Drew and I were just commenting on how very fast it has gone. I have so enjoyed this little bundle so far. He is so sweet and just rolls with it most of the time. He loves his Mommy very much because now he is getting a bit of stranger anxiety. He started food on Saturday and much to my surprise he had no problems swallowing. I've started the other boys a little earlier and there was a bit of a learning curve...not so with Mack he has it down-literally :). We go in to the doc in a week for his WWC so it will be interesting to find out his weight and height. Mack likes to put any and everything into his mouth. He greets me every morning with a big smile and "Hee" (which is of course "HI"). He is rolly polly and is oh so huggable and smells so good...can you tell I kind of like him?

This week is Drew's birthday week as well. His b-day is the 4th. We will head up to Orcas tomorrow for the rest of the week! Drew will come up on Wednesday I think. I'm hoping the weather is good. Drew's Grandma's b-day was yesterday and it was Lachlan's 1/2 birthday (he wants to celebrate his b-day in June now because he is a december baby) so yesterday we got together for a bbq and cake with the family. It was such a nice afternoon.

Drew, his grandma, Lachlan and Cohen
Happy birthday!

The faces Mack makes (pictures taken today):





Eating solids for the first time

Potluck

Rob and Christina had a wonderful potluck in the park in Lynden. It was a beautiful evening and very fun to be with everyone.

Johanna and Mack
Carissa and I (this is blurry-sorry)
Our wonderful elders and Friends Kathy and Laverne with Cohen
Lachlan and Wade
Lach, Cohen, Wade and Dean

Wenatchee

Took a little trip last week to see my Grandma, my cousin Julianne, her husband Kevin and their 4-month-old daughter Brielle. We had a really nice time. It was a special treat to see Emily, Clara and Melanie! The boys had a ball in the pool and at the park. The weather was beautiful too.
Nanny and Mack
Brielle (4 months) and Mack
Little hands
All the kids
Cohen swimming
Mack Loungin'
Lachlan
Julianne and the kids

Summer has started!

We kicked off the beginning of summer with a trip to Orcas Island. I left with the kids on Thursday last week. My sister and her 3 kids joined us. Drew and Kaaran's husband Mike came up on Friday. The weather wasn't hot but it didn't rain and was pretty comfortable. We hiked a lot and the kids had fun playing. We had a really good time. I head to see my cousin and Grandma in Wenatchee on Wednesday and back to Orcas next Tuesday with my Mom & Dad for the 4th (Drew's b-day)! It is going to be a busy couple weeks. The boys are really excited!

Mack turns 6 months next week-I can hardly believe it! Time to start solids. I've already started making some food (and froze it) for him. He is getting so big and is getting ready to crawl. He is a lot of fun and is game for most anything. He loves the backpack and falls asleep right away in it.

Hope everyone is doing good and happy summer!

Five kiddos hiking
Having lunch on top of Turtleback Mountain on Orcas
A picture of McKenon from last week

Almost summer...

This last week was really busy. Lachlan finished kindergarten and now we have a first grader! Cohen finished his Kindermusik class and then Father's Day. It was a fun week, but I am glad to have the school year behind us (and early mornings!). The weather is cold again today, but I will try not to complain...we did have 2 days of sun. I'll post some pictures.

Cohen's last day of Kindermusik-riding the "City Bus"


Last Day of Kindergarten
Lachlan and Caleb
Washing the desks with shave cream
Father's Day:
Dad and Mack
Lachlan and Landon
Pappy and Lisa
Mom & Mack
Kaaran and Mike

Trying to stay warm here...

Well, once again our Northwest weather has thrown me for a loop. It is so cold! Taking Lach to school this morning it was 46 degrees! We had a whopper of a storm last night too...rain, wind, lightning and thunder. Checking the KOMO weather page it said that there has only been one June day so far that has been above 60 degrees...which apparently is a record since 1917...I don't want to beat any more records in this department. My garden is stunted too...everything is just sort of staying the same size except the weeds. Anyway, this is my rant today because it is just a bit discouraging. However, we are suppose to see the sun starting on Thursday, I sure hope so!

Despite the weather things have been really busy. Lachlan's last day of school is Friday. He will hopefully be going to another school next year so he is going to miss all his friends he met this year. He will still be in public school but a program called "Visions" which does mostly what he does now but they apply all the learning with field trips and hands on activities and parents have to be very involved. We had our interview last week, which went fairly well, so I am hoping to hear soon. I can't believe we have a first grader!

Cohen has his last Kindermusik class tomorrow, and he is so excited. He has been going to his music class with his Great Gram and his Grandma. Tomorrow, being the last day, I am going to go and we get to ride the bus around town and then go to the park for a picnic. He asks me everyday when his picnic is going to be. He has absolutely loved his music class (thanks so much Gram and Cath) and my little singer just keeps on singing :).

Mackie has also found his voice this last week. He just started babbling "ba ba ba ba"-so cute. He also continues to drool constantly despite getting his first teeth. Drew and I were able to go on a date on Saturday night and Drew's mom and grandma watched the boys. What a wonderful break it was! We went and walked at Washington Park and then went to dinner...which was incredibly relaxing. Our fine babysitters reported that the kids were great but Mack kept looking around all over for me and when he couldn't find me he would start crying "Ma Ma Ma Ma"! He hasn't been without his Mommy much. It was good for both of us though!

This is longer than I intended. Hope everyone has a great week! Here are some pictures from the last week:
Some pictures from Lach's field trip to the Children's museum...this is Lach in the boat
Lach's good friend Jamillia
This was great fun!
Hard to get too down about the weather when this face greets me in the morning...such a happy boy

Big Mack is 5 months!

Lachlan is back to school today...and so happy. We had a very relaxed weekend and did pretty much nothing...very good thing for getting well. He seems fine now. Cohen now has a runny nose, but a runny nose could be allergies and I don't really care as long as it is not a fever!

McKenon turned 5 months last Friday. The day before he got his first tooth! Now he has both bottom ones. Hard to believe he is getting so big. He is easy and very sweet. He is sleeping about 9 hours straight now from 7 pm until 4 or 4:30 am then up around 7 am. I am very happy about this schedule.

That is pretty much all for now. Here are some recent pictures:

I'm 5 months!
First tooth!


I will close with these two sillies!