changes

Back on April 10th we celebrated Isaac's 11th birthday.  He wanted to go to Cheddar's for dinner, so that's what we did.  Afterwards we went back to the apartment for cake.  Although, I think I was the only one who ate a piece.  So, I think next year we may do something different.

We bought a new home at the end of March, so we spent about six weeks in the apartment before we moved to the new house.  We wanted to let Isaac take his TCAP tests at a school where he was familiar.  So, the boys' last day at their old schools was May 9th.  They started their new school on May 12th.  Isaac had already moved up to middle school, but in his new school, the 5th grade is included in the elementary school.  I am thankful that the boys went to the same school again for two weeks because I think it made the transition easier for both of them.  Isaac will be starting a new middle school in August.

The last week that Isaac was at his old school, he had a band concert.  We were pleasantly surprised at how great he and the rest of the 5th grade band sounded.  It is amazing to me how well their band director worked with them.  Isaac apparently learned a whole lot more about playing the saxophone than we realized.  Isaac wants to continue being in a band, but I am not sure if he will continue to play the saxophone.  Hopefully he will have an easy transition to a new band at his new middle school.

Alex recently got a couple of brackets placed on his teeth to start straightening them now that his palate has been expanded.  He was so excited.  He and Isaac both go back to the orthdontist in a few days to have everything checked out.  Isaac may be getting braces soon too.

We have done a lot of work painting the new house since we closed on it.  The previous owners liked much bolder colors than we do, we have repainted half of the rooms in the house.  The rest of them are pretty neutral colors that can wait a while to be painted.  The next rooms we'll paint will probably be the boys' bedrooms.  I took before pictures, so now that almost everything is in order, I'll take after ones and document the comparison.

Until then, here are some random pictures that I have taken over the past few months.

the boys' first day that their new school

Heidi's first Easter

the boys loving our new pool

diving for rings

Heidi and her teacher, Ms. Danni

Heidi and another teacher at her school, Mrs. Tamia

She's a climber! This chair was made for me by my Daddy, and I, a family friend, Isaac, Alex and now Heidi have all enjoyed it.

Heidi and her best buddy at school, Sammie

Cool shades

Heidi's new bed in her new room.  Before this, she was in a pack n play in our room.

Heidi's first time to wear a bathing suit

Helping Momma unpack

Excited for the OKC playoff game

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

 

Heidi months 10 and 11

 Heidi started walking at nine and a half months, and she hasn't slowed down since.  She is now 11 months old and all over the place!  She is walking very well now and has started climbing on everything.  We definitely have to keep our eyes on her around a set of stairs.  She has no fear and will climb them without hesitation.  She has four teeth that have broken through: three on the bottom and one on top.  She has another one on the top that is starting to come through too.  She is still wearing size 3 diapers, mostly 12 month clothes and a size 3 shoe. I'm guessing she probably weighs at least 20 pounds by now.  She is down to one bottle a day, first thing in the morning, and the rest of the day she is drinking from a sippy cup.  She is drinking about as much whole milk as she is formula now, and once all of the formula we have is gone, she will drink only whole milk.  She eats most of her meals when we do, and doesn't eat much baby food anymore.  Even with her limited number of teeth, she can eat almost anything.  She has breakfast, lunch and a snack now at school, and she is starting to transition to the toddler schedule.  She will be ready to move up to the toddler class as soon as she turns one.  Heidi has started talking a lot more, and last night when her daddy went to work, she put her first two words together, "bye bye dada".  It was so cute!

Heidi 10 months old - blurry because she won't stand still



Heidi 11 months



Heidi loves her little pool




Sometimes she likes her float in the big pool