The bouncer....

is one of Liam's favorite things to be in besides his swing. He loves talking to the hanging froggy. He is so funny to watch as he will go from being very serious (upper right) to an immediate laugh (bottom left). If only we could figure out what his conversations with the frog are about.

The Uhl's are here

Thursday night everyone arrived from Maryland. Nicole and Matt were very excited to meet Liam. Matt couldn't believe I offered for him to hold him and was all smiles. I had my surgery Friday and am at home recovering. Katherine, Mark and all the kids minus Liam headed to Marco Island until Tuesday.

I AM DONE!!!!!!

Well after my final tonight I will be :) I have been studying all day for my Anatomy and Physiology 2 lab final today. I take the test at 5 and by 6:00....I Celine will have an A.S. in Health Information Management. What is that you ask???? A glorified way to say medical records and billing processes. I put together a collage of some of the photos I took throughout the semester of the models I needed to know the parts of. BORING...but I thought I would share my misery. On the top right you will see my picture of a liver and the green thing hanging off of it is a gallbladder. Funny looking...not when you have to go have it removed on Friday! Yes, my surgery is at 12:30 Friday and they will be removing the gallbladder and taking a biopsy of my liver due to high enzyme levels. Below that picture I have included a picture of the female reproductive system. As you all know we have now just reproduced for the second time and as much as we love our dear Madison and Liam we do not wish to reproduce any more.....Thus brings me to my next point. While on the table why just not have it all done! I will also be getting my tubes cauterized (they don't "tie" any more). Katherine, Mark and the kids will be here and will have Madison on the west coast for what I hope to be the worst of my recovery and poor Travis will have to manage Liam all alone while I am hung up in pain I am sure. Keep us in your prayers....we will need them :)

Happy Fathers Day Travis!

We had a great Fathers Day today. Madi started last night by "riding" on dad on the floor and today we spent the morning making an omlet breakfast for Travis, cleaning and then off to Sonic for a drive in lunch which Madi thought was cool because of the girls on roller skates and then we went bowling. Liam slept the entire time...so he will have to wait to try out bowling another time...HA!

Sleep over with Dakota and Lee Lee

Cannon ball

Woo Hooo!!!!

Belly flop!

Liam going for a dip in the pool

Dakota's boyfriend

The girls hanging out

Last night we had the two girls over for a sleep over. We had a movie night and this morning played in the blow up pool. Madi had a great time and cant wait for them to come back!

The other night....

Liam stood FOREVER as we admired those chunky thighs
and Madi caught fish off the dock :)

Playtime on the floor

He is already tackling her!

Some sunny and some rainy DAZE

Liam is obviously not enjoying this!
Still loves his bath!

I CAN SIT UP!!!....with help :)

Out lives are remaining busy. Madison loves torturing Liam however she says she is sad because with her cold she cant kiss on Liam. He has had some ups and downs with formula and reflux again and now is on Zantac twice a day (following in his sisters footsteps) and we have switched his formula again. Not to the ones the doctors said because it is too expensive so we are experimenting on our own. He has done OK so far...we think. I have a week and a half left of school and then I am done! Madi will be happy for this one I think. Travis and I went on a date last night....compliments of Jennifer. We went to dinner and a movie. Great to spend time just the two of us. I am hopefully going to have my surgery scheduled before the end of the month as my insurance runs out on the 1st and on Travis's plan we will have out of pocket expenses where on mine we will not. It has been hotter than you know what here the past few days but thankfully not as much rain!

Liam's two month appt

Today was Liam's two month check up. He weighed in at a whopping 14.7 lbs and was 24 1/2 inches long. They said he looked great and told us to give him an ounce of prune juice a day to help with his bowels. I was also told that the reason his is not doing so hot between feedings is he is not being fed enough!!! Yes....we are giving him 5 oz every 3 hours but they said based on his weight he should be getting 6-7 oz. What does this mean you ask???? It means we now need to get all new 9 oz bottles to fit this amount as well as HOPEFULLY in a few days him sleeping longer at night :)

Hopefully our garden will grow....

Today the garden was finally done. It has been raining every day for weeks now and we finally got a big break today. Travis and Madison plated the garden. At the end they had a great time spraying each other with the hose which madi thought was great! She picked out the vegetables she wanted and now we just need to see if they grow. We have Broccoli (her favorite veg to eat), Zucchini (her new fav vegetable), corn and pea's.

Mom projects

Beautiful cornice
Lovin' my red doors

Adorable name sign and shelf

THE DREADED BAMBOO!!!

While mom was here she out did herself and did some major projects while she was here. I finally got a chance to go around and take pictures of a few that make me think of her every day. Those not pictured are the pine tree on the side of the house being up rooted to make room for Madison's garden and the front yard project she helped Travis with that I posted while she was here. We only have one bamboo shoot starting to come up but we are hoping the stump grinder guy comes soon to give us out estimate. This project I believe was the toughest and is what put me in physical therapy for my foot (Achilles tendinitis). And for those who might ask...no that is not our boat. It is a friend across the street that we let use the dock :)

Thanks for everything again mom!! You have put your mark on the house that puts a smile on my face every day!!!

Fun with the kids!

Madi went to Toys R Us last night to spend the gift cards the Papa and Mimi sent her for her birthday. She chose skates that thankfully have "training wheels". She tried them out this morning and did pretty good. Thought the ones of her an Liam were cute too! Man he is beefing up!

A day with the Bilbao's

Saturday we spent the day with the Bilbao's. Madison and Destiny Lee exchanged birthday gifts and played. Madison ended up staying for a sleep over that night which she was totally thrilled about! Dakota and Liam met for the first time and I have to say...I have never seen him act the way he acted with anyone. He is in LOVE with Dakota. The picture above shows part of his reactions when he looks at her. If she was not holding him....he would scan the room looking for her until he found her and would not take his eyes off of him!!! What can I say....the little man knows a good woman when he sees it!

Madison graduates pre-K

Beautiful cake by Roro

Madi peeking up from the back waving her diploma

Getting ready to walk the stage

She is the third in from the left

Friday night was Madison's graduation. She was very proud of herself as were we. The ceremony was nice and after we had a little party for her and Gianna at Jennifer's house. Rose made a beautiful cake and the girls were excited to get gifts and to know that they are now off to Kindergarten!!!!!