The girls were supposed to be sleeping and all of the sudden I was hearing some singing coming from the back of the house. I thought maybe Chris was still back there singing and praying with them but to my surprise it was Leila singing away in bed Hallelujah over and over and over again. It was pretty cute so I thought I would share it with you.
Leila's in on the left and Larissa's is on the right.
Delilah trying to climb the chair.
Ashlynn and Delilah
Elisabeth multitasking
Kayla sitting pretty.
Leila and Sam hanging out in the grass.
Somehow I did not get one picture of Larissa or Liv today at the play date. Weird!
She is getting so big now. She is so good at holding her own bottle even laying down (still propped up by a pillow so we wont get any ear infections).
She is rolling all over the place now. It is hard to just lay and rest with her. I think crawling is not too far in the distance. She also is a big talker now. This afternoon I heard someone playing at nap time and went to see which one of the big girls was up and to my surprise it was Liv having a good ol' time in her crib! She was laughing and making really loud noises. I'm surprised that she did not wake up her older sisters.
Our first stop was the fabric store to get supplies to make her dress up closes for her ballerina birthday party coming up. Then we headed off to the mall to search for the perfect birthday dress for her pictures. While at the mall we went to the information booth Lolly handed her birthday gift postcard to the lady and she handed her a birthday bag full of goodies. It had bubbles, crayons, a coloring book, jump rope and squishy toy. She was so pleased with her birthday goodies from the mall. Keep in mind folks that I only paid $5 per child for a whole year of fun at the mall. I love the Kidgits mall club.
All her goodies!
Larissa wanted to have a hot dog on a stick for her special date night dinner. It worked out great because we got our Kidgits mall coupons today and one of them was a free item at hot dog on a stick. She loved her dinner and then we headed off to a couple more stores. We could not resist the smells coming out of The Body Shop so we stopped in and the worker was so sweet to let Larissa pick out a lotion to try and then she made Larissa her own little sample to take home. She wanted to sleep with it tonight! She told me she felt like a Mommy tonight. I think she means that she felt like a real big kid. 
Taking a bow in her new birthday dress.
Across the street from Kohl's was a Dairy Queen so we stopped over there before heading home for a ice cream treat. We love their kids cone. It was just a little over $1.
The end of a wonderful Mommy date! I loved getting to hear all the wonderful things that were going through her head. She did not have to worry about sharing me, or me not hearing her over her sister. She even wanted to hold my hand the whole time as we walked in the stores and to and from the car. It was a great night of bonding.
In case you were wondering Chris had Liv and Leila. He told me that they all had a bunch of fun too. They spent the majority of the evening in the backyard playing follow the leader (which Leila got to be the leader), running around, kicking the balls around and just being with each other. A great night was had by all. The sweetest site fell upon me when Lolly and I got home from our date. It was a little past 9pm when we finally arrived home and we thought for sure Daddy would be in up and in his room. Well we could not find him anywhere. I decided to look on the baby monitor to see if Liv was in bed and sure enough she was not. So I crept into her room and found Chris holding Liv in the rocking chair and both of them snoring. So sweet. Those moments would not have really happened if she was not on her formula. I woke him and then he came out to see Lolly. One of their favorite songs "There will be a day" started playing on the t.v music channel and Lolly asked Chris if he would dance with her. Of course he said yes. Somehow Leila woke up during this and started crying because she wanted to dance with Daddy too. So I took her out of her room and Daddy finished the song dancing with Leila and I with Lolly. I love my family! What a blessing they all are to me.
Yesterday I got a wonderful message on my answering machine from a wonderful and sweet friend in California. She was coming to Tahoe and would like to come up and visit with us. So this afternoon Kristine and her 3 beautiful boys Timmy, Andrew and Peter came over to play and visit. The girls were so cute when I told them that 3 boys were coming over. Larissa said "3 Princes!". It was so cute! Kristine read to them (which if you know my kids, they really love it!). It was so special that she could read them the book she gave us when we were moving called "The Tale Of Three Trees". If you have not read it you should. It is a wonderful book. Leila decided to snuggle on my arm while Kristine read to them. She has snuggled me this way since the day I stopped nursing her. I wonder how much longer it will last.
The girls wanted to make sure that they could see the boys in their car and wave goodbye.
My Little Liv is now 8 Months old! The time is flying and the pounds are really adding on! She is doing so good! We feel so blessed by what God has done with her speedy recovery.
Leila lost in the moment of the show. She did not even know I was next to her.
Liv singing with the puppets.
Part of the crown and the stage.
Here is a link to check out what we got to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5Ikb152cs&feature=player_embedded
The Kiddo's
