Mini Vacation

Well we just got back from a mini vacation, we took a trip to Dallas which is about 4 hours from us. We left on Tuesday and back today. We didn't go for a reason except to get away from here for a couple of days.

When we got to Dallas on Tuesday, after we ate at Olive Garden (YUM!), we went to our hotel to check in. It was crazy busy! But we had already booked our rooms, (yay!) so we go to our room (Room #313) and the toilet was running. Well Davud couldn't get it to stop running and each time it was flushed it would leak water. So maintance came and had to replace a kit on it, while he was going that we decided to start Bolt. Well one of the speakers in the tv was broken and the maintance man would have to fix that after the toilet. So they decided to move us to another room (Room #432). So after moving rooms and getting settled we didn't go to sleep the first night till around midnight.

On Wednesday we went the Dallas World Aquarium, it was pretty neat but super crowded. There was a sign up that they were expecting 550 school age children from different programs on that day. Plus the rest of the world. (ha! Ha!) We went to the Galleria, which was a very nice mall with a ice skating rink inside of it. We also watched some movies in the hotel. We watched Bolt and Hotel for Dogs, which we had seen in the theatre. We also saw The Tale of Despereaux, and that was super slow and boring. The boys didn't like it at all. But they liked Ratatouille when we saw that, and the Tale of Despereaux was a lot like Ratatouille, but slower. And David and I watched Four Christmases and that was very funny!! We really liked it. I would recommended to anyone that hasn't seen it. And we swam in the hotel pool also. The boys and Samantha loved the swimming, and surprisingly we had the whole pool to ourselves which was awesome!!

None of us wanted to come home. I came up with all kinds of ideas on where we could go next, we could even just stay in Dallas and not come home. But David said no, we had to come home. :( So we are home now.

We are really looking forward to Walt Disney World in Sept!!! David may have to literally drag me home from there. LOL!

Transformers 2

On Thursday night, I took the kids to see Tranformers 2. Yay, we get in free because works there!! The oldest three boys liked the movie, Devin fell asleep with about 15 minutes left, and Samantha of course didn't care. As for me, I think it was ok. I liked the first one better. The second one had a lot of cussing in it, not just the transformers but also people. There is more sexual content and drinking and partying. And it is 2 1/2 hours long; a little long for children. I do think the first one was more kid friendly. Next on our summer movie list is G Force. :)

Sibling LOVE!

Earlier today, I was cleaning the kitchen and Devin and Samantha were "playing" in the den. Well I noticed they were being too quiet, I knew Samantha couldn't be doing too much after all she is only 6 months old. So I walked in there and Devin was "reading" to her. He had a magic treehouse book and was flipping the pages and showing her and reading. I asked him if he was reading and he said "yem (his yes) to Sam"- he can't say Samantha. Then he kissed her forehead. :) So sweet!!!

Well Baby Visit

Yesterday was Devin's 3 year check up and Samantha's 6 month check up.

Devin has had a sinus infection which he was on medicine for but now he is alot better, and his throat look normal again (YAY!!!). Devin weighs 29 pounds with shoes on (20th percentile) and I can't remember how tall he is but it was the 50th percentile, I need to measure him at home so I can add it to his baby book. He got one shot, a Hep A.. he was behind on that. He was doing ok on the table talking to me, and when she poked him he started screaming. :( He cried all the way to the car. And now today he will say boo boo and grab his leg. Poor thing!

As for Samantha, she weighs 19 pounds 10 ounces (98th percentile) and is 26 3/4 inches (75th percentile), she is a big baby! She is our second biggest baby, Michael was the biggest. But the doctor is glad she is growing so well, and thinks a lot of it will come off when she starts moving more. She is now rolling both ways- she just started flipping over from stomach to back in the last month. And she is trying to sit up also. She got three shots and screamed also, and cried all the way to the car too. And today she has been SUPER fussy, she hasn't slept much and she is running a fever. :(

I am glad they are both growing well. But they are growing up too fast!!

Photography Blog

Well I made a photography blog today, just in case I ever get real clients to photograph besides my own children. Here is the link to my other blog. http://photographybymalania.blogspot.com/

And I am on flickr, here is that link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographybymalania/

So feel free to follow me on both, and see if I can ever get clients or if my poor children will always be my subjects... :)

Ice Age

Yesterday the kids and I went and saw Ice Age, we saw it in 2D instead of 3D. And I am actually glad we only saw it in 2D, I don't think Garrett would have sat through it if the dinosaurs had actually been coming out of the screen at him.... he is scared of dinosaurs!! He started to flip out during a few parts of it, but calmed down and watched the rest of the movie. The other boys loved it. And I thought it was pretty cute!

Major Slacker!!

Well I am a major slacker on my blog. We will just blame it on facebook. LOL! I need Facebook Anonymous!! The kids are having a good summer. We have been to Chuck E Cheese, the zoo, the park, and swimming a few times. And we will be going back before summer is over. Devin has had a sinus infection is on medicine because of it, but now he is feeling a lot better. I am going to try and keep up with my blog a littler better.