Like Father like son!

A glimpse of what is to come! (or at least my Saturdays in the spring for the next few years)

Charlie's class did something neat to day. Each kid got to share some thing they were good at or were talented in. Charlie choose to share about pitching. John came in and caught for him and he was so excited to show all his friends how to pitch!

Happy (well) baby!

So Emily is a very well baby!!! She had her 6 month apt this week and is weighing in at 16 lbs. She is in the 95% for Weight and shocker of all shockers in the 98% for height (were we supposed to be surprised?)

She isn't officially 6 months for another 2 weeks or so but this week she has rolled over on her own (Sunday, May 16). Not just a flip from her back to tummy but a roll from back to tummy to back to tummy again! I am sure the scooting will start any day now.

We got out her exersaucer this week and she seems to like it okay. She just stares at it like she is unsure of what to do.

And tonight after her shower with John I was dressing her for bed and she started blowing raspberry's. As if I haven't said it before - she is just the cutest little baby!!!

I think today we are calling her....

JELLO? Stay tuned for the final decision.

Picasa

So, I know I am not good about uploading pictures to Picasa. For some reason it takes for ever for our pictures to upload/download what ever it is it does (I mean hours!!!) But I set it to go with some pictures from our recent trip to the desert and some good ones of the kids. So check out the Garrison Family Pictures.

Disclaimer: don't be surprised if I don't do it again for a while but mom - feel free to share the pictures with Joe's family.



Kids swimming at hotel in Palm Springs (they were in their bathing suits before breakfast and in the pool by 8:30!)

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Kids at Bob's big boy on drive down south!


We had to stop so I could feed Emily and the exit I took just happened to be at the LA Arboretum. The kids got to get out and run and play - perfect spot!

Zoo....

It's official, we live in a zoo! 4 kids, 1 dog, 2 fish and....we acquired our newest family member today - a 6 week old kitten. In fine Garrison tradition she is still nameless but she is adorable. I am not sure how Oreo feels yet, the first meeting had a lot of hissing involved.

On other fronts, there is only 5 more days of school!!! I think mom is more excited than the kids. Annie has her kinder promotion on Thursday then on to 1st grade! She is amazing, she is reading so well and we are going to spend the summer reading the Junie B. series (thanks grandma). Charlie is super excited about being a big 3rd grader - he is already learning to write in cursive and has about 1/2 the multiplication table memorized already. Baseball is still going strong. Charlie pitched today and had 5 K's - he is an ace as his dad calls him.

Audrey is getting so big - she is almost done with her first year of preschool and has grown up so much in the last few months. She is still a ham and is destined to be in entertainment, she loves nothing more than putting on shows for us. She has her first ballet recital in 2 weeks - I can't wait to see it! Emily is 5 months now and still a dream baby, she is so happy and will let anyone hold her, she has a ginormous toothless grin for anyone who will look and her and is starting to laugh. She is about to roll over any day now also.

Well kitty and kids are calling!

Godspead

Last week my Step Grandfather, Joe Foster, passed away. He was 79 and had been suffering from Lou Gehrigs this last year. Joe married my grandmother when I was 15 and was very kind to me and my siblings. Joe considered my siblings and I his grandchildren, just like his own, and he and my grandmother came to all the major events in my life - (graduations, marriages, etc). I took the kids down for the services this week. Out of all the pictures I took this might be my favorite. Joe served in the Air Force (with my own grandfather) and was given full military honors at the service.

Joe was a true patriot. He flew in over 1,160 combat sorties during the Vietnam conflict. He received two Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star, five Air Medals, and two Meritorious Service Medal.

If you look past Charlie you can see the soldiers during the 21 gun salute. It was very moving to see the young solider kneel before my grandmother and present her with the flag that hung on his casket.

I asked Charlie what the solider said to grandma and he said "that he was thankful for your husband fighting for our country and how brave he was." I hope that as Charlie gets older he will remember this and take with him the legacy that his great grandfather and step-great grandfather left for him.

Way to go Charlie!

Want to guess what area Charlie came in first in at the local Pitch, Hit & Run Contest and gets to advance to the sectionals in?


If you guessed pitching you would be right! He gets to go to the next level - regionals on May 23rd.