The race to see who would walk sooner officially came to a close today. Last year on Father's Day Taylor began walking at just 335 days old. Ladies and Gentlemen, today Rilee scored her first ever victory walking at an even 305 days.
Wanna See? Here's a link to the video footage:
So today is June 13th, the day that the supporters of my cousin Cami were to shave their heads. We found out a couple of weeks ago that she is going through chemotherapy for breast and thyroid cancer. To show support, some of the guys in our family have shaved their heads and become "baldies" to help raise money for Cami's medical bills. Here's the address to her site. http://buyabaldy.blogspot.com/ Any and all donations are appreciated as her husband is in school and they have three small children, ages 3, 2 and 6 months. Anyways, check out her site. She amazes me with how brave she's been through this whole thing. I'm so proud!!
So back to Jason showing his support...well this morning he woke up at 6:45 and said "Today is the Day"!! I was still kinda out of it, so I had no idea what he was talking about. All the sudden I hear the clippers going in the bathroom. I ran in to take some pictures and see if he was really going to do it. So I don't have a before shot, but there are some "in progress" and after shots for all to enjoy. I guess he's gotten some comments at school regarding his new haircut. He said people start out giving him a hard time but once he explained why he did it and that it's not just a haircut gone wrong, people feel kinda bad. So he's having a good time letting people feel bad for teasing him :)
Today we went to the Junior Rose Festival Parade in the Hollywood district. It was such a blast. The entire parade consisted of little kids, school bands and clubs that are around the Portland area. We went with a few mom's and kids that live here in our complex. We had such a blast! Here are a few pics! Enjoy!
This week has been one full of GREAT news! First of all, we found out that Jason past his first round of National Boards. How exciting. It was amazing to see how relieved both Jason and I were. Not that we really had any doubt that he would pass, but just the relief in knowing that he did for sure. The next exciting news that we had was finding out that Jason had been elected as the Student Body President again for this next year. This position takes him away from the family kinda a lot, but he absolutely loves being involved. For those of you that know him, this shouldn't come as a surprise to you. So he will serve as the president for the remaining time that he is at chiropractic school. It's crazy to think that we are that close to being finished. The last piece of good news came when we found out that Jason had gotten an A on his first midterm this quarter. So he's off to a good start. It appears that all our good news is about Jason this week. The girls and I will work hard to have some for you next week :)
Actually, Rilee does have exciting news. She is crawling EVERYWHERE. She's so fast too. I was trying to sweep the other day and she made it to my pile of dirt before I even knew she was in the kitchen. She's also mastered the stairs. Jason said that the girls had races up and down the stairs last night, so that's fun.
Anyways, I'm off to get dinner ready. Hope all is well with you and yours!
WOW! We have had a busy past few weeks. Jason had his spring break for 2 weeks. The first week he went to DC to lobby for chiropractors. Then we had a week to play. And did we ever play. We jammed that week full of stuff. It started with a trip to the Oregon Zoo! Taylor's favorite is the fish and monkey's. We went and hiked TO THE TOP of Multnomah Falls. I had Rilee in a front pack and Jason had Taylor in a back pack. Needless to say, we were both pretty sore for a couple days after that. We also went to Roseburg to visit my sister and her family. What a blast! Taylor LOVES to play with her cousin Bryce and his dog Burt. We visited Corvallis as well. That stop included a pre-Easter egg hunt for the girls. Taylor absolutely loved it. That was pretty much our week of spring break. Then it came time for getting back into the swing of things. Jason's schedule at school keeps him there from about 7:30 to 6:00 everyday. That took some adjusting, but I think the girls and I are back into a routine, so hopfully this quarter goes by just as fast as the last few have.
Easter was so fun. We had our formal Easter dinner at my folks on Saturday with all of my family, and then Sunday we went back for leftovers and an Easter egg hunt. My mom has a way different idea of what should be in Easter eggs. Both Taylor and Bryce got about $50 each plus candy! I wish she would have thought to put money in the eggs when I was little :).
As for an update on the girls: Rilee is full on crawling everywhere. I think she's teething...like all of her teeth at once. So she's had a bit of an attitude, but what girl in our family doesn't right? Taylor is SUPER into Shrek and Nemo! It's so cute to watch her emotions change with the dynamics of the movie. So fun! We also have a patch of grass out in the middle of our complex that we meet about 10 other kids and their mom's to play each night. It's amazing to watch my little baby girl interact with other kids. I guess she's not so little anymore. It's nice for me because I get to have normal conversations with other moms for awhile.
So that's an update of the past few weeks for us. I'll put up some pictures later. It's not letting me attach them to this blog. Wierd!
Hope all is well with all of you!
