Is this Barak Obama?

As we approach the end of the summer the girls are out of day camps, classes, etc. So we have been trying to find things for them to do around the clinic that they might think are interesting. We have a bunch of old magazines and newspapers that have collected from our lobby and so I thought it would be fun to introduce them to the idea of collage building. I explained that they could cut out pictures of things that they liked or recognized that they wanted to put in their collage. They thought this was a lot of fun for a couple of reasons, not the least being that they get to cut stuff up to their little hearts' content and make a huge mess. Mandy and I were able to get some work done during all of this too with very little supervision required.





At one point I heard the girls talking about finding a picture of President Barak Obama that they could cut out to put in their collages. I thought that wouldn't be hard since most of the magazines were old issues of Time. Rilee, however, found a picture of our Commander & Chief in Health magazine. She brought it over and asked: "Dad, is this a good picture of Obama?"





Here is what she showed me:

I've heard him called an "Uncle Tom" before but this was entirely new.

CHEESE!

Rainy Daze

Are so boring...

We go a little crazy!

Burrrrrrito!

Ch - Ch - Ch - Changes!

It's amazing how much a baby changes in a week. His sisters are getting bigger too :)

"Those fit PERFECT"

Rilee is our fashionista. She has a very distinct sense of style. She's known for her various crazy pants that she pairs with a shirt that is just as awesome. She knows what she likes and wears it proudly.

Over Easter weekend we headed to Portland. This trip included a stop by the Nike employee store for new shoes. Jason took Taylor and found some super cute shoes that she wanted. They have stars on the bottom, the selling point for Taylor. Taylor's shoes are white running shoes with a pink wave on the side.

I took Rilee. I figured she'd be pretty easy. She likes lots of different things, so I figured I could get her set up and do some shopping for myself. Boy was I wrong. I must have gone through 5 or 6 pairs of shoes. I made her try them on even if she said she didn't like them. I thought maybe I could sell them to her by saying how fast she looked. Nothing worked...they were either to big or to small, or so she said.

Well, these shoes were my last resort. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the shoes, but I had a hard time figuring out what they would match with. Well, I showed her the shoes and the first thing she said was "Those fit PERFECT". She hadn't even tried them on. Needless to say, she's worn them almost everyday since :)

Our Little...BIG Man!

He's finally here. Alston Jamaal was born April 3, 2009 at 11:37pm. The inducing process began at 8:30am so it was a long and boring day for me. The girls had preschool and I had scheduled Jason some patients in the morning, so I watched al ot of TV and read magazines while we waited for my body to respond to the potocin. LONG story short, Alston was born weighing 9lbs 10oz and 21.25 inches long. He won the prize for biggest baby that day :)
Currently he is out of the newborn size of clothes and is stretching the 0-3 months...and he's only 1 week old!
My mom was here helping until last night. What a blessing she is! Not only did she take care of me and my family, but she took the night shifts EVERY night. I was one rested mama!! Last night was my first night of getting up with Alston. It went better than I had expected. There's so much anticipation of the unknown when it comes to a newborn and sleeping during the night. Such is life :)