Photo Shoot

Yesterday was my Mom's birthday. She has been asking for an updated picture of the kids so I decided to be brave and attempt a photo shoot with both kids. I haven't done one recently because Brycen can't sit still for 2 seconds and I usually end up drenched in sweat and grumpy so it's not a very fun experience. This photo shoot was no different but we did end up with one half way decent picture (out of about 30). Brycen looks kind of goofy but my Mom loves it so I guess that's what counts.

Here are a couple outtakes that I thought were funny. Brycen is such a silly boy. It is definitely an adventure when doing a photo shoot with him. : )

(They are unedited so excuse the backgrounds.)

Solid Food

Leah is 5 1/2 months old now so we decided to give her a little taste of solid food. She has always been a voracious eater so it was no suprise that she loved it!! I couldn't get the spoon to her mouth fast enough and she kept trying to feed herself. It was so cute.

Trying to feed herself.

Licking every last bit off the bib.

Trying to drink out of a sippy cup.

Brycen wanted to wear a bib too. He even took a bite of her rice cereal. Yuck!

Bath Time

All clean!

She's Sitting!

My baby is growing up. Leah is just barely 5 months old and she has already been sitting for a week. Now she is getting up on her hands and knees and trying to crawl. She is so young for this. Brycen didn't sit up until after 6 months and he didn't crawl until 8 months. She is growing up way too fast and it makes me so sad. But it is fun to watch her grow and develop. She is so much fun.

Rough Week

This past week has been rough. Last Friday, my mom had surgery to remove one of her kidneys. The doctors had been monitoring a small tumor on her kidney for about a year and a few weeks ago, at her most recent MRI, they noticed the tumor was changing. So they decided to remove it so they could do a biopsy. On Wednesday, we got the news that the tumor was cancer. Luckily, they caught it very early and they were able to remove all the cancer during the surgery. The odds are very low that the cancer will return so we are cautiously optimistic that everything will be fine. My mom is healing well and everything is going fine so far but it is still very scary to know that your mom has cancer. We are so thankful that the cancer was caught early and we will continue to pray for her to have good health for many years to come.