Peas in a Pod

Meet Sunny's new BFF!

These two are hilarious. They are both five and in kindergarten this year. Her Mom and I are carpooling together (which is lovely!!) and they live two houses down.

I think Sunny has met her match. They both love Hannah Montana, Taylor Swift, nail polish, and dress up. They play together every day and have the best time. They are not in the same class at school, but they both go in the morning. If you ask either one of them what was the
best part of their day at school they will tell you, "Recess", because they meet up on the playground everyday.

These two crack me up!

Cardiology Check-Up

Last month Jackson went to Primary Children's for his check-up, and then he went again today for a stress test. The results: Great, Awesome, Wonderful, No Restrictions on his activities (which means he can play whatever sports he wants!)

In August they did an EKG and and Echocardiogram and they said his valves leak a little, but nothing unusual for someone with his defect. When he went for the stress test today they said he was fabulous! Usually they cannot get 6 year olds to run on the treadmill and do all the things they need, but he did. The doctor didn't even want to talk to Ryan about the results b/c Jax's heart did so great there was nothing to say!

He will go in the fall again and be put to sleep for an MRI to check the profusion of blood throughout his heart. Apparently when they switched his aorta and pulmonary vein, they also switched several little blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, so they want to make sure they are working correctly and that his heart is getting all the blood supply it needs. And of course, we are expecting this to go just as great as all his other appointments. He is one tough kid, and we are definitely blessed by how healthy he continues to be!

Lila Montana

Lila loves Sunny's Hannah Montana microphone. She kept playing the song and dancing and spinning over and over. This kid cracks me up.

This Is What Happens When You Have A Big Sister

I'm sure Griffin really appreciates the big silver heart earring.

Actually, I'm think he hates it!

We call this face the "pirate eye". He does it a lot.

These last two are just sweet. He is already getting so big.

Sunny's Package and The First Day of School

One of Lila, just because I think she's feeling a bit neglected lately.

Sunny got the much anticipated birthday package from Mok this week. I don't have pictures of everything, but here are some highlights. The purse Sunny and I crocheted. It came in a kit with a great instruction book. I really enjoyed working on it with her.

Hannah Montana wig and microphone. She is in Heaven!

Feeding her baby. This doll is so real it is freaky. It cries when it is hungry or needs a pacifier. When it goes to sleep its chest rises and falls. Both the girls love it. The cry sounds just like a real baby and sometimes I'm not sure if I hear Griffin crying, or if it is the doll.

Today was also Sunny's first day of school. Poor Sunny is definitely suffering from middle child syndrome b/c I didn't even remember to take a picture of her. I remember with Jax standing at the door watching him go in and shedding a few tears. This time it was more like, "There's the door Sunny, see you later!" Luckily she is not scared and ran right in. She said she had a great day and can't wait to go back. Way to go Sunny!

Happy Birthday Sunny Mae

Yesterday was sweet Sunny's 5th birthday. I can't believe my first baby girl is getting ready to go to school already. She is such a great kid. I just want to keep her this age forever!

She loves her "hippo" (hippie) dress. Ever since Katie came to visit she has been wearing a peace sign necklace and has decided she wants to be a hippie. I guess it's appropriate considering her name is Sunny!

Sunny is constantly amazing me with how artistic she is. She loves to draw, paint, dance, sing, etc. You get the picture. This is her new artist set-up we got her for her b-day. This is a picture of several ducks walking down to the lake. I wish you could see it better, it is really quite good. Drawing and fashion are her two favorite things, and she could do both for hours. Her favorite t.v. show right now is Project Runway. Again, how appropriate. She used to want to be an artist when she grew up, but now she wants to be a fashion designer. Oh yeah, she also wants to be on American Idol :)

Love the blue eye shadow and hippie braid.

Happy Birthday Sunny Bunny. We love you.

Check Out Griffin

We got Griffin's pictures back and they turned out amazing. Our neighbors own a photography business called Shadow Mountain Photography and they are great! I can't wait to get pictures of the other kids done. Check out Griffin on their blog (right now he is the second one down).