Cute & Happy Boy

Timothy Bruce Ray
6 1/2 months old

I know - way too many pictures of the same pose - but he was being so funny and giggly yesterday afternoon, I just kept taking pictures of him (which he thought was hilarious!) He's our fun little happy boy!

Happy Easter!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Here's all our pictures of the kids from Easter morning... :)

Timothy's first Easter! He loved watching all the excitement...

Colette of course is my one that actually lets me dress her up for Easter and LOVES it! :)

Peeling their Easter eggs for breakfast... :) They had a fun morning!

Easter Fun

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We've been doing all the fun stuff this week, coming up on Easter, that gets the kids more and more excited of course for the upcoming holiday -- they always have a count-down going! These are just a few of the things that we happened to take pictures of... We made a cute Easter Bunny cake for Family Home Evening this past Monday, and then a picture of the girls after church last Sunday with some Easter treats from their classes. (I just thought they looked so "Springy")! :)
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We had a fun little egg-painting morning today! The kids are really starting to get to some fun ages for things like this, and they get so excited about all the fun little holiday traditions! They had a blast watching their eggs turn into the colors they chose. (We have of course been doing some fun egg hunts as well today)... Timothy was quite mesmerized, watching his brother & sisters paint their eggs, and then of course quite upset that he could not reach anything to grab and investigate for himself. He was reaching his arms everywhere, and accidentally came across this (luckily empty) pitcher that was sitting on the counter behind him. That of course quieted him immediately as he began inspecting this new-found treasure -- he was definitely intrigued by it! Funny little guy... :) We were all getting a kick out of him!

A Few Updates...

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Just posting these recent pictures of the kids for fun, since I haven't had a chance to in awhile... Mostly I just wanted to give a little update on Timothy. I think he finally had his last specialist appointment this past week -- because the doctor is completely thrilled with how well he is doing and says there is no need for anymore followups!! Yay!! He is doing awesome! Still probably about a month behind in the physical development areas, but hey, that's awesome considering his beginning! We've just started him on rice cereal recently, and he absolutely loves it! This kid is all about eating! It's crazy -- he has gone from below the 10th percentile in weight (right when he got home from the hospital) all the way up the 75th percentile now!! He's getting to be quite the chunk! :) He's started saying "ba-ba-ba-ba" now, and we think its his word for food! He just loves to eat! (Starve a poor baby for a little while, and that will of course be all they ever want to do from then on, right)... :) He's rolling everywhere now and getting so close to sitting up on his own, and defintely the little jabberer. He is our happy little sweetheart as always -- and his brother and sisters are completely in love with their baby brother!