Where has the time gone?

The time flies when you are having fun. We can't believe our little princess has been in our lives for 4 months!!! Where did all those month go? We have enjoyed having her in our lives and can't think of how we lived without her! She has a great older brother who just loves to "oooh" and "aaah" over her and two parents that just think she can do nothing wrong! Last Monday we went to the doctor to make sure everything his going well for her. Here are the outcomes; she is 12pounds 5ounces and 24inches long! She is an average little 4month old. Where ever we go people keep letting us know what an adorable baby we have. We think she's one of the best looking kids in the world, but we are a little bias! Here are some pictures of her at 4months and farther down are some of her at 2months!

Enjoy!!! Mommy and Daisy during family pictures!
In her blessing dress at 4months!

On the 4th of July!!!

Spending time at Grandma's and Grandpa's! Can you see those cute little pig tails?

Here is Daisy at two months old! She was 10 pounds 6 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long! She is such a cute little girl. She turned out to be in the 50% for her weight and 25% for her height, we think she's going to turn out like her mother. Can you see the difference between two months?In her blessing dress on her blessing day, just a little over 2months!

Relaxing in her diaper with her BIG BRO!!!

"I'm 2months! I'm just enjoying my relax time!!"

Swimming Lessons

A few weeks ago Ethan took his very first alone swimming class and did pretty well. We are so proud of his progress and have decided that we might need to get him into more swimming classes so he won't be so afraid of the water! We think he gets being afraid of the water from his mother. She likes to go swimming, but when she was little she really was afraid that she would drown all the time. Here are a few pictures that Sharifa was able to get of Ethan and his class. We did have a few off day when Ethan wouldn't get into or stay in the water, but all in all he did very well. The next time we have swimming lessons he will have to stay in level one, but we planned on him staying in the same class next year anyways! Way to go Ethan!!!! Playing motor boat!
Practicing his kicks with his classmates!

Front kicks

Deep-end with a life jacket on!

Playing motor boat in the deep end!

Family Pictures

A few weeks ago Sharifa got on the stick and got someone to take our family pictures. The last time we had family pictures was a year ago at Christmas time and Steve's dad took them for us. Now our family has grown a little and we thought that we should update our family pictures, so we decided to go with someone that we trust and not with the BIG commercial companies that sucker us into spending more than needed. Sharifa has a friend that takes some really great pictures and decided to see if she would be willing to do that for us. It turned out to be one heck of a day. Our photographer lives a little farther south than we do, so we had to meet in the middle. We started our session a little later 'cause of some family 'oops', the sun was a little higher in the sky and our little 2 year old did not want to be cooperative for very long. Though the day was rough we think these pictures turned out really great! (What do you think?)

THANKS LINSEY!!!
Ethan was done, but we were half way there!!!

"Daisy"

These booties used to belong to Sharifa's mother. Daisy was able to wear these on her blessing day and we decided to get some photos of her in them!

Our Mischievous little 2 1/2 year old!

So very precious!!

What a great life we have had together and we're excited for the next part of our journey together!!!!

Toy Story 3 Weekend

A few weeks ago we were able to take Ethan to go see Toy Story 3! He really enjoyed the movie and we decided to have some fun with the whole weekend. A few days before going to the movie Sharifa went and got Ethan this back-pack set. The back-pack came with sunglasses, a visor, and a really cool Frisbee. Later we were able to get a really cool Buzz Lightyear Slipping-slid that we thought Ethan would love to play with. the movie turned out to be a great movie that we all loved to see. Only problem is Ethan telling us he wants "Toy 3"! We try to tell him we have to wait for it to come to DVD. While we were out with Ethan, Daisy got to stay and get spoiled by her Phillips Grandparents. If you ever want to go to a good movie go to Toy Story 3 is was worth it to see! We hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed our weekendEthan in his new get-up!

Playing Frisbee with daddy!

Take a look at his cool new back pack! He wouldn't take that off for a while!

Photo opt!

Taking a tubby, look at our little Buzz Lightyear!

Enjoying the slipping-slide!

Ethan taking a ride with daddy!

Trying the slide by himself!

Getting a drink

Making sure the little pool was getting filled with water!

"Ahhh!" The water was nice and cool.

Watching dad go under the bridge!

Getting sprayed by Uncle Matt!

Getting the boys, Daddy and Uncle Matt, back for spraying him!

All done. Time to get cleaned up!

Daddy and Ethan posing for mama!

The 4th of July Weekend!!!!

We hope that you all had a great 4Th of July!!! We don't like it when the 4Th comes on a Sunday because then we don't get to go to parades, fireworks, and all the other fun things that come a long with it! We decided that it's not so bad because we get to celebrate the holiday all the weekend long!!! So on Saturday we went swimming at the pool and enjoyed getting cooled down. Sunday we all were dresses up in red, white, and blue so we would look patriotic on such a wonderful day! We are so blessed live in such a great country and have people that are willing to fight to keep it free! "THANK YOU!!" On Monday we went to a parade and enjoyed all the different floats there was to see. We also went to the park and enjoyed playing there for a little while. We weren't able to see the fireworks this year, but we will be seeing some soon enough! We hope you all enjoyed such a wonder holiday and remember to thank the good men and women who help to make our country so special and wonderful!!!!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

Our 4Th of July jello Flag. It was the first time sharifa has made this special treat!
Daisy ready for church on Sunday! What a bright star!!
Ethan waiting for the parade to begin! He sure enjoyed his slushy!

Mommy and Daisy waiting for the parade to start! What cute girls they are!

Steve and Ethan ending the day off with a great chase on the playground!

Daisy hangin out by the pool while the boys cool down!

Ethan enjoying the cold water and taking sometime to say "Cheese"!Daisy sitting around and enjoying the warm sun!Daddy and Ethan just coming out of the slide! What a blast!!

After jumping into the pool, mom had to get a picture so here are the boys cooling down from a hot summers day!!!!