June 27th, 2008 - Celebrating our June Birthdays!

My husband & my son both celebrated birthdays this month. Will's is on June 6th & Nate's is on the 29th. Nate's parents came in town for a few days & we were able to celebrate with them some.

We went to eat dinner at our favorite local Sushi/Hibachi restaurant. It was unplanned - 3 of us wore green!


Nate's mom, "Grandma" with Evie & Sloan. Sloan has a bit of a black eye left over from her fishing trip. She managed to hit the basket on the 4-wheeler with her face... who knows... I wasn't there. I was in Tupelo for a swim meet when that happened.


Nate with his dad, "Grandpa".


Nate goofing off with Will. Look at Will's cute face & Nate being silly!


Will demands to be fed with chop sticks in this restaurant. Here he's eating squid salad - my whole family loves the stuff!


Sloan with her tuna sashimi. We have gotten smart & order her smaller pieces now, but it's kinda cute to watch a 7-year-old struggle through chop sticks & huge pieces of raw fish...


Grandma likes the FIRE!


Here we are! Me, Will, Nate, Grandpa, Evie, Grandma & Sloan.


Will likes his hat & sword.


Our waiter is multi-talented.


Sloan & Evie got hats too even though it wasn't their birthday. Sloan looks a little cross-eyed here.


Evie likes her hat too!


Nate's hat is HUGE!!! Our waiter liked the way it turned out!


Will doesn't know what to think of Daddy's hat, but we try to get a pic anyways.


The kids had to try on Daddy's hat also...


Evie had Grandpa try it on for good measure as well!

If anyone is wondering; Will got the typical 2-year-old fair for his birthday. Lots of clothes. He's wearing a 2t or 3t & is just average size. We are waiting to have "early-intervention" come in for his speech until after school starts. The doctor wanted to see how he progressed with his sisters home for the summer. He doesn't communicate very well, NOTHING like the girls did when they were 2. The main problem we have found with this right now is his temper, it makes him a little mad when we don't know what he wants or needs. Physically he's doing great! He's still medicated for his reflux, but we've seen real progress & think he will be on once per day maintenance medication just like Sloan & Nate. He's a happy little boy most of the time!

Nate got a new tatoo for his birthday. It was what he wanted.

Evie has officially out-grown Sloan. We knew it would happen sooner or later, but this is really a little sooner than even we thought. Sloan weighed in at 49lbs this summer & Evie at 50lbs. Evie is also 1/2 inch taller than Sloan. They are wearing the same size clothing & shoes still. Sloan is very perceptive & seems to understand her stunted growth. She's still pulling her hair & still sucking her thumb, she's a very anxious little girl.

I just keep on doing the same stuff; coaching, parenting, Junior League, I manage to stay busy.