My brother Jeff (on the left) turned 30 years old! His surprise birthday party was so much fun! We love that guy :)

We went to the Children's Museum with Becky, Alec and Haven. The kids could have spent all day on this waterbed, diving onto it.

Our cracker snack ended up having to double as lunch as the cafe there was out of commission.

There was song time with a guitarist that was neat. Alec especially enjoyed it as he is quite the musical one.

Nyah and Haven grocery shopping

Diego gives the pets a bath in the pretend vet clinic.

looking like Bob the Builder

makeshift drum

A new friend gave our family a double stroller and it really came in handy for a day at Oaks Park! No more chasing kids for me!

Nyah had her her first Mommy and Me swim class. She loved it! Watch out Ariel- there's a new mermaid in town :)

The same friend that gave us the double stroller gave us this convertible crib for Nyah. She had been straddling the top rail but hadn't gone over it yet. The day we brought it home I put Nyah in her old crib for a nap. A couple minutes later she was jiggling the doorknob calling for me. She had climbed out- and hadn't gotten hurt, thank goodness. Orin set this one up right after that. It came just in time! Thank you God (and Julie)! Julie is awesome. Her husband is a military dr. and was just deployed. In two years they are moving their young family of 7 to Soddo, Ethiopia to minister in the hospital and local orphanage there. How neat is that! Talk about a leap of faith.

I did a bunch of little braids on Nyah's hair just for fun. After she had slept on them they looked like a bunch of wiggly worms!