Sarah had a birthday shout Hooray!!

We celebrated Sarah's 9th birthday last week. It was a busy day, but I think she had a great day. She was going to have her party at a bouncy house and then decided to make it a swim party. The girls met at Jen's house. Mark, his niece Rachel, and his mom all went swimming. I decided to stay home with the girls so they could get a nap in, and then pick up the pizza later. (Little girls with out naps makes for a very long day.) The girls came back to Jen's house to play games, eat pizza, and have donuts. Sarah's sisters love her so much they just wanted to be in the middle of it all. Sarah isn't a big fan of cake so she decided she would rather have donuts instead. Her mom and her saw this idea on a show. Krispy kream donuts didn't have the strength to hold and kind of got smooshed together. But they still tasted good.


Later that night, we ate at the food court of the Santa Fe, and then went bowling. Rachel is on a bowling league back in New York, so she kicked our butts. But we all had a good time. We ended the day going to Cold Stone for ice cream. We dropped Sarah off at her mom's. And a few hours latter, Mark dropped off his parents, and niece at the airport. It was a busy day, but a good one.

Alexandra turned 9 months on Friday. She is growing and developing too fast for her mama's sake. She is crawling all around and standing up. Not really cruising yet, but I am sure that will come. She has 7 teeth and 2 more coming in. She just started saying mama. I love it. Now I am trying to get her to say dada.
Alex and Annadele are great daughters. I love to see them interact with each other, and make each other laugh. Annadele has eczema all over her body. She loves to be in the water, but I think I need to limit how much she is in the pool. We bought a kiddy pool to put in our back yard. She would want to go outside and help water the plants, and then start undressing her self right outside so she could go in the pool. We emptied out the pool so she can't go in to try to help her skin. The sad part is that we just got a membership to the YMCA across the street which has a great pool. We went for the first time on Friday, but I don't think I can go back for a few days until her skin is looking better. The poor girl has scratch mark all over her body. I have a cream the doctor gave me, but it seems to work for a little while and then it comes back. I bought her a good lotion, and I am trying to moisturize her twice a day. I hope it helps.

Just got great news from Mark. He passed his series 65 test. I am not sure what this allows him to do (something with investing), but I know he is the first person in his office to complete it and pass. Everyone else has failed thus far. Go Mark!!!