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Breleigh's First Day of Preschool

 The before picture!  I asked her to look at me but was told the sun was too bright.  I guess she must have sensitive eyes like her mommy! 

 She is so proud to be carrying her own back ack!  (yes I left off the P on purpose-  that is the closest I can get to spelling it the way she says it!)  So cute!

 On our way!  She is thinking.... Finally!  She has been Super excited to go!

 Breleigh meets with Mrs. Webb for the first time as a preschooler!  She has been watching Helaina go to preschool in this same place for two years and it is finally her turn!

This was taken while walking out of the preschool room!  Do you think she had a good time?   The picture says it all!!!!

First Day of Kindergarten

 Getting ready to go pick up Helaina from the bus stop!

 Breleigh got to ride the strider bike to the bus stop!

 Helaina was the last one off the bus.  I thought perhaps she didn't realize she was at her bus stop.  The bus came back from the opposite direction so I thought she might have been confused.  This morning I told her to pay attention to when the bus stops and check to see if it's her stop.  She then said " I saw you guys out there but I wasn't sure if I was supposed to get off"  Yup...that's my girl! 

 I just love these running pictures.  I think she had a REALLY good time!  It was so fun to see that big smile!

 Check out those Kindergarten legs!!!!

Sisters hanging on the porch after school!  Breleigh can't wait until it is her turn to go to school.  Preschool starts on Wednesday for her!!! 

Easton was 8 months old on July 22nd.  He hit this momentous milestone while attending the Agan family reunion in Dubuque, Iowa.  At that time he was barely sitting up all by himself and we were calling him the laziest baby on earth and frankly I was starting to get a little worried.  What changes a person can see in a month.  Just after the reunion I took all three kids (Jim had to work- darn it) Up North to my parents cabin for a little Edwards family reunion.  My brother and almost all of his family from Colorado were there and of course my sister and her family were there in their own cabin.  My other brother was unable to attend with his family.  They just opened a nail salon and it requires a lot of attention.  They were missed.... a lot.   In all honesty it was the kids that were missed the most but if you ask me to say that in person I will deny it!  Hehehehehe  We had an absolute blast and I finally go around to snapping my pics of Easton for his 8 month picture up there.  Do you like his blue hat?  I got to the lake and announced that everyone was to be on the look out for a sandbox hat.  I wasn't having much luck here at home and I figured Up North would have more.  Turns out I didn't have to look far.  Heather trotted down to her cabin and found this adorable hat in her stash of stuff left over from Grayson.  It fit the bill and the price was right!!!!   I stole the tube idea from Heather.  Grayson had his 6 months pictures taken in the same tube.  The other side still says 6 months.  Just after the picture was taken the tube was used by all the cousins.  They didn't care what it said on it!   This picture makes me smile.  It really shows Easton.  He is smiling and happy and that is exactly what he usually is these days.   He smiles so easily and loves to laugh at his sisters.  He is sitting up like a champ and leaning towards toys on the floor and scooting backwards when he gets on his belly.  I am not eager for him to crawl so his slow progress towards that milestone is not making me unhappy.   He was such a good boy on vacation.  He went to bed later than he usually does and wasn't choosing to wake up until ten or after every day!  He shared a room with me.  I was in the bed and he was in his pack and play.  He was a great roommate.  We were roomies for 12 days!   He had no problem being passed off to my other family members.  He would fuss if I walked into and then out of the room so I just avoided that!   
Easton is a very happy guy but he is a terrible eater of solid food.  I will spare you from the most gory of details but solid foods have been known to cause some scary vomit sessions.  I will definitely be asking the doctor about that at his 9 month appointment! 
All in all it has been a great ride between 8 and almost 9 months.  He is growing so quickly and could not possibly be loved any more!