The kids in Austin on the way to San Antonio...it was a million degrees!
Olivia outside of McKinney Medical for NICU party.
Olivia is 8 months old today! Time is flying by...we went to her NICU Anniversary party a few weeks ago. The experience was bitter sweet.. drudging up old feelings from her traumatic birth and time spent in the NICU, and at the same time such feelings of love and thankfulness that she is here and so healthy and well. She is finally sitting up on her own! She is eating solid food...even fed herself banana chunks at the dinner table tonight! She is still itty bitty...in fact she is still mostly in her 0 to 3 month old clothes. She can fit into the 3 to 6 months...but can also still wear her NEWBORN sized onsies! Who knows maybe she was destined to be a little thing even if she were full term.
That being said she may be a little thing in size but not in SASS! She is by far the most SPOILED baby on the planet. She demands to be held all of the time. A friend told me today that it is because I have trained her that way...and that is true...but not ME alone...those darn sisters! Tonight I was trying to "teach" Olivia how to go to sleep on her own. I rocked and loved her and then when mostly, but not entirely asleep, I laid her down and walked out. She let out her first peep of a cry and MacKenzie comes running down stairs, flips on the bedroom light, and rushes to Olivia's rescue. I was not a happy mom...and Kenzie did not care, she just continued to hold and play with Olivia....this would be why the baby is SO SPOILED! What's a mom to do. By the way Brian is just as bad if not worse at giving little Olivia EVERYTHING she wants.
In other Wing news...Brian ran an awesome 5K in Arkansas on Saturday...his time was 22 min! I was proud of him. I ran my kind of race...... against myself on Monday.... and logged 11 miles of sweaty, hilly fun. :)
The kids are doing awesome in school...lots of homework already. Emily is in GT and her homework is HARD! I had to help her with an essay tonight on "The Family as a Social Institution"...How it fits, what are its goals, Why it is important to her, what it means, on and on...she's 9 years old, and its the first weeks of school, UGH! Kenz has a "crush" that I get to hear about after school everyday ;) She is also doing lots of homework, and is really impressing by getting up happy and early ever morning. Ryan is a crazy bike rider lately. He convinced Brian to ride bikes with him to the church and back....in 100 degree weather. About 8 to 10 miles? He fell and bloodied his ankle twice, but kept going. It took them about 2 hours, but he was so happy.
Other than that life is busy and blessed, busy...Volleyball, Dance, Piano, Activity Days, Softball, Brian starts a new class next week, I picked up 2 new classes at the Y, Cakes/Cookie orders, running, and Baby...blessed because we are a family...and Emily summed it up in her closing remarks on her essay tonight..In her words....
"Family is to Social Institutions, like the Heart is to the body...essential to all other functions......it is what keeps us "pumping"... your heart pumps your blood, and your family pumps your soul with happiness....Family lifts us up with love, encouragement, forgiveness, happiness and support...it is the only social institution that will stay with you forever....You may lose your teachers, friends, jobs, and money but you will never loose your family. They will always be there for you."
