4th of July

We celebrated America's Birthday at the Country Club and we had so much fun. We had dinner out by the pool and then after dark, we watched the fireworks!

Kiley giving Bentley some love.

Kiley dancing!

The next day on the 5th, we celebrated Kiley's one year anniversary with a healthy heart!

Presley did a little too much celebrating over the holiday. I took this picture of her sleeping one night.

Bentley is 5 Months old!

Bentley is still the most sweet, well behaved baby. He is so laid back. He eats, plays, poops and sleeps! He is still eating every 3 hours and napping in between. He now goes down at night at 730pm and sleeps until 8am. We officially made it out of the sleepless newborn nights!

At 5 months, we started rice cereal once a day!

He also rode in the shopping cart like a big boy!

I took this cute picture of him after a swim one day!

I don't have any new weight and height measurements this month because he didn't have a checkup. Developmentally, he is rolling from back to front and front to back. He still LOVES being on his tummy and this is working to his advantage for crawling. He is pulling his knees up under him and rocking back and forth. He is trying to figure it out. He is sitting up pretty well, but still needs a little support and of course wants to go right back down on his tummy! If it is possible to crawl before he sits up, he might just do it. I am not sure if Mommy and Daddie are ready for a mobile baby yet....

Bentley is full of smiles and we never hear a cry out of him unless he is hungry or has a dirty diaper. I don't think there could be an easier baby than Bentley. We are so thankful!! Everything that he gets his hands on goes to the mouth. He loves Sophie the Giraffe but will chew on just about anything! He does a lot of slobbering. Mommy hopes he isn't teething yet!!

Here are a few more of his 5 month pictures! He is too cute for words!

Father's Day

The guys had a great Father's Day. They golfed in the morning and then we had a mexican feast and swam all day!

Bentley went for his 1st swim!

Swim Lessons!

Kiley goes golfing with Daddie on Wednesdays and Bentley and I take Presley to swim lessons! She has been doing so well. Her teacher said she is the easiest "swim tot" that she has ever had. She said Presley is so independent and is not scared. Presley trusts her teacher and does what she says. Each week, she adds one second to her under water time. She is up to 3 seconds! Here are a few pictures of her first few lessons.

Lesson 1

Presley gets to go down the slide at the end of each class.

Lesson 2

They sing all kinds of songs and play different games!

One second underwater.

We have been lucky. Presley has had a "private lesson" every class except for one, so she is getting a lot of one on one attention!

Lesson 3

Lesson 4. She is now swimming for 3 seconds under water. I only have one picture of this lesson because I took all videos! We are so proud of our little fish!

Bentley is 4 months old!

He is getting so big. I took him for his 4 month checkup and he weighs 15lbs 8oz (54%), he is 25.25 inches long (59%), and his head is 16.75 inches (80%).



The doctor was very happy with his growth and his development. Unfortunately, he had to get 4 shots, but he was a tough little boy!



He is wearing 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. He is eating every 3 hours and napping in between. He has been sleeping about 9 hours each night, but last night he did the full 12. I am not sure if it was a fluke or not. His new summer schedule is eating at 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm and 8pm. I have been keeping him up between his 5pm and 8pm feeding and then putting him down for the night after his 8pm feeding. We will start solid foods when he is 5 months!



Developmentally, he is rolling over from his tummy to his back and he also rolls side to side. He can almost roll from his back to his tummy, but his arm gets stuck. He scoots all over the place on his tummy. Each time I put him in his crib, I put him at the very bottom and by the time he wakes up, he is up at the top. He does some babbling, but he mostly squeels. He is such a happy baby and is always smiling. He has discovered his feet. Silly boy!



He loves to look in the mirror, but he doesn't realize it is a reflection of himself. He is able to hold his toys and they go straight to the mouth. He loves chewing on Sophie's legs! He is so sweet and cuddly and will let anyone hold him. He loves his sisters and is still definitely a Momma's boy at this point. I can't get enough of him!!

Mikey's Trip to Chicago

Mikey had a work trip in Chicago and he and some of the guys stayed through the weekend. This was the view from Daddie's hotel room.



They ate some yummy food!



They went to a baseball game.





A view from their seats.



And they did some sight seeing!



Right before Mikey left for Chicago, his office moved to a new building. This is Daddie's new office.



and his new view.

Amd