What Caitlyn's been up to

Caitlyn has been growing by leaps and bounds, almost litterally, but not quite. One of her new things is bringing her hands and knees up in the crawling position. I know it's been a while, but I thought they usually sit up before they crawl. We were hoping she'd hold off on the whole mobility thing until we got back from the states in order to make the plane ride more do-able. Unfortunately, I don't think it's in our favor this time. But, isn't she so cute!!!! I could brag on her all day.

Another thing I started doing, and not sure if I really like the idea truthfully, is give her a carrot stick to gnaw on. I usually don't start giving them anything food-like until 9-10 mo. at least! But she looked so darn cute as I was eating, and she is teeething a bit, so this looked like the perfect teether. Especially since all my research in natural health, and finding that the plastics in baby toys are really not a good idea to have in your mouth as much as a baby does.

She was so cute when I first gave it to her she just twisted it in her hand studying it. When she put it in her moputh, she had a funny look because it was a bit chilled, but this didn't last long, she gnawed on it for a good 1/2 hour. She's gonna be my whole-foods baby!

I guess it was only a matter of time before she hung out like one of the boys, but I never thought it would be this early! She truly looks intrigued. Steve and I went rollerblading after dinner one night for some much needed time together. We often set up a video up for the children if we go out before they are asleep. This time, we came back to find Lillian and Caitlyn watching the movie aslo. (Don't worry, Caitlyn wasn't unattended, Lillian didn't want to be in the picture, she's camera shy.)

Like mother, like daughter

One of these photos is Caitlyn, and one of them is me as a baby. Mom, I bet you know which one is which, but does anyone else? Leave me a comment on who you think is who. It will be neat to see what you al think. When I showed Lillian and a few others they all thought both pics were Caitlyn. So, she really does look like me afterall. It's about time! :-)

My oldest little boy, who isn't so little anymore celebrated his 9th birthday on April 14th, 2007! We won't even talk about how old that makes me feel! Anyway, gramma and grampa we able to be here for that as well, which thrilled Ryan to peices (whatever that saying means anyway). Gramma is the ultimate party thrower. She knows how much I dislike parties so she up took the offer to throw him a great party. She did a scavenger hunt, and several other games that the children all loved. Yeah for grammas. Ryan had a very memorable birthday!

I have gotten so backed up that I think I just need to to one big general update so as not to keep getting bogged down. Life with 4 beautiful kiddos is fantastic but boy, it's non-stop! So, after we returned from Australia, we were thrilled to have gramma and grampa here to celebrate Easter with us. Having family here to share such an important time of the year was priceless. Gr5amma did egg dying with the boys, which was interesting to say the least. But they loved it which is the important part, no matter there was dye all over thier hands for a week. We ended up inviting other families over after church as well. There was lots of food, fun, friends, kiddos and ofcourse fellowship! We even did an old fashioned easter egg hunt for the children. We have actually done this with the same group each year since we arrived, but this time it was at ourt house, with those of us from the group that haven't left yet, or didn't already have plans.

A welcome friend

The boys call him Mr. Peter. He is someone dear to our hearts for sure. He and his wife, Eileen, were extremely kind to us and the boys when we first arrived to Singapore. Peter worked for Welch Allyn and was leaving for the states, Steve was taking over his role in the Singapore office. During the process of their leaving and our coming, they showed us the ropes of living in Singapore as well as providing a sense of family and belonging here. We are forever greatful for this! They gave us many of the necessaties for the house as they were cleaning out, this was such a great help! Eileen also introduced me to many cool book shops and other places to get great bargains, like Diasu, a Japanese $2 shop where you can get the coolest plates. Peter comes to Singapore every few months and visits the boys and has dinner with us. This time he brought back flashlights for them which was a big hit!