10/06/05- so much to say and so little time to type. The babies are now 9 months old. at the last well visit to the ped. (which was about 1 week ago) Nadia weighed 16#9oz Height 27 1/4, Olivia weighed 16#6oz and 27 3/4in, Elijah 17#7oz and also 27 3/4in. So Olivia is our tallest and skinniest. The girl will eat ANYTHING you put in front of her. We have caught rocks, tags from clothes, grass, leaves, play dough, i cant even list all the things the girl has managed to find and shove in her mouth! She is the hardest to get to sleep but the one who will ALWAYS give you a smile and very rarely cries! ALL children are very healthy, we are so blessed!

If i have not mentioned this yet they ALL (except big sister thalia of course!) go to sleep on their own and sleep through the night. They have since about 3 monthsa old, thank goodness! It is funny I live for the nighttime when i get a baby break and they go to sleep, yet i miss them when they are sleeping! weird i know. Our schedule is SOOO crazy right now. The babies are learning how to eat solids. I got the OK to try scrambled eggs. THEY LOVE IT. They also love cheese toast. They are just starting to master mac-n-cheese and they can always go for some crackers. They tried some frozen waffles today and did pretty well with those.

Elijah can stand ALL on his own now, and he has taken 1 step, then he takes the 2nd and falls, but we all have to start somewhere. He can stand all alone as long as he would like. He has definitly become a mama's boy. He is teething really bad. He does have his 2 front bottom teeth. He is the BEST sleeper but he has also become the cry-baby, he wants to be out and about ALL the time and if he is not out of the very baby safe enclosed living room he is NOT happy.  He use to be the baby that was so laid back and NEVER cried, he is the total opposite now. Him and Olivia seem to fight a lot over hands, if her hand is near ANYTHING he grabs it and moves it, and she does the same, i know eird.

Olivia, she can stand up without using her hands or knees, she will be sitting and just stand up on her feet! she is not attemptng to walk, but she stands all alone all the time. She loves to play and smile. She just got 1 of her bottom front teeth and the other is soon to come in. She has lots of love and LOVES gentle kisses on her face, she loves to be touched and wants to be rocked to sleep constantly, something mommy cant do but both grandmothers LOVE to do, cant blame them :)

Nadia, our princess. She could care less about standing, she doesnt like to fight and she HATES it when her brother or sisters come close to her, she knows they are up to NO GOOD :) She can hold her own bottle and sippy cup all by herself. She likes to eat but is picky. She loves when you sing to her and dance with her. She also absolutly LOVES the my bottle, your bottle game i play with her. She will try to feed me the bottle i pretend to drink from it, gets a giggle everytime and lots of times gets a big gut laugh, then she takes it away and starts drinking it. she is a funny little girl who likes games.

Thalia- BEST BIG SISTER EVER. She is doing great in preschool. and it wears her out by the time she is home. She is learnign a lot and i miss her desperatly when she is there but she really loves it. She is also back in gymnastics and is really good in that, actually on most things does better then the other kids. She may be behind on learning how to wirte everything on paper and trace letters but she sure does know how to tumble and walk the bars and such. the girl is a natural!

Wally and Me will be married 7 years in a few day! 10/10 matter of fact! Who would have thought that within 7 years we would have 4 kids! God has really blessed us. It can be hard sometimes but he is a great father and husband and i feel i do not deserve such wonderful things like my children and husband. they are true blessings from God and I thank God for them! I could lose everything and as long as i had my family I would be RICH!