We Are Blessed

The last couple weeks have been quite scary for us, with all of the nasty weather that has been through here. The death toll stretching from Oklahoma all the way to Georgia and Tennessee (basically the entire southeast) is up to over 200, last I heard. Here in the Schuster house we have only had a few broken limbs and a flooded backyard, and many tears from a scared two-year-old (he kept calling it mad airplanes). Alabama was hit last night the hardest. I hope it doesn't affect North Carolina at all, Jonas is there until Friday! After seeing pictures of the wreckage that these storm cells have brought to the Southeast, I can say we truly are lucky to have so little damage. Please keep the families of those affected in your prayers, and Jonas too!!

Mobile Uploads

I've been so busy lately I haven't had much time to take pictures with my camera, but I have been with my phone, so here are a few for ya. Enjoy!

Keegan and Cooper - best buds!

Hanging out - I love it :)

She was sooo tired, she zonked out on Jonas's shoulder while at a friends

She found her first piece of chocolate that Keegan had left on the table...

...and she really enjoyed it!! Haha

He has been making this silly sideways face all the time, it cracks me up!

Not bad quality for a phone picture, if you ask me!

Hanging out with Daddy on movie night

What a goofball haha

:D Nothing makes me happier! :D

We've got another fish lover in the family!

My favorite!

Recovered Pictures

My dad was going through his desk the other day and found an undeveloped roll of film. He decided to have it developed, having no idea what it was. Turns out there were some pictures of our road trip from Sacramento, California to Atlanta, Georgia in June of 1998 - almost thirteen years ago! It was such a treat to see these pictures, I thought I'd share.

From left to right - Colton, Me, Paityn, Conner, Trent (Look at Conner here - can you see my

children at all?)

Trevor

Trent and Colton

Me in front of the old Cowboys stadium in Dallas, Texas

Little Miss Paityn shortly after I found her in the closet with a pair of scissors in her hand and her hair scattered all over the floor

Conner - such a cute picture of him. I can't believe he's driving now! This is how I will probably always see my baby brother.

Potty Training for Keegan

Ahh! This has been more difficult than I thought it would be. He has had dry diapers when he wakes up in the morning for about a month or so now, so we knew it was time to start the potty training. We have started putting regular underwear on him to make him more aware of when he goes to the bathroom, and whenever he's wearing the undies and needs to go poo-poo, he ALWAYS goes on the potty, which has been amazing. It's getting him to pee on the potty that has been difficult, he will start to pee in his undies then yell "I need to go on the potty!" but by then it's too late. Any tips?? He is already registered for school starting this fall but he can't go if he's not potty trained, so my deadline is coming up in about four months. I want to get this ball rolling, lol!

New Milestones for Delilah!

One week after Lila started sitting up, she started STANDING up! It was such a quick turnaround, I couldn't believe it! So she can pull up on anything and everything, she will walk around the table or walk around pushing a toy. She can't stand up without the help of an object, and she won't let go while standing (unless it's to sit down) but every day she gets stronger and every day I think it's going to be the day that she stands on her own, so I think it will be soon! Also, I don't know if I put this on here before, but Lila has a funny way of "cooing" and making it sound like real words! She says "Lila" all the time. She definitely knows her name, which is cool. When I was in Georgia, I was on the phone with Jonas and I jokingly yelled "I LOVE YOU" pretty loud. Paityn and I were sitting at the kitchen table and Lila was playing in the family room and she DISTINCTIVELY "cooed" back what sounded exactly like "I love you too." It was so amazing, Paityn and I dropped everything and just stared at each other in disbelief. Of course, it was just a coincidence but quite a crazy coincidence! She still has just the two teeth, and by this age Keegan had 6 or so teeth so he was able to chew food. Lila is still eating baby food because I'm scared to give her table food, thinking she'll choke. Maybe sometime this month we'll start with that, because Keegan had his first steak at 9 months and Lila will be 9 months at the end of this one! I can't believe how fast these last 9 months have gone by, let alone the last four years!