Mother's Day, baptism & a new friend

So last weekend was very busy for us! Actually, Sunday itself was just a very busy but blessed day for our family. It was Mother's Day first of all! Here's the breakfast in bed Alaina made for me:

Then, we proceeded to church for Cami's baptism - it was so wonderful. She's just so sweet and both her and Alaina were very good during the baptism. We had all our extended families here which was really special. We then had a small cook-out with family and just a few friends from our bible study to celebrate. Of course, Cami slept through almost the whole celebration, but we enjoyed the time together!

Still that day, we were headed to the airport to meet our good friends the Castor's returning from bring their new son home from Ethiopia. Joshua Tariku was born just a few days before Cameran, so we are really excited for them to become the best of friends like Toby (their other son) and Alaina have. Here are a few pictures from the airport reunion!

Sarah & Joshua Tariku

Cami meeting Joshua Tariku

Toby & Alaina

Oh! And on Wednesday (Cami's 11th month birthday), Cami took her first steps alone - not just one, but three! And today at gymnastics, she stood by herself on purpose to clap for kids. She's starting to get some confidence and before long she'll be off!!! :)

Long time, long post!

Wow, it's been a long time! Sorry for the delay. We've been a busy family, with Alaina starting soccer and swimming lessons to Adam & I running the Mini Marathon this past weekend!

I last left you when we were getting ready to head to FW for the weekend. Here are a couple pictures from our trip.

Alaina & Uncle Kevin

Cami & her new favorite toy

Alaina asleep in the car

While we're on a sleeping thought, I went in to check on Cami the other night and here's what I found: Isn't she sweet?!?

Alaina started two things this week - sleeping with no rails on her bed (ah! scary!) and swimming lessons. This is the first time in Alaina's short life that she's slept in real bedding. She normally sleeps on top of it, but she's scared she'll fall out of bed now, so I tuck her in good! :)

She just LOVES her swimming lessons - she asks EVERY morning if it's swimming day. Here's a picture of her during lessons.Once the Mini pictures are available, I'll post some of Adam and I. Maybe, they may be pretty bad - they are "action" pictures during the race. Those may not be the prettiest. :)

Love you all!