Where has the summer gone?

Seriously, where has the summer gone? School starts next week and I'm not sure I'm ready. As most of you know, we are not morning people at our house. Well, Cody is a morning person, but the rest of us are not. Cambelle starts first grade in a week and i'm going to have to get up and help her get ready, after being up all night with the babies. It's going to be insane! I'm going to have to actually get our family in a routine. Real bedtimes. Real wake-up times. Maybe even scheduled nap times for all of us. Hopefully we all adjust quickly. I'll let you know.

The kids are growing so fast. Elle is two months old. She has the greatest smile. She actually has two smiles. Her first smile is just a cute little smile, but my favorite smile is what we call "happy eyes". When she gives you this smile, it makes her eyes scrunch up and her whole face smiles. I love it. This is when babies start getting fun. They aren't all that exciting up to this point.

Beck is 15 months old and constantly sick. I think it's just his lot in life. It seems that we are in the doctors office at least every two to three weeks. His latest was a virus that caused a 103.4 degree temperature and a really ornery little boy. After he was over that we found out he was also cutting 4 teeth (two are molars). When he is healthy and not cutting teeth he is an absolute riot. He know the sounds a lion, puppy, and snake make. And he has the most hilarious "please" face you have ever seen. I think it's the snaggle teeth that make it so funny. I think the highlight for me lately is that he finally says "mama". He has been saying dada since he was 9 months old, so this is pretty exciting for me.

Cambelle got her hair permed this summer, hopefully it will help us get ready faster in the mornings for school. She took gymnastics and loved it. She is doing cartwheels and flips and sommersalts through the house all the time. Luckily no serious injuries yet. She has kicked Beck in the head a time or two with a flubbed up hand stand but nothing worse than that.

Cody and I celebrated our 8th anniversary in the end of July. Unfortunately, with a new baby and a cranky one year old we didn't get to do anything other than go to the movies. That was fun though. It's crazy to think that we've been married for 8 years. A lot has happened in those eight years, both good and bad and everywhere inbetween and we love each other even more than when we got married.

Life has been crazy the past little while, but it's life and I love it.