RIP Daddy fish

On my way to bed tonight I noticed Daddy fish laying on the bottom of the bowl. It has happened. He died. The bad thing is I just gave him new water tonight so I feel I am to blame for his sudden death. I do feel horrible.

Now we have the death talk with Toby in the morning....

Daddy fish: 10/10/09 - 10/19/09

yup he is just laying on the bottom.

First pet

Yes it's true, Toby now has a pet! At homecoming last weekend they had a street fair on campus that had lots of activities. Toby stopped by one booth where you had to throw a coin into a bowl. Well being the natural athlete that he is, he made it! So his prize was a FISH! He now has a fish as a pet. It's still alive (which secretly I am surprised by already) and he loves to feed him everyday. The name you ask? Well Toby decided to name him 'Daddy'. Awe! :)

Here he is with his Daddy fish!

8 month update

Our little Zoe is 8 months!! She has been such a blessing to us and a perfect addition to our family. She is starting to talk a lot more and finding what noises she can make with her mouth. Such as spitting or clicking her tongue. It's so great. She loves to walk when holding your hands, stand and chew on anything she gets her hands on!! She can move around while sitting and playing. She is usually facing a different way or in a completely different spot from when you set her down just by her rocking back and forth trying to reach anything and everything that is just out of her reach. Anything Toby does she responds with a huge smile and laugh! She can spot him across a room (and usually he is running around) and will watch him everywhere he goes. The closer he gets to her the louder her laughter gets! The day that she can move on her own she will be follow him everywhere! Yes her hair sticks up on it's own. We love it! We will be sad when it starts to grow down like normal. She weighs - are you ready for this?! - 24 pounds! When she was born the nurses kept saying she was such a solid baby...... well she is still just a solid little girl! She has brought so much joy and laughter to us and to the people around us! We love our little Zoe!

my kids are great!

New York

While Brian was in RA training and gone everyday all day we decided to go and visit our wonderful friends in Houghton NY for a couple days. So Toby, Zoe, JoAnna and I packed up and headed out!! It was our first time to NY. We had so much fun and we are so glad that we did! Here are some pictures of our trip.

We went to a state park, unfortunately it started to pour right after we got there so this is all we got to see. But it was an awesome waterfall and Toby hasn't seen anything like this! He thought it was pretty cool!

Campbell and Zoe playing with the new food Sarah bought! (and by playing with I mean chewing on! ha ha!)

I love this picture!! It was so hard to get a picture of Toby and Campbell with them both smiling and looking at the camera. This one looks likle Campbell is laughing and Toby is praying over her!! :) Really Campbell was mad that Toby was trying to hold her still so she was screaming at him and Toby blinked!

Toby was the photographer for this picture of us girls!! JoAnna, Sarah and Me.

The whole group! (minus Jeff who was taking the picture!)

We had a great time hanging out and seeing the kids play together! We can't wait to visit again! Thank you Kirksey's!

LOVE

Some of my favorite things that I hear from Toby: 

"I love you Mommy!"

"Mommy, I want to go to heaven to be with Jesus."

"I like you!"

"It's okay, I'm right here baby girl" (speaking to Zoe when she is upset) 

"You my sweetheart!" 

He is so sweet to me and to Zoe. I am so excited to see the two of them grow up together! So far they love each other very much...... I know that will change sometime! :) I cherish their laughter together now so much! 

Toby's first love

Toby's first love Izzy is here visiting and he is loving it. 

More pictures to come....