These are days...

My wonderful friend, Jenny, put together an absolutely beautiful post on her blog about our little playgroup in Dayton. The pictures show, in ways that words cannot, how much our wonderful little children have grown in the last three years. It brings tears to my eyes to look back and see just how far we have come. EJ and I miss these friends dearly and truly wish we could bring them with us to Springfield. This is the military life, however, and everyone is moving on to new chapters in their lives and even though we might not be able to physically see each other we can keep up through technology. You can see this wonderful post on Jenny's blog:
http://zollarsfamily.blogspot.com/

Thanks for all the memories Jenny!

The Great Pumpkin Hunt

This fall we have had a fantastic time searching through two different pumpkin patches finding just the right one, or two, or OK three perfect pumpkins. EJ, especially, has had such a great time enjoying being outside and looking through all the fields for a great pumpkin. Next weekend will probably be carving time and I will be sure to post pictures of that fun.

Molly's Baptism

This past weekend, September 27th, we celebrated Molly's baptism at Little Flower Catholic Church. Many, many family members came out to help us celebrate her special day. Great big thanks go out to John and Christie for being Molly's Godparents. Also, we really want to thank Paco's Mom and Dad for offering up their home for the party and helping us through all the planning, prep, serving and clean-up!

Go Irish!

Paco has been working hard to teach EJ the Notre Dame Fight Song. His efforts are paying off and EJ is doing quite a good job with it! Go Irish!

5 Month old Molly

My big girl at 5 months old!

First Day of Preschool

The Big Boy ready for school

He was just a "little" excited

I love this picture of Paco walking EJ into school

Ready for the big day!

Mommy and her munchkins

Today, September 8th, is a very exciting day in our household. EJ started preschool today. He was up bright and early and very eager to get started with his day. I was a bit worried about how he would do, but he walked right into his classroom, found his name, sat down and started looking at the book his teacher gave him. Not a single tear! Paco and I gave him a kiss and a hug goodbye and then left him with his class. I think it was much easier on EJ than it was on me! It is unbelievable that my baby boy is old enough for school. I wish I could go back in time to those long days sitting in the NICU and show myself these pictures of a very happy, very healthy little boy starting off on a new adventure. I am getting ready to leave right now to go pick him up and take him to a special lunch--I would bet any amount of money he will pick McDonalds :). I will report in on how the day went!

Edited to note: He had a wonderful day today. No tears at all. He kept going on and on about all the fun things he did and what he is going to do the next day he goes. Sounds promising

Hannah's Birthday

Playgroup Reunited

A rare picture of all of us at the party

EJ and Hannah on the rollercoaster ride

EJ and Katie racing cars

EJ, Katie and Hannah

On Sunday of our Ohio trip we went to Chuck E Cheese for Hannah's Birthday Party. All the kids had so much fun playing the games, eating pizza, and enjoying some yummy cupcakes. Happy Birthday Hannah!!!