A lot's been going on

Miles turned 6 months old.  I'll make a separate post about that soon.  This kid has got some personality!

We celebrated the 4th of July.  I found some American flags at a local "craft" store and let Gavin put them in our yard outside our front door.  I also found a USA outfit I bought him last summer that just so happened to still fit him this year.  Brooks had to work so I took the boys swimming and spent most of our morning outside playing!

We went out to dinner with some friends for someone's birthday and Miles and Stephanie were playing.  If you look close, Miles is blowing raspberries at Steph.

Gavin got a new haircut.  You might not be able to tell, but it's pretty short.  He looks JUST.LIKE.BROOKS.

I also made my last cake for a few months.  It was for a middle school girls' birthday party.  She designed the entire thing so I just copied off her picture.  I also made 2 dozen cupcakes so they could have some chocolate flavored cake, too.  She designed the cupcakes as well.  This girl knew exactly what she wanted.

Our good friends, The Railey's, had their baby girl, Savannah last week.  We were so excited that she is finally here.  SHE IS PRECIOUS!!  When I got to hold her for the first time, I introduced myself to her as her future mother-in-law.  I figured there's a 50/50 chance maybe she'd marry one of my boys?!?!  Ha Ha.  All jokes aside, I was beside myself to finally meet her.

Gavin loved meeting Savannah and kept wanting to pet her.  He was really gentle with her and for days asked about the new baby.  We've been over to their house several times to see her and have loved getting to encourage Brent and Laura as they're learning how to "parent" a newborn.

Laura was suppose to be induced on Saturday morning, and her parents were suppose to arrive in Saudi Thursday night.  But, after some plane delays and new routes, they didn't arrive in The Kingdom until Friday night.  However, Laura had gone into labor Thursday afternoon, after her water broke, and ended  up delivering before her scheduled induction.  Stephanie and I got to pick her parents up at the airport, a couple we had never met and had to go on Facebook to see what they looked like, so we could recognize them walking through the terminal.  We made a sign that said "Savannah's Grandparents" and showed it off to any American couple that we saw.  When we did finally see them, both Steph and I were in tears. I think just the idea that they were so close to being here for their grand daughter's birth, but missed it, yet were about to meet her.... it was just all a little much. We brought them to the hospital and got to share in a sweet, sweet moment