Party time!

Annie's *7*!!! This post is a little late, but I still wanted to celebrate Annie! Her birthday party was a week ago. I couldn't be there because I had to work, but Frank and the kids went and even managed to take a few pictures! Happy Birthday, sweet Annie! : )

Blowing out her 7 candles

Everyone watching the present opening and trying to blow up balloons. Even Caeden is trying!!

I LOVE this picture!! It is so Sammy! What a contagious grin! I think he liked his ice cream a lot!!

New Beginnings

Zach got a really neat present from Grandma and Papa Corbett for his birthday...
2 caterpillars that change into Monarch butterflies. Over the last few weeks we've watched those caterpillars eat their milkweed leaves and crawl around, then finally about 10 days ago they made their chrysalis' after they hung upside-down for about a day and formed their "J" shape. Yesterday morning we noticed a change in one of them...it was all black. At first we feared the worst, but just a few hours later, a beautiful Monarch butterfly was hanging on the red mesh beside what was left of it's chrysalis. Zach remembered from school that it's wings needed to dry before it could fly. So a couple hours later, the kids released the butterfly. Now today the second chrysalis is black, but you can faintly see the wings of the butterfly inside. Tomorrow morning the butterfly will probably emerge. What an awesome reminder of new life in Christ...He takes our old self ,changes us, and gives us new life just like a beautiful butterfly.


In this picture you can see the shell of the chrysalis, the green chrysalis of the other caterpillar and the beautiful Monarch butterfly.

Little Sweetie

Here's our little sweetie just growing so fast! The time is flying!! Just 3 months ago she was welcomed into the world...and here she is lifting her head up and trying to get her toys!

Another pretty dress she wore to church. She's waving "Hi!" Isn't she so advanced for her age?

She loves her new blankie Grandma C made for her...it's sooo soft and it tastes good too!

It is hilarious to watch her try to reach for something...first she has to stare it down for a while...

Then she goes for the plunge! She did actually get a hold of those tootsies, but I was too slow with the camera!

Just some recent pictures of the kids

Kaity and Mary (she just got the new outfit for Mary...a Christmas gift that was from an exchange item...I guess I procrastinated a little on sending it back!)

Zach and Liah ; )

Thaniel and Liah : ) She just loves her big brothers!

'Lil Elli

Liah and Grammy

Quiet time

Zach got a couple of cool games for his birthday, so for "quiet time" we tried this one out. It's called "Rivers, Rails and Roads." It's a neat game that even Elli can play where you have to match the river, railroad or road on the card to the next. Cards have different combinations of these 3 things and some start or stop or turn one or more of the 3. The kids had a lot of fun with it! We've also been enjoying walks to the library for books to read and movies to watch (it's free...why not?) It's good exercise, gets us some sunshine and you can't beat the price. : ) We've been trying to make the most of our free time now that school will be starting in less than 2 weeks! Where did the summer go?

Growing!

Zach's *8*!!!!


And he's growing so fast! Where has the time gone? How could he be big enough to help take care of his baby sister? Zach, a third grader? That sounds so old!

We celebrated Zach's birthday with a trip to the park for some Dairy Queen cake with some friends and family.

"A new Webkin! Just what I wanted!"

Cool! A gift certificate for putt-putt!

Zach and one of his favorite 'tag' buddies...Papa Chuck!

Zach's friend, Joseph was able to join us and Zach was so glad!!

A new (bigger) bike for the growing boy!

The gang...minus Shannon who was suddenly camera shy...what a wild time! : )

To see more pictures from the party, go to The Corbett family blog at thecorbettsclan.blogspot.com.

Sisters!

Here are the three girlies posing for a picture! Alliyah wasn't sure if she wanted to or not! But was good natured enough to go along with it for a little bit. : )

And here are all the girls! As you can see, Alliyah is more unsure that she likes this!

Jammie girls! Elli and Liah fresh in the morning! ; )

Personality

Alliyah is growing and growing! Her doctor's appointment went well Thursday. She weighs in at 12 lbs and is 23 1/2 inches long! I was very impressed until I looked everyone else's stats up from 2 months old...she's almost last! Only Elli weighed less...11lb. 5 oz.


It's funny how her little personality is starting to emerge. She's not a 'binky baby' like the rest of the kids have been. She' d rather suck on her thumb or fingers...and it's soooooo cute!


Here's a big smile! ; ) They're coming more and more these days! What a delight!!!

She was so pretty in her pink dress! After church I just had to take a few pictures ; ).
Can you see the eyebrows in this picture? I think we'll be seeing more of that in the future!