I'm Brilliant {According to Renee}

My friend Renee, over at Life with My Special K's, gave me this award for being a brilliant blogger ... a premier blogger! LOL. I pass this on to Amy over at Larkin's Place, because her blog entries are always so deep and brilliant. :)

Bosman/Jones BBQ

To start off the celebration this past weekend, Kyle and I hosted a BBQ at our house with my dad's side of the family and Casey's family {Casey is my sister's new husband}. We had a great time hanging out and getting to know Casey's family better.

Kristie and Casey's Wedding

My sister, Kristie, got married this weekend to her fiance, Casey. We had the best time ever and I'm so sad it is all over. Kristie did an amazing job planning all the details ... everything turned out beautifully. I have an amazing extended family and it was so much fun to see everyone again.

Mason was the ring bearer ... he did awesome and was so handsome ...

Payton was one of two flower girls ... she looked adorable in her little dress, but she had quite the attitude! When she walked down the aisle, she basically stomped and she had that lower lip sticking out the whole time ... basically making it clear that she wasn't happy about having to walk down that aisle, but she did it. I can't wait to get a picture of her coming down the aisle. When she got to the end, she wasn't quite sure what to do ... so she stopped and looked up at all of us standing before her ... so cute ... isn't her dress adorable?

A rare moment in time ... a smile ... that was a rare sight on Saturday ... little stinker!
{Sorry for the poor quality photo}

More pictures to come soon ... thank you everyone for such a fabulous weekend!

Our trip to the dentist

I took the kids to the dentist this morning ... Mason went first. He sat in the chair like a big boy and took his cleaning like a champ. This is a kid who begs me to go to the dentist. Weird. His teeth look great and most importantly, no cavities!

This was Payton's first dentist visit. Even though she is only 2 1/2, I wanted to get her in early because kids with Down syndrome can have bad teeth. The dentist put flouride on her teeth and took a look ... we will wait six months for a cleaning ... I suspect it will be brutal. Payton has all of her upper teeth and most of her lower teeth ... her laterals on both lower sides are missing and it is a very real possibility that they are not even there. This can be common in kids with Down syndrome. So essentially she has her bottom two front teeth, but the next two teeth on either side are missing, right before the molars start. We will wait to see if they ever come in since kids with Down syndrome can have delayed teeth eruption, but I'm not getting my hopes up. If they never come in, we can only hope that her adult teeth will sort of fill in that gap there ... time will tell. The dentist said that is a possibility, especially in a child like Payton who has a small mouth {another feature of kids with Down syndrome}.

Poo poo on the potty! Poo poo on the potty!

Woo hoo! Payton just went poo poo on the potty! I had her sitting on the toilet a few minutes ago and she did nothing. So we went to the kitchen and she signed that she needed to go potty ... her sign is pointing to her diaper. I asked her if she had to go and she nodded yes. So we ran to the potty and as soon as I sat her down, she pooped and peed! We sang and clapped and cheered ... woo hoo! :)