There they are in age order, again. Notice the two little "bookends". Since Bryn is too mobile, Katherine held her for the pictures. Thanks Katherine! Aaliyah was feeling a little sluggish, and those boys sure are charmers!
Roman, Ella, Bryn and Ethan
Khalil (pronounced Ka-lel)
Khalil with his Uncle Johnny- so sweet.
Melissa was so nice to let us swim in their pool while they were on vacation. In between (distant) thunder and rain, it was lots of fun!
This is Travis's baby, Aaliyah. Isn't she precious!? her shirt says, "Social Butterfly" and lately she's had to be, sweet girl. After my reunion I took her and her brother, Khalil, home with me for 5 days. Their mom was in a car accident, separate from Travis's, and she broke her leg and collar bone, so our family has loved taking care of them.
The next day, Lia (aka Olivia's BFF), got to come for a few days while her mom was at Girls' Camp. Brandon came too- which made Travis and Khalil really happy!
Brandon and Lia were such big helpers with all the babies. Can you believe we had 9 kids for a few days! (4 of which were in diapers- lol)
This is probably the only "sleepover" our kids will ever have, since we don't do sleepovers as a rule. They look cozy, huh?Katherine, Travis, Brandon, Bryn, Olivia, Lia, Aaliyah, Ella, Khalil- say that fast! Or just say, Livy, Lia, Aaliyah, Ella, Khalil :) Quite a tongue twister huh?:)
Poor Aaliyah was not feeling well when we got here, and she got worse. Before we took her home, she had been to Dr. Packard's office twice- finally being sent to the hospital for a chest x-ray: pneumonia. The original plan was for Monica to take all four of the kids home after camp, but we had to take them home a day early. Aaliyah was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont (she's home now, but with lots of breathing treatments, etc. and Khalil is on breathing treatments too.)
We had fun having so many cousins come visit and we're glad Aaliyah is feeling better.
you are one brave woman!! 9 kids? That picture of them all tucked in bed was really cute.
ReplyDeleteI agree w/melissa the tucked in pic is super cute! good job on being such a great aunt!
ReplyDelete(the no sleepover rule is a good one...I think we plan on doing the same!)
You are a saint for having all those kids under one roof! Glad y'all survived, but I bet it was a fun adventure and a treat for your kids to have company over.
ReplyDeleteWhy weren't we invited to the slumber party? We could've added one more in diapers, yesss! Good thing y'all were able to get Aaliyah to the doc, she had been sounding so bad. And the video of Ella and Khalil eating was funny, they were both just shoveling it in!
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