Nic has a baseball game tonight and if they win, they play again tomorrow night for a 2nd place tie breaker game. Then he has the tournament and he is done.
Megan has 2 softball games Friday night, 2 games Saturday morning and 2 games Sunday Afternoon with her traveling team. Then she has her league tournament and she is done. Except she will be trying out for school softball.
It has been a busy summer, but we have enjoyed it.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Megan's Blog
Well I caved and let Megan start her own blog. She called it "MEGA SOFTBALL FAN". You can find it at meganaustin12.blogspot.com
Malia
Malia...our baby girl. Born 9 lbs. 10 oz. and 20" long. At 14 months now, she weighs 22 lbs. She started walking at 11 months and has been saying lots of words. She has very thin (and slowly growing) hair, but is now curly in the back. She also has the most beautiful big blue eyes, and everywhere we go people seem to notice them, along with her dimples. Malia has 12 teeth already and can eat just about anything we can. Her favorite is spagetti.
She is a free spirit and wants to be on the run all the time. She also loves to watch Shrek and Toy Story. She will sit and watch the entire movies.
Before she was born, Jason and I could not agree on a name. I wanted to name her Miley and Jason wanted to name her Leah, so we put the two names together and got Mileah, but I changed my mind and did not like that and changed it to Malia. I had no idea that was the presidents daughters name at the time. oh well.
For the first year of her life she was in daycare and seemed to do well, but now I am only working part time and I am able to be home with her. I am so grateful to do this since I did with Megan and Nic. She loves to follow them around and enjoys getting to play in their rooms with them. When she was 9 months old, we went to Disney World and she was a very good baby. I was suprised at all the rides she could go on.
Malia
Malia at 6 months old.
Christmas time, Malia opening her first present.
Malia at the softball park at one of her sisters games (14 months old).
Nic
NIC. . . . . The middle child. He was born 9 lbs. 9 oz. and 22 inches long. He has always been very tall for his age and in kindergarten was a head taller than everyone in his class. Jason reached 6'2 by the time he was 12 years old, so we think that Nic is going to also. I am guessing he will hit 6'4. At 9 years old he is already in mens size 6 shoes. He will be going into 4th grade this year. As a child he has had developmental delays and speech delay. He has been in speech since age 3 (preschool) and because of improvements this past year, if he can maintain during the summer he will be released from speech. Nic has difficulty paying attention and is easily distracted. He also is very caring and sensitive. He loves little children and is very good with them. He makes Malia laugh all the time. When Malia was born and they brought her into the nursery, Nic was at the window watching. Malia started chocking and they inserted tubes and Nic paniced and passed out, except the hospital did not know what was going on and called a 'CODE BLUE'. Nurses and Doctors came from every direction and when Nic woke up he was very embarrassed and kept apoligizing. During the first couple weeks at home, anytime Malia cried, Nic would panic and tell me to help her "Please". He was a very good baby and never cried.
In the past, Nic has not show much interest in sports. He did not want to play baseball this year but I signed him up anyway and he has enjoyed it this year. He is in the yard every day practicing. This was his 5th year playing, but the first time he has really had fun at it. He started out struggling to hit the ball, but when he did, it was a triple and he got on the base and was jumping up and down and yelling "yes" and everyone was laughing with him and cheering him on.
He has also played Upward Basketball for 4 years and flag football 1 year. He loves to skateboard and play video games.
He does pretty well in school and maintains good grades. I had a teacher tell me one time he is the class clown and is always trying to make everyone laugh. He likes school and mostly enjoys recess, where girls have been known to chase him around calling him Justin Bieber. lol. He is close to his sister, Megan (who is 19 months older). They do almost everything together.
Nic at his 9th birthday party.
Nic at Downtown Disney - the Lock Ness Monster is made out of legos.
Nic at Downtown Disney.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Megan
My oldest MEGAN . . . . . . . . . She was born 8 lbs. 0 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long. We have a special bond. She calls me "momma" and I love it. She is 11 going on 30. And she is going into 6th grade. She worries about everything, but does not show it most of the time. She usually won't leave my side and is always looking for my approval. For as long as I can remember she has wanted to be a teacher when she grows up. Most of the time she will stand back and watch instead of joining in. Her teachers always have good things to say. I remember one teacher telling me that she was a blessing to have in class because Megan would not let her forget anything if she missed it. She hates to read, but loves math. Last year she was moved into the advanced math class. She also made high honors 3 out of 4 quarters this year. Before that, she had been struggling in school. Her and Nic are 19 months apart and at times can be very close and then cannot stand to be around each other. Fighting with her brother and the tendancy to be a little bossy sometimes is usually the only time she gets into trouble. She watches out for him and although she has her own room, she chooses to sleep in his room (he has a bunk bed). Megan is a big help around the house. She loves to cook (something she got from her great grandmother) and will cook our meals occasionally all by herself. For Christmas this past year she got a lot of cooking items (utensils, electric skillet, her own dish set). 2 years ago she got a sewing machine for christmas and she loves to use it. Megan is 10 years older than Malia. Malia likes to follow her big sister around and enjoys spending time in Megans room with her. Megan is hoping that Malia is into sports as much as she is so she can help her, and she says she wants to coach her softball team. Megan will be a very good role model for Malia.
Megan usually knows people where ever we go. We usually do not go anywhere without a friend of hers with us, and it seems like she has a friend for a sleepover almost every weekend. She spends alot of time on facebook talking to friends or texting them. Wow. . . . am I glad she has the unlimited texting on her phone.
Her grandparents are members of a car club and for years, Megan has been part of that too, going to the meetings and some car shows and parades. She gets to help out and even hand out trophies and door prizes.
She loves all sports. Right now she is on 2 softball teams (league and traveling). She can handle just about any position on the field, but mostly is catcher or pitcher or 3rd base. She has pitched the whole last 3 games for her league team and they are 8 - 1.
She played school Basketball in 5th grade. And she played 2 years of Upward Basketball.
Megan keeps us very busy. She also did gymnastics for 3 years and Upward Cheerleading for 2 years. And she has played flag football, taken piano lessons and karate lessons. This year in 6th grade she has to decide between volleyball or basketball and she is torn because she wants to do both, but the school will only let them choose one because they are both around the same time. She plans on trying out for the school softball team also. She is in band and plays the flute. She loves to go swimming daily at the park pool and has been doing volleyball and basketball camps this summer.
Megan has boyfriend, Alex. For the last several months I have watched them together and they are very cute and shy together. We have also gotten to know his family and they are wonderful. Megan came to me and said she wanted to get QUEEN on the back of her softball shirt (you can get whatever you want and Alex's last name is KING) and I told her no at first, but she was insistant and said there was nothing else she wanted to get, so I told her that she would have ask Alex if it was ok with him before she did (and she did).
Megan and Alex
Some pictures of Megan . . . . . . . . . .
Megan (with her mouse ears on) at EPCOT
Megan at her 11th birthday party.
Megan and Nic at a fireworks event.
Megan beside the Princess Castle at Magic Kingdom.
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