3 months old!

makenzie just celebrated her 3 month birthday! she's a chunky monkey, just like her brother and sister were. she is such a blessing- and wonderful baby. and she smiles more than any baby i've seen. i think that she is going to be a very personal person. she loves it when we interact with her and she coos a lot.














brian's mom was in town for a few days. she and my mom (right) get along really well and had a fun afternoon of talking. they had to share the baby...









mimi loves her newest grandbaby!














and just in case you were wondering... here are zach's latest endeavors...

he colored all over the wall by the kitchen. i was in there cooking dinner, thinking that he was with brian and the girls in the other room. looks like he knew it was wrong!!







then the next day, he found the peanuts, and decided to have a few. i wish i could have taken a panoramic view of the room. they were all over!

finger painting and family feud

tuesday was a brave mommy day. after having watched supernanny a couple of weeks in a row, i felt guilty for not doing more fun activities with the kids. so, having found a cheap finger painting kit at target, i decided to brave the mess. and believe me, it was a mess! the kids had so much fun, though, and it was a relatively easy clean up (since the paint was washable, i just threw them into the tub after it was all over). it ended up being more of a hand painting than finger painting, and near the end, zach was making it into a body painting, which prompted the ending of the session!






for those of you who didn't know, my sister, her husband andy, his twin brother joey, his wife kyle, and their little brother adam were selected to be on the family feud. the taping was over the july 4th holiday, and their television premier is coming up september 10. the feud actually flew them out to l.a., and put them up in a hotel for 3 nights. they won 4 games in a row, which means they will be on mon-fri. here in dfw they will be on at 12 noon on the cw channel 33. if you are not here, check your local listings for the family feud to watch them win!! and yes, they won the big money twice! my only claim to fame!!

the vanderveers:
andy, kristin, joey, kyle, and adam