Quick updates

This is Cole's favorite thing to do. He gets very proud of himself and he can lock his legs and balance for a long time.

We potty-trained Paityn. I took her to the store to pick out whichever panties she wanted and of couse she was definite that she needed CARS panties, unfortunately they dont make cars panties for girls. So any given day chances are, paityn has the boy flap on her underwear.

Telise's preschool program

San Diego Trip

Meggie, Paityn, myself and Telise as Mermaids. Telise had to be convinced to do it. It took too long for paityn--we had to finish the tails quickly and then take quick pictures. another problem was that since all of the girls were in the sand, the boys had to try and make tails.

the annual fam pic at the park

The girls drag paul on the Tilt-a-whirl. Afterwards, Paityn wanted it to go faster, telise was a little scared of it and Paul had to sit down for 20 minutes because he was sick.

Paul and cole on the Submarine ride

Telise on the carousel.

Paityn on the carousel

Paul is still balancing cole....it's just that paul is under the water. So cole is standing on water in the middle of the bay

Paul is balancing cole in the bay.

Turn your head...i know we are always so ghetto....and you'll see paityn flying in the air.

Our family at my uncle Dave and Deb's house.

The kids with Great Grandma Gert.

The award for "Most Photogenic" goes to .......Telise Star Hawkins

Cole gets his hands on the camera

Paityn's "cheese"smile.

Cole stole caleb's dump truck.

Cole is Celebrating

Finally we have a kid who likes the ocean.

Paityn in a towel/sand fort.

Disneyland--Sensory Overload

The time finally came and off we went to California with the Hawkins'. Paul was especially excited--more than any of the kids, and that's a big feat since paityn is easily excitable.

We mistakenly took telise on pirates and splash mountain to early in the day and she was afraid of everything after that. But when you really think about it, almost all the rides have a villian or scary part to the ride. Paityn was to young to care. Cole was easygoing and Paityn was excited almost the entire time. She is still asking me almost daily when we get to go to Disneyland again. Telise had lunch with the princesses and loved it. During the parade telise couldn't even smile because she was watching so intently.




Paul and Cole on Pirates

Telise and paul on Autopia

Telise watching the parade

The teapots-which no Hawkins boy(except maybe adam) will adre to attempt--i guess we finally found their achilles heel

Baby on Board!

Well, after a long time of waiting, Colton Timothy Hawkins made his introduction to the world on August 29, 2007. His entrance was quick and easy (at least for me - Paul - it was). And it didn't look too rough for Missy either. Well, if giving birth to a child can ever be called not too rough. The main purpose of this blog is to allow people abroad to view pics and things easily, so here's some picks of Cole. He was 9 pounds, 1 ounce; 21 inches long.

We caught him with a little grin in this one. (Sidenote: I feel like a total dork writing this blog. Like one of those parents who forces people to sit through a slideshow of their kids on vacation or something.)

Here's Paityn's first experience holding Cole. It looks like Cole has his eyes closed peacefully, but really, I think they're closed because Paityn just poked them. And if you're wondering, yes Telise is dressed like Sleeping Beauty........and yes I'm very, very glad that we had a boy. Very glad.