Time Flies...

Nice & Clean

Peek a Boo!!

One Cool Dude!!!

Its amazing how much Skylar has grown! I look back at pictures and can't believe how much she has changed in such a short amount of time! She was so tiny and now she's a little girl & is beginning to have her own little personality. She is 9 mos old now & the older she gets, the more fun it really is. I could spend hours at a time just watching her. I am amazed every day how her coordination improves and how more mobile she is becoming. She's not crawling...still doesn't care to be on her tummy, but she scoots around on her bum to get where she wants to go. We are in trouble now!!! Recently she started saying Mama regularly. I think Daddy got jealous because after spending a couple days with Daddy, Skylar started saying Dada...aparently Daddy was working with her during their time together! Either way, we can't get enough of it!!!! Over the last couple months she has cut 4 teeth, which has caused many tears to fall (can't wait till this stage is over!), but she is so cute with her new little chompers! Every stage of her life is so amazing! I just can't imagine life without her now. Its amazing how much one lil being can change your life so much. It just makes life so much more complete.

This Spring has been very busy for Justin & I. We went to Scottsdale over Spring Break...it was AWESOME!! Just to get away from life for a week was what we needed. Grandma stayed at our house for the week to watch the lil one, while Justin & I were basking in the sunshine by the pool. We really enjoyed our time away...but there's nothing like home! We really missed the lil one and couldn't wait to get home to see her! A week later, Justin traveled to Florida for CSI training. He had a great time in Florida and learnt alot, he's quite the photographer now! A week after that, he traveled to the Tri-Cities for more training. So as you can see, our life has been a little crazy lately. In between traveling, Justin & I did manage to train for the Windermere Half Marathon. Our goal was to finish, and that goal was accomplished in 2hrs 5min, not bad for our first time! Justin had so much fun, he wants to do it again next year!

Tara will be graduating high school this next week! This past Friday was her last official day of school. She is very excited to reach this point in her life and is excited to move onto college. We can't believe how the time is flown! Justin can't believe he has a daughter that is graduating high school. He says it seems like it was just yesterday that she was starting kindergarten. We our very proud of Tara and the beautiful person she has become, and wish her the best in her future endeavors.

Until next time...much love from the Hobbs Family!

Where does the time go?

First of all, I must apologize for not updating our blog more often! The whole reason for setting up the blog was so that friends & family could see the lil one as time goes by. I'm sure I could come up with a million reasons why I haven't been able to upate sooner, but in reality its just time. Who knew that 3 months could go by so quickly? I must say I am ashamed of myself, and I'm going to try my best to update this blog more often.

During the 3 months that we were away, Skylar has grown like a weed! She is almost 6 mos now and has hit some milestones along the way. She has learned to roll over from her back to her belly...were in trouble now!! She has also started to eat rice cereal...which she absolutely loves! At her 5 mos check up she was weighing in at 14.6 lbs and is 24.5 inches long, which puts her into the 95th percentile, which her doc is happy about!

We had a very special Thanksgiving this year. Justin's mom, brother, and sister came up from Sacramento and stayed with us. It was a quick trip for them, only a couple days, but we really enjoyed having them. It was fun having Skylar meet Grandma Susan for the first time!

Skylar's 1st Christmas was a lot of fun. She was really into the bows and wrapping paper. She even managed to tear into some of her gifts, which caught me off guard a little bit. She was given so many wonderful gifts, including an awesome rocking horse from Papa John & Grandma Shirley. We can't wait until next Christmas, she'll be wanting to open everyone's gifts at that point!

Tara is busy as ever, can't believe she's a Senior! Before we know it, she's gonna be walking down that aisle at graduation! Tara decided not to play basketball this year due to the coaching staff, but she's keeping herself busy with school activities and spending time with her boyfriend. We don't get to see Tara as often as we would like, teenagers are busy people!

Justin & I are doing well. Justin just changed shifts in January and is now working swing shift and gets off at 3 am. We normally see each other for about 10 minutes in the morning, and off he goes to bed & I go to work. We deffinitely look forward to those few weekends that we are both at home and can spend time with the lil one as a family. We have planned a trip to Scottsdale, AZ over Spring Break and leaving the lil one at home with Grammy. I can't believe we're leaving her for 5 days, when I haven't even been away from her for 1! I must say it will be a nice little break from parenthood, but I'm gonna miss her like crazy!!

Gotta go, the lil one needs my attention! I promise to update more often!!!