It was cool and cloudy and sprinkled throughout the day. We went on golf cart rides and saw lots of elk out on the golf course. Fearless Isaac called them cows and ran after them yelling, "Moo! Moo!"
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Payson
We went up to Payson for the day to see Mike's parents. Mel and family also were there. It was lovely to escape the heat for a bit.
July snapshots
Fun and random pictures from July.
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| Yogurt. Everywhere. |
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| Olivia is rolling around! |
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| Early morning baby snuggles. |
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| He loves the baby jumper. |
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| Look what I can do, Mom! |
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| First time sitting! |
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| Where's Olivia? She did that herself. |
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| Isaac fell asleep on the way to Costco. |
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| She pooped all over her bed so I put her in Isaac's for her nap, and she snuggled right up to this bear. |
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| Mmmm...toes. |
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| Ice cream! Waste not, want not. |
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| My beautiful cowgirl. |
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| Juice pop buddies. |
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| How many hands can she fit in her mouth? |
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| Eli showing off his "all blurry" face, because everything looks all blurry when he does that. |
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| She got herself stuck under the couch! |
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| Sometimes when he comes out of the bathroom his shirt is tucked in (to his undies!). I love it! |
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| Beautiful babies. We are lucky. |
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| Olivia's new highchair! |
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| A whole crib, and she sleeps up in the corner. |
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| My dear friend, Danielle, painted this for me. It's something I always say to my kids. We love it. |
Monsoons!
I love Monsoon season a lot. Turns out my boys love it even more. They love the lightning and thunder, and they really love the rain.
Our friends had an ice cream party on Saturday evening and we decided to walk there, knowing we might get caught in the rain on the way home. Boy did we ever! They let us borrow some umbrellas (and I'm sure they all thought we were crazy) for our walk home. We loved every lightening flashing, rain pouring minute if it.
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| Mike and Eli walking home in the rain. |
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| Eli dancing in the rain! |
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| "Washing" Daddy's car in the rain. |
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Dinosaur Museum
We went to the natural history museum with some friends to start off our summer fun! We plan on finding lots of ways to beat the heat this summer!
Growing Babies - Olivia
Olivia literally is the growing baby in our home. A teeny, tiny, growing baby. She had her four-month well visit yesterday and she is now 12 lbs 7 oz and 24 inches long. I think it's around the 25th percent for weight and 50th for height. To me, she is just my baby. But then I get around other babies, there are a few babies in our ward who are close to her age or just a month younger, but are several pounds heavier, and I realize she is a tiny, petite little thing.
At three months old she mastered the art of sucking her thumb, and since then has been sleeping blissfully through the night. Or that might be me, since she and Isaac started sleeping through the night at almost the same time. I am finally getting more than a couple hours of sleep at a time! And you know what, it is amazing! It's like a drug. I want more! Sleep is wonderful!
She reminds me of Eli as a baby in a lot of ways, her slender body and blue-blue eyes (though Eli's are green now), and she also has super strong legs. She pretty much jumps up and down on my lap whenever I try to burp her. And when she lays on her back on a blanket or her play mat she scoots all around. She even figured out rolling over the other day and did it several times in a row! She is so thin that most of her 3-6 month sized bottoms are loose on her, and I've found that she has kicked and scooted out of several bloomers and pants after her naps. She even has one pair of bloomers that slides right off when you hold her upright. She was wearing those on Sunday. At church. Funny!
I say she is clearly a girl because she talks so much more than my boys did as babies. Olivia seems to be very social and loves to smile and chat with us all. She adores Eli and is warming up more to Isaac now that he's learning to be more soft with her. He loves bringing her toys and her binky, and I think she loves it too! When she's in a really good mood (after she's had a nice nap and lots of food), she'll play with the toys on her play mat and talk and make high pitched happy squeals. Again, I love it. And I love her. I love having a daughter, and what a wonderful daughter she is. She's able to reach out and touch our faces now when we hold her, and smiles and coos when we talk to her.
You will probably hate me for saying this, Olivia, but you're not always the most lady-like little baby. There have been several prayers interrupted by loud passing of gas--burps or bottom. This has even happened a few times at church, during prayers, when it's the most quiet and I'm certain everyone in the Sunday School class could hear! But she's got big brothers so what do we expect? She's got to hold her own, I guess.
At three months old she mastered the art of sucking her thumb, and since then has been sleeping blissfully through the night. Or that might be me, since she and Isaac started sleeping through the night at almost the same time. I am finally getting more than a couple hours of sleep at a time! And you know what, it is amazing! It's like a drug. I want more! Sleep is wonderful!
She reminds me of Eli as a baby in a lot of ways, her slender body and blue-blue eyes (though Eli's are green now), and she also has super strong legs. She pretty much jumps up and down on my lap whenever I try to burp her. And when she lays on her back on a blanket or her play mat she scoots all around. She even figured out rolling over the other day and did it several times in a row! She is so thin that most of her 3-6 month sized bottoms are loose on her, and I've found that she has kicked and scooted out of several bloomers and pants after her naps. She even has one pair of bloomers that slides right off when you hold her upright. She was wearing those on Sunday. At church. Funny!
I say she is clearly a girl because she talks so much more than my boys did as babies. Olivia seems to be very social and loves to smile and chat with us all. She adores Eli and is warming up more to Isaac now that he's learning to be more soft with her. He loves bringing her toys and her binky, and I think she loves it too! When she's in a really good mood (after she's had a nice nap and lots of food), she'll play with the toys on her play mat and talk and make high pitched happy squeals. Again, I love it. And I love her. I love having a daughter, and what a wonderful daughter she is. She's able to reach out and touch our faces now when we hold her, and smiles and coos when we talk to her.
You will probably hate me for saying this, Olivia, but you're not always the most lady-like little baby. There have been several prayers interrupted by loud passing of gas--burps or bottom. This has even happened a few times at church, during prayers, when it's the most quiet and I'm certain everyone in the Sunday School class could hear! But she's got big brothers so what do we expect? She's got to hold her own, I guess.
Growing Babies - Isaac
Isaac, sweet, funny, silly, tender little Isaac. Sometimes I get so worried that he's "the middle child" and he's not getting babied enough or paid attention to enough or whatever enough. But then I see his always smiling face and realize he is happy. He just is. He is happy with his life. He loves his big brother and little sister, and I don't think he would want a single thing to change. Except for when I try to feed him vegetables. He wouldn't mind if that changed.
I can't believe he is almost two, and this last year for him has really flown by for me. Being pregnant and having a baby will do that. Plus the lack of sleep. He is FINALLY sleeping through the night, and what a sleeping champ he is! He loves his bed and during the day will even ask me to put him down for his nap. He says, "Nigh-night?" Then points to his room. He grabs his binky and sometimes gets a bottle of water, and he's out for a long nap or for the night. We finally got him off the bottles of milk. After his 18 month well visit I said, "No more bottles!" He didn't like it for a day, then was fine getting only water. Now he only gets a bottle in his bed and only gets the binky in his bed. But he is sleeping though the night as of April, so I'm in no rush to take those away!
The one thing Isaac loves most in the world is his big brother Elijah. And he calls him Elijah too, not Eli. I love it. He wakes up and can't wait to see his brother, he follows Eli around, copying him and trying to be just like him. And he is always quick to help Eli feel better, offering hugs, sharing his food, pretty much anything he can to make Eli happy. Isaac truly has a sweet heart. Don't get me wrong, one of their favorite things to play together is wrestling. They are still boys after all. They just happen to really love each other too.
Isaac has done so well adjusting to Olivia. Really. He's amazing. The hardest part is that he sometimes loves her too much and doesn't know how much bigger than her he is. We are working on giving soft kisses and hugs next to her instead of sitting on her, but really he just wants to love her.
Now, that about that vegetable comment above. It's true. This kids loves sweets. And dairy. And really prefers dairy sweets. Yogurt, which he calls "oooo-ooo" is his particular favorite, but ice cream is just a s good. Anything beyond dairy or candy, which he will take any day, any time, is nearly impossible to get him to eat. Sometimes he surprises me and eats a plate full of blueberries or a serving of peas, but most days it all ends up on the floor for the "doggie! doggie!" His words.
Isaac talks a lot. I've been impressed with all the words he knows and how well he can communicate. One of our favorite games is to say, "Hey Isaac guess what?" and he grins widely and says, "What?!" Then I say, "I love you!" and he says, "And back?" and I say, "To the moon and back!" It's sweet and fun and depicts his personality perfectly.
I can't believe he is almost two, and this last year for him has really flown by for me. Being pregnant and having a baby will do that. Plus the lack of sleep. He is FINALLY sleeping through the night, and what a sleeping champ he is! He loves his bed and during the day will even ask me to put him down for his nap. He says, "Nigh-night?" Then points to his room. He grabs his binky and sometimes gets a bottle of water, and he's out for a long nap or for the night. We finally got him off the bottles of milk. After his 18 month well visit I said, "No more bottles!" He didn't like it for a day, then was fine getting only water. Now he only gets a bottle in his bed and only gets the binky in his bed. But he is sleeping though the night as of April, so I'm in no rush to take those away!
The one thing Isaac loves most in the world is his big brother Elijah. And he calls him Elijah too, not Eli. I love it. He wakes up and can't wait to see his brother, he follows Eli around, copying him and trying to be just like him. And he is always quick to help Eli feel better, offering hugs, sharing his food, pretty much anything he can to make Eli happy. Isaac truly has a sweet heart. Don't get me wrong, one of their favorite things to play together is wrestling. They are still boys after all. They just happen to really love each other too.
Isaac has done so well adjusting to Olivia. Really. He's amazing. The hardest part is that he sometimes loves her too much and doesn't know how much bigger than her he is. We are working on giving soft kisses and hugs next to her instead of sitting on her, but really he just wants to love her.
Now, that about that vegetable comment above. It's true. This kids loves sweets. And dairy. And really prefers dairy sweets. Yogurt, which he calls "oooo-ooo" is his particular favorite, but ice cream is just a s good. Anything beyond dairy or candy, which he will take any day, any time, is nearly impossible to get him to eat. Sometimes he surprises me and eats a plate full of blueberries or a serving of peas, but most days it all ends up on the floor for the "doggie! doggie!" His words.
Isaac talks a lot. I've been impressed with all the words he knows and how well he can communicate. One of our favorite games is to say, "Hey Isaac guess what?" and he grins widely and says, "What?!" Then I say, "I love you!" and he says, "And back?" and I say, "To the moon and back!" It's sweet and fun and depicts his personality perfectly.
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