Tyler 7 months old (sort of)

Alright, I guess it's better late than never! Tyler will actually be 8 months old next week! I can't believe it. He started crawling just after he turned 7 months old, and he's gone from being a sitter to a full-blown mischief maker in just 4 short weeks. I came home the other night from teaching and walked into the kids bathroom and wondered why it smelled so strongly of baby soap. Apparently Tyler had gone in there and dumped his ENTIRE bottle of baby wash. He smelled really good, the bathroom smelled really good, but the floor was sticky with soap for a few days, and it wasn't too easy to get all that concentration of soap out of the rug, and towels that were used to clean it up. He LOVES his new mobility! He is everywhere, and I have learned that it is much more difficult to baby-proof with 2 older siblings in the house. Ethan has "eagle eyes" and is a big helper with spotting potential trouble for "the little goat" (that's what we call him because he tries to eat everything) He is also already pulling himself to standing on ANYTHING he can, that includes Avery, my pants, the vacuum, the curtain etc. He is such a joy, and can entertain himself for long periods of time. This month in his health history, we have discovered a potential hernia, and his allergy to Penicillin. The hernia is intermittent, so we just have to keep an eye on it and hopefully it won't become strangulated and require surgery, the penicillin made him break out into hives which he is still recovering from, and I can't wait for him to be clear so that I can take him to get "real" pics taken!

If you know Tyler you know he LOVES to "jump". I purchased this jumparoo, and he is in love with it. Even when he is tired he will jump until he falls asleep. When he wakes up he is ecstatic to find that he can resume bouncing immediately. He always squeals and has a smile on his face when he's in this thing.

This NEVER happens! The other day he was tired enough that he fell asleep while crawling!

This picture is not exactly in order. This is how he began crawling. He started out doing this Yoga pose for a few days, and then just took off! We have a picture of Ethan doing the same pose before he actually started crawling too. I need to find it so I can post them side by side!

My joy!

In this picture I think he looks like his cousin Chase, only with dark hair instead of red!

So proud of himself!

He won't stop even to eat! J/K Here he has a rice biscuit in his mouth!


Love this smile! This boy melts my heart! I DO NOT want him to grow up. I got emotional the other day thinking that in 10 months he would be in nursery! I KNOW! He may be my last, and he's just growing by the second, and it's just flying by!

I tried to capture his crazy hair! It just curls up right on top of his head. It's never flat! I don't have the heart to cut it yet, even though he's almost bald along the sides and back of his head. So, basically it's like a curly mohawk!



Here he is trying to "hang" with his 2 favorite people! Ethan and Tyler are best buds, and Ethan gets such joy out of watching him do new things. Avery takes good care of Tyler, although she sometimes gets a little possesive when she thinks he's trying to get something of hers. She is so patient with him, especially when he is constantly pulling her hair. He follows them everywhere, and his favorite place to play is in their room!

Ethan's First Day of Kindergarten!!!!!!

August 2nd was Ethan's first day of Kindergarten. No tears were shed! He was more nervous than I thought he would be and that made it harder to leave him. He seemed excited though, and was mostly worried that he wouldn't get a nap ;) When I picked him up that afternoon he told me that it wasn't even a long day at all! Of course now that we are 2 weeks in he fusses a little each morning asking in an exasperated tone, "Why, do I have to go EVERY DAY!" But each day he comes home happy, and that's what matters! It's so fun to see how much he has learned already, and how his personality and maturity have changed. He is pretty near uncontrollably grouchy because he's so tired at the end of the day, but I can hardly blame him! He's doing great! He turned 5 the week after school started. He had a great birthday party, pictures are coming soon!

Goodbye hug!

A bit of a forced smile!

Ethan and his teacher Mrs. Wise

He found his chair!

He found his cubby, and Avery watching him was a bit nervous to be leaving big brother at the BIG school!

Ethan-isms

This is Ethan pretending to be a prairie dog. He saw some prairie dogs at a rest stop on his cross country trip and immediately became one for the rest of the trip.

I had to write this down before I forget it.

Lately Ethan has been obsessed with which animals are still "on the earth". He'll ask me, "mommy are bears on the earth?" etc. Today he informed me "Mommy, Uncle Brendan told me 'dinosaur fish' are on the earth, they are NOT "stinked"! I couldn't stop laughing, I thought it was so funny the way he said extinct. He even told me, stop laughing at me mommy!

Ethan just got back from a 10 day vacation with Nana, Papa, and Brendan. They drove to Utah for my cousin Dustin's mission farewell. They also went to Idaho to visit the family and then up to Yellowstone Park. He had a blast and can't stop talking about all he saw and did. Nana and Papa got lots of laughs out of the things Ethan comes up with on the trip.

Someone from church told Ethan that teenagers are "bad". They will kidnap you and they do bad things. Ethan thought he would tell Nana all about how teenagers are bad. Nana said, "Well, Brendan is a teenager, is he bad?" Ethan said, "Only when he's mad!" One time during the trip when Ethan was throwing a fit Nana said, "Ethan are you acting like a teenager?" Ethan stopped and thought for a minute and then shouted at her "YES, I AM ACTING A LITTLE BIT LIKE A TEENAGER!"

One evening when Nana was trying to get Ethan to bed he was really grouchy (because he didn't take a nap). Nana was telling him "Ethan, you need to go to sleep, you are so grouchy!" To which Ethan replied (or rather scolded) "I wouldn't be grouchy if YOU had given me a NAP!" (Yes he's RUDE, but it was funny)

Ethan also gets carsick occasionally, and Nana gave him some dramamine during the first leg of the trip. It was bitter tasting and he really gagged taking it, so the next day when she tried to give him some he refused it saying "I WILL NOT GET SICK!" Well, he did, and ended up throwing up in the car. Afterwhich he said "Nana, I am so sorry that I didn't take the medicine. I will take it next time."

I sure do love this boy! He has such a HUGE personality, and he's getting more opinionated each day! I can't believe he will be 5 in less than a month! We are so lucky to have him in our lives!

And a sprinkle of pixie dust....

Today we had Avery's 3rd birthday party! She of course, had to have a Tinkerbell themed party! I tried to convince her to have a tea party, but she would not be swayed. We went all out with Tink cupcakes, tablecloth, plates, and cups! We played pin the wings on Tink, colored Tinkerbell coloring pages, and popped fairy bubbles! She had a blast, and was so glad that some of her nursery friends made it! I can't believe my baby girl is going to be 3 tomorrow! She is such a joy, and I couldn't be more grateful to have her in my life. She has the perfect "princess" attitude, but is so loving! She can usually manage to get whatever she wants, especially from her daddy :) She loves Tinkerbell, of course, Dora, Diego, and EVERYTHING her brother loves! I am so happy that she is content to let me dress her up, put curlers in her hair, and make her "pretty" and she never complains. What a perfect girl, although I may be a little biased, she is the most beautiful and get compliment wherever we go. Happy Birthday Princess!

Tyler 6 months and more!

I can't believe my baby is already 6 months old! It's not fair how time flies :( He is such a joy! He just melts my heart, everytime he smiles at me with his tongue hanging out. He has such a HUGE personality! I am excited (but can wait) to see how he will be as a toddler! At 6 months Ty is getting around pretty well, by rolling, and scooting on his tummy. He has started to say Ma-Ma, although I don't think he knows it refers to me. I have just been working on it with him :) He is also sitting up by himself, and loves this new outlook on the life around him. Here are some recent pics of his new favorite activities!

Avery is always doing something to make us smile! Here she found my shower cap and at first thought she had scored BIG with a "Butterfly Catcher". Then I told her that it goes on your head to keep your hair dry when you take a shower, she left for a bit and came back like this to eat her yogurt!

Projects and Pictures!

I have been meaning to post pictures of some recent craftiness. I made the kids some decorative names. Jesse cut the letters out of wood and I decorated them. It was fun. Their names coordinate with their duvet covers that I am still working on.

I decided to try curlers in Avery's hair. It takes so long using a curling iron, and then it won't hold a curl for very long. She slept in them, I thought she might complain but she didn't even notice they were there. I remember when my mom used to put curlers in my hair and I hated it.

I think it worked! She looked so cute! And was laughing at her self in the mirror.

It's hard to get Ethan to just give me a normal smile! This is one that turned out cute!

This little princess fights so badly against going to bed. Here she was jumping on her bed just moments before. I love how she fell asleep with the plastic utensil in her hand. If her blanket wasn't positioned on her I would have thought she just fell asleep standing up and fallen where she stood. But I think she knew that her batteries were dying, so she got herself ready!

All about Ty

So, I didn't post about Ty-Ty's 5 month, and he's almost 6 months old! Here are some fun pictures of my baby love and what he's been up to.

Avery got this doll for Christmas, and I noticed the other day they Tyler is about the same size as the doll, only I think the doll is heavier. Avery can't even carry it around.

My sweet boy!

His "dirty" look!

Enjoying the quilt mommy made for him.

Happy after a nap!

He loves the bears that hang in his bassinet. I have to rehang them every time I lay him down because...

He always pulls them off either after he wakes up or before he falls asleep.

Happy Graduation cont...

My amazing little boy graduated from preschool today :( I can't believe he's officially going to be a Kindergartener! I am so proud of him and the progress he's made this year. He's grown so much! He is such a joy to me, and makes me laugh everyday. He's my biggest helper, and the best big brother any sister or baby brother could want. Congratulations my Ethan!