The Great Growing James

Little James is growing so fast.  He is doing so many new things and making us laugh everyday.  We love having him in our home, and the girls are so cute with him.

First 2 Teeth

James started sitting up at 5 mths and by 6 mths he is a pro

Since he is sitting up we decided to put him in the "big boy tub", and he loves it

The girls love to "hat" James.  I am constantly finding him wearing a different hat.

Emma put this pink cowboy hat on him

Makayla tried this firemans hat that she got at school on him

Of course I think James always looks cute, but he looked especially cute in this little chinese outfit that his Aunt Megan gave to mommy before Makayla was born.  I was so glad to finally get to use it.

And last, but definitly not least, James is finally sleeping better.  In fact he is falling asleep all over the place!!!

Of course, falling asleep while eating is a norm, but how he manages to sleep while being burped we will never know.

Falling asleep in his jumper has become normal too.  We havn't quite decided if this is because it is truly comfortable in there or if it is just because he wants to spend so much time jumping in it and then wears himself out.

And again asleep in the jumper



Curse You Fingernail Polish

My girls love to paint their fingernails, but misshaps seem to happen easily when paint and children are involved.  I now have fingernail polish in some obvious places in my home, i.e. the kitchen table!!  This next episode takes the cake though.  Emma was being really quiet (never a good sign with her) and this is what I found . . .

My Coat Hanger

Since we pulled the entryway closet out of the living room I have needed to make a coat hanger so we have somewhere to put our coats other than the back of the couch.  The cold spell last week made us pull out our coats and made me quit procrastinating and get it done.  I was so excited with the idea that I had and more excited with how it turned out.

Maple Grove General Conference Trip

We love to go to Maple Grove to listen to the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference in Oct every year.  It is so beautiful up there this time of year, and it helps us feel closer to our Heavenly Father.  It is so fun to explore after the session is over and enjoy some family time together.

I love this picture on so many levels -- The face on each person is so expressionful, and little Maddi Moo's just sums it all up!

Only in the mountains can you ride shotgun with Daddy at 6 mths old

This tree swing is a favorite pass time

Uncle Chicken on the tree swing

James wanted to swing too

Catch me if you can

It she going to fall?

 There is always beautiful scenery at Maple Grove -- Especially in the fall!!!



Do you see the deer????



A Little Bit of Fun

So now that we are "done" with the living/dining room, we have moved onto the girls room.  See we only have 2 bedrooms upstairs (a choice I will never make again) and so to get James into his own room we had to do a little re-arranging.  Richard and I are moving downstairs, the girls are moving into our old room, and James will get the girls old room.  We already painted the girls room blue when we moved in (lucky choice on our part) so it works perfect for James.  Our room on the other hand was green, a dark, dark green, so it needed a little face lift :).  I can't wait to get it all done (James "NEEDS" his own room).  Luckily there aren't any huge changes being made, and it is mostly just cosmetic.  I did tear out the wasted space above the closet to make a decorative shelf (unbeknown to Richard, who then had to tag along -- hey that is the only way I get exactly what I want).  The room has 3 closets -- well technically two; one big enough walk in closet it could be a bathroom, and one closet that looks like two from the outside, but actually connects inside.  We are going to rip out the wall and door covering the big walk in closet and make it a part of the room.  So again not to many big changes.  Richard wants to build a cool play house for the girls inside the walk in closet space and then as they get older we can take it out and it can be an area for their "homework desks".  I'm so excited about decorating the girls room and have all the colors picked out.  The base wall color will be a really light tan.  Then I will accent with a dark pink, light pink, and dark brown.  I got so excited that I finally came up with an idea for the girls dresser, which has needed to be refinished.  The dresser got me thinking up all sorts of cool ideas for decor and I can't wait to get started , so I didn't!!

I just love it!!!

Reading

Makayla is doing so good in school and I am so excited for all the new things she is learning.  They have started doing some home reading and it is fun to watch her.

Of course, Emma wants to do whatever her big sister does so she is "learning to read" too

"Inside" Our Life

The kids love to play inside anything they can fit into. . .

James just chillin in his "bed" prepared by Makayla

These Muck Tubs were one of the best purchases ever.  The kids will play for hours in them.

Makayla is always making up "beds".  This was just her latest, but it was so cute!!!