Which Jane Austen Heroine Are You

Hehe I couldn't resist, I love Jane Austen! - Go figure, Dan wouldn't take this one... :)

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Teeth and Melons

Hee hee, so today was full of discoveries for me. This morning I looked in Aaron's mouth and found a new tooth. He now has a grand total of 3 teeth! 2 on the bottom and one on the top. y second discovery came this evening when I went out to water the garden. I discovered that our first cantaloupe had finally reached ripe-ness. I leaned over to look at something, and caught a delicious scent coming from our largest and first melon. So we picked it, brought it inside and cut it up. So our garden this year hasn't been a total failure!!! We got some produce! I'd tell you how good it was, but...well I don't actually like cantaloupe, but Dan says that it's good, and I'm sure I'll hear how great it is from the kids tomorrow. :)

Happy Pioneer Day!

Ok so I realize that it isn't exactly pioneer day yet... but our ward had a pioneer day breakfast this weekend and it seemed silly to wait 4 more days to post on it, especially since we probably wont actually do anything on the actual day. :) But anyway we had a blast. So much so that Eileen has been talking about going back to the sprinkler park ever since. She even asked if she could have breakfast there again. So the ward gathered near a sprinkler park and brought all their favorite breakfast foods, so the table was covered with cinnamon rolls, sweet breads, pastries, muffins, and a little big of fruit. Not the most healthy breakfast, but hey what's the fun in life if you can't have junk for breakfast once in a while! Anna LOVED the water. I was afraid that she was going to refuse to go in the water at all, or just get totally scared by the spraying water or the millions of kids (in addition to our group there were like 3 other groups doing birthdays.) Instead she spent most of her time there, not even fussing when she got knocked over! Eileen on the other hand hardly went in the water at all. She preferred the play ground. We had a little mishap when she was playing in a rocking thing and managed to wack herself in the mouth and get a bloody lip. But I've come to expect this kind of thing from her. It seems like we rarely make it very long without Eileen getting a bloody face of some sort! Despite a rough part, she had enough fun to want to go back again. Aaron had fun, he would squeal when I took him near the water and he got splashed. He enjoyed himself so much that before we left (around 11:30) he had tired him self out so much that he actually fell asleep on my shoulder. (BTW this picture of Eileen is her shaking her backside with a wedgie for the camera...don't ask, we don't know) We also had a fun Sunday, we had the Hatches over for dinner and a game of Settlers of Catan. We all had a fun time playing and letting the kids run amok! Aaron, after watching Dane crawl around him in circles, decided that he could do that too, and quickly found his way up on all fours and sat there rocking for a bit. I was so excited!! Am I silly for getting this excited over stuff like this even on my third? Every new achievement is just as exciting with him as it was with Anna and Eileen. Oh well, I'm a dork, and I know it!

Eileen's First Real Haircut

So we have trimmed Eileen's hair before (mostly just her bangs because they were "in her eyes") but this is the first time she has been taken in to get a hair cut at a hair cutting place. We took her to Master Cuts because, as she said, she really needed a hair cut. So while I got Aaron's picture taken, Dan, Eileen and Anna went to get Eileen's hair cut. She was so excited to her her hair cut, and did a great job sitting still for the lady to cut her hair. After, as they headed back to pick up me and Aaron, they stopped at a makeup counter at J.C. Penny's and got "sparkly eyes" So now she has an adorable cut, and is still very excited about having cute hair. :)

6 Months, 16 lbs and 26 inches

That's right, my little boy is 6 months old. As we braved the perils of the photography studio to capture his 6 month old self for posterity, we saw a 1 month old baby boy in for his pictures too. I can't believe how far he's come. The rate of growth is amazing!! But from 6 lbs to 16 lbs in 6 months is only part of his growth! He has learned so many things. He has learned to sit up on his own, to roll over, to spread his arms when he wants me to pick him up, to work for something out of reach, and to eat all that messy solid (sorta) food. Any way, the doctor has proclaimed him healthy and developing well. My favorite part is playing with him. He is so easily amused and lights up like fireworks on the fourth of July at almost any little thing. A couple of days ago we went to the pool and Aaron LOVED it. So here is my handsome boy charming everyone in the pool.

The 4th of July

WOO HOO Happy 4th of July... ok so we are seriously boring. But really how much can you do with 3 small kids who go to bed before it's dark and don't like loud noises. So on the 4th of July, we did nothing more than enjoy having Dan home all day and talk a bit about how grateful we are to live in this country, and how grateful we are to the Lord for directing the formation of this wonderful nation where we are allowed to worship Him in the way we see fit, and how grateful we are for those men and women who protect these freedoms that we enjoy. Saturday, we had the Walkers over for dinner and had fun stringing red white and blue beads and playing the Wii, but all in all, we were very boring this holiday!

The Big 2

I can hardly believe that Anna is 2. She has gotten so big and watching her grow has been so fun. We took her to get 2 year old portraits at J.C. Penny's. Anna was a bit cranky in the stdio. She just did not want to let go of me. Even 4 stuffed animals, her doll, her blanket and a book couldn't distract. Only Daddy had the magic touch, and could distract her long enough for them to get a picture if her happy without mommy. Anyway, here are some of the fruits of that session. We also took her in to get her 2 year check up. She was only in the 10th percentile for her weight, but we figure that was, in part, a reflection of the nearly a full week spent without eating while she was sick. She was found to be healthy and happy and progressing well. She happily sang 'the wheels on the bus' for the doctor while he examined her. Then she had her vaccination shot and didn't even cry. I was especially amazed after the extreme dislike she had shown for getting poked and doctors and nurses at the hospital that she did SOOO well. We are proud of our little girl and the way she is growing up. What a sweetie we have been blessed with!