Wow, February has come and gone, and now we are in APRIL! I can't believe how quickly this year is flying. It makes my countdown until Jordan's graduation seem more real! This was a fun month for us, at least as I go through these pictures, we had some "good days" as I like to call all our happy moments, because in the mix there are plenty of tough days as well.
My kids showing off their Popsicle, there favorite snack! I try to get the sugar free kind to make myself feel like they aren't eating junk all the time.
My kids got this in nursery, they are little quiet books with velcro to match the pictures, creative! I would never have thought of that!
This was what my kids did all through the month of Feb. It kept them busy which meant they weren't all over me all day, so it was fine with me.
In the first video clip they are jumping into my pile of clean laundry. I am just not fast enough at putting it away!
We have a pet squirrel. We have not named him, and I am sure we probably won't. He has hung around our house since we moved in. Last year he came around and my boys would always go chasing him down the street. My boys also have a great hobby I like to call it of window watching. Those two little heads are always poking out the window, it is a great site to see when coming home. We had one instance last year when the boys were looking out the window. They were watching the squirrels play and then I swear it's this same squirrel, came right up to the window and just starred at them. This year he has started coming closer and not seeming to afraid of the boys.
Today was a great squirrel story...
So we were outside eating lunch and the squirrel had been coming around. Ava didn't want the rest of her sandwich, so I asked the boys if we should feed the squirrel. So we put it a distance away from us and the kids were eating their grapes. They kept looking over at the sandwich and saying "sandwich, squirrel, eat" . Well just like I thought he would, the squirrel came, and was sniffing all around all of their toys until he came to the sandwich, he grabbed it, put it in his mouth and ran to the front. My kids followed him out into the tree where the squirrel sat and ate it in front of them, not hesitant to move a muscle and just contently finish his sandwich. It was the highlight of my boys day. Now, when ever they see the tree or where we put the sandwich I hear "sandwich squirrel, eat".
Weight: 16 lbs 11.5 oz. 75% Length: 26 1/8 in. 75-90 % Head size: 17.5 cm. 75-90%
Although Easton is now over 4 months, these pictures were taken when he was 3 months and we are just now showing them off. He is a smiley sweet little boy that unfortunately has acid reflux. We LOVE our pediatrician and she has been working hard with us to try a find out what we can do about his acid reflux which causes some eating problems for him. Recently, after talking with our doctor we are trying something new again. She said some babies just prefer eating over drinking. So we have him on 3 meals a day with breast milk mixed in with his cereal and making it a little more runny than I usually make it and that way he will be getting the nutrients from the milk he needs. Then just nurse him when ever he will which could even be twice a day. We started this yesterday, so it is fairly new and from all that we have tried we have learned not to get our hopes up to soon. Sometimes whatever we are doing seems like it is working, then a few days later is seems his irritable eating patterns start up again. But so far, this seems to be the key. Jordan has acctually been able to rock him to sleep ( he could before, but after a LONG time of crying, if I wasn't home) and he has longer periods of time that he will let Jordan hold him, so we are crossing our fingers!
Stats: Weight - 19 lbs 11.2 oz 10-25% Length - 27 1/2 in. 10% Head Size - 45 cm 25-50%
Ava had a rough start to her birthday, she was sick, which seemed to be the theme of the last 2 months!! So, we had some good moments and some not so good moments...
Like always and not just today, she is our princess
This was the only gift she kind of opened, with the boys help
One of the not so good moments, we tried on her birthday and she wasn't up to it, and then we tried again the next day and still not in the mood...
She warmed up
She started feeling well enough to play with some of her birthday toys, this magnet things is awesome for her, this is one of the toys she plays with most
Kissing her first little baby doll
Waving
And my favorite, her little growly face. My parents use to call me growly bear when I was little, maybe she'll get the same nick name, but for different reasons. I think mine was either for my raspy voice, or my temper. Ava has neither of those, just a little growl she likes to do.
Jordan and I have been married for eight years and through out those years we have been pretty busy. I received my cosmetologist license and Jordan Graduated with his bachelors from BYU and recently finished his MBA at the University of Michigan. We met in NY and have lived in Utah, New Jersey, California, and Michigan and now back to UTah since we have been married. We adopted our three adorable children and are grateful for each one of them and the joy they bring into our lives. We were surprised to find out we were expecting our 4th child 10 days after little Ava came into our lives and another one 18 months later. We are enjoying life and all the jumps and turns it has given us along the way. We are excited for what ever life has coming our way next.
