Emmett is 6 Months!

My little guy is 6 months old today! I can't believe it! He is "talking" a lot now, he can roll both ways, and get from his tummy to sitting, and he reaches for me now, which I love.

He is working on crawling and we just started giving him baby food this week. I decided to skip the nutritionally questionable rice cereal this time around and nurse exclusively until he showed interest in food. I'm glad we did.

Emmett is such a sweet baby. He's happy and content most of the time and really only cries when he's hungry or tired. He loves playing with his brother and sisters and watches their every move. He's teething now, but isn't too terribly cranky yet.

He is snuggly and sweet, I can't really complain. I've been blessed a with a beautiful blue eyed boy, and we all adore him.

Happy 6 Months E!

Happy Birthday to Me!

28...just two years between me and 30..I'm not worried about it.. :)

I had a really nice birthday, thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Trauma!

Today...I decided I wanted to get a group photo of my kids, I haven't really taken one of them all together since Emmett was born, and now he can sit, so I asked Rick to help me gather them up and go to a location I'd driven past a few times...He gladly obliged, because he's good like that. :)

Anyway, photo shoot completed...Addyson freaked out almost the entire time because of the "pokeys," and Ben was a little bit whiney and kept wanting to get back to the truck.

Well..I got a few cute shots and we headed back...While Rick was checking for his keys that he'd left in the truck, and I was putting my camera away, Ben was trying to lift Evey onto the tailgate of the truck..it didn't work out and they both fell..There was much screaming, and much blood, but both are fine..Mommy and Daddy are fine too..but I will say it's kind of unnerving to see blood gushing out of the front of one kid and the back of the other..We remained calm and got the job done. *high five*

It's Chocolate.

So, we have a phone like the one pictured above, I think it used to belong to my sister, Emily, then it belonged to my sister, Katie and somehow it ended up in one of our suitcases on our way back to Washington...anyway...

Tonight, the husband was looking at it and he said, "what? this is actually a real phone?" and I said, "yes, it's an LG Chocolate.." Addy came over and picked up the phone and started licking it..Rick was confused..but Addy? She thought it was chocolate.

:0)

Happy Birthday Addy Cakes!

We had a fun day with our little 2 year old!

We had a mini party with just our family with cake and presents. She got a doll house from us this year, and all three of the older kids really loved it. They played with it all last night and this morning. It's funny to watch how they make the people interact with each other. i.e. "No Evey, put the mommy in the bed with the daddy. Mommy and Daddy always share their bed together!"

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Dear Addy,
You are a beautiful little girl. We have loved watching you grow from a baby into a little girl. You are very smart and have lots of opinions these days! You are strong, you never let Ben or Evey push you around! You know so many words and now speak in short sentences. You love to run, color (sometimes on the walls...), play outside, and dance. I love your dance moves! You are sweet, and loving, and when you're excited and happy you make everyone around you smile. I love your eyes.

Sometimes you can be a little bit naughty too. In the past month, I think you've flushed 11 entire rolls of toilet paper...and you put one roll into the bathtub, which made quite a mess! You love to play with soap, and water, and I think the bathroom might be your idea of play land! But it's okay, we know it's a phase..and as the song says, "it won't be like this for long."

Soon, we'll miss the naughty little two year old with a smile that could melt hearts! We look forward to the coming year, and can't wait to watch you learn and grow!

Happy Birthday little Miss, Mommy and Daddy love you more than you know!