Sand Belly

 We have still been enjoying amazing weather.  We went to the high school track today and played for a couple hours.  The kids loved playing in the long jump sand with their friend.  It's about as close to beach sand as we can get around here.

So Many Things

There has been so much going on in the months of January and February (Did you know that February is the most misspelled month?) we almost couldn't keep up.  

The Noodle celebrated his 9th birthday.  I can't believe he will be in double digits next year.  He is growing up way too fast.

His birthday was sort of a bummer to start out with this year.  We were in Denver which should have been fun, but on the way home, Supremo and I got to chatting and missed the exit we needed.  A 4 hour drive turned out to be a 7 hour drive.  We will pay more attention next time.  Only 2 of his birthday presents were actually at our house.  Well, they weren't even at the house.  They got delivered to the neighbors.  So he didn't get any wrapping paper.  He also didn't get a cake until the next day.  What a bummer.  Noodle didn't seem to mind too much.  He becoming such a wonderful young man.  I just adore this boy.

For school we have been learning about Venus.  It has lots of volcanos on it and is really hot.  We made a small volcano to see how lava would flow.  It's in the back of the next photo.  We are so enjoying home school.

Our friend gave us a 'command center' that she wasn't using.  T-Bug really enjoys it.  He loves that he can stand up in it.

He is 5 months old now.  I can't believe he is going on 6 in a couple weeks.  He loves to do sit ups.  I don't know if you can tell in the photo, but he lifts his head and his feet all the time.

At a basketball game the Diva's hair took on a whole new dimension.  STATIC!

Such a cute little boy.

Chief was in need of a hair cut.  He didn't want hair like the Diva's.  Here is his mohawk.

He hates getting hair in his eyes, so as soon as the sides and back were taken care of, we used swim goggles.  It seemed to work!

This little guy's hair is out of control!

Rice

The 8th was the official day that T-Bug had his first bite of rice cereal.  We are still working on it, but he is doing much better than the first day.  Enjoy!

Better luck next time mom.

4 Months

I can't even stand the cuteness of this little boy.  He is such a joy.

 Now he's hit the 4 month mark.  He weighed 15lb. 41%  25 1/4in. 56% and a 16 1/2in head 60%.  Overall he still has a little larger cranium than most, but there is a lot of growing that has to happen.  Big head, big brain right?

 He started to roll over.  Tummy to back.  I have yet to actually see it, but Supremo and the kids did.  I kept leaving the room when he decided to do it.

 Still just a chill little guy.  I can't believe how long it has lasted.  He still sleeps through the night too!

 Loves to jump, and jump.

 Love to play peek a boo.  

Loves to sing.  It is so fun to join in with him.  He is all smiles when someone starts a tune, and then he sings along.

On The 1st Day...

On the first day of Christmas my Savior gave to me...  A Chief to add to the Family Tree!

Happy Birthday Chief.  We love you.  I can't believe you are seven years old!

Diva

Oh this sweet little girl.  She is such a joy and such a silly goose.  Yesterday was a long early Sabbath.  Supremo had to work which always makes things hard.  T-bug and the Diva decided that they needed to wake up early.  Usually on Sunday I get up early and really take my time getting ready.  I like to be in my Sunday best at church and that is hard when you have kids.  Anyway - Back to the Diva.

I fed T-bug his bottle and laid him back down.  The Diva then stated that she needed chocolate milk, and in a sippy.  (I am not a fan of sippy cups, especially with chocolate milk, but desperate times early in the morning call for desperate measures.)  She then proceeded to tell me that she needed me to feed it to her. I told her that she needed to sit up at the table.  She told me she needed me to hold her on the Boppy pillow and feed her.  Finally understanding what she meant,  (She wanted to be fed like T-Bug)  I obliged because that sort of thing doesn't happen forever.  She took two drinks and sat up.  It was time for me to burp her.  She did a fake burp and then said she was all done.  Silly girl.

Tres Meses

Oh my sweet little T-Bug.  He is growing up so fast.  Three months.  Holy cow.  How come pregnancy never seems to fly like kids growing up?

Here is what he has been doing.

• Talking.  He talks to everyone.  We just wish we knew what he was saying
• Jumping.  One of his favorite morning past times
• Sleeping.  Through the night.  Even better than the Diva.  The other day he slept from 5pm to 7am.  I had to keep checking to see if he was breathing
• Smiling.  His grins are just contagious.  I love to see this happy little man
• Grunting.  Still makes tons of noise
• Moving.  He doesn't like to lift his head up during tummy time, but will push himself off the blanket with his feet
• Flirting.  He loves to smile and flirt with the ladies at church.  When he is not sleeping
• Giggling.  So cute.  He usually does it when we clap his hands together

He is just too much fun.  I can't even stand it.

Blessing

Today was T-Bug's blessing day.  It was a bittersweet day.  We we going to have the blessing in Utah, but due to weather it was decided that we should just stay home.  We had our wonderful Branch family step in and help the Supremo out.

Here he is in the most adorable blessing outfit.  My mom made it.  Thanks mom!

I caught this little gem of a grin.

Oh how we love this boy.

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto

Halloween was a great time for us.  Trunk or Treating.   Trick or Treating.  Too much candy eating.  Lots and lots of candy eating.  It got to the point where I just got rid of it because I was eating too much.

So here we go with the photos.  T-Bug in the jumper.  He loves it.  He is a natural.  Just like the other kids.

 We had our kids make their own costumes this year.  I really wanted to be the Peter Pan crew.  (Noodle -Captian Hook.  Chief - Peter Pan.  Diva - Tinker Bell, and T-Bug a lost boy)  When I went to look at costumes I couldn't bring myself to pay that much.  Supremo said that we should let the kids be what they wanted.  I relented and this is what we came up with.

The Princess Robot

 The Primary Colors Robot

 Gold BumbleBee

 Close up of the Diva's body.

This was so much cheaper than buying pre made costumes.  So worth it in the end.  Only the Chief wore his costume trick or treating.

Not Red

Just a little note to my Aunties.

 Cute as I am, my hair is blonde not red.

Deal with it.  Ha ha ha.