Nov recap

It has been a little crazy the last few months and now I finally am making myself sit down and post some pics.  So enjoy the picture overload. 

I did a 6 week weight loss challenge with a group of friends.  I have been trying hard to lose this extra baby weight and wanting to fit back into my clothes and to have more energy. It was hard but it was fun to do it with friends.  My friend TyLeen and I hiked badger mountain.  I wanted to die the whole way but the view was very worth it. Overall I lost 5lbs and was feeling great.  Unfortunately I had a little too much fun at christmas and some of those pounds found their way back to me. 

Samantha has really become extra naughty.  She has figured out that if she throws her food on the floor then when she gets down she can go eat it off the floor. Who needs a dog when you have a Samantha around? 

 She has been crawling like crazy and she is fast! I am constantly asking where is Samantha???

She still loves food and thinks it is so funny to spit with food in her mouth.  Mommy on the other hand does not.

 Danielle has become a little mommy.  She loves holding her and helping to play with her when I need to clean or cook dinner.

 And those cheeks.........

 I love they can play together a little bit more.

 Watch out Lua. She is actually very soft with her but Lua still wants nothing to do with her and has bitten her a few times.

 Baby gate fail.

 Lexi has been doing piano and someone else likes to bang the keys around too.

 I told you she is naughty.  On a positive note, I have done some early spring cleaning. I can't even do her laundry without her "helping" me.

 One day while sending the girls off to school I let her try the stairs and within 2 minutes she was at the top. I was not ready for that.  Now whenever the baby gate was down she was at the top in no time flat.

 Danielle became my workout buddy. I think I was laughing more then I was working out.

 Johnny's soccer team made it to the State Championship.  They won 2nd place, but the good news it, they are a young team and almost the whole team will be returning next year so they should be successful.

The girls cousin got her ears pierced and about a week later Danielle said she wanted to do it too.  I talked to them about it and said they need to think about it for a few days and then Friday I would take them.  Danielle was set on it, Lexi on the other hand needed to think it over.  I kept asking her and she was respond with "I'm still thinking about it"  After school on that Friday, she finally said yes thought about it and decided that she would do it. Lexi went first and chose soccer balls and barely flinched.  She said it felt like stepping on a lego. Danielle did not take it as well but she did it anyways. She chose a rainbow flower.  To cheer her up we went to have some ice cream.

 The girls love their cousin Emery.  We had a fun sleepover and I just love that they have her in their life.

 Every once in awhile I get to enjoy her snuggling and taking a nap.

 Lexi started basketball and she loves it.

9 months

There has some very quick changes this month from lil miss.  She learned to crawl using her legs.  She can pull herself up on anything and she is cruising all over.  She got her two bottom teeth in.  She is enjoying eating a lot more solids, and so far the only thing she doesn't like is peaches.  She has about 10 different laughs. She loves attention and will do anything to get it from you. Her hair has come in pretty nicely. She is a great vacuum cleaner but most things I don't want in her mouth so I am constantly sweeping her mouth out.  She can be very very loud especially at the grocery store or church.  She also have this great inhale noise, I wish I could describe it better but it is hilarious.  She also has become a little copycat.  I will laugh and she will laugh and repeat.  It is so fun! I am having a blast seeing her personality shine through. I think she is starting to thin out a little and I am starting to see a resemblance to Lexi when she was this age. 

I think she makes the prefect cabbage patch kid

 Balloon Face

 We had some bad sick days this month.  This day she wanted to snuggle a lot so I knew she was really feeling bad.

 She thinks she is pretty hot stuff pulling herself up on the table.

 Already trouble putting her feet on the furniture.

 Peek a boo I see you

 I just love love love this picture.  She is a pretty good sport when it came to soccer day.  We were there from 8:15-11:45 every Saturday.  She was a little trooper.

 Her first little pigtail.

 Do you think she is loved at our house????

 Her first sucker on Halloween night.

 This is her face doing that loud inhale noise.

 And even babies love getting special mail. :)

Fall 2014

This fall have been a beautiful one. The sun continues to shine and we are taking full advantage of it. We headed to a new pumpkin patch this year where we enjoyed pumpkin doughnuts, carmel apples, a hayride, trains rides, corn mazes, apple slingshot, and playing around on lots of fun play areas. We headed with Jennie, Hiatt and Em and had a blast.

 Danielle DID NOT want to ride the train but I knew she would be sad if she missed out and she came back with a smile but this is her "I am mad at you and please don't make me face."

 Lexi and a few classmates got to preform a little skit at their school dedication ceremony.  There was probably over 700 people and she did amazing. If you would of told me she would have talked in front of a room full of people 2 years ago, I would have fallen off my chair from laughing.  She has really come out of her shell and gained confidence and I love it!

 Danielle's preschool class had a field trip to the pumpkin patch and I was lucky enough to tag along.  It was so fun so see her sing some halloween songs and pick out the prefect pumpkin.

 And of course Halloween was fun.  We went with the Frozen theme this year of course.

 Daddy took the girls out while Olaf and I passed out candy and some warm hugs to the trick or treaters.

 For trunk or treat the girls traded costumes.  Both girls wanted to be Elsa so we had to take turns.

And Samantha enjoyed her first ever sucker. Now she spots one and does anything in her power to get one. Smart cookie!