Emma is 6 Months!

Sweet little baby Emma is really 6 months! Just went to her checkup today and time is happening way too fast for me. Well of course its always said but really now with 2 kiddos to chase around this time the months are going faster.

Emmas stats are:

15 lbs 13.5 oz.

26 1/2 inches.

so 2 lbs bigger, 2 inches taller and even her head grew 2 in. so she is strong and healthy. She has excema like mommy and daddy but not too bad. but has it on her neck a lot like I did when I was a baby. All her drooling does not help even with all my cleaning it up and putting lotion on a million times in a day...so we will hope she grows out it like we did.

So the fun things Emma is doing:

-sitting up all by herself(she does like to kick, which shoots herself backwards) wiggly girl..

-she gets up on her knees and tries to kick off

-she babbles and baby talks a lot and gets really loud sometimes when she wants to be heard over our constant chatter:) shes gonna talk too much like mommy:)

-its hard to get her to laugh! she smiles a ton but I have only been able to get her to laugh a few times! stubborn girl!

-she blows bubbles and spits-watch out!- really. we were at chloes choir concert and we all were trying so hard to not laugh and I was worried the bald guy in front of us was getting spit on his head.oops..

-still rolling like crazy

-does the "airplane" hold on her belly putting her legs and arms up and shes flying!

-when shes on her back she is holding her head up most times like she's saying "I can't see everything around me lift me up!" shes buff!

-shes a growler. its funny. I should get a video of it

-she grabs everything! If I'm holding her a the dinner table I give her a spatula or something cuz of course like they do she will grab your bowl, your spoon, the table

cloth almost pulling everything with it..even when I think shes not that close. I learned my lesson:)

-She loves watching Logan play, I love watching them play together

-She is becoming a mommys girl. she loves daddy but at nighttime she just wants mommy! I love rocking her to sleep:)

OK and on a final note--I just LOVE these 2 little crazy munchkins and there daddy(ha ha Jesse I got a picture of you!) Yup they are hard sometimes and at times I feel overwhelmed to take care of them and try so hard to do my best when really I feel like I never have done my best but tried my best. I hope they know I love them with all my heart and will try to teach them what they need. I feel so blessed with what Heavenly Father has blessed us with. Children truly are a joy and teach us so many things:)

I think they love each other?

Fun things going on...

Emma talking


Emma Rolling..these milestones seem to happen so much faster now that we have 2 kiddos!


Logan getting Emma to talk..I just love watching them interact together. Logan can get her to talk more than we can sometimes. Its so cute when she grabs his face


I think Logan was getting jealous that Emma was getting so much attention from me trying to catch her rolling that I recorded him rolling! He loved that he was getting a video of himself! cute boy..

Christmas FUN!

Yup as always Christmas is sooo fun and it was till the end! So from the fam party to Christmas day it was crazy busy! So of course the reason for the picture OVERLOAD! It was so fun to see Logan getting it more this year(watch the video..so funny!) and Emma just loving the tree lights and Logan loving to plug and unplug them all day..

playing ball at fam party..loving seeing little logan playing with the boys

k the next 6 pics are logan having fun with the camera at the family party.. not too bad for a 2 yr. old..maybe he will be the next family photographer?

this picture just makes me laugh every time...

pj time!

do they look like they want to pose?? well this is special..

our family:)

I just LOVE this hug. Logan just loves his Uncle Max

Logan loving his bulldozer from Grandma

funny

Emma loving her new play mat from Auntie Jaime:)

I just love this Christmas dress..Emma looked so adorable in it..(thanks to grandma:)

family pic time..of course one of the kiddos has to be doing something..love it

falling asleep on auntie aub

Logans pic from mommy and daddy..

love this

Merry Christmas! hope you all had a great holiday!

Emma is 4 months!

Emma is rolling, babbling, makes bubbles with her mouth and sticks her tongue out(I got a funny video of that i will have to put up later) she is a major I like to stick out my tongue baby! She is sucking her thumb! (I just think its too cute..) She smiles a ton especially at big brother Logan even when he's not talking to her(she watches him like a hawk..prob gonna whack him back one day..watch out Logan..we will be in trouble when she starts walking..) she loves to sit up. She will let you know when she does not want to lay down or she will fuss till she finds a happy spot..a lot of the times she would rather be standing..so she's a mover. she has been a wiggler since she was born! She loves her daddy and just loves to stare at him.. we just love this little girl..

Stats-weight- 13 lbs 9 oz 30%

height- 24 1/2 in. 50%

head- 40.5 in.

plus I got Logan checked out today too just in case cuz he has had a cough especially at night(good thing Triaminic helped him sleep like a rock last night:) and he was already 26.2 lbs already a pound bigger than 2 yr checkup..so glad the kid can put on some

weight! and just a cold so not bad..yeah! no big sickies for the holidays!

just had to add..love that she got tweety bandaids after her shots..I LOVE TWEETY! plus gotta love those chunky thighs!

Christ is the REASON

So I have this cute little Willow Tree..I set it up on our cute shelf in our new place..and I realized later I put it in a perfect spot because we can see it straight across from our rocker. And I just stare at it when I'm nursing Emma, rocking Logan. And its just been hitting me how much meaning is in this picture. Joseph & Mary holding the Christ Child. I love how they are cradling him and how they are so close together. Almost like they truly knew, even then, the significance of his mission, as he even taught them.. the name on this plaque is Holy Family-A Child is born. I love how willow trees have that...What perfect words for this scenario!

So my thoughts just keep on thinking, as I stare at this, the reason for this season, this CHRISTmas time is him.. the christ child, the one who gave us all, the ATONEMENT, I sooo want to become like him, the one we need to be praising this time of year and all year long...

Moving time..

yes we are still alive..yes its been a crazy couple of weeks..yes we are still catching up on sleep from some late nights of getting things organized..a big thank you for all the help from family!(mom,leah,max,chloe,bamma:) if I forgot you in this list and the help that you were. sorry! we do remember and are so grateful for the help! (oh ya Linda Ricks for a meal, Joyce Jensen for helping cleaning!, Katy Willis too:) and all the guys from the ward that came to help! It truly is amazing to see the help coming when you need it. Moving in 6 days is craziness.. so we knew we would be moving to IF by Jan because the townhome was posted but all of a sudden a couple of people came to look the day before Logans bday and later that day i get a call from the property management saying "Wanna move tomorrow?" My response "Not until we have my boys bday tomorrow" and he was not joking cuz the guy was signing a lease and we started packing the next day! wow I thought I would be stressing and thinking how can I do this with 2 kiddos and not stress them out?? but help was there with packing and more..it all fell into place..we got the place we had looked at that we liked and we are now in Idaho Falls! its a shocker to go from Rexburg for 9 years to big ol IF! But we are adjusting well and feeling good here in our new home and the kids are doing great! Logan is saying " I like new home" a lot. so glad they are doing well and actually they have slept well in a new place..( Logan has had a few restless nights) but really overall we are settling in, liked our new ward and this is where we need to be right now..

Logan is 2!

What??? Our little boy is 2?? I can't believe how fast it has gone.. I know we always say that. but really its crazy..it feels like yesterday I was pregnant, then going to the hospital and holding our 1st baby! And he is not a baby anymore, he's a toddler and a talking like crazy, funny, dancing, laughing, smart, car loving, train loving, monkey loving, keeps us laughing all the time, boy! This year was so much more fun for him since he was starting to really get what was going on (remember last year he cried when we sang to him..) So it was just so fun to see him actually open presents, get excited and want to open them right away (and was bummed when mommy said "Lets open them all 1st then play with them all!") He was saying what almost everything was-- nerf gun, cars, guitar, playdo...He just had so much fun! When you asked him what he was getting for his bday before the party started he would say "cake" and when you asked how old he was he would say "old" He didn't even eat the piggy I made him until everyone left cuz he was so excited to play! So after everyone left we got him in the bumbo to eat his piggy and he licked it and looked so tired (of course he didn't take a nap today) but he was still wired off his fun party and kept on going like the energizer bunny (thats what happens when your past tired right?) that we really could not get him to bed..so Jesse finally asked "Can I just take him for a drive now?" Sounds like a good idea..and Jesse was back in 10 minutes with a crashed out Logan! Happy bday Mr. Logan!

all grown up..

Auntie Aub & Emma at the party

Logan bouncing around in the frontroom with his balloons

getting a Wii from Uncle Greg & Aunt Jaime! (I see a look of yeah! from Jesse too..)

diapers for Logan...ha ha jk..it was puzzles

Mommy & Daddys present! a guitar like daddy!

already loving playing it!

he wouldn't put the guitar down. glad he liked it.

Aub & Loren:) Special Aub

Greg & Jaime:) oh you guys will have cute kiddos..

Logans stats for his 2 yr checkup-

height-34.5 in.

weight-25 lbs 1 oz-still a skinny dude..

skinny but can eat a lot!

WE JUST LOVE YOU!