Our Sitter....

We have finally found a perfect fit for a sitter. She has 2 kids of her own which becomes the perfect playdate for all. Emmi says she loves Christie, Sophia, and Gavin. Although she will say she also loves Robert too, you know that boyfriend. :) Anyway when she was here the other day she snapped photos of the kids playing.

Click here to see her blog which I have also added to our line up.
-> http://christieleighphotography.blogspot.com/2011/04/sharks-and-crocodiles-are-swimming-in.html

14 months

Today Marleaux is 14 months old. Tons has changed in that time. But she is still not walking. We are certain she is trying to figuring it out with her little mind racing as the non sleep through the nights remain. She also got the all clear today at the doctors with her ears. Thank goodness. Emmi did too.

Our new weekend activity has been pulling the kids in the bike trailer up to get ice cream. I just use any excuse to go for ice cream and am so glad the kids like it too. Here is Marli waiting for hers.Her friend Sawyer let her play on his truck. We have to put the knee high socks on her to protect the legs with her crawl.


As reported on the news there were crazy storms here over the weekend. Luckily we only got rain. After the rains the kids and I went to Beatty to play in a stream. Emmi was being Repunzel in this picture.

I'm a big kid now....

Moo is much more like herself so we are hoping the ear infection is gone. Although she still gets up many times a night we hope those are fast on their way out too. She is practicing more and more at standing from sitting. So closer and closer to walking. She will walk now if you hold her hands. She just needs the confidence. Yet she has plenty of confidence when climbing. We find her on Emmi's table, on the end tables after she has climbed on the couch. Or here she is after she climbed on the chair to brush her teeth like her big sister does. She wont let us brush her teeth though.


Then here is a picture of the cousins. Grandpa was in town and Woj & Aunt Sara had somewhere to be so we had movie night.

First Practice

Emmi had her first soccer practice today. She did awesome yet I forgot my real camera so had to use my phone to capture the memories.
Here she is having fun kicking the ball, shooting in the goal
and of course a water break.
She is in a church league with her BFF Griffin. Here they were sporting their team jerseys.
Of course we cant forget Moo. She is a little grumpy since her ear infection is still here so back on antibiotics.

Can I get some help around here???

I guess I have to be careful what I wish for...... (I really can't complain since Jacob does a ton of stuff to keep this house alive. Thanks buddy!!!)
This is just the beginning of climbing. Including the couch now as well as tries to climb on our bed or anything else.

Someone is in love. She carries her diapers around with her like they are her lovey or something.

What a week.....

We had our first real sick doctors visit. It was with Moo. We walked in last Monday thinking she had a chest cold to being told she has bronchitis, gave her a shot of steroids, and sent home with a nebulizer. She improved fast but man was that not the type of visit I was prepared for. Then today on her follow up her lungs sounded great but now she has an ear infection. My poor little girl, although the doctor said this stuff is normal, we just didn't have "normal" with Emmi since she never had to go to the doc with a sick visit.

The highlight of last week was Grandpa came in to see the NCAA games with Woj. Emmi captured his time with a picnic one night for dinner.
After I dropped Jacob off at a friends to go see the NCAA games the girls and I went for ice cream and have been back a few times since. It is a cute little shop in the center of town. They have Gelati and ice cream.

We walked across the street after to where the band stand is for Emmi to perform on stage.

Then on the walking front for Marli. She is practicing standing every chance she gets. Here she was on the slide. Over the weekend I also saw her go from sitting to standing all on her own but no repeats yet that we have seen.

She is also much more interested in pushing things around to get around. Still wont walk if you hold her hands so I am convinced she will just get up and walk one day when we least expect it.

Yogurt & Sickies

I have to say Moo has finally been sleeping much much longer stretches. Lets just say she can go from 7:30pm-7:30am and it has happened in our house more than once lately. Hoping it continues. Here she is after eating yogurt with a spoon.


Even though Moo has been sleeping well, poor Emmi has been sick off and on this week. She has had a stomach bug which has resulted in her getting sick many times and missing a day of school. It is really a sad sight to see your 3 year old sitting on the floor with her arms resting on the toilet after being sick just not wanting to walk away yet. She has fallen asleep in my arms most afternoons this week as well as slept with me while Jacob slept in her bed at night.

Cousin Beau is in town so he immediately got down to play playdough with Emmi. Not the best picture but at least Emmi had fun.