Thursday, November 24, 2011

Little J - 8 months

Oh I love everything about this little girl.
My favorite is how excited she gets when you walk into the room.
Nothing makes me feel better!

And finally her first little tooth popped in after a lot of complaining and lots of drooling!

Thanksgiving 2011


The Belliston cousins (minus my brothers cute little family)
They had so much fun playing together for hours and hours.
And I love to watch how sweet the big boy cousins are with Sara and Jane.
Little Ellie is the only girl in the group of boy cousins.
I don't know if she even notices :)
Then there are all the "little" girls cousins.
Lots of playing with La La Loopsy's and American girls.
And the Grandma who made the yummy Thanksgiving dinner.
We felt so spoiled!
And as you can see Jane sure does love her Grandma Candy.
Taking a drive in Grandma Brown's little Mercedes.
When we were little and would come visit my Grandma Brown
she would take us for rides around the block in her little car called "Austy."
It was one of the highlights of our trip when we were little.
I guess my mom is carrying on the tradition :)
The Belliston girls.
We were so glad My mom and Celeste could come.
Ben was taking the picture and was trying to get a good laugh out of us.
I think he accomplished that.  He is such a goof!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Swimming in November

This is what we did the day before Thanksgiving.
The weather has been so great!
I'm starting to think that I might not be brave enough to ever live
in Utah again with all of that snow!

Monday, November 07, 2011

Someone had a birthday!

The newest THREE year old.
She's pretty special.

Our little Rapunzel

She is officially a big 3 year old.
I think this was the best day of her life.
I asked her if she wanted the "birthday plate" or "I am special plate"
without any hesitation she declared, "I am special plate!"
We started singing "Happy Birthday" and she acted a little shy for just a moment...
and then she decided it was fantastic to have all of the attention on her1

Grandma Candy and Grandpa Dick spent the day making her fill special.
They took her to a playground and to get a slushie.
Then Grandma asked her what she wanted for her present
instantly she said a "pink blanket!"
That is what she got.  A pink blanket with puppies on it and a new rapunzel doll.
We were thrilled that Mimi and Grandpa came for a visit for Sara's Rapunzel birthday party.
She was so excited to see them!
I asked her who she wanted to come to her party and she said,
"cousin Mason and Uncle Dan."
So we were happy to have a party with Grandparents and the McKinnon family.
Cubby with her Rapunzel cake.
I thought it was a good effort on my part :)

My favorite things about our newest 3 year old:
Hearing her sing the Rapunzel song.
How much she loves her sisters.
Hearing her tell her dad "You saved the world!" whenever he does something really great.
She always calls her little sister "Janie".
They way that she dances whenever she hears music.
She is constantly busy.
Telling me every day that she needs to do her "homework".
 

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Jane - 7 months

Little Jane at 7 months
We call her Jane with the exception of Sara who only calls her "Janie".
She now eats her fruits and vegetable great but it took some learning.  
We weren't quite fast enough about shoveling it in.
When the garage door opens she crawls as fast as she can to the door to see if it is her dad.
She loves her blanket and knows that it means that it is time for her nap.
She likes her mom to hold her all of the time.
She loves to "dance" when she hears the piano.
She is our busiest baby we have had.
She is pulling herself up and walking all around when holding on to something.
You hear the girls constantly saying, "She is the cutest little thing!"
We sure do love our little Jane!