August

At the beginning of August the kids and I drove out to Montana to visit my family.  Wayne wasn't able to go with us because his audit was due that same week.  We ended up meeting my sister Julie in Pocatello and she was able to carpool with us the rest of the way.  It was so fun to spend time with family:)

I tried to get pictures of Holland with each of my family members.  There were a few that got left out:(  Here she is with her papa.   

This is my favorite picture ever!!!! I love that Holland examines everyone who holds her.  I love that G-ma was checking her out too:)  Such a sweet moment.

Almost every summer that we've gone back to MT we have spent a day at Rose Park pool. Presleigh didn't want to get out of the big pool.  Noah loved being able to walk on his hands in the kiddie pool.  

Holland isn't a huge fan of water.  She didn't love the pool too much.  She did take a nice long nap while we were there.

Although the kids don't really go under water too much they both insisted on having goggles this summer.  

Nicole took the whole week off while we were there, so we got to spend extra time with her!!!  

We stayed at Kim's house most nights so we got to see a lot of her and her fam too!!! My kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.

Presleigh loves Howie.  After we have been around Howie my kiddos always ask me why we can't have a dog.  I am a mean mom though so I don't think we will ever get a puppy.  It is good that they get to enjoy having a dog around a few times a year:)

My mom bought some clay for the kiddos to play with.  Presleigh made a cute little  pig.  She is quite an artsy little thing. 

All of the grandkids except Trevor.  

Once again Holland examining uncle Devin's face.

We went bowling while we were in Montana.  Presleigh loved  throwing the ball down the alley.  

Holland was such a good baby while we were there.  She took her naps right on time and slept pretty good at night.  She was so happy the whole time!!!

Grandma rocked Holland to sleep quite a few times.  I love looking at these pictures of Holland looking at her  family. 

Noah is obsessed with Captain America.  We found this costume at Costco and thought it would be great for Halloween and for dress up too.

Holland has been eating more solids lately.  She does pretty good with sweet potatoes and peas.  

My kids love to go over to the Lewis'.  They love to play with the boys outside.  But they also love to hang out with the boys inside.  They play with linkin logs, and watch themselves on the webcam and even read books.  We spent a lot of afternoons this summer hanging out with the Lewis fam:)

Wayne spent a lot of extra time at work this month trying to finish his audit.  One Saturday the kids and I were running errands and decided to take daddy some dinner.  Presleigh and Wayne played games in the car.  These were taken during their staring contest.  Presleigh was very focused and is super competitive.  She does not like to lose.  She was cracking me up.

Holland started sitting up on her own.  

We have had so many big house projects that I have had no motivation to work on anything else.  I finally started to get the itch to craft and decided to get my kids silhouettes done.  These are hanging in my entry way.  

Playing at the park.

Walking to Fred Meyer.

Holland enjoying her first swing at the park.

Wayne turned in his audit so we celebrated with some yummy Kneaders.

The kids rolling down the hill at Payton's game.

I have been sewing these skirts like crazy for my girls.  They are super simple and don't take a lot of fabric.  They are perfect for Presleigh because all she wants to wear are dresses and skirts.  

I know that I have been the most pathetic blogger this summer:(  I don't think i've picked up my big camera to take any pictures all summer long.  I have been using my iphone which is actually really convenient.  I am going to try really hard to do better at blogging our everyday so that we have a better history for our family.

5 Months

So sad that I missed taking Holland's 5 month pictures on her quilt.  This is the closest I have to the others so that we can compare each month later on.

Noah's Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father.
We going to see Heavenly Father and Jesus tonight,
We going to see fireworks tonight.
We going to choose the right.
We going to see the temple tonight.
We bless this dinner.
In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

More July Pictures

We went and got some Mongolian BBQ as a family. 

Presleigh and Noah sitting in the waiting room of the instacare.  Poor baby Holland had a bad cold:(

Going on a walk for family night. 

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Holland started rolling!!!!

Baby Holland had a really bad cold and I was concerned she had an ear infection so we took her to the doc.  This was the beginning of our sleepless nights:(

Recap of July from my Iphone

I started putting Holland in her exersaucer.  Since she was just a few months old Holland loved to play with toys dangling from her car seat and bouncer.  I wasn't surprised that she was a fan of her exersaucer. 

Cousin Krista came back from college.  My kids absolutely adore her and were so excited when she was home. 

We moved into our house at the end of May and immediately started working on projects.  The whole house had just been painted a really ugly tan.  So we ended up painted the ceilings before we moved in.  We also started working on getting the cabinets painted.  My parents came to help us moved in and my amazing mother pretty much painted the whole main living area.  This is a progress picture of my messy unfinished kitchen. 

Finally hung some pictures on our walls. 

Holland finally started enjoying her bumbo. 

I wanted to wait to start Holland on solids pretty much because they are a pain.  but at around 4 1/2 months Holland started struggling with sleeping so I thought it might help her sleep better.  It didn't really do anything so we have just now started back up on some solid foods.  She is not a big fan of rice cereal. 

When we first potty trained Noah he was so good about staying dry during the night.  We were so excited and thought that we had lucked out with no bed wetters.  When we moved things seemed to change and Noah started peeing his bed.  I was constantly changing sheets and Noah was switching bunks every night.   I thought that we would be able to control it and get him to stop wetting by being more diligent with his night time drinks and taking him potty before bed so I was dragging my feet on the pull ups.  But to make my life easier we caved and started putting him in pull ups.   

Presleigh loves to hold Holland. Sometimes I think she forgets that Holland is not a baby doll and is a little rough. Pres is such a great big sister though and helps so much with her younger siblings:)

I am absolutely in love with this sweet baby.  I can not believe how fast she is growing:(  My favorite right now is bringing her to my bed in the mornings and listen to her talk.  Then Presleigh and Noah will join us and we will all play and talk before we get ready for the day.   

Towards the end of July, the Herrera's came to Meridian for a visit.  We were so happy to be able to spend some time with them.  I can not believe how big their kiddos have gotten.  Presleigh and Delaney were reunited and had so much fun playing together.  It was so fun to watch them but it also made me miss our days in California. 

She is so serious sometimes:)

We had a fun get together for my friend Keri's birthday.  Presleigh and Noah enjoyed swimming in the pool.  I didn't put my kids in swim lessons this year but they have become pretty good swimmers this summer.  We definitely miss our old neighborhood pool but we have had quite a few opportunities to go swimming this summer.

Spending some time with mommy in bed:)

Look Presleigh's awake!!!

And Noah too!!!

We have spent a lot of time at the splash park this summer.

This is the only type of pacifier that Holland will take. This was a pacifier that we tried to get Presleigh to take when she was a baby. She wasn't interested in it, but Holland loves it.  Unfortunately we only have one of them, and the company no longer makes them like this anymore.  This pacifier stresses me out.  I am constantly worried that we are going to lose it.  Wayne is not concerned about the pacifier at all so he is constantly losing it:)  Sometimes I really want to lose it so that I can stop being so crazy about it and then maybe Holland would be able to self soothe a little better.   I guess this will save me quite a bit of money in the long run though because when Noah was a baby I was constantly losing and replacing pacifiers.