The Update

Another week with mastitis.  I'm not sure why I keep getting this terrible infection but I am breastfeeding through it trying to keep my milk supply up.  

I finished painting the hallway!!! I am finally feeling motivated to finish painting the house.  Now if I could just decide what colors to do:)

Holland is putting everything in her mouth.  I have thought that she's been teething for months but still nothing.  She reaches out for everything and gets super excited when her baby food is close.  

Wayne trimmed our neighbors tree and left the pile of branches in the yard.   They have kept the kids pretty occupied.  Noah tries to plant trees in the yard.  He tries to build the dirt up around the branch but can't get it to stay standing:(

We had a really fun weekend up in Placerville, ID.  We stayed at a friends cabin and did some 4-wheeling.  The kids were so excited to be going to the mountains.  Presleigh was actually bummed that we would not be staying in a tent.  We need to get out more.

Noah was very interested in what a four wheeler was.  So I told him it is like a motorcycle but with 4 wheels.  When we got in the van to drive up the mountain he said, "like this mom?"  I guess I didn't give a very good explanation.

Although Presleigh was not interested in taking pictures she did have so much fun riding.  

We went to the Payette River and let the kiddos play around a little.  They wanted to get in the river but it was pretty fast and Wayne was fishing so he wasn't there to help me keep an eye on the kiddos.

So they got to play in the hot springs instead:)

Here they are planting a tree together.  I just love that Noah is in his underwear and rain boots. 

Holland is starting to get on all fours and rock.  She can get to her sitting position from all fours too. Pretty soon she will be crawling all over the place:(

Sometimes she gets up like she's going to do a push up and then gets tired so she has to rest her head on the ground:)

Weekly Update

Our week was full of preschool, doctor appointments, and yard work.  Presleigh and Noah's had their 3 and 4 year check ups on Wednesday.  Presleigh weighs 36 lbs (30%) and is 41.25 inches (40%) tall.  Noah weighs 31 lbs (45%) and is 38.25 inches (70%) tall.  Their BMI is exactly the same at 14.9.  

Presleigh was a little behind on her immunizations and because she is turning 5 soon she was able to get caught up on her vaccines and get her kindergarten ones as well.  When I told her that she would be getting shots she said, "That's ok, they don't hurt."  I tried to warn her and tell her that they would hurt a little bit but she was so brave and didn't seem too concerned about it.  She seemed more shocked then in pain when they gave them to her.  She struggled a little bit but no tears.  She is my tough little one. 

Presleigh's feet turn in when she walks just like her mine did when I was little.  I wasn't too concerned about them because when she was around 2 a doctor said they would correct themselves.  But I have noticed that she is tripping a lot more especially when she runs so her new doctor has referred her to an orthopedist.  We will see what her has to say about them.  

Noah lucked out and didn't have to get any shots:)  

Holland is 6 months old!!!!

Noah has been obsessed with watches.  It's a super hero thing.

Presleigh all ready for her first day of Preschool

Cousin Krista left for college:(  We are sad to see her go, but we know she will have so much fun  at BYUI.

We have goat head throughout our yard.  They are the nastiest weed ever.  We have stepped on multiple pokeys since moving in and those things can hurt for weeks.  Wayne decided that it was time to get rid of them so he has been picking up the individual goat head (pokey)  and throwing them in the garbage so that they won't come back.  He had Presleigh and Noah out there with their flip flops on helping.  They would step all over the parts of the yard that had lots of pokeys and get them stuck in their flip flops and then Wayne would pulls them off of the flip flops and throw them in the garbage.  They were having fun and it was so cute to watch how excited they got when they had goat heads in their shoes.

A new Fred Meyer was built just down the road from us.  We are there a lot.  My kids love that they have these car carts and they search for them when we get there.  We pulled into the parking lot the other day and Noah spotted this one at the back part of the lot.  These little cars help my kiddos behave in the store and makes grocery shopping with kids a lot more fun:)

The pile of weeds that Wayne picked from our yard.  Still have a ton more to go.

I did a beginning of the school year interview with Presleigh.  I  love that she will be able to look back at her cute answers.

This is what her answers to the questions were.

I am 41 1/4 inches tall and weigh 36 lbs.

My best friends name is: Daxton

My favorite thing to play:  Princesses

My favorite color: Pink and Purple

My favorite book: My little pony

My favorite TV show:  Angelina Ballerina

My favorite food:  Spaghetti

When I grow up, I want to:  Do the things that's right

Something I really like:  My new beanbag Ms. Janis made

Something I really don't like:  To hit my brother

My favorite thing about myself:  My heart

Something I want to do this year:  Go to preschool

Presleigh's preschool is from 12:45 to 3:15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Her teachers name is Ms. Janis.  Pres was a little nervous when we went to the open house but after her first day she told me, "I'm not afraid of  Ms. Janis anymore." She is super excited to be going to "real" preschool this year.

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.