Family Pictures

It's so hard to get everybody to smile when you want them to AND at the same time.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out though.  So happy to finally have a new family picture on the wall that includes Adler in it.  Our complete family!  I couldn't decide what pictures to put on here so I just put a bunch....haha.  Now, how the heck do I decide which ones to get prints of????  That's gonna take me forever to narrow down.  =)

Finally Adler smiled!  Little stinker, he finally warmed up and then Ammon was soooo done...and there's that mean cactus I sat right down on....OUCH! =) I got home and noticed I bled right through my pants where the cactus stuck me...ooohhh, that hurt and felt bruised for a couple days...haha, oh well, kinda funny!

I'm so happy to have our pictures!  Bethany Green did an awesome job!

Adler Bug is 9 months

Okay, he's actually almost 10 months now...what??  Where does the time go!  I can't believe how big all of our kids are getting so fast!  Yes,his hair is getting long...haha

What is this face...hahaWhat a little monkey!

*Adler is our little bug, hence the nickname...I love to call him Bug, Adler Bug, Buggy....it just comes out naturally and he truly is our little bug.  He can't hold still a lot of the time and he is into everything!

*He has been crawling now for about a month and soon after he started he then started standing up to stuff.  He now will push things and walk with them.  He roams the whole house getting into everything you don't want him too!

*He is finally SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!  Wahoo!  I'm so happy about that and look forward to no more baby mode and hopefully getting a little better sleep, of course with kids it won't always be perfect, but it's better for now!

*He weighs 18 lbs...I still got to get his check up to get height and all that...oops!  4 kids is killing me, I can't stay on top of all that stuff!

*He now has 4 teeth, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. 

*He is pretty much over baby food and LOVES real food.  He loves to be able to pick it up and eat it all by himself.  He loves chicken, mac & cheese, pears, watermelon, spaghetti, mom's chicken rollups =), yogurt, graham crackers and pretty much everything else we eat that he is able too.

*He drinks good out of a sippy cup, still nurses.

*He laughs so hard when getting tickled...I love it!

*He takes 3 naps a day and lays right down for naps & bed...He rolls right over on his tummy and snuggles in, It's so cute!

Adler is so easy going and calm.  He is the sweetest little boy and such a blessing!  We love you so much Adler and can't believe how much you have already grown!

*You've had a Birthday*

Alley turned 7 years old!  Wow- can you believe it!  She will be in 2nd Grade this year and is so excited! 

She really wanted her own wallet and purse and was pretty excited when she got that!  She also got a Razor scooter which she really wanted and some school clothes.

Since she wants to be a star on stage and loves to perform Natalie made her a Super Star cake. =)  We didn't do too much for her B-day this year, just a family thing and then she got to invite a friend to go roller skating.  She invited Javen.  Ashlyn, Bailee & Taia ended up coming too!  It was a lot of fun! 

Alley is becoming so grown up!  I can't believe how time really does fly!  She is the oldest so of course she is a little bossy with the other kids, and she is like Adlers 2nd mother sometimes, she thinks she can carry him around everywhere and things like that.  She actually can be quite helpful.  She can be very responsible when she wants to be and helps out a lot around the house.  She always says she wants to do what moms do and wants me to just sit on the couch all day while she does everything for me...LOL.  That sounds good, but I would seriously go bonkers sitting on the couch all day and watching her do all my stuff that I need to get done...haha.  She has her stubborn attitude moments kicking in big time, but once we talk it out everything is okay.  I have a feeling we are gonna have plenty of mother daughter talks to come.  She is one that needs to talk about all her feelings to make her feel better or she lets it all out and gets way too mad.  I'm imaging the teenage years and it is very scary! =)  You are becoming quite the young lady Alley.  I can't believe how much you have grown up these last couple years! It brings tears to my eyes! We love you so much!

Alley 5 years old

Alley 6 years old trying on school clothes

Alley 2010 (Now)
My little girl is growing up!

"Monkey in da Tree"

Ammon Cracks me up!  Everytime he wants a banana he says..."Monkey in da Tree."  He has to eat a banana right then and then IN THE TREE!  He will not eat it unless he is sitting in the tree!  He's hilarious!  So, I'll put him in the tree and he just sits there and enjoys his whole banana and I'm sure in his little mind he just pictures himself as a monkey sitting in a tree....haha.  When he finishes his banana he is happy and ready to get out of the tree!  I guess the tree is his little comfort spot away from everybody and alone with his thoughts and his banana...haha. 

Ammon you are too funny....I love your little personality! You are a big stinker a lot of the time, but the sweetest thing a lot of the time too!  I hope you always keep your imagination and sweet innocence and just remember to sometimes just sit back and always enjoy life like being that "Monkey in da Tree."

Summer Soccer

First of all Summer Soccer is too blazin' Hot!.. =)  But the girls had a great time.  Alley was one of the oldest on her team which I think she enjoyed and it's better to have both the girls together on a team, less games and less heat stroke for us...haha.  The girls enjoyed dumping water on their heads at 1/2 time.  Artie was the coach and I tried to help out when Artie had softball at the same time. 

This is their last game and Alley scored 4 goals.  Way to go Alley! She is getting pretty good at it, just trying to still work on getting the ball to go where she wants it to go. =)

Ashlyn did great as well.  She does good at staying up with everybody and gets her kicks in every once in a while.On the last game our team was missing a kid so Artie told Ammon he could go in and run around.  He is just dying all the time to get in the game!  He ran around for quite a while and here he is running off the field....haha, his face is too funny!

Adler going crazy with an orange