April Catch Up

Wow - 2 months in a row - I'm on a roll!

Paisley and I have had a chance to enjoy our one on one time when Emery is at school and Haven is still sleeping. We play lot of games and get in lots of cuddling time.

We had our cold days in April - had to bundle Haven up to walk to the bus stop to pick Emery after school.

Haven loves her food - she grunts and growls the entire time she eats - every single meal

Paisley is just too cute for words - rocking her sunglasses and reading a book in the car

Haven at her 9 mo check up.  So sweet!

Family trip to the Children's Museum - Haven wants to be involved in everything the big girls do.  She crawled around everywhere they went.

Such a happy baby - especially first thing in the morning.  She jumps up and down when you walk into her room.

Haven was trying out the new car we bought for Ivan ..

Our little "helper" - Haven see's the dishwasher open and it's a mad dash to get there to "help"

Haven's first time on the swing - she loves it - laughs and giggles the whole time

Emery is the best big sister - she helps out with Haven whenever asked, and a lot of the time without being asked.  Here, Emery is trying to keep Haven entertained while I make dinner.  We are so lucky to have such a big helper in the house!

Aww - love the naked body!

Yup, trying to climb up the ladder to Emery bed

We went to a Princess Birthday Party and the girls had a blast!

And ... Haven loves dog food.  Poor Carter - with every baby we add to the family, his food/water get moved around.  It's currently hidden in the laundry room to keep Haven out of it.

All 3 of them love bath time!

Practicing her walking ... 

Ivan's way of "baby wearing" - throw the baby in the gym bag haha

We went up to Heber Valley for a train ride with Amy and Bentley - fun times!

Being naughty, naughty, naughty - getting into everything!

Super Paisley!!

March Catch Up

I'm trying really, really hard to get back to blogging.  Slowly but surely, maybe it will happen?  Here's a recap of March 2014 and all of the events, activities and crazy things the girls did.

Oh, and according to Photobucket, I ONLY took 1.3k pictures in March, so it'll be easy as pie to keep up with the blog, right!  HAHA!

We enjoyed a trip to the zoo - it was cool so we bundled up.  But the good thing about the zoo when it's cool, the animals are outside and the zoo isn't crowded.  My favorite time to go!

Emery had a Grandparent's Breakfast at school and Grandma Phyllis and Grandma Lola both went.  Emery loves school and wants to participate in every activity that the school has.  I love that she's loving school already.

Emery apparently has a boy (or two, keep reading), that likes her at school. Her first love note and this one is from Daniel. I'm totally not ready for love notes or crushes!

What it looks like when Mama is trying to get ready for the day.  We have a 2k sq ft home, yet everyone hangs out in the smallest area all the time.  I guess it's a good thing that we like to be together.

Cute little Paisley gave up naps right before she turned 3.  Depending on the day and what we have been doing, she sometimes sneaks in a little cat nap in the car.  Love that she fell asleep with her book and sunglasses.

We took a trip to the Natural History Museum of Utah while they were having a Chocolate Exhibit.  Ivan and the girls had a great time - they love to explore and learn.  It's not so much my thing.  I did enjoy spending time with my family though. 

Emery had an activity at school to practice reading new words.  It started with a list of 5-7 words, which was easy for her and she new the words the same day she brought the list home.  Over time, this is the list of words she was practicing.  She's so smart!

A little early morning game of Go Fish while Haven was sleeping and Emery was at school.

Have I mentioned that I love my Ergo carrier? And this cute little baby of mine!

Just a random cute picture of my girls...

A night where Haven was refusing to go to bed and wanted a little one-on-one time with Mama

St. Patrick's Day crafts - a rainbow out of froot loops - it's a family tradition now.

Emery made her very first leprechaun trap ... 

While she didn't CATCH a leprechaun, the leprechaun did leave treats for the girls

I volunteered in Emery's class on St. Patrick's day.  They went on a little scavenger hunt for a leprechaun and found a bucket of gold (chocolate coins of course).  Here's her class picture from the day.

I tried to go all out this year and make an all green dinner - chicken, alfredo, pasta and green beans.  Haven and Paisley loved it, Emery and I were both grossed out by the look/color, but we ate it.  I think I'll not attempt an all green dinner next year .. 

We had just gotten the movie Frozen and both girls are mesmerized by it .. We love that movie!  and the soundtrack!

Remember the little love note from above from Daniel - this one's from Aiden - two boys have crushes on Emery.  Stay away boys!!

Playdate with the neighborhood girls - they have such a good time together and they all play together so nicely.  We are lucky to have lots of kids the same ages as the girls in our neighborhood.

Sneaking in a catnap after a play date.

I probably have 1k pictures of Haven in the bath.  She just makes me so happy!

Makayla came to visit on her Spring Break - we took a road trip to St. George.  This is just as we are pulling out of the driveway for a 4 hr road trip.

Almost there .. don't they all look THRILLED!!!

We did a lot of swimming ... 

Went bowling ... 

More swimming ..

We found a little city splash park one day after lunch.  If we had known it was there, the girls would have been in their swimsuits .. 

But Ivan was there to do what Papa's do - "encourage" the kids to get in the water anyway.  Paisley did love it by the way and it wasn't really her being tortured like it may look in the picture.

Road trip back home.  The drive home is always the hardest but we survived it and had a great time in St. George.

Whew!  That's the month of March in a nutshell.  No wonder I'm always tired and have no time to update the blog!  Well, one month down, let's see if I can do an April catch up in the next week or 2 to keep it going.  

If anyone still reads this blog, and has any advice on how to keep up with a blog when life is just crazy busy, please send your suggestions my way!