Sunday, October 29, 2017

24 weeks: Missing teeth

Ruby lost her two front teeth this week! It's the cutest thing. She has a little lisp now. :) She's also been doing a lot better at using the potty at school, thankfully.

We all caught a mild cold this week. Thankfully it's not too bad. I've been having Miles sleep with us mostly though because he sleeps better and I sleep better. Reid hardly ever naps anymore, so I don't really get naps. Sleeping at night is a necessity when you have three...
 She lost her first upper tooth right before school started on Monday.
 Ruby got home from school and set up a library in their room, then started to read to the boys. <3
 Such a happy guy!
 He's starting to sit up better, although he usually falls over pretty quickly. I'm thankful for carpet.
 We started watching this little girl Megan on Wednesdays for a few hours. She's pretty fun.
 Playing the sleeping game.
 My three sillies.
 Ruby didn't have school on Thursday and Friday. Thursday morning I went to a parent/teacher conference with Mrs. Kohl. She says Ruby is doing great in school, and is ahead of the curve with reading. The only issue is getting her to go to the bathroom, which we're working on. She's such a great kid. :)
Then after that we braved the rain and went to the zoo, just me and the kids. It was WET!
 So we went inside of the new insect area. We saw the cutest baby turtles and some pretty cool bugs and spiders.
 And then we went home for some homemade hot chocolate.
 He does the funniest stuff.
 Cleaning time!
 Me and my little buddy.
 Playing doctor.
 Picnic lunch in the living room.
 Handsome fella. This is the outfit Reid wore to Aunt Becca's wedding.
He didn't want to nap in his room, then fell asleep on the couch. 
 He chews and chews on this thing.
 And she pulled out her other front tooth! She was pretty excited. The second one had somehow disconnected from the root and turned a weird gray color. We're glad it fell out.
 We went to our Home Community, and three of the boys were wearing the same shirt. Haha! This is Finnick and Flint with Reid.
 Ruby made a target and was making arrows with toothpicks. She's so creative.
 We got Miles's crib all set up, and he naps in there pretty well. 
 Reid lined up his tractors for a nap too.
 Going through boxes, we found our wedding Mickey and Minnie ears from our honeymoon. The kids loved them!
He sure loves his giraffe. 
 Heading to church. It has been chilly out in the mornings.
 We went to New Seasons with Becca after church. These guys were cute pushing their carts through the store.
 After the big kids went to bed, Daniel, Becca and Frances came over for a little bit. These guys were just smiling and chatting with each other. I love that they're the same age.
 Reid went to the post office with me and was being so silly. He's really good when we go out too. :)
 Zzzzzzzz He really hasn't been sleeping well at night, so the days we do get a nap it is really helpful.
 They were playing Mickey and Minnie getting married with Pluto and Alisha was Minnie's cat Figaro.
 He's constantly drooling and needs a bib.
I can't keep their fingers out of their mouths. That's why we keep getting sick... oh well!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

23 weeks: Karen and Paul's wedding

We had a busy week of getting settled in our new place, Randall and Sophie came in on Thursday night, and then we headed down to Mt. Shasta for Karen and Paul's wedding. Whew!
He pooped on the Giants. Oops! I should have gotten Dodgers diapers.
Practicing her alphabet, she's doing really well!
:) "Ruby is teaching Reid how to spell." Poor Reid wants to be able to read so bad, like his sister. He got all upset the other day because "Daddy said he would teach me how to read and then he didn't." Sorry buddy, it takes more than one day to learn to read.
So our new place still had fleas left over from the previous tenants. :( We got it sprayed and then we had to stay out of it for 4 hours, so we went to Fred Meyer...
...Costco...
...and then the library where we ran into our good friends. Audrey and I were chatting with our babies and the boys were around the other side of the book cases. I heard a noise and we went to investigate. Naughty boys!
The whole mess. The librarian came around the corner and was shocked. She said she's been working in the library for a long time, and this was the worst book mess she's seen. Oops! We felt terrible (and couldn't stop laughing). The boys were very good about helping clean up.
We got home and ate a picnic lunch outside while we aired out the house.
Happy guy.
When Ruby got off of the bus at 1:45 (she has short days on Wednesdays), we went for a walk around the neighborhood.
He's getting really good at grabbing stuff.
He loves to pull up a chair and help me with everything.
This is how Ruby labeled a bunch of the boxes.
Helping give Miles a bath.
He does this when he's sleepy, he just likes to feel my face. It's so sweet.
And heading down south! Randall and Sophie are way in the back there. It was a tight fit, but we had fun.
Smiling with Grandma.
Telling Grandpa all kinds of stories.
Twinsies! Ruby wanted a picture with the bride at the rehearsal dinner. She said, "Karen's really pretty."
The view of Mt. Shasta on Saturday morning from my parents' back porch. <3
Since my mom turned 65 this year, we all prepared a little something to tell her how much she means to us. And we had a nice breakfast all together.
Then we went out to the country for a nice family walk.
Lovely weather.
Grandma dispensed the water.
Jim Warner drove by in this blue Corvette, and Reid was enamored. He loved it so much.
The wedding was beautiful. Reid and a bunch of the other little kids got to go to the nursery for the ceremony, which was nice.
Ruby and Cindy's foster daughter watched the wedding and drew pictures of Karen.
Miles loved Grandpa's tie.
And really wanted to eat Grandma's dinner.
Sweet baby.
Randall and Sophie.
He was supposed to be taking a picture for us, and took a selfie instead... Oh Randall.
During the toast Reid was so cute. He kept staring at his cup while they would talk, then toast with all of us.
Ruby got her front tooth knocked pretty hard by her cousin on accident. It bled a lot and then was really loose!
Dancing with Daddy.
So wiggly.
<3 Love.
He loves the mirror.
They got to go to the singing time of Sunday School before it was time to go. When I came to get them, they came very willingly, but cried the whole way.
And then Reid crashed.
He's starting to sit up pretty well.
This kid is ridiculous.
About to fall out!
He has been taking the funniest selfies.
Game time! We often play games after Ruby gets home from school.

Family photos

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