Boy, I just can't seem to stay caught up on my blog posts. :) Haha, that's life with three kids I guess. Reid isn't napping anymore, they all get up super early, and when they go to bed at night I am so tired that I go to bed soon after. Not much time for doing stuff on my computer. But oh well, we're busy living life. At least I get lots of pictures!
This is all three of our kids at around 6 months. They're all so different!
My parents were here and took Ruby to school. She was so excited.
He's starting to move around so much. Crawling is right around the corner.
We had hot chocolate after school on Tuesday from our Advent kit we got from church. The kids loved it.
Then we headed over to Bethany Village to watch the tree lighting. It was cold!
Oh Reid... They loved when the tree lit up.
And then we met Santa and Mrs. Claus. Reid was not really a fan. Ruby asked for a snow globe, then Reid asked for the same thing.
Miles was sound asleep, so we got a whole family photo.
He's starting to sit up real well.
And he still loves broccoli. He'll just sit and chew on it forever. We started doing a lot more purees too, but he doesn't love them as much.
And the best news ever... we paid off our car and are officially debt free! Woohoo!
He scooted all the way under Ruby's bed and was just kicking his legs.
Wow!!!
Epic fort building.
They're getting pretty good, and they love using my cook books to hold the blankets up.
Snot bubble! So Miles (and the other kids) has been sick for several weeks. Sorry this picture is gross, but also amazing. We're getting so tired of being sick all the time we've really upped our game with elderberry syrup, vitamins D & C, washing hands a lot, etc. I even got something to paint on Ruby's nails that tastes bad so she'll stop chewing on them and sticking her fingers in her mouth.
The boys and I did child care for my friend's old church again. This little guy on the left was the same age as Miles, but he was super fussy the whole time. I'm so grateful for a happy baby!
Zzzzzz
And he turned 7 months. I just love his dimples.
Saturday was our 11th Anniversary! We went to get a Christmas tree in the morning, and it was nice and rainy. This was Ruby's first choice for a tree...
...and then her second choice. Haha
They're so helpful.
And we finally found the perfect one. Last year it was at the very back of the lot, this year was at the very front. This picture was very hard to get, I reminded the kids that Reid kept running around the tree last year, so of course he did the same thing this year.
Family tree photo.
We were soaked! So we warmed up by the fire while Andy tied the tree to the car.
We tried to keep Miles dry.
We stopped by a Christmas bazaar on our way home.
And lit a fire for lunch time. The kids loved eating their lunch on the hearth.
Then Ruby wanted to try on my wedding dress. I just about started crying seeing her walk down the hallway in it! Oh boy.
My laundry helper.
We got to go out for dinner for our Anniversary! We had a lovely time eating at Grassa with dessert at Matador. We've had a very happy 11 years. It was fun to get away without all of the kids, this was our first time.
We've been reading scriptures for the Advent every morning, and we also have a candle with 24 days on it. We burn down one day at a time.
And we also got all decorated for Christmas. Ruby was a really good helper this year!
All ready! (Minus the garland we got later).
Poor little sick baby. He wakes up coughing and it's pretty terrible. He's also about to get several more teeth, so that's not nice either.
He loves to play on his little quilt in his room.
Sunday evening we went to a fun event at our church. We did singing, shared dessert, and did lots of activities. Ruby made this cute snowflake for the wall.
A sweet moment on our way home.
We stopped by the statue Portlandia on our way home, and Reid did not like it! He said she was too big and scary and doesn't want to go by it again. Ruby loved it and wanted to get out to see it better.
Monday morning snuggles. They do get up early (sometimes as early as 5:30!) and are a little crazy in the mornings.
Dana and her boys came over to play for a while. The boys get along pretty well, it's so fun to have them close by.
He's pushing up on his hands and knees!
