Thursday, January 4, 2018

35 weeks: Sledding, sick, and some broken toes

The day after Christmas we headed up to Mt. Shasta to enjoy the snow for the day. It turned out to be a gorgeous day and we all had a blast!
Unfortunately when we got home, all three kids got a nasty cold with tons of congestion, fevers, etc. We're pretty sure it's RSV. Also Andy broke two of his toes, which made for a not fun rest of our vacation. But we did get lots of quality time together for sure.
Miles is really starting to army crawl around, and he even sat up from laying down. He's a mover, that's for sure!
 We all finished breakfast... except for Reid. He's such a slow eater.
 Then we packed up and headed to the snow. Isn't Mt. Shasta gorgeous?
 It turned out to be pretty warm, so we didn't need all of those layers.
Reid loved pulling this sled around.
 Ruby had fun sledding! The snow was pretty ice so we didn't have the kids start up very high.
 Our pretty girl.
 Happy baby!
 He got tired apparently and laid like this for a while. We also ran into the Lundquists up there! How funny.
 Ruby loved sledding!
 Reid went once or twice with Andy...
 ...and back to pulling the sled around.
 Building a snow man.
 He turned out pretty cute.
 :)
 Back at the car...
 ...and still pulling his sled.
 Ruby loved playing ponies and things with the girls (and apparently Quin too).
 We had a music session, mom on the piano, Andy on the melodica, Dad on the guitar, and me on the uke. Quin and Lia were waltzing around the living room, it was so cute.
 We got a Rubik's cube for Christmas! We all have fun trying to get it figured out. Oh, and we also stopped at the new In-N-Out in Grants Pass.
 He slept for about 10 minutes on the drive home.
 Reading to her brothers.
 We got Sequence and have been loving it.
 And more trains!!
 Family movie night. Poor Andy had to keep his broken toes elevated. It's going to take a while for them to heal I think.
 Both kids had dentist appointments and did great! Healthy teeth all around.
 :)
 Sleepy babe.
 They decided to make lunch by themselves, it was the cutest thing.
 Peek-a-boo! He adores his big sister and brother.
 Mmmm... baby food.
 More train building.
 We're having lots of fun with Ruby on her winter break from school.
 She helped me go grocery shopping.
 He has almost outgrown his infant car seat.
 Saturday evening Ruby started getting pretty sick and had a fever.
 So we stayed home on Sunday and Monday (and the rest of the week since then too). She was supposed to make a snow man over the break, so we had fun with their new water colors.
 Happy 8 months to little Miles! He has 8 teeth in now and is about 20-21 pounds I think. He's scooting around everywhere, so we have to make sure the floors stay clean and tidy.
 We borrowed Ticket to Ride Europe from the library, and it's so fun! We love board games with our kids.
 So happy!
 And getting into everything.
 Andy's foot about 5 days after it happened. Those last two are broken.
 Cute little train track.
I asked Ruby to write "groceries" on the calendar. :)

Thursday, December 28, 2017

34 weeks: Christmas!!!

Ruby started Winter Break this week! We've been having a fun time at home, and of course traveling for Christmas to see our family.
Miles started army crawling!
Reid got a weird rash, but I think he's on the mend.
 Ruby's class earned 10 Tiger Paws, so they got to have a board game day with their Big Buddies. She brought Sequence for kids to play and had a blast.
 Guess who made these?? (there was one for Miles too) She's so cute.
 We made a double crane and Reid was so excited.
 He loves his brown blanket.
 Almost Christmas! We've been burning this Advent candle we got from church every day.
 He's on the move.
 We have this tiny little red rose blooming outside, and it frosted. The kids thought it was so cool and kept saying "Jack Frost came! He was busy and got everywhere!"
 We went to the doctor for Reid's rash and decided to get all three kids the flu shot, just to be safer this year. Reid didn't even flinch, Ruby was pretty scared but didn't cry, and Miles made a very sad face but ended up not crying either. Brave kids!
 She sure loves him.
 He loves his toy basket.
 Cutie pie.
 Doing a Christmas break workout with Mom. She loves jumping jacks.
 We made sugar cookies and these amazing molasses ones from my Bon Appetit magazine.
 The kids had so much fun cutting them out and frosting them.
 It was so cute.
 Dance party!
 Watching his siblings dance away.
Matching Star Wars jammies!!! They love them.
 On Friday night we watched the Polar Express, then all slept in the living room.
 They loved it.
 Then on Saturday morning we opened some of our gifts so we wouldn't have to take them all down. Reid got some clothes, a new blue water bottle, and Lincoln Logs.
 Ruby got some books, clothes, and a snow globe.
 Miles loved the paper!
 Her snow globe... sadly it shattered that evening. :(
Then Ruby and I headed downtown to watch the Nutcracker ballet at the Keller Auditorium. She got a booster, which helped. :) We got some free tickets from one of Patty's friends who is in the orchestra. It was amazing!
 Mommy/daughter date. 
 Ruby sat with us in church on Sunday and loved the candle part.
 Then we walked outside and it was snow/sleeting!
 We drove very carefully all the way down to Medford that afternoon.
 We ate Christmas Eve dinner at Cindy's house. Ruby loves the Rubix cube.
 Heading to bed on Christmas Eve.
Baby Santa
 On Christmas morning our kids got up at 5:30! Andy got up with them and they waited for everyone else to get up. They did their stockings and our gifts to each other.
 It was fun!
 Miles got a little teether toy.
 Ruby got a new real Bible.
 Mmmmmmm.... feels great on his 8 (!!!!!) teeth.
 Reid got a new tractor book.
 Making a gun out of the Tinker Toys.
We had a low key morning and Andy and I did his puzzle that Ruby gave him. 
 Andy had to lay in between Miles and the Christmas tree so he wouldn't try to eat it.
 He woke up from his nap and cried these big crocodile tears.  
 The Halls all came at around 2pm. We tried to take a family picture using Dad's new drone, and it was hilarious!
 Ruby loved playing with the girls.
 Reid got a new excavator and loves it.
 Watching a Christmas movie before bed.
She loves Lia.

Family photos

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