Annie's New House, and Marshall's Chubby-ness

Annie and Dave closed on their house and at last it it theirs! To celebrate we started painting :)

Annie was a very meticulous home-owner :)
At our friday park/cafe rio weekend starting celebration Marshall showed off his chub to all the ladies :)

All the ladies meaning Leila.

My mom the blogger

My mom's on the bandwagon :) check her out on "what it's like to be a syphus"

So you think that you're chubby.

If you're down on yourself and think you have lots of chub... just take a look at this guy and he'll make you feel better :) He weighed in at 14 lbs. 12 oz. at his 2 month check-up and was 23 inches long. Leila's almost 20 lbs. so another 6 pounds and he's as heavy as she is! (btw, he's wearing clothes that Cooper didn't wear till he was 4 month old!)

Cooper asks to hold him a lot and after a while he realizes how heavy he is and says "you take him momma, he's heavy!"

This is Cooper's "Breathing". He has to use a nebulizer for a few weeks because there were spots in his lungs that were still weak from when he had pnuemonia and he kept getting this residual cough. He just has to do these breathing treatments 4 times a day for a few weeks and he should be good!

He hates it, but he'll do it for candy :)

I know he's ready for Preschool, but is Preschool ready for HIM?!

I think we were both excited for him to start preschool today. Usually I hear mom's say how heartbroken they were when their first child goes off to school, I dunno, maybe that's when they go to kindergarten or something? For us, this just seemed natural. He loves structure and meeting new people, I love having some time just with Leila and Marshall - we both win! The question remains... is the world ready for this guy?Doubt it!
He picked out his own outfit... it matches (yes!), it goes with his backpack (does he know that?), and it's on frontwards (I didn't check his underwear though, that still might be on backwards.)

I think Leila's just glad to get rid of him for a little while. I signed us up for a mommy & me music class that starts next month. It goes for a half hour during the time that he'll be in school so me and Leila can get down with the eensy beensy spider.

After this picture in front of the preschool he didn't even pause, he just ran right in. I almost called to him to ask him for a hug, but I decided against it. If he doesn't need it, I don't want to ruin his moment :) We took him to lunch after so he could tell us all about preschool. He loves it and he wants to go everyday... I don't know how I'm going to tell him it's only 2 days a week!

The Fair 2009

I live for fair food. It's always the most sinful, divine, and glorious assortment of foods around (except for Christmas when there is so much chocolate EVERYWHERE!). While I went for the food, the kids went for the bright lights and colors.

Funny, there was a bride there while we were riding the merry-go-round getting her bridals taken at the fair! I hope she didn't eat the food... she might not fit into her dress anymore!

it was pretty weather though, nice and breezy and we walked on to every ride!

Leila did not enjoy this one, it was too jerky for her. Towards the end she was crying so they stopped the ride.


She liked this one though :)

Froggy Hike

I think this hike was... who knows... it was sometime this summer. It's all been pretty much a blur of hiking, camping, and hoping we'll have a company by the end of the year. Who cares? Our kids rock and we love having them!

Leila was hesitant at first

Marshall had to stay covered, but you can see his arm peeking out.

Annie helped with Leila (who love love loves Annie)


A froggy!

Twenty-Fourf of July

What an adventure that day was! Jesse had to work so I strapped Marshall into the baby carrier and put Leila in the stroller and trusted my 3 year old to somehow stay near me in the crowds of people when we went to the parade. I've never seen so many people there! The kids liked the horses and candy and saw aunt Amanda being a clown! After the parade she asked me "did I look like a funny clown or a stupid clown?"

Marshall mostly slept.There was a dunking booth and little kiddie games, but why spend money on those when the kids are perfectly happy for hours on a free slide? The only problem was that Leila would go up...

Then come back down....Thankfully we met up with Annie and she showed Leila the fun way to work a slide:
They picked up a few other kids who needed help at the top too... apparently.
Cooper got stuck a few times on this thing and bumped his head, but he kept going back!

I think it's cool that Washington City still does the big 24th celebration, I saw a lot of people I grew up with and haven't seen forever. I also love that my kids get to play on the same toys that I did when I was little... except the swings are gone :( Anyway, it was an adventure for sure, but I still don't think I'm up to the challenge of taking 3 kids to an event like this on my own. I would not have survived (or the kids wouldn't have anyway) if Amanda, Sara, and Annie hadn't have helped me till Jesse could come. Happy 24th kidlets!

Zion Hike with the Millers

I've been a little lazy (I KNOW!) with the blog, but in my defense I haven't been lazy in real life. We've been hiking every weekend and I am tackling all kinds of organizational projects (I just finished the kids' toys!). Now I'm ready to overload the blog again with all kinds of crazy we've been up to!

Hiking up the narrows with the Millers (before they moved to Logan :( ). Leila went right into the freezing water and would have kept going over her head if we wouldn't have stopped her! She was jumping off of the rock wall into Jesse's arms too... no fear! Hee hee.. I love her cute bum :)Here's Marshall with little Regan. They're 3 days apart but you wouldn't know it from their size! I think we've got our line backer!