Practice

I'm borrowing my Dad's camera and today I tried to practice. Not sure what I was practicing b/c I don't know a thing about photography. Pretty much I just copy what I've seen Jessie do and try to make my pictures look like hers. I'd really like to take a photography class, but I'll probably have to wait until Ryan gets done with Graduate School.

Sunny is obviously the perfect model b/c she will keep posing forever. I am trying to get her to look "normal" and quit posing so much actually.

And, one of Lila -- who hated the grass yesterday, but not so much today. Gotta love the drool!

p.s. I realize Jax is the least photographed of all my children. It's not b/c I don't want pics of him, but b/c he is 5 1/2 and won't let me near him with the camera. If I do happen to sneak up and almost get a good picture, he sticks his tongue out or closes his eyes to mess up the picture. Hopefully I'll catch him in a good mood and he'll let me get some shots. Well, that or I might bribe him with cookies!

New Shoes

Aunt Jess and Uncle Joshy gave Lila this awesome pair of Vans last weekend. I am in love with these!

I know, not showing the shoes, but how sweet is she????

I was trying to figure out a way to get her to hold still so I could get a clear picture of the shoes. It was rainy so we couldn't go outside, and she just kept moving. I started to get frustrated and I stuck her in the basket we keep by our door for the kids to put their shoes in.

She was not happy, but it did get her to hold still.

This is for anyone who might think Lila has a ginormous bow stuck to her head all the time. Can you see the hair Mok?? She has quite a bit, but it is so blonde.

p.s. Ignore the toys in the background. Didn't President Monson say that I'd miss those one day?

Up Close and Personal. We've decided she looks like Jax, B.J. and my Dad. We have one baby picture of my Dad that looks freakishly like Lila, in my opinion. Lila, basically we're saying you look like a bunch of boys. Sorry. You're still cute.

One More Time

1. Because I needed something new
2. Because my camera isn't working and I don't have anything new
3. Because BYU won this week
4. Because I love this picture!

Stairs

Lila has found the stairs.

Right before she fell all the way over and cracked her head. I was too busy trying to get a picture to catch her. Bad Mommy!

This is the first house we've lived in with stairs. I am thinking it is going to be a pain in the butt.

I guess now I need to teach her how to sit back down. Right now she is just standing for as long as she can and then collapsing to the ground. Not so good or safe. Got to find the baby gates.

Attack of the Giant Lila

First, Jax wanted everyone to see his tower (Pardon the no shirt -- we call that the Blake:)

The kids were building with Lincoln Logs and Lila decided to get in on the action. She's been mobile for awhile, but I think she has figured out that she can actually get to what she wants. When she has a target, you cannot change her mind. This has been the first full day of her new skill and it is already driving me nuts.

So far today I have taken this out of her mouth:

1 army man
1 sucker wrapper
1 band aid (that she pulled off of her leg from her shots yesterday)
1 clothes pin
1 geotrax man
2 cheerios

&

3 pieces of paper that came unglued from Jax's homework.

I swear, our house is not a mess. She just has a knack for reaching under the couch and finding the smallest stuff possible. I'm trying to get the kids to understand they can't leave stuff out.

Don't even get me started on the door to Jax's room being left open. It is a straight flight of stairs down. I can picture her falling now. Actually, no I can't b/c I'm way to paranoid to let that happen (knock on wood, I know)

High School Musical Has Overtaken Our House!

The kids picked out their Halloween costumes last night and of course had to try them out immediately. Jax is going to be Batman, Sunny is Gabriella, and Lila is a Rockstar. Anyway, Sunny is super thrilled with herself and her new wig. I think she looks a lot like her cousin Maia (who has brown curly hair) when she is wearing her wig.

That's a lot of hair for such a little girl, don't you think?

Dancing

I hope her costume makes it until Halloween in one piece.

p.s. Lila is mad. Well not now, this was about 15 minutes ago. She's happy now and still playing on the floor. But, she was very mad that I was trying to take her picture. I kept sitting her up and scooting away to take the picture and she kept coming after me. When I wouldn't pick her up her feelings got hurt.


p.p.s For Jess. This is a quote from Sunny:

"My hair is black. Like Aunt Jess's. Do you like it? Aunt Jess had blonde and black. What happened to the blonde? I guess she cut it off. Yeah, that's what she did. Now we match black and black."

After which I reminded her that we do NOT, under any circumstances cut our hair. Even if we wish it was a different color. It was right around a year ago that she cut her hair b/c she wanted brown not blonde. Apparently the child has hair color issues. She doesn't understand that I would kill for fine blonde hair :)

Check Up

Lila had her 6 months check up today (she was 6 months on the 14th). She did great. She didn't freak out too much when she got her shots, and as soon as I picked her up she stopped crying. She's doing great!

13lbs 15oz = 3rd%
26.5" = 70th%
16" head = 5th%

So, seriously Aunt Jess, lets get started on her training for America's Next Top Model! I think she's got the right body type (and she loves to throw up --bad joke, sorry)

Jax at 6 months was 16 lbs 7 ozs
Sunny at 6 months was 14 lbs 7 oz

Seriously though, the doctor thinks she isn't gaining weight very fast b/c she is so active. He asked if she could sit well or crawl and when I said yes to both he told me they only see that about twice a year and b/c she is so active she is burning calories fast. That sounds like a good explanation to me. As long as she's healthy, I'm happy!