Brothers

Griffin is getting so big. He'll be 10 months on Monday, and I can't believe how fast time has flown. He has been wearing 18 month sized clothes for awhile and also has some shirts that are 2T that fit him well. I can't believe it. It doesn't seem like it was only last summer that I was pregnant with him and we moved out here to our new house.

I put Griffin in this shirt the other day and Jackson loved it. He called it an "Uncle B.J." shirt. I'm assuming that is because it is black and he associates black with B.J. Anyway, he wanted to put a picture of it on the blog to show B.J., so here it is.

A Sandbox Kind of Day

My two sweet girls in the sandbox.

Our grass looks just awful in this picture, and it pretty much is, though this picture is one of the worst spots because it is right up against the house and under the steps. Ryan is working on it, but the people that lived here before us were obviously not yard people. We have tons of bare spots and crabgrass everywhere. We'll get it nice eventually, and I cannot wait for that day!

Yesterday was the nicest day we've had in quite awhile. We thought it was the perfect day to bust out the sandbox and fill it with someone beautiful new sand. (It's the closest thing I've got to the beach out here in Utah :)

Lila was a little skeptical at first, but after she watched Sunny for a bit she jumped right in and had a ball. She gets a little nervous in the backyard because there are no fences and most of the neighbors have dogs (on chains) that scare her. (They are mostly just tiny dogs, but she and Sunny are not dog people...they get that from me). Then there is the noise from where the condos are being built back behind our house. Hopefully there is a fence in our (near) future!

Mommy-Daughter Picnic

Sunny took this picture of me at our picnic in the backyard.

The other week Sunny came home from school and the two babies just happened to be asleep. She said, "Mom, this would be a great day for a picnic, don't you think?" I had to agree. It is rare that Sunny and I get to spend time alone together, so this was a perfect opportunity. We had black bean zucchini quesadillas, strawberries, and cheese cake for dessert. Then we painted each others toes. (If you are wondering why my toes are lime green, this would be why.)

p.s. Please ignore my weird looking neck. It is just the angle and I wouldn't have posted the picture at all if Sunny wasn't so darn cute.

Sunny's Part

Sunny was so excited for her program. They had the option to choose a speaking part or not, and Sunny really debated whether she wanted to say something or not. I'm not sure why it was such a dilemma, but in the end she decided she did want a part. Her line was, "They held our hands and helped up walk." She was so precious.

Sunny's Kindergarten Program

Sunny did a great job with her program. Lila and Griffin like it too. Jax was at school so he didn't get to see her. He did get to see the afternoon kids do it the day before. He was disappointed though because he wanted to see his sister.

I can't believe she is going to be in first grade.

Horrible dark pictures, but I couldn't get the camera to work right. She is on the bottom row with a white sweater. I told Ryan that when I was a kid I was always on the back row because I was so tall. I always wished I could be on the front row. Well, she was on the front row, but who could see her over all the parents and kids in front of us. I finally found a little hole to peek through.

See her plaid dress? Right when we walked in she was sitting there waiting to start and I snapped a quick picture.

There's No Use Crying

...over spilled milk!



After church yesterday we raced home to change clothes so we could make it over to Mimi's in time for dinner. I went upstairs to change and help Sunny get her dress hung up and Lila kept yelling from the kitchen that she needed a glass of milk. I kept yelling back for her to come upstairs and change out of her beautiful Easter dress, and then she could have milk.

This is what I came downstairs to find. She was covered in milk, so I took off her dress before I stopped to really look at the situation. Once I took a step back I noticed that she was beaming with pride. She told me, "I poured my cup of milk...I spilled a little...sorry." She wasn't focused on the fact that she spilled about half of that carton, she was proud of the fact that she had poured her own cup full. In that moment I was proud of her too, and snapped a picture. I love this picture, her face sure tells the story.

I wish I could be more like Lila. I wish I could focus more on the positive and not worry so much about all the other stuff.

After all, it was only spilled milk.

9 Month Check-up

My sweet baby had his check-up yesterday and it went well. And by well, I mean of course Griffin did fine, but more importantly Lila did fine. I had been prepping her for a few days saying, "We're taking Griffin to the doctor, you're coming with us, but it's not for you." Well, it worked, she was happy as could be and had Dr. Wilcox laughing b/c she said, "For Griffin, not me. Not me Dr. Webox (that's the best I can describe how she pronounces it)" to him about 13 times in the 10 minutes he was in the room.

Anyway, I love this first picture. I think he looks like Uncle B.J.. I'm still not used to his buzzed head. I'm kinda looking forward to his mohawk coming back, because I think he looks boring with out. But, he's cute either way!

He was so cute when I put him down for his nap today that I had to grab the camera. Love that smile.

His stats from his appointment are:

Weight: 20 lbs 2 oz -- 38th%
Height: 28 inches -- 35th%
Head: 17 inches -- 10th%

I think I said this last time, but it is shocking to me that his weight is only the 38th%. He's a pretty big kid, but apparently there are kids a lot bigger than him out there.

I've been going through my old pictures and papers and found all the papers from the Doctor's office about how big the other kids were. I figured I better post them so I can though the actual papers away.

Jackson: 19 lbs 8 oz and 28.5 inches
Sunny: 16 lbs 7 oz
Lila: 16 lbs 14 oz and 27.5 inches
Griffin: 20 lbs 2 oz and 28 inches

Funny how the boys are almost exactly the same size and the girls are almost exactly the same size. Funny part being that the girls are obviously miniature sized. ( I found a paper from Sunny's 18 month check up and she was only 18 lbs 1 oz. Pretty funny)

Love the smile behind the pacifier. He still loves his sleep sacks. Don't know how I'm going to break him from those. Maybe he'll just get too hot eventually, once the weather warms up of course.

And...there's been a lot of this going on. I turn my head for a second and he is up the stairs in a flash. He has no clue about going down and a couple times has just crawled straight off the little landing at the bottom and on to the tile.

I got a gate a few days ago but realized I didn't get the right extension pieces since the opening is wider than normal. Then I realized that even with the extension it would be a few centimeters too small, so back to the drawing board. I think the opening is 102 centimeters, so if anyone has any ideas about gates I'd love to hear them. It is getting harder and harder to keep and eye on him every second of every day.