Someone please freeze time!

This boy is getting big way too fast, but there are still so many moments when I see my little boy.  The other day we were at build a bear and he wanted to build this Spiderman bear.  He was so cute picking it out and fixing it all up.  He even chose  a cotton candy scent to put on him, and named him spider bear. He was so happy to have him, and I absolutely love that he did!  He has been sleeping with him every night and wants to take him places with him.  I know these days will fade so fast, and I am treasuring this time with my little boy.  Gosh I love him!

Ellie Cate at one year old!

I can't believe that my baby is one! My last baby will soon no longer be a baby....but she will always be my baby!! She is such a joy.  She is always happy and wide eyed taking everything in. Here are some things about Ellie at 1 year old!

- she is doing good waking.  She is so funny.  She is very cautious when she walks.  It's like she is thinking it through in her head.  She can go from sitting to standing. 

- she loves dogs!  When she sees a dog. She starts panting like a dog.  She loves the book "that's not my puppy" and "muddy paws"'she pats the dog on auxh page. She will sit and listen to the whole story,

- she loves to eat! She loves green beans, blueberries, oranges, strawberries, turkey....and anything else we are eating!

-she is like houdini in shopping carts and highchairs.  She can slip out of the straps and stand up so quickly!

- she loves people!  She loves to wave at people (opening and closing her hand) and stare with her huge eyes!

-words she says-ok context: mama, dada, bubba, dog, baby, uh oh, all done, thank you, there-it-is (said as one word)She does like to drop things on purpose and say uh oh.

-she is tiny!  At her 1 year app she was 18.9 pounds. 29 1/4 inches.

- she copies everything her big bro and sis do.  The other day she was walking around with a brush, brushing her hair.  

-she loves to have anything she's not supposed to have... Her favorite thing is the TV remote and my phone.  She knows how to work my phone. She uses her finger to move things on the screen.

-she loves other babies. When she sees them she says "baby" and will go up to them and try to hug them. 

- if you tell her to be sweet, she will say "ahhhh" and lay her head on your shoulder.  She also gives big open mouthed kisses.

- she is a girl who knows what she wants and she will get very mad if she doesn't get her way- kicking her legs and all.  Fortunately she's pretty easy to sway the other way.

She is a sweet girl and I am trying to soak up every moment!

My sweet one year old

I can't believe my sweet baby is one whole year old!  I have been trying to soak up this time because I know after they turn one they quickly go from seeming like a baby to being a toddler almost overnight.  She is at such a cute age and I love it.  Here are some things about Ellie at one year.

- she has 6 teeth.  4 on top and 2 on bottom, but at the moment she is getting the other 2 bottom 2 and mee top back 2. Teething has been rough for her and has led to some sleepless nights.

-she seems petite to me.  She wears a size 3 diaper and 6/12 months clothes.  She wears a size 3 shoe.

-she loves to eat!  Her favs are green beans, any fruit (bananas, strawberries, blueberries) oranges are her fav, veggie straws, turkey, cottage cheese, string cheese- really anything we give her! She still nurses a few times a day.

- she loves animals.  Anytime she sees an animal she pants like a dog.  I think she thinks all animals are dogs.

- she is very Independant.  She will crawl away from me and bit worry where I am.

-she has quite a few words: all done, thank you, mama, dada, bubba. Uh oh.  She waves good bye, claps on command or any time she hears the word yay and nods. She knows where her hair is and where her bow is.

- She is a girl that knows what she wants when she wants it and gets mad if her demands aren't met.

- she loves her big bro and sis and they can always make her laugh.

- she loves to dance (and really seems drawn to music) and will dance any time she hears music.

She really is a joy!  We just love her!

This moment in time

I feel terribly guilty that I have let this blog go.  I love looking back and it and I feel so bad that I let so much time go between posts.  So, for now, in this random moment in time, here is a bit about my loves....

Carter is 7 years 5 months.  He loves Minecraft, non fiction books and Colt.  He is the sweetest guy and loves to please.  He is the sweetest with his baby sister and is easily annoyed by Abby.  He still loves to make believe and will play with Abby.  Today they were pretending like they were driving first to

Colorado and then to California.  When they arrived, they went into Carter's room because it was their hotel room.  I came in and Cartee had on his baseball cap, watch and was sitting down having a picnic with Abby.  At school he says he plays with Cartee Harrison and that they girls chase them.  Sometimes he says they play soccer.  

Abby at 3 years 6 months is totally

Into imagining.  You will find her talking to herself and in her own world. She loves dolls and stuffed animals.  She is totally girly and loves to wear dresses.  She loves to go shopping and will say, "Oh my gosh, this is so cute" when she see something she likes. She wants to be like her brother and does everything he does...she is jealous of her sister. She loves to go go to school and wanted to go every day.

Ellie at 11 months is a mess!  She loves to walk around with her walking toy.  I say she looks like one of those old ladies with their walker.  She is very verbal and says: dada, mama, all done, uh oh, thank you, thereheis, will pant if you ask what the dog says, claps on command, can pony to her hair and will find her Bevo if you ask where it is, she will also find her baby doll.  When you say "be sweet"!she lays her head oh your shoulder and says awwww.  She also gives open mouth kisses. 

These days are precious and I am so thankful I am able to stay home to see them.  I feel so blessed!

9 months

Ellie is at such a fun age!  I just Love this age!  Here are aome things about Ellie at 9 months!

- she ha super inquisitive! Since she has mastered crawling she is in to everything! She especially loves to get to things she knows she's not supposed to get to like the dog bowls, Abby's night light and my scent plug ins. She is also able to find an tiny object that may be on ground (paper, hair bands etc) and puts them straight in her mouth!

- she is super into giving wrinkly nose smiles to everyone.  It's so cute!

-she says dada with meaning. When kris comes in the room she will shout "daDA" she also tied to say cracker (ta-ter), dog, good girl.  When you tell her to shake she will shake whatever she is holding. She dances on que and if you say "be a sweet baby" she will lay her head on your chest.

- she is the exact same size Abby was at this age, 18 pounds (45%) and 28 inches (75%).

- she has a temper- she can turn it right on and off.

- she's a bit of a mamas girl right now...she lives her daddy though.

-she loves to pull up on anything and everything

- she sleeps about 12 house at night (-7-) abs loves to take a long morning nape around 9. 

-she is still nursing every 3-4 hours.  She loves to eat all kinds if other food: crackers, yougurt, applesauce, bananas, strawberries, avocado, Cheerios, nutra grain bars, green beans....and pretty much anything we are eating....

- she has 2 teeth on the bottom and is getting all 4 top teeth at the same time.

- she loves anything musical.  She loves to play her little xylephone and pat her drum.  She uses all sort of things to bag the drum...toys, balls etc

-she loves to play peek a boo- cover her head and she loves to uncover it.

 She is such a sweet, go with the flow baby.  She gets drug everywhere and she pretty much just goes with it!!

Abby says

"Mommy, something's wrong with my tiara, I look like Santa Claus!"

Little Gardeners

Today we went to Home Depot and picked out flowers to plant in the front yard.  Both kids were so excited to plane them and were big helpers.  Carter chose white and Abby chose pink.  We are going to see how long we can keep them alive in this heat . I got them both a watering can too, so I am going to encourage the kids to remember to water them every day.    I am going to use this as a learning experience about responsibility . We wil see how it goes!