Our Beautiful Babies

Our Cute Niece

This is a post for those who don't get to see pictures of adorable Sophie because her mother is lame and never blogs. I see her enough that I may just have to take it upon myself to keep everyone up to date on her. She is one of the cutest things you have ever seen. A few facts about Sophie:

- almost 11 months

- expert at crawling
- has 2 teeth on the bottom and i think might be working on getting the top 2 in
- getting into things she shouldn't and learning "no"
- has the most stunning bright blue eyes
- walking along furniture and can stand without holding on to anything
- says and waves bye
- has the cutest squishy face smile
- loves towels and blankies
- loves the pool
- likes to eat big people food but doesn't like help
- aunt ali is very obviously her favorite most awesome aunt :)

Whoops!

This is the look I caught on her face right before Jay realized she peed on him. Ha ha! It's like she is shocked that she just peed herself. It just cracks me up!

Keeping Cool

We bought the kids this little pool on sale at Frys. Now that we don't live where there is a community pool we thought it would be a fun thing for them. It didn't last long though. They played in it a couple times and the thing started falling apart and filling with dirt and bugs. It was a nice thought but didn't last. It's OK though because Aunt Jenn bought a fun hose attachment that the kids like to play in. Between that and the regular sprinkler head they have a grand time getting wet and cooling off. When we want a real swim we just pop on over to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Tucson sure is bright and sunny in the summer.

My Boy and Baby Girl

Noah struggles a little more to hold Olivia but he likes to. She is getting more and more tolerant these days of her siblings holding her...

...every now and then she seems quite happy with them. Gotta love that grin she has as her brother holds her.

My girls

I love my girlies so much. Zoey is a great big sister and so very helpful. I am so lucky to have such beautiful little girls.

Love a Sleeping Baby

Zoey lost her first tooth on the top. She has now lost 3 on the bottom and the 1 on the top. She has gotten a dollar for each from the tooth fairy. My 5 year old has more cash than I do.

Having a conversation with Grandma.

Grandma is teaching Olivia how to fold her arms for the prayer. Ha Ha. Too cute.

Chilling with Grandpa while he sings her some of his famous songs.

3 Months Old

Miss Olivia turned 3 months on the 14th. I can't believe how fast those months have gone by. She is such a complete joy to our family and we are so grateful for her. We are having such fun watching her grow. Here are a few things about Olivia at 3 months:

- expert at smiling
- cooing more and more (so cute)
- loves sitting up, with help of course
- enjoys baths, just started kicking and splashing
- gets very irritated when people get too up in her face
- sleeps for 6 to 7 hours straight at night
- gets extremely fussy around too much chaos and noise
- loves her mommy and smiles more for her than anyone else
- adores her big sister
- very not cool with being messed with while she eats
- still likes to be swaddled every now and then
- loves her swing, we call it her "other mother"
- can burp like a big kid
- loves being outdoors
- almost growing out of 0 to 3 month clothes
- has found her hands and enjoys chewing on them
- her big brother is her biggest fan

I am sure I could go on for a while but I think those are some of the biggest things. If I think of more I suppose I will just have to add them later. It's been a great 3 months and we have had tons of fun with Olivia. We look forward to the months ahead watching her grow and seeing what she does next.

Sleepy Noah

Not too long ago Noah fell asleep sitting up on the couch. He is such the kid that goes and goes until he just passes out. He really will be talking to you one second and within less than a minute he will be asleep. Too cute a kid!

The close up shows that he has the remote. He has to make sure that even if asleep no one can be changing the channel on him. Funny little guy.

Just Some Pictures

All comfy cozy with Grandma Kinney.

Riding their bikes to the little park right behind our house.

Playing at the park.

I wish I could sleep in any position like babies do. (8 weeks old)

Look at her holding that paci just in case she needs to shove it back in.

It's very tiring being so darn cute.

She's so small on the big couch. Look at that grin!

Lovin from the siblings. The one below is a little blurry but I love it. Really captures the way my kiddos are.

Noah LOVES giving Olivia kisses. She gets tired of it but I think it is sweet that he likes her so much.

The Big 30

I can't believe I am so far behind with blogging. My wonderful hubby turned 30 on June 8. The Sunday we blessed Olivia we threw some candles in an ice cream sundae and everyone sang Happy Birthday to him. It's funny to me because a few days before that he had made a comment about how I better not be planning something on Sunday when everyone was around. I had not even thought to do it once but he gave me the idea so I made it happen. We really didn't make a big deal about it but he was so "thrilled" to have the attention on him for a few moments. I love you Jay! Just remember it was your idea.

For Jay's actual birthday I had to make a little bit more a big deal. He did turn 30 after all. After he went to bed the night before I decorated all around his computer. I shoved 30 balloons all in that little area and put up a happy birthday banner. I even got on his log in and changed his desktop background so it said Happy 30th Birthday. I hung some streamers in the doorway to our bedroom too so he had a little something to greet him first thing when he got up. We just spent the day hanging out and for dinner I made his requested homemade pizza. It was tasty. For birthday dessert I made better than sex cake. We enjoyed dinner and dessert and he opened his gifts. I hope it was a good birthday for him. I made the biggest deal about it that I was able to and I think we had a good time as a family.

I am so happy I got to spend your 30th birthday with you Jay. I look forward to celebrating many years of birthdays with you. I love you so very much. Hope you had a good one.

Jay's sundae mug a blazin' with birthday candles.

Noah loves helping blow out the candles.

The birthday corner.

The silly boy and all his birthday goodies.

Happy 30th Birthday one month later my love!