Our July

I'm slacking big time with the blog. I feel like I'm 80, I've been sick with pneumonia and it is kicking my butt! Who the heck gets pneumonia in July??? I've been down for 2 weeks and my my kids and house and everything else has been neglected! I hate that feeling, but I'm feeling better and better and hoping I will get my energy back soon. Thank you Kristine, Derek, Cara, Megan and Jen for all your help with me, the kids and bringing us dinner. You guys saved us! And to my mom, thank you for helping us with the kids!! Brandon, I'm sorry I'm the worst sick person to be with!

Grayson:
Grayson turned 6 months on 7/16. I can't even believe he is 6 months! He is getting so big. He is rolling all over, has the loudest highest pitched scream, has the cutest laugh, loves baby food, loves his sister, loves when his daddy gets home from work, almost has the sitting up thing mastered, still won't cuddle with his mamma, loves being outside, grabs everything, still takes 3 naps, sleeps on his belly lately, and has the biggest -cheesiest smile.


Hadley:
She is such a big help with her brother, especially since I've been sick. She keeps him entertained that is for sure! She loves animals, books, TV, when she talks about the past she says "last night", she has bad dreams lately, she has turned into a good little swimmer, loves her swimming lessons most of the time, loves primary, loves knock-knock jokes and she just makes me smile. I love this little lady!


June 30th

We celebrated Kade's birthday! I love my brother and it was fun to be there on his day.

So for the 4th of July, we went to Salt Lake to see Brandon's family. Its not very often the entire family is there the same weekend so when we heard everyone else was coming into town we changed our plans so we could be there!

We had a lot of fun being with everyone! Things to remember about our weekend:
*yummy BBQ's
*beating Brandon in Jenga
*playing games
*celebrating Jill and Jack's birthdays
*family pictures
*Grayson getting bounced off the air mattress and landing on his head
*the parade, getting hit in the head with candy, and all of us getting soaked including the babies!
*playing with all the cousins
*taking Hadley to temple square
*visiting and catching up with everybody!

making smores in the backyard

hanging out at temple square.

Caitlin painting Had's nails.

The big parade!

Me, Erin and Sylvie!

The 3 babies in their cute little 4th of July outfits from Grandma Jill.

Lucy-Hadley-Jack-Jared

After the parade we headed to St. George. We had a BBQ with my family, aunt and uncle and grandparents that night. Then Brandon headed back home and me and the kids stayed the week to hang out with my mom before school started back up!

We went swimming, saw Cars 2, went to Tuacahn and just played and had fun!

Grayson went to bed so my mom, dad, Kade and Sydney took Hadley to the new Carousel in town and watched fireworks.

My dad and his mini-me. My dad watched Grayson so us girls could go see the Little Mermaid at Tuacahn. It was so good until intermission and we got rained out! And then to top it off, in the parking lot we saw this man peeing in a bush and not being discreet about it!

Before the show:

And after! We were soaked! It was a fun night, thanks MOM!!!

5 Months!!!

He's 5 months now!

weight: 16lbs 4 oz (50th%)

height: 26 in. (75th%)
head: (50th%)

Oh, he is sooo fun!! I can't get enough of this little man!
He is so smiley now, laughs and makes all sorts of noises.
He's rolling from his belly to his back and almost back to belly.
He likes to play on his belly more and more.
He's grabbing things. Loves his bath.
He loves his rice cereal. Not very cuddly.
He's getting so much better with naps, still sleeps like a champ at night (most the time).
Laughs at Hadley.
So curious and looks at everything taking it all in.
Hates it when he can't see whats going on.
He's been swimming a few times now, and when its not nap time he likes it.
Does not like getting strapped in his car seat. When you start unbuckling he immediately arches his back trying to get out.

My quick get-a-way!

My good friend Holley and I have been talking about meeting in St. George for a weekend with no kids or husbands. I haven't seen Holls for over a year so it was well needed! We've known each other forever and I've missed her so much!
My parents were out of town so we used their house, it worked out nice! We stayed up talking til 2 or 3 a.m every night reminiscing about the good ol' days! We slept in, shopped, ate and swam. It was perfect! Somehow, I only got one picture of our whole weekend.

We went to dinner with Kason one night and he's known to do anything if you offer him money. So we told him if he ate the huge jalapeno pepper we'd buy him ice cream. That sucker made him cry! It was hilarious.

I love you holley bo bolley, maybe next time you can bring your family so I can meet Hudson!!

Our fun filled weekend

June 2nd, Hadley turned 4!! This makes me feel old! She is such a big girl and was so excited for her birthday this year. We wanted to make her day special, so before we went to bed we blew up a bunch of balloons and put them in her room so when she woke up she would be so excited. These balloons kept popping so I was so nervous that they would pop during the night and scare her to death. Luckily they didn't.

I guess this is our birthday tradition, we met up with Lindsay and her boys and went to chuck e cheese. The kids loved it and got some fun prizes just because it was Had's birthday!

Brandon always brings Hadley a cupcake on her birthday. She made him put a candle in it so she could turn 4 she said. Right after he left, she was outside waving to him and turned around and tripped and her cupcake went under my car. It was very devastating!! Thank goodness he brings me a cupcake too, because it came in handy this year.

I swore I was not going to do a birthday party this year. I was taking advantage of the last year before she would be totally into it. But I like making my kids cakes on their birthday, kind of our tradition. So the plan was cake and ice cream and a few friends and no actual party. Well she wanted a tangled/barbie birthday cake. So I thought I'd make pascal cupcakes and a barbie cake. This cake kicked my butt!! What a pain. The cake fell apart when I put the barbie in it so plan B was just a round cake with the sun from tangled on it. Well drawing a sun with frosting was harder than it sounded! So plan C the round cake with an "H" on it!

She loves playing Rapunzel and I have to pin a long piece of toilet paper or anything long like that in her hair. So I thought I'd make this long braid for the decor and then she could have it to play with. This sucker took over an hour to make and all three of us! It was fun though, she loved it.

Her cute little friends. We got lucky that Chase and Connor were visiting from Salt Lake!

I love my family!! After the party was over they all showed up!! They came down just to eat cake and ice cream and give Hadley her presents in person! My mom stayed with us for a few days and everyone else went home that night. It was fast but so fun! Hadley loves her uncles and aunt syd! She was spoiled.

June 3rd:

Hadley had her last day of soccer! We made it through it! They had a pizza party at the park to get their trophies. A few weeks ago Hadley even scored a goal!!!!
We will miss the Sharks!!

June 4th: We had a lot of fun while my mom was here. We took her to see Kung Fu Panda 2 and went to dinner after. She got a birthday treat, and after she blew out her candle she asked me if she is 5 now.

June 5th: Grayson started rolling! He is liking being on his tummy now, and rolled over 3 times that night!

I love you mom, thanks for staying with us and letting me and Brandon have a few date nights!!!

Things to remember about Hadley at 4:

She is 37 lbs and 42 inches tall.
She was so brave and did not cry when she got her 4 year old shots.
I asked her a few questions and here are her answers:
Favorite color is Orange. Favorite food is watermelon. Favorite thing to play is princesses or swimming.
She loves any animals and plays with stuffed animals over dolls.
She loves barbies, dressing up and watching movies.
She has the best imagination and is so smart. She has such a great memory.
She loves to pick up Grayson or pull him around the room by his feet. ( I'm in trouble!)
She is a big helper at home.
Loves primary.
Loves music.
She loves to color now or cut paper.
She says that when she is 5 she will like more foods and will know everything.
She is a big tease.
She has an imaginary boyfriend named Danny Phantom.