4th of July

This year for the fourth celebration we got together with my brother Abe and his family.  My mom was out of town, so we invited my dad too.  The night of the 3rd there was a light parade downtown, so we went.  It was raining, but we wanted to go anyway.  Luckily, my dad showed up with an umbrella just as the rain really started coming down.  The evening of the 4th we had a little party at one of the daycare centers that is located close to where the city sets off their fireworks.  We grilled burgers and had strawberry short cake and popsicles for dessert.  While others were confined to a blanket laid out on the soccer fields to watch the fireworks, we enjoyed our evening with about an acre of playground, a grill, running water, a flushing toilet, lights and a picnic table.  The fireworks where beautiful!

Ryan--4 months

Ryan turned 4 months old today.  He has grown and matured so much in the last couple months it's amazing.  He smiles at everything now and has even laughed.  Whitney can get him to really belly laugh, it's adorable.  He rolled over last week and still loves tummy-time so he could be crawling soon too.  I recently got all the beds switched around so that he has his own bed.  It took a little bit of sleep training, but now he falls asleep on his own without being rocked, walked or bounced!  Most nights I feed him, wrap him up, lay him in bed awake and he falls asleep, then wakes up happy the next morning.  He sleeps for about 6-8 hours at nights, wakes up, eats and then goes back to sleep. 

I love dressing him in his little polo shirts and plaid shorts.  I have some little tennis shoes for him too that look just adorable on him!  He is very strong and loves to be on his tummy.  Ryan has grown quite a bit since his last check-up.  He weighs in at 13 lbs and is 25 inches long.  I am still breastfeeding him and want to continue to exclusively nurse until 6 months before I introduce solids.  Daddy can get him to laugh more then I can, but he'll smile at me anytime I look at him.  The girls love him so much and are very happy to have a little brother to snuggle.

Dentist Divas

The girls had their first REAL dentist check-up last week.  They have both been to the dentist before, but this was the first time they let them take x-rays of their teeth, and clean and polish them while laying in the chair.  I was shocked.  I think what happened was, Whitney is old enough to let them do those things to her and Brooke saw that Whitney was okay with it so she let them too.  By the end Brooke was in tears from just being out of her comfort zone for so long and Whitney was excited to have a new Dora toothbrush.  I was so proud of both of them!!!

happy birthday to me

I turned 29 again this year.  I'm thinking I will at least a few more times :)  The day started with me going to work and nobody saying anything about my birthday.  I was a little confused b/c they all knew about it because I kept it a secret last year.  Anyways, my mom took me to lunch and then to get a pedicure.  I got an extra special leg massage for my birthday, and then back to work.  The afternoon was going normal when my mom walks in with a huge birthday cake and all the kids started gathering around the eating area.  Ana, a co-worker, gave me flowers from all the staff and they all sang happy birthday to me.  It was quite the surprise...I had no idea!

After work my mom took the girls and Brigham and I went out to eat at Ruby Tuesdays.  I had the ribs and they were delish!  They don't sing there, so I was grateful to just get a birthday cupcake and enjoy it in silence.  Later that night I opened up a few gifts and the girls sang happy birthday to me.

On Sunday the whole family got together for a cook-out in honor of my birthday.  My sister-in-law, Cody, made my birthday cake which was wonderful.  Thanks to all that made my birthday special this year!

Interesting sleep positions...

I walked into the girls room the other night to check on them before I went to bed and this is how I found Whitney...

I wonder how long she would have slept like this if I hadn't have moved her back onto her bed under her covers?!

And on another night...

Brooke looks like she's sleeping normal except her foot was out of her crib stuck between the bars.  I moved her food back into her bed so she didn't wake up scared and stuck. 

 

I LOVE my Girls!!