Christian: 7 Months

Christian is seven months now. Time is flying by when we have so much going on at our house. Christian is trying hard to crawl. He will get up on his arms and tippy toes, but still needs to learn to pull in his knees. No rush though! He can sit on his own and now plays by himself for a while as long as he has been "fed and watered". He eats everything as you can see and is a pretty good sleeper.



He sleeps in the bassinet for about 4 hours and then joins us in bed for the rest of the night. This week has been bad because his first tooth is coming in. I have been completely paranoid about the swine flu and everything else and I was nervous when he got a fever. I looked closely and could see that little white spot under the gum and sure enough...
Christian is a happy little guy. Always smiling. If you wants to get our attention he just does a short yell. It is so cute. The boys are good at keeping entertained with balls and cars and the remote. He loves the remote to the tv. This is a rare moment when both Tyler and Christian are sleeping.

Happy Belated 7th Birthday Amy!!!

Amy had a great day on her birthday. She made homemade Oreos with yellow icing on Sunday to take to her class at school. She made yellow icing because yellow is her favorite color. She received a book from her 1st grade class where each person took a page to draw a picture for her and write one thing they liked about her. I know I have personally read it twice and I think she has read it over 20 times.

We love you mAmy Cakes

Our Amy is 7! Holy cow! Where does time go?
Almost 1!

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Six Years


Happy Birthday Amy!!!!

We have an arrr-tist!

Katelyn was one of the featured artist at this year's Lamp Light Art Gallery showing in downtown Bountiful in October.

A paper sculpture- luminary


Paper sculpture


Frottage: "Leaves in the Wind"


Katelyn enjoys art and she is good at it. She is taking art lessons from a lady in our ward that lives a couple doors down- Sister Colleen Parker. Sis Parker is an amazing artist herself. Most of Katelyn's work is in landscapes. She loves being outside.

Another Car Seat Canopy

This one for Susie Q and Jay Christian!

Happy Halloween!

On Sunday "WE" carved the pumpkins. Brigham's was an airplane(a pathetic looking plane that would never ever fly- I will do better next year). Tyler's was a scary pumpkin, Katelyn's was a silly face and Amy's resembled herself- both are missing a lot of teeth right now.


The elementary school always has a costume parade so I snapped these pics at the parade.
Katelyn the witch!!


Amy the bumble bee!!


Tyler the pirate digging for gold!!!

When I was chuckling at the computer Tyler came to see why. Instantly he began crying when he found out I was laughing at him. He would be so sad now to see this post, but give it a few years and he will have a good laugh too:)

Brigham the Transformer


Christian the Pumpkin


Our Spooky Dinner

The SPOOKY Menu:
Bloody Fingers by Amy
Jack-O-Lantern Pizzas
Blood n' Guts Soup
Bones
Green Booger Slime to Drink
For Dessert Katelyn put some "dirt" in a glass and dug up a worm for everyone (no pic)
It was YUMMY!

Christian: Six Months Old

Six months old is the beginning of one of my favorite times as a child is growing. Christian can sit on his own, so is a little more independent. He smiles ALL the time and is so excited to see your face! He is beginning to push up his arms when we give him some tummy time. He likes all his food so far and likes to snack on pretzel sticks and Cheerios.





The new thing he did this month was swinging for the first time. He loved it!

We've got lots of kids!!!

My Grandma and Grandpa Arthur came to visit us all in Utah
Thanks for coming!! We had a great time!

More Car Seat Canopies

I am just so excited about how easy these canopies are to make!!!!

This one is for Brook and Daniel and their little guy coming in January.


This is for Kellie and Scott's little girl coming in January

This is me (yikes) and Christian modeling the strap I made for Kellie's so she can use it as a "hooter hider" also- if she needs to. I made it from some alligator clips, D rings and extra material.

We love you Tyler!!