9 Months Old

Last week Caleb turned 9 months old. We have had a busy week so I finally got around to taking his pictures today, but he wasn't having it. He isn't feeling well and just wanted to be held. And, he really just wanted to destroy and eat the sticker on his shirt. So, not the best 9 month old pictures, but it's the story of our day...

 I finally gave up and just let him have what he wanted. That made him happy.

He won't have his 9 month check up for a couple more weeks. I am anxious to see how he is growing. He is still a wonderful and happy baby. He loves his siblings and just wants to be around them as much as he can. He also gets so excited to see his Daddy get home from work every night. He loves to play outside and he is walking along furniture. He is still a total stinker when it comes to food. He usually has to be watching Curious George to eat a good bottle and to feed him solids I have to distract him with jar lids or something else. We have introduced some "real people food" to him this week. He loves to feed himself and he is doing better on not gagging on everything. He likes to read books with Mommy and play Hide and Seek with Daddy. He is everywhere and into everything. His favorite place to play is the pantry. He isn't sleeping great at night but naps pretty well during that day. We'll take what we can get!

We love our little guy and are loving watching him grow and discover new things!

 And then he got mad again when I wouldn't let him eat the sticker...

 I have a feeling I might see this look again when he is a teenager. He was not happy with me!

 I think someone is getting teeth.

 Proof of his sticker before he totally destroyed it.

 Making messes is his new favorite game and it makes him so happy! You can't resist that adorable smile!

Tessa's Art

Tessa drew and painted a Cardinal in her art class at school and it was chosen to be in the District Art Show! On Friday night, all the art work was being displayed up at the Draper Campus, so we went up to see her work displayed. She did an excellent job on her picture. She is a talented little girl!

Baby Problems

I always know my babies are growing up when they start to get stuck under the dining room table. Gwen did this all the time around 9 or 10 months old. Caleb just turned 9 months old, so I guess it is his turn. He was really looking for me to help him out, so I'm sure all the pictures kind of annoyed him. But how can I not document these moments? I am sad that he is growing so quickly, but I love watching him discover new places and things!

Visiting the Payson Temple

Last Tuesday, we had the special opportunity to go to the Payson Temple Open House. We have been so excited for our temple to be finished. The kids have been especially excited to go inside of it. We had a lovely evening together walking through the beautiful temple. The girls loved all the sparkly lights and Adam loved the Celestial Room. We got to take a minute in the Celestial Room, and I looked over at Adam and saw that he had tears rolling down his cheeks. I asked him if he was ok and he said that he felt really happy because he could feel the Holy Ghost so strongly. 

Eric and I have been talking lately about what things in our life our truly important. It is easy for us to get frustrated that we don't have a lot of money. By the worlds standards, we live a very meager lifestyle. We don't own anything, we don't travel or buy anything expensive...when we buy anything at all. But, on the flip side, the things we value the most don't cost money. We have a beautiful, healthy family, our kids are receiving an amazing education and most of all, we have the gospel and our testimonies. We wouldn't trade any of those things for money or fancy things. It can be easy to lose this perspective, but as we walked though the temple with our children, I was filled with such gratitude for our Savior and the gospel. Knowing that my family can be together forever is the greatest gift I have been given. 

Meeting Gia

Last week, we were so excited to welcome sweet baby Gia to our family! Matt and Gillian are so glad to finally have her here and so are we! Mommy got to go see her in the hospital and the kids got to go meet her once she got home. We are so thankful that Gia made it here safely and that Gillian was watched over and was ok during labor and delivery. 

Everyone was amazed at how tiny she is and how much hair she has!

 Gwen has been so excited about Gia being born. Mainly because Gwen is convinced that she has a baby in her tummy named, Gia.

 It's hard getting 5 kids in a picture.

 Caleb wasn't really sure what to think. We all think he looks huge next to a 6 pound baby!

Adam's Track Meet

Last week Adam got to participate in the Hershey Track Meet. It was fun for him and a long day for the rest of us! Thankfully, Gwen and Caleb did really well for the first 4 hours. We had to keep ourselves entertained in between races, so we took lots of selfies. 

Adam ran the 100 meter race and came in 3rd place. 

 He also participated in the soft ball throw.

These little ones were so good while we had long waits between races and not a whole lot to do.

Adam didn't make it into any more races, but he loved being out on the track and hanging out with his friends. They kept themselves entertained by throwing empty water bottles under the bleachers. Boys....

Star Wars Day-May the 4th Be With You

We didn't go crazy for Star Wars Day this year, but we did have a bit of fun with it. We had Leia Rolls for breakfast. 

We had a fun Star Wars dinner and then for FHE watched The Empire Strikes Back. 

For dinner we had, Han-bugers, Yoda soda, Boba fruit, Thermal detonators, Vader veggies, Leia Lays, Vader Taders, Edible Ewoks and Padowan Popcorn. It was a fun dinner!