Catch Up

So raising 2 children is so much busier than I thought it would be... Sorry, I should be better about posting. I spend way too much time being exhausted lately.

Baby M is still perfect. She sleeps through the night like an angel. She is now going through some stranger/separation anxiety thing, though, so she makes it perfectly clear that she prefers to be held- all. the. time. I do love holding her, so it works out, but sometimes the nutrition level at dinnertime suffers. It is way easier to make ramen with one hand than it is to make pretty much anything else.

Fortunately, G still appears healthy enough that our pediatrician forgets that he has a heart condition every time he sees him (Hmm, has he always had this murmur?) And the cardiologist says everything still looks good and she'll see him in 6 months again. Which brings us to the first event I didn't blog about- G had his birthday! 2 years old now and so big it's crazy!

Such a character! Here he is savoring his cake

He is just so excited about all the presents that he doesn't know what to do with himself.

He is really making the effort to talk now, although most of what he says is akin to navajo code talking. He is VERY interested in the toilet- so much so that he flushed about $30 worth of makeup down the drain, the day I got it in the mail. Mommy had a come apart, Daddy held it together once he realized the plumbing was okay. It could be worse, right? We could be replacing plumbing, carpet, and so on. I'll say it again- I'm not looking forward to potty training.

On a more positive note, he has also rediscovered books. I found a book called "Waddle" which has animals that move when you turn the pages. It's really cool. He loves it and always asks for it first thing in the morning. His favorite toys are now books and we spend a lot of time each day picking up and putting away all his books.

Malihah has just turned 6 months!

She can turn over from her front to her back and from the back to her tummy, too. She is almost sitting up on her own. She is eating baby oatmeal every morning and now starting every night for dinner, too. She also loves to talk, saying dada dada dada every chance she has an audience. We are getting ready for our court date next week for finalization and are looking forward to early January when we will seal her to our family in the temple and have her baby blessing.

Check back soon, I hope to have the Christmas family update posted in the next day or 2.

Twice the fun

G and June bug had a great halloween this year. G really got into decorating his own pumpkin. We let him use magic markers for the occasion.

He wasn't really sure about sticking his hand inside the pumpkin when it came time to clean out the one we carved, but after a few tries, he finally got his hand in and pulled out some goop.

Very scary.

Jared and I then headed off to Africa on Safari. We found a lion cub and a baby giraffe that we just had to bring home. Surprisingly, they were easy enough to smuggle through customs.

Boy, that lion really got into collecting candy. I had no idea they could have such sweet tooths.

Our little June bug wasn't feeling so great over the weekend. She is getting her two front bottom teeth at the same time. So, here's a pic from earlier this month with her usually happy attitude.

3 Months Old

Our sweet baby girl is 3 months old now. She is growing so fast and learning every day. Her latest and greatest achievements include smiling and cooing, sitting up with support, sucking on her fingers and thumb and just this week she moved in with her brother.

These pics were taken in the Bimbo (with it cleverly hidden). I love it that I can take pics of her while she is sitting up now. And you can see her double chin, too- bonus!

G was amusing himself with the contents of the junk drawer while I was taking pics of June bug. If you click on the pic, you may be able to see the half inch cut at the end of his eyebrow. He and a friend were running around the front room and he sliced himself open on a pot that is supposed to go back to my stepmom. It seems to be healing well, which is good, because we wanted to avoid a second expensive ER visit this year (Jared's face is fine, now, thank you). G is just too fast for his own good.

Bouncing and Bimbos

Our Labor day weekend was lots of fun. We had Jared's parents here and went to Peach Days in Hurricane. G loved the bounce house.

We were sad to see the old folks go. It was nice to have them here.

June bug was introduced to the Bimbo today. She loved it- for a little while. It's nice to have a change in perspective sometimes. (the bimbo is an off-brand Bumbo. Jared named it)

Hits or Kisses

I went back to work 1 1/2 weeks ago and it went pretty well- I only cried once I got there and I only cried when I was by myself, so at least I avoided making a show of myself. Fortunately also I didn't have the sickest baby in the unit like I did my first night back after we got G. It would have been nice to take another month and a half off, but family finances being what they are, my paycheck is needed. I really do enjoy my work, so that is a good thing, and it seems I have been hogging our June bug all to myself, because it took me leaving for her to really get her daddy wrapped around her little finger.

Baby girl was looking so cute the other day, I thought I'd take some pics. She is more awake now and has started cooing and smiling which just melts my heart.

G man has a difficult time sometimes deciding what to do with her. He is really good for the most part. I think he steals her binky when I'm not looking. He doesn't get to have his, so why should she get one? It is hard to tell though, because she still spits it out quite a bit on her own. He doesn't hit her often, only when he's mad at me. Most of the time he just tries to kiss her. It's very cute. I wish you could see it, but G just gets interested in the camera when he hears it turn on, so once the camera turns on, the kissing stops. Here is what I did get, though.

I hope they will grow up to be the best of friends (as all parents do :o)).

One Month Old

Our June bug is now a month old. I still can't believe she's been here that long, but I suppose that's what happens when all your days run together. In honor of her first month's birthday, here are some pics. They may not be as professional as Dion's, but I think they turned out pretty good. I love that she is awake a bit more during the day and I was able to get her during one of those times. What a sweet baby she is! We are so lucky to be her parents!

BTW, I also tried to get pics of G, but he runs a lot faster than she does :o)

4th of July

I hope everyone had a great 4th of july. We are still recovering a little from our trip up to Salt Lake, but here's some of the highlights of our trip.

On Friday the 3rd we went to Hogle Zoo. We saw Lions and Tigers and Bears a plenty, but G-man's favorites were the snake he got to touch, the monkeys,

and the Elephants.

It was a really sunny day, so the inside of her car seat was all our June bug got to see, but she slept most of the time anyway. Here is G-man riding in style in the new double stroller.

Daddy and G riding the carousel. He looks very focused here, but he enjoyed it a lot.

The rhinoceros was okay, but Grampa's kettle corn was the BEST!

Here he is learning that it is best to let sleeping cats lie.

On Saturday, we spent the day with my sister in Provo. We went to the parade downtown, we had great parking and good seats and a good time. I won't bore you with pics of the parade, although Miss Utah did look phenomenal on her pig float. Baby M looked super cute with her patriotic outfit and her red bow brain-squisher and she was happy as long as she was being held.

G looked very patriotic too as an All American Boy

Later in the day we got together at someone's house that had a great view of the fireworks from Stadium of Fire. G and his cousin took the best seats early.

We set off lots of our own fireworks. This is June bug's close encounter with a sparkler.

The official fireworks were great, but the highlight of the night was G and his cousin and another almost two year old playing with poppers.