4th of July Weekend

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend...our little family did.

We left Saturday morning to Utah to hand out with my sister and her husband. Of course Aaron and Steve went golfing! So my sister, Cyndee, and I took the girls and went to Park City for some shopping! :) That night we had a BBQ and went and watched the fireworks. We had an amazing view (up on the hill Air force Base hill) we could see about 5 different cities firework shows!

The next morning Aaron, Mylee, and I headed to Bear Lake to go camp with Aaron's family. Austin was already there with Aaron's parents. We spent the day playing in the water (which was a little cold, but fun). Aaron and I took the jet skis out for a minute and ended up in the water! :)

I didn't take many pictures this weekend but I did take some of the kids playing at the beach:

Austin and Jakson playing in the sand

Aaron and Mylee playing in the water
Mylee LOVED the water!

So cute

Mylee loves her daddy!

Austin - not playing in the water!

Our baby Girl is 9-months-old

8-months-old

I can't believe it! Last week our little Mylee turned 9-months-old!

I took her in today for her 9-month checkup and here are her stats:

Length= 26 inches which is in percentile 5
Weight= 15 pounds which is below percentile 5

Still tiny. Doctor doesn't seem to worried because she is growing but just at a slower rate. If she drops below her progress line, at all next checkup, he said they will have to run some test, but if she stays steady she will be fine...I'm not to worried because I think she is going through a growth spurt right now - she is eating a lot! :)

Here are some other things about Mylee:
-Still doesn't sleep through the night - usually wakes up 2 or 3 times.
-says "dada" all the time, no mama yet :(
-Can hold her balance while standing (without holding onto anything)
-crawls on all fours
-Still wearing 3-6 month clothes
-Still in size 1-2 size diapers
-Loves to eat what everyone else is eating
-Still only take a 4 oz. bottle at a feeding
-Loves to watch Toy Story 2 with Austin (I know I am horrible, I let her)
-No teeth yet
-Doesn't laugh much, except at Austin
-Is VERY tickleish (that's the only way I can get her to laugh)
-Is a very content baby.
-Still takes 2 (1/2-1hr) naps a day
-Has found her voice - likes to scream
-She likes to crawl up to me and climb all over me (but gives me a big hug while she does it).

We are really bless to have such a sweet baby girl! She has been such a wonderful addition to our family. I can't get over her beautiful blue eyes...which she got from her daddy (she looks so much like him). I can already tell she is going to be a daddy's girl.
Here are some pictures from the past couple months:

Daddy's girl

doesn't like the grass much - she trys to keep both legs up when she sits on it.

Asleep in her playstation...I know it's gross (after I saw the pictures I cleaned it really good) We have to feed her in this or her bumbo chair because she is to small for a high chair.

her 7-month collage

A little side note: While I waited for the doctore to come in (only 30 minutes) I measured Austin...fully dressed he weight: 31 lbs. 6 oz. and he is about 38 1/2 inches tall - he is such a big kid!!! If I did it right that puts him Length = above percentile 95 Weight = between percentile 50 and 75. I sure hope he stays tall! :)

Mylee & Khloee - Best Friends

I had the chance to watch my cute little niece, Khloee this weekend while her parents went camping (after out last attempt to camp, I don't blame them for not wanting to take her). I was so excited to have her the whole weekend...than Aaron told me he was leaving for Montana and I would be all alone with the babies and a 2-year-old. I was still excited but a little nervous, until Jan (my wonderful mother-in-law) told me she was wanted to take Austin for the weekend while they went to a baseball tournment. I figured Austin would love to watch baseball all weekend and be with his grandparents so I said yes!

So it was going to be an all girl's weekend (I had my sister's dog Spice, too). :)

We had so much fun! It was so cute watching the girls play together. I had to run to the store Friday night and everyone thought they were twins...and I got a lot of, "oh cute!" comments!

Saturday night we painted toenails and watched Twilight (well the girls fell asleep and it was just Austin and I - he came home early).

Here are some pictures:

Khloee & Mylee playing outside

Thought this was so cute

They crawl the same
Getting into trouble together while I try to edit pictures

Khloee - who wouldn't love a face like that! :)

Playing in a bubble bath

I think Khloee likes her picture taken

As you can tell from the pictures the girls LOVE playing together! I am glad my sister trusted me with Khloee and I would take her again in a heartbeat! :) I just wish they lived closer to us (Utah isn't far but it's far enough I can't see this little sweetie everyday).

Thanks Cyndee for letting Mylee play with Khloee all weekend!! We miss her already!

Swimming Time

My sister and her baby came of from Utah this week to spend some time with me and the kids (which I was very happy about since Aaron ended up leaving for Montana for a week).

We decided to set up Austin's baby pool from last year and let the kids play...well they didn't seem to interested in the baby pool and the setup process took longer than the actually play time! :)

Mylee

Khloee & Austin

Khloee

This is Mylee's new way to crawl....on all four!

We ended up taking the kiddos to Ross Park Pool the next day - forgot my camera so there isn't any pictures. We went with our sister-in-law, Danielle and her boys too. We had a lot of fun with them (it's a good thing Danielle brought her sister Sarah along...we were pretty outnumbered by the kids) :)

Take Me Out To The Ball Game...

Monday was the Idaho Falls Chukars opening game and Aaron's parents have season tickets so they were nice enough to let us tag along! Even though the Chukars lost we still had fun and enjoyed the fireworks after the game!

Austin enjoyed being with his Grandparents and Mylee loved all the food! :) (it's amazing how more relaxed you are with your second kid...I would have never let Austin try all of this food before he was 1).

Austin & Grandpa

Mylee slept through the start of the game...so cute!

I think this little girl will have daddy wrapped around her finger! :)

Austin & Aaron


Mylee and Grandma

The Chukar mascot, Austin, and Aaron

(Austin wouldn't stop talking about the bird so Aaron took him to see it and he was scared)

If you can't tell Mylee is eating cotton candy with Grandma!

No Lions, No Tigers, 1 Bear???

We decided to go check out the Pocatello Zoo for Father's Day (since I was doing a photo session at Ross Park already). It took us a total of about 30 minutes to walk the whole zoo...if you can even call it a "zoo"! What kind of zoo has NO lions, No tigers, and 1 bear?

We were all pretty disappointed...

Sorry for the lack of pictures....but there wasn't ANYTHING to photograph - oh wait there were some goats and a donkey!!! :)

The BIG 2-7!!!

Thanks right Aaron is now 27! His birthday was yesterday and once again I can call him an "old fart" because he is older than me...but only for 6 more months! :)

For his birthday he wanted a baseball cake (I know I was shocked - no golf?), so this is what I made for him:

He has been asking for a basketball hoop for a year now...so I went together with his parents and we got him one. I am sure I will be posting pics later (along with the home improvements we have been doing and his "man-cave" I have yet to share).

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer (well 2 days of sunshine isn't really a summer but I'll take what I can get!) :)