yay- ya

Rhen calls her Yay-ya and these two love to hang out with each other. Rhen drives cars on her chest and head while she smiles. He butts his head into her belly and most of the time she smiles and the other times she cries.
I am officially done nursing her. I am sad about it but it just needed to be done. I couldn't eat anything or she would have a belly ache and at dinnertime she wouldn't nurse. I would have to stand up and walk around while she nursed and that was exhausting...so...I decided, with much debate, to stop. Stopping hasn't been easy, in more ways than one, but I have another check off I won't experience again. Bittersweet.

Rhen-a-len-a-ding dong

He is the funniest( puts his front wheel of his bike on the stairs hop on the bike and pretend to biff it), most difficult (won't eat), do it himselfer ("I do it"), one track mind (I want some gum! I want some gum. I want some gum. I WANT SOME GUM!!) cutest brown eyed (as shown) boy we have!! In this photo he wanted to change his diaper himself, so I told him he can't so he would have to go on the potty, so we went naked for awhile, then he asked for his diaper.

1984

Nothing puts the fam in Family Night quite like Spence and Tal's 1984 moto-trikes.

The fun thing about Grandma and Grandpas house is that they have toys we don't... And it's just always more fun to play at grandmas. Chloe, Els and Ads spent the day building Lego houses while Rhen atempted to destroy them.

Onc Visit

Back to SLC today for a checkup. Same old rashes, some thinning hair and side effects from all the drugs... but overall she is doing well. This little girl has come a long way and we're so grateful.


P.S. She didn't even cry today when they probed for her tiny veins. Just had to have a few hundred to get used to it, or Nurse Jolanda has the touch - either way, well done Chlo-pants!

I should be showering...but I am blogging

My kids all at around 4 months. I can't tell who Layla looks like more, can you? Here is a little bit about them at this age... Addie: very good sleeper, lots of ear aches, she was alway content, people she didn't know well could never get her to smile. Thumb sucker.
Chloe: loved the sound of the rain, easy going, although she hated her car seat. Had nasty eczema(how somethings never change), even then her thumb was cracked because of sucking it.
Elsie: fastest army crawler I have ever seen, well that was a little older but man could she go. She had big cheeks and loved bath time.
Rhen: cute smiles and funny faces. sensitive tummy, light sleeper but cute, cute, cute. He is all boy!
Layla: smiley all the time, with her tongue out and bubbles all over her lips. She wants to be where the action is and falls asleep even when Rhen is screaming.

My vote is a mix between Chloe and Elsie

Saturday

Rhen insisted on wearing this pot on his head while we played soccer today. I think he had plans to hop in a miniature car and ride in a parade later.

He's starting to rack up the miles on his bike. I rode down some boulders in our flower bed and he immediately tried to do it too. Good thing he can't pedal through the grass yet. No he didn't wear those kicks to church, pretty hip though.

to train or not to train...

This is pretty much how I feel about potty training.

What happens when your kid may be ready to go on the potty but the mommy isn't ready for it. Ugh, I am not ready!

Rhen wanted to wear underwear the other day and he would NOT let me put a diaper on. So he wore underwear. I had Layla to feed so I sat down in the comfy chair and she was eating when I saw "the" look. He needed to go, so I got up baby still eating and ran him to the potty and thought, what am I doing? I am not ready for this. He missed by just a bit and peed on the floor. Again, what am I doing? Put a diaper on him and that was that.

Spring Breakin'

Neil, a random photographer, gave us some tips on my camera and then was nice enough to take a photo of all of us in Zions canyon. We were appreciative of the tips and wondered how is photography/ sewer cleaning business was working out for him. I wonder if he know the guy who owns the photography/ drywaller in Bear River :). He was really a nice guy.

Cannon ball!! Our girls just wanted to swim, swim, swim. And that was ok for me because they haven't been able to for the last 4 years! We took them to the resort where high school musical was filmed! Any fans recognized the pool?

In this photos Ads and Chlo are looking around hoping to get a glimpse of the hunky Zach Efron. No such luck but....
we were able to get a photo shot of them on the bridge where Troy and Gabriella did their break up scene. ooohhh so sad. It was funny because a few teen aged boys passed by and said "...and that is where they broke up..." it was funny.

We went to a ghost town where some of the pioneers we told by Pres. Young to settle and grow cotton. This is an original house that a husband build for his wife. It is still standing and I told Jake I wanted him as our contractor. :)
Addie looks so grown up. Such a pretty girl!
Layla was really good during the day, but her nights were not as good. I don't think her stomach can handle the take out food.




Stacie at Kolob Canyon.
Jake at Kolob Canyon. It was windy and cold so we just got a few snapshots, we need to come back to this place and hit some trails when it is nicer weather! We had a fun time being together and getting away, it has been too long and we hope we have more!