6 Moves in 6 Years

We are at it again.  It has become an annual thing around here.  We bought a new home and plan to stay put for a while.  We have been renting the past year to be able to find a place that we really like that will last us a long time.  

We bought a new construction home and it is such a different experience than our Layton fixer-upper.  After all the sweat equity we put into that home it is really nice to be able to choose what we want our new home to look like without any work on our part.  I love it.  Right now it is completely framed, plumbed, the electricity is done, the roof is on, windows framed and the HVAC is done.  Soon they will start drywalling.  I probably drive by it once a day.

These pictures were taken before the framing and roof was done.

And these were taken yesterday..

Top 5 - November 2015

Payton Millie

3 Years 5 Months

1 - Payton has been asking me a lot of questions about Heavenly Father and heaven.  It is really fun to teach her what I believe and share my testimony with her.  We were driving to preschool one day and she said "Mommy I think Heavenly Father is magic because he knows how to turn the sky on and off."  I would have to agree with her.

2 - Payton LOVES to jump.  She throws all of the pillows off our couch and runs on the couch and jumps off onto the pillows.  Since we are moving we have boxes stacked up high in almost every room.  She has been climbing up to the top and jumping off onto a beanbag for hours on end.  It's been great entertainment for her while we are busy packing.  

3 - Payton has made it her job to entertain Cooper and I love it.  She loves to be silly and make him laugh.  Nothing is better then watching them interact with each other.

4 - She has always been amazing at bedtime and going to bed quickly without our help, but she is definitely pushing her limits lately.  She probably comes out 10 times once we have put her to bed asking for water, another hug and kiss, saying she has a scratch and needs a bandaid, has to go to the bathroom, etc.  

5 - She has learned to write her name and is getting really good at it.  The only letter she needs help with is the "y".

Cooper Seth

7 Months

1 - Cooper is mobile now.  He isn't quite crawling but he army crawls on his elbows and stomach.  He can manage to get anywhere.  Perfect timing while we are packing...

2 - Cooper has cut his first tooth and he loves to chew on EVERYTHING.

3 - He loves to play with anything that isn't one of his toys.  His sisters toys, bowls, hangers, boxes, empty plastic water bottles, even trash.  But the second I put one of his toys in front of him (even a new one he hasn't seen in a while) he doesn't touch it.  

4 - He loves to sleep all cuddled up in a blanket.  He wraps it all the way around him while he is napping.  

5 - We have discovered that he does not sleep well unless he is in his own crib.  We had a couple of nights away from home this month and he woke up 3-4 times when usually he sleeps through the night.  When he is in his crib though he sleeps so well!

Beautiful Fall

Fall time in Utah is my favorite time of year.  Pumpkin Picking, Cornbellys, Gardner Village, Painting Pumpkins, Pumpkin Baking, Trick or treating with the kiddos, and making memories with my family.  It was a fun-filled fall this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One week before Halloween Payton got really sick.  Poor girl hasn't ever been this sick.  She went trick or treating for only 15 minutes and we had to carry her the whole time.  It was so sad.  On day 10 she still wasn't getting better and kept saying "WHAT?!?" after almost everything I said.  So I took her in and she had an ear infection.  Then Cooper got sick. Then me. Then Tyler.  It was a fun 3 weeks.  

I am so glad that we all got sick before thanksgiving and Christmas though.  So hopefully we will all stay healthy until then.  

Top 5 - October 2015

Payton Millie

3 Years 4 Months

1 - She LOVES to color lately.  I know most kids this age do but for the past 6 months or so she showed no interest what so ever and now all of a sudden she asks to color everyday.  She is really good at it too.  She colors general areas of the picture and only gets a little out of the lines.  I don't know if that is common for her age but it surprised me.

2 - She is very musical.  She loves to sing and lately she likes to make up her own words to familiar tunes.  For a 3 year old they actually are very creative.  Whenever we go to my parents house she wants to play the piano and she plays songs (not just pounds on it) and sings her own words.  It is so cute.

3 -  She is so excited for Halloween.  For a good two weeks solid she said she wanted to be a doctor for Halloween.  I was so excited because I thought for sure she would want to be a princess.  But I made the mistake of taking her to get the costume with me and then of course any princess trumped doctor.  So she is Ariel this year.  The other day she asked me if she could be three costumes all at once.  Ariel, a spider and a fence?  Where did she come up with a fence.  Funny girl.

4 - She got really sick this past week.  Sicker then she has ever  been.  The past 2 times she has been sick I was lucky if I could get her to take a nap.  If you know Payton you know she never sits still.  She is constantly on the go.   She has taken 2 naps almost every day this week and she asked to take them.  Poor girl.

5 - My absolute favorite thing since Preschool has started is that everyday when I pick her up she says "Mommy I missed you so much at preschool!"  I just love it. 

Cooper Seth

6 Months

1- He can sit up now and he is so proud of himself for it.

2 - He finally sleeps through the night.  Hallelujah.  He sleeps from 7-6 and then I feed him and he goes back to bed until 8:30.  It is glorious!

3  - He was not interested in eating purees when I first gave them to him around 5 months old.   When he turned 6 months and still wanted nothing to do with them I tried an alternative route.  I just gave him big chunks of food that we were eating.  He loved it.  His favorites are softened apples, sweet potato fries, cucumbers, avocado, pears and bananas.  So far he has only not been interested in broccoli and steamed carrots.  He LOVES to eat now.  And the nice thing is that at dinner time I get to eat too and not spend the whole time at dinner spoon feeding him.

4 -  He is such a happy and relaxed baby.  I feel so blessed to have him as my second child.  Especially the past week when Payton has been sick.  He is completely content playing independently while I have been taking care of P.

5 -After he is done eating he starts putting the extra food in his mouth and gumming it and then spitting it out.  He thinks it is the funniest thing ever.  Me not so much. 

Clearwater, Florida

We went to Florida a few weeks ago and had an amazing time.  We stayed in Clearwater which is 30 minutes from Tampa on the west side.  The beaches here are so warm and the people are so friendly.  We loved it.  Our week here went by way too fast.

Our flight there was a red-eye.  Payton slept the from 10pm on which was awesome.  

Cooper did not. But at least he wasn't screaming so no complaining here.  He slept a few hours in Ty's arms.  Great husband award or what?

Tyler's brother's family live out in Florida so they stayed with us part of the week.  It was so fun to have all the cousins together.  That doesn't happen very often.

Kristin and I had matching strollers and carseat covers and we didn't even mean to.  Great minds think alike.

These cuties loved getting buried

and then burying Uncle Brandon

They have a trolley that you can ride all down the beachfront.  The kids loved it....well except Cooper

He was happy by the end though

The plane ride home was during the day and was much better...

Such a fun trip.  I miss it already.