Maddilyn: 5 months

Maddilyn is 5 months old!
She has gotten so big and is so much fun.
Her big sisters love that they can play with her more. She will smile and laugh at them.
AND if you get too close, she will grab your hair or anything else in her reach.
We all love Maddi so much!

These pictures were taken on Sept. 11, 2009.

Maddi sleeping in the Johnny Jump-up when Daddy was babysitting.
Friday, Sept. 18.

These pictures were taken on Sept. 20, 2009.Maddi loves eating baby food!
Here she is sucking on a piece of cooked zucchini.

Maddilyn is so much fun. She is so easy going and almost always happy. I cannot believe what an easy baby she is. I hope that this doesn't mean she will be a difficult child later on.

I love my Maddi so much!

Cougar Fans

I love this picture!
David and Maddilyn just before he left for the game on Saturday.

Maddi dancing

Audrey's horse lesson

Here is Audrey riding Beethoven. He's an old, slow horse. Good for the young kids!
For a couple of months, Janna drove Kimee to horse lessons. I was home with my new baby and that way Audrey didn't know what she was missing. The first time Audrey went, she wanted her turn on the horse too. She was able to have a short turn on the weeks that I drove. This month, I just signed Audrey up for a lesson too. It has been fun for both of them. Even Maddi likes watching the dogs and horses.

~cousins~

Lora and Sage came up for Labor Day weekend. We have been having so much fun. The girls are loving having their cousin here to play with all day!

On Saturday we went up to the Bean Museum. The kids loved the reptile show.








Afterwards we went to the Creamery for ice cream cones. Unfortunately, they are almost out of ice cream flavors (no chocolate). So we opted to just get popsicles. It was a bummer, but we will try back again once the new creamery is up and churning all those delicious flavors again.

Lora and Sage: Come back and visit again soon!

Go Cougars!

Dave had this great idea to mow a Y logo in the grass. He did an awesome job and I think it was a great good luck charm. We won the game against Oklahoma, ranked #3.

A happy Dave with Maddi after the game.

BYU Football season is a fun time of year. Dave really looks forward to all of the games. He has season tickets this year with some friends. We have taken Kimee a few times and she has done really well. I am looking forward to when we can start going as a family.

Technically, it's still summer

Even though school has started, and it is now September, it is technically still summer. So I am allowed to post some summery photos and activities.

We have been eating corn on the cob from our garden. It is sooooo yummy. I cannot describe how delicously sweet, tender, and juicy it is. It is so good that Audrey, who has NEVER liked corn, and has been known to spit out a kernel of corn even if it is embedded within a bite of yummy enchiladas or something else she really likes to eat. For this reason, I determined it was very blog worthy that Audrey ate an entire corn on the cob! Kimee, on the other hand, who has always loved corn and especially corn on the cob, has grown tired of eating it every other night. The last time we had it, she didn't want any. Sad. However, I am confident that her love for the cob variety of corn will soon return.


The other night I brought out a blanket to lay Maddi on the lawn so I could weed the flower bed. Audrey proceeded to bring out more pillows and blankets for us to have some sort of sleepover on the lawn. Kimee, of course, brought out books to read. So here we are on the lawn and Kimee is reading us Curious George.




This may make me look bad and shatter everyone's image of me being a great mom (hahaha), but the reason why I asked Dave to take this picture was to show that sometimes, quite rarely, I stop working to play with the kids.

This is the boring part you don't need to read.
In the past, Dave often told me I need to stop worrying about laundry and cleaning, etc. and just relax and play with the kids. For a while this bothered me and I was feeling quite guilty for not playing with the kids more. Until I finally came to this conclusion. Unless we are on vacation or doing a specific family activity (Lagoon, camping, going to the park, etc.), I will not be playing with the kids. I will be working. I will include the kids in whatever work I am doing: folding clothes, pulling weeds, washing dishes, cooking, cleaning the floor, doing homework and reading, etc. I will try to make it fun and maybe even turn it into a game. BUT, I do not have time for just sitting around and playing. Ever since I have come to that conclusion, I have felt so much better about myself as a mom. And I can actually enjoy moments like this when they do happen instead of feeling guilty that they don't happen more often.