Does Your House Ever Look Like This?

Everywhere you turn there is a baby asleep, or in time out, or eating her lunch… You just can’t go anywhere without finding one!

Karly, Karly, Karly

Karly has done absolutely fantastic since coming home from the hospital.  She is a really sweet, happy baby. 

She has been sleeping pretty well, usually waking up once to eat.  She has a great big smile and loves to lay on the floor and kick her legs and watch her toys!  She even learned how to roll over this past week. 

She has been surviving Noelle’s endless attempts to hold her change her clothes and diaper, and even the few times she has tried to carry her around!  You just can’t take your eyes off that girl for one minute!

 

I’m so excited that Noelle loves her sister so much!  I hope that they continue to have fun together and will enjoy each other as much as Michele and I do when they are older! I love how Karly looks terrified in this picture!

Look What I Can Do!

It’s official!  The boy who hates to ride his bike can ride without training wheels!  I wouldn’t say that he loves to ride yet but he can do it!

Hooray for Thomas!!

School Days, Again!

Just as soon as I was getting over Thomas starting Kindergarten it was time for Noelle to start preschool.  Even though we loved Snell’s for Thomas we felt it was time for a change so Noelle is going to Central Methodist Nursery School.  She is only going 2 days a week but it has been quite the transition for me!  We were sure that she was going to cry on her first day but she did awesome!  She is enjoying every minute of school and is having lots of fun playing school with her babies at home too!

On her first day of school they had a teddy bear picnic!

I have been learning that life for a mom with two kids in different schools is mostly spent in the car!  It’s a good thing Karly doesn’t mind being in her car seat because this is our schedule on Tuesday and Thursday:

8:15  Thomas’ school starts

9:00  Noelle’s  school starts

11:30 Noelle’s school ends

11:55 Thomas’ school ends

It doesn’t help that Noelle’s school is all the way across town!  We have to really hurry to be on time to pick up Thomas from school!

Karly’s Blessing Day

Karly had her blessing on August 1st.  It was a very special, fun, and memory filled day.  Brother Winsborrow, a long time friend and who baptized me, gave Karly her blessing.  He had also given Karly a few blessings while she was in the hospital and he was so excited to see how big she had grown since he had seen her last!

We were lucky to have my Dad, Mom and Chris, and Aunt Paula be there for the blessing and it was extra special to have have my Cousin Arianne and her children be there as well all the way from Alaska!

Our first family portrait

 

I love this one of the kids

The girls

Ladies Man!!

Everybody!

School Days

Thomas started Kindergarten at the end of July.  I had so many mixed emotions as we started his first year of real school.  I was so sad that for the first time he would be away from home several hours everyday, I was nervous for him to be around so many new people and situations knowing that he’s a shy boy, and I was also excited to start this new chapter in his life.

I still miss him being at home with the girls and I during the day and we are all still getting used to having to get up early and out the door every morning but he is enjoying school, making new friends, and learning lots everyday!

Great Grandma and Grandpa

Dave is lucky enough to have his Grandparents on his Mom’s side living here in town.  I have so many fond memories of my Great Grandparents, none of whom are still alive though, so I am thrilled the kids have Great Grandparents on his side. 

We visited this summer and had a fun time hearing stories and looking at old photographs.

They sent Karly the cutest purple tutu outfit, I just had to put it on her for the visit.  It was just so much fun I can’t wait to go back!

Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation with all 3 kids in July.  We wanted to take them to the ocean but did not want to freeze our buns off in the cold ocean water or spend half of the day in fog.  So we decided to head to Lake Tahoe where we could play on the beach and in the water without having blue toes!

Thomas and Noelle thought that the hotel was the best thing ever!  Noelle kept asking if this was going to be our new home forever and weeks after returning home they continued to ask to go back!

The worst part about going on vacation with children is having to eat out for every meal!  At least if you have kids like mine who are not impressed by restaurants!  We were very happy to find many places had outdoor seating so the kids could be a bit louder and move around a little too.  I had so much fun using the Yelp application on my phone to pick out places to eat that people had rated delicious and economical!  I hate spending a lot of money at a restaurant only to get mediocre service and food.

 

 

 

We had a fantastic time playing on the beach each day.  We were lucky to find a sandy, kid-friendly beach, where the water was warm.  Michele and I even turned out to be pretty good sand castle builders.  The kids enjoyed “treasure hunting” with Dave.  I think the most exciting thing they found was a dead rat by the water though.

Karly was a good sport, as always, and slept most of the time under the beach umbrella.  She really is such an easy, happy baby!

 

Overall it was a really fun vacation!  It took me about 6 hours to pack everything we would need for the trip and about 3 times that long to get all the sand out of our clothes, car, car seats, stroller, etc.  Most of all I was just glad to know that we could accomplish a vacation with 3 kids and we are already planning for next year!

Monster School Bus

Driving by the mall one day Noelle and I spotted a humongous school bus.  She just had to get closer to take another look and when we did we saw that for a small donation you could take a ride on this Monster School Bus!

So, a few days later we returned with Daddy, Thomas, and The Semillo’s to take a ride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ride was a little rough and I think all the kids were holding on for dear life with white knuckles but fun was had by all!!