Brynn and Another Snowman

Brynn just keeps growing. She is eating solid foods wonderfully, she loves to watch Caleb and she loves to be upside down. That's right, if you ever sit her on your lap and lay her back so far that she is upside down, she doesn't want to come back up, she fights it.

I think Caleb is going to ask for a snowman every time it snows. He has so far. Here is our second snowman, this time built by Derrick:

Snowman and Little Drummer

We built our first snowman, or maybe I should say penguin because that is what it looks more like.

A few days before the snow stuck, it lightly snowed. Caleb was excited but then a little disappointed when he got outside.

Oh yes, and Brynn has decided to be a drummer.

Ok, so she needs some practice.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Boy did Caleb love Halloween. On Halloween day we had Caleb draw on his pumpkin. As I was putting it back out on the porch I told Caleb, "We'll put it here so the kids can see it." When the first trick-or-treaters were walking away Caleb asked me, "Kids see pumpkin?" I told him they did and they loved it. He was so proud of his pumpkin (the only thing I drew on the face was the tongue because Caleb asked me to). Can you see the eyes, nose, mouth and hair?

Derrick took Caleb trick-or-treating. After almost every house Caleb would ask politely, "Go get more candy?" He was so excited and held his bag open and ready the whole time.
Once, Caleb was behind a pack of kids who all got one piece of candy. Then when he got up there the lady told him he was so cute she would give him extra candy and she did.



Caleb showing off his costume:

We also had a church party with soup and trunk-or-treating. Caleb loved that too he mostly played on the grass with some other boys and then I took him around to get candy. He was so sweet. He says both trick-or-treat and thank you afterward.

This week

Let's start with Brynn:


Caleb loves truck books!

Caleb is not much of an eater. He has a few things he likes, eggs and orange juice are two favorites though.

Aquarium

We went to the local aquarium for the first time. We saw fish, penguins, bugs, snakes and spiders. Caleb liked the fish the best.

6 Month Pictures Are In!

We snuck in a few of Caleb too:

Awesome or Awful?

Ok, so this video will make you either think I'm an awful mother to let my son eat ice cream out of the container, on the counter. Or, I'm a pretty cool mother that lets her kids let loose every once in a while. I choose to believe the latter. Oh, and this really is what it looks like. I knew he started to do it and I let him. He was so happy.

So, I already posted some pictures from this photo shoot but I noticed I didn't post this one and it is so cute!

6 Months, Really?

I can hardly believe it but Brynn is 6 months old now. She had her 6 month check up on Monday and she's doing great! She weights 15 lbs 15 oz and is now in the 50% for weight (compared to her other appointments where she was 75%). That baby chub is already starting to melt away.
Brynn is still in the 50% for height too. She's just an average baby girl now.

Here's Brynn's first time sitting down to eat real food. She still isn't eating the cereals very well but I try every day to feed it to her. She does like those Sweet Potato Puffs however and it is so cute because Caleb likes to put them in her mouth.

Brynn is sleeping from about 7pm to 7am these days and takes 2 or 3 naps. She likes to be held, she likes to laugh when you play peek-a-boo or tickle her and she likes hold and suck on toys. She is also starting to pay more attention to Caleb. That is one I've been waiting for. It is fun to have two kids and see the way they interact with each other.
Once when Brynn was on the floor and started fussing (because princesses can't be left on the floor for too long) Caleb said, "Poor Bwynn." That is something I say when she is tired and crying and we can't put her down for some reason, or because she has been in her car seat too long. Caleb just took it to mean it's something we say whenever she cries.
Overall, Brynn is happy. When she first wakes up she gives you the cutest smiles and I feel like her face is more angelic than ever. I just like that she has a look about her now (more than just a newborn face) and it is so perfect. I love her!

These are the Days

I've been sewing again! I made a little outfit, headband and even booties (not pictured) for Brynn's 6 month pictures. We took those today and I will post them when we get them! Doesn't this dress look so elegant? I love it! (Thank you Pinterest for finding me a free pattern)


Thanks to a Relief Society activity at church I learned that it is ok to add spinach to smoothies. Caleb loves to make them and eat them:

Caleb picked up Brynn's blanket and said, "Bwinn blankie. Give to her?" I told him he could. He did this when he "gave it to her." (I asked him to do it again for the camera)

OH, and I forgot to mention Brynn is getting her two bottom teeth. I can't believe it. I was so excited with every new thing that happened to Caleb but with Brynn I don't want her to get bigger. I'm sad to see those new teeth coming in. Oh well. That's how time works I guess.

Halloween Bag

Here is a blog that is doing a cute personalized Halloween Bag giveaway!

A Little Cuteness

If this isn't the cutest thing, I don't know what is:

We were watching our favorite Sabbath appropriate video on Sunday morning and Derrick started making Brynn dance. I thought she looked like a doll since she was still in her sleep sack so I took a short video of it:

Our New Home

Here's our new home minus the third car garage to the right:

If you are so curious as to what it looks like I provided a quick tour of our house. We still haven't unpacked everything so forgive the mess.
First Floor:

Second floor:

Backyard:

We love our new home and we love our neighbors. We are all so happy here and we can't wait to get more settled.

Bath Time

Is it awful that I didn't take any bath pictures of Brynn until she was 5 months old? The first kid really does get the most attention. Oh well, here's Brynn and her rolls in all their glory.

New Place

We've moved, and we finally got internet last night. I'll post pictures of the actual house later but here's a start. This is what our back yard opens up to. It's nice to have the beautiful view and still be in a residential area.

We are at the top of a culdesac and there are kids all around. There is a boy next door just one month younger than Caleb! Every evening we go out there are kids in the street riding bikes and scooters and playing with toys. Our neighbors are super friendly and have welcomed us with friendly gestures (inviting me to a church activity I didn't know was going on, giving food gifts, offering to pick and eat food from their garden, etc.).
We have a trampoline in our backyard, which Caleb enjoys (he also loves the neighbor's toy gun that he is holding):


We've heard that in the field there have been mice and snakes and coyotes but our neighbor has 4 cats for the mice (which also keep the snakes away) and a big dog for the coyotes. That makes me glad because I don't want animals. Hopefully those neighbors don't move away!
Here was a little video I took during the actual move:

Whenever we leave Caleb always says, "Back, new house." He loves to explore the new house and play with all the toys he forgot he had. That will wear off soon but it is fun for now. He also loves the local park, it is BIG.
Here is a picture and video I took before and after the move:

Little Miss Brynn is now 5 months old and a happy little girl. The 5-year-old girl next door saw Brynn and asked, "What are those bumps on her legs?" Yes, those are fat rolls. She is chubby, but you just wait until she starts crawling. They will be gone before we know it. Here is her million dollar smile:

Our new address is:
618 W Canteloupe Ct.
Saratoga Springs, UT 84045

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

First off, Caleb now knows how to stand and smile for a picture. This is something that only started happening recently. When he does do it, it is a closed mouth smile like above and below. I think it's kind of cute. After I take a picture he asks to see it.

We started and ended or outing at the children's garden. There were fun things for the kids like a little stream that they could drop in an object and watch it float down, a sand pit with toys and these fun metal drums:

I brought Caleb's bike and he rode around the gardens while I pushed Brynn in the stroller. I just realized I hadn't put up any videos of his new bike yet so here it is:

We also found a grasshopper:

And, I can't have a post without a picture of Brynn now can I?

Brynn is Rolling

Brynn is doing a lot of baby talk these days. She was doing a lot more before I started filming but here is a little bit and some other cute moves:

Here's her roll:

Another note: Two things about this picture. One, when we moved here Caleb was terrified of the vacuum. Grandma has been holding Caleb while she vacuums and now he is used to it and isn't too scared of it anymore. He actually likes to walk around with the vacuum like this. Two, Caleb loves girl shoes. Here he is wearing Grandma's shoes. Once when we went into Lisa's room he asked to wear Lisa's pink shoes. I couldn't find them and he was so disappointed. He really did know exactly which ones he wanted.

Dresses and Yoga

Two outfits I made for Brynn:


A few days ago Julie, Lynne and Lisa were doing aerobics and yoga. Caleb watched them for a while. Yesterday he saw the yoga mat on the floor and starts doing what he saw them do. I asked him if he would do it again if I got the camera and he responded, "Yeah." So I got the camera and he waited until I was ready and here is what he did:

Kids

Yes, Brynn is a cute little chunk. We love her. She weighed in at 14 1/2 pounds for her 4 month check-up making her 74% in weight.
As for Caleb, Derrick took him on an outing yesterday to Home Depot. Caleb's present from the trip was a 47 cent paint brush. He loved painting water on the cement:

As for an update on Caleb's newest phrase: "Do it self." He wants to ride his bike without being pushed, open doors with no help, count numbers on his own and at other random times.

Stories

-We were singing Caleb his nighttime songs. While singing "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" we let him sing the last word of every phrase (we do this a lot and he knows it well now). He did good through the first verse but then he was getting distracted by a toy tractor and not saying all the words. At the end of the song we sang, "Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves..." Caleb finished the phrase by singing the word "tractor." Yes Caleb I'm sure Heavenly Father loves tractors.
-It was Kent's birthday last week. Now whenever we pull out a desert Caleb sings, "Happy to you. Happy to you."
-I'm always asking Caleb, "Do you want to help me" and "Do you want to come with me." Now if I start to do something without asking Caleb first he says, "Help me" and "With me". He means, "I want to help you" or "Go with you."
-There was a neighborhood watch party on Tuesday night where a fire truck came. Caleb oooed and awwed over it. That night as he was falling asleep we heard him saying, "Fire twuck. Wheeoooo, wheeoooo."