Soup-er Man!

Yesterday we had soup for lunch. About halfway through the meal as Johnny was discussing the soup, soup, soup. Leo pipped up with "Leo, Superman!!"

Hehehe!!

More smiles from Maeli!

Maeli is growing up... She goo's and talks and smiles with us now, we all love it! Ky and John were discussing how unfair it is that they have to go to school and miss out on Mae's smiles... :)

I love her sweet cheeks!

Such a beautiful girl!

October Fun!

I LOVE fall! I love the colors and the smells. I love pumpkins and Halloween and the treats! I love it all! I love it a little less than I used to because I am a wimp about the cold and fall means winter is coming... :) But still, I love it!

We have had some fun with some costumes and dress ups.

Miss Ky.

The boys went to a costume birthday party.

Miss Mae was our super cute baby ballerina!

Leo decided he was done being a fireman... looks just like Johnny at 2 years old, same costume too... maybe it is the costume?!

Sweetness!

Flowers

"I pick flowers, you!"

You picked flowers for me?

"HUH!"

Leo picked me some flowers!

His blanket is tied on superman style, not sure why he didn't just wear his cape... but all day yesterday he was blanket superman!

2 months!

Maeli turned 2 months old yesterday! She had her well child check, she is now 11 lbs and 23 inches, up 3 lbs and 3 inches from her birth weight. I thought she was so huge... not so much! :) She is still a little little miss.

She got shots and thanks to her mom's faulty memory and bad luck she didn't get any pain medicine until hours later... I forgot to take the medicine with us and then the one I bought while out didn't have the dropper... poor girl!!

Yea, the meds kicked in! Happy smiley girl!

She smiles the most when she is in this swing... Although she did smile at her grandpa while he was here!

Maeli's Blessing

Maeli was blessed yesterday. Our first to be blessed at church, the first 3 were at grandma's houses in Ut... It was a beautiful day THANKS to those who came!

Mae's expression cracks me up... "What is all this?!"

Steve's talented mother made Maeli's gorgeous blessing dress.


Mae's was lucky to have all 4 of her grandma's here!! AND her 2 grandpas!!


4 generations: Great Grandma Grover, Me and Maeli and Grandma Oliver


GRANDPARENTS are the BEST!!

My FOUR munchkins!


Ky and Grandma Seamons


Steve's 4 generation picture: Great Grandma Cooper, Steve and Mae, and Grandma Seamons.



MORE grandparents!!


Beautiful girl!

SMILES!!

Maeli has started to smile a little. Today I had my camera...

SO SO CUTE! I love it!

The boys had to get in on the picture taking action... SILLY BOYS!

I think she likes him...

Their expressions totally show their personalities...

more fun with googlie eyes

Hey... three eyes...

Ha ha ha... these kids make me laugh!

Googlie Eyes

"Tutu" Excited!!

Kyla celebrated her 6th b-day with a few friends and a ballerina birthday party!

The Prima Ballerinas!

Cupcakes are the best... so easy and fun!

Steve "helping" with the party... Maeli looked so cute in her tiny tutu!

Our 6 Year Old!

Our Miss Gooberella turned 6 years old yesterday!! They had Johnny Appleseed's birthday party at school so she got to have an extra fun birthday at school! Thanks to Mari who kept my three little ones, I went in to help with the party. It was fun to meet her school friends and see her in the classroom.

Ky lost another tooth last week, she is up to 8 missing teeth! He toothless grin is pretty cute. I think she should be a vampire for Halloween.. :)!!

Ky with her PINK Ballerina cake!

Her famous toothless grin!

We had cousins over for cake and ice cream. Thanks for coming Amy and Brad!

All 6 in one breath... yep 6... How did that happen?! I spoke in church on Sunday and in preparation thought about moving to Flagstaff 6 years ago, when little miss was just 7 days old! We were crazy, by the way. But we have had an amazing 6 years!

Daddy's Favorite Shrimp!

Steve got this shirt for Maeli, the kids think it is hillarious! We had shrimp Alfredo the other night and they were laughing through the whole meal...

"Is this dad's favorite shrimp... nope Mae is dad's favorite!!"

They thought it was so funny and I thought they were so funny!

1st Day of Preschool!!

Johnny started preschool today! He was most concerned about whether or not the train table was there... He played with it when Ky went to the same school 2 years ago and has been dying to play with it again! It may be the only reason he wanted to go to school this year. :)

Our John Dude

Johnny's words...

"Now I know, because I tried it."

After trying to start the car and getting a super size lecture from mom... He finally agreed that it was dangerous, because he tried it and it scared him. We have always said if we can get Johnny on the right track NO ONE will sway him... I think this shows how important that is going to be... Mr. I will accept the lesson once I have learned it for myself! I guess that is what we are here for, to learn, I just hope he can learn some things without trial and error! :)

Then he says sweet things like this...

"Little Maeli girl, you are as fragile as a flower."

He is a super sweet boy, who LOVES his baby sister!

In other news...

Kyla has lost 7 teeth to date, she pulled one out today, all by herself... It was barely hanging on, sideways and everything. She has only grown 2 back... 5 teeth down make apples a bit of a challenge. Steve calls her "toothless" and she really is. Good thing school pictures are next week, we'll have her jack-o-lantern grin documented!

Our bishopbric changed today. After 11 months as 2nd counselor Steve was released... and called as 1st counselor. I wasn't too worried about it, until Steve reminded me that this time it will be for more like 5 years... oh yeah and oh well.

Maeli is ONE MONTH OLD today! She has "woken up" as Steve calls it. She doesn't sleep 24/7. We have discovered that she likes to be held if she is not sleeping... not too unusual for a teeny tiny miss, but it does make cleaning the house and making dinner a little more challenging. Someday I will have a clean house again, until then, I will LOVE my tiny mess makers! "Tiny"makers not tiny messes...

Leo is still Leo, he has decided that he would like his way, once in awhile, but he is the easiest kid to talk out of a tantrum! "My cry, all done." He has also decided he wants to wear underwear...

As long as I don't let myself get too worried about the state of my house or having the perfect nap schedule I do great. I feel blessed to have my four beautiful children and the best husband around. Ky told me at dinner I am the best mom she has ever had... not too much competition for that title. :)

Maeli's Photo Shoot

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!