What Goes on While I Am Sleeping?

I just found these pictures on my camera. What in the world goes on in my house while I am sleeping?!?

Keep going to the next post for some much cleaner pictures!

Oh How We Love to Smile!

Keira and Elaina were playing on the floor this morning and I decided to take pictures since they were happy and I actually remembered to take pictures (have you noticed I am the worst picture taker?). I love that all of these pictures show all of their happy faces. The one of Elaina that is blurry shows how excited she gets when she is happy. She dances back and forth and sometimes shakes her head. It is so funny. I just love my cute girls!

Long Hair

So I had just brushed Keira's hair while she was distracted by Dora and I was sitting on the couch watching her and I couldn't believe how long her hair is. I know it is long and everyone always comments on how long and beautiful it is and can't believe a 2 1/2 year old has so much hair but it is insane how long it is. I just love her hair and I am so afraid to cut it. So all I do (ok, my mom does) is cut her bangs.

I included a picture of Elaina just because she is cute and getting so big. She will be 7 months old in a couple days. I can't believe how time is flying. She is trying to teeth but even when she is cranky she still keeps smiling.

Just as an update, we have done the joint bath a couple times now and the girls think it is so much fun. They are getting so good at playing and interacting and they just love each other. I hope that it keeps going and that they are life long friends.

Having Fun

So I am trying to be better about having Rick or myself take pictures. I realized the other day that I didn't have any pictures of Elaina getting a bath so I told Rick to take some. Yes I do bathe my babies in the middle of the living room. I did it with Keira too. It is just easier for me. I think Elaina is going to have to graduate to the big girl tub now since she is getting good at sitting up. She loves to splash and play and be nakey though. Since day one. The only newborn I know who loved baths. Anyway, I had to get a picture of it to show to the boyfriends one day. Hopefully soon we will be doing the group baths. What a time saver that will be!

This morning Keira was playing with her legos so I thought it would be cute to plop Elaina down right by her. Elaina can still be unsteady sitting up so I surround her with a quilt if you are wondering what that is doing there. Anyway, they both loved it and played so well together. Keira would build stuff and show it to Elaina (although she refused to build anything while we were taking pictures. Typical.) Elaina would get any lego that got close enough to her and suck and drool all over it. Yummy. They are two cute little girls and I am so happy that they are in my family.

Are We Alive?

I am officially the worst picture taker these days. Rick took these pictures for me because I asked him to. I need to take them because my girls are growing so fast but we forget.

Keira was having a hard day today. I woke up after sleeping for a couple hours to her bawling and screaming and bawling some more. My guilt meter goes way up when I hear either of the kids crying during the day when I am suppose to be sleeping and I often go out to help if it doesn't mellow in a couple of minutes. This time it didn't so I went and helped out. We were trying to calm her down. Apparently she had been crying off and on all morning. I was up for about a half hour trying to help calm her down. She came and took a "nap" with me and seemed fine once I went back to sleep. Rick said he saw her rubbing her head and she was still cranky so he thought maybe she had a headache. He gave her some tylonal and she had a LONG nap and has been just a little cutey all this afternoon. What a smart guy I have! Other than her hard day today, she is full of information. She will tell you anything about everything if you give her a minute to do it. She loves to sing any song she can think of and often comes with me to primary (because she refuses to go to nursery) and loves to sing with the "big kids." They love to sing all of the songs that she loves to sing. Too funny. "Once There Was a Snowman," "I am a Child of God," "Book of Mormon Stories," and so many others. It is so fun to have such a good singer around the house.

Elaina is getting to be such a big girl. I think she is going to be scooting and crawling before she starts rolling over with any regularity. She can get places (inches away) very slowly (she would probably lose a race with a snail). But she does it and is so proud of herself. She is still such a happy baby and has a smile and a squeal for anyone who will give her just a minute of their time. She loves to do this thing where if she gets excited and is laying on her back (although it is starting to move to her sitting up too) she will lift up her rear end with her legs and wiggle it back and forth and laugh and laugh. It is sooo cute. We are so happy to have her in our family. I think she is going to continue to bring us some much needed calm to our family. It won't surprise me if she is the peacemaker in our family. Such good girls I have. I am a lucky mom.

Big Bums

I don't have a picture for this so just scroll down and look at my last post if you need a visual aid. I had a WIC appointment yesterday and they weighed and measured Elaina. I was in shock when they told me her stats. Last month at her 4 month check up she was 19 lbs, 26 1/2 inches. This month (yes, one month later) she is 21 lbs, 27 1/2 inches. Holy Cow. That child is growing. It seems like almost an impossible rate of growth. At least we know that all of her spitting up isn't effecting her growth at all. She is either going to slow down soon or she is going to be as tall as Keira sooner than later. So funny to watch the genetics at work.

Our Cupcake

Our cute Elaina is 5 months old as of the 31st. Where has time gone? I thought we just brought her home from the hospital. She is one of the sweetest babies I have ever met. She LOVES anyone to give her attention. She is definitely going to be the social bee of our family (not that it is hard with a family full of introverts.) She talks and talks all day long and if someone gets into her line of sight she squeals and laughs and talks, talks, talks. You just can't find a happier baby. We are so happy that she is a member of our family.
By the way, her Grandpa Allen apparently just HAD to get her that shirt because it is so true. She is everyone's cupcake. Just look at those cheeks!