Church museum

A few weeks ago I took the kids and we went downtown with my neighbor Sarah and her cute girls. We went to the Church history museum. My grandma has worked down there for years and I keep thinking I want to go down sometime that she is working....next time. There are so many interesting in the museum. If I didn't have the kids with me I could spend a lot of time there-just looking and reading about everything they have! The kids all had fun playing in the children's area. After the museum we had lunch at City Creek and then headed home. It was fun to go down with friends.

 

 

Miss Hadley was just chillin out in the stroller.

All the cute kiddos

 

I LOVE this picture. Captures my life. Jax buggin the girls-Hadley trying to get away and Jade trying to endure it as best she can! :)

I sure do love these three....and love how pretty the temple grounds are!

T-Ball

Jaxon's first experience with tball was awful. He was way too young and not at all ready to start playing sports. We should have waited....but we didn't and it ended up being a rough experience for all of us. He has told us several times since then that he hates baseball and was never going to play again. So imagine our surprise (and Scott's elation) when he mentioned one day while him and Scott were playing in the backyard, that he would like to play again! I asked him several times if he was sure because I wasn't going to sign him up again and have lots of crying. He kept saying he wanted to play. I decided Fall would be the best time to try it out because Scott could go to his games whereas in the spring that wouldn't be possible. So- I signed him and and wouldn't you know....he had a great time! I may have bribed him at the start that if he made it all 8 games with no crying I would get him a medium lego. Yes, that may have helped. So much so that the SECOND the high five's of the last game ended he was came running over and said "Now can we go get my medium lego?" ;) Regardless of the lego, he had a fun time. He hit off the coach almost every time and loved that Scott was there to help him. He says he wants to play again, so I think we may just try it!

 Miss Haddie had fun playing at the games!

Workin hard at putting his Lego together. I started to help but Jax took over and did my part himself! He is quite the builder

 

9-11 rememberance

I have loved going to the Healing Field in Sandy every year in rememberance of 9-11. This is the first year they didn't have flags for all of those that lost their lives. I am still grateful I was able to take the kids and remember all of those that died that day.

 

I love this memorial

 Cute Jade and Hads

 

 The kids and Liv

 

Silly Jaxon.

 This was cool. We were at the gas station and I heard bag pipes. I looked across the street and saw these two men playing outside the firestation. There were a few fireman outside listening. I thought it was so cool they would just come and play and show their respect. We pulled over and listened for a few minutes.

 

Father/Sons Camp out

This is the first year Scott has taken Jax on the ward Father/Son's campout. Jax was so excited to sleep in the mountains. Jax had been waiting all day for him to come home so they could go. When Scott got home he loaded up the car. Just as I was putting Jax in the car to go he started whining/crying and said "My breath hurts. It hurts when I swallow my breath." Just great! Scott said he would be fine. I gave him some medicine, sent the bottle with Scott, and they were on the way. He slept the enitre way up there. When they arrived at camp it was past dinner time and so they sent up tent. Jax and Scott went to go sit with the others around the fire. Scott said he lasted about 5 min before he said he was ready to go lay down in the tent and watch a show. It was definitely a rough night. Scott didn't take a air mattress so that wasn't great. Scott said Jax woke up at least 5 times not feeling well. Needless to say they didn't get much sleep. In the morning all Jax wanted to do was go home. They stopped at a lake and fished for a bit and caught a HUGE fish but Scott could tell Jax was really sick. He pretty much just sat on Scott lap while they fished and wanted to sleep. Yeah....definitely not normal Jax. He slept the whole way home. I knew as soon as I saw him that he was not feeling good at all and from the way he was talking I knew his tonsils were probably swollen. I took him to instacare-strep! Yeah, that would cause ya to feel pretty crappy. So, Although the overnighter didn't go completely as planned Jax still said he had a good time. I am sure there will be many more in their future!

11 months....too soon!

My last monthly post before Hads turns one. That makes me so sad. Like really, really sad. Something about knowing how quickly kids grow up combined with Hads being my last baby makes her almost turning one seem so much harder than the other two.

Here is a wrap up of the past month:
- She finally had another tooth pop through on the top-and I think the other top tooth is almost through too. So she has 3 almost 4 teeth.

- She is 100% mobile and gets EVERYwhere, which is of course means she tries to get into lots of things she shouldn't be! She also loves pulling up on whatever she can-my legs being her personal favorite.

- She really doesn't have a favorite toy or anything like that. The only way I can get her to sit still for even a few minutes is to put a bucket full of "stuff" in front of her. She loves to pull everything out but doesn't have any intention on playing with it once the bucket is empty! She still is not happy to sit in her bouncer or play table and just watch a baby einstein. She lasts about 5 min before she starts yelling at me to get her out! :)

- After all of our issues with sippys and formula and such I went ahead and just started her on cows milk around 10 months. For the past month I have still been nursing her but slowly weaning. Last week I was down to about once a day and stopped completely on Sunday (Oct 7th). It was a pretty smooth transition and she didn't have any issues with it. That being said she isn't a huge milk drinker. I can usually get her to take about 5 oz a day, which isn't a ton but we take what we can. She loves table food. She seems to be following in the same footsteps of Jade and Jax and loves her veggies. She likes bananas but doesn't seem fond of too many other fruits. Just as a record, here are some of her fav foods: Breakfast-bananas, yogurt, waffles, cheerios. Lunch-Sandwhiches, green beans/peas, chicken nuggets. Dinner- Home made chicken noodle soup, bread, cheese tortillas

 

 

-She has learned to use her voice to get what she wants. Wow....she is noisy! She SCREAMS (shrills) when someone is bugging her (cough...Jaxon...cough) She has learned if she yells someone will take care of the problem. The other day we were grocery shopping and Hads was sitting in the cart. Jax would come up and stand on the cart in front of her. Hadley would scream and push his hands away until he would move. We thought it was a fluke but after 4 or 5 times we knew it was all intentional! They learn quickly...though I don't blame her. Jax LOVES to be in her space and bug her (in a brotherly teasing way). She uses the same loud shrill/scream when she wants something. Usually it is when she is eating or hungry and I am not getting her food fast enough.

-She still struggles some in the sleep department. I would say for most of the month she was back to waking up at least once, many times twice, a night. Not necessarily to eat, just because she would wake up and then cry really loud and for a long time until I would go and get her. 99% of the time I walk in her room with her screaming, pick her up, and she is asleep again in 30 seconds. Little stink. Well, she must just miss me that much at night! ;) On Sat night (10/06) she woke up crying so I just brought her in bed with me and it was the worst night of sleep EVER. I have always known she is a very light sleeper but that night she tossed and turned and fussed most of the night. I was so tired and grumpy when I woke up Sunday (plug for Scott: I voiced my irritation when I finally took Hads to her bed at 6:30 a.m. The next thing I knew it was 10:30. He had gotten up with the kids, took them all to the rental to turn the water off, got them breakfast and started watching conference without me. I must have been WAY tired). Anyway, after I was grumpy and tired from being up all night I started wondering if this is how she is all the time at night and maybe there is a correlation between her crappy sleep and her normal fussiness. I think I am going to take her to the Dr. to make sure she doesn't need her adenoids out or something. So....the next night, Sunday 10/07, I laid her down and an hour later she woke up. I decided to just let her cry it out. She lasted about 30 min and then went back to sleep. Since that night, she has slept through the night. I dont expect it to continue but I am trying to be hopeful!

-She doesn't say any "real" words-as in her saying a word and actually meaning that word. But she does say dada and "whats' that". It's sooo funny because she says "sssssss dat" all the time. It makes us laugh. Her favorite noise/word is "ooo rah"! She says it over and over and over again.

- She is still loved and doted on by Jade. She is lucky to have such a great big sister who takes such good care of her. She is also overly loved by Jaxon. He loves to make her laugh...and scream! :) He has just started to find it great to pick her up and carry her around. He loves it....and she hates it!

-She is still 100% a mama's girl and I admit I think that is fantastic! She loves me to hold her and gets so mad if I put her down. I must enjoy this while it lasts because I am sure my time is limited! I love holding her and snuggling with her. She is such a sweet baby.

So there ya have it. My last monthly update on my sweet baby. We all LOVE her to pieces. The next update she will be ONE!!!

 

 

This is what happens now if the toilet lid gets left open. I try to make sure all bathroom doors are shut when she is close by. The pictures below are the first time she found the toilet water. She was happy. Today she found it again....Jax hadn't flushed. So gross....good thing I got to her quickly. Doesn't she know she should play in anything yellow! :) No worries....we washed her real well!

 

And the first day we broke out the gate!