Ta Da

It was just a confidence issue! Brian was just hanging on to those training wheels as a safety net. Now there is no looking back. He even told the neighbors "We took off my training wheels, and I am never going to need those again."

Siblings

I love that my kids have each other. Even though Emily and Brian have a love/hate relationship, they are so cute together. I remember how much fun my brother and I had playing together. Emily and Brian both love Danielle so much, (it will be a miracle if she survives being an infant). The want to hold her, play with her, and take care of her. It is actually a big help sometimes.

My girls in their matching PJ's

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Brian went on his first field trip with his Pre-K4 class. They rode the school bus (I don't know who was more anxious about that, me or him?) to the Pumpkin Patch in Mayflower. They played, had lunch and icees, and had a hay ride to the patch to pick out their pumpkin to take home. I gave him the option to ride back home with me, he choose the school bus, I guess I was more anxious.

The wheel of the tractor that pulled the wagon for the hay ride.

Crawling through the hay tunnel

Moving On Up

Many of you know that Little Rock is not where I am originally from. I was drug out here kicking and screaming (well at least crying) 6 years ago by my loving husband and Arkansas native. I agreed to come only because there was a Target in town. However, I did not realize that Little Rock was a "little" short on retail an dining options. So for the past few years I have survived by getting my fix when we travel back to Denver to visit family a couple times a year. One of my favorite casual dining restaurant is Chipotle. Well we still don't have a Chipotle, so I will have to get by on a close runner up, until we get a Chipotle.

Announcing the grand opening in Little Rock, AR on October 1, 2008...

I have already been there twice.

Birthday, Birthday, Birthday

All of my children now share a birthday within a month of each other. Danielle is September 12, Brian is September 23, and Emily is October 10. So we had a big birthday party while my mom was still in town. We had a pink princess cake for Emily, and a cool Star Wars cake for Brian, cooresponding decorations and lots of presents. We sang happy birthday twice and blew out candles twice.

Emily got lots of princess stuff, a Sleeping Beauty doll, princess bedding, and dress up stuff

Brian's Star Wars Cake

Brian got the ride on car he had been wanting a Huge Monster Truck; Grave Digger

Emily's Princess Cake

Danielle's Blessing

We decided to bless Danielle last Sunday, while my mom was still in town. We had brought her a white dress, I had shoes that Emily had worn, and I picked up a pair of tights at Target. But I still needed the Blessing Bouquet just like the one Emily had when she was blessed. Cynthia Johnson had brought it as a gift when Emily was born, and it is so special that I wanted Danielle to have one too. I had looked online trying to find one, but was unsuccessful. Finally, I called Cynthia to ask her about it. Turns out she makes them! No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere. She was working on one for Danielle. Now we were all set.

I got up early to get ready for church (it starts at 9:00am) to make sure that everyone would be ready and on time. I also wanted to get our traditional family picture before we left for church. Sometimes even best laid plans don't always work out. Just as Brian finished breakfast, he said his tummy felt sick, and then he threw up. We were going to scrap the whole thing, but everyone else was already dressed, so I figured we would at least take a picture. So we got him ready too, and he seemed fine, and we went ahead to church.

Danielle was blessed by her daddy, standing in the circle with him were her Grandpa Ralph Jones, our friends Bud Bailey, and Dave Deschampes, and Frank Opitz who is the second counselor in the Bishopric. It turned out perfect. She looked like the most beautiful little angel in her white dress.

I Sunburned My Baby

Danielle had a touch of jaundiced a few days after she was born, so I was making sure that she got some sun. I was careful to only let her in the direct sun for a few minutes...maybe I lost track of time, new mommy brain?