Here's the quick recap of the other events that took place in March...
{...SWEET LITTLE BABY FACE...}
Why do we feel the need to take so many pictures of babies when they are young? I don't know, but I'm extremely guilty of it.
{...ARTSY FARTSY...}
Shaylyn is a great artist and shows such great promise. Here's a look at one of her first art assignments for a class in school. They worked on drawing pictures using a grid on the original. She hadn't quite finished the assignment when I took the picture, but it still looks good.
{...SO SLEEPY...}
I love watching babies sleep...no matter how old the baby is. Plus, sometimes you get some awesome pictures.
{...ZOOTOPIA...}
On a bit of a whim, we decided to take the kids to see the new movie, Zootopia. The kids all enjoyed it and Zach made it super easy on us and slept through the whole thing.
{...BIG SISTER SNUGGLES...}
If there's one good thing I can say about the age of selfies, it's that Shaylyn is good at taking some with her siblings. I wouldn't get some of these moments without her.
{...HE MAKES IT LOOK COOL...}
Shaylyn got a pair of costume glasses for a decades dance she went to at school. Since then the little kids have found it fun to put them on. Gotta say, Jace looks pretty cool with them on.
{...BROTHERLY LOVE...}
Sometimes Jace enjoys being with his brother...
{...DOWNSIDE OF THE DIGITAL AGE...}
And here's the downside of kids in a digital age. You find all sorts of fun things on your camera when you let the kids borrow your phone...
Most of September was just a bunch of random happenings. We have months like that, and it's perfectly okay with me.
{...FASHION SENSE...}
Eric's mom was at Costco one day before we had gone school shopping and saw a cute outfit that she just had to get Ailey. So when I actually had Ailey wear it I had to take a picture. This outfit also came with a grey jacket thing with yellow flowers on it, but it was way too hot this day to put it on as well.
{...JUST DANCE...}
We were watching one of Ailey's best friends while his mom was at the dr. These two decided to play Just Dance and it was hilarious to watch. The song they chose has got to be one of the most difficult dances on the game, but it's also one of the most fun ones. (Sorry for Shaylyn's chatter during the video - she must not have realized I was recording)
{...REPLACEMENT...}
I happened to notice one day that the freezer wasn't freezing things anymore. I mentioned it to Eric as it had happened before and he was able to fix it. When he got home from work he went about trying to fix it the same way, but decided it was a lost cause.
We took a trip to Best Buy as that was the best payment plan we could find and took a look at what they had. We made our choice, but it was goint to take a week and half to be delivered. That was a crazy long time to go without refrigeration, but we managed using coolers and a lot of boxed and canned foods.
It was almost like Christmas Day for me when my new fridge arrived.
{...Out with the old...}
{...In with the new...}
{...LITTLE DANCING FEET...}
I finally got around to getting Ailey into a dance class. I chose to go with a tumbling, tap and ballet combo class as she's never had any dance before. I thought for sure she'd be all eager to go, but she wasn't nearly as thrilled as she'd led me to believe she'd be whenever she talked about dancing before. Either way, we got her to go and she actually did enjoy herself.
{...CUTE KIDS...}
Jace loves being outside and when he figured out he could play in the backyard, he spent a lot of time there. One day I decided to go sit out there while he played. Ailey joined in a little later and these two just looked so cute that I started taking some pictures. I was super happy with some moments I just happened across.
{...He was giving kisses...}
{...MAKE ROOM DADDY...}
For the most part, Jace and Ailey get along really well. However, they are also both prone to jealousy when mom or dad is holding one and not the other. This almost happened one night with Daddy, but thankfully Daddy has long arms and long legs. The perfect amount of space for 2 little bodies.
{...SILLY DOG...}
There are moments as owners of dogs that make you laugh out loud. This was one such sight. I don't know why our dogs are so attached to soft things...
(...JUST CHILLIN'...}
My older sister sent my little sister and I a text one day with a photo of her daughter in the dryer and with the caption, "I have to get this one out of the dryer."
My little sister responded with a photo of her 2 year old literally hanging on the bar in the car like a monkey while waiting to get his sister from Kindergarten. She replied with "Haha! Do you need us to buy some towels so you don't have to dry her? Then we have monkey boy over here..."
I quickly snapped this photo of Jace and said, "Don't know why you two are having issues, mine is being an angel."
{...2 YEAR OLD TWINS...}
So I was watching my friends boys again while she had a dr. appt. Jace and her kid are only 4 months apart or so and it gives me a pretty good idea of what having 2 year old twin boys would be like. I'm grateful the Lord never blessed me with twins. I might really be crazy. These two monkeys were having the funnest time peeking through the blinds at absolutely nothing...They are fun, but a lot of work.
This is the part in the program where we pay special attention to those things that happened, that can't really be put into a post on their own.
It started when I noticed that the dogs were being more friendly than they usually are. Don't get me wrong, they get along just fine as long as Flower is given her space and Domino pays her no mind. But Flower was in a particularly lazy mood and just didn't care that Domino snuggled right up next to her.
Ailey thought she needed a picture taken of the remainder of her Halloween Candy.
Jace showed Shaylyn the proper way to brush hair.
On Thanksgiving, we discovered that Jace is in dire need of a real hat.
The month ended on a super sweet note when the following happened. I was making Eric his favorite rolls for his birthday and to do so, you need to roll the doll out into a circle. Instead mine came out a heart. Awww...
On the 9th of this month Jace turned 6 months old. Seriously can't believe he's been on this earth for half a year already. They grow so fast. So being his 6 month birthday I took him for his check-up on the 12th.
While we got put into the room fairly quickly, waiting for the Dr. was another story. I've never had to wait as long as we did for this visit.
We kept busy during our wait though. Jace was making the cutest faces and sticking his tongue out and so I snapped a few photos.
After awhile the Dr. came in and started to do the check-up. At one point he asks if Jace has developed the 'Stranger Danger' fear yet. I laugh it off and say no. So the Dr. goes to pick Jace up and take him to the table to check his belly and man parts and Jace gets the look of fear on his face and starts crying. Thanks for turning me into a liar, little bud.
The check up goes well and just like his Daddy, this boy is tall and thin. He is 27 3/4 inches tall (89%) and weighs 16 lbs. 5 oz. (24%). Then come the shots. Poor kid. He does not handle shots well at all.
The rest of the night he wasn't a very happy camper and just wanted to be loved. But at one point in the night he took a real interest in Flower and it was seriously the only thing that made him happy. He was laughing and smiling. So Daddy kept Flower close by and we even let Jace give her a treat.
I suppose the phrase is true. "Dog is Man's (Boy's) Best Friend."
Little Baby Lexi
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There are times when certain scrap kits just call to me...this was the case
when I saw Connie Prince's Baby Love. My little sister had a baby in
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