Soaking up Sunshine

We have been trying to sneak in time at the camp while packing to move. :) It was a beautiful weekend, and we were able to soak up some much loved sunshine!

This Little Love of Mine....

 I found this dress for ten dollars at a garage sale last summer when Vivian was a baby with this purpose in mind. :)

 I was hoping to have a real photographer take her one year pictures, but I got my new camera in the mail, and with the fact that we're moving in a couple of weeks I figured I'd give it a go myself. It wasn't planned to do it today ( check out the dirty little toes. :)), but I had help and she was in a good mood, so we winged it.

I am pretty pleased with the way they turned out! What do you think? :)  Now to just print them off and frame my favorite!  ( btw- her hair doesn't usually stick straight up like that on top. the wind came along and blew her little wispy hair right up. She thought it was pretty funny, and that's how we got her to smile at us.)

Catching Up

 I haven't really been very good about keeping up on this blog as of late, but I promise I haven't fallen off of the ends of the earth. :) This little lady will be one in less than two weeks! Can you believe it!? I hardly can! She's been by far, my busiest little body around here. Climbing stairs, standing on her own for short periods of time, and starting to try and take steps towards walking. Eek! I want her to wait on that last one til her Daddy comes home from North Dakota to come and get us. :)

 All four of my little loves before church on Sunday morning.

 Vivian LOVES the bike. Anytime she's outside she's got one of us pushing her around. I think she needs one her size for her birthday coming up.

 And Jenna..... she's almost done with kindergarten. At her music program, her classmates each stood up and shared what their dream is to be when they grow up. There were policemen, firefighters, teachers, actors, a flower picker, and my Jenna, who wants to be an acrobat. :) Melted my heart.

This guy ( please excuse the messy face) just turned three. I love my kids, but not the age three. The saying terrible twos is WAY off in my opinion. It should be terrible threes. At least with all four of my  kids. It's like someone flips a switch when they turn three and they get so SASSY! By the time three and a half rolls around they are somewhat better, but man oh man, Logan has been trying my patience lately with his major temper tantroms. I am just glad that Aaron will be home in ten days to help me deal with the chaos of raising four children. Then it's off to North Dakota we go for good!

A Spring Day in March

Three Weeks

This little girl has had a busy few weeks! She's got three, almost four teeth, she waves bye, and goodnight, is *almost* crawling ( I can wait a little bit longer for this stage. Once they are on the move, they are into everything!), and can push herself up into a sitting position.  She seems especially big since both of my sisters Loretta and Alanna just had two adorable baby boys! We welcomed Parker Eli on 2-13-12 and Henrik Arthur on 2-27-12.  I got to see Lo and Parker when he was brand new ( less than 24 hours) but haven't been to see her since as we've both had sick kids between the two of us for the past two weeks. Alanna is out in ND, so we'll have to wait til we see them either out there, or they come up here.

Speaking of ND, Aaron has been out there for three and a half weeks. Seems like forever ago. We are planning on meeting up with him halfway in MN in three more weeks. I can't wait! :) Lots has happened in those three weeks. I have two new nephews, Vivs has been on the move. Those are the positive. The neg. is I have an uncle who is in critical condition after suffering a hematoma a week ago. Prayers for his full recovery would be much appreciated. Also, on the other side of the family, and an aunt has been placed in hospice care after fighting MS for many years. Prayers for her comfort are being said as well.

And one last thing... It's MARCH! One month closer to spring. February is the shortest month of the year, but up here it feels like one of the longest. Kind of like a limbo between the end of winter, and the start of spring. It surely ended with a bang here with two snow days in a row. We got so much snow all at once, and with the wind causing it to drift, some of the back roads were so plugged up they had to bust through them with a big sno-go. I'm hoping March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. An early spring would be great!

100 Days Smarter

 Jenna has made it through 100 days of school. :) Check out her smile, one of her top teeth has poked through and is now about halfway down. I'm getting used to her new smile, and it makes me smile myself when I see her tooth there. It's been a few years since she's had front teeth.

 This little love is 8 months old, and she just got her first tooth on the bottom. She's rolling all over the floor, and is becoming our little vaccuum cleaner. A good reason to keep my floors clean! :) She is not crawling yet, but has been pushing up onto her hands and knees, and is leaning onto her knees from a sitting postion to reach for things in front of her.

This guy.... he's been my buddy with Travis gone to preschool in the mornings. It's usually just him and I for a few hours while Vivian is down for her two hour morning nap. He and I have been ejoying each other's company. Logan is such a fun kid, and there are many times during the day where he makes me smile just watching him be himself. :)

My Cloth Baby Diapers and Legwarmers

We recently tried out a new diaper and were asked to do a review on it. Brittany, the owner of My Cloth Baby sent us a diaper to test out. The first thought that came to mind when it showed up in the mail was that her shipping was super efficient. Great customer service goes along way.

 The second was how cute and soft the diaper ( click on the linked word to see a picture of the diaper on the website) itself was! I didn't think I was a fan of the minky outer material on a diaper, but it's probably our favorite one right now. I love it! And it stays just as soft wash after wash. She's also got alot of other darling prints for girls and boys or some gender nuetral prints along with a few solid colors. It's an Eco Grow One Size diaper and it's on the roomy side! We have Vivian snapped down to the second to last rise and she'll stay there for a while I think as there is lots of room to grow into the next snap up.

 The next step was to see how well it holds up to my super soaker of a daughter. It worked really well. The elastic was a good fit around the legs and her waist, so we had zero leaks. V has some pretty chubby thighs, so it's sometimes hard to get a good fit around them and also get a good fit around the waist at the same time so we don't get any leaks. I was excited that we were able to get good fits on both. :)

 Lastly, the price is super reasonable. Just 10.00 for the diaper ( half the price of some of the biggest leading brands). She's also got lots of cute leg warmers to match, along with a few other baby items in her store :)   All in all we have no complaints about the diaper! It's cute, a great fit, and holds in the messes well! We'll definetly be buying from her again. :) Thanks Brittany!

*** In case you didn't catch the link, or for some reason it just didn't want to work on your computer, to get to Brittany's website go to:   http://hyenacart.com/stores/myclothbaby