Look Daddy!

If 'Talia could talk she would say: "Sorry Daddy I didn't wait but, while in Oregon I learned to sit up all by myself."

"I think it is pretty fun."

"Miss you bubs."

Sophia says: "Daddy I am learning all sorts of new tricks. Look what I can do on John's tramp."
"How many more days until you come."

Ava says: "I miss you Daddy. I am doing lots of fun things."


I ventured to Oregon by myself to visit our family and friends. I stopped along the way to stay with my dear friends in Boise. Now that we are here we have been busy busy and have been having a fabulous time with everyone. One thing is missing and that is Cameron. It's not quite the same without him and can't wait for him to join us on the 2nd leg of our trip.

Right now we are in Tillamook visiting my folks. I have a lot of pictures to post and will do more later. Happy 4th of July all!

Marshmallow

Oh me oh my! I can't believe how big my little baby girl is getting. This is my favorite sleeper for her. It is soft and she is squishy just like a marshmallow. If she smelled like one I would for sure have to bite her. Get ready for a picture overload of Natalia the marshmallow.
Our living room has this great big window that Natalia loves to just stare out and pucker her lips. She is always puckering out her luscious kissers. These lips definitely didn't come from me.

"Sissy" snuck in for a picture. Yes if you are wondering Sophia is ALWAYS in her underwear. She can't stand being in clothes. She always strips after shortly coming home. We have tried everything to keep clothes on her but, she always strips. Sophia is such a good big sister to Natalia and loves to sing to her. It makes Nat laugh.
Look at that widows peak! That she got from me!
Look at those cheeks! Yummy! We love her so much. She is such a good baby and is growing so fast. I want her to slow down just a little. I love this phase.
Here are a few little things about her.
-She loves to face out when you hold her. She loves to look around and doesn't want to miss anything.
-She loves to be around her sisters and cracks up at some of their antics.
-She is a great sleeper. Morning naps are always 2-3hours then she will cat nap in the afternoon. At 8:00pm she is done for the day and will let you know it. She will only wake up once to nurse. I wish that the older two would sleep as well as her!
-She loves her bath. It is one of my favorite times with her. Kicking and splashing the whole time. I just have to keep her from rolling over.
-She loves to be on her stomach. I lay her down on her back for bedtime and she will always (even in a dead sleep) flip over on her stomach.
-She has made nursing this time around a breeze. My other two girls were a bit of a struggle at times which made it hard for me to want to continue nursing for the full year.
-She has been eating solids for the past month and is a little piggy. I only feed baby food 1 time a day but she will snort and squeal because I am not feeding her fast enough. She doesn't care for any of the cereals but, loves all of the veggies and fruits (totally different than my other two).
-Any time you make eye contact with her she will flash you a huge grin (it melts me).
-When she talks it sounds like a bird chirping. It reminds me a lot of Sophia's babbling as a baby.

We feel so blessed to have Natalia in our family. She fits in like a glove and seems to like all of the chaos. I don't know if I mentioned it but, I love this baby girl! :)

Just for Fun

I asked the girls to show me their:
1. happy face
2. silly face
3. mad face
4. excited face

It was fun to see what they came up with. Love these two.

Girls at the Park

Cameron took these pictures yesterday of the girls with the telephoto lens. These are my new favorites of the girls because you can really see their personalities. Their hair crazy, faces dirty, clothes raggy, and just happy as can be. Sophia the is happy social butterfly and Ava is the serious shy observer.
Ava's cheeks are my favorite thing on her little body and I can't seem to stop kissing them. Sophia's freckles are in full bloom. It is funny how I can't stand my own freckles but on her I think they are beautiful.
I am glad Cam captured these girls without them even knowing he was taking pictures. My new treasures. Although they are both fast asleep I think I need to go kiss some cheeks.....

The Wiz Kid

I should of known something was a brewing.

Her face is classic.

Look closely to what happened during a little photo shoot. I didn't even notice what was going on until Ava came in and said "WOOK (look) WOOK!". Then I notice the nice puddle my baby made.

Crazy Weather

What a difference a day makes here in Cheyenne. The top picture is the girls on Wednesday enjoying Popsicles, drawing with side walk chalk, and playing in the 70 degree weather with friends. The next is Thursday with 5 inches of snow. It continued to dump snow all day and through the weekend. While the girls played outside Natalia and I stayed warm and cozy indoors.

Natalia and I had a great time inside. We love to be warm and to watch the snow from inside the house.

Sophia and Ava didn't last long outside either. They kept coming in and out to warm up.

The pile of winter clothes I thought I wasn't going to see again until next winter.

After the girls were done playing in to snow we all just hung out around the house in our p.j.'s and played games, watched movies, read books, took warm baths, drank hot cocoa, colored endless amounts of pictures, and I even convinced them to ALL take a nap. Oh sometimes the weather is a good excuse to relax all day...

Sophia Lost a Tooth!

A few weeks ago Sophia came to Cameron and I saying that her tooth was wiggly. We thought yeah right but, it was actually loose. We ask her if she hit her tooth on something because being only 4 1/2 we couldn't believe that she would already be losing her teeth. Well after a look around the inside of her mouth we saw her an adult tooth starting to come through. Cameron and I both were shocked (actually Cameron got a couple of tears in his eyes and had to sit down). We couldn't believe our baby girl was growing up so fast. It was a heart breaker.
We checked her tooth ever few days to see if it was ready to be pulled. We really tried to get her excited about losing her tooth because she was really freaked out.
Well this last Saturday was the big day. I wiggled it and realized it was hanging on by a thread. Our little family was gathered in the kitchen for the big event. Sophia was wimpering and whining "Will it bleed? Well how much?" and "Is is going to hurt?" All of these questions she had asked us every day for the last month. While she was talking I reached in and gave it a twist and to my surprise it literally just fell out. She started to kind of scream but, quickly turned to laughter saying "It didn't hurt! It didn't hurt!" We all cheered and hugged her. Cam and I cried a little. After all of the chaos Sophia called all of her nearest and dearest friends (Gramma, Nana, Paca, Tes, Brayden, and Brooklyn) to tell them her "important news". She was so proud of herself and kept saying that she was now so much older and how pretty she thought she looked with the baby tooth was gone. It was a cool moment and one I will remember forever. Here are some pictures.

Ava kept saying "I so proud of you sissy-you so strong." She loved touching the space.

If you look close you can see the new tooth coming in.

So proud!

"E" For Effort

This afternoon while Sophia was in school I decided to take a few photos since I have been so bad these past couple of months about taking pictures. I even set up my back drop to take a few new ones of the baby. Well this is what I ended up with.
Ava wanted nothing to do with me and would not crack a smile to save her life. That stubborn middle child! Wonder who she gets that from?:)

This little one was wiggling, flapping her arms and legs, and babbling so much every photo was out of focus except for this one. She was wild and did not want to sit still. I think I have another lively girl on my hands.
So, I gave up and took them for a walk instead... I will try again later...