Garet is 4 Months!

Stats: 13 lbs 15 oz (25%) 24 in (10-25%) Head Circumference 41cm (10-25%)

Well, what do you know. Garet is the baby of the family and here it is 3 whole days after he turned 4 months and I am finally posting his 4 month picture.
Garet is a happy baby! He is content to lay on the floor and kick his feet. He loves it when someone sits and talks to him. He is beginning to figure out that he has hands and that he has some control over those hands! He has his fist in his mouth quite often. He still won't take a pacifier. He loves his swing and usually takes his naps in that. I have started putting him in his big crib in Makenzi's room but he isn't too sure about that. He still sleeps in the pack and play in my room at night well though. Everyone loves to make him smile!

Dry Baby

Poor Garet,his baby soft skin isn't baby soft. He is such a good baby that he doesn't complain but he sure does have dry patches! I tried putting baby oil on him, baby lotion twice a day, and finally I have found that Cetaphil works the best. I just have to keep him lathered!

Eli's Schoolwork

This is just one example of what we see with Eli's schoolwork. He is so detailed on his projects that sometimes it just makes Spencer and I laugh. I don't know how well you can see but, the page was for practicing his spacing between his words and then he was supposed to draw a picture of the sentence that he wrote.

He drew a picture of the fat cat sitting on a brown box in the lower right corner and he only knows what else he decided to add!

Can You See The Floor At Your House?

T'was 2 days after Christmas and all through the house,
every person was playing, even my spouse.
The toys were strewn though the whole house galore
you could hardly find a bare spot to walk on the floor!

Yes, from the front door you can see all of the way through my house into the back yard. Not great in our humble small home!

I think that all of the toys might stay out here in the living area since there is little space for them in the bedrooms. What was Santa thinking???

For Christmas my parents and not so much little brother came down to be with us. We had a great time having them with us to enjoy the holiday. We all participated in the nativity. Don't laugh! Makenzi and I traded robes for the occasion.

Christmas morning

My Granny made us a gingerbread house and sent in down in pieces for us to put together. When I was a kid, she made one for each of her kids families to decorate. I have a lot of great memories with all of the cousins sitting around the big table and decorating the gingerbread houses even when we were teenagers!

While we were living at Granny and Pappy's house, I helped her make the gingerbread houses one year. So I glued the house together one day.

Then we decorated it the next.

Gavin did not want to wait to eat it so our house had a mouse hole this year!

Garet was so excited about his first Christmas!

Garet at 3 Months

We love our little guy!
He still doesn't sleep though the night but he does have the cutest little giggle!

Welcome Aboard The Polar Express!

On Makenzi's birthday we went up to Williams Arizona and rode on "The Polar Express". It was a good 5 hour drive but it actually went by pretty quickly. The kids were really good in the car. We had to stop every 2 hours to take the baby out of his car seat and to feed him. We got there just in time!

The kids were super excited and we boarded the first train in the first car. They served hot chocolate of course, and read the story to us. Then we got to meet the conductor.

The kids were so excited when Santa came to our car. He gave each child a giant jingle bell.

We gave the kids their matching PJ's to wear on the train. We had them put them on over their clothes because it was colder than what we are used to!

The kids wanted to stand in line to visit with Santa before heading home. Gavin could hardly wait! He was so cute! It is so much fun to see the excitement in the kids eyes in the anticipation for Christmas.