Fall Festival 2010

5 Aggie Babies--Preston Tubbs (3 mos.), Landon Dyer (6 mos.), Coulter Suehs (6 mos.), Emma Snow (13 mos.)

Special Friends--Brylie, Logan and Brant

Best Buds

Our annual after trunk-or-treat candy eating picture

Our annual Brylie, Elly, Darla picture...we've had one every year, but this year almost didn't happen because Darth Vader showed up and Elly was scared out of her wits (she wouldn't take her eyes off of him, as you can see in the pic)

Darth Vader (Jr--the BIG Darth Vader aka: Lawson & Bry's Papa Dale showed up later), Obi Wan, and Anikan (or Derian, Logan, and Brant)

Our sweet Strawberry princess and her hero Obi Wan

From the mouth of....Elly

She keeps us hoppin' thats for sure! I love this girl. Here are a few conversations lately:

Driving by a field I was trying to keep her awake:

Me: "Elly look at those cows and the donkey. Thank you God for the animals that we get to see"

Elly: "I don't see them anywhere."

Me: "You don't see who?"

Elly: "God. I didn't see him back there!" (in a tone that very clearly meant I was an idiot for not knowing who she was talking about.)

Holding her Bible:

"My Bible says "God is ALIVE. It says so right HERE!"

Today holding her Bible: "Lets see what it says. Lets talk about me. God is SOOOOO beautiful, he lives in a far away......." (the end)

Everyday at some point: "Mom, I'm sorry I called you Dad."

Yesterday driving to school to get Logan: "The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and chewed up all the eyeballs..." (she was playing with a set of googly eyes from her snowman project at school.

Today: "here's my list. It says 9040 to get some yogurt really fast. Okay, lets get it really fast. I have to buy something."

Today eating lunch she rolled up two pieces of ham. I told her to eat it and she says, "this is my littttttle baby Jesus (holding one) and this is his manger (under the other piece of ham)"

Last night, I was starting to get a sinus infection and wasn't feeling well at all. She lays out a baby blanket beside me and says, "You lay down here right now and you will feel ALLLL better."

Yesterday after we picked Logan up from school. "Log (pronounced Lowg), did you have a good day at school?" "Did you have fun playing with all of your friends?"

Ohhhhhhhhh....we love, love love this girl and the fun that she brings to our family!!!

The Princess and the Pea

This story sums up the personalities of my two oldest children so very well:

Yesterday, Elly was taking way too long to eat lunch, so we all left her at the table to finish up by herself (a true punishment for her). Well, it got to be naptime, so Jarrod grabbed her up and took her to her room. She started saying, "I have a pea in my nose" on the way back and Jarrod proceeded to tell her "No you don't. We didn't have peas for lunch." Well, he went to put her in her bed and she looked up at him with those sweet blue eyes, calm as she can be and says, "Daddy, will you please get the pea out of my nose?" I was reading a chapter book to Logan, so we stopped, I grabbed a flashlight and sure enough there was a green mass in her nose. Jarrod went to get the tweezers and sure enough, I grabbed a large green pea from her nose. This was actually done with no drama, no crying, not being the least upset...hopefully this is a glimpse into how she'll handle pressure in the future. She just said "Thank you" and went to bed.

When I went to get the flashlight, Logan ran back to his room, put a pillow over his head and waited for the whole ordeal to end--little did he know there really wasn't much of an ordeal. When he realized Elly was getting back in her bed, he came to the livingroom, looked at me and said, " I didn't hear a thing. I think we should give her away--she does things that I DON'T like!"

(as a side note, the pea had rolled under her booster chair the previous night at dinner and she had found it...if santa hadn't already shopped, she'd be getting a foam booster seat for Christmas!!!)

Elly stories

Logan had to go back to school today, but he desperately wanted to go wake Elly up before he left to tell her goodbye. Of course, I wouldn't let him, but it just gives a little insight into how sweet their love for one another is. Elly went down for her nap before I left to get Logan from school (Jarrod was home today) and she didn't wake up until 4 hours later. She awoke very groggy and upset. The only way I got her out of her bed was to ask if she wanted to go see Logan, so she got out and went to his room, then the livingroom, then looked at me and with the saddest little face, said "I see Logan!!" Here are a few of the things that happened around here while Logan was gone:

1. I'm on the computer (it is cyber Monday, you know...) and I hear Elly (who has the phone up to her ear) saying in a pretty upset voice: "God? God, here is your money. Take your monies!" She proceeds to try shoving her coins into the phone to get them to God.

2. I'm getting dressed in my room and Elly walks in with a mischevious grin and says "I didn't do anything." I'm thinking--this is not starting out well...Here's our conversation:
Me: "what do you mean you didn't do anything?"
E: "I didn't touch anything"
Me: "What did you not touch?"
E: "nothing"
E: " I didn't open you-a draw-a" (your drawer)
Me: "Did you get into your drawers?"
E: "no, I DIDN'T do ANYTHING"
Me: "oh dear, Elly. Lets go see what you didn't do"
E: "I didn't get your bracelet."
Me: "No, you didn't get my bracelet because you weren't in my room"
E: "My room is a mess"
when we got to her room, she had in fact gotten into her drawer where I keep her James Avery bracelets and she had in fact opened a box, but it wasn't one that had a bracelet in it. And indeed her room was a mess, but thankfully that had nothing to do with the opened drawer.

That girl is going to keep me hopping for the rest of my life I'm afraid.

Upwards Football 2010

Tonight marks the closing ceremonies for the Upwards Football season. Logan has been wanting to play football and he was finally old enough this year. He did a fantastic job and of course loved every minute of it. He scored two touchdowns in each of his first two games. I love the shot below--he caught this ball in a crowd of boys and got away from them all and ran it back for a touchdown. AWESOME fun to watch.

October in Pictures

I know that most of these are of Elly...but she's just quite worthy of pictures these days. Logan is in an "awww, no more pictures" phase unless he's taking them and Landon is still just rolling around a lot...but how can I resist putting these pictures from this month of Miss Priss???

This picture is worth a thousand words...it is the epitome of Elly. She loves babies, loves hats, loves boots (or any shoes really, but boots are a favorite of the favorites) and loves reading books. I love this girl!

I love this picture--I made this shirt and found the perfect knee high socks to match with witches on them. Elly is requesting "2 pony tay-wls" quite often these days--and of course I have to go with it because she's too cute not to. I haven't let her know that this is my favorite hairdo. I'd like to keep it around a little longer!

I had to include this because it was after quite possibly the worst day I've had with three kids. Jarrod's flight was delayed all day, so he wasn't going to be making it home until nearly bedtime and family bookfair was that night. So, I went to get Elly after her nap and she had not only pooped, she had taken off her diaper and it was EVERYWHERE. While I was getting her bath ready, Logan came in half asleep and peed all over me....ahhhh how I enjoy being a mother some days! HA! So, after a bath and getting dressed in my favorite fall creation, we were ready to all go to the bookfair and really had a great evening.

Look at how cute this boy is!! I made his little spider shirt too, but the eyes didn't quite survive!

Landon 6 Months

At six Months, Landon is:

*rolling all around

*getting his binkie and putting it in his mouth

*holding his own bottle

*able to sit up with assistance

*babbling quite a bit

*spitting and blowing "bubbles"

We've had issues with his weight since his 4 month appointment, so the doctor has me supplementing him with one 8 oz. bottle of formula a day. He has been able to gain a little bit of weight since, but is still tiny. He weighs 13 lbs. 2 oz. and is in the 2nd percentile. We're pretty used to this at our house at 6 months, but we weren't quite ready for his jump down at 4 months. Thankfully we're no longer as concerned and know that he will just be small for a while and then get a little bigger later. I will say that it has been quite stressful for me in particular and that I've taken it quite hard. I can't really describe how I've felt, so I'll just leave it at its been a very difficult two months. Landon is a great baby, but not quite the sleeper that the other two were, so I'm sure that has also added to the stress.