9.06.2010

Seriously cute

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Iron man

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9.04.2010

The little man is 5 months

Another month has come and gone and I am once again behind on his monthly post. Such is life.
Thanks to Anna for taking these darling pictures of our little man. ( He is four months in the photos)
At five months:
*you are still as happy as ever
*you love your baby food and finish a jar of second food and are starting to act like that may not be enough
*you are sitting up on your own (it is still a little sketchy sometimes)
*you have outgrown your infant seat
*you love to roll around all over the place
*you love your jumper
*still a great sleeper
*you wish you could get your hands on your sisters hair and bows
*you love the pool
*you are a busy guy and are always moving
*you have the cutest laugh
*you talk to yourself in the morning when you wake up for a while before we get you
*you still like to be swaddled but you break free when you want to
* you weigh 20.2 pounds (97th percentile) and are just about 28 inches long (95th percentile) and your head is also in the 90th percentile
*you are just such a great baby and your family loves you so much
*your sister can make you laugh when no one else can)
*In 6-12 month clothes
What do you think..... Do they look alike?








Just because my girl is too cute......


I love this face. Can't believe she is going to be four. She starts preschool soon so stay tuned. She is so full of personality and I can't get enough of her.

Visiting my Grandma

Stewart had a meeting in Utah so we decided to take advantage of it and go visit my Grandma while we were there. We stayed with her and had a great time as usual. I just love to go see my Grandma, she is the sweetest lady around.

She took Ella and Luke to build a bear. Ella was in HEAVEN! Of course she picked a pink bear. Shocker:) Luke picked a dog- and I can't believe how much he loves his little dog.

Funny story: while we were at build a bear a guy came up and was talking to Luke (because he had picked out the same dog) and Luke burst out into tears. I was so surprised because he loves everyone and smiles like crazy at people. Even when they are not talking to him. I think that is the only person Luke has ever cried at and i don't blame him because he was a little weird.

The finished product! Do you think she likes her bear?

While there we also went to this cute museum my Grandma works at. Ella loved it and had fun looking at all the stuff they have. Check out that two headed calf- apparently it didn't live long. Isn't it crazy looking.

We of course visited my mom's parents. We love going to visit them and see their beatiful back yard. We love them and it is always nice to visit with them. Ella had a hard time not picking all the flowers which she loves to do. Ella loves flowers and usually has a vase of fresh flowers in her room because she loves them so much.

My sweet grandma and cute kids.

He has outgrown his carseat which makes things a little challenging when we go out because he is still just 5 months. We are now the parents who own the cart and high chair cover. Stewart thinks I am crazy but Lucas just sucks on his hands too much and who knows what nasty stuff is on those things.

We stayed at a hotel the first night. Ella loved it- which is a little bit of an understatement.

She was taking reservations:)

Reading with Daddy

Is this what you night looks like too?

Swimming lessons


I can't believe I didn't take more pictures of swimming lessons. I am so lame. I do have a really cute video of Ella jumping off the diving board but will have to post that later.

Ella did wonderful at swimming lessons this year. She is so brave and has become such a little swimmer. She likes to think of herself as a mermaid:) She had her moments but overall loved every minute of swimming lessons. I was so surprised that she even jumped of the diving board this year. Her teacher can get these little ones to do anything and she is fabulous. Now she is just a full on swimmer and is a little to brave for my taste and holds her breath so long it freaks me out sometimes but it is so cute. We have swam quite a bit this summer and she is so fun to swim with now that she actually swims. We have races, jump of the side, dive for rings and just have a great time with our little bug in the pool.

Rewind to July

At the end of July we headed to So Cal to visit the Rasmussen's. We had big hopes of hanging out at the beach but alas the weather was no good. It was cold and the water was freezing. We did go for a few hours here and there but that was about the extent of it.

On Saturday we road the train from Oceanside to San Diego. We just walked around and all in all had a good day. Ella was so excited to ride the train and still talks about it to this day.


My pictures are out of order and I don't really care to fix them:) So this was on the way home on the train. Jake and Ella checking out the sites:)
Hanging out in Old Town after dinner. We played duck, duck goose which is pretty funny with the little kids. And a cute picture if the little ones (I'm not sure poor Evan liked the idea)
I didn't think Ella would go for this but to my surprise she enjoyed

Alexander enjoyed it too.... lol.

And these were taken when we were headed to SD.

Beach time. Stew did a little surfing while Alexander and Adam were taking lessons.


Jake and Ella chasing waves which I am pretty sure is their favorite pastime. These two have a blast together and get along so well.