Klair is 6 months old

Can't believe it's already been that long since she was born! Time flies.

Snow Fun

The last few days the kids have had fun playing in the snow. Mostly sledding or going for walks while pulling, or being pulled, in the sled. We attempted a snow man today but the snow was so dry you couldn't even make snow balls. The other day I could have sworn it was heavy snow. Weird.

We have what now? 10 inches?

Parker is Two!

Well this is a bit late, but better now then never!

Parker turned two on the 8th. The poor guy was pretty sick so we had to postpone his birthday party, but we still let him open his presents and gave him ice cream with candles after dinner. He screamed at the candles and I had to blow them out! lol.

Then last saturday the 14th we had his birthday party. He was very excited to see the decorations and loved that I was making him a cake. Since he can't yet talk I held out a yellow cake mix and a chocolate cake mix and asked him which one he wanted me to make. He enthusiastically pointed at the chocolate one. Guess he takes after me! :)

Because he has a hard time communicating he sometimes will have random fits I can't explain, and he was starting one a couple hours before the grandparents were coming while I was making his cake, so I gave him the beater to make him happy.

But then when we held out the cake with the candles and everyone was looking at him singing he started screaming again. Poor Parker. I guess maybe I should have known better about the candles, but oh well.

As soon as he started eating cake he was very happy.

And enjoyed opening his presents from both sets of grandparents.

It's funny to me sometimes to think he is two and that he is no longer my baby. Sometimes he still feels like my baby, maybe partially because he's not really talking yet. But I LOVE him so much. He is SO ADORABLE!
I love how he wants to hold my hand any time we're going up and down stairs even though he can do it by himself. I love his tight hugs and snuggles. I love his eyes and the way they look at me. I love his smile and laugh. I love the way he walks and runs. *sigh* I could go on and on(same with all my kids of course) but I'll spare you.

A little update though on his speech. A few weeks ago he started saying "Mom". On his birthday the 8th he started saying "Yeah yeah yeah yeah!" for yes when he is getting something he wants. A few days ago he started saying "Oh oh" for uh oh, and today he was saying "mah" for more. So he's really progressing I think! It's so exciting for me!

We still haven't taken him to the doctor to figure out about his ears though. Last week I had to cancle because our van was dead, and today because of the snow. So hopefully next week!

Klair is Five Months Old

My little baby is growing so fast. She is my drama queen already. She will be very happy one moment and then screaming, not like she's hurt or sad, but offended, the next moment. I find it kind of amusing. She is very smiley still too, but when I pull out the camera she seems fascinated by it and will only stare. Oh well. She's also started spitting again, but now it's much more spray and slobber than before. On New Years Eve I went with my sister in law and niece to the American Girls doll store and two different people at two different times came up and said of Klair, "I thought she was a doll, and then she moved."

We love you Klair!

A Small Christmas Post

As you might have noticed I've lost the blogging wagon. Completely fallen off. And I'm not I'm going to bet fully back on again. If you are my friend on FB then you can see all our christmas photos in my new album. Much faster to upload there.

We had a great Christmas and New Years. We got to spend a bunch of time with my family(all of whom were in town) and Scott's family(most of which were in town). A couple days after christmas Scott's oldest sister and her family came to stay with us through new years day and we had a blast with them. We got to know them well in Rexburg and just love spending time with them. Yay!!!

The above picture was totally spontaneous at my parents house on Christmas Eve. I just wanted a picture of all of us at Christmas time and we've never had a Christmas tree family picture either. It was pretty hilarious actually because none of the kids wanted to be doing this. Most of my siblings were beside my dad with the camera yelling and jumping suddenly every time a picture was going to be taken. Parker just wanted to arch his back and scream the whole time. You can't really tell but I'm holding Parker down as hard as I can.

Scott had over a week of paid vacation for these holidays and it was just the thing we needed. It was so wonderful to have him home so much. I like things better when he's home.

Hope everyone had a marvelous Christmas vacation!

Trying out solids, and other Klair pictures

Klair just always seems to be hungry no matter how often she nurses so we decided to see how she likes rice cereal. Out of all the kids she did the best. No funny faces or anything. Just wanting more in her mouth. And she just figured out how to roll from her back to her belly yesterday.

Stats: 13.14 lbs (50th%)

height was 80th%

head circum. was 60th%

I know I didn't have any fun pictures for Klairs 4 month update, so here are a few from the last few days.

Klair at Four Months

I feel like a broken record with all these monthly updates for each of our childrens first year. So I'll just jump right into it.

Klair loves to watch her siblings. I can tell she can't wait to be involved.

She is very interested when we're eating. I'm going to be trying rice cereal soon.

She get's excited when I hold her up to stand on the piano keys and stomp on them.

She likes to touch my face and is very aware of where I am.

She drools and spits up a TON. Well, mostly the drool is a ton. Just like her brother david when he was a baby.

She likes to roll onto her side and tries a little to keep going and then gives up. I'm sure rolling over will come soon enough.

She likes to tuck her bottom lip in, which accentuates her adorable kissable cheeks. I love it.

She still loves to nurse and would do it endlessly if I let her.

She doesn't like to be quiet and happy at church. Thus I end up in the hallways most of the time.

She's a major mamma's girl. Crying most of the time for dad. Poor guy!

To me she looks the most like David, but has a narrower face like Parker(and Scott had as a kid).

Parker absolutely LOVES his little sister and loves to hold her.

Despite what I said above, Klair looks SO much like Parker in this picture!

Here she is tucking in her lip. Not as much as usual, but it's all I could get.

Klair we love you so much! You are so sweet and beautiful and I am loving watching your personality manifest itself little by little.



Getting Our Tree

 We went last Friday and had the quickest 'picking out a Christmas tree' I've ever had. We found out where the less expensive trees were, walked over there, and found our perfect Grand fir within one minute.

Sydnet and David loved helping to carry it. Sydney especially did not want to let go.

I Guess that Works!

Takes 'Jumping in puddles' to a whole new level.

I thought this was pretty amusing!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving with my family, even though it was smaller than usual. This is right before we ate.

David we so excited when he got to try the kinect. He did a great job flying around and popping all those bubbles!

Then Sydney joined and absolutely loved it too. She kept wanting to get too close though and kept pausing it. haha

During a card game with the adults, which I totally dominated!

The next day we went to my aunt and uncles house to make ginger bread houses. The kids really loved that. Since bringing them home I have caught Sydney eating off of hers multiple times with out asking. Naughty girl! :)

Scott, my cousin Andrew, my sisters Rosalee and Clarissa and my mom.

After we left Klair and I went with my family and my other aunt and uncle to see "Hugo". I thought it was a beautiful, engaging and fun film, and even better Klair slept through the whole thing!

David's 5th Birthday

Has it really been 5 years since this sweet boy entered our lives?! I can't believe how big he has become!

He wanted a Buzz Lightyear birthday party. Here's what I came up with for his cake. It's supposed to look like outerspace...

And these decorations were really fun. They look MUCH better in person. I knew how I wanted it to look but I had too many things on my plate so Scott did it with my cousin Katie's help. Scott even did those block letters himself.

 I once again fell back on the basic "Pin the ----- on -----", this time it being Buzz. I free handed that. Am I crazy? I think so. It took me several hours.

Sydney, my sister Rosalee, and friend Cameron watching as David starts to open presents.

My mom, friend Brock, Scott's mom, my sister Clarissa, and Scott's dad.

Parker enjoyed coloring the Buzz pictures with Grandpa Sorenson.

 and sitting on Grandpa Farmer's lap.

 Other friends who came were the Browers and Kilpatricks, and my cousin Katie brought her kids. It was a fun party!

 After the party my dad got to hold Klair who was very very tired...

 and soon she was fast asleep...