Kaitlyn's First Solid Food/Mush Experience

Carving Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins was fun. I liked it. The shape of my eyes were parallelogram. His name is Grandpa That's Gone Mad.

Love, Ethan


Mine is called Booger Nose. And I like it, and we're going to put a candle in it, and it's going to be so fun because we get to carry it around and it's going to light up.

Love, Aidan

Kaitlyn's pumpkin

So Cute I Can Hardly Stand It

Rolling Over

I was just playing King's Corner with the boys, and Kaitlyn was laying on the floor. She rolled over, all by herself, to her stomach, played for a couple of minutes, and then rolled back over to her back. Both directions, all by herself. And she's only four months old! Wow!

I borrowed a Bumbo chair from my friend Jennifer. Since Kaitlyn is always trying to sit up, I figured I would see how she liked being able to sit up on her "own." (Don't you love those little toes?)

As you can see, she loves it. Unfortunately, I had to give it back to Jennifer after only four days because my boys decided they needed to sit in it whenever Kaitlyn wasn't sitting in it, and I didn't want them ruining a chair that doesn't belong to us.

Next time I go to St. George, I will have to purchase a Bumbo chair! (I read online that they sell them at Target.)

Baby Crunches

Another One

Kaitlyn has two new favorite things right now: puckering her lips and sticking out her tongue. Oh, and drooling (but that's not new).

The Boys' School Pictures

Aidan, kindergartenEthan, second grade

Picture taken last night. I love her smile.
This picture was taken while watching "Baby Mozart." She puckers her lips and makes weird noises.

Jump Rope and Schedules

Yesterday we pulled out the jump ropes. The boys have had them for months and never played with them (I don't know why). They were obsessed! They spent at least an hour outside, trying to break their record of how many jumps they could do without stopping (Aidan is at eight, I believe, and Ethan is at 22). They were so excited, and I had to make them stop to come in and get ready for bed. Ethan took his to school today to jump at recess. He was so excited he decided to make a "schedule" for every day of the week...although he only had time to write one day's schedule down:
I don't know if you can read it. This is what it says:

Schedule for Monday

breakfest - 15 Mi
School - 7 hours
Jump rope - 30 Minutes
Playing Legos - 22 Minutes
Sleeping - 12 Hours

It sounds like his Monday schedule is set!!

Four Months

Today, Kaitlyn had her four month doctor's appointment.

Weight: 15.6 lbs (95%)
Height: 26 inches (greater than 95%)
Head circumference: 40 cm (50%)

They said I could start her on solid foods any time (but I don't think she's ready yet so I will hold off for a bit). I also talked to them about her head, how she's always looking toward the right and her head is a bit lopsided. They said it is a bit of a concern, and gave me a referral to a physical therapist in St. George to have it looked at. But they also suggested that I could try to be more diligent in trying to keep her looking to the left side. She also got three shots and took the oral rotavirus one.

I tried to take a picture just now but the camera battery is dead. She sure is a cutie though!

Cute in Yellow

(Laying on the blanket made by 93(?) year old Clyde Rushton)

Aidan's First Day of Kindergarten

School was fun, and I really like it so much. And I play with my friends a little. And tomorrow we get to do pictures taken. And from school I got to do some things and I got this zero hero necklace. I made two books about Chester (a raccoon) who loves school. Mrs. Brunson is my teacher. Madalyn and Josh are my friends. Riding the bus is fun too. I sit by Ethan and Gabe (on the way to school), and Madalyn (on the way home).

Love,
Aidan