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I was looking for some pictures for a collage that shows some of the things that we’ve seen and loved while living in Las Cruces.  I had to look through the blog to find what I wanted and realized that I love this blog.  I miss writing on it and I think that I will again. We have been on …Continue reading →

Mmmm, sock foot tastes good… Victoria has decided that she’s going to start teaching Aidan to play violin.  For now he’s really excited to learn and has been careful with the violin.  He stores it in his bedroom and doesn’t want anyone else to touch it but him.  I love it when they’re young and excited about learning something new.

Halloween night around here isn’t the real star of the show it’s trunk or treat that everyone looks forward to.  It’s always the first event of the season and they get to be with all of their friends as they go around to the trunks for treats.  This year there was also a carnival indoors.  The kids had a great …Continue reading →

The stand out thing this past month as been that he’s teething.  He got his first tooth just a few days ago and is working on the second bottom tooth as I type this.  He’s very interactive lately and reaches out for Mom and kicks and reaches for attention from others.  He loves to jump in his jump up likes …Continue reading →

Connor is growing up way too fast!  For the last week or so he’s been yelling at dinner every night unless someone holds him on their lap.  He will sit on one of our laps and watch as the spoonfuls of food go from our plate to mouth.  He very obviously wanted to be let in on the fun.  Yesterday …Continue reading →

One of Victoria’s favorite friends Michaela came over for the evening and they played dress up for a good part of the night.  They had a little photo shoot in Halloween costumes at one point.  Too fun! A few weeks ago when Michaela was having another visit we dug up our sweet potatoes.  The girls thought it would be fun …Continue reading →

This is the cow at the Farm and Ranch museum who we were able to watch being milked.  It was a fun field trip for Aidan and his little preschool pals.  Aidan started talking to the volunteer leading the demonstration and he was going off on a tangent about zombies.  I couldn’t get him to hush and the volunteer couldn’t …Continue reading →

In order to finish the Eagle project we had to go up to the camp ground two more times.  We didn’t stay over either time but we did take the whole family when we went in late September.  Our wonderful friends the parks went along this time and Dalin practically put but the side roof. He has mad welding skills.  …Continue reading →

You’re rolling!  You’re laughing!  You’re jabbering and cooing and trying to get attention from everyone.  You’re eating less often but more when you do.  You’re bouncing in your bouncer seat and spinning in  your exersaucer.  You’re riding in your ergo pack on walks now and pulling hair whenever you can get a handful.  We all LOVE playing with you!

We spent the weekend in Cloudcroft, NM at the Stake Campground.  Chullain and Clay both love this place and wanted to do their Eagle Projects there.  Clay intends to install a playground and Chullain is going to replace a rotted out roof and build a new roof over the back kitchen door.  The Dads all helped with the heavy for …Continue reading →

Our little Connor turned three months old on the 26th of August.  He’s getting bigger, weighing in at about 16.5  lbs now.  He’s also much more interactive than before and will “talk” to us and try to get our attention if we walk by him.  He can roll over and wants to be a part of all the action all …Continue reading →

Going to the pool!  So this wasn’t really from our day in photos but I found it on the camera and it’s pretty dang cute.  He’s getting more and more social every day. He’s picked a passie and it seems to be the only one that he’ll suck for more than a minute.  The funny thing is that it’s a …Continue reading →

He’s growing so fast!  He stays up a lot of the day now and likes to “play” with everyone.  He’ll smile, babble and blow spit bubbles.  He enjoys looking around at the world and being talked to.  He even likes having a song sung to him once and awhile.  He lights right up when one of his siblings comes close …Continue reading →

Bath time has grown on Connor but it’s still not his favorite pass time.  It’s not nearly as fun as say blowing spit bubbles or being sung to.  He’ll take his bath without much complaint now and as you can see he’s pretty happy at the end of it.

Over 4th of July weekend my Dad come out to bless the baby.  It was great to have some time to visit with him.  We were able to go to the farmers market, spend time chatting, eat some good food and shoot off fireworks on Monday evening. One of my goals for his visit was to get an updated photo …Continue reading →

We get rewarded with occasional smiles now!  You’re really a pretty laid back kid so long as someone it paying attention to you.  I feel like we can officially say that you do NOT have colic for which I am VERY grateful.  You’ve started wearing 3/6 month onsies and your eyes are Harris blue.  We love having you in our …Continue reading →

It’s small but it’s a great way to battle the heat.  We’ve had some battles trying to get a pool up this year.  The first pool, which we were given, had a leak which we couldn’t find so we bought a new pool.  We put up the new pool in our ideal spot and it wasn’t level and so all …Continue reading →

Our friend at church started a children’s theater this year.  Victoria was able to be in her first production called the Seven Ravens.  She had a great time and learned a lot.  I was impressed by her ability to learn her lines.  It was also a good way for her to have something of her own to focus on while …Continue reading →

He didn’t love it but didn’t hate it either which is saying something.  With baby #4 time just seems to pass too quickly. The first baby to use this bath tub is now helping the next baby to have his first bath in it too.  Aidan is a great helper!

practice, practice, practice… Little helper! Vayu Too cute even at 3 1/2 Video games with her favorite friend Juanito. Best Chullain picture we could get. Teenagers! Tummy time.  He actually doesn’t mind it! Mmmmm…. Stretch!!