Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Friday, January 22, 2010

15 months and going strong

My baby is already 15 months old :(. Strider had his well-check yesterday and he is still holding his own. Here are his stats:
weight: 29 lbs - 96%
height: 32.75 inches - 95%
head: 18.5 inches - 53%

He is super healthy and doing great. Seriously, I am still quite enamored by this boy. He makes me smile so much. He is a BIG MAMA's boy. He loves me, what can I say. That's okay because I still like him too (most the time). He loves to help lately. He LOVES to pick up toys and he absolutely adores Taegen and Kyler. He can hold his own when he wrestles and plays with his brothers. He really is so sweet. He has been fully walking for about a month now. He loves to feed himself and he also loves to imitate T & K. If they laugh, he laughs. If they throw food, he throws food. He thinks he is really fun. He says "Ya" to anything that he wants. He signs more and please. When he signs he smiles HUGE because he is so proud of his accomplishment of actually getting what he is asking for. He says "dink" (drink), mama, dada, tata (taegen), er (kyler), he folds his arms when we pray and he throws his arms up and says "men" amen when he's done praying. He really is a keeper.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Say Cheese.


I LOVE our new family photo. I love Taegen's cheese because this is totally how he smiles with super squinty eyes. Totally Taegen. Then there is Kyler who has just pulled his hands away from his face playing peek-a-boo with the photographer. This also explains why Taegen's head is popping out to say peek-a-boo. Strider is just SO cute with his little grin and dimple. Notice how I had to hold his hands down because he too was playing peek-a-boo. Ryan just looks like a freaking, super hot daddy/husband. I, don't look too bad, if I say so myself. So all in all, a GREAT photo.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Just keep trying...Just keep trying...

Strider is SO close to walking. He can actually walk across the room. He is definitely a little wobbly but he is really trying hard to walk. He stands up in the center of the room without holding on to anything and just smiles until somebody notices him and then he starts clapping. He is so cute and he gets SO proud of himself when he walks even a few steps. Love this boy.


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Strider's Birthday Part 2

First came the presents. The neighbors came over to help celebrate. We purposely didn't really invite them until like 2 hours before so they wouldn't get Strider a gift. Well, it didn't work. They got Strider a gift and Taegen and Kyler little presents too. So nice. Thanks Powells!!
Matthew, Taegen and Kyler opened the presents and Strider just played with them.Then came the cake...Strider did not disappoint. He got cake EVERYWHERE. He loved it. He was eating it like crazy and laughing and throwing it. It was awesome. Loved it!Me and my clean birthday boy! Love this little chubba lubba!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!


I can't believe my baby is 1 year old. I absolutely adore and love this boy to pieces.
  • He makes me smile ALL the time.
  • He is so independent. He wants to feed himself with utensils.
  • He has to be held on my left hip with my left arm. If I try to support him with my right arm, he pushes it away. If I switch him to my right hip, he squirms until I switch him back to the left.
  • He LOVES kisses. Whenever you ask for a kiss he leans with his whole body and a mouth wide open.
  • He loves to snuggle, especially when tired.
  • He loves his mama as much as she loves him.
  • He always tries to be like his brothers. If they laugh, he laughs. If they scream, he screams. He imitates them all the time.
  • He reminds me of my Grandma Millard. Good ole' Melba. He does this smile where he squinches his eyes like she used to always do.
  • He puts up with Kyler laying on top of him and wrestling him (of course they weigh the same)
  • Every morning he wakes up with a HUGE smile - dimple and all.
  • He gets excited with his whole body. When he's happy...you know it.
  • He is an explorer.
  • He is a freakin' speed crawler.
  • He is HAPPY and he makes everyone around him happy.
  • He is known as Baby. Taegen and Kyler only refer to him as Baby.
  • He LOVES his binky.
  • He is MY LITTLE BABY BOY WHO I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Winterizing

Strider and I were winterizing today. It's turned a little chilly so I thought it would be a good time to see if Strider had any winter clothes that would fit him. I opened up the tubs and wah lah....
I think Strider has enough clothes to make it through winter. Oh, the benefits of having twin older brothers are endless. That HUGE pile of clothes that Strider is playing on is ALL winter clothes for him. Now I just need to wash them and Strider is GOOD to Go!! Seriously, don't you think he is so freakin' cute. He is really into everything lately...and I mean everything. But he is still SO cute and happy and smiley (even if he's sick). He's such a GREAT baby that's growing up so fast. He's almost a year ya know? Isn't that crazy! My BABY BABY boy is almost a year. Darn.

Kyler the 2nd

My boys' LOVE rice. Which is a good thing except...it's so freakin' messy. Kyler gets rice EVERYWHERE. Seriously, everywhere. Now, Strider is following in Kyler's footsteps. He loves rice too and gets it everywhere as well. Oh well.
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