Family pictures in November

I had forgotten but in the middle of November we took Kohler family pictures. We took them in down town LC. They have done quite a bit to make down town nicer. Nice for us it's not to hard to get our group together since we all live in town. Nana, my mom's mom, came also who lives in town.

7th Anniversary

We celebrated our 7th Anniversary yesterday.  We went to Outback one of Josh's favorites and then we went and saw Sherlock Holmes.  A big thanks to my mom and Dad for watching the kids so that we could go on a date!  Josh also surprised me with Roses and a super clean kitchen!  He got up extra early to do it before work!  That has to be one of the best presents ever!  I feel so lucky and blessed to have married the man of my dreams and to be living my dream, to be a wife and a mom.  Love you honey!

 

Alyssa is 6 months

Alyssa is six months old as of Monday the 26th.   She is such a joy and such an easy going baby.  She is rolling over pretty well now mostly from tummy to back, she can sit supported but not completely stable, She's cooing a lot and loves to be held and talked to and is happy to be carried every where.  At her doctors appointment she weighed 18 lbs 3oz (90th percentile), 26 inches tall (60th percentile), and her head measurement I didn't get but it was in the 50th percentile.  She eats rice cereal and we also just started her on carrots which surprisingly she had no problems with not even any faces she just ate the whole jar.  Her nickname is Sissy because Troy would just try to say sister but that is what he'd end up with.  I love it, I call her sissy all day long but Hailey on the other hand does not like it.  She tells me to call her Alyssa.  I told Hailey that she is my Sugar, Troy is my Buddy, and Alyssa is my Sissy.  We love you Sissy!

Oops she is falling over, love this face, she's like what the ??



Okay so just about anytime either one of my kids gets in trouble they will hug each other.  I always think it is so cute but it kinda makes me feel bad at the same time.  Like they need each other to be comforted.

Christmas

Warning lot of pictures!

I want to make this one of our traditions, popcorn ball tree decorated with candy.  Nana always did this!

Get together with some of the cousins.  They came for there grandma's funeral and so we got to see them for a quick trip.

Cooking with grandma Hakes.  The kids really loved it and she had cute aprons for everyone to wear.

Our elf 'Spice' came to visit us from the North pole before Christmas.  On the last day she was here she had elf donuts.  The kids really loved seeing Spice around.  Troy's been asking "Where's Spice?"

Running around the church with cousins.  They had a lot of fun.  This is the church I grew up in, so to speak.

Christmas Eve with the Kohlers, we had Dions pizza and salad.  I especially love there salad!

Grandparents and Grandkids.  Can you tell we are being a bit silly.  Although Emma and Alyssa are not too sure about this.

Alyssa and Emma are about 2 months apart.  I have a feeling that they are going to be best friend cousins!

Cute picture of my mom and dad!

Hailey Troy and Alyssa in there matching PJ's from the Hakes.

Christmas Morning at home.  My favorite! Nice to be at home with your family for present opening.  Josh is telling me hurry up and take it.  Ha Ha little does he realize it's done!

Hailey's Preschool Program

At Hailey's preschool, on the last day, they had a party and a little program.  They sung I believe 5 songs, All I want for Christmas is a Hippopotamus, All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth, The Christmas Chipmunk song, Jingle Bells, and We Wish you a Merry Christmas.  They had cute actions to go with a lot of the songs and it was fun to see.  Hailey was a little on the silly side but I think part of it was because she was excited that we were there.

Let it snow

Oddly enough this year we got a few good snows.  It rarely if ever snows here so this was quite a treat for us.  It snow toward the begining on December and then again on the 23rd which stuck around a few days.  what a fun treat!

Rice Cereal

I was determined that my third time around I was going to only nurse Alyssa until she was six months but that didn't work out for me.  We started Rice cereal at 5 months just like my other two and she took it pretty well.  She has a sad look on her face because I just pinched her fingers in the high chair but this was a best picture I got.  Everyone wanted to be involved  kinda cute to have lots of helpers.  Luckily I pumped a lot at the beginning so I have tons of breast milk in the freezer.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we drove out to Mesa.  I'll admit that I'm not a fan of driving/road trip but I guess who is?  Hailey the last time we drove soaked up every minute and loved it, This time I think I heard "Are we there yet?" like 100 times.  I would tell her we have to watch two more movies before we get there.  Don't ask again til the movie is over.  It didn't really help.  We got there safe and sound and I just have to say that I Love Mesa!  We went to the temple to see the lights, Josh and I attended a session, we did lots and lots of shopping, had barros pizza, played with family, went and saw a movie and we stayed in a hotel which is an extra special treat especially for our kids!  It was really fun!  Thanks for help from Carrie and Kalli so we could go to the temple and Mom and Dad so we could go to a movie!  So nice of you all! The picture below is from a pit stop we made on the way home.

Troy

So Troy is going through this new stage again of deciding when or if he wants to go to bed.  He is a very strong willed kid.   I love the boy to pieces but sometimes he is hard to enjoy while he's climbing out of his crib and coming out if his room for 2 hours while you know he's dead tired and he's just fighting the power.  Well everything changed when we got him a crib tent.  While we were setting it up he was very excited and then when he realized that he was getting locked in he did not like it but now he does not seem to mind it even almost enjoy it.  On Christmas morning we went into his room to wake him up and he was not ready to get up. He jumped up and zipped the tent shut and laid back down, pretty funny.  Now were not sure when to switch him because now we need a crib for Alyssa, sometime in the future...

While we are on the subject of Troy was wanted to give an update in him.  He has been talking more and more.  It has been really fun to see.  He will come into our room in the morning and say "mama get up," or "Daddy get up."  He'll say "Owie Sharp" referring to knifes and other dangerous things which he prefers to unload out of the dishwasher.  He's very helpful with that.  He'll say "(I) Get out" to get out of the car.  He is also acting like he may be ready to potty train.  He will pee on the potty and even pooped on the potty but with the craziness of the holidays haven't had time to go all out and do it.  I'm excited to do it though he seems ready!  Very ready to have only one in diapers again!

Spirit week, Hailey's school

Last week Hailey's preschool had spirit week, partially because they said they can't celebrate Halloween or do anything for it so this is what they did instead.  Monday was black and orange day, Tuesday Crazy socks, Wednesday crazy hair, Thursday Jersey Day, and Friday Pajama day.  She loved it!  As you can tell she was feeling pretty silly on crazy hair day and she's becoming a little poser like in her pajama picture.  Silly girl!  Hailey loves preschool and loves the centers that they have at her school.  They get free time to move from center to center and the kids get to pick.  Hailey loves the drama center, science center, teacher center.  At home she is always wanting to play pretend something.  It's fun, she is either the mom or the baby or something like that.

Hailey is loving her school and learning a lot.  She loves to write!  Sometimes she gets out a paper and a pen and ask me how to spell words.  She wrote all the names except the ones at the bottom.  The neighbor kids decided to write their own names.