3 Kids!

Trying to get my three kids together to take a picture and cooperate is quite a task and I just may be working on trying to get a good one the rest of my life but these turned out pretty cute. I feel like 3 kids was not as bad as most people made it out to be. I think the switch from 1 to 2 was the worst so far for me. I had this only child who my life revolved around and then bam she had a brother and I had to figure how to split my time and the attention they got etc. Three definately has it challenges but it's going pretty good and I love it! I have 3 special JOYS in my life.

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Hailey really wanted to do a camp out one Saturday after Daddy coming home from one with his brothers and and the other one where Josh took himself and the kids camping. She set it up all by herself and even packed snacks! It was fun!

I thought this picture was so cute of Troy and Alyssa holding hands. I did not suggest it.

Troy wearing daddy shoes. "Shoes" is one of the words he knows well and says often. What a Cutie!

We have all really been enjoying our baby Alyssa! She is sweet and easy going and such a precious little baby! Love her, love her, LOVE HER!

catching up Labor day Weekend

I have so much Catching up tp do but I'm determined because I love my blog books so this is going pretty far back. For Labor day weekend we made the 6 hour trip up to Show Low AZ. Josh's grandma has a cabin up there. Well there was never a dull moment and we pack so many fun things into the weekend and the kids had such a blast with all of there cousins. All the married with children groups stayed at the cabin and that worked pretty well because when all the kids we're up early it was no big deal. We went on a hike the rim canyon hike, went to Hawley Lake (georgous!), went to the go carts, went out to dinner(just the adults), played a lot of games! It was fun! I wish this lake was closer because it was such a sight! We had a ton of fun! And we even got sleep at night!

Troy boy buddy!

I thought it'd be appropriated to give a Troy update as well! Troy still loves his cars! He also love curious George which I find to be some what ironic because sometimes I feel like Troy is just like George! We have 2 buckets 1 filled with blocks and another with marbles/marble tracks and he loves to dump them both out whether or not he even plays with them but he often does. Troy is such a boy and sometimes he is a little too rough with Hailey but surprisingly always very soft with Alyssa! This day he was walking around with my shoes and I tried to get a picture of it but he was moving around too fast! Sometimes when we don't want him to do something we will shake our finger and say uh-uh and he has started doing it back to us when he doesn't want us to stop him doing what ever he is doing! It's pretty cute. Also when we talk to baby Alyssa and say Agoo he will come over and join in and say Achoo. Today he got ahold of Hailey's very cute lip gloss that looks like an ice cream sundae (which she loves!) and he scooped it all out with his finger and smeared it all over the sliding glass window. So sad. Then when I tried to at least clean off his greasy fingers he was running away from me. Not to add that I was nursing at the same time but I really didn't want him to get it all over the couches or what ever else! But at the end of the day I love the heck out of this boy!

2 months old

Alyssa turned 2 months old this last week! My how time flys! We sure love having her in our family! Don't tell my other kids but she is such a good/east baby! What a huge blessing! She sleeps well at night 6 to 8 hour stretches. She nurses well, and if you know he you know that is is such a big deal to me! And she is just over all happy and so easy going! She is cooing and smiling a lot now although when I've tried to catch it on camera she is like what the heck are you sticking in my face so that is why it's been tough to get a good picture. We went to the doctor and she got her 2 month shots. She also weighed in at a whopping 12 lbs 11 oz, 90 percentile. WOW! She was also 22 in which is the 50 percentile, and her head was in the 78 percentile. Such a big girl/chunker! I love it! What a sweet heart!! Love you Alyssa!

Enjoying sister

Troy and Hailey very much adore their little sister Alyssa! When she cries Troy will often put his hand to his ear and say uh-oh. They both love to hold her and like to run to go see her when she is crying or waking up! We just have to be careful not to get too excited!

Hailey starts UPK preschool

Hailey started preschool this year! She loves it so much! This is right up her ally. She is very confident and loves having this fun new thing to figure out. She has already come home with lots of cute songs and rhymes. I think this is going to be great for us!

So just a few days after she started school she told me she wanted to fix her own hair for church so I said okay. She went into the bathroom and had the water running and when she came out I could tell she had wet it but I couldn't figure out why else it looked a little different. She had cut her hair again. Right in the front this time so I decided that we needed to try to make all more even since now there were a few places where it was shorter. I must say that I love it and it so much easier to do and way less tangles and altogether a much better situation! Her excuse is that they are "safety scissors". I still don't think she gets it!