Childrens Museum

We also got to go to the Childrens Museum!!

Lorlei Six Months Old

She is getting so big. She had a dr appt the day before she was six months: she weighed 21 lbs 6oz and was 28 and 1/2 inches tall, yikes!! She is huge. She has just about out grown all her 6-12 months clothes, she wears either 12 months or 12 -18 months :)

She rolls all over the house, she started to scoot backwards, she gets up on her hands and knees and bounces I am sure crawling is soon :0 ) She sits up great! Plus today, she pushed herself up from laying on her tummy to the sitting position. She is amazing! She loves to babbles and spit/raspberries. Lorelei loves it when Jackson and Abagayle play with her. Abgayle had her laughing so hard the other day that she had horrible hiccups but still couldn't stop laughing. She has been eating fruits and veggies for a bit. Over the last month we have given her little veggie puffs, biter biscuits, some of my homemade blueberry wheat muffins (more to come on that), cantaloupe (which she loved) and lots of other things. She loves water! We are so blessed to have her in our lives. Sometimes I forget that at the 2am feedings :)

Loved the Popsicle!
She had been eating watermelon for about 15 min she was done, but loved it!

The Garden

A lot of pictures documenting the process are on here. The first week of break Brandon decided he wanted a garden. So he got some seed and a mini green house thing and the kids planted: corn, lettuce, radishes, basil, sunflowers, summer squash, carrots, zucchini and pumpkins. The seeds had to grow for what Brandon thought would be a couple weeks in the house then be planted. Well the next day there were sprouts by Wednesday they were ready to be outside. Brandon cleared the side of our backyard and put up a wood border to keep the dirt in and the kids out :) The we put about 10 bags of topsoil on and some peat moss in it. The sprouts had to be "hardened", which is basically putting them outside during the day and bringing them it at night for a week, then you can plant them. During this week we found out that the soil was about 3.00 cheaper a bag at WalMart so Brandon thought he needed another 10 bags since it was such a good price :) So today, Sunday the 5th, the kids and Brandon spread the dirt and planted the sprouts in the garden area. We shall see how it grows :)
There it is all planted!

Brandon also has a compost bin coming to put at the end of the garden, from my mom as a birthday gift. He is excited.

The Falls

We took a drive the first Sunday of break to the falls. It was raining off and on so it was an experience. The kids enjoyed it. When we walked up to the bridge we got soaked from the spray off the falls, due to the wind, and then the rain was only adding to the joy :)

This is Jackson, Lorelei and Dad at the top. Lorelei had a pink fleece blanket covering her.

A little more of Uncle James with Lorelei

She, not unlike my other two, LOVE their Uncle James. He got her laughing pretty good here.

Pink and Blue Breakfast

This has become a new favorite in our house. One day Jackson asked for blue pancakes and Abagayle said yeah and pink eggs.. so the new breakfast was born. Since this day we have several batches of pink and blue pancakes. The kids love it!

That time of year again.

It is that glorious time of year again where boards and finals meet and husbands are MIA :) I love March! Brandon took a week of vacation to study for boards and finals, mostly boards. He has his tests this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Then finals starting on Tues. I am so lucky to have a husband who works SO hard for us. Hopefully we just have one more round of boards to go in Nov. :)

Good Luck to all the guys out there taking boards this weekend.