Cute!

Tahlia is growing up so fast. She will be 10 months old on Kairi's birthday! She follows Alan and I around and tries to be involved in everything we do. She loves her sisters and brother and they all love her. What would we do without her!

Sick Boy

We were home today because it's President's Day. I took Kairi and Reagan and we went and had Kairi's 4 year old pictures taken and Alan stayed home with the babies. He fed them lunch and put them down for their naps. Around 4 o'clock Camden still wasn't up from his nap so we asked Reagan to go open his door and check on him. He wouldn't get up. A little while later we were all up stairs and I went in to check on Camden and he had a fever. I went to get some tylenol but he wouldn't take it. I had Alan come pick him up out of bed and carry him to the chair we have upstairs so I could give him medicine. Just as I was about to try Camden got threw up. It was all of his lunch. We quickly got things cleaned up and gave him a bath. Then we took him down stairs to lay on the couch. Camden is usually so happy that seeing him sick was so sad. He wanted to watch Sponge Bob. He layed there while we ate dinner and then when we had family home evening he fell asleep. Tahlia is the only one that hasn't had a little 24 hour bug in the past week. We are going to the temple open house tomorrow so I hope he's feeling better.

Valentine's Day

We started our Valentine week off by labeling valentine's cards for family and friends. We decided to do it for our family home evening activity. The girls have had them for several weeks just waiting to put names on them. We did Bailey and Trevor's a few days early so we could mail them (hopefully they have them by now... if not they're coming). After we labeled valentines we decorated sugar cookies. The girls love decorating cookies, Camden just likes eating them as you'll see in the pictures. These activities allowed us to talk as a family about love and the people we love. They were able to come up with quit a list! It's amazing the love that kids show... it has no limits!

On Saturday, Alan arranged for Megan, my sister, to come babysit so we could go to a late lunch. We went to the Grille from Ipanema, a Brazilian restaurant. It was really nice to being together and not worrying about kids. Alan gave me a camera that fits in my purse so that we don't have to carry our bigger one everywhere we go. It has great zoom and some fun features. After lunch, we took the time to go do some birthday shopping for Kairi. Her birthday is Feb. 23rd. I commented how her future husband will have valentines day and birthday to do in a little over a week! We got home around 5 and said goodbye to Megan. After the kids were in bed we watch a movie, not a romantic movie... why would we do that? We watched Eagle Eye. It wasn't as bad as I thought it could be, it kept my attention the whole time. We got to bed a little after 10, which is soooo late for us, well mostly me. It was hard getting up for 9 o'clock church the next morning. It was fun spending time with the man that I married a little over 6 years ago. I love him so much! I can't imagine life without him.




Camden's new favorite thing is coloring. So while the girls labeled valentine's Camden colored.




Camden had 3 unfrosted cookies while we frosted the cookies. He didn't even want to frost, he was just content to watch and eat.


The girls were taking decorating very seriously and as you can see below Alan was having fun.




While we were decorating cookies Tahlia crawled under Alan's chair and was trying to sit up. Every time she tried to sit up she bumped her head... so got so mad!

Day Off

Today is Mr. Luther King Jr Day and I had the day off and so did Reagan. Alan decided to take the day off too. We planned to take the kids to the The Mayan, which is a restaurant that features a jungles atmosphere and divers. We thought the kids would love it! We invited Alan's parents and Michael to come. They wondered if we wanted to go bowling too. So, after a few set backs, we ended up going bowling and then out to eat at The Mayan. We had a great time bowling. Camden loved it so much he ended up bowling other peoples turns, especially Grandma Doty's. We didn't tell the kids anything about The Mayan except that it was special and that they would love it. We weren't wrong! The kids sat as close as they could during the diving shows. Reagan loved getting splashed! Now that the day is over we are feeling sad that we have to go back to work tomorrow. Sometimes days off are more exhausting than just going to work and school.

#2

Having two babies in our house has been interesting... last week we saw them both working out #2. Sorry for the graphic images, they were just too funny!


Alan was giving Camden and Tahlia a bath while I had the girls at dance last Thursday. While he was getting Tahlia dressed he heard Camden start crying and this is what he came in to find.

While we were eating dinner one night last week. We could tell that Tahlia was trying to poop. Alan ran to grab the camera. Her facial expressions are hilarious.

Random Pics

I had 2 full weeks off for Christmas this break so I was able to catch the kids doing random cute things. They are all growing up too fast. They each have there own personalities and things that they are learning. I ended up taking more pictures of Camden and Tahlia because they spend more time playing around me. Enjoy the pictures.


Tahlia loves playing with toys, even her brothers car.


Now I have two kids who like to play in the dishwasher.


Kairi is such a little mother. She is helping Tahlia get more Cheerios.


Kairi tried on her dance clothes and Camden wanted to dance with her.


Camden thinks he's hungry all of the time! He opens the cabinet to see what he can find.


We keep toys in a corner basket on our main level so the kids can play. Sometimes they end up playing in the corner. Tahlia is learning quickly.


Camden went and got his blanket and a pillow to watch cartoons while I did laundry on my bedroom floor. Yes, he is sucking the ties of his blanket... someday he will hate that he did it.


Tahlia learned how to stand up to things this holiday season. She even fell out of her crib... guess that means it's time to lower her crib!

Cookies

The girls got an Easy Bake Oven from Santa, but because we spent Christmas day away from our house and then went to Grandma and Grandpa Duncan's house, they didn't get to use if for awhile. Last Saturday, we had had a long day so when we got home I told the girls if they got their pajamas on they could make a cookie for dessert. That was the fastest that they had gotten dressed in a long time! Reagan was a little disappointed that the Easy Bake Oven didn't actually open though. She also thought that it took to long to cook. She is all about time lately. Kairi of course thought the whole process was great! They really liked there cookies. They can't wait to make a cake!