talking

Baby S is starting to do some really awesome things. (well new really awesome things) The last couple of days she has really started to get a move on. She rolls and scoots to get anything she wants, usually something she is not supposed to have. She has really started to try to mimic sounds that you make. She says DA DA (usually very loudly) often... and she is talking about her dad. She says mmmmm when she likes something she is eating or when she is thirsty. She claps when she likes things or when ever you say "yeah for S" And this morning Matt was making kissing noises and she made them bake before laying one on him and if your really lucky she will give you a real, rap her arms around you and squeeze, hug.
BUT the inspiration of this post is her newest trick.... She signed "Milk Please" tonight!!! We have been working with her for a few months to try to get her to ask for Mommy milk instead of crying and tonight she signed it and hollered to make sure we (Matt and I) were both watching. I'm so so so excited for her to start communicating clearly. I'm so so proud of her!!!

Mmmmm...brother!

Baby S has learned how to play from her brothers, mom and dad, and one of the silly things that we do is "eat" each other. Well she has started to do it all the time to those that she loves! So I was able to catch her "eating" A the other day and both of them laughing and laughing.

And here is her face after she was "caught"
I love my kids! And they all play together so well... most of the time :)

Another E comment

E had another "when I grow up" saying after feeding his lone gold fish named spiderman.

"When I grow up I'm going to have LOTS of fish and you can come see them if you want to."

I love this boy, and it's going to be fun to watch him grow up! :)

E has said two more things lately about what he is going to be like when he grows up.

He told Matt the other day
"when I grow up I'm going to be NICE to my kids."
This was obviously when he didn't think Matt was being nice.

And
"When I grow up my kids will get ice cream from the ice cream truck ALL the time!"
This was right after the ice cream truck disappeared around the corner as we were catching the kids so they couldn't run after it.

I don't know if anyone else will find these as funny as we do, but I want to make sure that there is a documentation of all the things he says about being a grownup so when he is one, we can show it to him. :)

Beach Bum

I know it's been a long time since we posted and I'm sure you all want pictures and I promise they will come. I take them but getting them on here just seems like so much work. BUT even without pictures I had to post a conversation I had with E yesturday.

So to preface this E and A have been talking a lot about what they are going to do when they grow up. They even argue whether or not they will let them visit at their houses. They talk about who they want to marry and a lot about where they want to live.

E: "Mom would you be sad if I lived far away from you when I grow up?"
Me: "Why would you want to live far away from me?" (he has been talking about having a house right behind me lately)
E: "So my kids can play at the beach all the time."
Me: "oh, OK."
E: "Ya, I'm going to live by Grammy, in California."

Matt and I both LOVE the beach (it's our happy place!) but I don't know how I raised a beach bum in UTAH! :)

Beach bum

S near her 7 month birthday

I feel bad as I think of all of the cute kid moments that I have missed with the videocamera. Seeing them grow up so fast makes me think that I should have the videocamera glued to my hand at all times. So, this afternoon after church as We were making dinner I grabbed the camera to catch S chewing on some bell pepper sticks ( S is cutting her 2nd tooth, front bottom, so she likes to have a cold whatever on her gums). Oh and by the way, poor S got bit by a mosquito a few times on the forehead yesterday during the BBQ and fireworks. Also at the end is one of my favorite clips of E when he is about 18 months-He's so cute!