Baby Animals

My sister-in-law and I gave the dads a day off and took the kids to Baby Animals Days a few Saturdays ago.  There were train rides, a climbing wall, pony rides, bounce houses, crafts, and lots of animals to pet and hold.  We had a lot of fun and Maya had a hard time leaving, although I was bummed (but not surprised) that she wouldn't ride the horses. 

Here are a few photots of the event:

Ran into more cousins and posed for a picture (Maya is obessed with these things)

Going for a ride

She REALLY wanted the white bunny but settled for this one

7 Months

This little guy got to swim in grandpa's pool for the first time today.  He was mesmerized with all the water and kids around him.  At 7 months he is a great napper and unfortunately waking up at least once at night wanting to eat.  He loves being outside and thinks his sister is hilarious, he makes loud noises when he is excited and loves you imitating him.  He is starting to be more cautious of others and holds on a little tighter these days.  Lately he has started to lean towards the ground if he wants to be put down to play with something.  And, he has to try what ever you are eating and lets you know if he hasn't had enough.

 

Cinco De Mayo Eve

Our neighbors invited us to a Cinco De Mayo Eve pinata smasing for the kids.  Maya came home with TONS of candy.

Posing with her friend's daddy.  Maya was quite scared of his mustache, can't blame her.

The anxious kids.

Let the fun begin.  She wasn't so sure about hitting the pinata and needed a lot of support before she'd do it alone.

My handsome boys watching the fun.

6 Months

Rett is 6 months (last Saturday) and had his check-up yesterday. Don't let his chubby cheeks and thighs fool you (although I took these pictures at a good angle, he doesn't look so chubby), he is only in the 50th percentile for weight (17 lbs. 8 oz.) and 75th percentile for height (27 inches).  He used to sleep through the night but about 2 weeks ago decided he didn't want to any more.  He is willing to tolerate pretty much any kind of baby food, except rice cereal and bananas, but wouldn't say he loves anything yet.  He rolls every where, sits up by himself, and recently learned to blow rasberries and smack his lips. 

Easter

I accidently erased all of our videos and pictures from Easter when I tried to import them into our photoshop program. This is all we have to show for Easter 2012, one picture on my phone before church. Maya had a lot of fun hunting for eggs when she woke up. She would find an egg, open it up, throw the egg on the ground, and put the candy in her basket. Rett slept through the whole Easter morning fun, the poor guy didn't even have an Easter basket. After church we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's for a yummy dinner and a MASSIVE egg hunt. These kids sure got spoiled.

Rett is 5 months

This little guy turned 5 months on Wednesday. He has had a rough time lately, his sister was kind enough to pass on her cold last week. As a result he ended up with a double ear infection and bronchiolitis. There has been a lot of wheezing and yucky coughs from our little man. To top it off, he got his first tooth over the weekend and another is on its way! He has shown some great improvements the last few days and we're almost completely back to normal.

At 5 months this little guy still loves to smile, giggle, and squeal like crazy. He loves to roll over to his tummy and GRABS EVERYTHING- he is getting a little too good with his accuracy. He LOVES his big sister and she is very good at making him happy and squeal. He is starting to notice when you leave the room and he doesn't like us to leave him behind. He has also shown a great interest in food, he thinks we should share whatever we are eating. He was starting to sleep through the night before he got sick but that seems to have completely disappeared (we're averaging 1 time a night to eat). He has also decided that he doesn't want to nurse anymore, he finds the bottle is much easier to eat from.

Missionary Family Home Evening

(Our cute daddy as a missionary in Manaus, Brasil)

Maya has been talking about missionaries a lot lately. We saw some at Walmart the other day and she has started to call The Little Einstein song the "Missionary Song" (it says "...we're on our way the mission of the day..."). It was time to teach her about the importance of missionary work.

It was fun to watch Tommy pull out his missionary trunk full of all sorts of great memories.

Maya got her own missionary tag, just like daddy's. She thought it was totally cool and loved pretending to be a missionary.

My future missionary.

And we even played "Pin the tag on the missionary."