kid update

The kids had lots of fun in the tub tonight!

I haven't really done a good update on the kids in a while, so I thought I would fill you in on what they are up to.

Halle
Ashley Gammill took our pictures before we moved. I LOVE THEM!! I will post more soon.

Before we moved we had her 4 month checkup. She is in the 90th percentile for height! She is one tall baby. She was in the 50th for weight, which I'm sure is a lot higher now. She has chunked up a lot since she had RSV. We were worried then because she actually lost weight, but it's not a problem anymore! She just started solid foods, and she has had squash and rice cereal so far. She doesn't love the taste of the squash, but I think she likes having a different texture in her mouth because she licks it off the spoon like a little puppy anyway. She is starting to laugh a lot more and she loves to stare at her brother. She's so sweet and content, such an easy baby. She's usually smiley and just a cutie! She still spits up a ton, which can be frustrating, but at least she's happy. The funny thing is that she screams a lot. Not horrible screaming like you can't figure out what's wrong. She's not crying or anything, but if she wants something she just screams really high pitched to get your attention. I'm sure my dad thinks this is payback, because I'm the reason he has a hard time hearing. :) I say it's because he tickled me so much. I tried to get this on video but she's so fascinated with the camera that she stops screaming just stares at it, and opens her mouth like she wants to eat it.

You can see her thigh rolls and her chubby cheeks here! I love them!

She fell asleep in the high chair. We put her here to play while we do stuff. She can grab toys now too.

Hayden
Love the tongue action, which was in most of the pictures. Funny kid.

Hayden had his 2 year checkup the same day as Halle's 4 month. He was 50th percentile for his weight, and 75th for his height. He is talking so much now! It seems like he is never quiet unless we are around strangers. He talks pretty much all day about whatever he sees. He says a few simple sentences like, "It's Hayden's fork!" and, "I want some juice. " and, "That's Greg's truck." He soaks up everything like a little sponge and the things he says sometimes make us laugh so hard. We always wonder where he learned it. He sings (really loud) a lot too. He learned the monkeys jumping on the bed, and the clean up song in nursery, so he sings them whenever he gets a chance. He is FINALLY (knock on wood) going to sleep really easily at night, and sleeping until about 7 when Derrick gets up with him. He also takes naps again, which makes for a much happier boy! He has been potty training this week, so we have been watching a lot of Elmo's potty time video and eating lots of treats. He's doing really well (I think) but still has a few accidents a day. I know he's ready, because he does get it. He usually comes to tell us when he has to go, he knows when he's had an accident and he cries, and he tells us afterward that you have to go in the potty and not in your underwear.... so why does he still have accidents? I guess it's only been a week, but I just have no idea when it will come easier and when the accidents will stop. Derrick has been able to work from home this week, so I'm sure the success we have had so far has to do with having both of us to help each other so no one gets worn out or impatient.


He loves playing in our backyard with our neighbor boy Gary. Gary is cute and wants a brother, so he loves to act like Hayden's big brother. It is really cute so see them play. Gary pushes Hayden around in his little car outside and plays baseball with him. Once I went outside and say Gary putting Hayden's shoes back on him because one fell off. Cute huh? I can't wait for Hayden to have a brother.. (OK I CAN WAIT!!!) The neighbors have this little bench and Hayden loves to sit on it. It makes me kind of sad though... It looks kinda lonely. Besides Gary he doesn't have any friends here yet. He (and I!!) really misses Claire and Maddie.




Us

Derrick and I are doing well too. We are starting to feel really adjusted here. I'm just glad to hvae my best friend with me. It made the whole move so easy to know I have someone I can trust with me always. We have met a few more couples in our ward, and although it's a family ward there are a lot of young student families like us. Derrick goes to play basketball and I'm going to go to enrichments to get over my tendency to not try to meet people. I still have no idea where I am out here, but I can at least accept the fact that I might have to use the GPS for eternity.