2 Wheels

If you look very carefully at this picture you will notice that Charley's training wheels are OFF!!!!  Seriously, I can't keep up with my kids.  They are all growing up too fast!

We have been trying to get Charley to take her training wheels off all summer.  All of the kids that are about her age have now learned how to ride on 2 wheels.  I think there is maybe 1 that hasn't (there are a lot of kids on our block). Tonight Ben told her he just wanted her to try.  As soon as he said that, she started tearing up....she was so scared.  Ben thought he was in for at least an hour of crying and frustration.  But it was the complete opposite.  He helped her once, let her go and she was off on her own.  It was amazing!  (lets cross our fingers teaching her to drive is just as easy!)

This was a big accomplishment for her.  She really was terrified of taking her training wheels off. But we are so proud of her!

Mobile!

Nothing in my house is safe anymore!!....this little cutie is CRAWLING!!!  She started crawling on Sunday, July 22, 2012.  Ben took her to class with him at Church.  He set her on the ground and she took off!  I'm a little sad I missed it.  I knew she was on the verge of doing it, but didn't realize how quick.  But Ben caught some of it on his phone.  And each day she's been getting better and better.

Drive-in

I love our neighborhood.  Someone is always doing something fun to celebrate.  This night was just for fun.  Someone thought up the idea of a drive-in movie night.  And that weekend, it happened!  Our neighbor set up a screen and projector and every one brought blankets and chairs to watch Pixar shorts. We even set up a concession stand! 

Tennis Camp

Last week we signed Charley up for PeeWee Tennis camp.  She loved it!  It was only a week long, so we'll have to find a place to actually have her take lessons.  So many places don't have lessons for kids this young.

3 years

 Today this little girl turned 3!!! I still can't believe it. I can still remember her when she was born, she had a cute squished face, especially at the top of her nose.  She was perfect! ....Then she found her voice a few months later, and we haven't figured out how to turn her off since!

 Ever since Charley's birthday, she has been "patiently" waiting for her birthday.  ....haahaa.....I guess anxiously waiting is more appropriate.  She gets so frustrated when others are having their birthday and not her....First I had a birthday, then Ben, and she was supposed to be next, but at the beach house Schrammpa had his birthday.  She kept telling everyone her birthday was "tomorrow".  But the day finally arrived! It was Gabby's Birthday.  And she has been wanting a Tinkerbell Birthday for soooooo long.  Sometimes, it was all she could talk about. ....literally!  So being the nice mom that I am, couldn't reject that face....could you?!  So a Tinkerbell birthday it was.  Lucky me, Charley has also had a few Tinkerbell parties, so I had a lot of stuff already!  We only invited a few friends that lived in our culd-e-sac. When the got to our house I had little Tinkerbell pictures for them to color. They each came with a little pack of markers, thank you dollar store!

 Then we made fairy wands....aka oreos on a stick dipped in chocolate covered in sprinkles!  After making wands, we played "fairy, fairy, Tinkerbell"....instead of "duck, duck, goose."

 After the crafts and games we had presents and cake!....I saw this cute idea on pinterest to bake the cake in a ice cream cone.  Gabby loved it....way cute idea. I didn't feel the need to buy ice cream when my cake was shaped like it!  After cleaning off all the little hands, it was outside for bubbles until mom's arrived.  It was only an hour long, but it was good enough for the Birthday Girl!

When Ben got home, we took the Birthday Girl out to dinner, and because I was too tired to make dinner....setting up for the party, having the party, cleaning up the party then making another cake...plus taking care of kids was enough for this mom!

 When we got home, it was time for her to open the presents we got her, and eat another cake.  ....The Tinkerbell cake she always talked about!

 (I went to H&M the other day, and they had a bunch of stuff for a $1!!! ...like this hat, the bag, I got Charley some socks, and Dani some tennis shoes....all for a $1each....I also got Gabby a few shirts for $3...score!)

I know the cake looks a little creepy, but this was the best I could do in the time I had to make the cake.  I sure have gotten quite a few cakes out of that cake pan, and I'm sure this wont be the last Tinkerbell cake I make!

Happy Birthday to my crazy, beautiful, energetic, funny, adorable, Loud, never a dull moment Gabby. We love you.  We hope your Tinkerbell Birthday was everything you wanted!

7 months

This cute little princess is 7 months old today! She is practically perfect in every way.  And she is a big time mama's girl!

*She is Almost crawling. She does get on all 4's and rocks back and forth....she'll be there any day now.  But she does scoot all over going backwards or by rolling.  She can move her legs, but hasn't quite gotten what her hands are supposed to do yet, so she will scoot her legs then face plants forward then gets up and does it all again...it isn't her fastest method of movement, but she'll do it every once in a while when she really wants something!

*She is eating solids, and has loved everything we have given her.

*She sleeps from 8p - 8a every night!!! With 2 naps during the day. 

*She doesn't cry much, and is pretty content to just be watching her sisters play.....they are pretty interesting!

*When she does talk, she is soooo LOUD!!!  I am worried we are going to have 2 Gabby's in the house! Not that Gabby is bad, but just LOUD!   Dani discovered she had a voice a few months ago, and has been screaming ever since...literally.  You would think she is hurt, but those are her happy squeals!

We love our Baby Dani!!

RAGNAR!!

It has been a while since my last post, and a lot has happened....I survived a cross country, month long trip with the girls!  But before that trip, Ben and I ran in the 2012 Wasatch Back Ragnar!  Our Awesome sister-in-law, Courtney, came in town to watch the girls with the help of our wonderful Aunt Kay!  And they did it so we could run this crazy race.  We love them!

We signed up a year ago, while I was pregnant.  But I like signing up for big races to help motivate me to run and get in shape. Because Dani was a c-section, I couldn't work out for the first 2 months after she was born.  Which really gave me 4 months to train for this race.  And I know I was slow, but I ran all 18 miles!  ....even my leg that was 8.4 miles up a mountain where I climbed like 900 ft....I ran the whole way!

I loved running it with Ben.  Ben isn't a runner, but he likes running this race...that tells you how fun it is!  (it sounds stupid, but ragnars are fun!)

What's next?.... marathon!!!  I made a promise to myself I would do a marathon after each kid.  The real question is which marathon!?!?!