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Emme is 4 Months

Emme had her 4 month doctor appointment today. She weighs 13lbs 3oz and is 25in long. She had to get two shots today and one immunization that she drank. She only cried for a second after the shots, and she was very brave. Unlike Elijah, who hid under the desk when the nurses came in with the shots! Emme also discovered that if she rolled over onto her tummy on the table she could eat the paper that covers it. She made quite a mess, and I had quite the pile of slobbery bits of paper to throw away before we left.

"Tato Heads"

Elijah LOVES Potato Heads. As you can see he has several, and he plays with all of them. His favorite one is the Mister Potato Head from Toy Story. He takes him apart and puts back him back together about 15 times a day. He has taken him apart so many times that the pieces are actually starting to get loose and fall out of the potato on their own. "Awesome, Awesome Mister Tato Head" also has to take baths with him, naps with him and he sleeps with him at night.

New Family Pictures

Grateful

Sometimes I have days when everything is rough and my schedule is off and the kids routine is ruined and nothing is going right. But thankfully these days are few and far between. But, I am grateful for these days because they remind me of how easy I really do have it, and how great my kids are. I am so grateful for Elijah. He has a kind and sweet heart. He is a happy and confident kid and he is very sure of himself. I am grateful for how funny he is, and the hilarious things that he says. I am grateful for the simple and beautiful way he sees the world. And even though he is almost three years old, he is still my baby. I am grateful that he and Emme adore each other and that he loves to help take care of her. I am grateful for Emme and how easy going she is. She is a good example for me, and she reminds to be calm and more "go with the flow". I love that she is very tolerant of her brother and even her daddy sometimes and the "loves and squeezes" that they give her. I am very grateful for her smile and how often she shares is with me. What a gift my kids are! I love every day with them, even the not so great ones.

Emme's Voice

Emme has recently found her voice, and now she talks all of the time (very loudly). It is hilarious though because when she talks she sounds very upset and she looks like she is going to cry but really she is quite pleased with herself. She does draw alot of attention when she decides to talk/screech in public. She is a funny little girl, and it always makes us all giggle when she feels she has something to say. (Sorry the video is sideways, I always forget about that on our camera)

Disney's Cars

It is very hard to motivate a two and a half year old to do something that they do not want to do, especially when it involves going number 2 on the potty (Elijah will hold it for days and days). Luckily we have found that Elijah will do just about anything for a Disney Car. Unfortunately we now have tons of cars all over our house. So we went to Home Depot and Dustin found Elijah a "way, way awesome Cars car holder." It is actually a very nice tool organizer, but it has big enough slots for some of his bigger cars that is works.

Potty Training

Well, it is official Elijah is potty trained! For the last few months Elijah has been potty trained during the day with #1 potties, but still wearing diapers at night and for naps. Unfortunately once Emme was born we had a bit of a set back, but the last two weeks Elijah has been sleeping both at night and during naps without a diaper! Yea! He has not wore a single diaper in about two weeks! Dustin and I are very excited to not have to buy diapers for him anymore, plus it will cut down on the wipes as well. Yea! We are so proud of our little man. (Elijah wanted to get his picture taken in his "new awesome OshKosh coat." He was very sad that his OshKOsh coat from last year did not fit him anymore, but luckily he has decided this one is a good replacement.)

15 Weeks

Last night Emmme rolled over (on purpose) for the first time! For a few weeks, she has been able to roll onto her side and stay there so that she can watch Elijah. I actually thought that it would take her longer to roll to her tummy because she does like being on her side so much, has been sleeping on her side since she was about 5 weeks old. Then this morning and this afternoon she has rolled over onto her tummy several more times, and once she even rolled from her tummy to her back. She is getting to be so big! She is at the stage now where she reaches for everything and then she can actually put it in her mouth. It is fun to watch her focus in on things and then try to throw her body around to get them. She tries to dive right out of your arms sometimes! She is awake alot more during the day, which is way fun. She and Eli have more time to play now. She loves to play cars with Eli on his car rug. Eli is not always sure he likes her destructive way of playing, but he always gives her some cars that she can play with.

Trick or Treat!!

On saturday night we had our ward Halloween party. Woody rounded up one of Bo Peep's sheep to go with him...she wasn't too happy to be "rounded up".