Funny Things

Here are a few funny things my kids have said lately, that gave me a good laugh.

Ben -

"Mom when Elaina is your age I will be a Great Grandpa." (How old does he think I am??)

I was feeding the baby a bottle and asked John if he would feed her. Ben who is listening says "Mom does Dad have boobs??? I don't think so!!!"

At Sunday dinner a few weeks ago I accidentally spilled some pop on my nephew's plate. Ben leaned over to my nephew and said "Don't worry Forrest sometimes I really hate my Mom too."

Jacob -

"Mom I can't say 30." (you just did)

"Where is the gemote?" (For remote)

"Can I play wiibsports?"

"Can Quarter come to play?" (His friends name is Porter)

Katie

She pushed Jacob off the stool the other day and I ask her to say sorry. She wouldn't so I told her to tell Jakie she loved him. She said "Jakie I not love you!"

It's a Miracle

All of my kids slept through the night. The last time this happened was over 6 months ago and I was pregnant so I was getting up myself to use the bathroom a few times a night. Last night I was able to sleep almost 8 hours with out waking up once. No one came in to tell me they had a bad dream. No one came in to say they had to use the bathroom (why they wake me up to tell me this I don't know). No one came in to say they wet the bed. The baby woke up at 11:00 to eat and then slept until 7. She might have slept longer but I checked on her to make sure she was alive. I was most surprised by the baby sleeping. My baby girl who still wakes up at least twice a night to eat. I know she doesn't need to eat but I am too tired to try and get her back to sleep when I know if I just nurser her she will go right back to sleep. The thing that really makes this a miracle is that it happened on a night when I didn't have to get up early to go to the gym. Now my only hope is that it is not another 6 months before this miracle visits me again.

Fish

On Christmas Eve we went to John's Grampa's house. Every year we play a white elephant game. One of John's cousins got the brilliant idea to give fish as a white elephant. And lucky for us Jacob was the one that got the fish. There was 4 goldfish in the sack. Well since we were going out of town we left the fish with Nana and Papa so they could babysit them. Last week we had dinner at John's parents house. When we first got there the kids immediately wanted to see the fish. Well one had died while we were gone. Ben my oldest says "Papa the Katie fish died. See there used to be 4 fish a Ben, a Jacob, a Katie and an Elaina. But now there are just three, the Katie fish died." Now you know who is Ben's least favorite in the house.

Family Pictures 2

Here is the second group.

Family Pictures

These were taken several weeks ago and I am finally getting around to posting some on my blog. I was really happy with the way they turned out. Enjoy and thanks to my friend Jessica for taking them!

Elaina's Baby Blessing

We had Elaina's baby blessing today. I was so greatful to have family show up. Especially since our sacrament starts at 8:30 in the morning. John did a great job on the blessing. It is always a tender moment for me to see John take our little baby in his arms and give them a blessing. Here are some highlights from the day.

My two older sister's enjoying the food. Everyone was nice enough to help with the food so it was super easy for me.

Elaina in her dress. The hat was a little too small but it seemed to work out okay.

Ben just loves Elaina and is always trying to hug and kiss her. Plus he loves to be the in the picture.

Here is Jacob who also loves to give Elaina lots of attention. He also loves to do whatever Ben has done.

Family Picture. Oh I love my little family. We are all laughing because everyone was trying to get Katelyn to smile.

Ben again trying to get in on the pictures and Katelyn just trying to run around with cousins.

Brothers. These two boys get along really well and love to play with each other. Aren't they cute!

Siblings

There is nothing I love more than seeing my kids take care of each other. The other day Jacob sat down to read Elaina a story. She loved having him read to her.

Seeing this picture reminds me of another time when Ben was reading to Katelyn.

What could be sweeter than seeing a big brother take care of his little sister.