Squash for my little squash

This little one is eating baby food! It is so hard to believe she is old enough but she loves it! She wasn't too thrilled with rice cereal, but can you blame her. Blan, mushy paste. But she loves her squash!

And she is rolling over! I just took these pictures. She doesn't last long on her back now and she is a champ on her tummy. Toys are closer to chomp on that way! I can't believe how fast my baby is growing up! 

Well, my toddlers need to be in bed now so I guess I have to stop playing with this cutie pie. She is so much fun though! And so peaceful especially when another may, or may not, be going through the infamous two year old stage! But...the two big squashes are playing so happily right now, I may enjoy this sweet one a bit longer. 

Weekend Trifecta of Awesomeness!

I'm finally getting caught up about our big weekend in February. I called it the "Weekend Trifecta of Awesomeness!" That weekend, Jane was blessed at church, Stephen John turned two, and it was Valentine's Day, all on the same day. Dan and I have such great families! Both of our parents were here and my sister in-law Emily. It was wonderful to have both our families here to enjoy such a special weekend. Thanks for coming out guys!

Sunday morning we celebrated Valentine's Day. Yum-chocolate! The boys loved getting valentine's cards from their grandparents and grammy (my grandma). They are so lucky to have two sets of fabulous grandparents that they know really well!

Then we all went to church where Dan blessed Jane. I'm so grateful to be married to such a good man. It was such a sweet blessing. I count my blessings everyday too for such a wonderful baby. She just has a sweetness and happiness about her. 

Emily, Grandpa M, Grandma M, Stephen John, Dan, Jane, Michelle, Dallin, Grandma C, Grandpa C

3 generations

The dress that Jane wore was the dress that I was blessed in. I'm so glad my mom saved it. I loved passing on my blessing dress to my daughter. The blanket Jane used that day was made by my great-grandmother, Jane's great-great-grandma. How neat is that! My great-grandma was very talented at knitting and crocheting. And she adored babies! Its extra special too because I remember my great-grandma. She used to let us ride with her on her electric scooter. We thought that was so fun as little kids. 

My happy girl... 

 with a little sass! 

My baby girl!

After church, and the boys' naps, it was all about this little dude! Guess who is two?! Stephen John! He loves animals so I made him an animal cake. When we go to the zoo, SJ could seriously stay at each exhibit forever in peaceful harmony with the animals around him. He said to say that the giraffe is his favorite. It really is. Its a mandatory stop each time we go. 

I made the cake on Saturday so that Sunday wouldn't be so crazy. Every time he saw his cake he would point it out and tell us that it was his birthday. He was very excited to finally be able to eat it! He will never smile in pictures for me, so this is pretty good. 

Here are some things this little one was doing when he turned two:

-puzzles! Not your baby ones, but the cardboard toddler jigsaw puzzles that have a cardboard backing you put them on. He is really good at them!

-trots around the house

-STUBBORN!(I'm not sure which parent you can blame that one on)

-Talks, a lot! Careful, he'll start saying anything he hears you say. One time Dan was putting lotion on his hands and told SJ that his hands were shot. So then SJ starts putting lotion on himself and says, "checks shot," "nose shot," "knees shot," etc. You can have a pretty decent conversation with him too. It kind of throws people off when they hear him talk because they don't expect it. 

-hates falling asleep. I won't even start in on these stories except to say that at one point we had to rock him to sleep. When he felt himself falling asleep he would sleepily say "no!" and wiggle a finger or foot or whatever just to keep himself awake.  

-takes the world in. When we go on walks he walks slowly looking at all the bugs on the ground or pointing out things he sees. He loves riding in the stroller and watching everything around him. He would go forever!

-loves making a mess and cleaning it up. Sometimes it seemed like he would make a mess just to clean it up.

-food! When we eat, he'll check out everyone else's plate and if there is something on it he wants, he'll lean forward with his chin up and say, "bite please" as angelically as possible and leave his mouth open for you to deposit the eyed delectable in his mouth. 

-washing his hands/playing in the sink

-Bumble!!!! He was obsessed with the Bumble from the movie "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." Randomly, and quite often, with his round eyes opened even wider, he would whisper-yell in a deep, raspy voice--"Bumble." Or say, "Bumble's coming!" If we happened to be in my bed, he would then hide under the covers.

-he likes to scribble on the palm of his hand and call it a monster. Then he'll hold his palms up and roar at you quite ferociously! 

-reading books

4 months

Baby girl is four months old! Where is the time going? I keep thinking this little girl is going to roll over any day! But she keeps us in suspense and just goes to her side to chill out for a bit. She loves grabbing onto things now. Both boys received quite a surprise when they laid down by her one day and their hair got a good tug! They are a bit more careful and some haircuts have helped too.  She wiggles lots too. The boys like to sit and lay next to her which means that her wiggles come into contact with them. We've convinced Dallin that is how she is saying hi but SJ still shouts in his long, drawn out, whiney voice an alarm of attack! "Janie touching me! Janie kicking me!" Once in a while when I remind him that she is just saying hi, he'll say, "oh, hiiiii Jaaaaaanieeee," in his long, drawn out, sappy voice. Jane also loves her playmat. She wrangles those toys above her to naw on them. She also loves to sit up on your lap and to be held upright. She loves to watch everything around her, or is already learning to keep an eye on her brothers! She is the calm in the storm here, that is for sure!

These are some of her 3 month old pictures since I never got them posted.  I got her smiling too!

Then her brothers had to join in. 

And get dressed up too!

I don't think she is too sure of this. 

Pure Cuteness

Just because they are so cute, here are some pictures I took a few weeks ago!

My friend gave Jane this dress and I think it is so adorable! She always looks so pretty in it. It just looks like a dress someone named Jane should wear!

Jane looks like a little doll when she sits up, which she loves doing!

Check out the cute diaper cover! And those skinny legs! I don't think we'll ever have a chubby baby! Sorry for the upside down picture. (Dallin just walked up while I was typing this and said, "oh, what a cute, baby doll girl!" Then Stephen John says, "ooohhhh, Jaaaaaane!" Yes, they love their sister.)

Hello. I'm Mr. Handsome.

Goodbye Mr. Handsome!

2 months!

Where did two months go! It is hard to believe that this little one was two months on the 17th! Having a newborn is kind of like when I served my mission, in that the days (and nights) are long but the weeks go fast. Luckily, the nights seem a lot shorter, or longer depending on how you look at it, because this little angel is sleeping through the night! I always want to shout hallelujah when this happens! This girl knows she has a happier momma when she has slept. 

Here are some other things Jane is doing now:

-smiling!

-laughing! The other day she laughed and then I laughed, and then she laughed, back and forth, back and forth. It just filled me with joy! You just can't help but smile and laugh with a baby!

-making noise! This girl discovered her voice, but she still just makes happy noises. She hardly cries. 

-plays on her play mat. Jane comes alive with wiggling and noises when you lay her on her play mat under the hanging toys.

-holds her head up much better!

Here are her stats from her two month appointment:

Height: 22 inches, 26th %

Weight: 10 lbs 11 oz, 32%

Head Circumference: 15.16 inches, 56%

She is following the trend of our children, long and skinny, and the trend from my side of the family of having a big head!

2 months!

My Grandma C made each of her grandchildren a blanket. We all loved ours so my mom has continued the tradition with her grandchildren. This is the blanket she made Jane. I think it is so cute!

Sorry, you'll have to tilt your head to see this one!

Dallin had to get in on the action! He won't let me take as many pictures of him now, but he loves being in pictures with Jane!

Maybe I'll use the blanket to track her growth each month instead of the giraffe! 

I didn't write a post when Jane was one month, but here are the pictures I took of her. 

A little comparison. 

1 month

2 months

Pizza Rolls

Before Jane was born, I tried to fill our freezer up with meals. For about a month, I doubled what I made for dinner and froze the extra. I tried to get a bit creative to not have a freezer full of casseroles. I was pretty successful I'd say because we only had a few casseroles and I had to stop freezing things because I ran out of room. I saw a picture of pizza rolls online and gave that a go. Well, the boys LOVED them! I guess I'll be making these again. 

"Little Sister"

Someone likes impersonating his little sister! 

Baby burrito!

Ummm…is this how you wear it?

When you tell him to smile, this is what he does!

What is better than one baby burrito? Two!