Proud Moment

Jacob has been asking to take a Book of Mormon over to our neighbors ever since he found out they don't go to our church. He was planning on just leaving it by the door but decided to knock when he went over. When he returned quite a few minutes later, I asked him how it went. Jacob told me the neighbor asked if he was taking them to all the neighbors. Jacob said no just you guys. Our neighbor asked "so does that mean we're special?" Jacob said, "yeah I guess."  I am so proud of him for having the courage and desire to share the Book of Mormon with our neighbors that he doesn't even know very well. Our 10 year old really showed us up tonight!!!

He would die of embarrassment if he knew I put this on the blog! I would seriously never hear the end of it. I was just so proud of him. 

My Morning Birds

Ashlyn 5:00 am

Adam 6:00 am

I want to cry. 

Stranded

Ashlyn got stranded after both her naps today. I heard her crying in a panicked way after her first nap so I raced in to find her up on her knees grabbing onto the railing. She couldn't get down and was nervous. She was the same way after her second nap but not as panicked. But still a little nervous. She didn't appreciate me taking the time for photos before rescuing her. She is on the move crawling everywhere. She is not too quick yet but pretty proud of herself at her new-found freedom. Her first tooth just broke through last week and she still has no hair at 8 months! She is still the sweetest and best behaved baby!

Adam's Falcon

Adam has an imaginary friend. He calls it "my falcon". He talks about "my falcon" all the time. He makes up stories involving "my falcon". He will be telling me something and all of a sudden throw in information about "my falcon". "My falcon did this." "My falcon doesn't like that." While in Oceanside we were walking on a bridge back from the harbor and saw a smashed black duck on the road. I showed him the dead bird. He got alarmed and said, "That's my falcon!" I was a little worried and I tried to reassure him it was not his falcon, only a duck. He didn't believe me at first and continued to insist it was "my falcon". After we returned to our condo, he happily told me it wasn't "my falcon". Phew! Even though Adam's falcon is imaginary, I panicked when he believed "my falcon" was smashed on the side of the road. I'm glad "my falcon" is still safe in his imagination. 

Love's is for Girls

We stopped at Love's gas station on the way home from California. Adam said, mommy this is a girls gas station!!"

Because of the hearts. 

Ocean Battle Wounds

I'm pretty sure Hunter has had an injury on this very eye multiple times in his short 7 years. He & Jacob were out boogie boarding when they took a tumble in a rough wave. Jacob bumped his head on the ocean floor and Hunter must've hit the ground with his eye. He came out of the ocean crying & holding his eye. I saw a little blood and brought him up to Trevor who was under the umbrella with Ashlyn. He whisked Hunter away to get it rinsed and assess the damage. He was gone for a while and I was starting to get nervous. After what seemed like an hour, Trevor returned. Hunter was fine but had some bruising around his eye. We were very lucky something worse didn't happen. Both the boys were done with the ocean after that. 

7 months

Ashlyn got to celebrate her 7 month mark at the beach. I have never seen a cuter beach bum. 

Here are some attributes about Ashlyn at 7 months. 

She has the brightest, most beautiful blue eyes and the chubbiest chunky thighs. She has almost no hair. What little hair she has, it's light blonde so she basically looks bald. Her arms are as rolly as the Michelin man arms. 

She has been referred to as the Michelin baby by more than one person. She is rolling over a ton and staying sitting up when we put her that way. She topples over sometimes but it is getting less and less frequent. She is very bashful and has been nervous around strangers since 4 months old. She will hide on my shoulder when people try to talk to her, even occasionally when that someone is her dad (although, this week in Oceanside they have become pals). She cries when other people try to hold her. She will be brave for about a minute before she starts crying and looking for me. She is just starting to reach for people (me) and extended her reach to Trevor this week. She normally sleeps from 8 pm to 5 am. Her schedule has been a bit interrupted during our trip and has been all over the place. We are planning on getting back on track once we return home. She is starting to accept baby food as part of her diet. She did not care for it at first. She loves french fries and her sippy cup. She is the sweetest, happiest, most content baby I've ever met.  She is the most happy in her mom's arms. She is battling her first little cold right now but is pushing through like a champ. I never thought I would enjoy having a girl this much. She makes it so easy!! I couldn't ask for a better baby! We are smitten by this beauty!