February Happenings

 February FLEW by and it was a good one!

Mae has become attached to this dress and sparkly shoes and it is not likely you will find her without them if she is awake.

The kids had a snow day and were pumped that their 3-day weekend turned into a 4-day weekend!

The neighbor girls ended up at our place for lunch before making the rounds to each other's houses.

When I sent them off with hot chocolate in these cups, Anabelle was so excited that it was like they went to Starbuck's! I love little girls.

An extra day off school meant a sleep over swap with the Joyces and it was a total success!

Christine walked Eve to the park so Brian could pick her up on our side because their street didn't get plowed until the end of the day and it was too icy to get out. Crazy snow!

Brian hosted a birthday breakfast for Carter, the newest Teacher in his quorum, and it was a blast!

Brian - Edmund - Noah - Carter

Girl dad alert!

He literally lets them do whatever they want to him and it's darling.

I mean, how could you say no to this face?

Doggy piles are my favorite-

But from afar...I don't want to participate.

Thad became a teenager-

Valentine's celebrations-

Just watching our little girls get bigger right before our eyes-

Soak up the sun when we can-

She is something FIERCE!

And perfectly sweet.

All at the same time!

Eve competed in her first official competition and totally rocked it-

She took third in all her events and we all just loved cheering her on!

She did her very best and I'm so proud of her for working so hard. I told her as long as she could walk away knowing she did her best, then she wouldn't have to worry about a thing. And she did just that!

These kids seriously make every month pretty dang amazing-

2/2/22

These cute first graders celebrated TWOSday on 2/2/22 and had a blast! Eve had two braids with two bows that you can't see but I thought it was so cute that they celebrated.

Also, the kids got to stop wearing masks the same week as Twosday and we are all singing hallelujahs! My kids asked if we could have a mask burning party, but I threw a ton away when I thought we were done last year, so I may hold onto them a tiny bit longer. I don't ever want to spend one more dime on a mask.

I love Eve's style and had to document her outfit she picked out all on her own-

There's just something about sleeping kids that calms a mother's heart-

Sleeping dads are pretty calming, too-

And I'll sign off with this crazy gal just doin' her thang!

What would we do without her?

Love you, Mae Monsen!

9-Month Liv Marie

She has officially been on the outside as long as she was on the inside--I'm definitely enjoying this side of her earthly 9 months than I did her 9th month inside!

I need to remember to never buy baby toys. Fruit snack wrappers and spoons are much more entertaining.

She has discovered the stairs and this was the beginning of the end of now worries about stairs.

Can't you just see that mischief in her eyes!

Dad has been so awesome to cart her to YM a few times so I can hold down the fort and he gets to have that cute baby to keep him company!

SHE IS ALWAYS SO HAPPY!

Even when she has crazy tummy troubles and needs a bath multiple times a day.

She was able to progress up the stairs and Mae was cheering on her bad behavior-

Everybody at church is obsessed with her and Charlotte insisted on a picture with her so her mom could print it and she could look at it all the time-

This was the beginning of the end with the Bumbo. She never fell off of the counter (only fell out of it onto the counter once), so I'm giving myself a huge pat on the back!

Can you even believe that ginger hair coming in so curly and thick?!

It is perfection.

All the siblings still adore her-

She can officially get herself in some hilarious predicaments as she continues to experiment with this mobility thing-

I LOVE the random things babies do!

I had to take a couple pictures to prove she sometimes gets sad-

But then she's right back to being happy!

We can't get enough

She likes to be silly-

And, unfortunately, she made it to the top of the stairs in a few weeks time-

Mae continues to cheer on her bad behavior. Haha!

We also scored with a few warm days during the month and she was living her best life in the swings and soaking up some vitamin D-

9 months with Liv Marie have been, oh, so good!

I can't wait to experience the next 9 months with you, baby girl!