Aleeya Nine Month Statistics!

Aleeya swaddled herself! So cute!

Picture taken 08/03/09

Aleeya crawled on a carpet tack and got a cut on her knee, when she started favoring that leg I decided to take her to the doctor. She also needed her nine month immunizations and well-child check so that worked nicely. They did have her take an antibiotic for seven days to help with infection on the cut and it looks fine now.

On July 31, 2009 she weighed 15.9 lbs,which is the 5th percentile and was 27 inches long, 30th percentile. She is right on track or ahead in the developmental areas.

Currently she is a stair climbing maniac. She goes up super fast and has figured out how to go down, but more slowly. She continues to be a great sleeper, eater and all around pleasant and fun baby!

Roy Pool

We had a fun day at Roy Pool with our friends. All of the kids love the water. We went to go on the water slide and I went with Serena on my lap and Carter was supposed to follow so I could catch him at the bottom. He didn't want to go, so stayed up at the top with the life guard. I left Serena with friends and went to go back for him. When I got to the gate for the slide it was locked, they were preparing for the hourly evacuation of the pool (a safety thing they do). I had to have the life guard unlock it so I could go up and get Carter, I guess the life guard on top was going to go down with him. After I went with him once, he was able to go on his own.

July 24th-Pioneer Day Celebration

We went to North Logan to celebrate Pioneer Day. Taylor had to work so it was just me and the children. North Logan has a parade that goes right by my childhood home and we have watched this parade for as long as I can remember.

The kids got TONS of candy! At the start of the parade Serena wasn't so sure she liked it, she first said she wanted to go home, then said she was hungry, then said she was tired and wanted to nap! She was saying anything she could think of to get inside the house! After Aunt Kimmie held her for a few minutes she got used to it and started picking up candy with Carter.

After the parade we went to the park for the "carnival." The kids got tattoos, courtesy of Aunt Kim, which lead them to get many more throughout the day from her. There was a basketball shooting game that Carter loved. It was free, so he played several times with me, then with Kimmie and then with Kaden Merrill.

Fun in the water !

In the afternoon we took a new trail that they have created to Elk Ridge Park. The girls slept in the stroller and Carter played on the playground. A mom is always a mom and will always worry, so after we had been gone about an hour Mom sent Kim to drive over and check on us, because it was hot and I had three kids in a stroller. So funny, I think she forgot that I used to not have a car and I walked WAY farther with the stroller in hot and cold weather.

For the fireworks display we went to the backyard of the Kartchner's and enjoyed their great view. Serena, again, didn't love the noise, but just wanted to be held.

We stayed overnight in Logan and then on Saturday afternoon I went with Carrie, Rhondda, Marisa and Tara to Coppermill for a late lunch. Then I headed home so that Taylor and I could go to a game night with friends from the neighborhood.

Thanks pioneers for your sacrifice and for a holiday to commemorate with lots of fun.

Fun in the Sun!

Aleeya loves the water, she has no fear and will put her face right in!

Yum, wet M&M's!

Emily and Serena "swimming"

Who needs a towel-just jump until you are dry!

Pretend I am your hero!

Grandma Hoppie and Aunt Kimmie gave the kids some new dress-up's. Here they are having a great time with their friends Jackie and Emily.

Carter jumped into the room and said,"Pretend I am your hero!"

You may think this is a Wonder Woman cape, but Carter informed us that there are Wonder Boys and Wonder Kids also!

Taylor is going to love this one!

Serena prefers the swimsuit and shoes look.

Mischief comes so naturally...

Serena snuck a bowl of nacho cheese down to the t.v. room. Probably because "eat at the table" translates too; just don't let mom see us eating other places. Anyway, occasionally Serena falls asleep in the afternoon and Aleeya found the cheese and rubbed it in her hair. Serena didn't even wake up!

I found my camera!

So my camera has been missing since 07/06. I have been trying not to worry because I figured that the kids had taken it or I had put it in some random place, in both cases I thought I would find it while cleaning the house.

Well, have cleaned the house several times and no luck. So then I started cleaning closets and dresser drawers and other places that I could think of it might be. No luck. I was starting to get worried and stressed because I missed having it available for pictures and I know that it is not in the budget to get a new one.

Today I decided that after again looking in every closet and bag and car and cupboard and basket I could think of that, I would pray. I had put off this option because honestly there are so many more things I need to pray for that I felt this should be something I could do on my own.

I can't believe I waited this long to ask for help. I found my camera several hours after praying. I was changing Aleeya's diaper and then went to get a new outfit for Serena, since she needed changed also. When I was in Serena's closet I thought maybe I will look in her purse for my camera. Looked there, empty. Then I thought I wonder if it is in Carter's "purse," his backpack. So I went to his closet and looked inside-there it was!

I am thankful the Lord cares about the small details of my life. I am glad I was finally humble enough to pray and I am glad for this reminder that prayer is powerful!