Christmas Eve

We had a fun Christmas Eve.  We had friends over for pizza.  I love having friends that we can spend the holidays with while we are away from family.  It was fun to sit and talk and let the kids play.  Thanks Hills and Boehms for joining us.

After they left, we let the kids open the traditional pajamas.  They loved them and looked so cute in them.  Thanks grandma Healy for picking them out.  I'll post more pictures of them in the pj's later.

Cute sisters

I love this picture of the girls.  They are so cute and they love each other very much.

Science Museum

We went to St. Louis this last week for Samantha's yearly eye appointment.  Everything checked out great for her eye.  The doctor was really pleased with her eye and said that we could move to another doctor in Columbia and save ourselves a trip to St. Louis.  

While we were there, we decided to take a trip to the science museum.  The girls had a great time.  It had a lot of fun things for them to do.  I love that St. Louis has so many fun things to do for free.  It was a fun trip for the family.

4 month old Grace

So our sweet Grace is 4 months old.  She is such a good baby.  She loves to smile, talk, and sit up.  She adores her sister and giggles every time they do something silly.  We are still working on her sleeping at night, but other than that, we couldn't ask for a better baby.  She is such a blessing to our family.  

Grace is now grabbing for things and loves to hold them.  As soon as she grabs things they go straight to her mouth.  She is always kicking her feet and doesn't really like to sit still.  I have had so much fun watching her grow and learn new things.  She has even started to blow raspberries and drools all over the place.  

I took her to the doctor for her 4 month well-check and she is a very healthy girl.  She is 15.8 pounds, 90th percentile.  25.75 inches, 90th percentile.  The doctor said she looked great and I couldn't agree more. 

Grace loves sitting in her high chair and watching me get dinner ready.  She also loves sitting with us while we are eating our meals.  I'm so glad we have it.

I love this smile of hers.  It is probably my favorite.

Halloween Night

Halloween night we took the girls trick or treating around our friends neighborhood.  The girls got way more candy than any of us needs but it was fun.  

 Nadya, Hannah, George, Gerrit, Ollie, and Samantha.

Grace's buddy, Lucy.  She and Grace were born 10 days apart.

The kids having fun.

Halloween Craziness

Halloween this year was a lot of fun.  We had activities going on all weekend.  We did a trunk or treat with the SAA and had fun visiting with friends there.  Then we went to the YMCA carnival where the girls got to play games and get treats.  That night we went to a party with friends and enjoyed our time there.  We ate good food, talked with friends, and played games.

The girls picked out their costumes this year.  Nadya wanted to be a vampire queen, Samantha wanted to be Snow White, and I picked out a lamb costume for Grace(which barely fit her).  They looked very cute and they had fun dressing up.

Nadya and Samantha ready to go.

 Pretty Snow White

 Vampire Queen

 Samantha and Addison

 Our little lamb

 Nadya really wanted to hand out candy

 Samantha got a lady bug on her face at the YMCA

 Nadya was so excited to get her face painted like this for her costume

 Even though it didn't fit great, Grace still looked cute in this costume

Family Update

I guess it's time that I updated on our family.  Things are pretty much the same but it seems like time is going by so fast. 

So I will start with Earl.  He is finishing up his fourth rotation which  is surgery.  He has loved being able to work with the doctors and finally doing the things that he has learned about in the classroom.  He enjoyed his family medicine and pediatric rotations.  Not what he necessarily wants to do but he liked them while he was doing them.  Surgery is definitely not my favorite.  His hours have not been the best but he is learning.  He is not really into surgery but really likes orthopedic surgery.  So we will see what he decides to do.  His next rotation in internal medicine so we will see how he likes that. He has been released from his calling in the primary and now has a new calling that he should be sustained in next Sunday.  I'll update what he has been called to after that.  

Nadya is loving school.  She is reading like crazy and loves to get new books every week at her school library.  She is getting bonus words for spelling and she adores her teacher.  She has enjoyed playing soccer and just played in her last game.  Now she says that she wants to play basketball but we will see if she changes her mind.  She likes trying new things which is good.

Samantha loves being busy.  She has really enjoyed being in preschool(pretty school as she calls it).  She is finally enjoying learning.  She knows her ABC's now and can count consistently up to 13.  She loves to pretend and really enjoys the kids in her class, especially her friend, Gavin.  

Grace is now 3 months.  I can't believe how fast these 3 months have gone by.  She is growing so fast.  She has found her thumb and loves to suck on it.  She loves to kick her legs especially when she is in bed.  She adores her sisters and loves it when they sit and talk to her.  She talks to us and gives us big smiles.  She has a very cute smile and 2 dimples that love to show up when she smiles.

I keep pretty busy with the girls.  I am still taking them to the gym so that I can get some exercise.  Samantha loves playing with her friends there.  I have started to help in Nadya's classroom and she seems to like that.  I am in charge of the night book club for the SAA and the first meeting went well.  It's fun to be able to meet new people and talk about books.  I'm still teaching in the Relief Society and I enjoy it most of the time.  I learn a lot but it makes me nervous every time I get ready for it.  I absolutely love it here.  I love the friends that I get to make and all the things that I get to do with my family.  It is such a fun time in our lives.

The girls on a hayride with Earl.  Provided by the hospital.

 

Grace sucking her thumb.  This is how I found her after I took a shower.

 

Samantha at Nadya's last soccer game.  She wanted to wear my hat. 

 

Nadya playing goalie at her last game.  She really enjoyed being the goalie.

 

Grace sleeping at the game. 

Grace is 2 Months

Two months has gone by so fast.  This little miss has gotten so big and is doing so much.  Her 2 months stats are 23.5 inches long and 12.6 pounds.  She is in the 90th percentile for both.  I can't believe how big she is but she is so stinking cute.  

She is now smiling consistently at everyone and is cooing.  I have heard her giggle a few times.  She holds her head up really well and is starting to put weight on her legs.  We all love this little girl.  

Tumbling with Samantha

Since Nadya was doing soccer, we decided to put Samantha in tumbling(she wasn't old enough to do soccer).  She has really liked being able to do something by herself.  She loves running around and doing all of the different things in the room.   She especially likes the trampoline.  I love that we can do these different things for the girls.  It keeps us busy but they really like it.