Some Stuff

I've continued on my blog slacking even though I had promised not to do so. It makes me mad that I don't do it because I want to remember these times more. We have been watching the home videos of the girls when they were little and they are just too cute! Another little girl will be so fun! Colt is just too cute right now. If I weren't pregnant and growing quickly I would love for him to stay at this age. He is so fun to watch and he is just too cute. He laughs all the time and is always trying to keep up with his sisters, trying to say new things, climbing on everything, and generally being a trouble maker. But a so-cute-I-can't-help-but-smile-at-you kind of trouble maker!

This was from Valentine's Day. The girls loved the whole day with heart foods and candy galore. They loved following the trail of hearts from their room to their Valentine's surprise behind the couch. Eric and I both got to go get massages that day and we went out to a kid free dinner which is another excellent treat!

His new trick in the past few weeks is standing on the kitchen table. I left the room for a few minutes and when I got back I found him like this, and as you can see the girls were not too concerned. He wants to climb up all the time but now that I'm onto his game I can pretty much get him to stay standing on chair. He loves that too. He has snuck up a few times for special things that he has his eye on, like Livy's Valentine's chocolates!

On the way to Austin last weekend we stopped in Brenham at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory for the tour and a treat! It was pretty cool seeing it all and mind blowing that we all eat so much ice cream when you see it being pumped out so fast. The girls were very interested and had lots of fun. Austin was beautiful and except for a water problem when we got there it was great after that. The weather was beautiful and I got a nice break during Colt's nap to read and sleep thanks to Eric!

He loved putting this hat on and off. Anything he has in his hands if you say "where's your hat" to him he tries to put it on his head as a hat. He tries to balance lots of things on that head of his!

He is getting so big. No more baby. That really makes me sad. I love his as a baby and don't want him to get bigger but it is also so awesome watching him learn new things and try to do so many things. He is a cup thief. He know which cups are not his and is always trying to steal them even though they have the exact same thing as his in them. He loves music and yells "yay!" and claps after each song in sacrament meeting. He is so smiley and loves to carry around anything. As long as he has stuff in his hands he is pretty happy. He loves going outside and throws little temper tantrums if we don't let him go. He stomps his feet and runs away and now we get the sad crying lip too. He keeps me laughing and smiling for sure. Even though he is trouble I can't get mad at him. I think it is the age. 

This is Rachel's latest activity, cutting her own hair. She gave herself a mullet. My mom said she was just trying to be like me. I had one too when I was her age, but not by my own choice, thanks mom! She took some off of both sides and I tried to live with it. She hasn't let me put her hair in ponytail or bow or headband in like a year so we went and got it cut off in the back to even it out. I think she looks adorable but she was not so sure. When she got it cut she said "why did she not cut it pretty?" Then she kept saying it was a boy hair cut. Poor kid. She wasn't happy about it but now she has accepted it. Everyone keeps telling her how cute she looks so she loves that!

The new do. Still shorter on one side than the other but it is much better. Cutie pie!

Hannah is here visiting now and all the kids are so excited. Colt loves Hannie as much as the girls and calls her "annah or nannah." When we were waiting at the airport for her the girls made sure to tell me not to let Colt play with Hannah because she is not his best friend, just their best friend. Livy has been Hannah's little shadow and they fight each night over who Hannah will sleep with that night. We went to the zoo one day but mostly the girls have just been playing a ton and doing some crafts. It has been fun and so nice to have an older kid who can watch Colt for a few minutes here and there.

Livy, Livy. I gave her a few pieces of turkey and then went out of the room, when I came back she helped herself to the whole tub. She has got handfuls of it and finished it all. Silly girl. The other day she asked me how babies come out. I paused a minute and she said "is it magic?" To which I said, yes it is magic! And she was so happy with that. About 2 weeks ago we went to the mall on a super windy day. I took the stroller out and placed it next to the car as I put Colt's shoes on while he was still in his car seat. I turned around and the stroller was gone. It was being blown way across the parking lot by the wind. So I set off on a chase but I was never gonna catch it before it hit the curb and couldn't go anymore. A nice couple saw this pregnant lady chasing what they thought was a stroller with a baby in it across the parking lot and drove over and stopped it for me. The funny part is that at dinner that night we were telling Eric what happened and Livy adds "And mom was so slow, she couldn't even get the stroller." It was a good laugh.

That is pretty much what's going on around here. We are getting ready for the girls 4th birthday! They are really excited!