Easter

My poor baby has pink eye. I don't know what it is with my kids but they seem to get it at least once a year. Right now it is Leah's turn and it breaks my heart to see her suffer. She is all congested and exhausted. Due to Leah having pink eye we didn't even make it to Church on Easter Sunday. Joshua had a fever Saturday night as well, but he seems fine now. We were all up early due to lack of sleep so I dressed the kids up for a few pictures to remind us it is Sunday and Easter. The kids looked pretty cute.

We did do an Easter Egg hunt and the kids got some yummy candy. We had a ham dinner. The boys got a mitts and balls from the Grandparents. They enjoyed playing catch all day. The boys also got squirt guns that they have enjoyed playing with.
We dyed Easter eggs. They were dinosaur eggs. The boys enjoyed dying the eggs.
Aunt Jenny came over to help and came over for Easter dinner. We had a wonderful Easter.

Handy Man?

Michael tells me he is not a handy man, but I think differently. He has done many projects around the house to not consider himself a handy man. He did not do them by himself, but he found people who knew what they were doing and learned from them. He seeks advice and does a great job around the house. Our latest project here is taking off the rotted wood on the bottom of our garage and repainting it. We are still working on it, but Michael did a good job. We borrowed some of the tools and had some friends help paint. We are blessed with great friends!

If you remember the gas line leak, Michael made sure that we got it fixed.
Michael helped install a second fan in the living room.
He also helped remodel the bathroom.

We are so grateful for the people who have helped us and taught us how to do these home repairs. We are so blessed!

A little of this and that

A good friend of mine made this beautiful dress, and Leah looked adorable in it. The boys just love to be in the pictures, and they are adorable too. This week I had a scare at Walmart. There was a car speeding down the parking lot isle and Dallin decided to take off towards the Walmart doors. He was so close to being hit. If Joshua, Dallin, or I would have taken a step we would have been hit. It makes me wonder how any of us survived to be adults. :)
Dallin finally decided that we could go and purchase underwear for him. He picked out Thomas underwear. He was originally refusing to wear underwear or use the potty, so this was real progress for us. He has yet to use the potty, but once he went to the bathroom without telling me and went on the floor. Sometimes he will go outside and go, but with pants on still. He won't pull down pants or underwear to go but at least he hasn't wet on the carpet. If you are wondering about the leash, the boys like to wear the leashes and pretend they are horses and I drive them around the house.
This is what I call a guilt free nap. Michael is really busy with church and work so he feels bad if he doesn't help out at home. This is his way of helping out while being able to relax a little. :) He will ask me if the baby needs a nap, and when she does he volunteers to help with that. :) I am fine if he just takes a nap, but he for some reason always feels a little guilty.

Blessing

Leah is growing up and getting to be very expressive. I just wanted to show a cute picture of her in a cute summer dress. I think it is weird that it is 90 degrees here and still snowing up North.

We had Leah blessed yesterday. We have Church at 9AM so I didn't get very many pictures as we were in a rush to get to Church. Leah did not cry at all during her blessing. We had my sister, her roommate, and Uncle David's family come to Church for the blessing. We are so happy they all came. We had a great lunch afterwards. Michael cooked us up some pizza that was mighty tasty.
Here are my three kiddos the day they were blessed. Dallin's picture is a little blurry and Leah is flipping us off, but you get what you get. I just wanted to show how alike they all look. You can tell that they are all related and super cute!
The dress that Leah is wearing is the dress I wore when I was blessed. It was so special. We had a wonderful day yesterday, we love having family around!

Saturday

The boys went to Home Depot on Saturday and built flower baskets. Joshua did his mostly by himself. Michael had to help Dallin a little but they turned out great. We don't use them as planters we are using them as tool boxes. :) They were very proud of their creations. They have worn those aprons every day since they got them.

This was the first Saturday in a long time that Michael has not had a function he needed to be at. The above pictures shows what happens when he gets a chance to sit. :)

2 Months

Leah is two months old. She is fitting in really well with our family! The boys are doing great with her. We took her to the Doctor today. Dallin had to make the nurse and the doctor aware that we were there for Leah and he was not to be hurt. Leah was there to be hurt. I am sure you know but wanted everyone to be clear by hurt he means shots. :) Leah was not a fan of the nurse or the Doctor she was not happy unless she was in my arms. I am her favorite. :) Leah is 24 inches long 97% and 12.4 lbs 95%, and I can't remember her head size but it is in the 75%. I love when she smiles and coos at me. The boys love to look at her and fight over who she is looking at. It is cute. She is sleeping quite well at night. She wakes up once or twice depending on what you consider "the night" to be. She usually goes down around 8:30 PM and wakes up around 2 AM and again at 5:30 AM. There has been a rare occasions where she will sleep through the 2 or 5 AM feedings. Things are going great and she is obviously thriving!

Who does Leah Look Like?

Most people say she looks like Dallin...

Some people say she looks like Joshua...

Lately we are thinking she looks like Grandpa West...

Notice any similarities?