WOW MOM

I'm not sure I like these surveys... one thing just glares out at me... do you see it?  But I guess it is good to know what he thinks about me.  But really, salad and Dr. Pepper??  I rarely have those.  And I think I am pretty accustomed to spiders by now.  

Alex made breakfast (and fajitas for dinner) and got me the tulips.  I got the necklaces and gerber daisy at church.  

Love all these moms.

Buzz band-aids...

...evidence that we have a lot of boys at our house.  These were the only ones I could find.  

Buzz Lightyear is cool.  Dropping glass lids on your toe is not cool.

Mormon Helping Hands

We had the opportunity to participate in a service project recently, along with many others who were doing various projects for Mormon Helping Hands.  We were all ready for a painting project, but we were needed for weeding instead.  The boys were a little disappointed, but they helped pull weeds from an area by the track at a local High School. Good helpers!  They had fun playing in the piles of weeds and finding ladybugs.  Savannah had a little ladybug friend on her hat. 

What Heaven Sees in You

I love this song by Doug Walker.  I came across this video that goes along with it as well, so I had to share.  If only you would have "eyes to see what Heaven sees in you..."  Don't forget how important you are!  (This gets me even more emotional now thinking about my own little daughter.)

my cool four-eyed fruit bat

Jared had his 1st grade play recently.  They acted out the book, "The Great Kapok Tree", about saving the rain forests. A man starts to cut down a tree, falls asleep, and animals and birds come talk to him during his sleep about why he shouldn't cut the tree down.  Jared got to be one of the bats, saying his part with two others.  I wish I had recorded him saying his part.  They said we would be able to purchase a copy of the play, so I didn't bother to take any video.  However, I later found out that it was $33 for a copy of the play (this must have been some real professional videography going on)... sorry Jared.  I'm too cheap to pay that much for your 30 seconds of fame.  Maybe I will just record him later saying his part.  He did a good job and looked cool in his costume (which luckily I did NOT have to make).  

future wedding videos?

Silly boys with a sugar high...

15.2 and super sleeper

I.love.this.girl.

All 15 lbs. and 2 ounces of her!

She's sleeping like a champ - all night.  She has been doing pretty consistently from about 8:00 to about 6:30 (or 8:30-7:00 or 9:00 to 6:00-ish).  Love it.  I attribute that to some sleep training and a little bit of luck.  We have used the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Weissbluth to help with sleep training.  A friend in Oklahoma gave us that book when Nathan was about 2 or 2.5 (?) years old.  We were letting him stay up until about 10:30 or 11:00pm AND laying down next to him to put him to sleep.  It got to the point where it was taking over an hour to get him to sleep.  We tried a strategy in the book (holding the door shut and letting him cry), and within a few days he was going to bed by himself, at an earlier hour too.  The interesting thing was it seemed like they slept longer the earlier we put them to bed (the book talks about that too).  We didn't know soon enough what we were doing with Nathan, but with the others we sleep trained them at about 3 months old to sleep through the night.  What a difference a full night's rest makes!  I'd say we have been pretty successful.  You might doubt or shy away from sleep training, but the cry-it-out (with a little soothing) has worked for us.  Now Savannah will probably wake up in the middle of the night tonight...  and I need to stop blogging and go to bed.  

Do you think we should start buckling her in the swing??

It was funny to look over and see her chewing on her dress.  So ladylike.  But she does have 4 brothers, so what can you expect?  She's destined to be a tomboy anyway.