4 Month Pictures

We got this little lady's 4 month pictures taken.  And now that she is almost 5 months I thought I'd better get them up (they are a little blurry/dirty from the scanner).  This last week she decided to not sleep at night and I thought I was going to go insane, but last night was better.  Hopefully that trend continues.  AND she sucks her thumb!  I did NOT want her to do it, but it's nearly impossible to keep it out of her mouth.  I still remember the chart I had to stop sucking my thumb and getting my prize of "The Little Mermaid" movie when I had quit for a month.  Hopefully she'll stop before we get to that point.  Her eyes are kind of a hazel color and I would love it if they stayed that way.  She is a happy little girl and full of smiles.  She also still has the popular nickname of Whippy.   Here are her stats from her 4 month checkup: 

Head : 16.1" - 38%

Height: 25.5" - 75%

Weight: 15 lbs 15.4 oz (can we just say 16lbs?!) - 75%

Bonus Picture:  I hear a determined "Mommy I am going to go ride my bike" and find this.  Shoes on the wrong feet, no pants, pajama shirt, and in the cold weather.  At least he had underwear and a helmet.  Just another Asher day.

Living in the Rain

There are certain things that come with living in Oregon. One of them is rain, lots and lots of it. And, while this winter certainly has been one of the easier (and by easier I mean less rain) ones since we have lived here there have still been bouts of heavy rain for a few days straight. One day I walked into the boys room to find this - it's the paint ballooning out, full of water. We called maintenance and very very looong story short...

...this is how that room looks now:

Actually it has drywall back on it today. Throughout that day that I found the balloon and that weekend, the walls got wet, the carpet became quite wet, and the smell was awful It has been over two weeks since we have been able to go in that room. We've had to go through the rounds with the housing department and UO environmental health. Turns out there was a leak (I'm still not sure if they know if it's from the roof or the siding) upstairs and our neighbor up there was flooded as well. They had to check for mold in the walls and everything and Isaac had to force them to get going on all this. So, the boys have been sleeping next to each other on the floor in the little middle room and people have been coming in and out practically everyday. Most of our stuff from that room is in our little hallway. I didn't think our apartment could get smaller, but it has. I guess this should teach me to not complain about what I have! At least when we get to move back in there our apartment will suddenly seem bigger and we'll have a full hallway to walk down and the boys will have somewhere to play other than the living room and a bed to sleep in - it will be so nice. I really hope it's soon.

Despite that damper we've had some fun. We managed to dye Easter eggs:

Taking a break from the Easter egg dying. No pants on - a normal sight. And look at all those fingerprints on that door...

We had an impromptu hunt around here. The guys filled the eggs.

Easter morning was pretty simple, but it was a good day to remember what is important!

In the chaotic scramble that always happens before church we got this picture.

Emry is quite smiley. I love it.

Just a day of getting out of the bath and wearing just underwear and a way-too-small dragon costume all day doing puzzles and reading books.

The weather was great on Saturday and, sadly, the bike Kason has been using that belongs to no one - we call it the community bike that we use- disappeared for good. Amazingly, we found a decent one for cheap on craigslist. Bikes aren't the easiest thing to come by in this town. So, Kason got one without training wheels and Asher got one thrown in as well.

Kason has...a ways to go in the no training wheels area. I just about died laughing at Isaac trying to keep him upright as they were going along the sidewalk. It is alot harder than I thought it would be!

Asher caught on to pedaling within the day. Actually he knew he could get away with pulling it in to the house and figuring out how to pedal in the living room while I was feeding Emry.

Newport

We got the great idea to sneak away for two days before Isaac starts teaching again and gets even busier preparing to defend his prospectus. We went to nearby Newport, which Kason called New York City the whole time. We stayed in my parent's timeshare, which was wonderful. It was a townhouse style and had so much space. We felt like we were living in an actual house and had to come back home to the hotel sized apartment. The first thing the kids wanted to do was play hide and seek.

Waking up - they are all looking at the camera and semi-smiling!

We knew it would be raining this time of year and it did...alot the whole time we were there. But, we were prepared.

The water was pretty stormy. It was low tide when we went out and so we went out pretty far. We didn't get too close to the water line, but some kind of sneaker wave came crashing in. Kason managed to outrun it, but I scooped Asher up, who was shrieking, and the water came up to the back of my thighs! It was slightly cold the rest of the time.

We went to old Newport, which is one of our favorite places to go.

Kids ate free at Mo's!!

And there was a pool-heaven for the boys.

As we were packing up Asher got into our vitamin D and unscrewed the childproof caps (he can do that so easily) and ate a good third of the bottle. We ended up calling poison control just to be safe...he was fine.

We came home to what had been 6 inches of snow - a rare thing for Eugene!

Campfire Party

We occasionally get a little tent out for the boys. This time when we pulled it out I felt like we had an "If you Give A Mouse a Cookie" book moment. The boys got soo excited and so our campfire night was born.

This was the invitation Kason wrote that we emailed to Isaac

We had tin foil dinners around our candle "campfire" and turned on a campfire from youtube on the laptop.

Then we had to roast marshmallows over the stove.

Those eyes...

Emry was very patient through it all

And then we had to cuddle up with blankets in the tent and watch a family video.

It was a fun way to make a weeknight a little different!

March Smorgasbord

This post is about random things that have happened this month that I want to remember!

A Sunday Morning

I can't help but post this picture. Asher is potty trained, he really is! Sometimes, though, it is too hard to pull the underwear up so he walks around with his underwear at his knees and taking quick little steps.

Emry's new favorite way of sitting. I think it's because she can survey everything that is going on around her and she feels like everyone is looking at her.

Squeeze!!!

Naps, unfortunately, are gone. But, we just worked out a system that has been helping. The boys go into a room of their choosing and read books or lay down for awhile until they hear the timer beep. It's still new enough that they are excited about it.

Another picture I could just squeeze.

Rainy days bring out craziness, creativity, and messes. Here is the boys' campfire that they are roasting marshmallows over. Look what the marshmallow is - Emry's wet, rolled up diaper. Kind of gross, but I have to give it to Kason for creativity.

Funny sayings:

-Kason's prayer: "Please bless the people in my bracket to win"..."Please give Emry the power to lift her head"

-Kason earned $3 by doing a taste test survey at the mall. He was very excited to pay his tithing at church, but we forgot it on the counter. He was devastated for the first 15 minutes of church. He made sure to remember it the next week.

-Asher sings the Mamma Mia song like this: "Mamma Mia, Here I go again.

My mom, How can I resist you."

-Asher was belting out Nephi's courage in the laundry room. I don't think the other man in there knew what in the world he was singing about.