Kinyon 0-3 months

I can't believe how fast he's growing! I keep telling him to stop it but he just doesn't listen to me.

1 week old

1 month old

 At 1 month he started sleeping a little longer during the night. 

2 months

2 months he was working on holding his head up and slept more. He started social smiling which drew everyone to him even more. At about 2 1/2 mo he started sleeping through the night! He was eating 4 oz at a time but would tank up before bed at night. Thank you Kinyon!

 3 months

Now at 3 months he's pretty steady with his head, he sucks on his fist when he's hungry and he sleeps a good 10-11 hours at night. He's eating 6 oz at a time, smiling and laughing at everyone, and he's ticklish when we change his shirt, or just tickle him. He's so cute! He just makes us laugh and want to hug him like crazy. We're so in love with him! He's an amazing good baby, he pretty much scheduled himself for 2 long naps a day and sleeping through the night. I thought at this age he'd still be sleeping all day but am happy with the schedule he's chosen. By 8pm he's crashing out with the rest of the kids. He sort of enjoys tummy time and is getting better at it. He really loves to watch the kids and loves to be held and played with. And of course, everyone adores him.

Happy Easter 2014

What a beautiful day we had! And no I'm not talking about the weather.

We had the most awesome privilege of having Russell M Nelson visit our Santa Maria stake yesterday for a special stake conference. What an honor! We tried to get there early enough to sit in the chapel but 45 minutes just didn't cut it. We were closer to the back than the front but that's ok. I still loved the speakers and it was awesome to be in the same room, and then to shake his hand afterwords.

Our beautiful children on Easter Sunday, after having shaken Russell M Nelson's hand at stake conference. Michael and Aliyah were thrilled!

The Saturday before Easter, I was invited (because of my calling with the young women in our church) to go to Camarillo for a special training. We got to listen to Sister Wendy Nelson speak. May I just say, she's amazing! She's super entertaining and fun! She spoke for 2 hours and I could've stayed for more if she'd kept going. I took lots of notes and felt truly inspired and uplifted, leaving wanting to become a better person than when I arrived. It was wonderful!

 Happy 1st Easter baby boy! We love you so much!!

Well Sunday was an awesome spiritual day but we had a little girl who was getting sad that the Easter bunny hadn't come. He couldn't come before conference, it was too early. And he couldn't come while we were at conference because daddy wouldn't be home when we got there to see everyone. She he came later in the day, and the kids were just as thrilled.

Aliyah's Baptism

On February 23rd Aliyah got baptized. It was so neat! She was so excited. She's been trying on her baptism dress for the last several years. It's the dress my Grandma Lee made for me when I got baptized.

Age 5

Age 5

Age 6

Age 7

Age 7

Aliyah is the girl that I never was. At least I don't remember being very girly. Aliyah had thought about and planned her baptism for a long time. She kept trying on her dress to see if it fit yet. As you can see, she had to make sure it had a good twirl to it. :)

I can't believe how fast she's growing up! She's an absolutely beautiful little girl, inside and out.