weekly update

my quality of pictures this past week are horrible

emi has been anti-picture taking

hopefully she will let me take pictures of her this week

mr. makai thinks between 5:30-6:30 is an acceptable time to wake up

usually he goes right back to sleep after his morning feeding

not this morning. he was wide awake and yelling (talking).

 

i decided to break out the baby einstein dvd's 

hoping i could back to sleep on the couch

he watched them but then emi woke up

and no nap was given to this tired mama that day.

makai has his dr. appt on tuesday.

he weighed 16 pounds 13 oz and 25 inches tall

the friday before i had bought a new costco size of diapers

the 2's fit but are getting very snug

i wasn't how much he weighed so i bought 2's again

well after his appt. i was happy i never opened them

since after we run out of 2's...we have like 3 left

he will move up to size 3 diapers.

he has a little eczema/cradle cap

it's just on his soft spot and he has dryness behind his ears

we started using the greasy pig lotion is what i call it

and his ears are looking better

i guess the cradle cap just takes care of itself, unless it's red and itchy

which his isn't so we are good to go.

during the dr. appt the nurse mentioned to me that emi will be getting shots

kind of in a whisper, talking out the side of her mouth

in hopes emi wouldn't hear.

well emi heard and before i said anything back to the nurse

emi goes: that's ok. i'm brave and won't cry. ha!

we'll see about that. i'm glad she isn't nervous though.

makai won't fall asleep nursing nor in his car seat

which is completely opposite of how emi was

but i have figured out that if i rock/pat him which makes him fall asleep

i can put him sideways and he will stay asleep.

too bad he wakes up when i try to move him

i seriously never understood when people said their babies didn't transfer well

well we have one. he wakes up the instant the car slows down or stops.

i guess he never wants to miss out

or maybe it is because emi yells: we're here! we're home!! and wakes him up

emi has really been enjoying music makers

they made the cutest hat about each month

i am in charge of the month of april and look forward to planning

now i just need to choose a topic.

still can't get over these baby blues

 when thinking about marrying eddie

a blue eye'd baby was checked off my deal breaker list

i loved eddie more than having a blue eye'd baby

what i didn't remember was my dad and his mom have blue eyes.

i am now wondering if his hair will lighten up

since his eyebrows are not that dark.

 

and then there is my big brown eye'd girl

she keeps catching cold after cold.

luckily makai only caught her really bad cold

which was just a minor cold for him

but every time a new cold appears emi trys to blame it on someone

like so and so gave it to me.

if she can't think of anyone she always has a default, her friend ethan.

you know what is awesome.

she totally knows how to blow her own nose.

threatening the suction finally paid off, ha!

emi doesn't want to be 4

she wants to be 6 so she can go to school.

she loves to practice her letters, numbers and cutting

she is quite good for a lefty.

her straight lines are still super wiggly but she is working on it

she doesn't color in the line either.

she just likes to color specific items, like buttons on a shirt

or someones ear, or just the apples on the tree.

proof of the anti-picture taking

emi is weird and likes to watch ellen and the evening news with me

i was trying to take her picture but she caught me

and stayed like this for a good 5 minutes.

checking back to see if i was still taking pictures

only to stick her tongue out at me and hide her face again.

digging for gold.

she has no shame and will pick and eat her boogers

somehow i came across a booger this past week

oddly enough i can't remember how, maybe my own? ha!

and she goes: it's ok just eat it. it's good! she cracks me up.

i seriously love these books. she wanted to read me a book one night.

she was willing to take a silly picture of mac n cheese

can you believe at 3 3/4 years old, she is just liking mac n cheese!!

this dinner was horrible as eddie came down with either food poisoning

or the 24 flu bug.

i ended up sleeping on the couch and having 3 babies that night.

i noticed when i was taking this picture how close he was to the edge

i can't put him on the counter anymore anyways

he leans way back and that makes me nervous

he was totally following her, as she ran into her room

as i was trying to take a picture of him sucking on his pink washcloth.

just like emi use to suck on this fish finger puppet we called her sushi.

weekly update

well the first week of the new year rolled by

and it was nice to have eddie home some of the week.

but it is also nice he is back to work...someone has to make the money

on the home front not much has gone on

trying to figure out where to put our new christmas items

as well as entertaining the kids

makai makes the funniest faces and this is my favorite

he does it frequently but it only lasts a few seconds

good thing too cause i'd hate for his face to get stuck this way, ha!

makai also learned to roll over.

from back to front. he hasn't even tried front to back

he fussed the first few times, like what the heck

how did i trap my arm?!?

now if laid on his back he immediately turns over.

i gave makai another hair cut.

and he now is sporting a flat top.

his hair has a mind of it's own and just wants to stand up.

makai also insists on sitting up at all times

if not standing of course.

eddie and i have been slacking when it comes to teaching emi the gospel

we have more "family hang out time"

rather than official FHE...and now that she is in sunbeams

we remembered a few things from being sunbeam teachers

it's obvious! super obvious!! 

what parents talk about the gospel with their kid

and which kids actually know how to pray

not to mention they tell all family secrets.

so we decided to start being "better" parents.

the great debate. to get an ipad or not to get an ipad

that is the question.

we went to the mall to check them out for the 100th time.

i wanted to go to the mall to get these cute black flats 

some girl was wearing in home goods.

$40, not thanks! not for someone who doesn't wear shoes that often.

so we explored the disney store while daddy explored the apple store

from here my pictures are all jumbled and out of order.

since i don't care that much i won't take the 2 minutes it would take to fit it.

since i literally just have 2 minutes to finish this here update :)

seriously, why has blogging taken the trunk spot

like way past the back seat on things to do.

my mom hosts exchange students

sort of...they are either from China or Japan

and they stay anywhere from 10-20 days

a new round of kids came and we met them at the firehouse 

to have a tour with them.

this happens every time.

and i wish i would have gotten a picture of her face up close

she was rolling her eyes and groaning

like: seriously! again?!?

she doesn't get that she is such a cutie i guess.

our sunbeam.

what a horrible picture.

we were running late but had to get a picture.

miss emi has been anti picture taking.

not sure if you could tell on her face

but she is questioning what i was doing

i lied and said i was texting someone

all while i was taking a picture of her freshly painted toes

such a booger!

rolling issues :)

he stayed like this for a while.

once he does roll over he is totally moving his legs to crawl

his front isn't as far along as his legs are strong.

sunday morning we woke up to lots of puddles.

funny story.

i have a onesie pj's/footed pj's....whatever they are called.

they are red with black mickey mouse heads

so i'm outside with emi, in my pj's

when doug yells out his back door. i see a ladybug!

one i thought it was early enough maybe they wouldn't be up

and two it was funny cause from far away i looked like a lady bug

then at church he gave me a hard time about my pajamas

and how he yelled for kay to come and see 

and that they had a good laugh. 

nice to know they were making fun of me and my pj's :)

rocking out.

there was no music on.

he kept trying to eat the ear part.

and we were laughing so of course he was laughing.

another ugly sunbeam picture. 

maybe i'll try to take one of her next week.

i had high hopes for a cuter outfit for her first sunday

but whatever...my opinion doesn't count anymore for her outfits

we didn't stay the entire tour.

it was freezing outside

and emi wanted to leave

so i snapped a picture real quick of her in front of the truck.

Tanner's Eagle Scout

sorry tanner it has taken so long for me to post about your eagle scout

back on december 23rd tanner had his eagle court of honor

as well as another young man in our ward.

holding his award before the ceremony began.

my dad also received an award.

his wood badge, something bear.

 

then it was tanner's turn.

 

 

  

 

he gave his mentor pin to our dad...who is also the scout master.

 

congratulations tanner!

 

makai wore his boy scout uniform for the event.

tanner being tanner :)

 

can't believe we will go through this for our son someday.