Fall 2011

It has been too long since I last posted so I will do my best to update. Since July we have done a lot of fun family activities such as raspberry picking, river boat rides, walks with friends, playing on the farm and swinging from the rope swing in the hay mow, dancing at our cousin's wedding, starting preschool, dance class, and daycare for another year, going to the apple orchard, celebrating Maddie's 5th birthday, running a family 5K at night, and carving pumpkins with friends. Khloe is changing the most and started crawling a few months ago and is now standing and taking steps. She will be walking soon. She says mama, dada, & baba. She is still our good natured laid back little girl. She is so sweet and smiley. At 10 months she is healthy and weighs 18lbs. she is at the 26th percentile for weight and 17th percentile for heighth. Hailey is two and loves to say "NO!" She is so darn cute it is hard to get mad at her. She likes to be naughty and then smile so sweetly at you. She loves daycare and playing with her friends. she is praying every night that she will learn to share and play nice.:) Maddie is 5 now and she is getting so grown up. She is such a great helper. She continues to love preschool, dance, and daycare. She makes us laugh with all the questions and outlooks she has on life at this age. I will post some pics and I am better about posting pics on facebook so if you want to see more add me as a friend.

Hailey Mae is 2!!!!

Hailey turned 2 on July 1st. She is our little sweet heart! She has a very gentle spirit and is our little care taker. She loves taking care of her babies, cleaning up messes, and helping mommy with her sisters. I often find baby dolls in Khloe's swing, seat, and exersaucer. She helps Maddie by bringing her shoes or clothes to get ready. She is still our little peanut and weighs 21 lbs and continues to be in the 1st percentile for weight and 8th percentile for height. She is growing but just at her own pace. :)

She had her birthday party up north at the Larson Lake cabin on Lake Miltona. We had several family gatherings and reunions up north so thought it would be best for everyone to have her party up there. She absolutely loved her party. She had baby doll cake and played in the lake with her auntie and daddy. She got to put makeup on herself and her guests. She got some really fun presents too.

We feel so blessed to have such a wonderful little girl part of our lives!

June & Khloe 6 months

June has been super busy so far. Maddie graduated from preschool and had a dance recital all on mommy's 31st birthday. whew! Mommy ran another 5K in Lake Elmo and is doing another one in July. Daddy is playing softball twice a week. Hailey is into making lots and lots of messes. She is also getting potty trained. She is doing a great job and loves to go potty on the toilet. Mommy is now home for the summer and we have been keeping very busy going to the puppetwagon, MOA, on picnics, swimming, play dates, strawberry picking, and many other fun activities to come.

Khloe is now 6 months. She is growing well at almost 15lbs. She is healthy and well. She is rolling all around and is pretty mobile with her rolling. We really have to watch her because she can roll pretty quickly to get places. She is learning to eat rice cereal and fruits and veggies. She loves her sisters and belly laughs when they come near. Hailey loves to make her laugh and will purposefully hit her head on things to make Khloe laugh out loud. Maddie and Hailey are really enjoying each other now too. They play together, dance together, and hug and kiss each other.

We have a busy and sometimes very loud and chaotic household but it is never boring and is full of energy. We are having a good summer so far and hope you are too.

May 2011

In May, we also had some fun times with our cousin Owen and Auntie Kelly and Uncle Caleb. Maddie had crazy hair day for dance class. We had our photo taken at church. Hailey is growing up and is into everything. She has so much fun! Mommy ran her first race the Autism 5K too. We literally have been running around here.:)

Khloe 5 months

I sort of skipped the month of May so I will quickly update. Khloe was 5 months old on May 10th. She spent most of the month home with daddy. She learned to roll over both ways and is sitting supported. She is still a good eater and sleeper. Khloe Gen was dedicated to the lord this month on mother's day. She had a great time and a great party with family and friends. Mommy had a great mother's day and felt so blessed by my 3 little girls and their wonderful daddy.

Khloe 4 months old

Little Khloe is growing fast! She is 13lbs (43%ile) and 10th%ile for height. She is healthy, happy, and full of smiles! She continues to be an easy baby, very content and calm. I went back to work over a month ago now and everyone has adjusted well. The big girls love the social interaction at daycare and preschool for Maddie. Khloe loves being home with her daddy. She took to the bottle immediately and she has a nice routine with him. She started rolling over now that she can be on the ground. It was hard for mommy to have her on the ground with Hailey Mae around. Hailey likes to poke Khloe in the eyes and lay on top of her.:) She is not trying to hurt her but just loves her too much and is trying to teach her about her anatomy(eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) :) Both girls love love love on their little sister. They both want to hold her and kiss and hug her as much as we will allow. Maddie is gearing up for her dance recital in June and her preschool graduation. She has had a great year in school and I know will miss it this summer. Maddie continues to be independent, strong, and momma's best helper. Hailey is talking so much now and makes us laugh at all the things she can say. She is still our sensitive child and loves to cuddle. Khloe is being dedicated on mothers day weekend at church. so, we are getting ready for that. Josh just started softball season. He plays on two teams, two nights a week April-August. I have been training for the Autism 5K in May. I just did the annual MS walk today in support of my good friend. So, we are pretty busy this spring and looking forward to summer when mommy is home again.

Khloe Gen 3 months old

Khloe is now 3 months old and growing bigger and stronger each day. She is much bigger than her sisters. She continues to be a sweet and contented baby. She is a great sleeper and is very calm. She is also very smiley and loves people especially her big sisters. They make her laugh and coo. I am going back to work next week and Josh will be taking care of Khloe while he works. The older girls will be going to a new daycare. This situation will be completely new for Hailey since she has never gone to an in home daycare before. I think she will enjoy the social interaction and activity. Maddie will continue to go to preschool two days a week and then to daycare with Hailey 3 days a week. Maddie is very excited to start daycare. She still is loving preschool too. We have been staying busy and enjoying my last weeks off by going to MOA, Look out ridge, shopping all over with cousins and having Lots of playdates and visitors. Well, that is about it. I will try to update again soon.