Raelyn- 6 months old

Raelyn is 6 months old now. She got her 2 bottom teeth at 3.5 months, started real crawling at 5 months, sits up on her own at 5 months and pulls herself up on the couch at 5 months. She is super smiley and gives great kisses. She is also very active! She is tons of fun!

update on the kiddos

Bryson just turned 11, Weston is 8 1/2, Deacon is 6 and Raelyn is 2 1/2 months. They are growing like weeds! Just so everyone knows: I am well aware of how crazy Raelyn's hair is. It sticks up no matter how much hair spray I put in it! When it is wet it has ringlets but when it dries it's stick straight and everywhere! It's like baby bird feathers, so soft! I love it!

Birth Announcement

8 Days old

She's here!

Raelyn Jones joined our family on Friday the 28th at 12:07 am! She was 8 lbs 5 oz, 20 inches long. The labor was my easiest yet and she has been the best girl so far! She smells so good and she gets lots of kisses! The boys are very proud to have a baby sister. We all absolutely adore her!

Raelyn's room

So, I was very tired of the year and a half old pics of 4th of July 2009 and decided to post pics of Raelyn's room. It is finally complete! I love it and am especially proud that I did it for so cheap! My dad helped paint the crib and build the doll-house bookshelf (ok, he practically did the whole thing himself). I made the bedding and the art work. I was happy to create a girly room!....finally!!
We are very excited for her to come. I've been having lots of contractions the last 2 days so we'll see if it means anything! We'll keep you posted.......maybe. I suck at this blogging thing. No promises:)

More 4th of July pics

4th of July party

We had a 4th of July party with a few of our friends and it was tons of fun. There was card playin', swimming, eating, jammin', dancing, and lots of talking! We love our friends! They are so much fun! We realized later that if you walk into our grass, you can see the fireworks perfectly from our backyard. Oh well, next year!

Summer party

This was a super fun birthday party we went to over the summer. They had water balloons filled with whipped cream that exploded all over the kids and a "find the gummy worm is the pudding" race. Deacon didn't want to get close to anything dirty, Bryson was about 50% into it and Weston was loving life! Thanks, Katie, for an awesome time!

Funny Deacon

So we needed a picture for his preschool class so we got the camera out. He was being so funny! He is such a silly boy. I love this kid.

1st Day of School

Bryson is going into 4th grade, Weston 2nd and Deacon Preschool! Yippee! Love them all but I'm glad to be on a schedule again!

Phx Art Museum

It's not all fun...especially for Deacon. He is the sweetest, most lovable boy ever. He is also super sensitive. He cries A LOT! If the boys are racing each other and he gets behind, he stops running and starts to cry. Of course the older boys stop running and let him win. As soon as he notices that they are going to let him win, his tears magically go away! It's strange how that works!
We went to the Art Museum with the Grovers and Pooles. We had 10 kids under the age of 9 with 3 adults. Let me just tell you that half way through our tour, we had employees following us EVERYWHERE telling us and the kids every wrong thing that we did. : "no running", "stay close to your mom", "no loud talking", "no touching", "your suppose to be calm", "you are at a museum", etc. They all had their walkie talkies updating each other as to our location. They were tag teaming us. As soon as we would leave one area, there was another employee in the next area to follow closely behind us. I know they were trying to keep the peace but they are just kids. They were very well behaved if you ask me. My boys had their hands in their pockets the whole time. Of course there was some shouts of "look at this" and "wow, it's echoey in here" and maybe a little skipping or slight jogging to catch up to their friends but come on. They are kids. How else are they suppose to see black finger painted canvases or naked lady statues? The art museum is the only way! Don't worry, I stood up for myself. I am not one of those la-di-dah mom's. Every time they said something to me or my kids, I told them " I got it." or "we're fine." I didn't even smile at them. I know....I'm such a rebel.