March 2014 part 1

Xander was so excited and made chair for Melody out of Legos!

Mana has this giant bear at her house and Melody didn't mind snuggling with it.

Also, the kids thought that it was funny to put Melody on the couch 

with ALL of the beanie babies in Mana's house.

Luckily she didn't mind too much.

It even made her quite happy!

With every baby I've always hoped that they will have my red hair, and with Melody

 there were a few days when I saw a glimmer of hope. (which has since died)

I just love her peeking out from the blanket too.

Jaina was always my helper when I was showering. 

Helping to make sure Melody was happy.

This day, she decided she would 'read' to Melody.

At almost 4 months, she decided it was okay to hold her head up off the ground!

Cute sisters.

Jaina just being Jaina.

With a cute hair cut!

Xander decided to have Melody ride Pinkie Pie!

At that age, she was the perfect size!

Melody's shirt says it all!

Grandpa and his trick that he has done with ALL his children and grandchildren!

This mask perfectly describes Jaina.

She can be a mild mannered Bruce Banner, but the moment she is mad,

she turns into the HULK!

February 2014 part 3

Just playing with my new camera.

I love these cuties.

Xander and his iPod.

Mara and her Ever After High doll, Apple White.

We had Grandma & Grandpa over for dinner and had a great time with them.

We even tried to take a selfie with my Rebel.

Grandma was so great and played round after round of Candy Land with the kids.

We love that Melody is okay when we snuggle her.

Here is a collage of all of my girls, in the same shirt, all at 3 months old.

It's crazy to see them all side by side.

Melody, Mara & Jaina

Happy 3 months little one!

February 2014 part 2

I love when I can catch these sweet moments of a daddy and his baby.

These girls really wanted to play with their barbies in the kitchen sink.

I remember doing this myself as a child, and it made me so happy.

Once a month we have dessert with the Tolman side, 

and this day Olivia really wanted to give Melody a hug.

It was so sweet!

I try to get as many pictures of my kids with their grandparents because one of my grandpa's passed when I was a baby, so I want to make sure my kids will always know that they were loved by their grandparents.

This cutie pie has discovered her fingers and loves to suck on them all day long.

Jaina is always so attentive to Melody and wants to help with anything that she can.

We are in a My Little Pony phase.  

These are all from Build A Bear and belong to me and each of my girls.

Mara's is Pinkie Pie, Jaina's is Rainbow Dash, 

Melody's is Fluttershy, and mine is Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Jaina loves to play with ALL of them together. Can you blame her?

I got the most perfect birthday selfie with my little ones. I turned 33!!

And for my birthday I was blessed to be able to go to 

lunch with my amazing sister in law, Lana.

Mara had her first salon hair cut too.

She was so super excited!!

  

What a beauty!

February 2014 part 1

I am so thankful for this little one in our family. 

Even though having a baby is stressful, she brings so much peace into our lives.

We have a daily routine of a bath before bed, and she sleeps pretty good too.

I just love post-bath babies. 

For Pat's birthday we went out with all these people that we love and ate at Yamoto. 

It was so great to be surrounded by all these people.

After dinner we went to the Provo Temple for a sealing session with Morri and Liza. 

Then finished the night with dessert at JCW's. 

I love the snuggles that this one gives. 

I almost wish she would stay little forever so we can always feel like this. 

For the joint birthday celebration with my family, Karri made this cake for us. 

Half Star Wars and half Doctor Who!! 

We start our kids early in the geek department. 

We had a great tax return this year and decided to splurge a little on ourselves with things that we have been wanting for years.  Mine was a Canon Rebel T3i DSLR.  I did pay for half of it with my saved Christmas and birthday money though. 

One of the first pics with my new camera.

Got a cute smile from Melody.

Daddy made sure to get a picture of me with the new camera too. 

Pat's splurge was the Star Wars Lego Death Star!!!

The box is HUGE!!!!

And the instructions seem even bigger. 

Here's my little Valentine 

Daddy, will you be my Valentine?? 

Here is a progress picture 

And the finished product!!!

It took him over 14 hours to put together!