10 Months Old

I can't believe Jaina is 10 months old already!!

• She now crawls on her knees (most of the time)
• She can pull herself up
• Has 5 teeth (as of today)
• Loves to play with Xander & Mara's things
• Likes baby food
• Is learning to eat more solid things without gagging.
• Says dada, mama, and hi
• Loves bathtime
• Squeals when she's happy
• Makes growling noises
• Likes to copy sounds, ie: my mom clearing her throat
• She gets very excited, to the point of spazzing, when she sees Xan & Mara unexpectedly.
• Learning to wave and clap.

I don't think I posted her 9 month stats so here they are (from Feb 25th):

Weight: 20 pounds 2 ounces  (75%)

Length: 28 inches  (75%)

We love her so much and are very grateful for her in our lives.  Pretty soon she'll be 1 and walking!!  It's amazing how fast time goes by.

We love you JET!!!!

The Month Of March

My cute girls giggling.

I can't remember what they were laughing at.

Grandma Joan brought over a bunch of balloons that had lost their float and Jaina had a blast with them.

It's so fun to see her explore new things :)

Mara had her Spring Program at her Preschool on the 11th. She did a great job!!  She is LOVING school!

My cutie pie sleep-eating. 

I love when babies are so tired that they fall asleep while drinking their bottle.

Jaina has also started to pull herself up.  She is getting SO active, I can't believe how big she is!

She also got her top teeth in around the 10th. 

She's much happier now :)

And speaking of teeth: Xander FINALLY lost another one on the 22nd.  He doesn't like to wiggle them so it takes FOREVER for them to fall out.  This is only the 3rd one that he's lost, and his top 2 are loose also. It'll probably be another few months before those ones come out.

I don't know if you can tell, but he has a missing tooth.  The one that's opposite of the lost one never came in as a baby, and x-rays show that there is no adult tooth either. It's not surprising because my dad had a top tooth that never grew in, so it's somewhat genetic. So he has a slight gap in his smile, but it's not too bad at this point.

Some photos from the iPod:

Proof that Jaina has hair.

I can only get it to stand up in the bathtub.

At FYE they have these HUGE Angry Bird.  I had to get a comparison pic to show the size of it.  Jaina thought it was great.

Sewing Like Crazy

Something else I've been doing alot of lately is sewing. Surpise, surprise!!!

Project #1:  Carseat Cover

(for my cousin Melanie)

Project #2: Minkie Baby Blanket

(for bff Courtney)

Project #3:  New Dress for Jaina

Made out of a shirt of mine that had a hole

(Pattern/Instructions found here)

Project #4: Nursing Cover

(also for my cousin Melanie)

Project #5: Car Seat Cover

(for friend Amanda)

Overall is been a very sewing filled month, and I still have projects that I want/need to do.

February

Wow. It's been over a month since the last post.  Boy am I a slacker!  Here's all of February in a quick re-cap.

Here's Pat at his desk in his office at the School.  He has a really nice setup and is really enjoying his job!

The kids HAD to get out their tents and thought it was hilarious to put Jaina inside one with her toys. Jaina liked it too!

The week before Valentines Day I found this fabric for a project I was making for my cousin, and decided that it would make adorable Valentines dresses for my girls.  So I worked as fast as I could and was able to finish them late Saturday night, so they could wear them to church on the 13th.  They turned out way cute, and I'm super happy with them.

Also on the 13th we celebrated mine & Pat's birthday's.

I got some shoes and he got some new shirts for work, and we got some fun stuff too.

Karri gave us some Star Wars Vinylmations of Darth Vader and Princess Leia!

I love them!!  Vinylmations have become a new love of mine and I'm always happy to get a new one.

If you want to see more Vinylmations, go here!

She also made us our own cakes.

Here's mine with a Vinylmation that looks like part of Cinderella's Castle in WDW.

And Pat's has guys from Tron: Legacy!!  So cool!

And to showcase the saddest face of Jaina's.  Whenever she hears a kissie noise, it freaks her out and she gets scared and looks like this.  It's so sad, but funny at the same time.  We keep doing it to see if she'll grow out of it, but so far she hasn't.

Thanks Brent!!!

The kids had Presidents Day off and decided it was a perfect time to get the GeoTrax out!!

They built this all by themselves too!

In the mornings this is Jaina's setup for her bottle!

And of course Mara has to get in on the pictures too :)

She's such a cute one. She has started doing an Army Crawl and is getting to be quite fast too.

And lastly: me & my best friend Stefanie.  We went out to dinner with our husbands one last time because she & Scott were moving to San Antino, TX on the 1st of March.  I know that we'll still text and talk, but I'm sure going to miss her.  Love ya!

January Happenings

To start out, I got a new iPod Touch for Christmas and it has a camera!!!  It's great for those moments that I can't reach the real camera, because I have my iPod in my pocket. 

Here is a pic from December:

Mara needed Jaina to wear the TinkerBell wings that came with her costume. I just love the proportion on her. They are the perfect size for her little body :)

Here's another iPod pic.  Mara HAD to go outside and make snow angels!  She just loves being outside not matter the weather.

My mom with the 2 babies, Finley & Jaina.

Mine & Lisa's kids are all at least a year apart from each other, except these two.  It's kind of fun to have them so close in age (6 1/2 months apart)

Jaina has decided that she likes being on the floor, but only as long as someone is there with her or she has fun toys.  She rolls really well, but doesn't scoot or crawl yet. Or at least  she didn't when this pic was taken :)

Jaina got her first tooth on New Years Day!!  It was a big surprise to me because it came in earlier than Xan & Mara's did.  Her second one popped through a few weeks later.  She just looks so cute with teeth!

We (Mara & Karri) decided to try out the sponge rollers overnight so Mara could have fun hair for church the next morning!

This is a pic from right after I took them out. It looked so great, but by the time we made it to church an hour later it was already pretty flat :(  She just has thick hair like me so it's heavy!

Mara just LOVES the story of Peter Pan and can't get enough of it! She watches Disney's Peter Pan, Hook, a live action Peter Pan, Mary Martin's Peter Pan, and all the TinkerBell movies.

My brother JD told us that BYU was performing Peter Pan the musical so we knew we had to go!  So on the night of the 25th we (me, Xander & Mara) went to see it with my mom, Karri, JD, Chris and a bunch of my aunts and a few cousins. 

It was their first experience seeing a play and they did great!  It started at 7:30, so the kids were worn out by the end but it was so fun.  Mara was sitting on my lap when Peter asked us all to clap to show that we believed in fairies to save TinkerBell.  She clapped so hard and was so happy that we saved her!  Then she turned to me and said "Mom, I knew fairies were real!"

I just love her!!!!

And we can't have a month go by without a sewing project.

I made a reversible apron for my sis-in-law Lana for her birthday.  It was my first apron and it turned out perfect :)

I just love making flowers :)

Happy January!!!

Now let's see if I can stay current :)

And for the most important thing that happened in January, Pat finally got a teaching job!!!!  It happened really fast and he started on February 1st!  He's teaching at East Shore High School and is liking it so far.  It's an alternative school where the kids come to make-up credits or to do extra credits, so it's a really different experience.

I just know that we are so blessed by our Heavenly Father. I know that he's watching out for us and has a plan for our little family. We're just so excited that we're able to take this next step in our lives. :)