A couple more things

 This little beauty is a crawling machine now!  She has been mobile for the past month or so but it was mostly a quick army crawl...She recently discovered her knees and is crawling all around at 8 months old.

Playing with sister

 Oh and the little Mr is now 1 full month old.  Cousin Everett, still looking like his momma!

SMN

A simple goal I have set for myself is to be in more pictures with my girls. I will admit I dont love being in front of the camera these days, but I want my girls to have pictures to look back on when they are older.  Hopefully they will KNOW that I was always there for them, but if they get attitudes later on, they might need proof :) haha

Marlee Moo

OH my Marlee. This girl is just something else.  We spent the week in california and she is just always so full of drama, life and surprises.  

 Marlee is still very good at helping me take care of Nora and she is great at getting Nora to laugh!  She has recently started scolding Nora when she does something unacceptable, like pick up something that is NOT a toy, or smacking Marlees arm.  This week I heard a lot of "stop that right now ung lady! (young lady)" or "dont EVER do that ung lady!" Im sure her intentions are the best though :) 

 Marlee Loves the men in her life.  Her Daddy of course, and Her Boppa next.  On the drive down to California she was a little over-tired (fighting that nap again) so she started to cry in the car. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "I just want to go to Boppa's House, I just love him."  Later when I told her that Aunt Crystal, baby Everett and Uncle Justin were going to be there she sighed a big sigh and said, "I just really Love Justin."  :) 

 Marlee could really be quite happy spending the ENTIRE day outside.  She begs to go to the park and thats where we can usually be found.  She loves climbing, sliding, and "Marlee REALLY LOVES SWINGING!" 

 And when it comes to swinging, THE HIGHER THE BETTER... and boy Im not kidding about that.  Pretty much since the first time we put her in a swing she signed "more, more, more" and then when she could speak she said, "Higher, higher, higher."  She isnt satisfied unless every swing is the kind of swing that goes so high the chain starts to get a little slack in it when falls back down.  

 This girl is pretty mischievous.  Several months ago I ran upstairs to do something and left Marlee down with the tv on and nora in the exersaucer and came down to find Marlee helping out.  :)  She had found a bowl of baby cereal, dragged her easel over and propped the baby food on it and proceeded to feed Nora.

               
 I thought it was a little too quiet down there!  I dont think Nora was all that interested based on the picture. :)

 Today on the drive home from California Marlee helped out some more.  She decided to share a zone bar with nora. I looked back, shocked to see Nora's chocolate covered face :)

 Marlee is just a character.  She is shy to meet people but calls everyone her friend.  She couldn't be happier covered in dirt, mud, oil and food, but will scream bloody murder if water spills on her. She spent a good chunk of time digging out in the garden this week and throwing things into the pond.  She loves to dig in the garden and find worms (barf).  In fact She called me to the backyard a couple of times to show me her fist full of worms.  I couldnt handle seeing them squeeze through the cracks of her fingers, ICK!

So a few days ago Marlee was putting her shoes on and was having a little difficulty.  She started to whine and I told her that there was probably a better way to ask for help and to use good manners.  To that she replied, "Ayudame please" I was literally shocked. I asked her to repeat what she said, and she did, "Ayuda me."  I couldnt help but laugh and feel a little guilty that I let her watch too much tv, but at least it was somewhat educational. "Thats what you say when the cat gets stuck in the tree." She mumbled.  Clearly Dora the Explorer is not completely useless :) "Ayudame" means "help me" in spanish and Marlee picked it up and used it perfectly in context! hahah  Now,  she has gone around the house saying "buenos diaz" before, but other than that she has never really implemented any spanish from Dora, so I thought it was quite funny! I called Darin and told him and we had a good laugh :)

Mar watching a show from up stairs

Our family

These are just some photos I thought I had better document.  We don't have many pictures of all of us together, or even many with me in them....(someone's got to take them right?) 

This one is down at lake las vegas

 In Marlee's room before church this morning...We put the camera on timer, resulting in a picture with only half of Nora. :(

 Oh I know this is cheesy, but I thought it was cute that we all wore brown boots today...I guess we gotta keep our feet warm in this 75 degree weather ;)

 I am so in love with this little girl! She STILL melts my heart

 OOOOOH these two...

And still pretty smitten with this handsome guy!!! We are all so lucky to have each other.

Introducing...

Baby Everett!

 My newest nephew is  ADORABLE!!!! I am editing some photos for Crystal and just couldnt resist taking a minute to post this!  What a CUTIE!

peekaboo cont.

Peekaboo

Nora has been loving peekaboo lately.  She gets a real kick out of it!  I lay her on her back and throw a blanket over her.  She starts kicking those legs and laughing so hard! Its great.  Also I put her in her crib and peek through the cracks...she thinks its hilarious!