MaMA!!!!

Yup, Dempsey's first word!!!!!! She looked at me and said it. And Grammy was here to witness!!!!

Score!!!!!

Love,

mammmmaaaaa

A crawler.

Safe to say....she's doing it. Baby gate will go on this weekend!

Go DSnow!

Love,

Momma

Sweet AJ

After nap AJ came into my closet and was talking to me while I packed. I'm headed out to go support some amazing friends from Monday-Wednesday.  AJ asked what I was doing and I said "I'm packing."  AJ looked up at me and his voice quivered, "Mom, I'm really going to miss you while you're gone." And then he took his little big hands and wiped some tears from his eyes. Talk about dropping me to my feet, hugging him hard and wiping my own tears. Since I've been home this summer I haven't really been gone more than a couple hours from them.  I know I'm special to him, but to have him actually articulate that to me...well it was magical. A mOm highlight....

Love this guy,

Momma

Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home-in-the-Summer Mom

2014 is wrapping up. OHMYGOODNESS.  Where did it go????  My feelings currently entail- excitement for the new beginnings at my new school, nervousness about where I will fit in, sadness to leave these babies, happy to have my own thing going...it runs the gamut depending on the hour.  I almost feel like I go through the stages of grief as the summer chapter closes.. JUST ONE MORE WEEK  (I promise...that's all I want), GRRR I'm mad I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK, I'm so sad to leave these little ones.  AND finally...ok. Let's do this (acceptance).  I think I'm most nervous about leaving Dempsey.  She'll be okay at daycare...we already had a trial run for a date night.  Becky got her to sleep!  BUT it's just the fact that once she starts daycare...my baby will be no more.  Soon she will be crawling fully, and then it's walking, and then it's talking...and before you know it she is a full toddler.  My last babe.  Growing up.  It makes me excited for our family- the vacations, the hikes, the new US...but there is a part of me that is just so sad.  Less cuddles....Less dependence (did I even say that??)  2014 has been QUITE a year.  I think I've said that every year since Russ and I got married.  Lots of happiness, lots of stress, lots of firsts, lots of tears....every time I hope for a bit more calm we seem to mix it up.  Sometimes I wonder if that is just us.  If we will always be shaking things up...I guess we will see.  I don't know...I'm ready for shaking things up on the mountains now. 

A friend of mine told me how she admired how much we "move in" to our houses.  I look around this new house and I get what she is saying.  We do move in, quickly.  Pictures get hung, paintings are displayed, hooks for little people and big people get put in, color is figured out.  I am pretty amazed at what we have gotten done this summer considering our median (that's right I used math) family age.  I have this burning desire to get this HOUSE completed like WE want ASAP, within the first few years.  So that we can spend our summers doing other things-camping, hiking, visiting friends, lounging, bike riding, visiting Dad at work for lunch, meeting new friends, going to the library, having brewmosas (:o))... whatever. 

SO 3 cheers for 2 more weeks.

Love,
Momma

DSnow for the Win!!!

This girl went info her crib around 10p and slept there til 530a!!! Weeeeeeeee!!!!! She's still sleeping now in our bed!

Love,

momma

8 months

Where is time going????? Seriously. Amazing. Currently she is enjoying salmon, mango and strawberries for breakfast. The girl loves salmon.

I have no idea when you're "supposed" to give them salmon. But whatever:) 3rd kid. She has her two bottom teeth and 4 teeth coming in up top. DSnow can now grind her teeth and Ohmygoodness I'm going crazy. I seriously can't stand that noise!!! At least she's cute.

She isn't fully crawling now but man she's close. I was hoping she would beat her brother Ryker. He was crawling at 8 months...that's ok. I can try and soak up these last few weeks of not being paranoid about her crawling down the stairs:)

Love,

Momma

Selfies

AJ and Ryk's first selfie attempt. Captures them perfectly.

Oh dear. Best friends and worst enemies all day long.

Momma

Sitting UP!!!

I just witnessed this girl sitting up for the FIRST time! Yay!!!!! Go DSnow!

Love,

Momma