Standing

So Miss Chloe decided she would just stand up right in the middle of the bathroom tonight after bath time.  Not only did she stand up she played into all (yes the entire family watched) our family cheering and did it several more times.  I was behind her and watched her do it and quickly scurried over to make sure she didn't topple over on the wet tile and she went up and down 3 times.  I couldn't believe it.  So of course I quickly ran down stairs to grab my trusting camera to document it and here is what I got...
A blank stare...

Stair climbing...

over and over...

Zackary trying to get her to do it again...

The cutest knee sit (I love when babies are propped up on their knees)

and the famous bear crawl... Needless to say I missed it.  I followed her around for way too long trying to get her to do it.

See how worn out she got.  She spotted her blankie and decided it was bedtime.

Better luck next time.

Happy Valentines Day

We aren't huge Valentines Day people.  But it is sure fun to do extra things for the kids.  Well, I did for Aaron too, but we don't go out on a special date or buy random gifts.  This year we stayed home and celebrated with the kids.  The boys set the table and had it all ready for when Aaron go home with the lobsters we were going to tear up for dinner.  I think they did a pretty great job setting it so nicely.  We had just a little mishap getting the lobsters but it all worked out and they were delish!

Aaron being the great guy he is, cracked all our lobsters for us!  

This is the worst part for me so I really appreciated it.

I made these super cute picture albums for each kid and Aaron.  Thanks Kyna for teaching me, they turned out so cute and they all loved them.  This might have to become a tradition.  

Happy Valentines Day!

Pancakes

This girl loves her some pancakes.  Check it out, she can really tear it up.  I was really good with Zackary and feeding him certain foods on schedule and waited days in between to make sure he didn't have any problems with foods.  All I can say is that process for us went out the door real quick with the second and third child.  My goal is to keep her from eating what the boys would like to give her.  I like to at least know what she is eating.  

I just had to throw this picture in for good measure.  This is how happy Aaron looks in the morning!

9 Months

9 months old...this is sure going way too fast for me.  Chloe is so much fun right now.  I swear between 8 and 10 months babies are so much fun.  They are mobile, there personalities start shining,  and they are always happy or trying to make someone else happy.  Chloe is definitely shining right now.  She still continues to be the easiest most content baby ever.  She is willing to go with the flow and put up with her older brothers constantly loving on her.  They sure do like to love on her.  I taught Zackary how to safely pick her up so now that is all he wants to do.  She goes with it and lets him carry her everywhere.  We had her 9 month appointment she is my little peanut 17 lbs 5 ozs (35%) and just shy of 28 inches (50%).  Compared to the boys she is little but growing and eating just fine.  She loves to eat all kinds of food and is starting to not like baby food as much.  She prefers what we are eating usually, it's just not always safe for her to eat.  Girl loves her pancakes and french fries already!  I'm really sad this picture is blurry, cause she looks so cute.  This is the first time I have captured her famous little nose scrunch she always does.  Man she is cute!  

This is my attempt at getting all 3 of my monkeys in the same picture.  This is a true challenge.

Soap Crayons

Here is another one of our random Pinterest projects.  I found this pin for soap crayons.  The boys always love crayons in the bath but they tend to ruin/stain our grout.  I thought it might be better to try to make out own.  I figured they would either work great, dye my children like little Easter eggs, or not work at all...

We added a little lavender essential oil we picked up in wine county on one of our trips.

We filled up some molds that are turtles and frogs then had plenty of extra so we used some ice cube trays.

Chloe just hanging out watching us and having a little bite to eat.

Ut oh... getting a little more worried the homemade soap crayons might dye the children like little Easter eggs.

Didn't they turn out pretty!

Well turns out they did not end up dying the kids different colors and they don't color on the walls in the tub, but they do entertain them for a long time while getting them sparkling clean.
So I guess they are still a success.

Snow

We headed up to Williams, AZ because we had a Groupon to Bearazona.  We made it a nice little day road trip.  Bearazona was a nice little park to drive through and they had a little zoo to walk around and we made in perfect time for the bird show.  Seriously, the giant owl touched my hair as it flew over my head.  Just a little scary!  After, we headed to a great place to go sledding, however with our warm winter we have had there was quite a bit of dirt/rock patches.  Aaron and Zackary made it down the run once then ripped the bottom of the sled out.  Needless to say, the sledding excursion didn't last long.  Perhaps it's because we purchased the sled at a random gas station...

Aaron it the famous onsie...

Barnaby The Elf

Here are just a few of the fun things Barnaby our Christmas Elf was up to this year.  With some help of a certain website (Pinterest) he was a little more creative this year.  This is a great new tradition we started last year and we have so much fun with it.  I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't do it yet.

(I just had to post this, what a typical picture of 3 children together)

Fishing in the toilet...

Snowball fight with the gang...

Playing with the dart gun...

Taking a bath...

The boys sure got a kick out of the silly elf and loved eating all the marsh mellows.  

Christmas Day

Wow, Christmas!  After taking this picture, I felt, perhaps I went a little over board.  But man it was fun.  Having little kids brings back so many great memories of Christmas as a child, gives us the opportunity to create our own traditions, and just brings back that exciting Christmas spirit.  Chloe got the super cute pink car from Santa and I must say, it might have been the best present for all 3 kids.  She loves riding in it and the boys love to push her in it.  

Just some pictures of the Christmas chaos.

Oh and another super cute outfit.  Thanks Aunt Diane for the great Christmas dress.