Catching up, again....Wyatt's Haircut!

 About a month ago Chops figured it was time for Bud to get a haircut. I had mixed emotions, his hair was kind of long but I loved it.  We sat him down and gave him a buzz.  I can't believe how much older he looked. It was kind of sad. Both grandmas were bummed but he is quite the handsome boy both ways. I still miss the red that has now been replaced with lots of blonde. I can't believe he was so dark when he was born.

Budding Artist

 The kids were entertaining themselves so I checked on them and stumbled upon this...

 Wyatt didn't seem to mind

 Can you get mad at a face like that?

Cute family

I'm just going through pictures, looking at what I want to put up and I must say...they clean up pretty good.

Time Flies...

 The infamous hair twirler

 Addie's outfit of choice about 90% of the time. Actually, she's been lowriding her underwear too and seeing if she can get away with being totally naked.

 This pic reminds me of her grimace smile days...she may need therapy later on in life because of me posting this

 Wyatt loves the four wheeler and drives it by himself already, not super great at steering

 Addie stole Wyatts pj bottoms and decided to ride him

 "stop touching me"

I don't know how it happens but months keep passing me by. I have had so many funny things Addie says and does and I kick myself when I don't write them down.  Addie has been kind of a stinker lately. I think she is at her most naughty when she is tired/hungry/needs attention. Wyatt has also been a bit of a stinker and I think it is when he is not being held...makes for some long days.  But they are so fun and so cute and so hilarious together it makes it worth it.  Wyatt loves crawling but doesn't have his knees touch the ground- it looks exhausting but he must have a strong core. He is standing while holding on to things and the other day I went upstairs to get something and Addie followed me so Wyatt starting crying and I could hear him getting closing.  I looked and he had crawled all the way up the stairs! It kind of put me in panic mode, but at the same time I was pretty proud of that little boy and very glad he didn't tumble down them. I think he will be walking before he is one.  Addie has been doing puzzles on the iPad and she is getting pretty good at them. I can't believe how much of a kid she is. Oh, and she has always loved to twirl her hair, only nowadays it is long enough she can twirl it into a know around her finger...and then rip it out by the roots.  I was putting her hair in a couple of pig tails for church and noticed two fairly large bald spots, awesome. She may just have short pixie hair for her whole life.

Guess its time to vacuum more...

I think it may be time for a haircut, sigh.
Addie twirls her hair around her finger and pulls it out by the roots...urg. And Taisyn has a permanent mischievous look on his face- those two are partners in crime.

Addie can open Wyatt's door and climb in his crib, sometimes this is good and sometimes this is bad.
I can't tell who Wyatt reminds me of here but isn't he adorable? Addie is cheesing it.
Addie still loves riding Brownie, bareback and bare bum.


So as of Friday, Wyatt is crawling. Chops took a sucker and was trying to entice him to crawl to him and it worked. Wyatt is loving being able to move around and bug Addie more freely. He actually is still in the crawl a few steps and then play mode, but he has gone long distance mode a few times. He loves trying to pull himself up on things so I think that standing will be his next challenge. He is loving food and getting better at chewing stuff even though there are still no teeth in sight. He likes food so much that I get worried that he will stop nursing too early but then he reassures me that he still likes nursing by waking up a couple of times a night...what a sweetie. One of these days I'll buckle down and make him sleep through the night but he is growing so dang fast that right now I try and cherish the moments that I can snuggle him in my arms, even if I am half awake.

Addie is still being a mostly good big sister. She has been saying the funniest prayers. She blesses every item on her plate at dinner and will often be thankful for mom helping Buddy, Addie helping Buddy, Daddy helping Buddy and Buddy helping Buddy...she cracks me up more times a day than I can count. We are seriously considering finding a new home for Rocky, who for some reason periodically pees in the house, and she keeps saying, "I guess we'll have to find Rocky a new home..." The way she says it is so funny, although it does make me sad. She really does love those doggies and they are so good with both the kids.

Moving and Grooving

Wyatt still mostly doesn't like being on his tummy, but he is planning on crawling very soon any ways. He scoots around while in a mostly seated position. Today while I was making dinner he was pushing himself backwards on the wood floor. It's going to be any day now that he is up and mobile. So together, Addie and Wyatt are going to give me a work out. Addie got into my wallet the other day and took out my checks and gave them to Wyatt to chew on, which he willingly obliged. He loves to put stuff in his mouth and really thinks he should be eating everything that we are. He loves the rice biscuits and being able to feed himself and drink from a big boy cup. Still no teeth though. Addie has been saying the funniest things. She calls Wyatt Buddy which is just about the cutest thing ever. "Where's Buddy?" "Is Buddy asleep" "Nooooo Buddy" etc. She has also been dancing and singing, "shake your booty" There are more but I can't think of them right now.

SNOW!!!

Chops has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of snow so that he can go snowmobiling. It has been such a mild winter. I can't say it hasn't been nice to teach in 50 degree weather but it was a bit of a bummer to have no snow for Christmas. We finally got a nice storm and Addie and Dad had a blast playing, riding the 3 wheeler and making a snowman. We are hoping to take her this Saturday to go snowmobiling. Chops went with Devin last weekend and Devin had a blast.