Dancing Kids

The kids really like the singing Christmas toys!

Playing with Hair Things!

Becca was really upset today after she woke up from her nap. Even after we fed her, she wouldn't stop crying. So, I thought of something that should help her wake up, the Hair Thing Box! It was great. We had so much fun taking things out (Becca,) putting things back (Mom,) and decorating each other's hair (me again. :)

One of the funnest parts was opening and closing the box!

Becca just thought that it was hilarious to watch her brother and sisters run through the leaves! She was in a cranky mood because she wasn't feeling well, so it was great to hear her laugh!

It's Fall Again!

I love the Fall! I love the pretty colors all love the place. I love the weather and I love watching my kids play in the leaves. Rebecca really liked watching, too! (As you saw in the previous video.)

I do have to admit, though, that it was much more fun playing in them this year in short sleeves than one year when we were playing in the leaves in the snow!
I just got my new camera to replace my old one that got broken and I haven't figured out all the settings yet. I'm hoping that it can take better motion pictures than this, but it is still ok. (Better than my old camera or my phone!)

Elizabeth thought that she was funny because she was raking the leaves out of the pile!

So much fun!

Random Oct Pictures

Picking Pecans in our front yard.

Oops, that one slipped!

Becca got a Halloween Card from her Grandma Ricki. She really liked it!

The little bugger really likes taking all of my clean clothes out of the baskets!

Elizabeth did this puzzle all by herself!

Becca, helping pick out the material for Carlie's blanket.

Jacob put Becca in the laundry basket. She didn't seem to mind. :)

Jacob got a "growing" alligator at the dollar store. That thing REALLY GREW!

Jacob loves to play chess with his dad. Becca just likes to be with Dad!

Becca's New Glasses

A couple of weeks ago, Rebecca had a check up with the eye doctor because of her prematurity. The doctor told me that she was far-sighted like Jacob. I asked if this was because of all the oxygen that she was on, but he told me that usually resulted in near-sightedness, so it is all genetic. It is a blessing that she was born early or I would have never know to take her to the eye doctor! He told me that since we caught this so early she might not have the crossed eyes like Jacob or have to have eye surgery like Jacob did. He did say that she will have to have glasses her whole life, though, but many people have lived with that and I'm sure she will adjust just fine. We finally got her glasses yesterday and at first, it wasn't much fun. She is teething right now so she isn't very happy to begin with, and then with the glasses, she couldn't rub her eyes or rub her face against me. Those are some of the things she always does when she is upset. Well, she would try and she would hit her glasses and it would hurt and she would get even more upset. I felt so badly for her. It only took her about and hour, though, to get used to them! There have only been two time when I found the glasses had slipped off her ears, and she did great about not touching them or pulling them off. She is keeping them on sooo good! I was a little unsure if the doctor was right about her needing glasses because I never saw any signs of it, but now that she has them and never takes them off, I know that she must like being able to see! Well, I think that gets everyone up to date. For those that have already heard this through facebook, you can just enjoy the pictures :)

These two pictures were taken right after she got her glasses and she was rather upset that she kept hitting the glasses and hurting herself.

This one was taken last night and she was already getting happy again!

This last picture was taken this morning and she doesn't act any differently than normal now. It is amazing how quickly babies can get used to things! (She is eating a cracker, if you couldn't tell.)

Well, we got it on video. It is from my phone, so the quality isn't great, but you can tell she is definitely walking! It won't be long until she is everywhere!

Rebecca Standing by Herself!

Rebecca is now standing all by herself! She really likes playing with the magnets on the fridge. That is the best time I can catch her standing. She has even taken a few steps as well. It won't be long until she is walking full time! (I don't know if I am excited or dreading that!)

She has been doing this for about a week, but it is hard to get a picture because when she sees the camera, she has to look at me and smile. That usually requires her to hold on to things. The smiles are nice, but I really wanted her to keep standing!

Fun at the Park

The weather was great last Saturday so we got all the work done at the house and went to the park! It was so much fun to feed the ducks and play on the playground with the kids. After we were done at the park, we came home and had a lazy day. It was a a very nice day.

Sarah liked the baby ducks.

The sea-saw was more fun when the pictures were done and both Scott and I were on opposite sides. We really got it moving then!

The time has come at last!

The last link of the chain has been broken! We are on our way to California!

We kept rotating kids from Wendy's car to mine. My kids love going in Wendy's car and I loved Wendy's kids coming in mine! They were great at helping with Rebecca.

The kids love staying at hotels!
Becca just loved getting out of the car.
Run, run, get as much energy out as you can!

Back in the car again! One more day to go!

Beach

We went to the beach the first Monday that we were there. It was a lot of fun, but that sand is awful! Not only does it just make you feel soo dirty, but it also broke my camera. My camera is waterproof, so I thought it was fine going in the water, but it is not sand proof and the shutter got stuck and broke. :( Now we have to save up $250 to buy a new one.

I was surfin' with the girls. Elizabeth liked the water as long as it didn't get her face.

Becca hated the beach! She didn't like the sand, the sun or anything!

Dianne and Danni sun bathed the whole time. Elizabeth didn't think Dianne was dirty enough so she tried to rectify that!

Disneyland

These pictures were almost lost. My mom thought that she had moved all of her pictures to the computer from her camera so she erased all the pictures. They we went to look at the Disneyland pictures and they were not there! My mom bought an "Undelete" program and it was able to restore all of the pictures. We were all so happy. There were some really cute pics!My mom was so wonderful and bought us tickets to Disneyland. It was so much fun! It was a little busy at first, but after a little while things calmed down. It cost A LOT of money, but it was worth it (since most of it didn't come from my wallet :) Christmas from my mom might be a little smaller this year.

On the bus to Disneyland! The last time I went we took a little parking shuttle to get to the park, but now all that parking lot is full of Disney CA Adventure. Still haven't been there, but I don't know that I ever will.
They have a "new" (since the last time I went) area where little girls can stand in line to take pictures and visit with Disney Princesses. That was what Sarah was looking forward to the most. I didn't realize however that the line would be two hours long! Luckily we saw Jasmine while walking in the park. Scott grabbed Sarah in his arms and ran after them. They were kind enough to stop and let us take a picture with them. (They had to run after that before they were mobbed!)

We tried to all fit in a rocket, but I ended up going by myself!

Jacob's favorite ride was the "new" Buzz Lightyear ride. He got to shoot at things and he got more points than Grandma!

We had a lot of fun on the teacups. Scott had fun taking pictures!

The Mad Hatter's Shop is always fun.

Everyone but my mom. We should have gotten someone else to take the pic for us!

The old hat switcheroo.

My family and the balloon.

All tuckered out!