Eleven Months

11 Months:

- Claps her hands
- Loves toilet paper
-Loves when Porter chases her around the house
- Loves books
-Wears size 4 diapers, and 12 month clothing
- 19 lbs
-Has no interest in walking
-Loves pudding, noodles of any kind, bananas, carrots, and gold fish crackers
-Thinks she is so big and refuses to let you feed her
- Her hair is finally starting to come in
We love you Eva girl, I can't believe you are almost one!!!!

Their sweet when their asleep.....

Every Tuesday I try to take the kids to story time at the local library.  They both really love hearing the stories and then picking out library books after.  Then, if they are good  we get to go for lunch at McDonald's and go run errands at the stores.  It is usually a long but fun afternoon and every Tuesday my two little munchkins fall asleep on our way back to Aurora!  This Tuesday when I pulled in to my drive-way I found this cute little sight in the back seat.  They are  so sweet when they sleep!!!!

My little Eva the Diva turned ten months old.  Someone please tell me where those ten months went, it fells like it took her forever to get here and then when she finally did the time has flown by.  I will admit I wish she would just stay in this stage a little bit longer.  Sure, she wears me out on a daily bases with all of her shenanigans but she is so  adorable!   In fact as I am writing this little post I can hear her sweet little voice just  jabbering away in her crib.  She brings so much energy and sunshine into our family, we love her so much! 
EVA GRACE AT 10 MONTHS:

- She pulls herself up on just about anything
- She is starting to cruise along the furniture
- She gets into anything that she possible can and never stops
- She basically eats what we eat at this point
- Has no interest in regular old baby toys
- Rides in a front facing car seat
-Loves her pink, fuzzy blanket
- Gets so excited whenever Porter walks into the room
- Loves to follow her dad around the house while he gets ready in the morning
- Squeals whenever she doesn't get what she wants
- Loves olives
-Has just enough hair for a little tiny ponytail
- Stands up in her crib after nap and yells at me until I go get her

Since I do monthly updates on Eva I feel like my little Porter gets left out.  Porter Lynn is as crazy as ever he too is a little ball of energy.  He loves preschool, and playing with his friends.  He started sunbeams in January and is not a very big fan of that.   He would much rather be in nursery playing with cars and eating a snack.  He pretty much makes a scene until I leave to teach my class and then he will settle down and participate.
  He has an  infatuation with superheros of every kind, but particularly the Avengers.  Never did I think I would know so much about comic book superheros.  In his perfect world I would let him wear his Caption America and Spider Man pajamas everyday all day!   He has also recently been introduced to games on our I-touch.  It is amazing how fast kids that little can pick up things like that.  We really have to watch the time he gets on that everyday because he gets sucked in so fast.
  Porter is still not growing at a rate we are happy with, so we decided to take him back into a doctor where he has had to have blood work done.  We can now rule out Ceilacs disease, but are being sent up to Primary Children's to see a specialist.  There they will test him for a number of things and hopefully we will get some answers.  Despite his small stature the kid does not lack for energy, we love him so much!

Rockin the Pigtails!

Little Pigtails, Big Smile!!!  Don't you just want to pinch cheeks?

Eva The Diva and her Tater-bug!

I came across these pictures taken in November of these two wonderfully adorable little people! They are about three weeks apart and are  hilarious little creatures.  They both have the worlds biggest smiles, try their hardest to keep up with the two older boys, and have a strange obsession with growling. 

Since it is January...

Since it is January I thought it would be the perfect time to blog about Thanksgiving! Yep, I am a little behind. We haven't had a camera since ours bite the dust when we moved. So, all of my pictures come from my phone, my mom's camera, or my momther-in-laws camera. We were lucky enough to have Mom and Dad Daniels come for a visit to Aurora this weekend so I finally got all of the pictures from her camera. Thanksgiving this year was spent in Layton with the Daniels. We had a great dinner and played lots of games! Then, since Stacy and I had never witnessed a Black Friday up close and personal we decided to hit the stores that night. It was a crazy time we could barely walk in Walmart, witnessed a man and a woman get in a fist fight and then get arrested. We spent forty-five minutes trying to make our way over to the four dollar pajamas and then another hour standing line to buy them. It was defiantly an experience and we had some really good belly laughs but I will never do it again!
Here are some pics of the post fest laziness:

That same weekend we went up Ephraim Canyon to get a Christmas tree. The kids enjoyed playing in the snow while Kevin and I went out to find the perfect tree. Most years I get teased that the tree I pick looks like the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree but this year it really was a good one!








Who knows maybe next month I will finally blog about our Christmas!

Nine Months old...

Eva turned nine months old on January 4Th she is getting so big. This is my favorite stage, she is consistently on the move and figuring new things out. Eva is such a little joy she is always smiling and laughing. She is rarely fussy and eats like a champ! I wish I could just freeze-frame her and keep her at this stage.

Milestones for Nine Months:

* Celebrated her first Christmas-she was far more interested in the paper then any of her presents.
* Crawls at warp speed these days, the girl can haul butt
* Loves to get into the DVDs she does this at least three times a day
* Has started to pull herself up on the coach or really anything she can get a good grib on
* Rarely cries in the morning, You will just hear her in there laughing and talking to herself
* Loves, Loves, Loves raga music
*Dances up a storm
* Waves bye-bye
* Tries to give kisses
* Loves bath time
*Got the Flu right after Christmas, but even then she didn't do much crying
*Has two teeth
* Eats lots of finger foods like Cheerios, Teething Biscuits, and Spaghetti
* The girl is a human vacuum, if there is a crumb she will find it!!! She is kind of like a dog she will just hang out by the table and wait for you to drop something.
* Still takes two naps- one in the morning and one in the afternoon
* When she gets mad at you she paws at your face like a cat

We love you Eva girl!!!

2011 was a keeper.....

One of my goals this year is to keep up with my blog. I feel like Porter has a complete journal of all the happenings big and small of his first years. Eva on the other hand has a very incomplete one. I have been the biggest slacker when it comes to blogging. I thought I would start with a post about our year 2011 was a good year for us.

January/February

*We enjoyed New Years Eve with the Lloyd's
* We went back to Laramie and began Kevins Last semester of Law School and I went back to teaching preschool
* We continued to prepare for the arrival of our second child
* Kevin stayed very busy as Editor and Chief of Law Review

March
* We continued to work with Denver Children's Hospital to figure out how to get Porters health problems figured out
* We made one last trip as a family of three to the Denver Natural History Museum, Porter still talks about seeing the Dinosaur bones
* March 25Th came and went with no new baby girl
* Kevin turn 28




April
* We began April waiting for baby girl
* Grandma and Grandpa Daniels came for a visit over Conference Weekend
* Finally on April 4Th at exactly 3:30 am we welcomed Eva Grace into the family--the best moment of 2011


May
* Kevin graduates for Law School our families join us for a big celebration
* We pack up, say goodbye to Laramie, and move to Aurora, Utah
*Kevin and I celebrate Six years of marriage


June:
* Kevin begins his new job as a Judicial Law Clerk for the 6Th District Courts
* We move into my Grandmas house
* I make the transition from working- mom, to stay-at-home mom
* We take a camping trip with the Lloyd's
* I go on a fun trip to St. George with some of my High School friends

*Porter and I take a Mommy and Me Swimming Class with Amanda and Paislee
*We bless Eva in the Aurora Second Ward









July/August

* Did lots of camping
*Celebrate the Fourth in Aurora with the Lloyds
* Kevin takes the Bar
*Porter turns three





September:
* Porter starts Preschool
* We go to State Fair and lose Porter
* Kevin passes Bar
*Take a weekend Vacation to Heber





October/ November

*Mom turns 27
*Halloween Fun- Porter went as Thor and Eva as a monkey
* Kevin goes on the Elk hunt and gets one, and goes with his brothers on the deer hunt
*Kevin and I go to Vegas with his parents and see Don Williams




December:

* We celebrate Christmas together at our home
* We all get the flu
* We ring in 2012 with the Daniels


2011 was a keeper and we are excited to see what 2012 brings us!