MY little (BIG) 6 month old!

Fell asleep while feeding him sweet potatoes! Loves finding his car seat and playing in it!

Look at that little bummy! love it!

My sweet boy, playing in the water. He is such a fish!

How can it be that my little man is already 6 months old?! I feel like I am always blogging about him and maybe not the girls so much, but their milestones don't come as close together anymore. :( Anyway, He is becoming quite the crawler and getting into EVERYTHING. That window of me getting something done before he makes it to the dog's water or the coffee table, or stuck under the kitchen table is rapidly disappearing. HE keeps me busy everyday, but it one of the lights of my life! He has so much fun with his sisters and they keep him busy and out of trouble. He loves food and has fallen asleep a couple of times while eating. (c picture above. ) Cody, we love you so much and we are so thankful that you came to our family. U bring so much fun and laughter and joy to us. You are a special little boy and I think part of your mission in life was to help your daddy become who he truly is, and for that I am so thankful. HE loves you so much and to see the way your daddy looks at you is heart-melting! I'm just glad that you finally like him now. (U would cry/scream every night I would leave for work~i was worried for a bit) Here's to another 6 months until you are one year!!!

Love this quote!

I found this quote on a friends, friends blog and I LOVE IT! Every time I check her blog I read it and it refocuses me on what I need to focus on. Here it is~enjoy!

Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend . . . when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present—love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness—the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.
Sarah Ban Breathnach

Cody Crawling (kind of)

So this Video is more for family, but if you would like to see my little chuck a munk crawl~please do so. He is almost 6 months and into more and more each day. I am not ready for him to crawl, but I have accepted it since he is not asking for mommy's opinion! We love him so much and are thankful each day for our little boy and the joy and laughter he brings to this home of two crazy sisters~and their parents!

Word of the day...By Cheyenne

Okay, so this morning while I was getting Chey ready for school, and Shelby and Cody! (yikes, what ever happen to being ready in 20 minutes!!) Anyway, She was telling me that her teacher Mrs. Brown was not going to be at school today cause she had to do something, I can't remember what she said. So I asked her
Mom: "Who is going to teach you if Mrs. Brown is not there?"
Chey: "O, don't worry mom, we have a "sub-a-toot".
Mom: "Wait, what did you say?"
Chey: "Mom, a "sub-a-toot".
Mom: Oh, you mean a Substitute."
Chey: Yeah, a sub-a-toot."
Gotta love that girl and her fun, cute words she comes up with daily. Had to share for sake of her never really having baby talk.~She has always spoken very clearly and pronounces words perfectly.
So enjoy our word of the day~ "Sub-a-toot!"

O The Weather outside.....

So lately the weather has been weird and not to mention yucky!! I am so done with the heat! If I could go the snow right now I would!! We have been getting alot of the moisture from the monsoons and tropical storms that are happening in the oceans right now, but look at the amazing pictures I got of the clouds the other night! I have never seen clouds like that before, and it was just beautiful to see. You can see at the back of this picture the darker clouds~which were the storm that was happening but never made it to us. It got really windy and dark a little while after these pictures. Kind of crazy but soon I will be enjoying the 85 degree weather and happy to be outside again taking walks with the kids and letting them run their little hearts out at the park!!

Trip To The Mountains

Here is our little angel high above the valley where we live. We were about 3000 feet above sea level, and if you look over her shoulder you can see Palm Desert. Cheyenne and Daddy enjoying the view!

Woo Hoo! I officially love to have my picture taken!

Cody @ 5 Months!

Our Little boy is growing so fast! HE loves to take baths with his sisters. This was in Nanny and Papa's fun Jacuzzi tub. He loves the water, he gets so quiet and relaxed when we are either swimming or he's in the bathtub. Such a little lover! Cody is getting more interested in his food. He doesn't like rice cereal~AT ALL! He does like his oatmeal and bananas. (even though this pic displays otherwise). I was never big into baby food~my kids were such good breast fed babies, that I never really pushed the baby food thing. Cody is definitely into food~so I think I will have to give in and be better at feeding him "real food".

He is such a little chunk! I love it. He has gotten so fun in the past month or so~he is such a mover~he is almost crawling! And no, it's not me being that mom that thinks he is, and says he is~really I don't want him to start crawling, I'm not ready!! He gets up on all fours and moves his legs forward. He is just starting to figure out that he has to move his arms along with his legs. So cute and he loves trying to make it happen. He is starting to sit up like a big boy~still a little wobbly, but he's kind of top heavy!

Cody, I can't believe that you are 5 months! Please stay little for just a bit longer. I can't get enough of you and you are such a momma's boy! (u like daddy too, but I'm definitely your fav!) You have brought so much love and laughter into our family. You love seeing your sisters and get so excited when you see them~kicking and laughing. You are such a blessing in our lives, and I'm so glad that you picked me to be your mommy!

It's My Birthday....

And I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to! (I didn't though). SO yes, Today I turned 31! It's kind of weird, 30 was hard only cause I made it traumatic, but I was so busy getting us ready to move that it kind of passed~no party, no fuss, no nothin! I was just so worried about turning 30. This year is different, maybe because of the things that are happening in our life.
I am more sentimental about family(more than I am which is A LOT). being away from my family stinks! period. I really don't like it. My first baby started school~that makes me feel old and weird~like it's not supposed to happen yet!
I Have 3 kids! Sometimes (like today) i sit and watch my family in awe and wonder how it all happened. I swear I was like 22 yesterday, dating Shane and not having a care in the world, and now 9 years later, here we are! It's all good though, don't get me wrong. I guess today was more about pondering my life and where it is and where it's going and where I want it to go.
There have been some great things that have happened lately. Things that I have only dreamed about. (no details yet, maybe at a later date~sorry). I can't deny that the lord is with me and hears my every prayer and hope! All my life I have had a tough time figuring out if I'm worth the Lord loving me and giving me everything. Now I know, and can't deny it. He has answered my prayers and is blessing me and all my hard work and struggles that I have gone through.
I guess after writing this entry I see that today was a great day, full of thought and acknowledgement of the wonderful blessings I have in my life. It is true what they say about your 30's being WAY better than your 20's! I can testify to that.
So Happy Birthday to me! I'm a pretty cool chick with great friends and a amazing family~near and far. I have come a long way, and actually look forward to my 40th birthday when I can look back and say how truly great my 30's were!
Thanks for listening and reading, I 'm off to watch my fav~Conan with my darling husband!

School Days!

So my little Cheyenne has officially started school! I can't believe it~is she really old enough to go to Kindergarten? And how did that happen? She has to wear a uniform~which i didn't find out until like last minute~(I'm new at the whole mom with kid in "real" school thing). I cried on the way home from dropping her off. Shelby didn't really know what was wrong with me. I was happy and sad that my 1st little baby was off at school without me!

She loves it! She is such a good girl in school and she is proud of the fact that she hasn't been put on the "time~out" chair! We are proud of that accomplishment as well!

So here is my kick off to our first official school year! I hope its a good one! Cheyenne~we love you and are so proud and happy that you are in Kindergarten! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us!