Waiting for the Doctor

It seems like we don't spend nearly as much time at the doctor's office as we used to. I guess we don't since we aren't taking babies in every few months to be weighed and measured and checked anymore. . . And we don't have to take everyone since we can go while Jude and Lydia are in school. But I kinda miss the waiting room shenanigans sometimes. Today was fun. And Julia apparently grew 2 inches this year! She's still only 44" tall and 38 pounds (the 35th% and 20th% or something like that), but I was convinced she had stopped growing completely the way Talia has been catching up to her so quickly.

And yes, Julia pants are covered in Emojis, and she LOVES them.

Potty-Trained!!!

Talia Megan is finally out of diapers! I bought this Mulan Barbie for her weeks ago and she asked for it every single day and *finally* decided to actually keep her diaper dry and earn it.

 

She's been in panties for three days now and is doing great! Not even wetting the bed (Lydia is the only one that struggled at night) and the best part of all of this:

KAYLA is potty-trained too! She isn't even two yet! She caught on to everything we were telling Talia and just went with it. Watching all 24 pounds of her climb onto the toilet is a bit of a joke, but she refuses to use the training toilet of course. And mostly she runs around stark naked now. But at least they're both out of diapers! I wasn't even planning to be completely diaper-free like this. It's pretty amazing and I never want to change another diaper again after 8+ years of it without a break!

Memories

Sewing Lessons

Talia insisted on sewing with me. So I humored her with some plastic sheeting and some yarn. She was really, really, into it. But extremely independent. I thought these pictured captured the journey from, "Wow, you really go full-speed at everything you try don't you" to "What the heck did you do and how am I going to undo that for you" pretty well.

Also, I love how this child involves her feet in everything she does.

Growing Up

Talia chose this outfit 100% by herself.

Shirt: too small

Pants: pajamas

Socks: Princesses

Shoes: her fanciest

Coat: duck-taped arm after she ripped it climbing the neighbors pine tree so high she made them panic. . .

And her wonderful new "smile" face. I like this kid, a lot.

Keyboard Fun

I love how much Talia loves Lydia's things. Whenever Lydia leaves her things out T sneaks in and takes her turn. Also, the headband headphones are the greatest invention of all time.

Park Day with Aunt Megan

Aunt Megan was in town today with her family so she suggested we go to the new All-Abilities park by Tonaquint. It was a lot of fun. CROWDED. But fun. The park is huge- I hardly saw Jude, Lydia, and Julia the whole time. But these two had plenty of fun on their own.

If you're wondering why I took so many pictures- Talia insisted I take a picture of everything she did of course. These two are pretty amazing climbers. It always cracks me up that Kayla has no concept that she's smaller than her siblings, she has an "if they can do it, I can do it" attitude about everything. It was especially fun watching her zip down the super-fast slide just like a big kid than run around to do it again and again. I like to watch the other parents watching her, they think she's as funny as I do.

Annie

Lydia has always loved Annie, I guess Talia is wanting to be like her big sister and watch "real" movies instead of just cartoons now. They grow up so fast :)

Also, today is John and my 12th wedding anniversary! Time goes so fast!

Snow!

Sorry for the picture overload here. I couldn't choose a favorite, I just love snow too much!

I loved that Julia tossed it in the air and let it snow down on top of her head. That smile of hers. . .

Talia was outside ALL morning. She would still be out there if she didn't need a diaper change and a drink of milk. She loves to be outside any day, but you add snow and it's a whole new love.

Her attempt at building a "frosty the snowman" was very short-lived. This snow was the famous Utah powder and was way too dry to build anything with.

Kayla lasted about 2 minutes before she wanted to come in. I made her tough it out for about 15 minutes though. She was more than happy to come inside when her forced playtime was over though.

Ugh- this kid is SO CUTE! She's the only one who will still actually say cheese for me.

Puzzle Fun

New Year's Day is a day to just hang out and stay in your pajamas right? Maybe it's just me, but that's my idea of a holiday.

Talia is always down for staying in her pajamas all day.

She LOVES her new Anna and Elsa nightgown :)

And she was making me laugh and laugh the way she was mixing the puzzle pieces up all crazy on purpose. Her laugh is contagious.

Talia Runs EVERYWHERE

Happy Birthday Jude!!

Look at my not-so-little baby boy :)

Dad has decided that when you turn 8 you get a doughnut the size of your head. Jude was really close to finishing that thing too. And Lydia was a bit disappointed in her doughnut that was not quite as big as her head, but still massive. . .

Scouts! A new book, shirt, scriptures, everything he needs!

And new shoes. Size THREE! I truly can not believe he's already 8. Some days I miss my little boy, but mostly I just love having him around. He's such a sweet boy (when he wants to be) and so stinking smart that I just love talking with him. I do moon-walk away when he starts describing Pokemon though. . . that's what his friends are for.