Alayna 6 Months Old

Alayna is getting so big and so much more active! She can now grab onto things most especially hair... just ask Kaytlin! She laughs and giggles at our funny antics and she jabbers like she is carrying on conversations with us! She loves eating! Oatmeal with Bananna's is her favorite cereal and she is still undecided about the veggies and fruit! So far she enjoys applesauce, sweet potatoes, squash, peas and pears. We are still trying to get her to enjoy the other things such as carrots and apricots. She certainly loves veggies more than fruits which is surprising! She isn't quite rolling over yet but I expect it any day! When she has a full belly and a clean diaper she is the most amazing little girl full of happiness! If only I could package up her laughs and giggles for you to enjoy with us!

She loves playing too! Anthony, Mandy and Mason came up to celebrate Mason's first birthday and Alayna just watched him. An interesting fact- They currently wear the same size clothes.

Brayden and Kaytlin both love holding her and playing with her until she grabs hair then the games are over. Brayden would hold her all day if I let him and sometimes she doesn't mind at all.

She is a very good sitter. Sometimes she needs help but she is getting stronger everyday. She enjoys rubbing the carpet and trying to eat it most likely because it is a new texture for her.

She is starting to chew on everything so my guess would be teeth may make an appearance in the next few months! Her fingers are always in her mouth which means her clothes are always drenched with drool!

 I am finally able to upload all the videos that have been taken of Alayna up to this point. Enjoy! This first one was when she was two months old approximately.

In this video Brayden and Alayna were playing ball and she thought it was so funny. She is 4 1/2 months old here during the Christmas season!

This video is when she was learning to make new sounds! If she talks like this now I think I have a good idea of how talkative she will be when she gets older. YIKES! She was 5 1/2 months in this video!

She is certainly growing fast and learning so many new things. I hope you enjoyed!

Happy Birthday Kaytlin

January was such a fun month for us! The first big change was that Kaytlin now has her own bedroom! No more sharing with Brayden and talking and laughing with each other well into the night. I figured she would have a hard time adjusting to being by herself in the dark but that never happened!

Kaytlin turned three! It is kind of hard for me to think she is getting so big! Three years passed so quickly and in some regards I wish it hadn't sped by. She is so helpful and tolerant with us as parents and with her siblings.She is all girl! She loves trying on shoes, dressing up, doing her hair, and helping mommy with everyday chores. We can always count on her to do what is asked and to do it with a smile on her face. I recently asked Brayden to put his laundry away that I just got done folding and he said "No I don't want to" and then I preceeded to have Kaytlin do hers and she comes running...which sometimes prompts Brayden to do what is asked!

At her birthday party we had Strawberry Shortcake which was super yummy. Many of our family members came to celebrate with us. 

She got some cute outfits also.

Her favorite gift of all was a dance outfit that she wears around the house most everyday.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Christmas 2010

Preparing for Christmas

While everyone put the tree together I took pictures! I just love watching the kids enjoy the whole process! The time spent with daddy is also a bonus!

While they worked on the tree Alayna was busy too!This was while the tree was going up and I loved her expression here! It almost makes me think she was the one in charge!





Christmas Morning

Kaytlin was the first up and she woke Brayden up. It wasn't to early either!

Alayna even got into the action Christmas morning.

Brayden trying to put together his train track even using directions... I was impressed because most adults refuse to use directions anymore! We got it together and realized we didn't have the right batteries for it so he had to wait!

A few weeks before Christmas we went to my neice Cadance's dance performance and ever since Kaytlin pretends she has a costume on and dances around the room! I caught this picture of her dancing in Grandma's living room on Christmas. I am thinking it is about time to put her in dance, tumbling or something because she seems to have pretty good posture here!

Josh got a mystery gift! Can you guess what it would be? Whenever I take his picture he sticks his tongue out and I constantly remind him this will be on our blog but he still does it! Back to that gift... he got two large clamps for his workshop!

Kaytlin got a few outfits that she had to try on right away. She loves playing dress up and will layer several times to get everything on.

Alayna loved it! She just liked to hold onto the wrapping paper and watch what everyone else was doing!

Another outfit for Kaytlin she had to try on! It was so cute too! She sure pulls the cutest faces!

Got *~BLING~* ?

She does! Grandma sent her a whole container of rings and she was not satisfied having just one on she had to have them all!

Alayna is just a happy little girl! There isn't much time that she isn't smiling or giggling at someone's antics... usually Brayden's!

We hope your holidays were fabulous! Good Luck on your New Year's Resolutions!

Happy Halloween 2010

We hope you all had a safe and fun halloween this year and don't get to sick from all the candy you will consume in the next month! We went to a corn maze last Wednesday and they had a bucket train the kids enjoyed riding on! Kaytlin seemed to do ok until her feet got wet.

Brayden loved the whole idea! He was running ahead of us in the maze to tell us where to go next! If I could contain his energy I would never get tired watching him!
This was after we went through the maze before we did the train. Josh wasn't to thrilled that I brought the camera so every picture we took he had his tongue sticking out!

I asked another maze goer if they would take our picture all together.

Here is Kaytlin showing off her new Halloween bow her Aunt made her.

Brayden was Mario for Halloween which was a very popular costume this year!

Kaytlin chose to be Elmo! I purchased this costume for Brayden a few years back and he refused to wear it so I just put it in our Halloween box to keep for another child. I went and got the box out to get buckets and costumes figured out for the kids and Kaytlin got so excited to see Elmo she decided it was all hers this year!

Last but not least Alayna got in on the action as well! Some of you may remember when Brayden was a baby he wore the frog costume so I got it back out for Alayna. She managed to sleep through most of the activities we went to but at least she was warm when I carried her around! I am just looking forward to next year when she is walking with the other kids! Bye October Welcome November

Alayna This was taken when Carl and Ashley got married Aug 16th of 2010! Alayna was a week and a half old here and in the following picture! It is hard for me to remember her so little because she is sure growing fast!
All three of my precious kids together and not fighting! They love Alayna and ask to hold her frequently. I have to ask them to leave her alone most days! These will be treasured pictures because they will grow up all to quickly!

She is four and a half weeks old here along with the previous few with Brayden and Kaytlin. A month already gone! Where did the time go?

Visiting Great-Grandma Doman (4 weeks old)
She treasures our visits each time we go! We are blessed to live nearby so great grandparents can see the kids frequently. I know they enjoy it too!

Visiting Great-Grandpa Dawson (4 weeks old)

He was thrilled to get to hold her. When we told him Alayna was named after Great Grandma Dawson his eyes just sparkled.

She is seven and a half weeks old here! She must be doing good because she has already learned the OK sign! At this point she began focusing on things and staring at us! In this picture I would gather a guess to say Brayden was sitting next to her.

I would have to agree with her shirt here about her being cute! Even cute with her tongue sticking out of her mouth which is most every picture.

All the kids wanted to cuddle with me and I wanted to show off the girls shirts we bought for them. Alayna is six weeks old here, Kaytlin is 2 1/2 years old and Brayden is 6 years old. What do you think, do they get their good looks from me?

The following pictures are from my cell phone but they were so cute I had to include them.

Trying out her new toy... the bumbo chair!

She was just grinning and grinning and giggling at me so i figured I better get a picture of her. I think this was when she was working up to another giggle.

Another picture of the girls in matching shirts. They were both smiling but when the phone camera decided to catch up this is what I got. The looks on both girls is just priceless!

These years are the hardest but will be the best when we look back at these pictures in ten years and laugh!