Here is our Halloween costumes this year!
We were going to go with the Wizard of Oz theme, but everyone had their own opinion of what they wanted to wear (go figure!) so we only had Glinda the good witch (Clara), a bad purple witch (Ava), Cookie Monster (Bennett), Spider man (Dallin) and a dragon (Emerson). They all loved their costumes and I was happy that they were excited!
Emerson is now 9 months old and at his check up he weighed 18 pounds and was 29.5 inches long! The Doctor called him long and skinny! He is EVERYWHERE! He has been crawling since about 5 months old and has been pulling himself up for over a month. He loves his brothers and sisters and smiles and laughs all day long. He is such an easy going baby and only gets mad when he is tired or hungry. He is quite the character and keeps us smiling all day!
Ava girl is "perfect"! This is what her dad calls her. She is all personality! She is her own person and our best only child. She plays baby dolls and princesses all day alone and with her "Sissy". She loves to demand my attention as soon as I am trying to get the baby to sleep or feeding him. She is quite the talker and keeps us in stitches with her dialogue all day. She is 2 1/2 and tells us everyday that she is a "big girl!" Living in a condo has proved interesting as Ava successfully pulled the fire alarm button which required 4 fireman, the HOA Nazi and a call to the alarm company to take care of! It also shut down the elevators for an hour and caused quite the noise for about 10 minutes! I thought Mason was going to lose it but he just told her calmly that we don't touch those buttons and went about his day!
Clara is our drama queen and damsel in distress! She loves to wear dresses and be a princess and have her hair done in braids! She is such a girly girl! We love her constant singing and dancing and play acting she does all day. She loves preschool and is in her own class without her brother this year. She has really developed in her coloring skills and is writing her name quite well also. She loves playing with her little sister and bossing her around (Ava doesn't approve of this!) Clara is also in ballet and enjoys it! We love our Clara goose!
Dallin is all boy and talks nonstop all day long. He is our little man of the house and loves to do anything Daddy does. He loves to write and has his name down along with a few other letters. He loves his preschool class especially on show and tell days! He is playing indoor soccer with the 5 and 6 year olds and has loved it. Dallin is our map guy and tells us where we need to go wherever we are. He also requested his own office in his room and now has quite the set up of a desk and pens and highlighters! He tells me he is doing "work" when I find him at his desk!
Bennett boy is such a character! He loves keys, his daddy, his granee, the color blue, his cowboy boots and his "brother baby"! He keeps us on our toes and is the reason we have locks at the top of all the doors! He always has a smile on his face and laughs easily! He has such a funny personality and conversational skills. He loves to eat all day and wrestle his brother! We love our Bennett boy!
I will try to update or back blog as I go along! We are doing well and are getting adjusted to city living. Mason starts school in the next week or so and we are excited for this time in our life that we have Daddy home at night!
