Autumn

Guess what this little girl did today? She rolled over for the first time… and then she proudly did it two more times in a row to show me how big she is! It was really cute the look on her face the 3rd time. She really looked like, “I know how to do this… first I do this, then this, then I’m on my back. Easy!” Then she forgot how to do it and she was mad!

We love little Autumn – all of us! Each of the kids have been so kind to her. We love to make her smile, and as of the past few weeks she’s been giggling and we really love that! You have to work for those giggles though and boy do the kids try hard! She gives some of the biggest grins I’ve ever seen.

 

She will be so happy and smiley then its like  we flip a switch and she’s upset! Its kinda funny.

Everyone comments on Autumn’s chubby cheeks – each of our babies have had great chubby cheeks (where on earth do they get those from?;o)  I thought she may be a little different because she started out smaller… she’s actually only 69th percentile for weight, which is smaller than they others, but when we went in for her 4 month check up the doctor looked at her and said, “Wow, those are some chubby cheeks for such a normal weight!” What can I say, we are blessed with chubby cheeks! I love kissing these cheeks though and seeing her sweet little smiles when I do.

I am thoroughly enjoying little Autumn. She has a sweet personality and is starting to figure so many things out.

 She watches everything move around her. If we ever have the TV on her eyes are glued to it unless we distract her. She watches things move, but still isn’t great at grabbing them. She loves to hold on to fingers though. She likes a pacifier, but she doesn’t love it like the others did, and she sucks on her fingers most of the time instead of a binky. I think she prefers me to Micah, but I guess that’s typical for babies. Somehow by about 2:00 AM every night she ends up in our bed and then she sleeps in in our bed ’til 8:30. I never thought I would have a baby sleep in my bed, but man, its nice to get some sleep while I feed her. To be honest, in a way I feel like I’m more in tune with her, and I wonder if  it that may have something to do with it. She’s getting to the point where its harder to get her to fall asleep, oh the little baby days are drifting quickly! I love watching this darling baby grow up, but I sure wish it would slow down!

We love when we get to visit Mama and Papa great. We love them and they are so kind and loving to each of us. Even with so many grandchildren and great grandchildren we are treated individually and are loved almost as if we are the only ones. It is such a privilege for my children to know Mama and Papa and to know they are so loved by their great grandparents.  Thanks to Melissa for getting this great picture! It is precious to me and will be forever.

 

 

 

 

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Princess Tea Party

Lacey is a firecracker! Her favorite thing to do is watch movies. Right now her favorite is Tangled.  She loves to have FUN and make people laugh.  It is actually very hard to get her to hold still long enough to take a picture.  She is also a night owl.  It is not uncommon to hear her talking or singing to herself in her room past 10pm.

This year she wanted to have a tea party and play at the park.  She got to invite her 2 favorite cousins, Hannah and Anna.  They made frilly hats, and got their nails done.  Sarah got them all disney princess press ons.  It was funny watching these little 4  year olds trying to eat with silly fake nails getting in their way.

I had seen this idea on Pinterest and suggested we do it and Lacey loves Minnie mouse so she liked the idea.

While the girls made hats and got their nails done the boys set up the tea party at the park.  It was sort of a Fancy Nancy affair.  They had paper doilies as place mats and sandwiches with frilly toothpicks in them.  Their favorite part of the meal was the red jell-o jigglers.  So fancy!

Jackson got to practice being a gentleman.  He will be sure to get a lot practice with 3 younger sisters.

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Our Big 2 Year Old

Rachelle, Chelley, Chelle. She is growing up way too fast.  She is a  talker and can tell you exactly what she wants.  She was really excited for her Birthday.  This year she got to share her celebration with her Papa-dad who turned 60 and cousin Eliza who turned 1.  Unfortunately, she was actually quite ill the evening of her Birthday but she was still in good spirits.

Her big present was this Lalaloopsy playhouse that came with a doll.

Sarah used her Giant cupcake pan to make a cute little cottage for her cake.  The tulips were leftover from Sarah’s birthday.

You can tell from her rosy cheeks she was running a little bit of a fever.

Even with a fever she was bouncing all around (Minnie mouse outfit was from Grandma Stubz).  Chelley loves to jump.

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Photo Valentines Cards

We love to add our own little flair to our Valentine’s Cards over here…. its fun to personalize them to each of our kids’ likes and personalities. If you want to see our Valentine’s cards from last year you can find them here and we’ve done others, I just can’t remember if/where I posted them. Jackson is definitely a fan of anything Star Wars (which is funny because he’s only seen bits and pieces of the actual movies) and Lacey loved the pictures we took at Adam Ashby’s reception where we held up the lips, glasses, and mustaches on a stick to make our faces look funny. Originally I wanted to get lip lollipops for hers, but I couldn’t find them at any local stores or online for a reasonable price and I didn’t want to invest that much time into making them myself. So these cards were what we came up with. I figure these don’t  take any more effort or cost than a traditional box of Valentines cards if you would have added any kind of candy to them… the glow bracelets and lips were each $1 for a package of 12 (at the dollar store),  and printing the pictures for Lacey and Jackson was $4.00.

Cute, personalized, and not too hard on the wallet sounds great for everyone!

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New Year’s and Autumn’s Blessing

Grandma and Grandpa Stubblefield came for a quick visit after being in New Mexico for Christmas. They flew in New Year’s Eve pretty late. Before they got here our neighbor and friend Marnie surprised us with some Sparklers! The kids were SO happy for them. Aren’t we all little pyro’s at heart? That made their night. They went to bed a little later than normal and then Micah went to pick up Grandma and Grandpa from the airport. When they got here we talked for a little while and then at midnight our next door neighbors had a great fireworks show (these neighbors are the best – they go all out for Halloween and Christmas decorating their house and the fireworks were awesome – our kids love their decorations)!

Micah and I decided at the last minute to have Autumn’s baby blessing on Monday evening so Grandma and Grandpa could be here for it. I had gone back and forth about making a dress for Autumn, I knew I wasn’t up for the challenge of making another dress like Rachelle’s (the problem wasn’t actually the dress but in the fact that I only gave myself a week to pull it together, had never really sewn any clothing before, and had a baby that very rarely slept) but before Autumn was born I found some that I thought may be a little easier.  I came across a tutorial for this cute little ruffle skirt on one of the blogs I subscribe to in August or September… and then I got on pinterest and found this cute dress here that used a onesie. The more I looked at it the more I liked it, but I just couldn’t quite understand the tutorial… but I knew I wanted something sort of like it. Then several of the blogs I follow started posting about this company called Ruffle Fabric. YES! I knew as time was getting shorter I wouldn’t have the patience or energy to make all the ruffles myself. I didn’t realize I would be making the dress in a day! Monday morning while everyone went bowling I had a little time to myself to make this dress (luckily I had some help from Grandma Stubz, because it wouldn’t have come together without her expertise). I love the way it turned out and it came together pretty quickly. We used a long sleeve white onesie, two inch white ruffle fabric (that is so soft and lightweight), and some ribbon and trim to finish it up.

It was so nice to have everyone (who could come on short notice) at the blessing. Thank you! We were glad to have both sets of grandparents there.

It was nice to have the blessing in our home and have a little time to mingle afterwards.We love our sweet and precious Autumn!

 

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