Christmas!!

We had a nice, quiet little Christmas this year. Christmas Eve we went to the Christmas Eve service at church and then came home and had pizza.

Here are a few attempts at pictures for church.....

Ava wanted to sleep here Christmas Eve.

Christmas Morning!! Ava still does not fully understand what Christmas is all about, but she loved opening presents! We had a big breakfast that morning. Brent had to work in the afternoon/evening, but we had a great Christmas morning.

Some friends gave us this tent for Ava. We saved it for Christmas. She loved  it! Played in it all day.

Ava helped Lucy open her presents.

Lucy and Daddy discussing their presents.

Merry Christmas. We are so grateful for a day to celebrate our Savior!

5 Months

No new stats this month, but she growing well and getting big...but really, she is still pretty little. Lucy is sleeping 11 hours a night.In bed at 7:30pm and up between 6:30am and 7am. She has 4 feedings a day, eating every 4 hours. Lucy is getting more and more interactive and more fun!

First taste of cereal

New toy

and another new toy, Ava is supervising.

Sleepy baby.

5 months!

Cutting down our Christmas Tree

This year, we decided to go cut down our own Christmas tree. We had been hoping to go into the mountains to get one from the national forest, but you have to have a permit and they were sold out. So, instead, we went to a tree farm in Greeley with our good friends, the Drakes. We had a great time. Turns out that picking the right tree is quite a big decision...and they look a lot smaller on the farm than they do in your living room. We love our tree and had a great time finding it. I do believe this is the start of a new tradition.

We took a hayride out to the trees

The girls had so much fun running around. What a great playground!

What a man! A saw and flowery diaper bag.

The ONE!

The Drakes found their tree.

Headed back to get some cookies and cider. Such a fun day!

Back at home, We got the tree all set up.

Ava and Lucy supervising.

Maybe not the most perfect tree, but we love it! My favorite tree ever!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we had some sweet friends over for food, football, and fun. We don't have a very big house, but we managed to six adults and six kids in for some good food. We have so much to be thankful for and good friends is at the top of the list!

Kids table!

The Spread! We moved all the furniture out of the living room so we could all eat together.

Some much good fun, but this was what the kids wanted.

Emily prepared several crafts for the kids to do. They had so much fun. They made the cutest little turkeys, but I didn't get a picture of the final product.

We thought we would try to give the kiddos a little rest time with a movie. This sweet picture lasted about 10 minutes. Oh well...who needs a nap.

4 months

Lucy is 4 months and just so sweet. She is 13.9 pounds and 24.75 inches. She sleeping well, about 10 to 11 hours a night. She goes to bed around 8ish and is up around 7ish. Lucy eats about every 3 to 3.5 hours. We can't quite make it to the 4 hour stretch during the day. She takes a morning nap, afternoon nap, and usually needs a little early evening nap. Lucy is the smiliest little girl. She loves to watch Ava and is starting to laugh.

She getting so strong. She has even rolled a few...purely accidental though!

Rock'in the bumbo!

Four months.

Precious face....

3 Months

Lucy did not have a doctor's check up this month, but i weighted her at Ava's 2 years appointment. She is up to 11 pounds, with all her clothes on. Still little bitty and still absolutely precious. Lucy is sleeping 10 to 11 hours a night. She is waking up around 7 to 7:30am. Not too bad!! She continues to eat about every three hours, and is eating about 6 times a day. She is smiling a lot and starting to talk to us more.

Snuggles with Daddy

Getting sleep on a sunny fall day.

She just starting using the bumbo. The girl loves to be sitting up and looking around.

Lucy is starting to notice and watch Ava more. Ava is very sweet to her.

Lucy got to meet Aunt Rachel this month!

Sweet smiles

Fall Festival

We decided to celebrate fall this year by going to this farm up in Longmont, CO for a Fall Festival. It was call Anderson Farm. Ava has such a fun time. She was a little young for a lot of the activities, but what kid doesn't love running around a farm? It was a fun day and we plan making this a new traditions.

Ava loved the animals!

When Ava saw this buffalo she said, "Dinosaur!"

Ava and Brent played in the Hay Maze

If this was a video, you would hear me saying, "Brent! Be careful!!"

They also tried out one of the rides. Brent told me next year I have to do this one with her. Not sure why??