Our little ladies

(pic. taken early part of 2011)

I would speak of the sanctity of womanhood. President Hinckley has eloquently captured what the Lord has repeatedly inspired His servants to say of His precious daughters:

“Woman is God’s supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.

“Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth.”1

We love our little ladies and feel so blessed to have four of them in our home, teaching us and reminding us how special God's creation of women is.

Flash back

(pictures from mar/apr. 2010)

 These pictures were saved in a draft I never posted. I probably never posted because I never wrote anything to go with them. When I looked at this draft I had to post because I love that squishy little face. Muah!

Nani is 3.5 is these pictures and they make me realize how fast time goes by. Look at that beautiful face! I love you Nani!

It's fun to see how much her personality has developed. 

Nani surprises us all the time. She makes us laugh with all the funny things she says and she surprises us with the small things she notices and remembers. 

We are so proud of this girl!! 

Last night at parent teacher conferences we were able to hear how wonderful this girl is. (of course we know, but it sure is nice to hear someone else tell you too:))

She is doing so well in reading, she is at a grade level above. She really enjoys writing and understands the different areas in language arts. She does well in math (numbers, counting, comparisons, grouping, etc.) An she gets along really well with other kids. She plays with lots of different kids, boys and girls. 

We love you, Beauty.

Reading books in our cool fort! 

Escapee

Bath Time!

Back in June, we let the girls take a serious bubble bath! They often want to bath in our jacuzzi tub, but it just takes too much water so the answer is usually no. This time, I must have been having a good day, I so kindly said yes and we bubbled it up big time! They had a blast! There was so much playing and giggling! It was even fun for me! It reminded me how important it is to let them be kids and to enjoy their laughter! I'm glad I stole a few pictures. 

I love those girls!

Hanging with my girls

Just playing blocks with my girls in the basement.

6 Months

Our little Maya had her well check this last week. She's 25 3/4 inches and 17 lbs. 10 oz. She also got some immunizations and did well.

This little baby girl is so very pleasant and enjoyable. She is so happy and loves to be interacted with.
She melts my heart and I look forward to her smile and squeezing her little squishiness.

Muah!!!

A few weeks ago was Dr. Seuss week at school. It was a fun week for our little kindergartner. Aleah had fun dressing up everyday and doing fun activities at school. I got to participate by going to Aleah's class to bring a healthy snack, going to read to her and bringing a Dr. Seuss treat at the end of the week.

Yummy snack of banana and apple slices dipped in strawberry yogurt and rolled in graham cracker crumbs! These are good and they were made by Daddy!

Improvised, Green Eggs and No Ham cookies.

A little Cat in the Hat.

Strep Throat

Poor girl had strep last week. She had said a few times that her throat felt scratchy, but other than that, there wasn't any complaining and no fever. Then there was a lump. I sent her to school Thursday morning and then the school called an hour later saying she had a good sized lump on her neck. I was a little puzzled. When I got to the school, I was a shocked and I hoped that I hadn't sent her to school like that.

When Aleah was in class that morning, she told her teacher that it hurt her neck when she turned her head. So her teacher looked and saw this huge bump.

Anyway, we took her to the doctor that afternoon and it turned out she had strep. Her Lymph Node was just swollen really big. She was a really good sport and now she's doing just fine!

Nani's Logic

I decided it was time for my once every 2 year post on the blog. Last night was kind of crazy with getting off work a little late, getting dinner ready, then going to a school performance for Aleah. After her performance we came home and I told the girls if they did a good job taking a bath and getting PJ's on then we could have a treat. They were determined to go fast and finish their bath time. I was drying them off with their towels and Aleah right away got her PJs on and went off to the kitchen to look for her treat.

Nani was still trying to decide what to wear. I tried helping her along, but she just told me that things are not fair. I explained to her that if she wanted a treat she needed to get dressed fast or there wasn't going to be time for a treat because it will be bedtime. Then she looked at me with those big, sad, brown eyes and said , "Daddy, it's not fair that we aren't fairies. If we were fairies we could say Bippity Boppity Boo and then our clothes would be on. It's just not fair that we're not fairies. We could go much faster." I didn't know what to say to that so I agreed with her that it wasn't fair and she was happy again and put her PJs on with enough time to have a treat.

I love all my little girls. They are so fun to be with and they definitely brighten my day.

New Food

Maya tried rice cereal on Feb. 15th and she loved it! She has had some just about everyday since, but doens;t always love it like the first time. Today she had a little rice cereal mixed with bananas and she did pretty well. She seemed indifferent, but she liked helping Daddy with the spoon.

What a cute baby!

Good job Maya! And good job Daddy!

Weighing in at...

January 24th Maya had her check up. 24inches and 16lbs 6 ounces.

The 26th she finally made it past her arm and completed the roll. So now we have a unhappy rolling baby, meaning, she doesn't like being on her stomach. When we put her down on her back, she rolls over and the almost immediately starts crying. She can last a few minutes if you're there to entertain her.