Big Wheel Daredevil

We got this big wheel for Eliana LAST fall and they didn't have a display model so we just bought it without her trying it out b/c she was tall enough for most "bikes" of this type. Well this must be the extra tall version because she barely fits it now, but she is actually tall enough to ride on it now. She LOVES it! She loves to go fast! Notice the small hill behind her in the first picture. I gave her a push and she flew down it as fast as she could... she proceeded to do it over and over again and tried different things like going backwards, jumping off the edge at the bottom into the sand volleyball ct. etc. We were thinking of getting her a real two wheel bike with training wheels this winter but are rethinking that decision... we think we'll wait until she is more steady on this one... we don't want her doing crazy stuff on a bigger, less stable bike and biffing it. It is so fun to go with her b/c she gets SO excited. One of the first times she went down the hill I said to her, "Eliana was that super fun?" and she said, "It was SUPER DOOPER fun....WAHOOO!!!!!" She's so cute!
As you can see, she just barely reaches the pedals.

Sisters... and So Big!

Now that Julia is getting bigger and is sitting and crawling etc. Eliana is starting to play with her more. I have to be watching closely because Eliana tends to get a little hyper and crazy at times. But this was a cute moment they had together. They just sat by the door for awhile, "playing" nicely.
Now that Julia has learned to pull herself up this is all she wants to do. She started teaching herself to "cruise" today!

Conference Weekend

Like I said in a previous post, Christian's parents and sister came to visit us for Conference weekend. We had lots of fun. Katie is now 16 1/2 weeks along and we are so excited for her and Jason. They are going to be great parents.
Julia was a little wary of Grandpa and Bedste but she did warm up a bit by the end of the weekend.


We are trying to figure out what color her hair is going to be... I think it will be lighter than Eliana's... maybe a dirty blond/light-light brown? It also looks a bit reddish in the sun, but so did Eliana's. Hmm... time will tell.

Homesick for Fall

It's still very warm and summerlike here in AZ... I am totally missing the fall! Here are a couple pics I found online of Maine in the fall. These are definately scences I grew up seeing every fall! I miss fresh apple cider and frosty grass and the gorgeous, brilliant leaves that are everywhere!!

We Live... random post

We worked on our computer and thought it was fixed several times and then it crashed again for one final time! Due to some very fortunate circumstances we now have a brand new computer. :) So hopefully we won't have any computer issues for awhile.

The only glich so far is that I have to install the driver for my camera onto the new computer which hasn't worked yet, but I am sure I will figure it out soon. So I have a bunch of pictures on my camera that I now just need to get onto here so I can post them.

Christian was pretty sick last week and over the weekend and shared it with Julia. She has been miserable and not sleeping AT ALL so I took her to the Dr. yesterday and she has an ear infection and flem in her lungs... so she started antibiotics yesterday and seems to be doing better already! She took a 3 HOUR NAP this morning! Too bad I didn't get to sleep.... that's what happens when you have 2 kids I guess.

Christian's parents and sister Katie came for the weekend and we had fun hanging out and watching conference. I will post some pics once I get them on the computer.

I am definately SLEEP DEPRIVED and dream of the day that I will sleep 8 hours straight.. or even 6 ... or even 4 would be nice!!

I got some cute hats for Eliana and Julia for our family pics... the following is a picture of Eliana with hers (and in her pj's).

7 Months...

Julia is now 7 months!!!

Time is really flying by!

As you can see, she has a big bruise on her cheek.

She has decided that its fun to pull herself up on everything

and has been falling down quite a bit!

I will post more pictures of this past week tomorrow!

It's late now and I am exhausted!

Bittons

Blaine and Rebecca stayed at our house last weekend. Blaine was in Scottsdale for training and Rebecca hadn't seen him for a couple weeks so she flew down and they stayed with us for a couple of days. We had lots of fun! They are such great and fun people! ! ! We did a few photo shoots of Brielle. She's such a cutie...!!! There are more on my other blog. Thanks for coming guys! We had tons of fun! Come visit anytime!!