6 months old!

Jazilyn is 6 months old! We had so much fun with her 6 month photo session. She was a great sport and gave us many cute smiles. Only at the end did she get a little annoyed. We almost did not get the main picture above. I brought the background, which is a quilt I made for Jazilyn (many, many thanks to Lori and Alison for helping!) and I really wanted a picture of her with the quilt. Jazilyn just did not want to cooperate so we almost gave up. Thanks to our favorite soothie pacifier and a very patient, fabulous photographer, we caught these cute moments.

These past 6 months had flown by and Jazi is growing so fast. I honestly couldn't ask for a sweeter baby. She sleeps so well for a 6 month old, I put her to bed by 8 and usually don't hear from her until 6 or later. I know, I am so spoiled, it is wonderful! All of my babies have been really good sleepers for the most part which really isn't fair because my mother tells me I was absolutely horrible. Sorry mom!

Jazilyn loves her big sisters, they can get her to laugh and smile easier than anyone else. She also loves our cat, Keeya. When she sees her or even if I say "there's Keeya", she gets very excited and starts kicking her legs and moving her arms. When Keeya is near, she also loves to yank out her fur. Luckily, Keeya has had practice with this kind of abuse from older sisters and just runs away if she has had enough.

Now for a funny story from tonight - Toby was feeding her some peaches and he said "Jazi, open wide, open wide, Jazi, ahhhhh" . (Now imagine Toby saying that while opening his mouth wide-lol). I think she was a little frightened because she started sobbing. It was so sad, but also so funny. Toby and I couldn't stop laughing, poor little baby girl.

Streptococci

Yeah, we get to add Strep throat to the Chadwick's list of ailments this winter! We just keep catching everything this year and it's driving me crazy. I have no idea where this one came from, but whoever it was is in big trouble!!! Luckily, just Toby and I have it and by some miracle all three girls haven't shown any sign of it, yet... So we are keeping our fingers crossed as Toby and I get rid of this awful junk.

Once there was a snowman, tall Tall TALL

Apparently, winter isn't quite satisfied and dumped on us again this week. My brother, Nate, came over and helped the girls build this tall, cowboy snowman. The girls loved playing in the snow (hopefully for the last time--come on spring!) Sad to say, this is the first snowman the girls have built. We have have had ample opportunities, but just never got around to it. Thanks to Uncle Nate, we now have a perfect snowman that in the sun will be melting, SMALL Small small.

It worked!

It looks like my spring cleaning paid off, or feels like it at least. We enjoyed an absolutely beautiful day yesterday. The weather man reported a record high of 66 degrees, which felt amazing!

It was warm enough to open the windows up and go outside to play. The girls were very excited to ride their bikes even though Zaylia refused to ride her new "big-girl bike". She can't quite figure out the pedals and wanted to stick with the 3 wheeler, little stinker. We'll have to work on that one later.

We also cooked up some delicious abc burgers (avocado bacon cheese) outside on the grill, yum! It's too bad that this weather won't stick around much longer. The weather man is predicting rain and snow until next Tuesday, bummer. I guess that means I need to get going on some more spring cleaning...

Now for a story about the picture, don't we have an amazing view? I sure think so! I once stood on the very peak of the mountain pictured above. Now that was an incredible experience. I would post a picture but it was about 11 years ago and I'm not exactly sure where those pictures are... I guess I'll just have to take more! I am planning on making that hike again this summer with Toby, so when we do, I'll post the pictures.

I love these beautiful mountains I get to see everyday. I love all the changes that come with the seasons, the white snow in the winter, the green in the spring and summer and the vivid red, orange and yellow in autumn. I have never lived anywhere without mountains and I feel like they are a part of me and my identity. I'll even admit that whenever I visit a place without mountains, I feel a little homesick for them.