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.

Spring Cleaning

Toby surprised me with an elliptical for Valentines day! I have wanted one for quite some time and I am super excited to use it. We needed a place for it and decided on the "Bronco room" (aka Toby's junk room). We spent Toby's day off cleaning, de-junking and organizing the room so it would fit. It took some time - that room is filled with a lot of pretty much useless junk as Toby has a really hard time throwing things away. Come to think of it, that's probably why Toby is pretty much amazing at fitting more stuff in spaces than I would ever think possible. And that is also why Toby is always responsible for packing, he can always find a way to fit twice as much as I ever could.

We are almost finished with the room, a bit more organizing and the room will be perfect. The elliptical now has a home and I promised myself that I will use it everyday (at least I'll try).

I'm in spring cleaning mood now, and I want to get everything else cleaned, de-junked and organized! I am hoping that by doing a bit more spring cleaning, spring might just decide to show up soon. It has warmed up a bit (I think we made it to 45 degrees today), and I sure am excited for warmer weather. I feel like we have been cooped up for quite a while, and I've been a bit anxious with our new baby and all the junk that's going around. Our cute little nephew, Kaiden, landed himself in the hospital last week with RSV. He is home now and doing much better, but I feel even more paranoid than usual. I feel like my girls have caught everything this winter, another reason I am ready for spring!

When it rains it pours

Today started out as a wonderful day. We went down the the Draper Temple open house and it was absolutely beautiful. It was a nice and organized tour and I am glad I was able to take the girls to see it. It's open until the middle of March, so if you have a chance, I highly recommend visiting.

So after the visit, Toby now wants to move to Draper lol. Hmmm, maybe someday, maybe not? It is a beautiful city, with every retail store you could imagine and the houses around the temple are amazing!!! That's another reason to go on the tour--to see all of the huge houses up by the temple, too bad we'd never be able to afford one...

I have a lot of great memories from Draper. My grandpa Adamson grew up in Draper and when I was a little girl we often visited my great grandmother Stella in Draper. I also have loved hearing many great stories from my grandpa about his childhood in Draper. (He always has a great story to share.)

After the temple, we met up with our friends Andy and Gretchen and their 3 little boys at the Mayan restaurant and had a great time catching up with them.

So onto the woes of the day....

It was cold in our house when we got home. There is a thermometer on Jazilyn's baby monitor and it said 65 degrees!!!! So I turned up the furnace and it wouldn't turn on. I am really hoping it is an easy fix and we don't need a new furnace! I have a couple of space heaters that I use for the basement, so we'll be okay for now. But add the deep freezer that stopped working on Sunday and the "garage door incident" from a couple weeks back and I want to scream!!! If one more thing breaks in the house, so help me.....

Happy Birthday Kylianne!

Five years ago, I was priveldged to hold my new sweet little baby girl in my arms. Five years later, I still feel so lucky to have Kylianne for a daughter. She is such an amzing little person, so full of energy and love and as sweet as little girls come. I cherish every minute I get with her and it makes me cry to see her growing, it goes by way too fast!!!


Yesterday we celebreated her 5th birthday, princess style. The requested cake was a pink princess castle and the gift she wanted more than anything was a pink tiara! I love this princess stage--it so much fun!

Toby found the cutest set of pink golf clubs and just had to give them to Kylianne for her birthday, looks like he just got himself a new golf buddy!

Kylianne has been looking forward to this day for a very long time. She asked me on Zaylia's birthday (Dec 14) how many days she had until her birthday, and she has counted down everyday since. When she woke up this morning she showed me how much taller she was and informed me that she was also much smarter now that she was five. She also asked if she got to go to school now. Not quite yet, just six short more months and I will be sending her off to Kindergarten. I am NOT looking forward to that, I'll have to get the Kleenex box ready for that day. I love having Kylianne around and I'm not looking forward to that day...

So we don't leave the other cute girls out, here's a couple pics of Zaylia and Jazilyn taken at the party.