Spring Pics...

...of this little beauty about to be baptized HERE.

Nora: 7, 8, and 9 weeks, (and cute little Coy)

Here is Nora at SEVEN WEEKS. We were trying so hard to capture her smiles on camera that day. I don't think we were quite successful yet.

  And then at EIGHT WEEKS:    Coy decided I needed to take his picture, too. (These days I call him my Funny Nut Cheerio.)    And NINE WEEKS: 

Awake in the Cradle

All of my babies went through it. We would get them all ready for bed, swaddled up, binky in, place them in the cradle, and there they would be wide-eyed as if wondering what in the world we were thinking! Night time is play time, right? So when I came across Nora's picture in the cradle, I was pretty sure I had taken one of all of my kids in the same state. I almost had one of all of them, but sweet little Coy was my good boy who was sleeping. I don't remember for sure, but I'm pretty sure he didn't have his days and nights mixed up too badly. Nora was probably my worst one. It took FOREVER to convince her that 8 PM was bedtime. She liked to stay up 'til between 11:00 and midnight, then be up again for an hour or two at around 4 AM. Glad she has it all pretty much figured out now!

Here are the cradle pictures:

BENNETT

 

MYLIE

 

COY

 

and NORA

Cute little one-year-old~

I got to meet up with a good friend and take some pictures of her darling boy the other day! Full preview of this cute little one on my PHOTO BLOG. Take a look!

Looking Back~Nora 6 weeks old

Precious little Nora at 6 weeks old. Seems like only yesterday~sigh... (Love those chubby cheeks)

Looking Back~Nora 4 weeks old

Here was Nora when she was 4 weeks old. It is so fun/bittersweet to look back and see how she has grown.

Nora & Daddy & A Fox

Yea! My last post to finish up 2013. Here are just some sweet pictures of Nora with her daddy. I love looking back at these but they make my heart ache! Why do babies have to grow so fast? These were taken when she was 3 weeks old.

Oh, and What Does a Fox Say? Coy was just a little bit in love with that song. So my brother knew that when he helped his son pick out the PERFECT cousin gift for Coy. A FOX TOWEL! He loves it and will, to this day, not dry off with anything else after his bath.

Christmas Eve & Christmas Eve 2013

We stayed home the night of Christmas Eve this year. It was a nice evening. I made a turkey dinner (which was quite a feat with a newborn around)! We had my parents and Taylor over for the meal then the kids entertained. They shared their Christmas piano songs they had learned. Bennett played Away in a Manger for Mylie and Coy to sing. Then all three of them sang the arrangement of Silent Night that they had sung for our Ward Sacrament meeting. At the end of the evening, we opened our traditional new Christmas Jammies.

  Nora was the size of a present!
Christmas Day was fun! The kids said it was the best Christmas ever! (I think they say that every year!)

Mylie got her Bitty Baby and Pink jump rope. (Santa didn't bring the pink hula hoop, because Bennett had already gotten one!) The kids had a blast hula-hooping and jump roping all Christmas break. They became quite the champs!

  Bennett got what he asked for, plus a really fun maze game called Perplexus. It was another hit during the Christmas holiday. Everyone that saw it just had to try it out!   All Coy wanted was a light saber. Mom did not want him to have one, but Santa was very nice and brought him one. Saying he was excited would be an understatement. However, he has had it taken away several times since he got it ;) Nora pretty much slept the morning away, of course. It is always cute to see how small a newborn is compared to their stocking! (As of today though, she LOVES that toy giraffe she got.) Sibling gifts are the best. Bennett has loved his four-square ball from Coy. I forgot what it looked like when it was new! Mylie gave Bennett a new piggy bank (well it is a football) since Coy broke his old one a few months back. I forgot to get a picture of the whole family earlier in the day, so at night when we got home (when everyone was ornery and tired) I insisted we try to get a family shot. I always like one on Christmas to see how the family changes through the years. ...Russ has changed quite a bit since this picture. He has lost about 15 pounds since Christmas. He put on a little baby weight and holiday weight this year ;) (I guess I've lost a little weight, too!) And even though the kids were tired, they didn't want to get ready for bed and wanted to play just a little bit more.   This picture reminds me of the movie Christmas Story. Coy even looks a lot like Ralphie from that movie :)