8 hours

8 hours of Sleep is a glorious thing! I just got 8 hours of sleep for the first time in I don't know how long! I know it hasn't been in the last 7 or 8 months. Daniel just woke up. I think having Daniel is a separate room is going to work out just fine! Well the kids are "starving" so I should go. It's going to be a good day!

It's late

It's late and I am still up. Just as a warning, when I am tired, like right now, I kind of ramble on and on...Funny everyone else is asleep, even Daniel is asleep. I got busy and lost track of time today and didn't get the bread started till after dinner and it is just now going into the oven so I have about an hour before I can get to bed, about 11:30pm. We haven't had bread in the house for a couple of days and I think my husband is going through withdraws! He really likes bread! I was planning on being really nice and have the bread come out of the oven right as he got home, but life happens, so I'm not the perfect little wife! Just kidding! I can just see some of you rolling your eyes at that comment! My sister called and said she was bored, she has two kids ages 5 and almost 4. She must be way organised, cause I am never bored and always have way to much to do! We talked for over 2 hours, so I didn't get everything done I wanted, but that's okay. While I talked to her the neighbor kids came over and played. They seem to really like it here. Yesterday the little 7yr old girl walked into our house and sat down at our table and watched me make some cards and dinner. She sighed and said "I wish you were my mom" I asked her why she said that and she said her mom wasn't "active". I am not sure what that means. She finds my kitchen really fun with all kinds of things she has never seen before, like wheat grinders and cheese graters, yes cheese graters, she thought that was pretty cool. She thought cheese came grated naturally.
I moved Daniel out of our room and into Noah's room tonight. He has slept really well the last few nights so I thought it was time. The craddle in our room is getting to small for him. Last night he didn't wake up once! Emma was a different story, she was up every time the train went by. Noah was still up at 10pm when I went in to lay him down tonight. He was just so excited to have him in there with him. I think he was a little disappointed I didn't put him down earlier. We shall see how is goes with two kids in one room. Noah sleeps really soundly so I don't think it will be a problem. Well I am going to go lay down, I hope I hear the timer go off for the bread.

The Squash Beast update

So our Beast has not slowed down at all. It is now way out of control! I must admit I do enjoy the shade it provides my kitchen. If you compare pictures from my previous post you can see how much it has grown. Every morning I have to pry it's little feelers off the screen door to go outside and water! The "little" squashes are now softball size, all 19 of them! We can't let it grow higher so we are just letting it grow back down, it is almost back to the ground, don't know what we are going to do when it gets back to the ground! When we talk to others in our ward they all say their squash plants died or they are really small. Well, we are willing to share!

Emma's love

Emma loves her little brother. She shows her love the way any 3 year old sister would, with hugs and kisses, which are sometimes not so pleasant for Daniel. Some times Daniel feels a little smothered! Really, Emma is a great big sister and loves to make him smile and laugh. I love these pictures and the expressions on Daniel's face.

Daniel sits alone

Friday I was sitting on the couch with Daniel on my lap facing me, I let go of him and he stayed upright. So I had a thought, can he sit up by himself? I put him on the floor and we discovered he can! We were so excited! Noah, I think was the most excited and just had to call someone to tell them that Daniel was sitting like a "big baby". So we called Manna to tell her Daniel's newest talent. I wish she could have seen him while he was telling her about it as he was so animated. I don't think a big brother could be prouder!

Daniel is 5 months old!

On the 4th of every month we take Daniel's picture with this cute duck that he recieved from some of Kendall's co-works. When we first started taking his picture with this duck he was so tiny and now he is bigger than the duck. This past month he has started eating rice cereal and he is getting very good at rolling over. He also rolls over in his bouncey seat and gets stuck. I need to be careful and strap him in good. He is such a great little baby and we feel so blessed to have him in our family!

Visit from Manna and Papa Ted

Saturday we had Manna, Papa Ted, Jessica, and Emily come for a visit. The kids had a great time playing together. We stayed up way to late visiting and I am amazed we made it to church on time this morning! It was a short visit, but we will see Manna and papa Ted when they come up in September for Daniel's surgery. It was nice to get to see Ted again and get to know him better. He is a great person and we are glad to have him in our family.