March 2012

Aloha!

Sunday March 11 posing after church in our Hawaiian clothes. I can't believe how young the girls look almost a year and a half ago!

Sporting some of our St Patty's clothes. Upper left the kids on March 6, we like to get started early and wear them all month! I love how Aaron obviously was not into the picture, it was probably right before we were getting ready for bed. Lower left is Rachel on March 8, also same on the right, she had too many adorable expression to pick just one! She is wearing shamrock pajamas and is 8 1/2 months old definitely sitting well. Middle is all of us in Delta on St Patricks day. Upper right is Rachel also on St Patricks day, not sure why she is wearing 2 different outfits. Lower right all of us sitting on the back deck on March 15.

 On Saint Patrick's day we found ourselves in Delta. Upper left Miriam and Aaron doing their favorite Delta activity- watching movies! Upper right we went out to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant La Rancherito (?). While we were there the wind was threatening to send us to Oz and some cowboys came to eat. Miriam was excited to see the horses and wanted her picture with them, bottom left. After lunch we stopped at Alco where Aaron tried out a little motorbike in bottom right picture.

Not too much happened in March the only other thing was my brother moved back from Texas just in time for Miriam's birthday. We were glad to have him back! He also let us use his trampoline as he had no place for it. March 31 showing how much fun the kids had with our new 'toy'!

4 year checkup

April 29, 2012 in her dress that Grandma Delta gave her and her dolly.

I've decided that I love four year olds the best of any age so far and that three year olds are way worse than two year olds despite the catch phrase terrible twos. Miriam has blossomed so much in the last year and I have felt a shift in her capabilities and desire to learn, grow and explore. In some ways it scares me because I'm not at the top of my game and I don't want her scarred for life thinking that a huge disaster of a house is normal. Also I'm afraid of missing some vital training because I'm too whacked out taking care of 4 little kids. Being our oldest she is the prototype for how we want to raise our children and we are learning as much or more right along with her.
Miriam finally got potty trained day and night for the most part, there are a few accidents when she waits too long to get to the bathroom but nothing bad. She also magically has been sleeping in her own bed all night long and will even take herself off to bed and go to sleep herself! That is so huge and gives me hope that maybe Aaron will do the same. She is a wonderful big sister and a huge help for me most of the time. There are times I have to remind myself not to expect to much from her in the way of babysitting because she is only four. She and Aaron are still best friends and do everything together.

 Taken April 1, 2012 during general conference wearing a dress Grandma Nicee picked up on her trip through the south. Also thought she was big stuff wearing Daddy's boots.



 She had her well child check up on March 22 and at 3 they change the statistics they are looking for slightly. Except she had the misfortune of having para influenza for her birthday. Miriam weighed 33.51 lbs putting her at the 42%. Over the last year she gained 3.53 lbs and decreased in percentile. She was 39.5 in tall putting her in the 51% which was a 3 1/4 in growth dramatically increasing in percentile. Then BMI is 15 (still not sure how to interpret that) though it was one less than last year. Everything else checked out great. She is wearing 3T clothes and 4T dresses.

Taken on April 22, 2012- Miriam loves our chickens and helps take good care of them.