February 2012

My brother David, his wife Janica, and their 2 boys were sealed together as a family in the Mount Timpanogos Temple on  Feb 18. It was such a neat experience, and I'm so happy for them.

A beautiful picture of the temple, that my Aunt Karen took. It is an amazing picture.

Elayna says "May can you..." when she is trying to ask politely. She also says, in prayer, "Thank you for Heavenly Father and Jesus can give us food."

Annalisa doesn't use her pacifier to fall asleep, sometimes. She will also sometimes just squirm in my arms until I lay her in her crib, then she will turn her head to the wall and fall asleep. 2-3-12

Annalisa started crawling today. She has been moving around, but today her knees and hands worked together to move her. She just about pulled herself up with my parent's black coffee table today also. 2-11-12

I lowered Annalisa's crib and put up some new curtains. I want to add some pictures, a crib skirt, and maybe a rug to make it look like a bedroom, not like we stuck her in a storage closet or something.2-14-12

Valentine's Day decorations:

Annalisa pulled herself up to a standing position today at Mom and Dad's house. She did it a total of 3 times. 2-16-12


I came to get Anna out of bed and she was standing, holding onto the side of the crib. She is getting so strong.  2-18-12


Annalisa has purposefully and successfully started clapping. When she is sitting up, she will stretch out until she falls on her tummy, then she gets on her hands and knees. She might scoot backwards,then she will lean back until she is in a sitting position again. She will be facing a slightly different angle at this point, and then she will start the process all over again. Instead of crawling!  She is scooting backwards in her crib. We will come in to get her from a nap, and her legs are stuck between the bars, and she is crying. I came in today and she was sitting up, holding on to the bars. She looked so proud of herself. 2-7-12

Annalisa has started waving (opening and closing her hand and shaking her arms) and smiling at everyone. 2-26-12

One of my Beehives (12 years old) was babysitting my girls. Her name is Stori. (Her sisters are Summer, Aspen, and Skye) Elayna was talking about her, and called her Book.

Annalisa is almost completely weaned from nursing. She is only nursing once at night.

There was a Dr Seuss week at Katie's school. They had different themes for each day.  Wear green, crazy hair, crazy socks, pajama day, crazy clothes.
 

Crazy hair:

 Katie seems to be liking gymnastics more, she tries to strengthen her arms by holding herself up with them. (on chairs, couches, anything she can put her hands on, then lift her legs up to support herself with her arms.)


Annalisa fell down the stairs today. We had some extra girls here, and they didn't know about the "always close the door to the basement" rule. I was in the kitchen, and heard lots of thumps and then silence, followed by loud yelling and screaming. I ran down the stairs, and picked her up. I quickly told the girls they should have closed the door, then ran back upstairs so I could console Annalisa. Then I heard Katie sobbing. She was so upset. I went back down and told her it wasn't her fault. She felt so bad that Annalisa had fallen. She had seen her falling, and tried to catch her but wasn't fast enough. After I consoled HER, I went back upstairs with Annalisa (I had been holding her this whole time. I think Katie cried more than Annalisa did). She had a bump on her head, but that's all. I'm so glad nothing worse happened. Our stairs are steep, and have tile at the bottom. Plus I had just put a desk off to the side that she could have hit. Oh, I'm so glad she was alright.

Elayna is potty trained for 1 or 2 days, and then not at all. It seems so random, and it is very frustrating.

Katie is writing and drawing so well. She sounds out words, and can write complete sentences. She is  sounding out words for reading really well also. 2-29-12