Pictures around the house

I have a lot of catching up to do for the past month or so, but for now here are a few pictures of Alden and Leigh from February and March.

Pictures

So it's been a while since I've posted some pictures.  Here are a few from the last several months.  Please note the date on them and see how much my babies have grown and changed :)  We are finally all getting over the sickness that has been going around, I'm so ready to be done with it all.

 

 

 

Happy Anniversary!

Patrick,

Happy Anniversary.  It's been a great four years and I'm looking forward to many more.  I love you tons and I'm sorry we weren't able to see each other today, but I'm grateful for your job and proud of you for all your hard work.  Thanks for everything!

Love, Whitney

Saying Prayers

This week we have been helping Alden learn to say his prayers.  He doesn't quite understand what he's doing yet, but he loves when we tell him it's his turn.  He repeats very clearing back, but I think he thinks it's a little funny sometimes, because you can hear he's holding in a laugh or talking through a huge smile.  He is starting to finish sentences by himself too, which is always fun to hear.  We will say, "Please bless" and wait for him to say it, but he will sometimes fill it in with the word "food" and he can also close his own prayers now.   We say "In the name" and he will say "In the name of Jesus Christ" and then wait for all of us to say "Amen" together.

I am excited for him to learn more about the gospel and love to see his enthusiasm for learning.

Happy Birthday Alden!

Yesterday Alden turned two years old.  I can't believe how fast the past two years have flown by.  He's so much fun and loves playing.  He couldn't wait to eat his cupcakes, which he now just refers to as frosting.  This is because he just eats off the frosting and then wants me to finish his cupcake.  The other day we sat down and he ate his frosting and then I still had my cupcake so he asked to trade me, so he could eat off my frosting as well.  Alden spent the morning at play group and enjoyed spending time with his friends.  We had a smaller group than normal, but we still had fun.  I brought cupcakes to celebrate Alden and Caroline's birthday and then got out balloons for the kids to run around with.  Later we went out to Chick-fil-A for Alden's birthday dinner and then came home and opened a few presents.  He got some GI Joes and a Jeep from Grammie, Poppy, and Sawyer and a bus and little people from Mom, Dad, and Leigh.  He had a great birthday.  It was low-key, but he he had fun.  We love you Alden and are so happy you are part of our family.

Our big girl!

Leigh had her four month check up this week.  She weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is doing great.  She has taken an interest in foods and loves to watch Alden eat and drink, but the few times we've tried to feed her, she loves the taste on her tongue, but then when she swallows she thinks she's choking.  So we get a spoonful of it in her each day.  But she smiles and grins throughout the feeding and thinks she is so big.  Leigh also decided to roll over yesterday from her back to her stomach.  Now she does it non-stop but gets frustrated being on her tummy.  So it's a lot of work to watch her and make sure she doesn't get stuck on her tummy for too long.

Utah Trip

We had a fabulous time out in Utah.  It was a very relaxing trip and loved spending so much time with family.  The only bummer was that Alden got a stomach bug the last few days there, but it only slowed us down a little bit.  Alden had a blast playing with his cousins and aunts and uncles.  Leigh enjoyed watching all the happenings.  And Patrick and I enjoyed other people watching our kids and also we finally had people to play games with consistently every night.  Thanks to everyone who made our trip wonderful.  Here are some pictures to sum up the trip.

 Cole, Alden, and Lucy in the tub

 Visiting Grandpa Moss

 Alden, Kate, and Leigh (don't mind Alden's new cheesy face in most of these pictures)

 Visiting Larlar and Poppa or as Alden calls them "LarPoppa"

 Fun at the playground - Alden got really brave and would slide by himself

 Alden, Lucy, and Cole/Mercedes all following closely behind each other

 Dad keeping Leigh bundled at the park

 Playing frisbee

 Coloring with Elaine, Lucy, Cole, and Mercedes

 Tolson and Lisa came to Alden's party - This is Tolson and Alden using a little Nerf gun

 Trying to rock Leigh to sleep with the party going on

 Happy Birthday Alden!