Jump Creek Falls

3 babies and two dogs - we all looked a little crazy but it was so fun!

A couple weekends ago we went for a drive with some friends out to Jump Creek Falls.  There was a short trail through lots of greenery and beautiful rock formations that led right to the waterfall, with one little stream crossing.  The falls were beautiful!  Ava loved her little carrier - we're glad we were able to test it out on a short trip like this :) 
    We also brought tin foil dinners and roasted marshmallows. Other than a few rain sprinkles here and there, the weather was PERFECT.  I love going on adventures as a family :) Pin It

Ava - 5 months old

I won't get ahead of ourselves, but I really can't believe Ava is almost 6 months old! I love this stage she is in, she's such a doll!  So incredibly smiley, will go to anyone, gets overjoyed at the sight of herself in the mirror, and babbles away - often I can hear her while we're in the car or while I'm changing her diaper.

SLEEP:  Still taking 2 naps during the day while Devin is at work, each is usually about an hour - hour and a half long.  She's going to sleep a little earlier at night...usually between 9:15 and 10:15 but the past couple nights she has been waking up at 5 am to eat and then again at 8 am.  I know I've been spoiled this whole time with a baby who slept from 10:30 - 8:30 straight, but the past few days of waking up to feed her have been rough! Props to all you mamas who know what I'm talking about!

DEVELOPMENT:  I wish a tooth would get here already! She's been "teething", it seems like for at least a month! I finally gave in and got some teething tablets because she was really fussy about it a couple weekends ago.  She's a good little grabber! I went into her room when she was napping the other day and was surprised to see that she had found her binky in her sleep and put it in her mouth all by herself (well, she was trying to put it in, but it was backwards haha) because she had fallen asleep without it.  I've been kind of anxious for her to start sitting up on her own. I can sit her down and she'll keep her balance okay, but it's not very long before she's toppling sideways or almost bending forward in half.  Our friends are letting us borrow their bumbo and she loves it, so hopefully that helps!

 Some other random things - I've been laying her on my bed in the mornings and reading a couple books to her.  Her favorite is "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".  When I hold the book up in front of her she starts waving her arms and kicking her legs - she loves story time!  She also loves to feel the pages and I let her "turn them". 
   She got diagnosed with pink eye and an ear infection on Monday.  The doctor prescribed eye drops and Amoxicillin for the ear.  Lots of her clothes now have bright pink stains on them because she kept spitting out the medicine.  It tastes like bubblegum/strawberry and she still hates it, as well as having anything dispersing liquid in her mouth (like a bottle).  The first 3 days or so were hard - we found out we couldn't do it with her laying flat on her back because she letting it pool in the back of her mouth/throat and choking on it - sheesh.  We also learned to have a rag close by and that blowing on a baby's face makes them swallow.  It's amazing.
   I've gotten it down now where I can get almost all of it in her without her getting mad once!  I put her in her bouncer so she's a little upright, turn on a movie, and make funny faces really close to her face while blowing on her face to make her swallow.  It actually makes her SMILE now! So to those who feel like they have no hope getting their kid to take medicine - do NOT give up!

I know, these two pictures are not proportionate but she does keep looking chunkier and chunkier!

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Easter Festivities

 The time we took a 4 month old, a 15 month old, a 3 year old, and a 4 year old out to the Lava Flows.  It was fun to see how Devin's truck could handle the dirt road out there!  If it hadn't been so windy, it would have been fantastic!  Neil was so nice to build us a fire to roast hot dogs on :)

 Saturday Easter Egg Hunt

 Checking out their stash :)

 Ava had a blast chillin in the stroller, which was the first time we used it because it's the first time we've been in nice weather! She was watching cousin Lily jump on the trampoline and thought it was so funny! She also cracked up any time Talane talked to her.

Be back soon!

We came back to Boise for church on Sunday because Devin was playing the organ and our choir was doing an Easter program.  Later that evening, we got together with some friends at a park for a picnic!

 Me and Emma with our babies :)

 Madison and Tuck have a bit of a love/hate relationship.  But it's so cute!

 Easter was such a lovely day to think about how lucky we are to know that all will be resurrected and what a glorious thing new life is, thanks to Jesus Christ.  I am looking forward to this weekend where we get to hear from our Prophet, Thomas S Monson and the Twelve Apostles in General Conference.  How lucky we are to have a prophet on the earth today who has a closeness with God like none of us do.  That he and those with the right authority can teach us by the spirit that we might learn what Heavenly Father would have us learn and do.  This time of year can get kind of busy with activities, so I am excited to have a weekend to just relax and soak it all in.   If you're interested in what this is all about, tune in on BYU-TV (if you have cable) or go here to watch online: gc.lds.org

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Easter 2013

 

 

A beautiful day for pictures :)

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