Micah's back

On Sunday, I made Zach pull over after church into this abandoned lot. I've been eyeing this spot every Sunday, dying to take pictures there (because clearly a pile of rubble means AWESOME photos). Well, it really was an awesome spot, you don't see trees like that in Arizona very often, but the kids were REALLY tired. 12 o clock church ya know. So it was kind of a bust. But these pictures just make me laugh, because they would not look at the camera. At all. I think they were all confused as to why mommy was making us walk around in the middle of nowhere when we are starving and just want to go home. It ended with me barefoot in a ditch trying to get in a field, and stepping on a good pile of thorns, ending with Zach carrying me back to the car. So enjoy Emma's side and Micah's back! Jonah is no where to be seen. He didn't like the idea of the camera in his face, while he hunted for acorns:)

the end

sunday

Just a quick post on this little beauty. She melts our hearts. She really is the sweetest little girl. Today at church she didn't want daddy to leave her or let go of her after sacrament. She asked Zach to take her to primary and sit next to her in sharing time. She wasn't grumpy just being her sweet quiet little self and wanted her daddy to be close by. So happy we have Emma. I love having a little girl who gets so excited to paint her nails and wants to watch me put my make up on every morning. (or the mornings I put makeup on). I love that she wants to paint at the counter as soon as she climbs out of her bed, and that she wants to watch youtube vidoes of toddler ballet recitals and dance along with them in her leotard. I love that she is so mellow  most of the time, and wants to snuggle me 75% of the day. I love how she dresses herself every morning and wants to wear her lady bug Halloween costume every time she sees it. I love how excited she gets about new shoes and new clothes. I especially love how every time she sees a set of scriptures in the house she takes them and pretends to read out of them. Anyway, just a quick little journal entry I guess. Saw this picture I took of her at the park last week and it makes me smile to see Emma becoming such a big girl and start to come out of her shy shell a little. 

20 months

Can this crazy muddy boy of mine really be 20 months old!!!!? 

4 more months till he's a TWO year old!!!!!? 

Gosh. Time sure flies when your locking doors, making baby gates unbreakable, making tables un-climbable, washing pizza, lotion, oatmeal, and ketchup out of his hair, changing diapers while I pin him down with my legs and lots and lots of kisses and snuggles.

It's crazy how much he looks like his daddy. We were watching home videos of Zach when he was two the other day and Micah looks and acts just like him! 

He is definitely still my baby. Even if he's almost two. I think it's safe to call them a baby until their potty trained, and well. that should be a while I think.

He truly is the happiest and most expressive little boy, who keeps us laughing all day. 

Lately Micah really likes playing with the geo trax. It's funny to see him go through the same toy phases Jonah has gone through. We get to live it all over again! He tries SO HARD to talk to us. I'm shocjed at how much he can already say, just because Jonah and Emma both could not talk till they were like 2 1/2. Micah says Cracker, car, train, bike, bottle, blues clues, night night, mormor, dada, papa, bath, poo poo, again, hi, bye, cookie, milk, table, shoes, dog, kitty cat, uh oh, more, done, apple, banana, yee haw! and probably more I'm forgetting. 

He loves: to dance, run, tries to jump, climb on everything, bath time, the park, riding tricycles at Mormor and Papas house, eating a cookie from the bakery, building train tracks, watching blues clues and mickey mouse clubhouse and wearing everyone's shoes. He does not like: nursery, the car for the most part, sitting in a shopping cart, eating without a spoon or fork, drinking out of a sippy cup (which he is going to have to do very soon here) and sleeping in past six. So there it is! Micah at 20 months. 

We love you Micah man!