Florida!!

We had been planning on going to Florida with our friends, the Madsens later in the summer...they are much more spontaneous than us and decided about the third week of May that we should go the next week.  Steve and I, the planners that we are, started getting hives and hyperventilating a little bit about the whole thing:)  We decided to go for it and found a beach house and off we went.  It was an amazing vacation and I was so sad to come home.  The weather was PERFECT, the company was fabulous and  I just love the beach.  The kids had such a fun time together and we are grateful to have such great friends to go with. 

         

Body boards were the best investment we could have made.  The kids played on them for hours.  Davis was in the water from the time we walked on the beach until we pulled him out to leave.  It was hard to even get him out to eat or reapply sunscreen!  Lets just say he had a good time. 

Ivy was amazing!  She sat in her stroller under the canopy, took naps and was just a happy girl! 

Emery and Kennedi are the best of friends.  They are seriously so cute together and love each other so much.  They kept each other very entertained and either played in the sand or ate snacks pretty much the entire trip!  

Some pretty impressive digging with a little help from Steve.  Kaleb is 7 and Davis is sure that he is as old as him.  He likes to do everything that Kaleb does (that is sometimes good and sometimes not so good:)

We went to a place in Destin where they have a bunch of alligators.  It was interesting...the kids thought it was pretty cool and loved learning about alligators. 

This is the size of the biggest alligator on record.  Yikes. 

Davis trying to feed the alligators.  I am surprised these gators aren't super overweight because people are trying to feed them all day long.  They didn't seem too interested, but Davis was finally successful in getting an alligator to eat his food. 

Ivy hanging out by the pool. 

Kennedi, Emery and Ellie with matching jammies.  These girls looked so cute all matching (I especially loved the scrunchies that came with these night gowns!)  and the boys were all jealous that they didn't get something matching! 

Best friends.  Are they not the cutest?! 

Right before we got in the car to come home we took the kids to play at this really cute park in the area where we stayed.  We had to run off some steam before the long drive...and do a little photo shoot! 

If you ask me, Florida never disappoints!  We had such an amazing time and as always, I can't wait to go back! 

Ivy Jane 4 months old

 This little Ivy girl is the sweetest most precious little girl.  She had her four month check up today and I told the Dr. that her only flaw is that she won't take a bottle (which makes it really difficult for me to go to work on Tuesdays:).  Other than that, she is seriously perfect.  So content, happy, smiley, sleeps amazing, etc etc!  Everyone in this house is completely smitten with her! 

Ivy's 4 months stats:

Weight:  13 lbs 13 oz (38th percentile)

Height:  24.3 inches (35th percentile)

She only cried for about 2 seconds after getting her immunizations (the kids were very worried about her shots and if she was going to be upset).  She is sleeping 10-12 hours at night and takes great naps during the day.  She is rolling onto her stomach and the last couple of days has rolled onto her back a couple of times.  She is drooling like crazy so I am guessing we have some teeth coming soon.  She does not like to be left alone...as long as she can watch what is going on, she is pretty content.  Her new favorite spot is the high chair in the kitchen.  I think she feels a part of things and likes to see what everyone is doing.  She smiles at everyone, but the most for her mom!  She is holding onto her blue eyes, so we are hoping they are here to stay.  Her Dad loves that at least one of the kids has blue eyes like him! 

Big Girls

Ivy looks so big sitting up in the Bumbo.  I can't believe she is getting so big.  Emery is all about the dress ups these days.  A girl in my ward has been babysitting the kids while I work since our regular babysitter had a baby.  Her daughter loves to dress up so Emery has been dressing up non stop (I get her dressed and ready in the morning and then she goes straight downstairs, undressed and finds a dress up to put on!  I don't know why I bother.  I do love the dress ups...she is starting to love princesses (almost as much as Dora:)                                                                            

Emery decided she wanted to potty train a couple of weeks ago.  She did amazing and had it all down-until we went on vacation :(  Now we are struggling, but hopefully we can get her back on track pretty quick.  We took the front off her bed so she could go potty at night.  This transition was a lot less painful than I thought it would be.  She is staying in bed really well and loves her big girl bed.