All caught up

With 15 posts in the last week this post will officially catch me up to date on my blogging! Woo hoo! Last week on Sept. 15th we went to the Rodeo. It is something we have done every year and has become our little tradition. The first picture Skyler and I ever took together was at the rodeo 5 years ago! Who knew then that 5 years later we would be taken the same picture and adding 2 kids to it :) I wouldn't want it any other way! Love my family of 4!

Then 2006:

Now 2011:

A few days ago I was sitting on the couch talking and playing with Bailey and she started laughing. Skyler got a little bit of it on video.

My 2 favorite

My 2 favorite boys in the whole world!

Don't you love Nate's cowboy boots...or should I saw cowgirl ;)

Nate's new favorite thing

Nate's new favorite thing is his booster seat for the car! I have to say it's one of my new favorite things too. I asked his doctor at Bailey's appointment when it was ok for me to move him to a booster seat from a forward facing carseat and he told me that as soon as he met the height and weight requirements he could sit in one. One day he was out with Grandma Tammy and he came home and showed me the new booster seat and a matching car (and cookies and chocolate milk!) Grandma had bought him. He was so excited!! Grandma said he picked out what booster seat he wanted and it was one with flames on it just like his new hot wheels car! He definitely met the height and weight requirements (he was about 4 lbs and 4 inches taller then what he had to be). It makes traveling so nice, especially when we transfer the seats between mine and Skyler's car! It is one more thing that reminds me how grown up he is and that makes me sad sometimes!

My little Super Hero

Nate loves acting like a super hero. He is always asking me to tie blankets around his neck for a cape. Well the other day he discovered my nursing cover makes a great cape (I need to make him his very own cape...its on my long list of things to do and make!) He had his super hero goggles on which I guess give him extra powers! Love that kid!

Labor Day

Every labor day Skyler's Dads side of the family gets together at Skyler's Grandmas cabin in Pine Valley. It was a little drizzly, but the weather was nice and cool! The days festivities included a blow up slide, a rock climbing wall, a real fishing pond, a prize fishing pond, a water gun fight and a catered lunch with Veyo Pies for dessert! It's always a ton of fun, but this year definitely had a different feeling with Rick not being there! He has always been the life of the party and he was truly missed!

Nate was so excited to fish when we got there, but then Kaden caught one and he saw the fish flopping on the ground and he changed his mind real quick! He didn't want anything to do with the fish after that!

Nate wanted to climb the rock wall and wanted to do it over and over again. Every time he did it he climbed a little higher and then the last time. He loved swinging and hanging on the cable!

Then it was dads turn

Nate cheered him on
And he made it to the top!
Skyler's brother Blake challenged his mom and she proved to him that she could climb to the top!
Grandma and Bailey
The prize fishing pond! Nate got a kaleidoscope and a boomerang frisbee!
Once it had stopped raining the kids played on the bounce slide!
Skyler and Tyler wanted to join in on the fun!
Then it was game time! They played a water gun game. Everyone pinned a postcard with an Alka-Seltzer on it to their back and everyone tried to squirt everyone else's. Whoever had the most of their Alka-Seltzer still left at the end of the game won money!

Nate kept squirting skyler when he was trying to refill his water gun! It was so funny!

The kids had fun and were zonked out the second we headed home!

3 Months...oh my!

Bailey is growing up so fast! She turned 3 months on Sept. 5th. She is learning a doing new things all the time! She has lost the newborn look and looks like an older baby. She loves playing on her play-mat. She will lay their for 30 minutes to a hour observing, tugging, pulling, grabing and playing with all the toys.

She loves when she gets attention and is full of smiles when she does! She is loves talk and cue...its the cutest!!

She loves to stand and prefers it over sitting. Her legs are so strong! She rolled over from her stomach to her back for the first time on Sunday Sept. 11th and now she does it a few times a day! I love seeing her do new things, but I know its only a matter of time until she is all grown up! I have a feeling she is going to be a lot like Nate! Even though she can't walk and crawl she is constantly squirming and kicking and wanting to be on the go! Some might think I'm crazy because I am kinda hoping she is just like Nate because I am already used to parenting a busy on the go kid! What I don't know if I could ever get used to is someone full of drama, attitude, and high maintenance! I am sure I am bound to have to experience it all though because that would be my weakness! I love my two kids more than anything and I am so glad I have been blessed to be their mom!!

Look how much she has grown in 2 months!