We're still alive!

Sorry friends and family for our recent absence. Life is pretty much non stop crazy when you have three littles to keep up with. I took Allie in for her six month (gasp!) check up today so I thought I'd update you all. She's tall and skinny and WAY ahead of where she should be. So...just like the other two :)

She weighed in at just over 16 pounds and is almost 28" long. She's scooting and occasionally crawling. She can get up on her knees, but hasn't quite coordinated the moving of the hands and knees at the same time. I think the few times she's managed it were on accident! We started food at four months, but it didn't take her long to lose interest, so we've moved on to real food. She's a fan of sweet potatoes, bananas, avocado and cheerios. I think she enjoys the challenge of getting the food to her mouth as much as she does eating it. Needless to say we're all pretty much in love with her. I think she must have been so excited to get here and have big sisters because she just adores them. I love sending the three of them off to play and listening to them. Melody and Katie have always come up with the silliest, most creative things to pretend. And now we get to hear little Allie in there cooing and laughing and sometimes yelling when they do something she doesn't like. She most definitely has a temper and I have no worries about her being able to hold her own.

I have a ton of pictures to get posted! Jared's been taking them like crazy, but I haven't been able to get them posted. So let's start with Allie today, and I'll get a couple more posts up over the next few days.

 Seriously! This has got to be the most hansom man ever! Pictures like this just melt my heart.

3 months

She's just like Katie was with all of her silly expressions!

I adore her un-tameable hair!

 The walk was too much for her! 

4 months

5 months

Finally got a blue eyed baby! Maybe they'll stay blue?

Sharing our talents and blessing others

We have a sweet lady in our ward who used to teach music. She's retired now and once a week she offers a fun little mommy and me singing time. It's worked out that the last two weeks Katie, Allie and I have been the only ones there. That first day it was just us I felt kind of bad, but half way through I was overwhelmed with gratitude. Katie has really been struggling lately with Melody starting school and Allie joining our family, I think she's still tying to figure out where she fits. Sometimes she's the little sister, sometimes she's expected to be big. It's all been very confusing for her. Miss Beverly gave her just what she's been needing, a grandma. It's kind of sad that my kids have five grandmas and five grandpas but rarely get to see any of them. My dear little Katie has just needed a grandmas love and attention lately. Someone who will listen and play and read and whisper and sing and teach and isn't mom or dad. Miss Beverly wanted to share her love for singing with the little ones and through doing that has managed to lift up my little girl and give her exactly what she needed.

I'm so very grateful for loving individuals that are so willing to give of their time, their talents and their love. How can you use your talents to bless someone's life today?