So You Think You Can Dance Tour

I know it's been a few weeks, but I wanted to post a few pictures of us and the Winders. Roger and I had decided we wanted to go see the So You Think You Can Dance Tour before the season was over and since it was close to my birthday I figured it was a just present! I was so excited and it was everything I expected! I had so much fun seeing all of my favorite dances live including: the door dance with Twitch and Katee and the bed dance with Twitch and Kerrington. Twitch was my favorite dancer! I love his personality too. Roger took these pictures with his iPhone so they aren't that good, but oh well. I really didn't want to carry around my professional camera the whole time! Plus they wouldn't have allowed it in there because I would have to have a big flash for it! I wish we could've gotten some shots of them dancing but it didn't coming out good.

I wish Roger would smile more in pictures!

The Winders sat a few rows in front of us. It was so fun to go with them to Portland. We hadn't ever been around town so it was nice to see everything they had. It's a lot like Seattle.

NeW tHiNgS

Aliana as you know has been pulling herself up on things since the day she learned how to sit up. She has now taught herself how to stand up in the middle of the room without anything around her. I cannot believe this. She is growing too fast. She sticks her butt in the air and one leg up and then the other...and pulls her body up. She tries to walk after she stands up and she's gotten down one step but tumbles as soon as she tries to walk more.

Funny story about her is that the other night I put her and Ethan in the bathtub while I was getting together some laundry and the bathroom is right there so I can see them quite a bit while I'm doing it. When I'd look at her she'd get all excited and clap and fall back into the water. Well I went around the corner to get something and all of a sudden I hear her talking and it's getting closer and closer and I look up and there she is crawling on the carpet naked! She got herself out of the bathtub!! I did not think any of my kids at 8 months would be so active but she is! It's starting to scare me because I know they will both be big handfulls once they are walking everywhere together. Let me mention that our bathtub in the apartment is pretty low so it's not that hard to get in and out of just didn't think she'd do it!

I know I have complained about my kid not talking in the past but I think I was too soon to speak because he's really trying now and he's doing animal sounds! I just love it because it's so cute! Everytime I look at Ethan I get a little sad because I remember him when he was just a little baby! He's such a good brother ...most of the time..when he's not pulling Ali around by her arm.

Also I got Ethan to fall asleep in his bed. I was so happy. It was a little sad to have him cry so much but he did such a good job and kept laying down everytime I told him to. I knew he was extremely tired too because he didn't take a nap yesterday and I know he did a lot of playing in nursery. I love that when he wants something he gives me kisses and says please in sign language.

Soccer Season

Soccer season has begun so we took some of the little teams' pictures last week. We took the kids with us and just had my sister watch them at the fields so they could be outside playing. Aliana loves the grass. She was so cute with the soccer ball! I love this first picture because she looks like a diva, little miss priss with her hand out. Her smile makes me melt. She's got one dimple just like her momma.

Ethan would not look at the camera. He was too focused on everyone else around him.
Ethan loves to go down the slides but he has to climb up them first in order to go down.

My mom wanted to take a picture of me and the kids. I was so not feeling it...but I let her.
Me and my cuties!

Kaitlin

I have been a second "shooter" with my mom for weddings for over a year and I love to take pictures of my kids so I talked my sister into being my guinea pig today and letting me get some photos of her. I'm sure she'll love the pictures my mom takes of her more for her senior pictures but these are a few I have edited so far. I hope you all enjoy.

Fair

I know the fair was over a month ago, but I had to post these cute pictures of Ethan. He had so much fun on the carousel with Roger.

The whole time he was on the carousel he kept reaching out to try to give my dad high five. It was super cute and he'd get really excited.

My mom suggested Ethan go on the slide and so she took him down for his first time and he loved it and wanted to go again so Roger took him again. It was so fun to see my own kid enjoy something so much when once long ago I enjoyed the same things. I love E so much. He makes me smile all day long...even when he's making a mess.

Our Apartment

Okay so my grandma has been asking to see pictures of my apartment for a while now and I took some back in July but haven't had time to get them posted!
This is our living room. You can see my kids in these pictures. Ethan was sleeping on the couch and Ali was crawling/rolling around. These were taken right before I was headed back to Moses to work for my mom.












I love it that we have a bar even though we don't eat at it since it's so high, but it's nice to look into the living room and watch the kids while I'm cleaning/cooking.

Don't we all wish our kitchens were clean all of the time.




I want to post pictures of our bedrooms, but will wait until they are completely decorated.

She did it!!

Earlier today Aliana took a bottle with half formula and half breast milk!! I was so excited. So I just gave her a formula bottle and she drank most of it! I am so extactic because this weekend we're going to Portland for the So You Think You Can Dance tour and I'm leaving the kids with my parents so I was worried it would be hard even for her to take a bottle, but now that she'll take formula it's going to be awesome. I'm so happy I won't have anyone biting on me much longer!! YAY!! Thanks for all of your advice that was so much needed!!