February has been great to us so far! We've got a lot accomplished! We started the "Member Missionary 21-Day Promise" on the first and have kept to saying our morning and evening prayers each day praying for the people listed on our list and reading the suggested scriptures for each day. We have already begun to have opportunities to share the gospel with some other friends not on our list and we've had a few opportunities to set righteous examples outside of our home! It is amazing to me just how the Lord works through Charles and I sometimes! We have found so much happiness, peace, and understanding with the Lord's gospel, and we want others to share in our happiness, too! (If you wanna know more about our church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, check
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The girls have been awesome so far this month! They are doing a lot better now that Charles and I have been working on not yelling so much and disciplining with love and patience. The result was almost instant with the girls! They are a lot calmer, they don't yell as much, and they have learned how to be quiet! We have read and feed time which allows them to eat a snack while I read them a book or four! Usually an hour before nap time. Although our nighttime routine is becoming our nap routine! Charles and I sing "I am a child of God" to each girl when we put them to bed. Caitlin is now helping us when we sing to Rosalie. This is her singing to Rosie a few days ago right before nap:
I love my Caity! She's so sweet with her little sisters! :) She is always giving them kisses, hugs, and loving on them! She always wants to hold Vivian! As you can see here:
So sweet! Vivian is officially 4 months old, which seems crazy to me! It's gone by so, so fast! With each child, the first 6 weeks are the longest and shortest of my life. Time seems to be going all crazy and I'm sleep deprived, so I lose all track of it. So to say that 4 months ago I gave birth is kinda crazy! It feels like she's always been here and yet she's so new! She is talking, cooing, rolling over, and doing fantastic!
Rosalie has a new thing going on. She will dig into her diaper whenever she poops. When Caity was around 2, we stopped putting her in onesies. We had a few that would fit her, but there was no need. So when Rosalie got a bit older, we started putting her into t-shirts and pants. We were sitting on the couch watching a movie when I smelled a dirty diaper. I looked over at Rosalie and she had poo all over her hands. I jumped up off the couch and ran her into the bathroom to give her a bath. It. Was. Everywhere. All over her hands, clothes, legs, and all over our coffee table. She was so quiet during the movie that we didn't watch her that closely. After her bath, I put a clean diaper on her. Within seconds, she was putting her hands down the back. I went into her room and pulled out all the onesies I could find in her size and bigger.
Wearing those worked for a week. Then it happened again. Caity, Rosie, Vivi, and I were all on the couch watching Caillou when I smelled a dirty diaper. I looked over to Rosalie first and she had poo all over her hands AGAIN. Round two. Rosalie had gotten into her diaper from the side. I laughed out of anger, disbelief, and because she's so darn clever. I gave her a bath, put a diaper on her, then I had a stroke of genius! I decided to grab a pair of tights and put them on over her diaper. Then I snapped her onesie on over the tights!
So far, so good! She tries and tries to dig into her diaper when she's dirty, but now she just gets frustrated and starts to cry. This is the look she's styling these days:
Whenever we go out to the store, to church, to the library, etc, we just put a pair of jeans on over the tights and onesie! She was digging into the side of her onesie right before I snapped the photo above! I was hoping to catch her in action, but no such luck! Hopefully she grows out of the phase soon. I don't like poop.
Winter finally decided to show up! The girls were thrilled to wake up and see a lot of snow on the ground! Caity kept asking me to go outside and play in the snow! I told her that we'd all go outside after Daddy got home from work. So as soon as he walked in the door, Caity came up to me with her boots and mittens! Gotta love snow suits!
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| All ready to go outside! |
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| Caitlin climbing over the pile of snow that Charles scooped out of our driveway! |
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| Rosalie trying to walk in the snow! She needed Daddy's help! |
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| Making and throwing snow balls! |
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| Caity picking up snow and dropping it! |
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| Rosie doing the same thing! |
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| My girls just playing in the snow! |
They had a blast! They came inside and I had a warm bowl of soup ready for them! Caity kept asking to go back outside, but the sun had gone down. I am glad they got a good snow to play in! We haven't really had a good snow this year! But it's here now!
We took Vivian in for her 4 month appointment and weren't surprised when she came out in the 95th percentile for height and weight! The girl is HUGE! She weighed 15 lbs 13 oz and was 25 1/2 inches long! Although I'm positive she's hit 16 lbs since then! She's doing so well with everything! She's right on track developmentally and she crazy strong! She's my Chubbers!
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| Getting some quality Tummy time! |
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| I thought this was a cool picture! |
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After a major diaper explosion, she's changed and having a staring contest with Elmo.
Vivian won. She always wins... |
Along with the no yelling rule, our girls have found that it's easy to get along! Teamwork is now seen around our house! Just the other day Caity was helping Rosie color a picture! It was the first time my girls have ever colored the same picture without any yelling, screaming, or fighting. I'm still shocked! I knew they could do it!
We have watched Beauty and the Beast about 8 times a day since the 5th. I don't mind it so much, because it makes the girls happy. They sing along with the songs (which is SUPER cute) and they don't fight. I do leave it on when we read or play games, because when I turn it off, the girls start crying and wanting to watch "Beauty/Beast". So for the most part, it's just background noise until a song comes on. Then the girls will watch and sing along!
We had a "bed party" the other morning! Vivian woke up and was still kinda sleepy, so I decided to feed her while lying in bed. Caity and Rosie joined us and watched Vivi eat. When she was done and burped, I put her back on the bed to change her diaper (on a portable changing mat!). After she was clean, Caity laid next to her and covered up. Then Rosie copied. Then the all started snoring and being silly! I captured some of the cuteness!
For about an hour or so, we all just lounged on my bed and played peek-a-boo, giggled, and I let the girls bounce! It was a lot of fun, especially since we don't usually let them on our bed! Every now and again is fine by me!
One of the 14 days of Valentine's gifts that Charles got was some Oreos. It was a large package, so I couldn't hid it from the girls right away. Caity saw them that morning and kept asking me all day for a some cookies. I gave her 2 cookies after lunch and this is how she came to me to ask for some more:
She had chocolate all over her face, hands, shirt, and pants! It was hilarious! I gave her one more cookie! Because I'm awesome!
On Saturday the 11th, we were getting ready to go to a birthday party for a friend's little girl. I told Caity and Rosie that we were going to go to Walmart to get a card for the little girl. Caity proceeded to draw on her magnadoodle and told me "this is what I want on the card!" What do you think?
Not gonna lie, but that picture makes me proud! She drew those little people all by herself! She even gave them belly buttons! AHH! I love her! She is getting so crafty and talented! I wonder who she inherited that from.... ;)
So when we bought the card, this is how she signed it:
The girls had a blast at the party! It had a bounce house! Of all the chaos that happened, Caity was the one to get hurt! She was bouncing and when she was coming down from a high bounce, she smacked heads with another little girl. It sounded awful. Caity cried for a little while, but she soon calmed down and got back into the bounce house. She was a trooper! Rosie kept sliding down the front on her belly and scratching up her chin on the carpet, but she'd just giggle, and go do it again! She was making everyone laugh!
Our friend Jessica came and brought her little boy so that we could FINALLY meet him! Carson is way cute and looks just like his daddy! Vivian was in LOVE from the first time she saw him. She was talking to him, trying to grab him, and she kept getting excited and giggling! It was way cute!
Charles and I got to hold him! He felt so light compared to Vivian! Caitlin and Rosalie wanted to give him some loving!
Jessica brought a small seat for him to sit in, but she let Vivi have a turn! I want one of these seats! Vivian just loved it! She didn't fuss until right before she wanted out! Her legs were a bit too chubby for it though!
We had a wonderful Valentine's Day! The girls got up early to find their Twizzler hearts I made them! Rosie ate hers right away so I didn't get a picture, but I got one of Caity!
I made treats for the family during the day, and treated the girls with some Conversation Heart cake bites! I put the girls in the shirts I made using a heart doily and snapped a quick picture before they ate the hearts!
When Charles got home from work, he surprised me with a bouquet of flowers! They aren't roses, and I'm glad! The flowers he got were much more "Carie" he said! I think he did wonderful!
I made ribs in the slow cooker and served them with a side salad and Hawaiian rolls. We invited the Missionaries over for supper and they enjoyed the meal! We left afterwards to drop off Valentine treats and head over to Jenny's house for a small Valentine get-together. It was a lot of fun! The girls had a blast and I ate way more chocolate than I should've!
I know we're a day late, but we want to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! We love you much!
