My Joys!

Here are some fun pictures of my big girls. They are just growing so much and every single day I can't believe how big they are getting. They are so full of personality and minds of their own. They are so fun to spend each of my days with. I am grateful to have them. It is true that our kids are meant to bring us joy.

Baby Talk

So my babe Dawsyn doesn't talk much. She makes some funny non-verbal grunting, throaty kinds of noises but doesn't say much. I was feeling a little concerned about it because she is behind developmentally where she should be for speech but even more that she doesn't even try to make noises or say anything. She is 18 months now so she should be making a few different noises. She even used to say Mama and Dada but had stopped doing that.

Well she has just had a breakthrough this week. I was coaxing her to say Mama again and after a week of working hard on it she began to say it again. Since then she is at least trying to say words. She still hasn't gained new sounds but is so cute to try and say things. She says Mama, Dada, Bye-bye, Knock-knock, gock (for sock), she even said something that sounded like 'who's there' (the girls tell a lot of knock-knock jokes) it was so amazing. I have been so excited about her making some progress. She has always made different intonations that copy the way that our words are said, so it is cute to hear her now trying to say some verbal sounds with it as well. I am really so excited to hear her. It is so wonderful, a babies first little words!

My darling baby! 18 months has gone by in the blink of an eye!

Our babe enjoying one of our hikes to enjoy the beauty of Fall!

She is so full of personality

Our candy apples for a Halloween FHE. Does she look like she is enjoying it?

Oct Update!

My sweet girls!

I have been having a really good time with homeschool. Even through this really crazy month of Oct with working two to three times more then usual and having my Young Womens calling taking so much time and energy, I have been trying to not stress about our school too much. It is especially good on a day like today, where we did some great fun school projects in science, art and math. Then we went for a bike ride together and played at the park because it was gorgeous outside. Kyndal also read her first chapter book today all by herself, it was just so exciting. These days are what make the harder days all worth it! Here are some pictures of some things we have been doing.

We went on a few fall hikes, trying to enjoy the leaves, as they last so short a time!

Walking beside the big horn sheep here in the Kananaskis was really fun.

We made a pinata for Elliettes birthday. It took us a week but was a fun art project to do and turned out pretty good.

Our Halloween of Trunk-or-Treating. Paul had leprosy, i had on a great 80's sequined dress, Kyndal and Dawsyn were leopards and Elliette a Butterfly. We had a fun time! We also had fun with all us girls crimping our hair. You can't see Dawsyn but her tiny bit of hair was crimped as well.