Milestones

So much is happening in our lives. So many changes for our kids. Life is super busy but a lot of fun. I can't say it isn't without stress...there's plenty of that. But it's fun to watch our kids grow and learn and play and laugh. They bring so much joy to us. So here is an update on our family. Above is Mike and I at a Kings/Trailblazer game. Matt and Tricia's dad got free tickets and we went down last minute with them. We literally got there as the game started and left right after to get home after midnight. It was a fast but fun trip. We had 6 adults in our car. 4 guys and Tricia and I waaaay in the back of my car. But it was a ton of fun.

Ally turned four and is now officially a soccer player. She was so incredibly excited to start playing. She had her first practice on Tuesday, (so now we have dance and soccer that night). She looked so proud in her little soccer gear. She and Mike went to practice, it was 42 degrees and freezing out but she had a blast. Unfortunately she wasn't getting that there wasn't a snack involved but she rolled with it!


Nathan turned 4 months last week. Holy Cow! Where did the time go? He has really really turned a huge corner the last few weeks. He went from me holding him most of the time to happy entertaining himself up to 1.5 hours sometimes. He just sits in his chair or swing and talks up a storm. He's also taking a bottle...hurray! It's been 6 years since a Littau baby took a bottle. Unfortunately my breastmilk was causing him to not gain weight. When I started to supplement formula, he gained almost a pound in a week and he was much more content. Hence the happiness on his own! At his 4 mo. checkup he weighed 11 lbs. 0oz. and was 25 inches tall. He isn't on the growth curve yet for his weight but he's just below the 50th % for height.
Nate's new bumbo chair we're borrowing from our friends. I am so grateful to so many awesome friends for loaning us some of their baby gear so we don't have to buy stuff for our last. We've gotten a car seat, bumbo chair, papasan chair, swing, baby backpack, and clothes. We're so incredibly thankful.

Nate's first little faux hawk! I love it! It helps that most of his hair is on top of his head.


Emily finally hit a huge milestone...she learned how to ride her bike with no training wheels. We knew she could do it but she just never had the interest or confidence to try. So today Mike was determined and she got it in no time. By the afternoon she could take off and ride all by herself. We even took her on a walk at a trail and she rode way ahead of us like she had been doing it all her life. I love these special moments with our kids.

A funny story of Rylee, no picture though. As I was getting ready to go to the ball game last night, Rylee was in my room talking to me. I got out a belt to put on and I guess I don't wear belts often because as soon as she saw me she started sobbing very hard.

Me: Rylee, what's wrong?

Rylee: NO! NO! NO!

At this point I'm thinking, did someone hit her with a belt or something, sheesh!

Me: What's wrong Rylee?

Rylee: NO! NO MOMMY! DON'T GO TO WORK!

Me: I'm not going to work, Rylee. I'm going to basketball game and you're going to Nana's remember?

Rylee (totally fine all of a sudden): Oh, ok.

And happily marches off to play. I guess she knows that the last thing Mike does before he goes to work each morning is to put a belt on. LOL! Smart girl. She thought I was putting a belt on to go to work.