I checked on Rylee yesterday during her nap and found her asleep, totally covered except for her little feet sticking out and she had them crossed. It looked so sweet so I had to take a picture and just thought it turned out cute!
Monday night, or should I say Tuesday morning, was very action packed for us. Around 1:15 Mike woke me out of a dead sleep screaming that the fire alarm was going off, he smelled smoke and to grab the girls. So I ran for Rylee and he grabbed the other two. We rushed outside, and for those of you not in Redding, it was very windy and rainy. Mike gave me the phone and told me to call 911 and he ran back in to try to find the source. It smelled like an electrical/plastic burning smell. The firemen arrive in FOUR trucks and EIGHT men, it was like the calvary had arrived. They spent about 20 minutes trying to find the source and one guy finally pulled out the fridge. It seems as though our fridge had caught on fire from the compressor and luckily had put itself out quickly. We would have never looked under there and who knows how long we would have kept it plugged in.
Emily and Rylee seemed tired and bored while Ally was crying at first. She kept standing at the door and in a pitiful voice would say, "I scare" meaning scared! It was so cute! My parents showed up just in case they made us leave but that wasn't neccessary. Everyone left around 3:15 but Mike and I got almost no sleep as the adrenaline kicked in and didn't go away. Emily got to share at group time what happened and everyone was in awe, she was pretty excited about that! So we ended up with a new fridge, not something we were hoping to get to buy, but it's nice and I love it.
On another side note, Emily's favorite phrase from school is, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit". She also wants an Amazing Mckayla REALLY bad. She reminds me of that kid from A Christmas Story who wanted a red rider bb gun so bad and knew everything about it. That's how Em is with the doll. But the doll is not cheap and if you know my girls, they aren't doll girls. That's what she asked Santa for.
So today I asked her if Santa couldn't afford an Amazing McKayla what would she like instead? She said, "nothing, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. And I want to get an Amazing McKayla, it will be downstairs when I wake up mommy." So bascially, she won't throw a fit when she gets what she wants! LOL! What's a parent to do? I told Mike we have two choices, explain Santa to Emily or bite the bullet and get an Amazing McKayla! Mike's a sucker for her, I'm sure she'll end up with an Amazing McKayla.
I love to compare pictures of my girls at certain stages along with their growth. So usually after a doctors appointment after I write in that childs height/weight, I usually pull out the other books to see what the other girls were. Might sound dumb and pointless but I think it's fun to remember! At 4 mo. Emily weighed in at 13lbs. 6oz. and was 25.5 inches. Allyson was my chunker at 14lbs. 8oz. and 26 inches. And Rylee was 12 lbs. 0oz. 25 1/4 inches. So Height wise, they were all similar. What's funny is Ally was actually weighed 12lbs 4oz. at 2 months, no wonder she seemed to fly by the newborn stage. It was so depressing, especially since Bella was so small! I hope you all have fun figuring out who was who, they aren't in any order. They all have one thing in common for sure...they all need some hair!
I love this picture, it makes her eyes look so blue! To see a true view click on it to enlarge! I'm sure she has a pretty little mouth too, we just never get to see it as she always has her fingers stuffed in there!
Allyson is in the process of asserting her independence. Overall she is super easy but occasionally she'll stand her ground with me which results in a time out. So the above picture was her with her nose on the wall for refusing to do something. She was really good about staying there, better than her sister. Luckily I could snap some pictures while she still learned a lesson because her eyes were shut and she wasn't looking. She looked so cute standing there sobbing with her nose on the wall!
The other ones are of Rylee, which, as I always say is getting way too big! Overall she is very happy, as long as I don't eat dairy then she is happy as a clam. Her tummy doesn't like dairy, didn't anyone mention to her that ice cream has dairy? That's just not fair!
I know I haven't blogged lately but Emily had 6 days off, yes I said 6 days. I think I got 2.5 days off max. So we have been busy busy with family, friends and the holiday. The girls got to hang out with their uncle Jeremy and Aunt Amy for a few days and then grandma and papa John came for Thanksgiving. They had a blast, but I'm now ready for school to resume, as is Emily. I didn't know there wasn't school Monday a.m. until Sunday night so Emily, unlike Tessa, was very upset she couldn't go to school. But we got to hang out all day with Jenn, Tessa, Bella and Jack so it wasn't too bad for her!
Phew, it was a close one. Jamie is ok but our car has some damage. The victim is coping well. They have damage to their new car just recently purchased. She did hit our friends car "The Wilburn's".
Jamie is doing well... but I thought I would give some history of her past accidents.
September 2001 - Jamie was driving her new car and hit my garage at the apartment.
July 2003 - Jamie was backing up the vehicle and hit a pile of dirt
October 2006 - Jamie backed up in our driveway and hit a parked car.
November 2007 - Jamie backed up in our driveway again and hit a parked car in the same location as the accident in October of 2006.
Jamie has now had 4 accidents in 6 years... but there is a clear pattern. She always seems to want to hit cars that are either parked or cause damages to buildings.
I am so happy that Jamie is ok this time but I would please ask everyone to please park their cars 50 feet away from Jamie. Just a note for the church people.... she does have a favorite parking spot... please leave a two parking spot buffer.
This could have been a lot worse today :) Jamie will appreciate this posting as she would enjoy some accountability... please comment before she hits another car.
Jamie got in an accident today hitting another car.... more details to come later. I'm trying to get some details to make sure that she is ok. She did have the kids in the car. I'm making arrangements to meet her so I can access the situation. I'll update the family status later...
-Mike
This is a picture of cowboy Weston kissing Cowgirl Ally! They looked SO cute together! Weston is 3 weeks older than Ally, way to go Ally girl, older is better! Mike's reaction? "WHAAAAT?"
Today we took our cowgirl, indian and their horse and went over to the Raley's shopping center where they were having a Halloween Day with mini trick or treating and games. The pizza place was even giving away a free slice of pizza to all of the kids who dressed up so they got to sit and eat a free lunch, I always appreciate that! Emily loved putting on her costume and it was fun to dress them up. And Raley's gave away free pumpkins. I like going to different things each year that allows them to wear their costumes because they get so excited about them only to wear it for a few hours. Ally didn't like her boots when I put them on, (a girl after my own heart, I'm not really a country girl), but she eventually got used to them. It was a lot of fun. Ally reminded me of Emily at this age, the candy would go in the bucket and right back out as she wanted to eat it. I'm hoping today taught her that we can't stop after each door and eat what they gave us. The best part about their costumes was that combined, they only cost us $14! Thanks to Jenn letting us borrow the indian costume and the $2 second hand store western shirt Allyson wore. Always love a good bargain!
If you have not already read Joel's blog, Mike and he have a contest to see who can last the longest without turning on their heater. So far, no one has turned it on but let me tell you, it's FREEZING. Leslie says she's been close to turning hers on and so have I. This morning the girls and I came home after church and it was 64 degrees downstairs and 65 upstairs. I was on the phone with Leslie and we decided it would be a good idea to get on the phone together one day, count to three, and turn on our heaters at the same time resulting in a draw. I think that sounds pretty good. To me, I think the guys must be pretty bored to fixate on the heater this much, but this is the third year they've done it. Check Joel's blog if you haven't already, it has all the rules... yes, I said rules. They've really thought this out. Anyways, hopefully someone will have a weak moment and turn their heat on so the torture can end!
As most of you know, Mike and I, (especially Mike), are huge fans of candles. We always have them going. Well recently, I've been noticing Ally blowing on the wall and running to the back door when we are getting ready to leave. For some reason, I didn't really pay too much attention to what she was doing until one day I said, "time to go bye bye" and she blew on the closest wall to her right as I blew out a candle. That's when it dawned on me that she was copying our habit of blowing out the candle. Since she is so short, she doesn't realize we are blowing out candles and not just randomly blowing on the counter before we leave. I guess in her little almost 2 mind, she thinks this is some bye bye ritual. So cute!
Last night we put Allyson down a little early and let Em play a computer game for a while so When Emily went to bed Allyson was already asleep, nothing unusual there. So I checked on them a couple of times, ( I do that a lot, they are so cute and QUIET while they sleep), and they were both sound asleep. Well when Mike and Iwent to bed around 10, I went to make sure they were tucked in and I found Allyson curled up next to Emily on the top bunk sound asleep. I know she had to crawl up there half asleep because we always hear them when they goof off and they had been asleep the entire time. I guess she just loves her big sis and wants to be near her. But mean mommy was a little worried about her falling if she tried to get up in the middle of the night so she was moved back to her lower bed.
Little girls are the best, but I'm just saying that because we've never had boys before! I'm sure they are fun too.
