Babies and Vivi

Emmy loves this little seat!  She has outgrown this outfit.  She and Tommy are 5 months and wear 9 month clothes now!!!  Tommy can still wear 6 month clothes but Emmy can't...she's soooo long!

 This was from Christmas and I never posted it.  It's not a great pic but kind of cute in their Christmas outfits.

 Emmy's arm is trying to get Tommy.  They love to get each other.  They are getting so wiggly and moving more.  They will wiggle around until they get their feet or hands on each other.  It's so cute!  Tommy love love loves his hands.  I think he really wishes his mouth was bigger so he could stuff both hands in!

 Emmy's under the Christmas tree here.  She loved it so much!  People can't get over this red hair wherever we go!

Bryant and Tommy are just hanging out.  Bryant and Erica love both babies but overall Bryant favors Tommy and Erica favors Emmy.  I'm so happy that Erica got a sister and Bryant got a bother.

 This is Vivi!!  She is my life saver.  She cleans house for me once a week and she also babysits for me here and there.  She is a college student at LDS Business College.  She is from Brazil!  I adore her.  She is so good at cleaning my house and watching my kids.  My kids love her too!  We are grateful we met Vivi and that she is a part of our lives. She had her 30th birthday and so my Sister-in-law, Ruthie, and I threw a little party for her.  She lives with Ruthie right now so she is close to their family too.

Happy Birthday to Vivi!!!  My kids are on the left.  Ruthie's three kids are on the right.  That's Ruthie standing in the background.

Erica & Bryant being Silly!

The other night before bed Erica and Bryant got silly and so I pulled out the camera.  I'm lovin' Bryant's mismatched pajamas.  And what is that face he is making?!  It looks like he just bit into a lemon!

Bryant says that this is his boxing pose.  I wouldn't want to meet him in the ring!

Look at that great hair! It's not from me that's for sure!  I think it's thanks to Grammy J.

These two are hilarious!

These guys made homemade soft pretzels together.  I helped a little but let them do as much as they could.  They shaped them into a CTR which stands for "Choose The Right".  It's a saying they learn in Primary class at church.

 You can see that Bryant has lost his two front teeth!  Emmy helped him lose the second one.  He picked her up and her head slammed into his mouth and knocked it out!  It was very very loose.  Emmy wasn't hurt, but Bryant put her down and went running for a tissue. 

This is a bush in our front yard.  Sometimes Bryant likes to get inside it, which I don't prefer.  But I thought I may as well take his picture while he was in there!

This is Bryant's "Club" that he made with some help from Erica.  It's under the stairs.  We have a table and spare chairs stacked in here but there was some empty space in the back of the closet that the kids got to by climbing through the chairs!  This day we were using the table and chairs so I got a shot of the club.  They spend a good amount of time hanging out in here!  I got in it once, through the chairs!!!  When I finally made it out I decided that was my last time to venture in!  Whew!

Happy 5 Month's Old Emmy & Tommy!!!

 AHHH!  I can't believe they are 5 month's old!!  That means in another 5 months they will be pushing a year!  I wish I could freeze them right now.  They are such good, cute, fun babies!!!

 Look at those faces!  I could kiss them all day.  I'm realizing they get lots of camera time in these little zip up outfits that coordinate.  I must think they look so cute in them that I start snapping shots whenever they are in them!

 Here are the four of them!  This is Emmy's hair flat, I think I like it better up!

 Erica is the best big sister to these babies.  She adores them.  She is soooo helpful and willingly helpful with them!  I am very grateful for her.  Some moments I couldn't do it without Erica's help.

 These bumpo's are the silliest chairs but Emmy & Tommy both like them.  Emmy's in my bathroom watching me get ready for the day.

 This and the next two shots are professional, taken of them at 4 months old.

 I LOVE this naked picture!!!

 Bryant's lying on my bed here.  The babies both look stunned!  I think they are figuring out that when my camera is pointing at them any minute a bright flash is going to blind them.  Poor kids, they learn young!

I love a baby in a onesie.  I just took this picture of them today. 

Happy New Year!

I must say January is usually my least favorite month of the year.  It's the let down from all the fun holidays.  I take down my Christmas decorations and my house looks blah.  And in UT it's freezing and so snowy!  But, this January has been so very different.  There hasn't been any snow but one inch and the temperatures have been in the 40's on so many days!  It's unusual and I am loving it!!  I was just made for warm weather, an Arizona girl at heart.  This January has been great!  I think spending the day with Tommy, Emmy, Erica, Bryant and Mike has also made it great.  I get excited to get up in the morning and spend the day with the babies and my older kids, I truly do!  Who wouldn't love having two sweet babies to hold and love all day.  I cherish every moment of it!  Here are some of the kids most recent professional shots!