Goodnight, sleep tight...

They were headed off to bed......Iley was trying to gather all her animals up.......with socks on her hands (we lotion her hands and put socks on so they don't crack and bleed)  After many attempts.....she finally managed to get 2 giraffes, a doll, a birdcage.....and a spoon? gathered up.  Wren is signing, and saying "happy" here.  She learned how to say it today.  It is super clear!!  Yay Wren! Mommy is Happy too :)

She informed me that her birdie was sleeping.

Goodnight all!  Decided to post the 3 pictures I took instead of waiting until the weekend and bombarding you with so many at once..........well that doesn't necessarily mean I won't bombard you.......but there will at least be a few less :)

Monday Monday........it's always Monday.......

No reason, just that Dad was home and because he's awesome and he helps get breakfast while I put on clothes and comb hair......we had enough time while waiting for the bus to snap a few pictures.

They love their daddy!  Wren woke up in the middle of the night and signed (she rarely signs in the night, just mumbles and fusses) "Daddy work tomorrow"  I told her no "Daddy Home tomorrow!" She nodded and went back to sleep :)

 I told the boys to stand here and smile........and Iley thought she needed to be in the picture too.  I asked Wren if she wanted in, and she shook her head no.......so.........we took the picture.  But when we showed her the picture, and she wasn't in it.....she was like Ahhhh!  Then wanted Iley OUT of the picture, and just her in it........but we said no that was your choice, you just get in the picture too!

She wasn't too happy about it!

 That's better of Wren.....now Harrison's not looking!

Where did the week go?

Wednesday evening.....While all of us ladies were at Kyndahl and Thatcher's baby shower....dining on dainty delicacies....(to which I forgot to take my camera! all the pics are on Kyn's camera, I'll have to remember to get them from her.).....Ash and Thatch had a bunch of guys over to play games.  I came home to this sight.......along with evidence of much pizza, popcorn, chips and pop consumption.

 

 Sunday morning........eating our traditional cinnamon rolls.......look at that nice smooth hair........except the twig she got stuck under her head piece..........

 ............and then there is this morning hair!  Seriously, how can you not smile when you see this! 

 they're all loosey goosey and wiggle and dance!  They just make me smile!

After lunch.......just chillin with Isaac.  He's learning that there is no personal space in this house unless you lock yourself in your room.

Nope.......none over here either.

Giving thanks tonight for all these precious lives.   May each of you have a wonderful week full of Gods presence and Love.

Wren's 7th Birthday at Home.

Her Birthday was actually on Saturday, but we had her party on Sunday.  She woke up Sun. morning and the first thing she noticed was the balloons tied to her chair............

 Then Iley hollers for her to loooooook!!!

 Big sis Ella, made this darling cake for her!

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 Is this party EVER going to start???  Can I open the presents already!!??

 HEY!!!! back off!!! This is MY cake!!  She does NOT suffer in silence!

 Iley had a very hard time accepting the whole 'Wren's birthday is first' concept!  At first she informed me that she wasn't going to eat any of Wrens cake. (said with a pout)  Then she wasn't going to watch Wren open her presents.  I told her that it  would make Wren sad if she didn't watch.  I also told her that she needed to be happy for Wren, cause Wren's her sister, and she loves Wren, we want the people we love to have nice things.  She is fine with Wren having nice things.........as long as she gets them too!!!  So I said "why don't we go upstairs and make a special card for YOU to GIVE Wren"  She will think that is special!  She was all excited about that, and decided maybe she would watch her open her presents (trust me you couldn't have drug her from her post by Wren's side)  But I finally had to tell her to go play......I didn't want to hear anymore about birthdays!!  She would keep coming up to me and saying "I can't wait mommy" "I can't wait"  "it's too long"  I would tell her you have to wait!  It's not your birthday yet.  She would go off for about a minute or two and come back!!  "I can't wait mommy"..........oh. my. word.  she was making me crazy!!!  We finally got the calendar down and circled the day......then her birthday.....and we are marking off the days until her day!!  She reminded me this morning!  So she hasn't forgot yet.  It could be a long 2 months.

 Yellow cake and spice cake layered.....YUM!

 Nice Beard Thatch

 A new bike from Mom and Dad.  I told Dad he gets the honors of teaching this very uncoordinated child how to ride!  I sometimes think her balance is effected by her hearing loss??

 Do you SEE the sad face along side???  Oh it was a hard day for some!

A new bike horn, and water bottle, and bike chain (which they've already used to hook their little cars together and pull each other)  and some money from Grandma, and Grandpa D. 

A darling leather bracelet from Ash and Ella......and..........

 ...a new movie!!!  They watched it later that night while the grown ups....well mostly the guys....watched football.

 It was WINDY and cold.......but she had to go out and try her new bike!

Later that evening we had more people over for a Superbowl "party"  Ours are pretty tame!  But we love all the people :)

Love!

 Such a cute little profile!  

Love these sweet girls!!

 Wren's gift from Thatcher and Kyndahl.  An air hockey game.  They've had lots of fun with it. 

 She also got some money from Grandma and Grandpa K.  We haven't decided what we are going to get her with it yet.  Aunt Gwen and Uncle Mike sent her a cute pair of new sparkly shoes.  She loved them.

And these are just because their little brown legs looked so cute :)

 LOVE this one :)

 The reason we don't buy toys for this one!!  She would rather play with odd things, and make them what she wants them to be.  She rarely plays with a toy as it's intended to be played with.   Let me introduce you to the calendar garage door.

I'll leave you with an Iley quote:

"I can draw a picture myself, cause I'm big.....AND awesome"

No self esteem issues with this one yet :)