Flat Iron

Joe took us on another adventure on Presidents Day. He had been talking about it for a month but I don't think anyone thought we were really going to do it, besides Joe. A month or so ago he hiked Flat Iron in the Superstitions with his priest quorum, and said how hard and fun it was and wanted to do it again. Well we did it, and it was hard! I wouldn't even call it a hike, we climbed straight up the mountain. We were literally on all fours climbing up rocks. There were a few times Joe had to pull us up over the rock or I don't think we could have done it. We would come to certain points and I would look up and just laugh and say to Joe "we're seriously climbing up that? there is no way!" But somehow we made it to the top, and it was so cool. The sky was so clear you could see so far. You can tell in the pictures how high we were. I'm not normally scared of heights but it was kind of freaky standing next to the edge.

Joe peeking over the edge.

The whole hiking crew: Jake, Karrie, Dyan, me, Joe

9 months

My little Hadlie madlie is 9 months old! Here is a little bit about Hads at 9 months: She has been teething like crazy. That combined with her being sick was not fun! Her 4 top teeth have been coming through one right after the other so she has had no break from the pain. Finally this last week she has been so much happier. She is back to her sweet, happy self (for the most part). Its seriously like she is a different baby. Poor girl was so miserable! She still can't crawl. Maybe I should say she won't crawl, because I swear she could if she would just try. She uses her arms to turn herself in a full circle, but then just gives up and just rolls. One of these days its just gonna click and she'll be able to do it. She loves Keelie and gets so excited to see her. I love it when they interact and Keelie shares her toys with Hadlie. They are so cute! She is a great eater. She is loving graham crackers right now, and wants pretty much whatever we are eating. She can say dada and mama. She claps and waves which is so stinkin cute!
Here are her stats
weight- 18.03 lbs. 50th%
height- 29" 90th%
head- 17 3/4 " 75th%

Going to the river

Last Saturday we were trying to think of something fun to do as a family, and Joe came up with the idea to go to the river. I wasn't necessarily against it, I just didn't exactly know what we would do at the river. But I am so glad we went because we had so much fun. We called Keelie's cousin Annie to come along with us. The first place we went to was up Power Rd. right before it curves. We walked along the river for a ways, and the girls had a blast walking in the jungle (thick trees and bushes), and getting to take turns being the leader. Of course I forgot my camera in the car so I didn't get any pictures of that part. Then we hopped back in the car and drove just a little bit farther up the road and found another fun spot to walk around. The girls had fun throwing rocks in the water. We were able to get right up to the water, even though there wasn't a whole lot of it. It was such a fun little Saturday afternoon activity. We will definately be going back soon. These pictures are all from the 2nd place we went to.

Hadlie loves being in the snugglie thing. She was such an angel the whole time!


This is just a funny picture I took of Carver crawling right over the top of Hadlie. Maybe if Hadlie ever learns crawl she can get away from him!

Playing outside

So I'm pretty sure I did a post really similar to this one last spring. I guess its almost been a year. I know its technically winter right now but the weather is so nice, it feels like spring time. I was outside playing with the girls yesterday and snapped a few pictures. It was funny cuz after I took one picture of Keelie she kept wanting me to take more of whatever she was doing. And she is so cute so how could I resist?

Here is Hadlie in her swing. She was a little unsure the first couple times we put her in it, but now she loves it.

Keelie swinging. She is not happy swinging unless you are pushing her as high as she can go. She will keep saying "No Higher!" until she can't go any higher. Its pretty surprising seeing as how she is the biggest scaredy cat ever of everything else.

Playing in the sandbox Joe built for her.

Scooting around on our front porch waiting for daddy to come home.

Toes

It sure is fun having 2 girls. Today I painted all our toes purple. Maybe one of these days Joe will give in and let us paint his toes. JK. I wouldn't do that to him.

Just a cute picture I took of Joe and Hadlie today.

Christmas

We had a great Christmas again this year. We spent Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. Christmas morning we had breakfast with my dads side of the family at my cousins house. Then we went out to my sisters house to open presents with my family. Then home for naps and so I could make chicken enchaladas for dinner at Joes parents house. It was a fun day and we all got some good stuff from Santa. It was so fun to watch Keelie open presents. She was practically shaking opening each present cuz she was so excited. It was like she couldn't open them fast enough.

These are the only pictures I took all day.

Keelie turned 3!!

My baby girl turned 3 on Monday! We had a family birthday party for her at the zoo on Saturday. I think there was about 35 people there. It was all first cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents from both sides of the family. The funny thing is, not even everyone was there! Keelie sure has alot of people that love her!
I thought this first picture was cute of her and some of her little cousins holding hands.

I think all the kids got to ride on the camels. I only took a picture when Keelie rode though.

This is Kendal, Kate, Keelie, and Lucy

Keelie has so many little girl cousins around the same age, I wanted to get a picture.

Hailee, Kendal, Keelie, Hannah, Kate, Annie, Abby. Lucy had already left.

Our family

On her actual birthday, we left Hadlie with Joe's sister and we took Keelie to see Tangled. It was her first time going to the movie theater. She loved it! We love our Keelie Jo so much. She has quite the personality. She can be soooo shy and quiet, but when she comes out of her shell, she is so silly and fun. She can be so layed back and easy going, but at the same time is OCD. Is that possible? Aren't they opposites? It's so true though. She is such a good big sister to Hadlie. She always wants to keep an eye on her for me. And I actually let her sometimes. If I need to go get ready, I will leave Hadlie on the floor with some toys, and tell Keelie that if she cries give her her pacifier. She does that, but will also play with her and try to make her happy. She is so sweet. It's no wonder Hadlie loves Keelie so much. We love her too!