Yummmmm!!!!

Little Red was so excited to try a new food. It was just some rice cereal really diluted but he thought that it was the best thing in the world. I thought at first that he was too young to start cereal but I read somewhere that they can start having some cereal anywhere between 2 1/2 to 3 months old. We only feed him cereal once a day and just a few bites but the look on his face is priceless! He is such a good eater that if I let him he might just eat the whole bowl of cereal. Maybe in a few weeks we can start him on some applesauce. He might love that.

Jack Sparrow!!

Well this is Jared's favortie time of the year, to dress up as a pirate. We have been piecing together his Jack Sparrow costume since last year, getting a bit here and there so that by Halloween he would have most or all of the original Jack Sparrow costume. We started looking for kids pirate costumes for the girls but didnt find one that we liked. As for me, I would like to be Tia Dalma off of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 ( she is the Voodo Lady) but her costume is $300 online and they dont make one for her anywhere else, so I have to put my costume together from bits and pieces too... till we find all the costumes that we want the girls and I will have to settle for whats left. Lizzy is going as Barbie Island Princess again and Jamie is going as Snow White again. I will attempt to dress up as a witch from Harry Potter. Baby Jared will go as daddy's little pirate skeleton buckineer.

Jack- O -Lanterns!

We love Halloween because it is one of the few times a year that we get to dress up in costumes. Plus it is the only holiday that you get free candy where ever you go. But the best part of Halloween for me is getting to do all these wonderful traditions that I had as a kid with my kids, like carving pumpkins. I dont really like the idea of a half rotten pumpkin sitting in front of my door, but I am willing to make the sacrifice for the kids and Jared. Jared actually confessed that while he was a kid he watched the pumpkin carving being done by family members but never did one himself! I know weird huh? So we got the kit, I actually carved four or more pumpkins a year since I was 6 and once I moved to Trinidad the only time we carved pumpkins were when we were going to cook them right away... so about once a week...they dont celebrate Halloween in the Caribbean!
So we got this kit and the girls and I showed their dad how to carve a pumpkin, the kit was great and easy to follow. After about 10 or 20 mins carving out our pumpkin we got this great cut out of a dead pirate... as you know we are big pirate fans!

Tis The Season... To Be Scared!

At the pumpkin patch they had lots of scary Halloween stuff, including these great places to take some goofy pictures and get a little spooked by the scarcrows. There is Jared and little Jared taking a pic as scary ghosts and the girls as witches. Finally there is me with little Jared with the scary scarcrows. Halloween is so much fun.

Pack Pumkin Patch

What a beautiful day for picking pumpkins. We had a lovely day at the Pack Pumpkin Patch in Farmington. The temps got up to 73 degrees today, just enough for a light jaket. The girls were amazed to see so many pumpkins all at once. They didnt know where to begin, but with their daddy's help they found a few superb little pumpkins and one big one to get craved. They spent about 1 hour deciding what pumkins to take home and we came home with a grand total of three pumkins ( mom doesnt like the idea of a large number of rotting vegetables by the front door). Hopefully we can start the carving process tomorrow.

First Snow...

It started off on a very cold Saturday morning. We recieved about 2 inches of snow in Farmington and thought that we would drive up to Park City and see how much snow they got. Once we got into Park City it was evident that they recieved at least 5 or more inches of snow than anywhere else... After all it is Park City! We thought that we would get out of the van and take a few pics of the girls in the snow. But they didnt like it. They said it was too cold to take pictures. We didnt get one picture of the girls smiling at all. So I thought that I would post the best ones. Just look at the mountain tops, covered in snow... just a lite dusting they would say out in Park City.

Jared's New Friend.

About two or three years ago Elizabeth got this baby doll for her birthday from her grandma and grandpa Chase. Over the years this baby doll lost it's pacifier, bottle and clothes, due to the extreme amount of care it was givin by the girls. Just recently they pulled this baby doll from under a pile of clothes and started playing with it and and using it to teach their 9 wk old little brother where the baby's face is and all of those other parts of the face. Baby Jared loved this new friend of his. He started laughing at it and smiling at it. I laid the baby doll next to him and Jared kept batting at it with his hands as if to say, " hey friend thanks for hanging out with me!"

Elizabeth now walks around with what she calls her baby Jared. She feeds him pretend bottles and changes pretend diapers. Right now she is asleep in bed with her baby doll right next to her. I hope that baby Jared doesnt get too jelous of his sister taking away his new friend!

8 Weeks Old and Growing.

Our little guy is no longer little. He was born weighing 5 lbs 11 ozs, after taking him to his WIC appointment we discoverd that he now weighs 9lbs 6 ozs. What a little porker!!! He gained almost 5 lbs in two months. Now I know that might be some what normal for you and the families you know but it isnt anywhere normal for me or my kids. It took almost six months for Lizzy to gain 1 lb and Jamie to gain 3 lbs. He eats about 4 ozs of formula every 3 to 4 hours. I think that is normal but at the same time it is kinda weird for me to see him gainning and gainning. I hope he doesnt gain too much too soon. But if he does it is just more Jared to love!!

Big Sister

Ever since Elizabeth knew we were having another baby she was so excited and protective of me. She never let me lift anything and if I did she would say something like "Mom that's not a good thing to do you will hurt the baby, let me help!" Once I went on bedrest she was even more protective and even more concerned about the baby. She wanted to go with me to all my doctor appointments. She knew that I was suppose to rest and would remind me when I needed to rest and not do anything. She learned to open the refridgerator to get a yogurt cup and she learned to open the utensile draw to get a spoon, she even managed to not spill her meals on the floor so that I didnt have to get up and clean the floors. She was such a big helper and did alot for me. She got to the point where she wanted to change Jamie's diapers so that I didnt have to get up!

Once this little guy was born she started to help me with him with little jobs like getting diapers and wipes for me, and finding his pacifier when it fell on the floor. Then she moved to watching him in his crib while I got meals ready. Now she kinda babysits for me. If I need to check something on the PC she watches him. Now that I can move around more I have to make more meals and clean more and she watchs him while watching t.v. I just put him on her lap and she holds him up and all three kids sit on the couch and watch Dora the Explorer. It is cute that she loves to help out with the baby, she just loves him. Jared smiled for the first time and guess who he was smiling at? His loving big sister.

Cool Like My Daddy!

We got some great gifts from out baby shower in August. There was a cute little outfith that I just adored. It suit our little guy just perfectly. In reality he is just like his daddy in looks and personality. Jared even calls him "Mini Me". So I thought that this outfit was perfect because it reads "Cool Like My Daddy" and I think that blue is his color, Jared thinks that it is green. So we switched out the blue pants for green camos! Little Jared also makes the funniest faces, he sometimes gives these faces like "your so crazy mom" and then there are the ones that are like "whoa, whats going on mom?" so enjoy these pics.

MOVE OVER DAD!!!

Ever since we brought our little guy home we have had a hard time putting him to sleep in his crib...I told Jared that he doesnt like the color of the sheets!! But I think that he just gets lonely, we forget sometimes that he spent some 7- 8 mths growing in my tummy, listening to our voices and hearing my heart beat. So we tried letting him sleep in the swing and that works great for about an hour then he whats to be held, then we tried his porta crib, again that only worked for about an hour. Finally through desperation and from the lack of sleep I decided to let him bunk with us in our California King size bed. There was only enough room for me and baby Jared... daddy had to sleep on the couch.. I thought that I would share this moment with you.

Recently we discoved that baby Jared loves to nap on the couch.. so that is where the little monster sleeps now and mom and dad bunk on the floor. We figured once he sleeps on his own all night long it would be easier to transfer sleeping places from couch to crib. I hope this happens soon because the floor is really hard and cold!