Tonight during dinner we were talking about names. I was telling all the
kids their full names. Then we got to Grandpa Nielsen's name
(Christopher Wayne Nielsen). As soon as I was done Ella made an "Oooooo"
and said, "Just like Winnie the Pooh's Christopher Robin"....then Eden
quickly chimed in "I LOVE that name!".
We watched Stake conference last Sunday at our building on a screen
being broadcasted from our Stake Center. Then this past Saturday we went
to the Stake Center for a baptism. While we were sitting in the chapel
waiting for it to start. Ella was looking around and then she looked at
me and said, "This was the church we saw on the screen! Can we come here
next time instead of watching it on the screen!" I was so impressed
that she could pick out the variations between buildings and know that
was where we were. Especially since when we were watching it most of it
was zoomed in on the speaker. That girl really can see all the details
:) (our own little Sean Spencer--a reference to the show Psych)
I was throwing a baby shower for one my friends on Sat morning. I
was running around trying to get that last min stuff done. I asked
Gordon if he would go upstairs and get dressed. The next thing I new he
was at my side and said, "I am ready for the party." I turned around to
see that he had gotten on his red, white and blue plaid shorts on, with
his hunter green and blue plaid shirt adorned with his brown and blue
bow tie. They all had blue in them ;) I gave him a BIG hug and told him
he looked so handsome...ready for a party!
For Father's Day Ella's class filled out an "All about Dad" page:
My Dad's Favorite thing to do is ride his bike
The show my Dad likes best to watch on TV is a bike movie
My Dad really likes to eat celery with potatoes
The silliest thing my Dad does is make faces
My Dad's favorite color is every single one
When my Dad leave the house, he goes to work where he does...I don't know
My Dad's best friend is named 'aunt' Jorgan
My Dad loves it when I try to make him smile
The nicest thing my Dad does is give me wrestle hugs and kisses
If My Dad could go anywhere, he would go to work
If I could give me Dad anything it would be my dolly
We love you all!!!
Monday, June 18, 2012
6/11/12
Just a few for this past week..
Sending all our love!
Mom: "You are dirty. When we get home we will have to throw you into tub."
Eden: "That makes me afraid!"
Mom: "Why, you take baths all the time"
Eden: "No, I am afraid of the 'throw' "
We were riding in the car And Eden had said something like "I want to do that right now!" Ella chimed in from the back and said, "Eden, you said 'I want to do that right now' but you could say it like this 'I would like to do that, please.'.....Do you see the difference?"
Gordon is really into playing Monopoly. He asks to play it everyday...pretty much all day. It has been really fun!
Russell had his two month check up and he weighed in at just over 13 pounds and 25 1/2 inches long. He is growing SO quickly! Just love this little boy!
A BIG Hello to Mildred!! I love getting your messages on the phone. I always smile when I hear them ;) And hoping I get my quite moment to call you sooner than later! I am so grateful to Janet for printing them and mailing them to you. Sending our love!
Sending all our love!
Mom: "You are dirty. When we get home we will have to throw you into tub."
Eden: "That makes me afraid!"
Mom: "Why, you take baths all the time"
Eden: "No, I am afraid of the 'throw' "
We were riding in the car And Eden had said something like "I want to do that right now!" Ella chimed in from the back and said, "Eden, you said 'I want to do that right now' but you could say it like this 'I would like to do that, please.'.....Do you see the difference?"
Gordon is really into playing Monopoly. He asks to play it everyday...pretty much all day. It has been really fun!
Russell had his two month check up and he weighed in at just over 13 pounds and 25 1/2 inches long. He is growing SO quickly! Just love this little boy!
A BIG Hello to Mildred!! I love getting your messages on the phone. I always smile when I hear them ;) And hoping I get my quite moment to call you sooner than later! I am so grateful to Janet for printing them and mailing them to you. Sending our love!
6/1/12
The kids were playing in the backyard this afternoon and Ella and Gordon
had come inside. I didn't see Eden so I went to check on her to make
sure she was okay. When I peeked my head out the back I saw her up on
our picnic table singing and dancing her little heart out..until she saw
me that is. Then she got embarrassed and asked me to go back inside. As
soon as I shut the sliding glass door she was back to her song and
dance :)
This morning Gordon asked if we could go and play at Natalie's house (a friend in the ward). I explained to him that everyone in their family has pink eye right now and that it is very contagious so we can't play with them until they are better. Eden quickly chimed in and said, "yeah they can't come over until they have blue eyes...not pink eyes!"
We took the kids to this little Mexican restaurant to get some dinner on Memorial Day...and while we were there Ella said, "Oh look these are restaurant flies". They were not the typical house fly they were the smaller fruit fly type flies. Then she finished her thought with, "they are fancy".
Russell is really connecting now. Everyday this week I have been able to just sit and talk to him and he is trying to make sounds back and the whole time doing it with an adorable smile on his face. I just can't get enough of this little guy!
Gordon was playing in the backyard the other day and then ran inside and said, "Mom I found a turtle!" At first I thought he was joking...but them he said, "Mom I am serious...come see". And sure enough there was a little turtle. We looked online and found out it was a Big Bender Slider turtle. (They are a water turtle). We asked the kids for some suggestions on names and Ella quickly came up with Cactus. We had thought maybe we could keep her...but after doing some reading online so we would know what kind of habitat she would need we decided the best thing for her was to let her go. So yesterday morning the kids and I set her free again. It was fun to have her for a day.
Love you all SO much!
This morning Gordon asked if we could go and play at Natalie's house (a friend in the ward). I explained to him that everyone in their family has pink eye right now and that it is very contagious so we can't play with them until they are better. Eden quickly chimed in and said, "yeah they can't come over until they have blue eyes...not pink eyes!"
We took the kids to this little Mexican restaurant to get some dinner on Memorial Day...and while we were there Ella said, "Oh look these are restaurant flies". They were not the typical house fly they were the smaller fruit fly type flies. Then she finished her thought with, "they are fancy".
Russell is really connecting now. Everyday this week I have been able to just sit and talk to him and he is trying to make sounds back and the whole time doing it with an adorable smile on his face. I just can't get enough of this little guy!
Gordon was playing in the backyard the other day and then ran inside and said, "Mom I found a turtle!" At first I thought he was joking...but them he said, "Mom I am serious...come see". And sure enough there was a little turtle. We looked online and found out it was a Big Bender Slider turtle. (They are a water turtle). We asked the kids for some suggestions on names and Ella quickly came up with Cactus. We had thought maybe we could keep her...but after doing some reading online so we would know what kind of habitat she would need we decided the best thing for her was to let her go. So yesterday morning the kids and I set her free again. It was fun to have her for a day.
Love you all SO much!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
5/18/12
Russell has a nick name already it is "our little lamb". When he is just
waking up or even sometimes when he is sleeping he makes this noise
that sounds just like a baby lamb. It is adorable! I wish he could stay
"my little lamb" always!
Gordon's mother day gift: It was a fill in the blank poem that goes like this
She has Brown hair and big hazel eyes.
She's 135 years old.
I think she's 150 inches high,
And has a heart of gold.
Her favorite color must be blue
...I think that's what she said.
She weighs about 160 pounds
and tucks me into bed.
Her favorite food is crave
I love her, you can see. She's just the perfect mother and means everything to me.
Ella's mother day gift:Ella's was also a fill in the blank
My Mom's favorite thing to do is play with me
The yummiest food my mom makes is pizza
The show my Mom likes to watch on tv best is sleeping beauty
My favorite thing to do with my mom is to play candylandThe silliest thing my mom does is make silly facesMy mom's favorite color are all the colorsMy Mom's best friend's name is Ali (my aunt)
My Mom loves it when I wash dishesThe nicest thing my mom does for me is make me dinnerIf my mom could go anywhere, she would go to ballet on TuesdaysIf I could give my mom anything it would be a Sleeping Beauty Doll
Ella while we were playing games tonight she was laying on the ground and looked up at me and said, "Mom, show me your Rock Star face!"
One of our games we have is called Zingo. It has little discs that have simple pictures on them to play Bingo with. The game was out but we were not really playing it. All of the kids where taking turns sitting on the couch and holding Russell. When it came to Ella's turn she was so excited. She had Russell in her arms and then she reached over to the arm of the couch were she had placed one of these tiles from this Zingo game. And this particular one had a heart on it. She showed it to Russell and said, "See Russell I picked out the one with a heart just for you, because I love you sweet boy!" Melt my heart!!
Eden is such a chatter box. She says cute things all the time and just listening to the way she says it in her cute voice and with her adorable smile it brings me so much joy!
Tonight I was going into the kitchen to make dinner and Eden cut in front of me and was blocking the way ans asked, "What is the password?". My first guess was "Please" Eden's reply was, "Nope"....then I tried, "I love you"-thinking even if that was not it she would still let me through. Then she got a big smile on her face and whispered, "Try 'ice cream'". So I did as she said and said, "Ice Cream" and she let me pass. ;)
Gordon's Kindergarten gradation was this morning. So proud of that kid! Ended the year with Straight A's :)
Two days this week Russell let me get 2- 4hours of sleep and 1- 5 hour stretch....I could get use to this!! ;)
I love my job! Wouldn't switch it for anything!!!
Gordon's mother day gift: It was a fill in the blank poem that goes like this
She has Brown hair and big hazel eyes.
She's 135 years old.
I think she's 150 inches high,
And has a heart of gold.
Her favorite color must be blue
...I think that's what she said.
She weighs about 160 pounds
and tucks me into bed.
Her favorite food is crave
I love her, you can see. She's just the perfect mother and means everything to me.
Ella's mother day gift:Ella's was also a fill in the blank
My Mom's favorite thing to do is play with me
The yummiest food my mom makes is pizza
The show my Mom likes to watch on tv best is sleeping beauty
My favorite thing to do with my mom is to play candylandThe silliest thing my mom does is make silly facesMy mom's favorite color are all the colorsMy Mom's best friend's name is Ali (my aunt)
My Mom loves it when I wash dishesThe nicest thing my mom does for me is make me dinnerIf my mom could go anywhere, she would go to ballet on TuesdaysIf I could give my mom anything it would be a Sleeping Beauty Doll
Ella while we were playing games tonight she was laying on the ground and looked up at me and said, "Mom, show me your Rock Star face!"
One of our games we have is called Zingo. It has little discs that have simple pictures on them to play Bingo with. The game was out but we were not really playing it. All of the kids where taking turns sitting on the couch and holding Russell. When it came to Ella's turn she was so excited. She had Russell in her arms and then she reached over to the arm of the couch were she had placed one of these tiles from this Zingo game. And this particular one had a heart on it. She showed it to Russell and said, "See Russell I picked out the one with a heart just for you, because I love you sweet boy!" Melt my heart!!
Eden is such a chatter box. She says cute things all the time and just listening to the way she says it in her cute voice and with her adorable smile it brings me so much joy!
Tonight I was going into the kitchen to make dinner and Eden cut in front of me and was blocking the way ans asked, "What is the password?". My first guess was "Please" Eden's reply was, "Nope"....then I tried, "I love you"-thinking even if that was not it she would still let me through. Then she got a big smile on her face and whispered, "Try 'ice cream'". So I did as she said and said, "Ice Cream" and she let me pass. ;)
Gordon's Kindergarten gradation was this morning. So proud of that kid! Ended the year with Straight A's :)
Two days this week Russell let me get 2- 4hours of sleep and 1- 5 hour stretch....I could get use to this!! ;)
I love my job! Wouldn't switch it for anything!!!
5/8/12
Trying to get back on track...I only have a few, such a shame because I
feel like there have been so many adorable things lately the kids have
done...but my mind in not remembering much these days ;)
Ella : (yelled from upstairs down to Gordon) "How did you do at school today?"
Gordon: yelled up "Good"
---LONG PAUSE----
Ella: Yelled again "Now you should ask me 'How did you do at ballet?' "
Gordon: "Oh, How did you do at ballet?"
Ella: "Good, thanks!"
Eden came into the room the other day carrying our large feather duster. She held it up to her face and said, "Look it's my mustache."
Russell is growing up so quickly! He is already holding his head up quite well. And he is now eating like a champ. He is well on his way to being a rolly-polly baby like the others were. :) I just can't stop looking at him. He brings so much joy to our lives. I can't imagine life without him now!
Taylor has been working hard training for the Triathlon in Sept...and I am itching to start my training as well. I have my Dr. Apt next week to get the a.o.k. to start working out again. :) We have that coming in Sept. and last min we signed up for another race. This time it will be just a half marathon but I will be running it with an old teammate so I am very excited about it!
This weekend was wonderful to see so much family and to have Russell's blessing. What a wonderful occasion!
We love you all!!
Ella : (yelled from upstairs down to Gordon) "How did you do at school today?"
Gordon: yelled up "Good"
---LONG PAUSE----
Ella: Yelled again "Now you should ask me 'How did you do at ballet?' "
Gordon: "Oh, How did you do at ballet?"
Ella: "Good, thanks!"
Eden came into the room the other day carrying our large feather duster. She held it up to her face and said, "Look it's my mustache."
Russell is growing up so quickly! He is already holding his head up quite well. And he is now eating like a champ. He is well on his way to being a rolly-polly baby like the others were. :) I just can't stop looking at him. He brings so much joy to our lives. I can't imagine life without him now!
Taylor has been working hard training for the Triathlon in Sept...and I am itching to start my training as well. I have my Dr. Apt next week to get the a.o.k. to start working out again. :) We have that coming in Sept. and last min we signed up for another race. This time it will be just a half marathon but I will be running it with an old teammate so I am very excited about it!
This weekend was wonderful to see so much family and to have Russell's blessing. What a wonderful occasion!
We love you all!!
4/19/12
Ella came over to me the other day and said, "Here are baby Russell's
table clothes"...as she handed me a burb cloth. Close enough right :)
ALL of the kids LOVE Russell to death....and the girls might actually love him to death :) They give him kisses and loves all the time. I need to be around whenever they are in the same room just because they might smoother him with love....a problem I can totally handle :)
We were sitting in the front room the other day and Eden pulled out the mini hymn book and looked at Ella and said, "Time for scriptures...Ella, what did the Laminites do?" Then she asked Grandma the same question and me. She lead a great discussion.
Gordon lost another tooth! That makes his count to four. But with everything being a little out of our routine Taylor and I had forgotten a couple night in a row to put the dollar under his pillow and take his tooth. Then on the third day I woke up to a green post-it note on my bedroom door which Gordon had written "Tooth Fairy ???" I felt bad...but was also laughing out loud. I gave him his money and apologized. And then when Taylor woke up he too saw the note and was going to give Gordon his dues as well.....I caught him in time and told him I had taken care of it. The kid almost got double paid :)
At the hospital when Russell was born he "brought" the kids gifts. The girls got little baby dolls that have little shirts that say "Little brother". They both call their dolls their 'baby Russell doll'. Gordon got a light saber. And Russell asked him to watch his light saber until he is big enough to play with him. So Taylor and Gordon have had some light saber battles already :)
Today on out way home from my Dr. Appointment Ella was whining and complaining about something. Then I hear Eden say, "Are you going to talk to her when we get home.....because I am not a Mom."
We will all be sad to say goodbye to Grandma Nielsen! It has been WONDERFUL having her here!!!
ALL of the kids LOVE Russell to death....and the girls might actually love him to death :) They give him kisses and loves all the time. I need to be around whenever they are in the same room just because they might smoother him with love....a problem I can totally handle :)
We were sitting in the front room the other day and Eden pulled out the mini hymn book and looked at Ella and said, "Time for scriptures...Ella, what did the Laminites do?" Then she asked Grandma the same question and me. She lead a great discussion.
Gordon lost another tooth! That makes his count to four. But with everything being a little out of our routine Taylor and I had forgotten a couple night in a row to put the dollar under his pillow and take his tooth. Then on the third day I woke up to a green post-it note on my bedroom door which Gordon had written "Tooth Fairy ???" I felt bad...but was also laughing out loud. I gave him his money and apologized. And then when Taylor woke up he too saw the note and was going to give Gordon his dues as well.....I caught him in time and told him I had taken care of it. The kid almost got double paid :)
At the hospital when Russell was born he "brought" the kids gifts. The girls got little baby dolls that have little shirts that say "Little brother". They both call their dolls their 'baby Russell doll'. Gordon got a light saber. And Russell asked him to watch his light saber until he is big enough to play with him. So Taylor and Gordon have had some light saber battles already :)
Today on out way home from my Dr. Appointment Ella was whining and complaining about something. Then I hear Eden say, "Are you going to talk to her when we get home.....because I am not a Mom."
We will all be sad to say goodbye to Grandma Nielsen! It has been WONDERFUL having her here!!!
4/1/12
I updated the blog
www.earlfamilyblog.blogspot.
I know there were a handful of really cute things this past week, but no notes written down so they are gone from my memory at the moment...I hope they come back at some point!
But for now enjoy catching up by looking at the blog and I hope to get this next week in...before it gets too crazy! ;)
We are so excited to welcome Grandma Nielsen on Wednesday and then Russell on FRIDAY! This pregnancy has seemed to have gone so quickly! Gordon said the other day, "We are going to have six in our family soon!....well actually seven if you count Riley...that is A LOT!" It is a lot, but no enough to me...I think a couple more might be in the wings yet. :)
Love you all!!!
www.earlfamilyblog.blogspot.
I know there were a handful of really cute things this past week, but no notes written down so they are gone from my memory at the moment...I hope they come back at some point!
But for now enjoy catching up by looking at the blog and I hope to get this next week in...before it gets too crazy! ;)
We are so excited to welcome Grandma Nielsen on Wednesday and then Russell on FRIDAY! This pregnancy has seemed to have gone so quickly! Gordon said the other day, "We are going to have six in our family soon!....well actually seven if you count Riley...that is A LOT!" It is a lot, but no enough to me...I think a couple more might be in the wings yet. :)
Love you all!!!
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