4 Month Milestones

Baby Jakob is 5 months old! At his 4 month check up he was 14lbs 7oz which is 30th percent and he was in the 50th percent for height (I don't remember the actual inches... sorry third child!) He has learned to roll from back to front and he rolls around the floor grabbing toys and trying to eat things. He is now putting himself to sleep and he is going to bed earlier and sleeping longer. Finally, all those nights of getting up multiple times and making him sleep in his own bed are paying off! He is a really sweet baby. He barely cries and loves to play in his exercise-saucer and watch the kids run around. I also gave him his first hair cut. It was getting wispy on the sides and top. His hair is getting lighter and is going through a reddish phase like Jaxson's did. He is so cute we just love him to pieces.
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Needless to say he gets a lot of love.

Home Decor

Our home is a on going project. I continue to love to decorate. This summer I had a list of things I wanted to get done and now that it's the end of August I have just finished my list! This is what I have been up to...
I bought this clock for my birthday. I found it at World Market. I love that store!

I finished my powder room by painting it grey and accessorizing it with things from our travels around the world.



Here's the red side table I painted for Jakob's room and a cross stitch my sister made for me when I had Jaxson.

I covered this letter E for Ehlana's room. It took forever and I would not do it again but I am happy with the way it turned out.

My friend and her husband found the perfect lamps for my formal living room. He was nice enough to pick them up on his way home from work one day. Don't you just love good friends? And new lamps?

Our newest addition is a my piano. My childhood neighbors gave it to me before we moved back and so my mom was storing it for me in her preschool. It was a challenge to figure out how to place it in the room. We had lots of discussions about it. In the end I got to put it where I wanted.... and now Steve loves it, too.

Next up: The Kitchen. I am going to paint it a light grey and I am waiting for the fabric that I ordered to make curtains. Here's a sample of the fabric. I love it!

Fourth of July 2011

Family Photos

Snuggling Babies

Lighting fireworks

Our friends, Nancy and Matthew, provided a wonderful fireworks display

Bishop Daybell almost lighting himself on fire

Watching the fireworks