Melody @ 5 Months

Melody is such a sweetie pie. She loves attention and being talked to. If she knows she has your undivided attention she will talk and coo to you. If she feels like she has been ignored to long, she will scream and scream.

She also likes to be walked around. If you try to sit in one spot to long she gets fussy because she wants something new to look at. One of her favorite things to watch is our baby chicks.

Melody took her first over night and out of state trip. We went to Louisville, KY. She has know been to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. I was really worried she was going to be very fussy during the long drive, but she actually did quit well. She loved all the new places and things to see.

During the trip, I got her to start taking a plug. I had tried to give it to when she was a newborn, but she would just gag on it. I decided to take one along for the trip just in case. She decided she really likes it to go to sleep.

Melody has start rolling over from her tummy to her back now. She doesn't do it very often, but I have started having to be more careful where I lay her.

Swimming is her new favorite activity. She is defiently a water baby.

Louisville Trip

We decided to take a family trip to Louisville, KY because Isaiah has a few shops he contracts work through there that he wanted to visit. We spent a few nights in St. Louis having fun. Jeannie and her kids also came with us.

In St. Louis we went to the zoo. There they had an exhibit were you could pet stingrays. Benjamin's favorite animal is the stingray, so we had to go. He absolutely loved it. Here are some pictures of our zoo trip,

Amita and Carter were a little more timid about petting the rays.
The boys got to pet a bearded dragon. They thought it was so cool to touch a real dragon.

This is how Melody got to cruise around the zoo.

Just some cutie pies.

Amita is a little scared of the elephants.

After St. Louis, we drove to Louisville. The first place we went was ChurchHill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is held. It wasn't open, but we talked to security guard into letting us walk around.

Here is Melody and me at the entrance.

Downtown there was some fountains and a canal to play in. The canal wasn't very deep, so the little kids really enjoyed it. It was so hot and humid there that was really enjoyed getting wet.

Jeannie helping Amita get wet. She needed a lot of encouragement to touch the water.

Isaiah trying to talk Carter into getting in the canal. Once he got in, he loved it.

Michael and Benjamin having fun in the canal.

We also went to the Louisville Zoo. The zoo even had a little water park to play in, which we enjoyed. The highlights of this zoo trip was Benjamin getting to see his second favorite animal the Kamoto Dragon and seeing a silver back gorilla.

The kids riding the dragon.

Melody by the Gorilla. It was so amazing to watch him.

After Louisville, we drove down to Ft. Campbell to visit Monte. We got to take him out for breakfast and spend a few hours visiting before we had to head for home. It was nice to see him and where is is staying.

We had a really fun trip and the kids were very good, but we were all ready to come back home.

Happy Anniversary

Today Isaiah and I are celebrating 8 wonderful years of marriage. I can't hardly believe it has been that long. In a lot of ways I still feel like we are newlyweds.

For my present, Isaiah got me a beautiful new bedset. As you can see from the picture he has very good taste, and I love it. He surprised me by making up the bed before we went to sleep for the night last night, then told me I had to go to bed at 9:30.

Happy Birthday Isaiah

Isaiah turned 30 on Sunday. For his birthday, we had a small party with cake and presents then went to his mom's for a nice dinner. Carter got his dad some gum, and Benjamin made him a nice book. He also got a GPS.

Here are some fun facts about Isaiah:

1)He was born in Utah

2)He moved to Missouri when he was eight

3)He is the fourth child out of twenty

4)He hates the movie Wizard of OZ

5)His favorite food is sushi

Busy Bees

I have been wanting to get a beehive for sometime now and finally did it. We went and pickup the hive Thursday and brought it home. Then Friday, I opened it up to check it out. It was really fun and exciting. I got to see the queen and eggs and larva. I didn't get stung either. I can't wait to do it again.

Melody @ 4 months

Melody is such a sweetheart. She loves to be talked to. When she is getting attention she will laugh, coo, and blow at you. She especially loves to have someone cluck like a chicken at her. When she isn't getting attention, she loves to look at patterns and things that move. She likes to watch our baby chick and ducks. But let me tell you, she can scream when she thinks she is being neglected.

Melody has gotten good at holding her head up. She isn't crazy about being on her tummy for long periods, but if I put a fun blanket under her she will be happy to look at it for a few moments.
She has also started to use her hands more. She tries to grab anything in reach then put it in her month. She doesn't have the best aim yet, so it takes her a few times to find her mouth. She loves to be carried looking over my shoulder, and she will grab my hair and pull on it. I have started putting her on a mat gym. She likes to try to grab the toys hanging down, but when they don't do what she wants, she gets very mad.

She got to take her first trip to the zoo this month. The whole family had lots of fun. Melody loved being carried around and seeing all of the new sites.

She weighs 13 lbs.

Carter @ 4

Carter has changed so much in the last year. He use to be a totally shy mommy's boy. He wouldn't leave Isaiah or my side. He wouldn't even go outside with Benjamin to play unless we went with him. Now, he is very adventures. Just a few weeks ago he decided to ride his bike to his friends house all by himself and without telling me, which gave me quite a scare.

He is very stubborn. If he decides he wants to do something, he doesn't ask permission, he just does it. Also if he decides something should be a certain way you can't change his mind. I was playing animals with him one day, and I decided to make the cow drive the tractor and that made him so upset because cows can't drive.

He is very tender hearted and will burst into tears if his feelings get hurt or things don't go his way. He also hates it when tears come out of his eyes, which makes him cry harder. Usually when he starts crying and says, "I can't stop, I need a hug." Once he gets his hug he is ok.

He use to believe you could only love one person, and his person was Dad. So, Dad could only love him and if he told Benjamin or me he loved us Carter would get so mad. After months of that, we finally convinced him you can love everyone.

Carter loves to play the computer and his v-smile. He is in to Pokemon and big equipment. His best friend is Benjamin. He still has a blankie he carries around. It was given to him when he was born by my friend Tina. When he decides he needs a nap, he will cover himself with his blanket from the top of his head to his toes and go to sleep. We call it his little cocoon.

Carter has really changed into a darlying little boy that is a joy to be around.