July July July

It seems like I blinked and July flew right by me. It's not even like we have had anything going on. It started with 2 weeks of swim lessons, and I was able to get all 4 boys into their lessons at the exact same time. That was amazing and awesome. I tried to put Taryn in the childwatch and swim with the boys every day and decided that the YMCA is the biggest blessing every for that reason. It's too cold in their for T, and it's way too hot outside for T, so we have been going to the Y as much as possible to swim and this month. Taryn does great in the childwatch and I feel better about putting her in there because it's their slow time of day and she gets oodles of love and attention while I get to give some extra attention to Ammon and Micah and my older boys get to have a blast in the deep end (they finally took the swim test and are SO excited to be able to swim and dive down there). Really we have just been taking it easy and enjoying each other this month and I don't know why it sped by so quickly. Here are the pics that might remind me of anything else we did..


Micah looks like a giant in this picture. I know it looks a little more like Christmas time with Micah's PJs but it sure doesn't feel like Christmas when we step outside...Ammon loving his sista.

Micah's 4th of July Breakfast. Oh see we did have a birthday/bbq at a friend's house on this day and then went bowling and did sparklers.

Taryn 4 months old

Noah loving Taryn. Lately I hear this discussion a lot from Noah..."Taryn doesn't seem like she is going to be a little sister. I don't count babies as girls or as boys. They are just babies. I feel like she is just going to grow up to be another brother. Mom, are you sure she's not going to be another brother?"

Stylin.

Smilin.

Discovering her tongue.

T's favorite finger to chew on.

This is a very significant picture for us and to explain it, I may have to admit that Taryn is a tummy sleeper and then I might get arrested or something. Anyway, she just MIGHT be a tummy sleeper and at 3 months when she learned to roll from her tummy to her back, it was very traumatizing and we stopped getting all of that sleep we had previously been getting. She rolls over and her eyes pop right open and she just cannot sleep on her back. Just as I was in the depths of despair over this, and after trying many things to help, I went to wake her one night from her evening nap and found her like this. At first I assumed she was on her tummy but she did look a little odd. Then I saw her dress and the thumb of her hand and thought surely she is not asleep on her back. I lifted her dress just to be sure and...

That is totally her belly button. I was SO excited. She CAN do it and now our nights and naps are getting better again and I find her on her side, and sometimes even on her back.

Our little turtle the boys found in the back yard this week. They kept him for an hour and fed him carrots and water. Then they let him go.

Look who found her feet! I love this moment in a wee babe's life. They are so delighted to discover those hands and feet and start awkwardly experimenting with them. So cute.

Kaden is such a good big brother. This little girl cannot make a fuss without having several people rush to talk to her and hold her and give her toys. I am trying to at least once in awhile have her be by herself and have to entertain herself, or one day I will be in big trouble.