Grayson Ruth

Grayson is now crawling, my baby girl is growing up so fast. Last Monday (3/2), I looked over to check on Grayson and she was not in the spot where I had put her, she was on hands and knees heading slowly over to a toy she had her eyes on. Today, she is getting around even faster than last week. I felt something tugging on my pants leg in the kitchen, I was washing dishes, looked down and she had already made her way to me. She is also working on sitting up by herself, I know it will not be long and she will be sitting upright, instead of slightly to the side, propped up on one hand. The boys are getting a kick out of all the new things that Grayson is able to do, of course, Wyatt will catch her with one of his toys, run over to get it and tell her NO! NO!.
Grayson has been teething and around 4:00 everyday she requires my attention and anything I am doing gets put on hold until the next day usually. I have been trying to get her to eat cereal and baby food, but she has not wanted any of it. So, it has been difficult, because she is burning more calories and wants to nurse every hour and a half lately. But, I am not going to give up I will just keep trying to get her to eat some cereal or baby food.
She is always so happy and enjoys others company. She does also have quite the temper, when she is ready to eat, she lets you know that when she is hungry she wants it now not when I am ready. She stopped taking a pacifier and sucks on her first two fingers on her right hand and as soon as I finish nursing her at night she pops them right into her mouth to soothe her, in order to go to sleep. I wonder if she will be more of a mommies or daddies girl at this point. Of course, right now she is a mommies girl all the way.

What's Up!

We have been somewhat busy this past couple of weekends. We have been in the process of buying our second home, we have ordered our home and hope to be in it by April, I can not wait, we are so very cramped in the house we are renting. I am excited about moving in, we will be located in Lovington, NM, about 15 minutes from Hobbs. The house is 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and will sit on 4 and 1/2 acres of land. We have a lot ahead of us, packing, moving, unpacking, planting, landscaping. My mom and sister, along with her children will be coming to visit and help us settle in, I am excited about it.

I kept Brody one Friday and had so much fun with both babies, and of course the boys too. We spent Valentines Day with Beverly and Doug. Linsey and Brody also joined in on the fun. As usual we hung out at Sharon and Bev's favorite eating place, DQ. The next weekend Beverly stayed with us in Hobbs, she came to watch the kids while Cody and I attended a Sweetheart's Banquet at church. Linsey and Brody arrived on Saturday, we went and had Brody and Grayson's pictures taken on Sunday.

Below are just a few pics and video of the kids.

New Years

My grandparents meeting Grayson for the first time.

My mom made her a few dresses for church.
We celebrated Christmas on New Year's day, all of the kids loved all of the gifts they received.

My cousin and her two daughters.

My sister-n-law, Tanya with my nephew Keaton.

New Year's Eve my dad put together a small bonfire for the kids and they roasted marshmallows, Bryce had never actually roasted one before, his reaction was so funny. He kept his distance, my dad had to show him what to do. He started shaking the stick real fast, because it was on fire and did not know why his marshmallow was inflamed. Bryce did not like how it tasted.

The love birds.

McKenna Children's Museum...New Braunfels, TX

While I was on my trip, visiting my family around San Antonio, I wanted to venture out with the kids and take them somewhere they could run around and get into things without getting into trouble every five minutes. I knew there was a children's museum in San Antonio, but my sister clued me in on one in New Braunfels that she takes her kids to.

I woke up early to get ready, because we had an hour drive ahead of us and we still had to pick up two kids on the way. We had a total of 9 kids in all (all nieces and nephews), of course, my mom, Debra, and Crystal also joined in on the fun. They were so eager to enter the building when we arrived and couldn't wait to have some fun. Once we entered, the kids went into so many different directions, it was hard to keep track of where everyone was. My main focus was keeping up with Wyatt, I knew Bryce could hold his on and hope that he was well behaved while out of my sight.

The museum had a bank, a grocery store, a farm, art area, train area (for small kids), doctor's office, spaceship, camping area, and a water park type exhibit.

Here is Grayson with her cousin Autumn (she is 2 months older than Grayson).

Here is my sister Debra with Grayson.

Sarah and Wyatt capture their creative side on canvas. Wyatt likes seeing his painting up on the frig.
All of the kids withrew money from the ATM to purchase groceries. Evan is buying cereal and Bekah is checking him out at the cash register.