Daniel is learning how to crawl and scoot!

So, here is Daniel! He is so fun to watch on the floor. (well anytime actually!)He is figuring out how to move and roll around. He always been a tummy-sleeper, and now when he wakes up he is rolling over to his back. The last few days I have been finding him on his back when he has been falling asleep on his tummy. Its pretty cute!

These pictures are from mid-November when Scott spent a saturday blowing, raking and bagging the leaves with some help from Nathan.

The pile was HUGE!

And, finally, this was the afternoom before Thanksgiving when I was making pies. Daniel was interested at first, but then decided napping was a better way to spend the afternoon!

Daniel's Bouncy Chair

I sound really cheesy in this clip, but Daniel was so excited and having fun, that I was trying to get video. He LOVES his bouncy chair, its where he sits while we have meals and I clean the kitchen, make dinner... His seat in the kitchen. Nathan usually ignores him unless Scott or I are playing or talking with Daniel.

Upcoming videos will feature Daniel and his scooting technique- it is so fun to watch! As far as Scott and I can remember, Nathan was crawling at about 6 months. Daniel will be 5 months old next week, I think he might keep up with his brother and be crawling in January.

Where does time go?

What cute boys!! Daniel is getting ready to be a movin' baby, he can wiggle pretty good on the floor. Nathan is beginning to realize that having a brother might be fun...

We have internet again, yay! Life without internet is much too complicated! We are finally done with moving. I am very happy about that. We got the house looking great for Thanksgiving last week and had a fun time. I got to use my Burgenland dishes for a big meal for the first time, they are such pretty dishes. I am glad that Mom is building up my collection. Here is a picture of the table, didn't Scott do a good job setting it so nicely?

This is the kids table. They were sitting and done with their Thanksgiving feast in record time and off playing happily in the basement. The older cousins, i.e. Whitney and Kali set up school in the playroom. You'd think they would be tired of it! The little boys played along pretty well.
And this is Nathan and George in their mummy hats. (empty ice cream buckets) And his red suit and sword. Its pretty easy to keep Nathan happy.

Anyway, it is late, I need to get some sleep! I will have to post videos of Daniel and Nathan soon.

Halloween Dancing

Whitney, er, the scary Monster, doing her thing on Halloween:

A little behind the times...

So, we moved! Again. But it is an upgrade. We are living in Scott's parent's house now (in South Jordan) while they are in Greece for the next 1 1/2 years. We are getting to be pro movers, and Scott's muscles are getting pretty well-defined with all the moves he has helped with, including our own. We learned how important it is to label boxes really well.

Anyway, I am finally getting our Halloween pictures posted. We had a fun Halloween night trick-or-treating with the Johnsons and then had a fun sleepover with the Barneys. Here is our big cowboy baby! He was a cowboy for the Jeffery party and then a pumpkin on Halloween night. He had his 4-month birthday this week and now weighs in at 18.3 lbs (97th percentile), 26.6 inches (90th percentile)!!! No wonder my arms get sore if I carry him around very long! The Dr. suggests that he can start solids anytime now, but I am not sure if I am ready for him to grow up! I guess that now the recommendations are to start solids between 4-6 months, that seems so early 'cause Nathan didn't start solids til he was 7 months! The 'experts' change their minds every few years it seems. :)

Nathan was a giraffe, isn't he cute?? But really, he wanted to be a soldier. His cousin had the commando costume that Nathan wanted to wear as soon as Tyson took it off! He is on a soldier kick lately; he would wear his army clothes and snow boots every day if he could.
And lastly, here is my handsome rodeo clown! The whole ensemble was impressive! I think that the painted face scared Daniel though.

To nap or not to nap?

Nap-time at the Kenningtons, including Daniel, Nathan and Liz

Why is it that kids don't appreciate how WONDERFUL naps are? They just want to stay up and play, while I would take a nap everyday if I could. Nathan has been testing the idea of skipping his nap all together, and I am not ready for it! The days when Nathan and Daniel nap at the same time are great because either I can take a nap too, or I can get things done around the house so much faster than if they were awake.

So instead of telling Nathan that it is nap time, we now have "Quiet Time." He can play or read stories in his room for an hour. Usually, he will end up falling asleep within the first 20 minutes. I think he just doesn't want to be told what to do. (Typical 3 year old, right?) And occasionally, he just lays down where he is playing and sleeps. (See pictures below.)

Kids can sleep great anywhere!!

Also notice the blue snow boots. As Scott told me the other day, we may need to "surgically remove the boots at the end of the winter." He LOVES his boots. We told him he could wear them when it started to snow, and sure enough, when we had snow a few weeks ago, he asked for his boots. He wears them all the time and we really have to convince him to wear other shoes to church at least!

This was around dinner time on a day where he skipped a nap. He just lay down on the floor while we had the news on, and he was out.

So, here is hoping that Nathan continues with his naps for awhile longer- at least until Daniel is sleeping more than 4-6 hours at night! Daniel has great nights when he sleeps for 6 hours, and then the next night, he is waking up every 3 hours. But, he is almost 4 months old. Here his is in the leaves with his Halloween costume!

Farm Fun in Oregon with the Kenningtons!

How is that for a post title? A week and a half ago, (sorry we are slow to post!) we drove up to Ontario, OR to visit Katie and Casey and Elsa. The boys did great in the car, it took us only about 6 hrs drive time to get there. We had several stops on the way for Scott to do some audits, the first in Burley, Idaho and the second in Jerome, Idaho. There is not much in either town, but at least I was able to go to a Walmart in Burley to entertain the boys while we waited for dad to do his work. Nathan got a $2 soldier figures set (you know, those green plastic army dudes like in Toy Story??) and he has loved it! It sure was great that day.

Daniel sat next to Nathan in the car and slept most of the time. When he was awake, I think he kept entertained watching Nathan or listening to the movies Nathan watched on the way up there. Nathan loved the portable DVD player that he could hold. I was worried he was going to get car sick, but he didn't. That was a relief.

The highlight of the trip for Nathan was the Kennington Farm. Scott and Nathan went with Casey one afternoon. Nathan got to ride the front loader with Casey and get hay. He also got to ride the 4-wheeler with Dad. And he got to sit on a tractor. So life is good. They also helped with feeding some of the calves. Nathan also liked playing in the sandbox by their house.

For full details of all the fun activities we had while there, see Casey's blog. (link on the right)

These are pumpkins from Katie's garden-- well, minus the cute, smiling "little pumpkin." He's ours. I love his cute smile!!

Here's all the Jackson grand-babies! Elsa really is a cutie, she is crawling everywhere. And Daniel really is smaller than her, although they seem to be the same size in this picture. Just give him a few months to catch up! Katie and I even put all 3 kids in the back seat of the Honda for a ride to the John Deere store. The doors barely closed!

Nathan is really concentrating on driving the tractor.

Thanks to the Kenningtons for such a great trip up there! We highly recommend the lil' home on Sunset Dr to anyone looking for a fun getaway!