Family and Fun!

Quinnlee and cousin Elexia

Well, it's been a while since i've updated my blog and there has been so much going on. Quinnlee is 6 months old today and just keeps growing. She now wieghs about 17 lbs and is almost 27 inch. long. I can't believe how time has flown and how big our little girl is. She has started eating solid food. She's not quite sure how she feels about it yet, but we're still working on getting the spoon in the mouth and swollowing the food. Her favorite so far is sweet potatos, givin she's only tried those, peas, avacado's and bananas. She is such a curious little thing, always watching and taking in all she can.

This past week she has started rolling over both ways. I put her down next to me and the next thing I know, she's on the other side of the room. She is also sitting up all by herself, with the occational tip overs. Next thing I know, she'll be crawling! She really needs to slow down.

She is not sleeping well at night (neither are we), waking up every couple hours for her binkie, so we took the binkie away... only at night time. (yeah, call me crazy!) When she wakes up at night now she just has to cry herself to sleep. These past few nights have been very long for all of us, but she's starting to learn to sooth herself back to sleep. She doesn't take good naps during the day either, so I will give her her binkie to go to sleep, but if she spits it out and starts crying, she has to cry herself to sleep. Today, she slept for 2 hourst so I think it's working. This has been the hardest thing I have had to do since she was born, but i'm taking desperate measures so we all can start sleeping better.

Jacob has started finishing our basement (bless his heart), so in just a few short months we will all move down there and Quinnlee will finally have her own room. I can't wait!

Jacob has been working so hard lately. His business is busier than ever and it's success has been such a blessing in our lives. He works all day, then comes home and works on the basement. I know he works so hard for his family and I am so grateful for all he does... even though I wish I could spend more time with him. Thanks to both of our families who have given us some down time to spend with them and just relax!

SO.......

Here is what we have all been up too lately.

Bathtime is Quinnlee's favorite time of the day!

Quinnlee and Jacob have so much fun together....

this is what they do for fun!
She thinks Mom and Dad are the funniest people ever....

when really we're just crazy!

She gets really excited when she hears the door unlocking...

she's knows it's her Daddy.
She sits up all by herself....

with a little spill every once in a while.
She has even started to sign the word milk (with a little prompting) when I show her the bottle. She's so smart!

My Mom decided to start an annual Valentine's party for our family. This year we all got together(exept for Uncle Eric, he had to work) and and went bowling. It was so fun to have everyone together and the kids laughing and having so much fun. Even Quinnlee and cousin Grant had fun watching everything that was going on around them. Thanks Mom... this will be such a fun tradition!

Here is all the cousin's together.... Quinnlee LOVES her cousins! Quinnlee and cousin Grant are best buds... they love hangin' out together
and watching everything going on around them. (Sorry about the Blurriness)
Meagan and Preston came over to my Mom's house while Quinnlee and I were there visiting. This was the first time Quinnlee and Preston had played together.... they hit it off very well!
Two peas in a pod!

Last weekend most of Jacob's family came home and my wonderful mother-in-law took us swimming to 1000 Springs in Hagerman. Quinnlee had never been swimming before so we were really looking forward to seeing how she would like it. Well, she LOVED it. We bought her a little innertube and she stayed in that thing in the water for over two hours. She had so much fun splashing and watching all the other swimmers. Her favorite was to watch the kids jumping off the diving board. She was so happy to be in the warm water surrounded by all her family. Thanks Grandma Brown, We Love You!





So that's us in a nutshell (well, kinda) from the past few months. Now that I have internet at my house, and all my pictures in order I will start being better about updating my blog. Well, hopefully.