Massage

My neck and back are still bothering me from the accident in Utah, so last week Byron and I got massages. Regina has been friends of the Harris' for 15 years now and is also my pilates instructor. I love that she comes to house, it is much easier for us with the two kids. As you can tell, Olsen was not going to be left out and climbed onto the table and got his first massage.



I love these PJ (same one from the horsey ride Fely). I had to get a picture of Byron holding Gabriella right before bed.

Olsen climbs into Gabriella crib all the time. It is pretty cute. Sometimes in the morning he will climb in a cuddle with her. This is right after she woke up from her nap.

Horsey ride

Olsen loves Gabriella and wants to do everything with her. We were goofing off yesterday morning before church and he wanted Gabriella to get on his back. Here is how the horsey ride played out. As you can tell, Gabriella love her brother too. They are such funny kids.

Lets play ball

Now that we actually have a real backyard, Olsen has been able to go out and play some games. We got a small soccer ball for him and he is pretty good at kicking it. Maybe his aunt Monica should come over and give a few pointers. :)

Here daddy his showing him how it is done

Olsen soon got the hang of it.


Gabriella just hanging out (with the help of daddy) while her brother is going crazy kicking the soccer ball

The two of them looking quite pretty in the afternoon sun.

Making up for lost time

I need to be better about updating. What can I say, I've had a very crazy week and have had no time to post or even think about posting. I did get some cute shots of my kids though. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

Gabriella is looking very angelic in these pictures



Olsen is playing cooking monster with my phone. It was pretty cute at the time. He loves to play cookie monster with about everything now. Thank you Seasame Street. :)

Like father like son?

Olsen wanted to cuddle with daddy.

And be just like him

Pictures

Here are some pictures of before we went to Utah. I meant to post them before we left, but ran out of time.

Here are the two cuties right before bed. They've got their PJ on and are ready for "night night"

Olsen received a music set for his birthday from his Aunt and Uncle (I still think they are making up for all the crazy LOUD toys Byron gave their kids growing up) and has really enjoyed it. Sometimes the instruments have to take a "time-out" though.

Yes, I believe they can be TOO cute sometimes.

My two helper with laundry.

All about a girl

Gabriella is getting good at sitting up. Okay, so maybe it's just for about a minute, but that is pretty darn good. :)

Sittin' and chillin' with Nohea

Gabriella slept in her own crib last night for the first time. She was sleeping in her bassinett in our room, but now she is a big girl (all of 5 months) and sleeps in her own room.

Showing off her new outfit. She is getting so big, she has already grown out of her 6 month clothes.

Play date

Today Shannon came over with Kelton and Nohea. And boy did the boys have a busy day.

First they played T-ball.

Then catch

And finally rolling down the small hill.

All the while, they girls were hanging out on the lania.


All in all, it was a very fun day.

peek-a-boo and slam dunk

While I was making dinner tonight I put Gabriella in her jump-a-roo next to the kitchen. All of the sudden I hear this "boo" "boo" and I look over and there is Olsen playing peek-a-boo with Gabriella with the vertical blinds. Normally I wouldn't let him play with the blinds, but he was being so cute I couldn't tell him to stop.

Olsen is starting to warm up to the new house. The first night we were here he wouldn't stop crying and didn't fall asleep till 12:30. I was able to tempt him to take a bath by buying a new net and ball for it. He loved it and had to go to bed with tonight. Funny boy.

Moving

Okay, three words for ya - MOVING IS HELL. I don't ever want to move again. I can't believe the amount of "stuff" I have collected in the three and half years I've been married. Here are a couple of shots of the house. We are still putting things away and will take more once the house is completely put together. Hopefully it will be done before we live for Utah next week.

This was taken right at the front door an hour after I got the keys to the place. The kitchen is the door on the right and the laundry room is right before the storage selves you see on the left. As you can see, the entryway is stone and then hardwood floors in the main living areas and what you can't see is carpet in the bedrooms. Shannon came over to help me put the kitchen together while Kelton and Olsen played with the trains in a very empty living room.

Here is the kitchen with the dinning room in the back. Oh, we now have our dinning room table and I love it. I will post pictures of that later.

These were taken today while Olsen was playing outside. When we were in Utah last spring Olsen would play with Westwoods t-ball and I have always wanted to get one for him ever since but couldn't. Now I can.


We have a banana tree in our side yard. How cool is that. They are ripe and I need to figure out how to cut them down.