One of those catch up posts, because I haven't posted in forever...

So, a quick catch up.

I don't take enough pictures. It's starting to bother me, so maybe I will change that.

We were super sick two weeks back and I still feel like we are finally getting back in the swing of things. It's amazing how long it takes to get everyone feeling better. Forever.

I am hitting that time of year that I feel sooooo homesick. It's been about 4 months since I've seen family and I still have 4 months until I get to visit family in Utah. That halfway point is HARD. Luckily, Dallas' sister is coming to see us soon. Yeay for visitors!!

March is going by FAST. But I will not complain, because it is usually slow. Also, the weather (minus the wind) is fabulous right now. Today was the best day yet, in the seventies. Flip flops, t-shirts... and really, I should have pulled out the shorts and capris. Soooo nice.

I keep telling myself that I need to take Daphne's 4 month pictures, but it hasn't really happened yet. But I took these the other day and I like them. :) I'll have to do some that are more posed later. For now, here is something cute to look at...

This past month Daphne can:

Roll from belly to back... on occasion, but not a lot. 

Reach and bat at toys

Grasp toys (she gets so excited when we put toys in front of her)

Giggle

Fall asleep on her own (only crying for 5 minutes or so)

Follow or turn towards our voices

Sit in her bumbo seat

Sometimes she tries to roll to her belly, but she hasn't figured that one out yet

At the beginning of the month when Daphne had a nasty cold, it threw off her whole schedule. She went from sleeping through the night, every night, to waking up once or twice. I got a taste of the sleep deprivation that I should have had during her 2nd and 3rd months. Lucky for me she was a great sleeper, but unfortunately that didn't last long. Now that she is feeling better she is starting to get her routine back.... but every other night or so she will wake up to eat and sometimes have a hard time going back to sleep. That or she wakes up really early.

Daphne is still her sweet little self, even though she wakes me up at night. Her sweet personality amazes me. I love how happy she is. The kids just love her to pieces, and so do Dallas and I.

Story about Evan: He is obsessed about calendars and time, as you may know. Last Monday after school Evan was really upset. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that the class calendar was wrong. March started on Wednesday when it was supposed to start on Thursday. He was practically in tears. I calmed him down and left before he made a scene. Later he told Dallas about this and he said that he told the teacher about the mistake, but the teacher told him that the calendar was right. He went on to explain that it was March 5th that day and not March 6th as they told him. They continued to tell him that it was March 6th. Oh Evan. He is so silly and likes things to be just right. No wonder he was sad when I picked him up. I wonder what the teachers thought when they realized that a five year old had been right and had noticed the silly mistake. To think that a five year old would even care :)

Story about Makiah: We got new neighbors and they have kids. My kids saw them outside in the back and wanted to play with them. Makiah was not afraid to ask them if they wanted to play, but was really confused when they said no. She came in the house so sad and explained what happened. I think it is so funny that my kids are not shy at all, when they have two very quiet and shy parents. I had to explain to her that it was ok if the kids didn't want to play, and that they might be shy. The next day she tried again to get the kids to play with her, but they said no again. Poor girl. Maybe one day they will come play with her :)

As for Dallas and I... Same old. I did get a new haircut though, that I really like. Dallas is just enjoying work. But we are both getting excited (more myself than him) for our new van that we'll be getting by the end of the week. Super excited!