The biggest change is......
Ruby Jane was born on Oct 19, 2010
Look at those big blue eyes....gorgeous!!........and she turned
ONE!!
She is so much fun! She is getting 4 more teeth....making a total of 12 - no wonder we have had lots of sleepless nights lately. She started walking when she was 9 1/2 months...and has never looked back! She is a mini Jaxon through and through....She looks just like him and acts like him too! She is taking swimming lessons & has done great. She floats on her back, turns over at the wall, can 'pancake' in the water. She blows bubbles and is doing wonderful.
......basically she is 22 lbs of perfection.
Jaxon & Millie both had birthdays...twice. They are now 7 & 4. Really where has the time gone. It only seems like yesterday that i was bringing home my first little bundle of joy and here we are now with 3!!
We moved....twice. We are in American Fork and loving our little neighbourhood. When we were looking for a place, i drove into the cul-de-sac and i just knew that it was the place we needed to move...and it was...everything here is just what our family needs.
Jaxon is now in first grade
Jax all ready for his first day of 1st grade Going to sit with his class...he is getting so big !
His school on the first day ..all the teachers were outside cheering for the kids as they walked in. He is working really hard. He has struggled with his reading but has grown leaps and bounds since school started and is now on a reading level 5 (it was a 0 when school started)..which we are so happy about..Both his teacher & his school are Amazing. Within the first week of school his teacher knew he needed help and he was put into a little program where he goes and has 30 minutes of one on one time with a reading teacher everyday. It was definitely an answer to a prayer that he didn't slip through the cracks. He works hard and it is paying off. We are so proud of him!!
He loves to play...Baseball (his first true love), basketball, football, riding his bike, jumping/ playing dodge ball on the tramp, skateboarding, rip stick, scooter, swimming...he would play out from sunrise to sunset if i let him...and some days he does!
Jaxon played baseball this summer
....and fell in love with it all over again.
He wants to play baseball for BYU when he gets older...i hope he does!
Millie is a little firecracker!
Never a dull moment with her around...that is for sure! She is a great sister to Ruby, always trying to help her & she loves Jaxon to death! She loves to play...dressing up, wearing my high heels, carrying a purse, pushing a stroller around, caring for her babies, playing with her kitchen. She loves to paint her nails, put lipstick on, she HATES having her hair done, requires A LOT of sleep...lately as we are driving in the car i can hear her having a full on conversation with her "friends" or pretending she is driving her kids around, or shopping at the store, her imagination is coming to life and i LOVE it. She likes to do her homework when Jax does his....mostly it is scribbles on a piece of paper but she is proud of it. She knows how to spell her name and can't wait to go to school with all the other kids in the neighborhood!
....and she just got bangs :)
It has almost been a year since we sold our house that we moved into a week after we got married...that was one of the hardest things we have had to do, but we knew it was the right thing for our family. Kent has been at his new job for almost a year and that was a blessing for us. Although he has a long commute 4 days a week (80 miles one way) he loves his job and we are thankful that he works so hard to provide for us and so i can stay home with the kids....He is the LOVE of my life.
I love my kids so much....sometimes as i am watching them play...my eyes fill up with tears and i have to catch my breath....because they take it away! xx
.....but i felt the same way ruby looked in this picture....
