Seth is four months old!

Here's a picture of Seth from his blessing day, January 4. He's even bigger now!

We just got back from Seth's four month well-child visit. He's growing! He is now 15 lbs, 2.5 oz (55%), 26 in long (90%) and his head is 43 cm around (75%). So he's tall with a big head. He's still the cutest little baby ever (well, he shares that with his sibings, of course) . He's learning about his hands right now and giggles at his brothers crazy dancing. His hair, what he has of it, is reddish blonde and his eyes haven't turned brown...yet...but they're usually twinkling as he grins and wiggles. He loves to entertain the people that sit behind us in sacrament meeting and competes with Joseph for the most laughs from people watching. He's decided that he doesn't want to sleep all throught the night anymore, but we'll work on that and maybe we'll start trying solid foods, too. If we want to worry about the mess, anyway! He's been a wonderful baby and our whole family is really enjoying him.

My little ballerinas

Due to popular demand, here are the pictures of the Child Family Ballet.

The star of the show.

Caleb showing his classic Kung Fu Ballet pose.

Our beautiful Cinderalla.

I know he doesn't look excited in this picture, but he loved twirling in this skirt.

The pressure is getting to him.

And that's all folks!

25 random things

I posted this on Facebook, but I decided to put it here, too, because it took awhile so I want extra credit for it. If any of you would like to do it, it's kind of fun to find out these things about other people.

Rules:
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I've lived in a place in the U.S. that is actually two hours away from a Walmart.
2. I've only been in a hot air balloon once and would love to do it again.
3. I think Napolean Dynamite is funny. I know alot of you don't, but the whole FFA thing is hillarious. And the phone booth out in a field. And the grapefruit.
4. I once lost my ski going up a chair lift, so they sent me back down on the chair lift.
5. I'd much rather read a book than clean a toilet. But I do try.
6. I've had a baby in a Navajo hospital. The nurses were excited--Look! a white baby!
7. I hate it when my kids leave lights on and dirty socks on the floor. I know, I sound like a mom.
8. I had most of the words to the songs from Starlight Express memorized when I was a kid. Does anyone else even know Starlight Express?
9. I do not have the theme song for Thomas the Tank engine memorized. But I do sing Bob the Builder almost every night.
10. I used to have over a hundred Latin names for plants memorized. Not so much anymore.
11. I've eaten octopus, rattlesnake, and mutton stew. But no avocado shakes, thank you very much.
12. I learned to ski when I was 6 years old, and I haven't been for six years. Sigh, sigh.
13. I make pizza dough from scratch, just like my mom.
14. I have a two-year-old that randomly says Bing-Bong all day long. I'm not sure what that means.
15. I think my favorite actor of all time has to be Jimmy Stewart.
16. I've never seen Dumb and Dumber all the way through. Not too excited to finish it.
17. I LOVE my dishwasher. His name is Farris.
18. I've only fainted once in my whole life. Pregnant. Kneeling for a long time. Don't remember much after that.
19. I've only had a black eye once in my whole life. I fell and was kicked by a calf. There's more to the story, but you'll have to ask.
20. Sighting #19 and my many but not great attempts at dancing, no one has ever called me graceful before.
21. I've only had stiches once before. I fell off my tricycle. Also more to story. Also not graceful.
22. My favorite car was a '66 Chevy Impala. It taught me how to get around when your car won't go in reverse, how to tell if your alternator is going out, and how to fit 16 high schoolers in one vehicle. I loved that car.
23. I can change a tire all by myself, and have proved it twice. Would like to not do it again.
24. I am one of those people that if I can't find a hammer, I'll use the back of a screwdriver.
25. I stood up for Louis Lamour to my college lit professor.

life again

This week has been kind of slow, not alot to write about because flu or something like it, made a pass through our family, late wednesday to early friday. Luckily, it only got half of us (me, Joseph and Caleb), but it's never fun taking care of two sick kids when you're sick yourself. I guess I deserved it because I started it. Farris did as much as he could, going in late to work and taking care of everything when he came home. Cereal for dinner delighted the kids, and I took a nap. Happily, we were all done by Friday night and Farris and I actually went out on a date. Awwwww, free dinner and entertainment at the stake High Priests Activity. Still, it was very nice and they had BYU creamery ice cream (very good, but I'd love some aggie ice cream) and my stomach was settled so I could enjoy it. So not a bad week ater all. Hopefully our immune systems are back up to speed and this bout won't lead to something else. Joseph still shouts out bing-bong every now and again, but doesn't think he has sole-ownership of it any more, so now he is pretty much the only one who says it. Felicity will be starting a Little Princess class soon, my girly-girl is happy. We've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what they'll actually do in that class. When I told her that she'd learn how to kiss a little prince, she giggled and said "No mom, there's not going to be any boys in the class!" So that's all that's stopping her, huh. Well, it's my fault for bringing it up, I guess. Last night Felicity and the boys (under her direction) dressed up in tu-tus and princess dresses and danced in the living room. No matter how many brothers she has, I think she'll still be in charge of the kids.

This week...

We've had a busy and crazy week. Or maybe we've had a busy week and crazy kids...For Felicity we had Parent/Teacher Conferences, she's doing good except fr her handwriting still needs to improve, she writes too fast(yup, we can still blame that on genes, especially because her little cousin Taylor that's in kindergarten got the same assessment at her conference). Her spelling and reading have jumped and she's doing great. She also has a new best friend (Bethany)to play with her and Emmalee, lots of gigging from those three. Caleb got to go back to his ABC class, he hasn't been since before Christmas, and he missed it. They made rabbit ears to wear (brought to you by the letter R), and he wore them the rest of the day and most of Thursday, too (even to the doctors office and around town). Joseph still loves the word bing-bong, and has also found a new best friend, who's name, funny enough, is Hyrum (Bethany's little brother). They were born about a week apart and have mutual affection for loud noises and hot chocolate. Seth is growing rapidly, we're comparing him to bigger bags of flour now. His next drs appointment is in a few weeks, I can't wait to see how big he really is. He's the happiest little guy I've ever seen, even when Joseph tackles him he smiles. Most of the time. He still sleeps through the night about half the time, bless his bald little head. Farris and I are doing great, too. Farris went to the dentist and has no plans to go back for six more months, hurrah. And I went to the doctors to make sure I didn't have Strep throat and I just had a yucky cold, which I'm almost over now. We helped my sister get a washer/dryer set up in her apartment and visited with her and mom and dad. Grandpa gloated over Seth the whole time, and mom enjoyed watching the antics. All is right with the world, except Felicity loudly protesting the picking up of her room. So all is normal in the world.

New word

There's a new favorite word around our house: bing-bong. This morning Joseph informed all of us that he was the only one who could say bing-bong. Ok. Now his brother and sister think it's hilarious to say it while he screeches "no! that's my word!" Life with kids is interesting. You never know what the day will bring.

Yucky cold

I have a yucky, horrid cold. Yes, I am complaining and wouldn't mind any sympathy you can send my way. But if you call on the phone, just remember that the strange graveley voice on the line is me. A telemarketer called yesterday and when I said "Hello?" he said (in that artificially bright and happy telemarketer voice) "Hi, can I speak to the lady of the house?" And when I said "This is she...," he paused for a second and then hung up. I guess he thought I was pulling his chain. Which is ok, because I hate that phrase "the lady of the house." Maybe it's my sore throat and runny nose speaking, but it's really a dumb and outdated phrase. Speaking of telemarketers not understanding the situation they phoned into, one called my parents house a few years ago. When my Dad answered, the telemarketer asked to speak to his mom. My Dad just said, "She's not here right now" and hung up, it was completely the truth, Grandma passed away when I was 6 years old. So these poor telemarketers are getting my Dad's young sounding voice and my preteen-boy-who's-trying-to-speak without-losing-control-of-his-voice voice, and that is why at the end of this post, which is probably a little nuttier than usual because I am fatigued, achy, scratchy in the throat and all the other stuff, I implore all of you to get some kind of training or college education so you never have to become a telemarketer.