I am Thankful for Sarah Jane!

So I thought that I would just dedicate a posting to tell you how thankful I am for our funny little "BUG", Sarah Jane!

Here she is at Halloween... she was so cute and has just learned to say "ChEEEEZZ" She loved being Tigger and would bring me the costume every day for weeks so I would put it on her!
For Halloween we decorated cookies... above is the Before shot and below is the After! Isn't she too old to make such a mess of her food?
Sarah Jane has such a fun personality she is always making funny faces!

Above is Sarah Jane at 17months and below is Carlie at 11months...

Whenever I try to take a picture of Sarah Jane she juts out her chin and does a weird smile!

These two girls are so cute together! They love each other (for the most part)... Kara is Valerie's daughter who is a year older. Kara calls Sarah Jane just Jane! I love it!

Silly Girl!

I love putting her hair in pig tails, I think it is so dang cute!

Whoa! Close up!

I always think it is fun to compare how Sarah Jane looks to how Carlie looked at the same age! I think that they look quite a bit different!

I love this little girl and her chubby cheeks! They are so squeezable... don't try it though because she will squeeze right back and it hurts!

I love my baby girl and I can hardly believe that she is almost in nursery (next month yeah!). She is such a blessing in our home. She is always happy and is very active, climbing, running, and laughing! She loves to play with Carlie, they are best friends! She loves talking to Grady... she will get right in his face and say Hiiiiiiiiii! She is such a daddy's girl! She is such a joy to me I love her so much!


This video is fun because Sarah Jane is just starting to really talk and say phrases. Here she is talking to one of my sisters Shari... who most of you know is Sarah Jane's favorite person ever! You can also see Julie and her son Jaxson.

I love you!

Growing up... Update!

I love Daddy he loves me we love Carlie yes siree we all love Sarah Jane and Grady! We are a happy family!

Grady Augustus Drake at Three Months! His last checkup put him at 13lbs 4oz!

Thinking about smiling...

Smiling!

Super Smiley!

A lot of people, when they see Grady, say look it's a little Gus... I don't see it!

They are growing up so fast, I can hardly believe that I have three!

My cute boy trying to sleep/eat through his sisters fighting!

It was really only a matter of time.

Carlie is showing me her new crayons and coloring book... the old ones we well used and passed on to Sarah Jane to destroy!

A nice calm evening with Grady dozing in his bouncy seat and the girls coloring!

We had Emily and Kara (my sister Valerie's girls) over for a couple of nights while Valerie and Bryce went hunting... The girls had a lot of fun together! It's so fun to have cousins close!

This is often the situation I find myself in the morning... where is my spot?

Grady loves his bouncy seat and so do I!!!

Sarah Jane was a little tired of shopping at Boise Town Square by the end of the day... poor baby!

Happy Grady at two months, what a great smile!

Here are a couple of short video clips of Grady. In the first he is two months old and in the second he is three month (just took the video two nights ago!). We love our little boy he is so fun and sweet. He is so happy all the time!

Carlie started Pre-School!!

I can't believe that Carlie is in pre-school. She will be four soon(January) She is getting to be so grown up! My sisters/sisters-in-law are doing a pre-school together, there are seven little monsters... uh I mean cousins that are participating. Carlie is loving it so far and has retained the letters and numbers she has learned! Here are some picture on her first day of Pre-School! Carlie is such a character, we love her! Sometimes she is a spaz though...

Smile Carlie...


Look at me...


Look at me and Smile...


Sisters! They love playing together in fact it is hard to have one without the other, they keep each other entertained! I love my little girls!

Our little ones!

This is Sarah Jane "Helping"... isn't she sweet? YIKES


Grady was looking at me like... Hello are you going to save me or what?


Carlie came running in the other day to tell us that Sarah Jane was stuck in the "Stink", which was probably true about her diaper! Sarah Jane is our little climber as you can see, she is a little out of control!


Grady with a half smile... I will post a picture of him really smiling soon! He is such a sweet and happy boy!


This picture of Carlie is what I have to deal with every time the camera comes out, "Take a picture of ME mom!"



Grady in his new clothes from a fun shopping trip with Pamela! He is also showing off the quilt that Celeste made for him... isn't it beautiful!



Grady catching some ZZZ's under the blanket his Aunt Kristie made for him! Thanks I... uh I mean he loves it!

Fun Summer Pictures!

Here are some fun pictures from our summer that I haven't had time to post! We have had a great summer filled with family, friends, reunions, and the birth of our sweet baby boy Grady! FYI there are two other posts from family reunions that I just posted today as well so scroll down if you want!

Waltman Family Reunion in Middleton

I know I'm way behind...
So we had our Waltman reunion on 6th, 7th, and 8th of August, the only weekend this summer that it rained... but we made due! We spent a lot of time at the Middleton church so that we could have some space, thank goodness for the blow up toys, Volleyball, Basketball, Obstacle courses, Movies, and Motorcycles! Here are some highlights... sorry, there are a million pictures!