Trip Home
We got to spend last week in Washington visiting our families. We got out a slip in slide for the kids to play with a day we were there. Jason had a blast running and sliding. Samantha sat and splashed a little in the water. Kaitlin had no fear and insisted on crawling up and down the slip in slide even with the water spraying her in the face. It was funny and she was determined. It was a good day.
Samantha Scooting
We have to share, in all fairness, Samantha's scooting too. She has been doing this around the house for a good month or so which has made Kaitlin very jealous. The tables are turned a little now. Maybe she will watch her sister and learn how to flip over to move. This would greatly improve her bald spot on the back of her head! She is sure cute scooting though.
House Pics
We have been working hard this summer fixing up our new house. And, since we have had some people requesting some pictures of all of our hard work we decided to finally take some. We also made a little movie so you can get the full effect. So far we have just done a LOT of painting, but we did sheet rock and finish over the ceiling in the front room as well and add a chandelier and a light fixture in the front room. For the record too the bathrooms are no longer red. They are now a lovely white :-). If you had seen them before you would know why white is such an improvement!
My rooms are lacking some accessories, but I we will get to the colorful pillows, curtains, and whatnots one of these days :). We love how much more bright and clean the house feels now. So, for our Washington/Utah/Florida/California family (and everyone else who cares ) out there this is for you!
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Last Week
My beautiful sister and her husband flew in from Florida last week to visit! I asked Jason to guess who was coming and I told him to guess someone who he loved very much. He said Julie and Andy right away. Not only did we get to see her cute pregnant belly, but Grandma and Grandpa Murdock came to to visit too. We had a wonderful time! One of the days they were here we went to the Washington County fair here in Hillsboro. We had a great time.
Check out the ADORABLE hats my mom bought the girls. I love them!
Family Pictures
We had some family photos taken on our trip to Utah with the Lloyd family. Check some of them out here!
Thanks Alicia Jones!
Home Repairs
A lot of people have been asking for pictures of our house but the truth of the matter is that we haven't been taking too many because we are working hard this summer to get things how we like them. After thinking for a while we decided that our best option for the living room ceiling would be to sheetrock and finish the bad boy so that's what we did yesterday. Lest you think that I was able to do the whole thing by myself, you would be amazed at how much Melinda put into this one, from helping me move the 100 pound 2 packs of drywall to placing the supports. We make a pretty good team. You can kind of see what it looked like before too in the pictures.
For Grandma Lloyd
Last summer G&G Lloyd went to Ecuador. Grandma discovered these beautiful dresses for the girls. I have been anxiously waiting until the girls were big enough for them. They wore them today to church and were so cute! I didn't get a picture of Samantha in her matching blue dress, but I did get some cute ones of Kaitlin.
Camping
Last week we got to go camping at Cape Lookout. We have an amazing tent that fit two port-a- cribs, a mattress for Jason, and a king size blow up mattress for Benj and I and despite it being really cold everyone slept really well! Jason loved playing in the water and sand. Thank goodness Grandma Lloyd was there because she was the only one willing to brave the water with him.
Check up
Our girls are 6 months! Time is going by so fast and I can't believe how fast my tiny little babies have grown into rolling and scooting, chubby little girls. Here are their stats and some fun tid bits about them.
Samantha is full of energy, loves to play with her toys. She will give you the sweetest open mouth crinkled nose smile if you just look at her. Her favorite thing to do right now is to lay on her back and push herself backwards. She scoots all over the house looking backwards at where she is headed. She can roll from her belly to her back and from her back to her belly and is getting better and better at sitting up on her own. She has quite the war cry scream. She doesn't do it when she is mad, but instead when she is just playing or just wants someone to look at her. She will not fall asleep unless she is swaddled or at least holding onto her blanket, but is good at falling asleep on her own. She loves her parents and gives great hugs and snuggles and especially loves to rub faces with you. She weighs 17lbs 6oz and is 27.5 inches long.
Kaitlin is mellow and quieter than her sister, but lately thanks to some teeth coming in has definitely found her voice for sure! She loves to watch her brother and will giggle and giggle at him being silly. She also loves when her daddy or brother play peek a boo with her. She is great at rolling from all positions and tries really really hard to sit up by herself while laying on her back. She is going to have the strongest core from all her palliate moves. Kaitlin loves to give kisses and will grab your face and pull it towards her mouth for a slimy one. One of her favorite things to do is jump in her Johnny Jumper. She loves being cuddled in a blanket as well and will fall asleep really fast in her bed if I just rub her face for a minute or so to get her sleepy. We think she is going to be a dancer because she is always wiggling and bouncing. She weighs 17lbs 6 oz and is 27 inches long.
And, they are both loving this real food thing! We try really hard to stay clean, but it is hard when you are negotiating two mouths and four hands trying to grab the spoons and the food!
We love our little precious girls and are so thankful for them in our family!
(Kaitlin is on the left, Samantha is on the right)
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