Picture Overload....

Lots of pictures of the most beautiful girl in the world eating.  She's just so dang cute, no matter what she is doing!  Also, she was NOT a fan of bananas.  At all.  Check out the video at the bottom. When Logan was a baby he would spit out his food when he didn't like it, but this girl blows it all over the place.  As soon as the spoon is in her mouth, she starts blowing, and mommy gets a shower.  :)

 She's pretty much the happiest, most content baby I have ever met.  But she is also very busy.  Her little hands always have to be doing something.  

A picture of my poor, broken toe.  Stinking walls.  I could almost move it again, and then Logan's crib attacked me.  Now there is no bruise, and no movement.... 

The nasty inversion has been keeping us inside (the subzero temperatures don't help either), so we took a trip to City Creek to go for a walk.

At Kneaders... love that place.

The men in my life...

:)

She is such a daddy's girl.  I try and get her to smile, or even look at me, for hours,and Ryley walks into a room and she starts giggling and dadaddaing and just stares at him.   

We absolutely love the Natural History Museum.  Here is Logan learning about the different parts of a eukaryotic cell.  

And about fish.

Happy lady :)

Drool has been present for about 5 months now... and still not even a hint of a tooth.

Logan and Mia digging for dinosaur bones.  Logan is Mia's hero, and this is a very common sight in our house.... sans dinosaur bones.

In the archaeological dig site

Mia is an archaeologic find!

Waiting for brother to stop playing in the water

And waiting....

Mia loves her fat rolls almost as much as I do...

On Daddyless nights we build forts, eat pizza, watch movies, and snuggle.  And eat chocolate.  :)

One of Logan's favorite games is dress-up....

He wanted to be a knight, but didn't want to get dressed.

More of Mia eating..

At the Great Harvest Bakery Tour.  It was so fun!  Logan got to see how they grind their wheat, make their bread, and cook it in their massive oven (500 loaves at a time!)  He also got his own little dough, shaped it into a worm, and they baked it for him.  

6 months old!!!!

Technically, she is almost 7 months old now, but I kept forgetting to post this.

At her 6 month appointment she was 16.5 lbs and 26 inches long.  

Mia loves to babble, giggle, and play with anything she can get her hands on.

She can sit all by herself

She can roll over (but doesn't like to)

She can do amazing pushups, and I am sure it won't be too long before she starts crawling after her naughty brother.  

She loves applesauce, carrots, squash, and green beans

Not such a fan of bananas or oatmeal

One known allergy: Rice cereal

100th Post!

I can't really put into words just how grateful I was for this blog when I found out our hard drive had been fried.  I lost thousands of pictures, but I didn't lose my favorite pictures!  I now have a renewed sense of enthusiasm for blogging.  

Our first daddy-less week back from break:

Logan surprised me by doing the dishes while I put Emelia to sleep...  

 Mia's new favorite food in the whole world is green beans!

 Sir Logan the Silliest

Mia preparing for battle.  A girl has to be prepared when she has Logan, the "blue lizard ninja with a long tail, named Consequence" running around the house.  Plus, when daddy is home he is the red lizard ninja named Decisions.  Swords come in handy for little ladies.

 :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

The Holidays:

We invited a friend over to decorate "Christmas Trees" made out of ice cream cones.  Logan wasn't interested in making the tree, but made a really neat blue-icing and sprinkle stuffed cone instead. :)

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Logan became more and more excited about Santa.  This is a sight I was used to seeing by Christmas Eve... Logan in a santa hat, with a bag of toys (hidden in this picture), perched upon his (Mia's carseat) sleigh.  

The Enz Family Christmas in Ogden was a lot of fun, but unfortunately I have no pictures of it.  I forgot my camera, and Kathy loaded some of her pictures onto our computer for me.  But then Logan "burned out the monsters" in our computer by spraying it with grape juice, destroying the hard drive, and I lost every picture I had taken over the past 3 years, except those that I have on this site.  So, all these pictures are from what was left on my camera.  On the bright side, we are now the owners of a shiny, new expensive Mac.  There goes Logan's college fund. ;) 

Here are two presents Logan received that Christmas... a dart gun and monster jammies.  These monster jammies are probably his favorite thing in the whole world.  He wants to wear them all day, and if they are dirty at bed time the world ends.  

Gingerbread house!

Mia had her very first sink bath at Grandma Poulsen's house.  She loved it. :)  You can also see the lovely rash she gets every time she eats anything besides breast milk.  She is making life exciting. :)

Uncle Aydan giving Mia rabbit ears.  If there was ever a little girl that had an uncle wrapped around her little finger...

We tried to recreate a picture of me when I was a baby.  Here is what we ended up with...Mia seemed pretty happy with this experiment. :)

Mia and Great Grandpa Poulsen.  He was the best at putting her to sleep.

Ry, Me, Stubborn Logan, and Aydan

Christmas morning at the Poulsen house.  It was a miracle any of us survived to this point.  The stomach flu, night terrors, water leaks, and falling ceilings made up Christmas Eve.  Somehow, the kids were still awake bright and early, and Logan did NOT want to wait for everyone to come up the stairs. 

A beautiful Christmas day!  The kiddos must have been good, because Santa delivered... LightningMcQueenWalkieTalkies and a Baby Einstein jumper!

Despite mountains of presents, Logan is happiest with his trusty scissors and a piece of cardboard.

Mia having a girls' night with her aunts.

Daddy saved the day when girl's night became too much for the sleepy baby.

Mia and her Grandpa Poulsens

Ryley's quest to build THE BIGGEST SNOWMAN IN THE WORLD continues.  This one made it to 9.5 feet, and would have been a lot bigger if temperatures would have ever reached above 20 degrees, and the snow would have stuck.  This one was named "Zombie Snowman."

Drooly little lady.

Our big 6 month old!  Mia got her first helping of carrots on her unbirthday, and loved them!  I can't believe how much she has grown, and we feel more blessed every minute that she is in our life.

For our last night of vacation we went bowling.  Logan did amazing, and the highlight was that his bowling shoes were blue.   We sure are going to miss having Daddy around!

With the New Year came changes in Primary.. and I would like to introduce you all to our newest Sunbeam!

(This kid takes after his father... it takes at least 5 pictures to get a normal smile)

2012 was a packed full, wonderful year.  We moved, Ry did amazing on Step 1, Mia came!, and I got a job.  Here are some of the kid's accomplishments:

Logan

Potty Trained! 2/12

Big Boy Bed! 2/12

New House! 5/12

Big Brother! 7/12

Started Preschool 9/12

First Dentist Apt 10/12

Mia

Born! 7/12

Smiled 8/12

Roll over 11/12

Sat all by herself 12/12