10 months!

It's hard to believe that in a little over a month my baby will be a year old. 

I just love this chubby little boy.

Sunday

Sundays are my favorite day of the week for a lot of reason, but one of the things I really love about Sundays is getting my kids all dressed up for church. I mean  who can resist cute dresses and little suits and ties? I can't. So here are some pictures of my kids from yesterday for you all to enjoy.

The Mullet

As I posted a few post back Ella is finally getting some hair, which is great! The down side is that her hair is  coming in as a mullet. I used to look at little kids with mullets and wonder what the heck their Mom's were thinking letting their hair get to that point. But I understand now. The main thing that has kept me from cutting Ella's mullet is that her hair has taken so long to grow and cutting it at all, even if it is just to even it out a bit, just seems counter productive. I also discovered recently that, even though we are still business in the front, there is a lot I can do with the party in the back. So Ella will keep the mullet for now, and I am OK with that.

The mullet

Super cute hair style produced out of the mullet

My favorite 6 year old

Because Landon's birthday is in the freezing cold month of January it is hard to get good Birthday pictures of him. This year I decided I'd wait until it warmed up a bit to take some pictures. Last week was Landon's Spring Break,  and the weather has warmed up quite a bit, so I decided to take advantage of the situation and so we headed over to the Train Museum . I actually didn't pick the best day to take these pictures as Landon had just received an ultra short haircut the day before and the eczema on his face was acting up pretty bad, but I think they turned out cute anyway. 

As an added bonus here is a picture of Landon with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Miller has been the perfect Kindergarten teacher for Landon, we just love her. Mrs. Miller is on maternity leave for the rest of the year so we had to say goodbye to her just before Spring Break. Sad day. As a side note how is it fair that she looks this cute at  9 months pregnant?

Peterson Grandkids

A few weeks ago Jared's sisters, Ashley and Anisha,  came out here for a visit. Since Anisha brought her son Max with her we had all the Peterson grandkids in one place at one time, it was great, and we couldn't pass up this photo op.

All the Peterson Grandkids so far

Ariane's kids

Anisha's son Max

Sadly this was the best I got of my bunch, hopefully Easter pictures go better.

Max and Levi are only 2 months apart in age, I think they are going to be best friends!

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The Potty Train

That magical time has come once again. That time where we say farewell to diapers and welcome the underpants. I don't know how the rest of you feel but I really do not like potty training, it gives me anxiety, and as weird as this may sound it makes me kinda sad because once the diapers are gone your child is no longer a baby. Don't get me wrong I dislike changing diapers as much as the next person, I just sometimes wish that my babies didn't have to grow up so fast. But alas the time had come for Ella to learn how to go potty like a big girl. I was really nervous about potty training Ella, that is probably why I put it off for so long, Ella is a stubborn girl and if she doesn't want to do something she won't. But I shouldn't have wasted my time worrying, she has done awesome and she is well on her way to becoming a potty master. 

Waving goodbye to diapers

In about 2 years it will be his turn and then I will be done with potty training forever!

8 months!!

I figured I'd better do this post before Levi turns 9 months old tomorrow! I can't believe how fast my baby is growing, before I know it he will be a year old. Levi is such a great little boy, he is so happy and sweet and we just couldn't imagine life without him.