Visting Rigby

Ever since we moved in to this little apartment Baine and I have been struggling.  There's not much to do and it feel a little claustrophobic being here.  So one week we decided to get out for a couple of days and go visit Alison and the girls.  We went to Bear World, The Splash Park, and The Zoo.  It was a ton of fun and the kids loved it!

Baine's 4 Year Stats

38lbs 67%

41.25" 71%

So this last year has probably been the hardest one so far watching Baine grow.  I think it is probably because he became a big brother and so he seems just so much older.  He is such a big helper!  He's always making sure Quincee has what she needs.  He is always willing to help me when I need it.  He actually listens pretty good for his age.  He just wants Quincee to hurry and get bigger so he can wrestle her haha!  I can't believe he is getting so big and so fast!  He's loving Preschool.  He loves to learn.  One of my favorite things about him is that he's willing to play with anyone.  He'll play babies and barbies with the girls and he will play bad guys or superhero's with the boys.  He rarely argues with his playmates, and is a very good friend. I couldn't be prouder of my little guy.  He teaches me so much daily.  I really think that children are put in our lives to remind us of something greater, to remind us what exactly we are put on this earth to do.   I know that Brady and I wouldn't be the people we are without our little man.

Quincee 1 Year Stats

Weight 21.5lbs 66%

Height 29 3/4"

Head 46.2cm 78%

I lost the paper that says the % for Quincee's height.

Little miss Quince is 1 year old.  She is a picky eater, or should I say her timing is picky.  She'll eat anything, it just depends on when and which time she will eat it.  She is quite the sass and will yell at anyone.  At the moment she's not a huge fan of her brother.  He bugs her too much.  Her favorite food is probably yogurt.  She sleeps 12-13 hours still.  Loves her blanket.  Sucks/gnaws on her thumb.  She plays really well by herself and isn't too social.  Usually babies like to check eachother out, not this girl, she is content by herself.  Hopefully that doesn't mean that she will think the world revolves around her.  haha!  She is a daddy's girl through and through.  Which I guess is okay since Baine is a Momma's boy.  She is the perfect little piece to our Bobka puzzle and we sure do love that little sass!

Summer BirthdaysI

We had our first dual birthday party.  I think it was a success, other than I forgot Quincee's cupcake for her to eat and forgot the cute candles I had bought.  We did the party at Riverdale.  The kids looked like they had a lot of fun!  I think Baine felt pretty special with all of his cousins there.  He loves them all and seriously talks about them constantly.  I don't think he really even leaves any of them out either.  That is such a fun thing, to have cousins that are so close.  That's one of my favorite childhood memories.

This picture isn't froom Birthdays, It's just from swimming.

July 18th, Q turns 1

July 19th, Baine turns 4

On our way home from Riverdale taking the back roads.

Here's a few of Quincee's birthday pics and some pictures of our first time to Riverdale.  When we went swimming Baine went down the slide and off of the diving board all by himself.  He was going off of the slide a ton and then we went to the Olympic pool he said he wanted to do the diving board.  Jax told him he'd go really far under water so then he decided he didn't want to.  Later after Kara and the kids left Baine kept watching people go off of the diving board so I asked him why he didn't want to do it anymore, he told me what Jax said and I told him he wouldn't go far under because of his life jacket.  He thought about it and decided to go.  I was laughing so hard, he's such a little stud and knows how to push past his fear.  I love it!

Fireworks with the Poppleton's

Independence Day Festivities

We went to Whittier Park on the 3rd of July for the Logan Fireworks.  It was fun to play but we really couldn't see the fireworks too well.  Brady kept telling us that but no one would listen to him, haha!

On the 4th of July in Lewiston we went to Kara's to play games and after we decided to stick Baine on his motorcycle since he can now ride without his training wheels on his bike.  He had been asking non-stop to do it and I kept telling him to wait for Dad to teach him.  (we used to stick him on his motorcycle at home with the training wheels on it and it was harder to ride it with those wheels so I hated doing it.)  Anyways he hopped on and drove off and never looked back.  His throttle gets stuck and so for a minute we could hear his bike taking off and all we could think was, he's going to run into something, but he pulled it back and drove up to us to tell us that he got it figured out.  The other funny thing is a couple of weeks after I took him out to ride it while I did laundry at Kara's and I went inside to throw the laundry, when I came out his bike and one of his legs was covered in mud.  I asked him what happened and he went close to the cornfield that was being watered and the bike started to tip, but he put a foot down and caught himself and straightened out and took off!  He was so proud!  I was pretty proud as well.  

4th of July nap with Bo.  They are "nakies".

Bo and Baine