Half a Year Old

I realize that Mercedes actually turned 6 months old on November 13, but we didn't have the doctor's appointment until this past Saturday.  She's growing, but still super skinny.  I can't believe how the time has flown, even faster with number two I guess.  She's so beautiful and every time I look at her I can just feel the love that Heavenly Father has for this sweet girl.  I'm so glad she's mine and I hope I still feel this way when she's a teenager ;)  

 Bumbo Love - She likes to sit up and this is really helping her gain some balance.

I love our jumper and so does Cedes.  She loves to stand up and has been able to support her own weight it seems like since she was born.  She will sit in here or play on the floor for long periods of time.  I guess that's what happens with a second child, they have to learn to fend for themselves a lot.  Anyway, here are the stats.
Height - 26 inches - 65 %
Weight - 13lbs 8oz - 10%
Head - 42.3 cm - 50%

Another Year

I realized as I sat here looking at someone else's blog that was posted on November 17 that I had never said a word about my anniversary.  Well, Todd and I have been married for 4 years now, and despite my sad lack of shouting out about it I really am grateful.  Four years may not be a long time in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like we've done a lot and been very blessed in these last four years.  Here are some of the things that have happened in the past four years.
-We were very blessed with a beautiful baby boy, Lincoln, that is now a crazy two year old.
-We were joined by our little angel, Mercedes, who loves to smile and laugh at us.
-Todd got accepted to BYU.
-Todd also went through quite a few career choices, but we feel like we are finally settled on one.
-We've been on lots of trips, a few to Maine, some to Iowa (and Lake Mozingo), and one to San Diego.
-We've spent way too much money.
-We celebrated our four year anniversary ALONE in a hotel in Salt Lake City.
-We have eaten a lot of yummy food and discovered new things together including Sweet Tooth Fairy and Shirley's Bakery.
-We've been on a few diets and gained and lost weight.
-We've been in three different wards.
-We've planned and dreamed what our future will be like when school is over.
-We've cleaned out two classrooms and set up one.
-I've seen three different Kindergarten classes.
-We've been blessed with 11 nieces and nephews in the last four years.
Probably a lot more has happened, but my sleep deprived brain can't think of anything else good to put on here.  We've had a great four years and hope to have many more four years together.

Last night while Mercedes was asleep and Lincoln and I were waiting for Todd to come home, we decided to  go outside and play for a little while.  Well, I got out the rake and went into the neighbors yard and made a pile of leaves for Linc.  He loved it.  He wouldn't let me take too many pictures though because he wanted me to "Come on, Mom" and play.  We had a blast throwing leaves in the air and letting them rain down on us.  I had to redo the pile a few times, but it was so worth it to see the smile on my little guy's face. 

 Don't you love his cute hat.  I didn't get out the gloves that match because they are mittens.

 Don't pay attention to my vampire child picture here.

Bath Time Buddies

I started watching my next door neighbor's little boy, Owen, a couple of weeks ago.  He and Lincoln love each other.  Sometimes a little too much, but hey that's what boys do right - pushing, shoving, and taking toys is their specialty.  Anyway, Linc loves to take baths and if Owen is here he likes to splash from the outside.  The other day he decided that he wanted to get in and they both loved it.  It was cute to watch them play.  My whole bathroom was wet afterward, but they had fun and sometimes that is what counts the most.

Owen definitely does not like water being dumped on his head though.  I found that out when washing his hair;)

Way Too Soon

I cannot believe my little baby is doing this already.  She likes to rock back and forth and it is so stinking cute to see her tiny little body in the crawling position.  She likes to do this army crawl thing right now and can pretty much get wherever she wants.  I can't believe it.  She's six months old now, but we haven't gone to the doctor yet, so no stats yet.  I think she is really small!  

 This is another one of her new tricks.  She can only do it for a limited amount of time, but she still tries.

Yes we did do Halloween (a little)

I'm glad Lincoln wasn't too excited about Halloween this year. It was rainy and cold on the trick-or-treat night, so we were bad parents and didn't take our kids out. The only thing we did this year was go to this cute kid party hosted by some friends of ours in our ward. Mercedes was a tiger, I put the bow in her hair because I wanted her to look like a girl. Todd said I had to use Lincoln's old costumes until she's old enough to ask for something else. We'll see about next year. I might just dress her in a girly costume anyway. That's the point of having a girl right.

Here's Mercedes at the party.

Todd helping Lincoln make a paper jack-o-lantern at the party. I did dress up as a witch, but alas no pictures of me since I was behind the camera.
I had to get Lincoln to dress up today so that I could take pictures of his full costume. What a lame mom I am. Here are some cute videos of him being "Mickey House" as Linc likes to call him.

This video is purely for the grandparents, but anyone can watch that wants to.