My Handsome Boy (8 Months)

This one is my Favorite! Look at those AMAZING blue eyes!

8 months (Leonard)

Leonard is now 8 months old, I am still in denial that he is growing up so fast.

Leonard is a pro at crawling but he prefers to walk every chance that he gets. So, If there is a wall or a piece of furniture or even a person that he can use to climb up and balance himself he will use it. I am constantly finding him clinging to a wall happily walking down the hallway. I am also constantly finding my dinning room chairs in random places because Leonard likes to use them as walking toys. Leonard has been crawling and standing u p since 5 months and "cruising" since 7 months but he just recently learned how to sit himself up. I think it took him awhile to learn this particular skill because he doesn't like to sit still, he is always on the go. That being said, Leonard seems to acquire more bumps and bruise than I ever thought possible for an 8 month old child.

Leonard also loves music and to dance. The other day I put on some Black-eyed Peas and Leonard immediately lit up with a big smile and started rocking back and forth on his feet and bouncing up and down. It was the cutest thing and then I went to check on Evelyn, who was on the potty and she was dancing too, right there on the potty. It was hilarious.

Leonard is such a happy child. He is constantly smiling and he laughs all the time. He loves to be with Evelyn and Evelyn love him . I Love watching them together, you can see in the eyes how much they love each other and Evelyn will randomly say, " I Love Leonard." and she often will hug and kiss him out of the blue.

I am so glad that Leonard is a part of our family and I am glad that I am so grateful that I get to spend so much time with him and Evelyn. They may be tiring at times but they are also the highlight of my day.

Our Mini Chef

5's

I don't get taged very often so I thought I would play along.

5 Things I Don’t Leave the House Without
1. Evelyn
2. Leonard
3. cell phone
4. Licence
5. Debit card

5 Cartoons I Watched When I was Younger
1. X-Men
2. Gummi Bears
3. Goosebumps
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. My little Pony

5 Things that Terrify Me
1. Swimming pools when kids are near
2. Car crashes
3. Flying
4. infidelity
5. Something happening to my children or my husband

5 Things I Hate/Dislike that Everyone Else Seems to Like
1. Touch screen phones
2. Fetta Cheese
3. All sporting events
4. Gardening
5. Cooking

5 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. See my children grow up
2. Go on a mission with David
3. be out of debt
4. Get my Masters Degree
5. Build lots of happy memories with my family

5 Friends/Family I’ll Tag
1. Michele C.
2. Rachel S.
3. Krysta M.
4. Lindsey D.
5. Holly G.

Productivity and Poop

I've been feeling a little down lately. No particular reason just an emotional slump that I am hoping will end soon. So, today I thought i would try the old productivity trick to see if that might be the trick to pick me up. Not that I am not productive everyday, it just gets a little monotonous. So, today I added a little extra to my normal schedule of general cleaning, feeding, and entertaining. I went grocery shopping, mopped the floors, cleaned out the frige and the freezer, cleaned out all my food cabinets, made pumpkin cookies, and pizza. It was a busy day, especially when you remember that between all that i played catch, and Thomas train, drew some flowers on the side walk, changed a few poopy diapers, cleaned up a few accidents, and put Evelyn's hair in pig tails for the first time.

Then there was the POOP! So, Evelyn has been into this new thing of dumping the contence of her potty seat into the big potty and flushing it. As you can imagine, this opens up many opprotunities for some pretty nasty messes (lucky me). Well, a few hours ago we had the best one yet. She had just gone number two and as usual she wanted to "dump it" but I wasn't there to help her so, I call back to see if she is finished and she says she is I go back to the bathroom expecting to see her sitting on the potty waiting. Nope, instead I find a puddle of pee and three large pieces of poo trailing from her potty to the big potty and she is covered in it too. As you can imagine the poductivity and poop combo didn't cure my emotional slump but I am sure I will feel better soon. Tomarrow is the pumpkin patch and I am going to dye my hair tonight, something is bound to pull me out of this slump I just have to be patient.

At the Creek House...

we play hop scotch...

sometimes we sleep...

we play dress up...

we climb...

we hide and we seek...

we paint...

we sing...

we dance...

we LOVE our friends...


and we LOVE each other!

Standing up Already!!

I couldn't believe my eyes when Leonard did this the first time. He is only 6 months, this not what he is supposed to be doing. If this is any indication of what is to come then I think Leonard is bound to be a trouble maker just like Daddy.