Sweet little Ephram, we are still working on getting him up to his birth weight. He had his one month visit on Friday and he is almost there he’s 8 pounds 2 oz, just about there. But the doctor isn’t happy with his growth so far. But he is growing, he had gained 3 ounces in the week.
I was able to take some way cute pictures of him this week that I thought I would share:
Would someone tell me how my tiny little 5 pound baby is now a big girl of 5! I had been asking her what she wanted to for her birthday. She would go on and on about a surprise party. So, that’s what I did. And believe it or not she was totally surprised!
I called a couple of cousins and a friend from primary. It turned out to be alot more work than I’d accpeted. We had a little “slumber” party, where everyone went home around 8:30.
It was so cute:
The girls were all hiding waiting for Emma to get there.
Emma was so happy and surprised!
They ate mac and cheese with hot dogs. Then everyone got into their pjs. I laid out sleeping bags and blankets. I also had goody bags for them. Inside the bags was: glow bracelets, sleeping masks, a light up ring, lip gloss, a ring pop and head bands. Then we turned on Tangled and popped popcorn and put out the candy
By the time the movie was over Allen got there with the cookie cake. So, we did cake and presents:
The girls were so excited to give Emma her presents:
We celebrated Emma’s birthday on Sunday with Uncle Soren and Heather and Grandma Peterson. They brought a couple of fun gifts. Then we enjoyed ice cream Sundays!
Happy Birthday beautiful girl!!!
Oh, and just so you know we enjoyed Allen’s birthday too. My wonderful dad watched the kids in the afternoon and Allen and I enjoyed an amazing hamburger (the restaurant's name totally escapes me.. maybe Allen will add it for me) and an wonderful meal without little ones.
Who told the month that it could go so fast? I mean seriously, how on earth did it get to be the 30th already? Ephram is already 5 weeks old!! And oh so cute and kissable!
I thought I’d make this post a little bit of a hog pog of things and doings around here.
We had a fun time celebrating Allen’s dad’s birthday.
The next morning Ephram and I finally got to church. It was the primary program Sunday. I wish I had gotten a better picture of his first day. But with 9:00 church and running super late, well, it just didn’t happen. The only one I got was this:
Not sure why the color is so weird…Riley did really well with his part, but wouldn’t sing. He said he was too tired. Emma was so cute. Her part went well, but it was her singing that was the most memorable to me. The closing song was Nephi’s courage and Emma sung her little heart out. You could hear her over everyone else during the choirs. The chorister had taught them to pump the arms in the air during the “I will go! I will do!” Emma was almost jumping in the air with her enthusiasm. So, cute!
I looked out the window one afternoon while making dinner and saw this:
It was so sweet, I took a quick break and snapped a few pictures:
Funny kids!
Another day, Beka came down one afternoon dressed like this:
She looked like a candy corn! She’s so funny.
Finally, I wanted to share some fun pictures I’ve taken on my phone through instagram. It’s a funny little app:
In this one, Emma is talking to Ephram… She is saying: “Focus Ephram… Oh that’s great! You are doing so good.. Focus! Oh, you are so handsome!” Click, Click, Click! Can you tell that she has a photographer for a mom? I couldn’t help it I just laughed and laughed!
This was Ephram’s first trip to the park. It was one of those afternoons… The alarm went off to go pick up Riley from the bus: Beka start throwing a temper tantrum about not wanted to be left and not being able to find her shoes, Emma was dragging her feet about getting ready and crying about not wanting to go, I packed up Ephram and he was fussing, and as I walked through the kitchen to the garage I knocked over and shattered a brand new jar of jam all over floor and refrigerator! Yes, all this happened in about 3 minutes and yes, we were late picking Riley up from the bus.. we had just about to walk out the door when Riley walked in! I decided that it was just too much, I could not stay in the house! So, we packed up the bikes (all three!), the stroller, and my chair and we went to the park:
He was really good. The big kids road their bike for over an hour! It was amazing!! And everyone was in a much better mood when we got home.
Finally, this was the sweetest picture moment! Riley loves holding his baby brother. I was trying to get ready for the day and let him. Just a few seconds before I got this picture Ephram gave Riley the biggest smile! It was so beautiful!
We are busy and happy. Life is kind of crazy, but pretty good!
Emma started her second year of preschool on Tuesday. She was so excited! We picked out a purple backpack and a “fabulous” outfit for her first day. Her teacher is Ms Cindy. I worked with her last year and I know she is amazing! Ms Cindy has taught kindergarten and 1st grade for the last 10 years. She wanted to take a step back from it, and is teaching prek 2 days a week for a 2 1/2 hours. I am so excited for Emma.
This is Emma on her first day:
She’s growing up so much! Emma said that she felt a little shy, but was glad to make some new friends. Her favorite part is that Daddy takes her to school. She has to leave at 8:30, which is before Riley’s bus picks him up. She was so happy to get one on one time with Daddy, and to ride in the booster seat in his car. She also liked snack time and learning the days of the week song.
This is going to be a fun year for her!
