Fun in Milville

This was a awesome trip to Logan! Rachel really spoiled us, with homemade bread bowls, candy, Eden's favorite popcorn that she'll come to expect from her aunty Ray-Ray if she's not careful, walks together, hiking, Mike's special salsa, and milkshakes galore! I love my nephews/niece. It was especially fun to see Eden and Elsie glance at each other unsure then take off to the play room. Those two have come a long way since 3 years ago when Eden couldn't even look at Elsie without tears. Thank you weather for giving us optimal bonding environment! On our way home we stopped by our ancestors' graves/memorial in Ogden/Harrisville. Namely for Pleasant Green Taylor and Clarissa Lake Taylor (whom Cosette was named after, as you can see on her headstone she went by Clara). They were Latter-Day Saint Pioneers and have given me a rich heritage to learn about. The memorial for Pleasant is located on a plot of land he owned that he donated to the church to build a chapel on. It's still church owned today. Just looking at these photos inspires a feeling in me that just makes me happy. I probably look at them twice a day.

Updates on the kiddos:
Eden: Her bike busted, she seems content enough to run around the quad however! And I don't have to cringe on all those fast turns she makes.
Cosette: Starting to show some frustration at a toy that is just out of her reach. Which is remarkable because she's so mellow I thought she'd not work up the motivation to crawl for some time. she's experimenting more on her belly, it's just so exciting! She's playing with her voice more too.
Micah: says he just produce and directed the best thing on his reel yet! a Fed-Ed promo.
Me: experimented in the kitchen this week with pears and apples (thanks rach). The applesauce turned out tasty, but the jam and pie could be improved!!!

First Family vaca!

So Eden and I monopolize these pictures, Micah was obviously behind the camera with Cozy. So I threw in a few older ones of Cosette. This was our first family vacation. Besides our Honeymoon, we'd never had a destination that didn't involve family. And after our summer apart, we decided it was time! We went all the way to.....SALT LAKE CITY! It was more than I could've asked for. We did the children's museum, church history museum, Melting Pot, and Build-a-bear (the first stuffed animal we ever bought Eden-whoah-she get's all of the toys Micah and I couldn't part with from our childhood). We had some plans to do more outside but it was way too hot. Oh the irony of recording that as today it snowed!
Updates: Cosette is still working on her schedule, night times are going better and better, now we are working on the day time. She was so tired the other day; while driving home from the grocery store she fell asleep as Eden was bouncing a balloon in her face. Nevertheless, she stays smiley as ever! Eden is growing a friendly brave bone. We went to a play place this week. The last time we ventured it, a few months ago, Eden couldn't go inside the play tubes on her own for fear of all the other kids. THIS time, she didn't even look back as she put her boots in the cubby and took off. I could hear her growling, screaming, and saying "my name's Eden, what's yours?" As we left, some girls shouted, "thanks for playing with us Eden!" and she waved. It was as if they'd been long time friends. It's really special for me to see her personality grow and emerge into her own self.

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Cosette's blessing outfit, the day after her blessing day. Seeing as with 8:30 church, we overlooked pictures in our scamper out the door. Adventures: Cosette is working on sleeping through the night on her own, and without binkey! yikes! Eden's been bug hunting this week, finding grasshoppers, ants, praying mantises, slugs, and spiders.

Cozy's 5 months today!

For the sake of family members who don't get to see, particularly our Cosette, grow so rapidly I'm going to turn this into a photo blog. Not that anyone really checks any more, so hopefully not too many people have to pay attention to the BILLIONS of photos our family (ech-hem, Micah the ever talented photographer). I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do...







a couple of fun things the kiddos are doing: Cosette can sit for a minute now! getting so strong. And Eden is saying some funny things as she tries to repeat back grown up talk she hears such as: "Mom, you are really going to death on your sandwhich" (instead of 'going to town'). I'll have to record more as she saying so many funny things every day, but I can never remember them! She also loves her 'blankey' to be cold. Frequently before bed time, she turns on the AC and uses it to make her blankey cold. Eden has learned to write her name and draw people with arms and legs that extend off the body rather than the head. She spends at least an hour a day coloring, drawing, painting, and writing letters/her name. I think I have a little artist on my hands.