Flashback Friday

Davis High Jr Prom

Nate 18 Jess 16

...twelve months...

The white chair series has come to and end! 

I think I will take one each year now.

It sure is fun seeing him change from month to month:

The ACTUAL Bdays

ELLIOTT

May 26th

Elliott got to celebrate with his one year check-up.

(average weight, off the charts height!)

He was not a fan of the crinkle paper this time

and he would not sit in one spot.  It didn't help that

we had to wait FOREVER! 

He had to get shots and his pediatrician 

said he has eczema. WHAT? I knew he had really

sensitive skin but eczema sounds so awful!

You can see the red spots

on his back. He has them on his chest, arms,

and legs too. It got really bad a few weeks ago but

we changed detergents, and soaps and have

been lathering him with an eczema salve 

(coconut oil with lavender, melaleuca, and frankincense) 

and it's finally getting better!  I have read online that eczema 

can be an outward appearance of internal issues such as allergies 

to dairy or wheat.  The only problem is that he is such 

a picky eater and LOVES yogurt so we can't give

 that up quite yet. 

Playing with his birthday present from Aunt

Koreen - he pushes the siren button

over and over again!

Of course he had to have another cupcake

on his actual birthday!

 

 

I wanted to lick that frosting off his cute ONE YEAR old face!

MABEL

May 28th

We woke up on Mabel's birthday and our FIRST strawberry

was ripe! I barely got a picture before she popped it right in her mouth!

She had her preschool graduation program that morning:

"Pluto used to be the last planet but scientists decided

it was too small to be a planet. It is a ball of icy rock."

Thanks for a great year Miss Amanda!

After lunch at Zupas she wanted to come home

to play with Reese so that is what we did!

KITCHEN

PLAYDOUGH

WATER BALLOONS

We started out with regular water balloons but then I realized

I had some bigger balloons in my party stuff...we filled 

them up until they were HUGE! The girls loved it.

Reese and the big daddy balloon!

The decided that getting their swim suits on was a good idea!

Hot chocolate and popcorn birthday snack:

Mabel has been wanting to try her bike without her training wheels

and she and Nate went out to practice.

She got the hang of it so fast, WAY TO GO MABEL!

We ended the night with some tasty Yogurtland.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

TO MY BABIES!

Nana Claus is coming to town...

My mom came to visit for TWO WEEKS!!!

Of course it went by in a blink...

there is never enough time!

Kraig even flew out for a few days too and

the kids loved having Nana and Grandpa here.

They brought us all treasures from their anniversary

trip to Hawaii - my mom was teaching Mabel how to hula!

Sleeping beauty dances with Prince Nana

were a must every day:

Mabel loved waking up and going into Nana's room

each morning, these two are like peas and carrots.

Elliott wanted Nana to hold him at all times,

and in all things, and in all places!

Mabel and Nana created a fairy garden in our backyard...

we are pretty sure that Tinkerbell lives here now!

Nana brought Elliott this cute little elephant

rocker that a friend was giving away...watching

him cuddle this thing makes up for the fact that 

HE IS STILL NOT SLEEPING 

THROUGH THE NIGHT.

 Nothing quite like Nana time...

 hey mom, did you notice that the Jenkins house 

is for sale right next door to us? HINT HINT!