Laney 9 Months

It is hard to believe we are 3 months from Laney being a year old.  She is as happy as ever and enjoying this new freedom of moving through the house on her own.  I'm sure it won't be long before that movement becomes little patters of footsteps trying to keep up with her brothers, but for now we will enjoy the moment.

9 Month Pics:

Change it up a bit

Update:

• Laney is wearing 6-9 month clothes.  I need to clean out her drawers a little though and try to reorganize and see what we have/need for 9-12.  Her diapers are size 3.
• Eating is going great!  She eats 3 meals a day along with her 5oz bottles.  I try to feed Laney as much table food as possible, obviously that is baby friendly, but she likes to join us for meals.  She hasn't found much she doesn't like.  We have also been working on the sippy cup more this month.
• Teeth.....yeah its been funny seeing people's reactions to her mouth.  They ask how old she is with a bit of confusion.  She has only gained one tooth in the last month (making it a total of 7), but all four on top have come in more so when she smiles you notice them all.  Not sure when I will get used to that adorable toothy grin.
• The girls crawls all over and into everything.  She gets her self stuck in interesting places.
• Big thing this month is her pulling herself up on EVERYTHING.  She loves to stand and be involved in everything around her.  She has even been found standing in her crib a couple of times.
• Laney has started to struggle with some Mommy issues. She is fine with me leaving, but then when I return either to the house or room she realizes I was gone and needs my attention.
• She is a little bit dramatic, especially when it comes to her head.  If you just slightly brush her head when stepping over her or moving something around her she gives you the saddest face and just bursts into tears.  Once you pick her up she is fine.
• Laney likes to dance now.  It is so funny to watch her bounce up and down.
• She likes to check up on her brothers and get right in with them to play.
• Lawson loves to lay down by her and she just grabs and pats at his face.  They both just laugh at each other.  It is pretty cute :)
• Daddy walking into her sight lights up her world.  She looks for him and just beams a smile.  She will act shy and turn into my shoulder but peak out to make sure he is still looking at her.  It is adorable.
• Laney is still a very continent and happy little girl.  She goes with the flow and smiles at everyone around her.

See a theme here..... Laney stands on anything.

Branson Vacation

For the past two years since moving here I have heard from multiple people about their weekend getaways in Branson.  Its close, but can still feel like a vacation.  We hadn't had a chance to travel much so we were excited to go.  Erin wrapped up summer football on Friday so we headed out to meet my family for a mini vacation.

Everyone was able to be there for the weekend so we decided to try out Silver Dollar City for the first time.  The kids were all excited about the roller coasters and rides and the adults had some fun as well.  I was surprised how kid friendly it was.  There wasn't just the one token kid section that they had to stay in.  The older boys were able to ride a lot and then Lawson and Reese were able to do quite a bit as well.  Then there were the adult roller coasters which from what I hear were really good.

We got this 3 kid thing under control.

Love this picture :)

It was HOT!!!

We did a lot of swimming at the hotel and even just hanging out.  Sunday we were crazy and thought mini golf would be a good idea.  Lets just say we survived.  It was again HOT.  Not big break downs from the little ones or the big ones so its a success.  Luke and I both got a hole in one.  Erin got three, show off.  Atleast I know all that golfing this summer has paid off :)

Cade loves to hold Laney and always tells me how cute she is.  What a sweety :)

Erin drew the short straw and got to hang out with kids while some of us were playing cards. 

Monday we did the touristy thing and Rode the Ducks.  I had no idea what this was, but multiple people asked me if we were going to do it.  Our tour guy did a good job and made it enjoyable.  Not sure I will ever do it again, but glad to say we have done it.

Luke got to drive and was pretty excited about it.

Too much excitement for him to handle I guess.

Tuesday morning it was just down to my parents and our crew so we got out on the lake and had some water fun.  We did some tubing, swimming, fishing, and even cliff jumping.  Luke and Lawson were all about cliff jumping and to my surprise both did it without any hesitation.  It wasn't crazy high, but for two kids that haven't been off a diving board this summer I wasn't sure.  They loved it and would have done it for hours.

Lawson pretty content with just snacking all morning.

Giving us the thumbs up before they jump.

We had to stop for lunch at Lamberts on our way back.  I remember eating here with my grandparents when I was younger.  It made me so nervous when they throw the rolls at you then, still makes me nervous as an adult as well.  Everyone enjoyed it though and was a great end to the vacation.

Fun with Good Friends

When we lived in Great Bend we spent a lot of time hanging out with the Battins and Klassens.  It all stemmed from the guys coaching together, but formed into great friendships as families.  When we moved we knew we would miss them all so much and the time we spent together.  We all live in different towns now so getting together is pretty difficult.  The wives decided this summer we were going to do something about that though.  We looked into some different options of places to go, but trying to plan around three different summer sport coaching schedules isn't easy.  We were able to find a free weekend, but no available places to go.  We decided the important thing was just getting to spend time together so they all made the trip to our house for the weekend.  Overall it worked out great.  The kids (6 kids 5 and under) kept busy running around the house with each other while we all enjoyed hanging out.  The weekend went too fast, but we were so glad it worked out.

Men in charge of the chicken wings

Ninja Turtles came to visit

Yes we posed them by age order

The play set got a lot of action with the kiddos.

Doing a little fishing