The Helmet, the End of an Era

Livvy is done wearing her helmet, hooray! She only had to wear it for 2 months (the hottest 2 of the year of course!), orginally they said it could be 3 to 4, so we were extremely excited to be done early. She actually handled it really well and it wasn't that hard to take care of, just clean everynight- the helmet and her head both got pretty stinky! But it has been so fun to have her crazy hair back, be able to cuddle better and kiss her all over, we missed that! Here are some of the looks she rocked with the helmet-








Look at those cheeks!

First Day of Preschool (sort of)

Last week Gabrie had her first day of 3 year-old preschool, well sort of. She had gone a couple times at the day care last year but it was her first time at her "new school" which I made the mistake of telling her about in June! So for the past two months she has asked about her new school and when she was going to go! She was very excited to go. But that night she was playing with her various animal toys and I heard her say something like "It's their first day of school and they have to go by themselveses, but their not scared cause Heavenly Father is their to protect them." Then she picked up the rubber duck and said "This is Heavenly Father." So cute!

She got to bring Show and Tell for the first day, she wanted to bring lots of things but finally decided on her stuffed hippo.

This is her mean face, she wanted to me to take a picture of it!

Such a big girl, I can't believe it!

Summer Pictures

Here are some pictures from this summer that I never had a chance to post!


Fourth of July- Gabrie and Ben

Gabrie and Livvy



Evan, Gabrie and Sydney watching smoke bombs.

Aunt Laurie and Livvy

Sparklers

Mommy and the girls

Kiley, Parker and Gabrie. Parker kept asking "is hot?"

Gabrie was a little scared of the fireworks and spent most of the time under a blanket by Ashlyn and Uncle Corbin.

Livvy liked them!


Having a break from the helmet, she got one hour each day!


We went swimming with Parker (and Dianne)on his birthday.

Denver

The Big Sister Band

Featuring Gabrie on drums

Izzy on the tambourine

And Special Guest drummer Max!

The original members, costumes provided by Grandma Yaya(:

We went on a last minute vacation a couple of weeks ago to Denver! Grandpa and Yaya were going to visit Justus and Kyrsten, so we tagged along. It was quick but lots of fun!

Dance Class

In July we decided to enroll Gabrie in a week long dance class. Each day they did a different kind of dance- ballet, jazz, creative, tumbling and tap. She loved it and it was really fun to watch.





Riding her bike with the neighbor kids and all of her swim gear!

My girls

The latest news in our house is Gabrie's bed and Livvy's helmet.


This past weekend we got a twin size bed for Gabrie, which she loves. I like it too, it is actually really comfortable.


Over the last week or two I have tried to put a bow in Livvy's hair everyday since I won't be able to for awhile ):


Livvy got her helmet yesterday. She looks so cute and has handled it pretty well for the first day.

Here is what we have been up to lately...

Miriam and Mamie came to visit and we did some fun things like go to the zoo!

Gabrie and Miriam on the "caroself", what Gabrie calls the carousel.

So cute!


Livvy tried cereal for the first time and second and did not like it! So we took a break the past couple weeks.

Now she likes it a little better.

In the tub

On another note she also has started physical therapy for torticollis, her head tilts to the left and will be getting a helmet(: in the next couple weeks because the right side of her head is flat from always turning and laying that way! Wish us luck!
*Note to all you mothers- when you think something is not right with your child and the doctors all say it is fine and you know it is not, be persistent! I have had several doctors say her head was fine but it turns out to be pushing the right side of her face forward. Mom's always know best regarding their kids!

We just got back from a fun vacation with Luke's side of the family. It seems to be a tradition that when we do a family vacation it is unseasonably cold! So here is Luke and Justus in their matching Lagoon shirts that they had to buy because it was so cold when we were there!

Gabrie, Ashlyn, and Izzy had a lot of fun playing together!

I love the sombrero!


Some other fun highlights from our vacation were:
-Seeing a fox and a deer in the backyard of the huge house we were staying in
-Watching the Lagoon worker stop and pick Gabrie's scab off her nose while she waited to ride Bulgy the Whale, and then leave her bleeding! Later she told me, "Next time that guy picks my nose I will tell him NO!"
-Shoving cake in Dianne's face (: (pictures still to come) and playing pranks!
-Eating lots of good food
-Playing lots of fun games
-Spending lots of time with family
We missed all the family that wasn't there):