Addie is 18 months and Joey is 4 months....wow! Where does the time go?

Our babies are growing up so fast. It's so fun to see their progress but it also makes me sad too. Adaline is getting pretty emotional....in a not so fun way at times. She can be laughing and giggling but as soon as she wants to throw a tantrum, screams and tears erupt in seconds. It seems like she has been having these bursts since she turned 16 months old and they just keep getting worse. They very well might be the beginnings of the terrible twos....heaven help us! But she behaves well with others, especially strangers at church or relatives. I am glad for that. Don't get me wrong, we love our emotional time bomb, and will always look back at this time with jokes and reminiscing. We adore our baby girl and think she is pretty special.

Weight: 25 lbs 2 oz
Height : 33  in.

She is learning more words every day it seems like. And she likes to show off her running, coordination skills. Backwards, sideways, circles, you name it, she can do it. We moved in with my parents the 29th of June and so it's been fun for them to get to know our kiddos better. I think it's been very good for our babies. They love the extra attention.

Joseph is so sweet and happy, what a cutie! Once again I love this stage with both of my babies. They seem so happy and easy going. Just as long as they get fed, changed, naps and stretching time they are happy. He has the biggest smiles that erupt into some pretty high pitched squeals, he has found his voice and likes to exercise it everyday. He is doing better with tummy time it seems. Or maybe now I just have the extra help to get it done. We are so grateful to my parents and Kevin's family for their help. Especially when Joe is gone to Utah for 7 days of work, I get so lonely so it helps. I miss him so much on those days. It's hard not to see him every night,  even if it's just for a couple of hours. And I think the kiddos miss him too.

Both cutie pies are doing so well and we couldn't be happier with them. We think they are the cutest babies ever and we keep saying how did we get blessed with such beautiful happy babies? They get exhausting at times and we are going to wait a few years before considering any more, but we know they love each other so much already and hope they will be best of friends in life. Addie tries to comfort Joey and gives him hugs, Melts our hearts. And Joey only has eyes for her whenever she is near! And he smiles so big for her.

So quick update, long sad frustrating story short, our buying a house turned upside down on us. And we ended up losing our apartment because we had already given our notice. So we were suppose to close multiple times but the last time was set for June 18th at 6 pm. We had been in touch with the loan officer and agent making sure everything was being done and at 4 just before we were going to drop the kids off at my visiting teachers so we could drive to the bank we get the dreaded phone call. So at least the bank fessed up that it was their fault and covered all fees except for our inspection. But we had to move and try to find another place before the 29th. What an emotional nightmare that I wish no one has to go through. Wow! But we have a place to stay and we are going to try to find a place closer to Joe's work. When we initially moved to UT, Joe was suppose to work nights so we weren't worried about the commute. But his boss messed up and he has always worked days, which is good, but makes  long commute with rush hour traffic. Scares me he is going to get in an accident.

So we were able to get huge help from Stephanie's and Kevin's family. We are so lucky to have so many strong willing help. We don't know what we would do without them. We hate always having to rely on them so much. Believe me, we HATE moving beyond anything else and have tried to make this our last move into our house....only to have to put it into storage to move within the month, hopefully....

I can't help but post some sleeping shots of Joey in my arms. I love these moments.

Again, of him being so good while we were in and out of cars....

Grandma Hebdon with our kiddos. They love living with Grandma and Grandpa. There are so many to love and give so much attention. And Kevin's family comes over all of the time and Addie loves that too.

Our little guy doing better and better practicing tummy time. He is getting so strong.

Addie getting ready to go to church. It is so hard to get her to hold still long enough for a photo. But I had to show my attempts of putting her hair in piggy tails. The back of her hair is long enough, but she doesn't like it. But, how cute! I hope she will learn to like getting her hair done and wearing bows and clips. 

I was packing and could hear some giggling. I looked over to see the curtain covering our food storage moving....I found our baby squirrel hiding her nuts! She loves finding hiding places.

Our family photo shoot

We finally were able to coordinate our schedules and get a family photo session. I also wanted to get some pictures of Addie. I have a goal to get my kids pictures once a year....well, I will do my best to keep to that. I did get some cute pictures of Addie when she was 10 months on my phone that I am absolutely love. But I still want to do better and try to get actual photo shots of my babies growing up. My mom did pretty well at this, and I like looking at our pictures when we were kids.

 I knew it would be hard to get them both cooperate at the same time, but it was worth trying. I scheduled it at 9 in the morning because generally speaking they are both the happiest first thing in the morning. They would both be awake by 8, we would feed them both, get them dressed and head out the door. We did just that....but Joey didn't eat very well, and Addie woke up not so happy....

So we didn't get very many good shots as a family. Joey was cranky and so I got him to fall asleep in the middle of the session. Addie was wanting to wonder around and do everything BUT what we needed her to do. LOL, we tried to keep her happy and were getting so frustrated!! We just knew we had bombed the session and had wasted money that we really couldn't afford to spend on another session....

So when we got these from the photographer 2 hrs later, we were so excited and pleased!! We were surprised to get some of Addie smiling =0)

Joey still has a hard time sitting up....good grief he is still so young! But the photographer wanted him sitting up on the bench.  LOL, he is still so cute, even if he isn't smiling!!

This is the only shot we have of them together. We had a hard time getting them to stay together for a minute. I will treasure this forever!!

This is probably my favorite family picture....at least we are all looking at the camera.

Our attempts to keep her from her tantrums. I asked the photographer to please take these pics. She just sat there and watched without taking pictures!! I was so frustrated. The only way to really capture Addie (and I think any toddler) is let them just be. Don't try to pose and force them to do anything. Just let them play...

Again, I had to ask the photographer to get Addie running around....

I grabbed some bubbles from my bag and kept blowing until Addie got bored. I am so glad to get these candid shots. This is what I always want, just to remember my family as they are being them.