Cheeks

I don't even know where to begin. I love this little baby soooo much. Every child you have brings out such different levels of the same emotions, I don't know how to explain it. Different phases of my life, maturity, stability. This little baby has brought me such joy. I hate that she is growing up so fast. Part of me wants her to be independent, and part of me wants her to stay small. That may be because I know she is my last, but she is so much fun to be around.

What a difference two kids can be. Jacob was never happy. Bree is always smiling at you. Just today when I was putting her to bed, I layed her down and she had the biggest, goofiest, toothless grin she could muster. I wanted to get her back out of bed and play with her, but Project Runway was coming on, so baby had to go down. She melts my heart. I just want to kiss her cheeks off.

Bree is such a great eater. She latched on and nursed the first time I tried it in the hospital, and have never had any problems since then. I try to wait to feed her solids till they can sit on their own, but she had other plans. She loves eating. Don't even try to eat around her if you don't have something for her too. She loves squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, applesauce and bananas. She loves to have Ritz crackers too. No bottles yet.

At 7 months she can mimic sounds; ba, ma, da. and she makes this weird squeaking noise in the car. Too funny. She loves peek-a-boo, and to be tickled. She loves her big brother and lights up when he comes in the room, and he is such a great helper. Jacob calls her "his girl". Of course Taryn and Lauren love her to, but the novelty has worn off. I really hope she is a happy child. And she will always know how much joy she brings all of us.

Table Rock

So I meant to post this a few weeks ago, but time flies! When Tom was home one weekend, we took advantage of the kids not going to school on Monday and hiked Table Rock. Whose ever idea it was needed to be shot. Oh yea, it was mine.

Since having the baby and not being active all that much in the last year, this was quite an effort. I think they could have hiked it twice as fast without me. But you can't get rid of mom that easy. I remember the last two times I did this hike, and it was not that bad. Of course I was in 4th grade, on a field trip, and the last time I was an in shape 22 year old. This trip was the kick in the butt I needed. Here are some pictures of that day.

I started off holding Bree in the front pack, but quickly turned her over to her dad. She fell asleep on the way down.
Jacob hording the chips.
Jesse throwing rocks....it's a guy thing.
The famdamily, overlooking the Rogue valley.
The kids and uncle Jesse.
More kids eating.
Tom was really nervous letting Jacob get too close, and Jacob had to do what the other kids were doing, so Tom took him as far as he dared to the edge.


While hiking, and me bringing up the rear, Jacob would run to the front of the line where Jesse, Taryn, and Lauren were, then run back down to me. I think he had double the walking just from that than anyone else did. He was worn out and slept like a rock that night.