February

February Highlights:

Adaliah is a gift giver. She draws pictures for her friends and for Pete and I on a daily basis. She gets her toys and wraps them up and gives them to her sisters all the time. She also loves recieving gifts. No matter how big or small the gift is- the thought means SO MUCH to her. Pete and I were up talking one night about this after the girls were in bed. Pete decided to draw Adaliah a picture of her favorite disney princess. Just as we suspected, it meant the world to her. It's still hanging on her wall. 

Chris has a girl friend! Pete and I went to dinner with them and fell in love instantly. She is a sweetie with a great appreciation for the strange Ackerman humor . (A rare find) Rumors of wedding plans are in the air, and we are so excited!  We spent a Sunday evening at the Ackermans house and lit some floating lanterns in the back yard and the brothers gave massages....

This has been the warmest February EVER! We spent a lot of days playing outside and at the park.

Even though it hasn't been cold, we still have picked up our share of winter bugs. We had the stomach flu in our home for the first time in my 5 years of being a mom. (Throw up is my greatest fear....I seriously hate it) but Adaliah was very brave and such a good sport. Elizabeth was down in bed but never actually threw up...but Pete and Norah weren't as lucky. NOT FUN! 

One of the ladies that visit teaches me , the Gowers, mentioned during our visit that they had to move out of their home ASAP because their Land Lords were moving home and they were worried about where they were going to go. We decided to offer them our home for the spring. With the change in the basement, we had to rearrange somethings  upstairs... which meant putting the bunk beds together (the girls were SO EXCITED) and mixing up the living room furniture.

The basement has been the girls play area for the last 10 mths, so the change was a bit hard at first. The day that the Gowers moved in, Adaliah knocked on the neighbors door (the Leishmans that have 4 boys 6, 5, 3, and baby) and told them "I'm not doing very good right now. Some people are putting their stuff in my basement and I was wondering if you could come help me move it out." We laughed about  that for a few days.

She warmed up quickly though, especially when she found out they had a 4 year old boy that will play the part of the prince in her make believe games. Treven on her have gotten along so good. It's been fun having them. 

Pete picked up yet another hobby- Mountain Biking. He's been out 3 times and only crashed once. Only 33% of the tine- that' pretty good I guess. (It makes me so nervous!) 

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 Julie and Bear blessed their sweet new baby Levi. Norah And Elizabeth both had ANOTHER bug, this one was just a horrible cough and high fevers. They were MISERABLE, so I got to stay home with the sickies and Pete took Adaliah to the blessing. After the festivities the family went to antelope island.

I'll be honest- February was one of the hardest months of my mother of 3 life. I feel like I've gotten a hang of having 3 little ones in the house, but when they are ALL sick, 3 kids in 4 years slaps me in the face. They are all so young, and they all need me. They all want me to hold them, snuggle them, wipe their noses, hold their hand while they barf...

Wow. It was HARD. When Pete went to the blessing I literally just listened to Norah and Elizabeth cry and cough ALL DAY as they both climbed all over me fighting for lap space. On top of that, I was trying to wean Norah and she was NOT having it. She would not sleep all night, and she cried all day. It was hard month.