How Time Does Fly

February flew by. March included a baby blessing. In April,life was crazy for about a week. First, we traveled to Utah for a baptism over Easter weekend. We really enjoyed the baptism and got to see most of Sunny's aunts and siblings while there. After the baptism, Dick + family & Ben + family headed out to the Aagard Ranch for a little fun. We colored Easter eggs, rolled them down a "hill", and had a "cook out" in the creek bed. It was a lot of fun to see the nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters. We got back to Idaho Falls Sunday afternoon. Theresa and LeGrand were so thoughtful to have us over for dinner that night. Monday after Maren got out of school we went over to a old neighbor's home to pick up our new puppy. We named her Lady. Then we joined the Boones' again for dinner and a Easter egg hunt on Monday evening after Easter. Tuesday was Sunny's 30th birthday. Suzie and Theresa arranged for a babysitter and took her out for a nice lunch at Olive Garden. That evening Suzie watched the kids for a little birthday date. We went to Red Robin and did a little shopping. Wednesday evening the Elders quorum held a rule less pinewood derby. Jon simple taped a brick to a "fresh out of the box" car and called it the Robbins' Racer. He got 5th place and a $20 gift card to Texas Roadhouse.

Maren is getting excited about the warmer weather. She can't wait to get the old bike wheels a turnin'. Maren has lost her second tooth. The first one disappeared and never ended up under her pillow, but this one made it. She had quite a shock about the responsibility a puppy is, but is doing very well. The last time her teacher tested her reading she was at a 4th grade level; however, she only likes to read the chapter books with a lot of pictures.

Eliza announced today that she doesn't want to learn to read. She just wants Maren to read to her. Every afternoon she want some mommy cuddle time. She is doing well in joy school, but doesn't seem emotionally ready for kindergarten. I am grateful she has another year. She is a little frightened of the Lady, but is doing better every day.

Henry is a sponge learning so much. He recognizes his capital letters + a few lower case and the ASL signs for the alphabet. He is a tease and often does naughty things because his sisters laugh or he thinks it is funny. He is a little frightened by Lady's puppy like behavior, but loves her so much. He likes to look out the window and watch her.

Emiline is getting so big. She is 3 months old and filling out nicely. She was just under 12 lbs at her 2 month check-up. She smiles and interactive. She is a pretty good tempered baby. She does well with Henry climbing on her, poking her eyes, and trying to carry her, but will squawk at the seemingly smallest things. She refuses to take a Binky and loves sucking her thumb. She is beginning to think about rolling over with no success as of yet.

Lady's father is a yellow/white Labrador mix. Her mother is an American Boxer. She scratches, jumps, nips, and gets right under foot. She likes to chase balls when someone is kicking one, plays tug-of-war, and will jump to grab her toys out of my hand. Lady does not care for walking on a leash, but is improving. She got her name due to the resemblance to Girl (Jon's childhood dog) and the whining she did the first few days. She sounded just like Lady on Lady and the Tramp. We will see how long we end up keeping her...

Jon's job keeps him on his toes and will do for now.

Emiline May

Emiline May Robbins has joined our family. She was born Jan 11, 2012 at 10:54 am. She was 6 lbs even and 19 1/2" long. Both Emiline and I are doing great.

I got to the hospital about 10 am and by the time the anesthesiologist arrived I was ready to push. So she came without pain medication. The doctor had a hard time getting his gloves on but other than that everthing went about as smoothly and quickly as it could. We got home thursday afternoon. Henry loves her very much. He didn't like the idea of her having a pacifier at first, but he is coming around. Eliza likes having a baby in the house. She doesn't let it stop her from her normal activities for very long though. Maren wants to baby both Emiline and me every chance I will allow. We are all glad Emi is here safe and that mom and baby are doing so well.

Catch-up

Wow! How could I be so neglectful? Halloween and Maren's birthday have come and went. My oldest has been 6 years old for 2+ months. She got her 6 year old molars in and found her first loose tooth (front, bottom, right). She seems to be doing better in school. She is at the top of her class for reading, but could work on handwriting neatness and remembering to turn in and retrieve her homework everyday.

Eliza has really stepped up to the plate and turned into quite the big helper. She is such a sweet girl.

Henry is entering the 18 month seperation anxiety phase, but really does quite well compaired to how Eliza did. He can say so many words and do so much more than I remember from my girls. We could work on his signing vocabulary so he could get more across without the frustration he gets occasionally.

Emiline is getting ready to make her grand appearance. I have had some contractions ( mostly at night) but none that are continously consistant. My due date is in a week so she should be here sometime in the next 3 weeks (hopefully sooner).

We are all well and will let you know when this baby does arrive.