our last few months

So we have had alot of fun in the last few months. We enjoy each moment we spend together but are not doing so good at posting here to allow others the opportunity to enjoy our family as well.
Piper is completely potty trained once again!!! We had some regression for a few months after Kendell was born and so over the Christmas break we really focused on it again and have not bought diapers or pull ups for Piper all this year!!! She still has occational accidents and wets the bed (good thing it is a crib matteress still) but for the most part she is doing so good. She loves to help with Kendell and keeps us entertained most days.
Kendell is a joy and such a happy baby. He recently started on solid foods and is completely in love with them. He has had so far only applesaue with or without rice cereal, yellow squash, and french fries. He wanted my sandwich tonight and tried grabbing it with both hands. He will be 6 months old on Sunday. I can't believe how fast these 6 months have flown by. Kendell has rolled over once and I can't seem to get him to do it again. He sees all his friends at school moving and sitting up and really wants to do what they are doing. He is the youngest in the class and tries so hard to keep with with everything.
I am half way through my final semseter before Grad school. Please pray for me to pass my neuro anatomy class and to get accepted into the Graduate program! This semster I am taking 2 classes, working full time, Mom to 2 adoarable kids, wife to my handsome husband, part time cook, part time cleaner, and very much lacking in the area of SLEEP. I wish there was a magic wand I could wave and be done with school, and the education budgets weren't getting cut so much. We are still unsure of how all the new education bills will affect us and our jobs. More of that maybe later. I was going to post pictures of the kids but half of the ones I wanted are on the external hard drive so those will come later.

 He was just so cute and peaceful before I had to wake him for school. I know, just wait until he is a teenager right?

 bubbles bubbles bubbles... My bubbles

 This was Kendell's Halloween costume and it still fits him big.

 Oh ya and Piper is totally in love with Purple and Tinkerbell at the moment.

Random fall/winter pictures

This is some random pictures from the last few months first we have our pumpkin carving. Piper took pictures of Dad and Mom so we took pictures of her and Kendell.

 Piper was a pink poodle for Halloween, I know we seem to have a dog theme going on. Every year she is a dog of some kind. Anyway, this year if you ask her she was just a pink dog. We have not been able to convince her yet that a poodle is a dog. We spent the evening with Grandma Ellen and Papa Mike then when we got home Piper's 2 closest friends and their parents our closest friends were waiting to see her. We had to document how cute they all were. Kendell and James were asleep in their respective car seats.

 Kendell got a Moby wrap for Christmas and we enjoy using it. I like it so much better than my snuggie, he feels more secure and acctually sleeps in it some times :) Oh I also got my hair cut for my birthday!

 One of those days before work, the kids are dressed and ready but I still had to fix my hair so they get to watch from the bed.

 I got a chocolate melting pot from my Mom and Dad for my birthday and we have enjoyed using it! We were dipping cinnamon lips for Valentines's Day and Piper wanted her turn to do the dipping.

 This is a cinnamon Santa from Thanksgiving candy making with my Mom and sisters. Lacey gave Kendell the Santa to see what he would do with it. He learned at an early age what solid foods (candy) are and how to eat them. Really after the picture was taken and he got his lick it was taken away.

 Piper and Eldon had a lot of fun during the Christmas holiday. They got int the check mix and had their own little picnic on a blanket and eat the check mix out of the pink shoes. Good thing they were new shoes out of the box that day. Next is my handsome nephew Eldon wearing Piper's tutu. Oddly enough I do not have a picture of Piper wearing her tutu. That is adorable Paylor behind him.

 Spending time with Dad after school.

 Kendell and our wedding rings.

 Gound Hog's Day at the Jones house.

 I made Piper a pink and purple tutu for Christmas and this is Wes trying it on for size while cleaning up Christmas evening.

Explanation

So in the last few months I have been having problems with pbulishing my posts. I can either post pictures or text but it won't let me do both in one post. Thus I have posts with pictures and the explanation is above it.
We had our family pictures taken by a dear friend in Twin Falls, Jillyn Moon. We went to Shoshone Falls for the outdoor family shots and then to her studio in Eden to finish. We are so happy about the results and wanted to share some of our favorites with you. At the time of taking these pictures Kendell was 1 month old. He has changed so much since then and is such a joy to have in our home. Piper loves to help with him and says multiple times each day that he likes her. Kendell loves to smile and talk to us. He also gets overwhelmed easily and enjoys being able to sit in the bouncer or high chair to have some alone time. In the last few weeks we have been able to put him in the swing and he slept for 2 hours in it yesterday.

Family Photo Shoot

 

50 free holiday card

Hello everyone,

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Piper and Kendell

The story to go with the pictures.

I tried to type in around my pictures and for some reason it posted instead of letting me type. then I tried to edit the post and type around the pictures. I was able to do that but then it would not publish what I had changed so here we are trying again to get the story to go along with the pictures.
We blessed Kendell a couple of weeks ago and were blessed to have my parents and unmarried siblings join us for the day. We also had the pleasure of Wes' Aunt Bonnie and her family along with some of our dearest friends come to support us and Kendell.
Kendell was perfect angel on that day. He slept through the blessing, and most of the rest of sacrement meeting. Then when he woke up he was content to lay on my lap. At home with everyone there he as you can see in the pictures slept some and was calm and content. This was completely opposite from out expereince with Piper's blessing. We have a very enjoyable day spent with loved ones and missed those who were not able to join us.

The day after the blessing I was informed that I my application for additional time off work had been denied and that if I stayed out longer I would be doing so without pay. If we could afford to stay home without pay I would not be working. I would quit my job and stay home full time with my kids. Unfortunately we cannot afford to do that so I went back to work on Oct 12th. The other pictures are of Kendell's first day at school. 6 weeks old
I cried when I was told the application was denied, again when I called Wes to tell him the news, and again when Leslie stopped by. The sign of a true close friend is someone who cries with you when you are sad and offers to take your newborn for a while until he is a little older while you go back to work. That is what Leslie did, she cried with me, comforted me, and expressed concern about my infant going to daycare. Thank you Leslie for being you and for being my friend! We love and appreciate you and your family, as if you were part of our family.
I have been back to work for 8 work days. Of those 8 days the teacher in my classroom has been gone 2 days and the other classroom aide gone 3 days. Wes has been in Seattle for 2 1/2 days. Wes goes to work by 6:00 am, leaving me to pack lunch for Piper and me, pump milk for Kendell, get ready for work, get 2 kids dressed and ready for daycare and leave the house before 8:00 am to get to work on time. That truly is no easy task. So far I have been able to do that everyday except one. On that one day my alarm went off, I snoozed it, it went off again, I turned it off. Then fell back to sleep until 7:30 am. I woke up and rushed to get everything done. We left home at 8:05 am.