five months

Sabrina is five months today. She is a laughing, cuddly, growing little girl who just loves attention and smiles from everyone. She is taking after her oldest brother and is growing like a weed! She is so long and tall and can I just tell you, I am so loving these rolls of her!

Her favorites things right now are bath time, tummy time and just talking with her mom and dad. She loves to be held outward not so much inward and if she is sitting up, she is one happy girl! She also just loves laying on the ground and watching everyone else. She kicks and rolls and ends up in many different positions and places. Almost every morning she has one leg sticking out of her crib... it's too funny!

So far Miss Bre does not enjoy solids of any kind. Once in awhile she will eat some cereal and a little bit of sweet potatoes but most of the time she isn't a big fan and quickly learns to keep her tongue out so no spoon can get in. She only likes a bottle if anyone but mom gives it to her and that is if she is really hungry. But from the look of it, she doesn't look like she is starving yet, so we are okay for now.

But I am so loving my sweet and smiley little girl. I love the moments where she laughs and talks and coos. I am loving her big brown eyes and those yummy chunky legs of her.

"tractor"

"look mama! Tractor!"

That is all I have heard this afternoon. The gas people are working on something across our street and right outside in perfect view is a big, yellow digger or 'tractor' according to Chase. So after Chase's nap, he watched this 'tractor' for awhile before he decided that he should be closer. Yes, he needed to go outside to watch it.

The minute we walked outside, he kept yelling "tractor, tractor" till finally one of the very nice gas man asked if he would like to have a closer look, which immediately followed him getting inside and actually sitting in the tractor. He couldn't have been happier.

Luckily for us the digger was still there after we picked Fisher up from school. They were busy working so we couldn't get in it again, but we could watch from afar, which the boys did for quite some time!

And in case I couldn't see it, Chase kept pointing it out to me. And he hasn't stopped talking about it either. What a great day for the boys!

Looking at these pictures reminds me that I have a TON of yard work to do!

i know...

I post A LOT of pictures of the kids in the bath. But what can I say? We love our bath time around here. And when daddy's away for the weekend, bath time is ALWAYS a nightly routine. The boys play and have fun, and I can just sit and watch and laugh with them for awhile.

Plus, I don't have any pictures of Brina in the bath, but I am sure I will be taking plenty more!

She takes after her brothers. She just absolutely loves bath time.


She laughs and coos and kicks and splashes.


And the boys are always finding new fun ways to enjoy the warm and bubbly water.






Ahh yes... we love ourselves some clean babies around here!

oops!

Just a little advice. When your very chatty and very loud almost two year old is quiet for more than 10 minutes, it probably means he is into something he shouldn't.

I unfortunately learned this the hard way...

I know I shouldn't keep any form of writing utensil around where little ones can find them, but somehow they always seem to find them when you think all pens and markers and crayons are lost.

Needless to say, he was pretty proud of his coloring job. When I caught him in the act he yelled, "look mama! Coloring!"

It's a good thing he is so stinking cute!!

let's talk about fishing...

Well... it's the beginning of spring and that can only mean one thing, fishing season.

Every year Wayne is asked to speak about catching fish and places to and all things fishing at the Utah International Sportsmen Expo. He absolutely loves doing this and it's so fun to watch him in his element and catch up with old fishing buddies who come by to see him.

This year was a little different. Normally they have a huge tank full of tons of fish and Wayne is usually up on a platform showing them how to fish. This time, it was just him and a microphone and hour of just talking and answering questions. Luckily, there are a lot of guys out there who are very curious about catching fish and he had lots of time helping them out.

I love this picture of Chase trying to get his dad's attention while he is talking to the audience. Too Cute!

You got to keep the boys entertained! Shouldn't they be paying attention to how to catch fish?

Cute little Finn was pretty entertained! His new dinosaur kept him pretty busy!

We had a fun time going and watching Wayne in his element. The weather is getting warmer and there is a fishing boat in our driveway now. That can only mean one thing... I will soon be a bass widow for the summer!

Hope you guys are all ready for spring!

green with everything

It's March 17th and we woke up to some mischievous little leprechauns this morning!


They turned our pancakes green...

And they turned our milk green... and they were going to turn our mac and cheese green tonight, but we quickly realized that Fisher will not eat nor drink anything green. So... no more green food for us Crowders today. Although, we did have green guacamole for lunch. And we are still planing on some pretty green diapers later... that I am sure of!

And look who found a green shirt their closet! Someone is starting to get in the green spirit! :)

After all of the little mischievous happenings, we made Chase clean up. Sometimes we let him use a broom.

Oh, and the sticker on the back, yeah, he put that on himself. No blaming the parents on that one...

We hope you guys all have a wonderful and happy St. Patrick's day too!

gettin' dirty

Hello Sunshine!

We had such awesome weather the past few days. The sun was out, it was warm and the yard was dry enough to play in... and get real dirty!

The boys went all out and were so excited to just be outside and run around and count rocks.. lots and lots of rocks!

We got super dirty, but we don't mind, because in this house we love our baths... almost as much as we love dirt! ;)

firsts

Today miss Bre tried her first taste of rice cereal. I thought for sure that she wouldn't be a big fan of it, but to my surprise, after the first two bites she actually didn't mind it and ate a lot more than I expected.

Looks like this little girl is going to be an eater! :)

Not so sure at first...


Yummy... organic brown rice cereal.


Look at that face! I just love it! Even if it's covered in cereal!


Here we are to trying new things!

girls weekend

warning: this post contains A LOT of photos!

This past weekend Sabrina and I headed out to wonderful Colorado to celebrate many things. My best friend since the seventh grade is expecting her first baby this April and wanted me to celebrate with her. Of course I told her I would be there no matter what, but it also just so happened to be my dad's birthday that day as well. And to make it even more enjoyable, my old college roommate moved in just down the street from my parents... so we had to meet up as well!

To say the least it was a very fun and very full weekend. Sabrina and I enjoyed every minute of it!

The last time I saw my old roommate, Katie, was last year. She was eight months pregnant with her son Dane and I had just learned that I was expecting Sabrina. So we were both so excited that she moved right down the street from my parents and it made it so easy to get together and get these two little people to meet!

This little man is the cutest little boy. I love his cheeks and blue eyes and he was just so mellow and happy!

Katie and her cute, cute little boy!

I was so excited and so thrilled to help celebrate my best friend, Jess, expecting her first little baby this April. She had such a great little shower and I got to help by capturing some of the fun moments for her.

The cute mom to be!


The cutest and yummiest cake!


This is Sabrina and her new little friend Tinsley. Tinsley is exactly one week older and she sure was such a fun and cute little baby.


My mom and Jess. And Tinsley and her mom Tina.


Me with the new mom to be! So happy for her!

Saturday my dad celebrated his 68th birthday. My mom decided to make reservations at this super yummy restaurant Bone Fish and we had so much fun celebrating. It was so good to be with family.


The birthday boy!

My sister, Amanda, and I. There is never a dull moment when we get together. Seriously one of the funniest people I know!

My sister and her husband Steve(who by the way I have known since the seventh grade).

My brother Geoff and his new and very cute fiancée Ivon. So excited to have her in our family! She fits in perfectly and I haven't seen my brother happier!

My very cute parents!

And here I am with my date! She seriously had a thing with licking her shirt that night. Every picture she was licking it. But I love this picture and I think it's absolutely hilarious!!

I had such a fun weekend in Colorado. It went by way too fast, but I was so happy to come home and see my boys and Wayne who I missed so much!

till the next trip to colorado...