Selah's 7 month pics

Selah's 6 month pics

Vegas Baby!

Months ago we planned ot go to Vegas to see Luther's brother and sister-in-law. So to vegas we went. Selah and I started in Pheonix where we visited my life long friend Sascha and her 3 kids one Chloe and Tate and Zach her new twin boys. Selah loved hanging with the boys and we can't wait to go back and visit. It was so nice to get out of the cold weather and enjoy the sunshine. Selah had her first pool experience and she loves it!! She's quite the dare devil. She loves to put her head in the water she has no fear.

Luther flew in a few days later and then we drove to Vegas. We got to see the Hoover Dam it's quite magnificiant! We were able to stay in a small hotel off the strip mom and Ed paid for us to stay at there time share so we had a 3 bed 3 bath for free!! Then we moved to the Statosphere for free because we went to a time share presentation our selves. It was a really fun time but 3 hours after we started they said one week a year for $800.00 a month WHAT!!! We don't even pay that for rent. Holy cow! So it was super easy to say no to. We took all the free stuff and ran! We spent a lot of time with our family and there 4 kids. Selah was sooo happy with all the activity she cried very little and just took it all in. Her youngest cousin Iona though 2 days older was showing her all kinds of new tricks she brought home with her. I can tell they will be great friends when they get older they just have to live a little closer.
Luther and Isaac went shooting and practiced all kinds of techniques with all kinds of different guns. Luther is really excited to get a gun himself. Jen and I went shoping at Costco. I know boring but with out the babies anything is exciting. So we had a very fun trip and are already missing our family. But never fear were going home in May the 14-20. We'll be celebrating Selah's birthday a little early. So be watching for that invite.

Rewind

Thanksgiving...Luther had "the big game", every year the residence and students get together and battle it out.. well for nothing Luther would contend it;s for pride and dignaty but whatever they have a good time. Selah and I went out to cheer Papa on, but it was a little too cold so we said Hi and goodbye quickly. That night we went over for a quick meal at one of our friends who is also a residencey family. We had a great time eating too much and looking through the black Friday adds.

Chistmas....Selah's first Christmas, she was 6 months old, her favorite part was taking the paper off the gifts with the help of her Papa. Selah got a bouncey horse that makes horsey noises. She can jump around and be on her feet with out falling so she loves it! She also got a curious George stuffed animal with a Curious George book. Chistmas was quiet. We sat in-front of the fire, me in my new heating blanket and luther enjoying meat and cheese from a tray I prepared to avoid any large amount of cooking. We finished the night off with a homemade pizza. It was a nice Christmas were looking forward to many more.

Selah has begun to army crawl and has found a special kinship with the dogs water bowl yuck!! So I'm having to put up the bowls on my very limilted counter space. All I can say is thank God for naps. It gives me a beak from all the finding of cords, outlets and stairs. The up side is she's crying alot more because she gets caught up in things, like behind the toilet, (I know I lost my mother of the year award nomination when she fell off the bed in Arizona onto a concrete Tile floor because I was busy trying to get out a stain, but I digress.) yes behind the toilet I left her for a minute and found her in the dark bathroom behind the toilet legs just a kickin', and what wedged her in... the plunger. She bangs her head alot too, were working on bruise number 4. It's like watch out for that chair kind of thing. She's starting to realize she has to go around the end table. I began this blog literally 1 week ago and I already missed the recording of the army crawl. Selah is now offically crawling slowly, but crawling and with that the drama has died down so way less crying. She has also started pulling herslelf up. Every morning I go into her room and she is hanging on to the edge of the crib for dear life but standing up and proud of it.

Luther has been in pediactics for the last month and though finding it boring... he has been home alot which will make up for the next 28 days when he doesn't have a day off! So it's nice that we just joined the sthletic club in town. Selah loves it, it's like her play group every morning and I get my work out in do a little relaxing in the sauna and get my shower in with out having to worry about a very mobile baby.

I have just started selling Discovery Toys they are really great learning toys that help you play with your baby, while ensuring that there learning. They make me feel like a better mom. Because we are reading, building and making music together and I know she's learning. Anyway, it's been fun doing parties and making extra money for the family. Plus I get to buy lots of toys for "Selah" though Luther and I really enjoy them ourselves. Luther was brought up on these kind of toys being home schooled and is loving having them in the house. It's benefiting me by getting out of the house meeting new people and reconnecting with friends. It also fosters my inner teacher It's awsome!! Check out my website www.discoverytoyslink.com/shana

The stockings were hung ...

So, even though we don't have a tree we still decorated, and it turns out we didn't have room for a tree anyway. Thanks to my mom who made the stockings and gave us the angel candle holders, and Starbucks where I got most of the other decorations for free we have a lovely little wonderland.

Christmas Tree

After 2 years of living in Wisconsin we leave to go get a Christmas tree. Luther doned in his leather coat and jeans and me in my jeans and puffy winter coat. It's 10 degrees outside and were dressed as if we are in Washington. Keep in mind that when it's 10 degrees here if there is any wind it's negative degree weather. After driving over an hour trying to find the tree farm when it should have taken a half hour (awsome directions mapquest.) We stand by the fire to get warm after walking from the parking lot to the building a total on maybe 30 seconds; a family clearly from Wisconsin wizes past us in there snow suits ready for there horse drawn carrage and tree selection. Needless to say it was so cold and we were so under dressed we watch the carriage ride from afar and left after only about 15 min. So we still don't have a tree, but were hoping next year we'll have more success. Looking back it would have been difficult to cut a tree given all the snow on them, though it was beautiful and it looked like a Christmas card.