Yeah! McCoy Started Crawling Last Night

At bedtime I was tucking the girls in and we looked down and he was crawling! The girls and I started to clap, and he thought he was pretty cool. He is a few days shy of 10 months so I'm glad that I won't need to be packing him around the house as much any more. This is about the same age that both of the girls started crawling also. He has been doing backwards stuff and some scooting, or putting his hands down and standing with his legs, so his bum is in the air, but today was the first day that the forward crawling motion came. I will need to re baby proof the house now! This milestone came right on the hills of him learning to wave bye bye. It's pretty cute. I just can't get him to do it on cue yet, when I have the camera, but hopefully soon I will have a picture of that also. O, and the other day (about 9 months old) he looked at me and said Mama. Chad was holding him, so he is my witness. I have been determined to help him say mama as his first word, since Dada was Mailee's and Doggy was Kinley (really I had to come after the dog, really?) Anyway, it worked, me saying Mama to him all day everyday payed off :)No Daddy, that's not a baby doll that I'm crawling to...
... or batteries!
(Chad was out of town this week end so he wasn't here to see this, so I'm glad I got some pictures)

Mom, really... could you shut off the flash!

Where does time go?

I had gotten so behind and so I have spent some time today entering a lot of post's that should have happened over the past 2 1/2 months. So if any one wants to check out the older posts there are many new ones there now. I just like to keep the events in chronological order. It has been fun to spend some time blogging again. Also, thanks for all of the comments our friends and family leave, that is one of my favorite parts.

Papa Jeff and Grandma Lu came to town

The girls got to have a sleepover in Grandpa's motor home... Well not so much a motor home, as it is a 5 star hotel on wheels, or a superstar bus. But they had a great time. Their Papa Jeff is a fabulous cook, so they had a yummy breakfast, played with the two dogs, and Lu got them ready for the day. (So let's say it's her fault that Kinley is in her gymnastics outfit and pink cowgirl boots.) No, I'm kidding, that's got Kinley written all over it, and Lu is just such a sweet grandma that she goes along with it. Thanks for the fun time Grandpa and Grandma, we love getting to see you.
I'm... pretty sure the girls found a place to sleep in there...

Updates

McCoy is sleeping so much better. He now sleeps all night! Every once in a while he will wake once or twice, but I can handle that a lot better than 5 times every night. I am a much happier mama.

Christmas lights. Sorry I didn't get a picture posted of the finished project. We didn't get to complete the whole project this year. Not enough time, and lots of snow. Hopefully next year.

4-Wheeling in the snow

I'm sure Chad had as much fun as Mailee did. This is the only good thing about not getting the city to plow your neighborhood roads :)
Mailee and her Buddie Kohner Brown

Christmas Day

HO HO HO K, that's enough
Grandma and Papa Rackman come watch the kids open gifts every Christmas morning

Such a sweet big sister to cheer her brother on

"What? you got one too?"- Mailee "Santa must have messed up hu Mae cuz you were the one who asked for a DS." -McKinley

His first Christmas
Dad had to help him open his gifts, then he could play with the paper.
Wow, what is that?

A scooter!

Our kids had such a wonderful Christmas. They are so lucky to have so many Grandparents that are so kind and generous!

The Nativity

Mailee was Mary, Kinley an angel, and Coy was the Baby Jesus. The girls loved acting out the nativity with cousins, while listening to the bible story.