And growing up way too fast

And is also cutting her first tooth. She actually gets fussy now.

Lehi Round-Up week was this week. We always try to do as much as possible, but there is so much going on we are bound to miss some things. Something we did not miss this week was the parades! Lehi has three parades in three days.

On Thursday they had the all horse parade in preparation for the rodeo. Some of the highlights: we saw a guy riding to the start of the parade on his horse talking on a cell phone,  it was Breast Cancer Awareness at the Rodeo that night so everyone was in pink and some of the horses were painted pink, and they threw candy!

On Friday night there was a miniature float parade with all the floats made by  the different wards in the area. This was fun because we met up with friends and it rained a little bit… everything is more fun with umbrellas right? Candy was also thrown at this parade.

On Saturday it was the big parade. Tanner and I went an hour and a half early to get good spots, and then Trent, Natalya, and Nadia met up with us right before it started. At this point I think Nadia was sick of parades. It was a lot of fun and the kids got even more candy and even a toothbrush!

And the highlight of the parade? Tanner’s dream come true…

We thought we would get outside before the rain came again!

This was Nadia’s first time officially in a pool. She loved it, and did not want to get out.

Tanner shooting some hoops, and riding the trike chopper style.

Natalya just being Natalya

Oh, and we found out Nadia also loves Saltines!

We put Natalya in the Lehi Baby Pageant this year, but unfortunately, she did not win (were the judges BLIND?…just teasing).

It was actually really fun though, the theme was “Old Hollywood” and so we dressed Natalya up like Shirley Temple. We watch a lot of Shirley Temple in our house, and Natalya has similar mannerisms and even looks a little like she did. I put Natalya in sponge curlers so her hair would be very curly, put her in one of Nadia’s dresses  so it would be short, threw on some cute bloomers and topped it off with the classic white socks and black baby doll shoes that Shirley Temple seems to always have on.

When Natalya went in front of the judges she became really shy. She stuck her fingers in her mouth and would not do anything else! Then of course afterword she totally hammed it up and was dancing and smiling and being all cute.

It was fun to go and see all the cute kids and the cute outfits! Natalya will be too old next year, but I think I will have a go at it with Nadia!

Tanner started playing t-ball through Lehi City last week. He had his first game on Thursday. It was so funny to watch kids this little play. At one point Tanner was the catcher, so his job was to put the ball back on the tee after someone hit it. Then he “pitcher” and then some weird position between first and second base.

Tanner was definitly the ball hog and had the ball 75% of the time. At one point he got the ball, and then the other teams coach just had their kid bat right away, so when the kid hit, Tanner just took the ball he had in his glove and threw it to first base to get the kid out, haha!

It was a little rainy and windy on the day we went, so Nadia was not too happy about being outside!

Tanner really enjoyed playing and keeps asking when he gets to play again!

Trent is an awesome Dad. The kids love him so much, and so do I! He loves to play and wrestle and he has so much energy to run around an play with them. He always comes up with fun things to do like go buy umbrella’s so we can play in the rain. He always helps out with putting the kids to bed, getting up with them, taking care of them when I am gone, the list could go on! We love him very much and hope you had a happy father’s day!

In honor of Trent, Nadia wore her special shirt (she also enjoyed eating some of Dad’s Fathers Day treat)

I also have an awesome Dad, and if any of you who read this blog would know how cool my Dad is. He is always ready to have fun with the grand kids! He was a great supportive Dad growing up, he put up with me and my Mom, drove me around everywhere, drove me and my friends around everywhere, and always went to my gymnastics meets! I hope he knows how great he is. I love my Dad!

I also am grateful for Trent’s Dad. He is always willing to help out whenever we need it, whether it is pharmacy questions, gardening questions or fix it problems. He is always willing to play and help out with grand kids too. He is exceptionally good at calming the babies. We love you too Dad Miskin!

Also, one last shout out to my brother Josh. He became a father for the first time today! My brother and his wife Irina welcomed baby Ariana into the world very early Father’s day morning! Congrats, we cannot wait to meet her!

Tanner and Natalya got kazoo’s at the library today. Tanner became very good, very fast

And this is Natalya wanting her 15 seconds of fame

We sure do have some cute kids

I do have other children, but it just seems like the past few posts have been all about Nadia! Also, I do not know why our picture of Dot keeps disappearing from the last post, I think you all got the idea.

Nadia turned 6 months on the 1st of this month and her Dr.’s appointment was yesterday. She is 16 lbs 5 oz ( 48th %) and 27.25 in (89%) long! She is about the same size Natalya was at one year (same height, but a few ounces lighter). The doctor said everything looked good and even with the previous broken arm  she is doing great. She had three shots and only cried after the last one, what a trooper!

What is Nadia up to these days? Well, she is sitting up like a pro and hardly ever falls backward anymore. She laughs more and more everyday and it is usually at something Tanner is doing. Nadia also rolls around everywhere. You put her down and 2 minutes later she is across the room. She has extremely grabby hands and tries to grab at anything she can. This is where we have to be careful about what is by her at the kitchen table. The other night she tipped over a bowl of broccoli. She is getting good at grabbing food and putting into her mouth, but often she will forget it is in her hand and fling it across the room.The other day she rolled over to a bag of fish crackers, shook them out of the bag, and then was trying to quickly shove them into her mouth. Luckily I was right there and was able to stop her! She has a sweet tooth just like her sister, and is not a fan of the carrots or peas I try to feed her. She definitely prefers applesauce, bananas, and sweet potatoes. I also have started feeding her those little puffs, and she loves those too! For the past month she has been waking up at 4am to eat, which I am not a fan of and I try every day to stuff her so she won’t do it. It hasn’t worked.

Nadia is a joy to have and is so calm and easy going. I feel spolied to have such a great baby.

I was at youth conference for three days this week, hence the lack of posts. Before I post about our fun time, I thought I would do a teaser post.

At youth conference the young men gave Nadia a nick name: Dot, like Dot from bugs life. I was telling Trent about it and he looked up a picture of dot. Yup, if I were to turn Nadia into a cartoon character it would look like Dot. What do you think?

One of Nadia’s favorite things to do these days is to sit with the kids and play with them. Of course, when playing with Natalya she often gets a, “Naughty Nadia, no no!”. Tanner is usually pretty good, and enjoys Nadia playing with his stuff. He especially loved it when she sat on the bed with him and he showed her his Star Wars Galactics.

Whenever Tanner plays with Nadia, he usually ends up trying to get her to laugh!