Declan's 5 months and 4 month photos

 This is what he was wearing right before I stipped him down to his diaper for his monthly pics. It was too cute to not get a photo!

 I love his little tongue! So sweet.

 Declan is a BIG thumb sucker. I absolutely love it (I know someday I will eat those words, but for now I will live in ignorance.:) ) It's so sweet to find him sucking on his thumb in the mornings and after naps. Declan is such a sweet and mellow guy! All of us love him tons!

 The winner:

 Siena was so excited to get pictures with her little brother. He wasn't quite as excited.

 He would say cheese as long as Siena wasn't around. Unfortunately we are still working on that wincing reflex he has when Siena is around...lol

 I had to tickle Brighton in these next ones to get him to stay put and to make anything other than an angry face.

 Tickling was no longer working.. Love this next one anyway. So cute/funny!

It seems I have missed his 4 month pictures as well, so here are those:

 It's so fun having a little baby around. Brighton and Siena just dote on him and love him so much. It's fun to watch.

Moments like these make those "hard days" seem unreal. Love these kids!

 the 4 month winner:

End of January thru the middle of February-ish 2015

Most morning Siena and I sit for about an hour or two to read LOTS of library books. She absolutely loves it. Brighton, not so much. He's not too into books yet so he usually plays while we read.

 We went to visit daddy at work and Brighton was a big fan of the big windows.

 We love visiting Daddy's work!

 I gave Brighton a haircut and Siena asked if she chould have one too. It had been taking me 10 full minutes to brush her hair out every morning, so when she asked I said YES!

 Her short little curls

 Brighton is learning to use utensils like a champ

 I posted this lovely picture on Instagram and wrote this about it: "Some moments in motherhood just ain't so glorious.. Just finished cleaning up poop in the bathtub (thanks Brighton), then came down to find this fun mess. On a positive note, my bathtub and the bath toys both got a good cleaning, Declan got a bath, and all his sheets got a good washing. Rough morning, but good thing these kids are worth it!:) p.s. Sorry the pics gross..lol it just made my point so well."

 The kids love playing in our backyard! The weather this winter has been fabulous and we have had lots of days when it was warm enough to go out and play

 We love this little chunk

 Siena treats Declan like her little doll a lot. She loves to get him "blankets" and pretend to be his little mommy-helper.:)

 Doing her hair in pigtails for the first time after chopping it all off.

The kids and I stopped by the LDS Draper temple one morning after running some errands near it. Siena LOVED it

 Just some fun pictures of this little cutie! I love this first one, it looks like he's really pondering something..:)

 Declan and I get some occasional mommy-son hangouts when both Brighton and Siena decide to take nice long naps.

 This is also an instagram post: "Siena is desperately trying to explain to me that the nail polish isn't working. I'm pretty positive it's working.lol"

 Declan one day was trying to suck on his tongue and kept pulling his upper lip in. So glad I caught this moment in a picture, it was too funny!

 Siena and I made some gak one day for fun and she LOVED IT!

 Her poor Elsa doll got "toy story-sid-afied!"

 We have smoothies every morning for breakfast and I just love Brighton's sippy lips!:)

 Hanging out at the park.. Brighton crosses his first and middle finger all the time and it's the cutest thing!

Declan also turned one month during this time-frame. Such a cutie!

 And 2 months!:)

Beginning of December Activities

 I took this picture when I only had just over a week left until Declan's due date. So fun seeing this picture now that I'm no longer pregnant..lol

 Time-outs aren't quite as effective when a certain little buddy comes to play in the middle of it..

 Playing at the museum again. I put Brighton in the chair at one point but he hated it. I think it was just a little too cold. He loved the water though when he was standing on the side.

 Poor kid was totally tuckered out after the museum and fell asleep in THE MOST uncomfortable way!

 The weekend before Declan was born we decided to go out and do a few last hurrah's. We went to a Japanese steakhouse (which the kids LOVED!), and also went to a movie the next day as a family!

 Brighton had white knuckles trying to pull himself up high enough to see the chef.:)

 All dressed up and ready for church.

I was taking this video because I thought it was cute how Brighton was "reading" the book, but in the process I caught something pretty funny on tape. If you watch near the end you'll see Brighton's reaction to his sister getting near him.lol The sibling syndrome..

 We also did gingerbread houses as a family home evening activity a few days before Declan was born. I think this is a family tradition that will stick. Siena had a ball.

 The finished products:

Siena got a Santa mask from preschool one day and she came home saying this phrase anytime she put the little beard mask on: