Bouncin' off the Walls

We spent last weekend up in Fruit Heights for Grandma DD's 90th birthday! It was great to see all of Adam's immediate and extended family. On Saturday, we all got to play at a place called Bouncin' off the Walls and we had a blast - Eva didn't want to leave! She went down the slide about a million times and just kept going back up. I knew she liked slides but sheesh! :)

Grandma DD held little Spencer for me so Adam and I could play a little too. Thank you Grandma! Our little family had a great time, thanks to you!

"Let's go night-night!"

A new tradition has been started in the Rushforth home: we play bus in the kitchen. Eva loves to make the bus and go to lunch or dinner or night-night or whatever we have to do next. What fun! We enjoy it too - even though it might not look like it in this video. We all have sore throats and coughs so we aren't as enthusiastic as we normally are.

Spencer is 3 months old!

Spencer turned 3 months old on February 29, 2008. I can't believe he is so big already! Not having a newborn anymore makes me baby hungry! :)

Here Spencer is with his great friend Rubia Fagundes. She lives with us and helps me with Spencer all the time. He loves to tell her (in conversational noises) all about his life and what he did that day. He sounds like he is complaining - just like Eva did when she was his age. "Mom made me wait for my food and she left me in the swing while she made dinner! I was so lonely!" I am sure that is about what he is saying! :) He seems to like the sound of Portuguese so Rubia speaks to him all the time. Maybe he will grow up to learn Portuguese - who knows. That would be great!

He is starting to suck on his hand instead of the pacifier and Mommy doesn't like it very much. But hopefully he won't make a long habit of it.

Spencer is an absolute joy to have around and I am so grateful that Heavenly Father blessed me with an easy baby.

Eva's BIG Bike

January 10, 2008: This is Adam's favorite video that we have taken thus far. He gets a kick out of it every time he watches it and he also likes to show it to people so I thought I would share it with all of you. We received an excercise bicycle for Christmas and Eva loves to sit on it but can't run it herself . . . so Daddy has to help her out. It is cute to see her on such a big bike! :)

"My baby brother Michael Rushforth"

Eva loves her little baby brother and likes to hold him - sometimes a little too much! I am enjoying having a boy and a girl - I feel it was perfect for me to have the dramatic girl first and the calm boy second. After having Eva, I have to admit, I was scared to have another child just in case I got another dose of drama because sometimes she is a little much for me to handle. Eva brings a lot of spunk and spice to my life. She and I are having some control/power struggles lately and I am not sure how to solve them but we will work it our with God's help. Eva doesn't want anyone to control her so she obeys only about 1/8th of the time which frustrates both mommy and daddy. We love her though and don't want to crush her independent spirit but at the same time, she needs to be repectful and do as Mommy and Daddy ask. We will find the answer to raising Eva soon - I hope! :) Spencer is only 3 months old so I can't tell yet what his personality will be like but his baby blessing said he would be a calm and peaceful person and that he would help others to find that same peace in their lives so that sounds like he will be a peacemaker - a gentle kind of soul. He seems to be like that already - holding him brings much me much peace and joy. Every time Eva says talks to or about Spencer she calls him "my baby brother Michael Rushforth". She almost always leaves out the "Spencer" and she has to call him the entire line - don't know why but it is cute! :)

Eva tries her hand at counter finger painting!

February 25, 2008: Mommy finally got adventurous enough to let Eva use the fingerpaints she was given by her great friend Sally. Mommy really hates messes and was a little worried about it but finally let her. Eva had a good time I think - and so did I, amazingly enough. After we were done, I wiped the counter down and much to my chagrin found that the purple paint had left a stain - luckily chlorox disinfectant spray got it out but unfortunately, my little 3 year old found the spray bottle and decided to disinfect her entire bathroom and her bedroom door - which ran onto the carpet. Needless to say, mommy was a little upset! I had to keep repeating to myself that my purpose here in life is to raise a child and that child will do things like this and I just need to take them in stride - I did pretty good, considering she ruined the new carpet. :) I will be more careful about putting the bleach right back from now on - you live and you learn, I guess. I just hate learning the hard way!