Adelyn's B-day

After Olivia's baby blessing we celebrated Adelyn's 3rd birthday. She was spoiled by her grandparents and all her aunts and uncles. She loves opening presents and getting new things. We had an ice cream party after lunch to celebrate. She loved it!

Adelyn went to her annual check up and I thought I would share her stats:

-27.5 pounds (17%)

-36.25 in (30%)

Overall she is pretty healthy. It looks as though she may be starting to grow out of her milk allergy, but not the egg allergy. We will take her to the allergist in a few months to check on her progress. She will start joy-school this week and she is really excited. We love this little girl.

Olivia's Blessing Day

We blessed Olivia on August 8th while my parents were in town. We decided to just invite immediate family members and bless her in sacrament meeting. It was a beautiful blessing. Here are some of the things Olivia was blessed with: (thanks to those who were frantically scribbling)

-compassion and understanding towards others

-ability to look into others hearts to understand, help, and serve them

-wisdom, courage, understanding and faith

-ability to see past the cunning ways of the adversary, to see what is important, the big picture, using faith like the North star for guidance home to Heavenly Father

-blessed with many talents and ability to use those talents to serve others

-blessed to be a great support to her family

After sacrament meeting we had a luncheon at our house and then celebrated Addie's b-day. Sadly I didn't take very many pictures. Thanks to everyone who came. It was a special day for our family.

Going Public (sort of)

Admittedly, I have not been the best blogger. I have been feeling bad that you may check my blog here and there (or hardly at all) only to find out there are no new postings. I am finding that the popular thing to do these days is to have two blogs, one private, and the other (public) that states when there is a new posting on the private blog. So for all those who care... I created a public blog: ssmossfamily.blogspot.com that can be subscribed to on your google reader. Whenever I update this (private) blog, I will let you know through the public blog.

I hope this works out better for everyone.

Over the Hump

Scott has made it through the first half of graduate school!! Wahoo!! There are rumors that the first year is the hardest, but in reality the whole thing is pretty stinkin' hard. Finally over the hump. Deep breath. Gear up for one more year. (*sigh*)

Reminiscing

The other day I went through a few boxes in my closet. Inside one box was a stack of pictures, mostly of my best friend growing up (Lisa) and me. I sat there reminiscing and chuckling to myself. Yes, I admit, I was a dork. But I had good friends. I thought I would post a few that made me laugh. I only have hard copies of the pictures, and I don't have a scanner, so the quality of the pictures are poor... but still funny.

I'm sure I am in for some payback pictures. Haha. Miss you Lisa!

4 Months

Olivia had her four (and a half) month check-up today. Time sure does fly. Here are her stats:

13.6 pounds (35%)

26 inches (92%)

Head circumference 39%

I love this picture Kayla took with her phone:

She is a fun, easy-going, smiley baby. We love her.

Marshmallow Fun

Oh, how we love summer. Especially the sticky, gooey, messiness of it all.