Sam and Wyatt

Sam is 9 months old already.  He is such a good baby, and an added bonus- we finally got him sleeping through the night!! He is an all around happy mellow little guy.  He has got five teeth now and is working on crawling.  He has been up and on his hands and knees for months, he can go backwards, turn around  and get into a sitting postion but still not quite going forward.  We expect it anyday, but we are happy to have him stay put for now :)  He is eating pretty much anything that is put in front of him except green beans and peas. And of course he is still SUPER cute!! 

Wyatt will be 3 in January and we can't believe it.  He is quite the big boy now, and there is never a dull moment when he is awake!  He never ceases to amaze us with his speech, memory and imagination. He is a very smart and entertaining young man. Wyatt seems to enjoy being a big brother and loves his baby Sam but wyatt is definately in charge of who gets what toys.  Sam has about 3 toys that Wyatt will willingly let him play with. 

Wyatt has been taking dance class :)

A Family Affair

Most of you know that we had quite the busy summer building but it also ended up being a great summer visiting with friends and family.  My dad was here pretty much all summer working away but we also had a huge outpouring of help from other family members. 

Jeff's dad was here for 3 weeks. He kept very busy staining all of our siding and doing whatever else needed to be done.

My mom and Grandma were here from WI for just over a week. My mom spent most of her time wrestling the kids and helping out around the house while my Grandma jumped right in helping me with all my harvesting; garden, honey and even chicken butchering!

Next we had Jeff's cousin Kevin, he was our mudding and taping man. I don't have any photos of him actaully working but he really did work hard!!

It was nice he and Jeff finally got to play some music together!

And my Aunt Diane was our final family member to make it up.  Her first trip got cancelled because of wildfire smoke but she finally did make it.  Again I dont have any pictures of her working but she stained and finished our doors and also helped me out with the kids and odds jobs around the homestead.

My dad was there before anyone else came and was still there when they all were gone. This picture shows the state he was in by the time he left :) 

Also my cousin Jeff was here earlier in the summer, see earlier posts for his lovely picture :)

THANKS EVERYONE!!!! And of course a huge thanks to all our freiends that helped. Too many photos to post when I am this far behind on my blogging but we do appreciate every single one of  you!!   The house is great and we are all staying warm and cozy.  We could not have done it without all your help!

Someday...

Huh, my last post was August. It's November, so I guess that means I have some work to do. I only have 10 minutes here at the library today so that's not enough time but I swear I will be back soon!! I know you have heard that before but I really mean it this time. So here are a couple not very recent photos to fill in for now.

Busy Building

Here is a random assortment of building pictures. When I left the house today they had half of the roof sheathing on. We are moving right along! Wyatt has been a big help :) and so have a lot of our friends and family.

How cute is that??!!

Getting this beam on was a big accomplishment. Again we owe our friend ,Eric, and his skid steer a huge thanks!

Visit with Cousin Jeff

My cousin Jeff came up from Colorado to help build....and do some fishing.

The biggest fish of the afternoon was hooked on Wyatt's Spiderman rod :)

I think Jeff may have given me my first beer so its only fitting that he give Wyatt his but I think I was a bit older than Wyatt!

Sam I am

First food, he was not too excited at first but he has eaten everything we have given him since with no complaints.

Sam would be much safer if he had eyes in the back of his head!!