5 months

The time seems to be flying back with Brody. We sit in awe at the thought of him already being 5 months old. I find myself staring at him almost every day and laughing at the 'little person' he has become. Brody is definitely our social bumble bee and loves and interaction/attention. His eyes truly sparkle whenever someone talks to him...and his arms start going crazy. Brody is ticklish, happy, chubby, and adorable. His feet and hands are still his favorite items to shove into his mouth but honestly he would put anything in his mouth that he can grab. He found this little disc for his Einstein mat that has a duck on one side and a frog on the other. My goodness, he loves that thing! He will have an instant melt down whenever he drops it or if he can't get it off the little hook...it's rather funny. Dad has been teaching Brody to dance (which is hilarious since Chris is not a dancer). Dad and Addie will do an arm dance with Brody to a certain beat and Brody just smiles...while his checks jiggle. :)

Easter {part 1}

Easter part 2 will be coming as soon as I grab my small camera from the diaper bag...it's a long trip from the kitchen the to computer. :) We had a great Easter morning with Easter baskets opening for the kids. I did find myself wondering how Easter candy made it into the celebration of Jesus's resurrection...but candy for all nonetheless. Addie has a huge sweet tooth (not sure where she got that...just kidding) so she was eating jelly beans within one minute of looking at the basket. Brody loves stuffing anything in his mouth so he was eating his stuffed animal with seconds of seeing it.

After the sweets, we rushed to get dressed since we were hoping to make it to church early. Hoping is the key word. Like any hormonal new mother, I found myself a little teary eyed on the way to church due to the hustle and bustle of things. I felt like my focus was more on getting our family beautified instead of our hearts in the right place. Sigh...the life of being a mom. After church we headed the amazing Jelso house for a long, great afternoon of food, talking and kids playing. Praise the Lord, the Crank family is back in California so we all got to be together for this holiday. We are blessed with our Paso family and love them all.

Bath for two

We have two water loving kids on our hands! Brody is still a little wobbly so it requires all hands on deck but it's cute to see them in the tub together. Addie's has a sweet way of talking to Brody lately...she gets this huge smile and says, "Hi Brody Boy" in a high pitch voice. It's cute because he just smiles.

4 months old and pancakes

Brody is 4 months old and too stinkin' cute! He had his appointment yesterday and is 17.5 pounds (90%) and 27 inches (97%)!!! He grew over 3 inches in the last few weeks which explains why he has outgrown almost everything! He talks, smiles, coos, smiles, giggles, smiles, drool....you get the picture. His hands and feet are his favorite right now. I feel like his hands are always in his mouth or at least putting something in his mouth. Just this morning he tried to suck on my cheeks. :) I couldn't help but laugh. He is my sweet little boy and is so fun to be with. Oh, at his doctor's appointment, Dr. Anselmo asked if he has rolled over yet (which he hadn't) and then no 5 seconds later, he rolled over. We both started cheering him on...I guess he likes to put on a show.






Addie is enjoying cooking more and more...primarily baking cookies since she loves cookie dough (just like her dad). Saturday morning her and Chris decided to make pancakes for us. Here is the process of baking with Addie...

Last weekend in March

I find that I have a hard time dumping the pictures off my little camera that is always in the diaper bag...last night I finally got around to it. We spent the last weekend in March going around the county and enjoying the time as a family. This season is interesting to say the least but we are choosing to see the blessing of having extra family time instead of being jobless in weeks to come. We went to Avila Beach for another AMAZING day at the beach. It was 90 degrees there which was incredibly odd but it was beautiful. Addie was in her own little world with rocks and sand while Chris and I were locked on to people watching (especially college kids trying to flirt with each other...priceless). We landed at In & Out for lunch to finish off the day. We are blessed.







Papa came down for a day visit. Addie loves being with her grandparents and misses them all the time. Chris put Papa to work on the house with de-pigeon-fying the house. We had a colony of birds on the roof with more bird poop than one should admit. Addie thought the ladder of death was fun to climb with dad...I was a bit nervous but the adventure was fun for her.

Tea Time with Emily

This makes my heart melt. Addie had her first officially tea party with her sweet friend Emily. They really just enjoyed eating the cookies and cupcakes but it was cute to watch them pour tea and giggle together as girls. Yes, Addie had to correct Emily's almost every move (not holding the cup correctly, etc) but Emily was a sport with our "smarty pants" daughter. It's times like these that I am so thankful to have a a daughter to do girly things with. Addie is definitely showing her girl side in the mist of her all boy friends group...we are so thankful for Emily and some new girl friends she is making.














Brody and Claire hanging out on the couch together.