Morgan Elizabeth Stika

Morgan finally arrived on August 6 at 8:21 am. She weighed 8lb 15oz and was 20.5 in. long. She is definately one of ours just look at her cheeks! The only thing we were surprised about is she has really long black hair and her skin is on the darker side. Knock on wood she has been an amazing baby and sleeps a ton and only gets up once during the night. She seems like a really layed back content baby so we hope that continues. The kids love her but I think Jake already misses not being my only baby anymore. Thanks to everyone who has helped us and brought us dinner and thanks to Krissa for coming over so early so everyone could be at the hospital.

I finally took the kids to get some updated pictures taken. This was my mothers day present, one trip to Kiddie Kandids without Jason complaining about the price. What more could I ask for! I couldn't pick just one for the blog so I had to post them all because I think they turned out really good this time. Now I'll just have to work on Jason for the new baby pictures.

4TH OF JULY!

The 4th started out with a trip to Grandma & Grandpa Casper's in Heber. We got to eat at McDonalds and try out their new playland. Followed by lawnmower rides with Grandpa, that's something Jake definately can't live without. When we got home the Anderson's were having another big swim party we couldn't resist attending. When Jason got home we had dinner with Grandma & Grandpa Stika and then had a fantastic fireworks display with the neighbors. It turned out to be lots of fun for the kids and I know the big boys seemed to enjoy lighting the fireworks. Sorry for all the pics but I couldn't narrow it down.

I stopped in Provo canyon and took some pics of the kids

Who wouldn't love a nice lawnmower ride with Grandpa

Were the fireworks for the kids or the Dad's?

This is what Jake thought of every loud firework!

ART CITY DAYS

Malorie did the mini cheer clinic this year so she got to ride in the parade for the first time!


Chelsey's first time in the parade as a cheerleader

Malorie loved the children's art festival

Jake didn't want to leave the carnival

I thought this crown really cool that she got painted at the booths

Malorie's new cowgirl hat for the rodeo

Art City Days was actually pretty fun this year despite the constant rain. Jason's sister was in charge of the rodeo this year so Malorie had to have this cute pink hat to wear, she wanted the boots also but holy cow! cowboy gear is expensive, so maybe next year. Then we went to the cheer spectacular and then to the carnival and of course we had to get the famous scones. A treat for all of us was Jason's family got him to ride the mechanical bull and I'm sure we can all imagine how hilarious that was! Jake loved the carnival and could have gone everyday, I was surprised he was that excited about it. Then it was our first time at the Children's art festival which Malorie loved, but it got so crowded that the lines were crazy and Jake wasn't so fond of just sitting in the stroller. So next year we will know what to expect. Then the parade of course was fun because it was Chelsey's first time in the parade as a cheerleader and Malorie's first time in any parade and Jake loved everything about the parade so it was actually a fun time.

JAKE'S 2ND B-DAY!

Jake turned 2 today, we have actually survived two years with him. He started his day with his favorite breakfast of pancakes. Then church and after that his party. The weather turned out good so we got to have it outside after all. He has been obsessed with tractors so of course that was his party theme. He was so tired he had to eat his hot dog laying down, and as you can see he had lots of help opening presents. We bought him a new sandbox and he has graduated to a big boy bed, of course, with A tractor bed spread. Amazingly he has been in his bed 4 days and only gotten out the first day, so thank goodness for small favors. He loves his new bed. He got some tools, a Thomas the Train scooter so now he doesn't have to ride the pink daisy scooter, trucks, sand toys and some clothes. Jake's a lot of fun and definately adds a whole new set of adventures for our family, you just never know what he's going to do next or whats going to happen to him next. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!

TODDLERS ARE TROUBLE

So just when I think I'm getting our upstairs Jake proof, he proves me wrong! In a matter of seconds just long enough for me to wash Malorie's hair Jake comes in the bathroom saying OUGHT OH MOMMY! and I'm immediately scared of what I'm going to find. He had managed to somehow get the what I thought was a kid proof lid off my craft paints and had unscrewed the lids off of blue and pink and dumped the whole pink bottle on our carpet. It looks like he was trying it on as makeup, who knows. Then yesterday he just grosed me out I was fixing Malorie's hair downstairs and looked out the bathroom door for a second to see him with a chair up to the fish tank scooping water out with a little cup and drinking fish pooh and disgusting fish water, I keep waiting for him to poop out a fish! And I won't even go into the details about his recent obsession with the cat litter. This age is so cute but man they are into everything and just absolutely disgusting little things! Its a good thing we love the little guy.

EASTER

Easter was a lot of fun this year it started with what we call Christmas breakfast, but we always have it on Christmas and Easter and Grandma and Grandpa Casper came down for the day. Next we went to the ward Easter egg hunt which is always fun for the kids and Malorie gets to hunt with her neighborhood friends. Jake really had no interest in putting the eggs in his basket he mostly just whined at my leg when Chelsey or someone would try and get him to pick them up. Then we went home and died eggs. Malorie loved it and could have dyed 100 eggs. Jake got really into it once he realized he was allowed to actually touch the eggs and the dye. Plus this is one activity Chelsey still likes to do with us. My parents even brought their own eggs to dye. We had a lot of fun and I love that Malorie really believes in the Easter bunny its so much fun to see how excited they get and its just not the same when they stop believing. However, I know she'll believe for a while still but she sure had a lot of questions about how the bunny gets in your house and how he gets to so many places and would someone please tell me where in the world the bunny lives? I mean with Santa its all just common knowledge but I have no idea what to say about Easter bunny. I almost started laughing at how ridiculous it sounded when I told her he has magical hopping powers and she thinks he just walks magically right through the front door without opening it. Oh well, I'm kind of curious what everyone else tells their kids cuz it took me a minute to think of something to say about all those questions.