Quick photo shoot

Random fun photo shoot on a Friday morning! It's amazing the times they choose to be cooperative & others not so much. Gotta love the November attire, so hot we're still busting out the summer clothes!!

Love these kids.

My big eight month blue eyed girl!

Halloween 2010- "SUPER" family

Yes we had a superman theme . . . Mark was thrilled . . . he found out the morning of the party :) I figured I'd better take advantage & coordinate while Troy still didn't have a strong opinion about what costume he wanted, it was simple yet fun!

Friday evening we headed to the ward party at the church.

The SUPERMEN, so handsome!!

The SUPERGALS!

Troy with his cousin Dylan

Lexie with her cousin Reese

Don't they just look thrilled on their first Halloween!!

It was hard to contain their excitement at the party, haha!

Troy on the other hand had a blast!

Here he is on the cake walk (don't ask me where the tongue came from, that's a first).

He played tons of games, ran around with his cousin & friends, & got loads of candy.

What more could he ask for?!!

The next night we headed out to the Ulrich cousins ward party.

2nd night in a row making it double the fun & double the number of cousins!

Troy with Buzz & Woody (aka Carter & Logan)

The whole gang, do you see a theme?

Jessie with her strawberry sis, Superkids, Buzz times 2, Rex & Woody!

Lexie's other cousin close in age, Khloe

(4 months youger & yes practically an identical twin of her mom)

Lexie at 7 months (oops 7 1/2 almost 8)

Happy girl in her favorite sitting position!

Swimming in the September heat wave.

Enjoying a plum with grandpa.

Not as exciting rice cereal, but digging it a lot more these days.

If that's not comfortable sleeping I don't know what is!!

So my darling 2nd child is finally getting a post of her own. Sadly meant too at 6 months, started it at 7 & here we are almost to 8 months, gotta love life! She is still as sweet as ever! She is very content & chill, sits up great, but hasn't been too concerned to get anywhere other than what's within her "reach zone". She has a happy, huge smile that you're sure to see if you're around her for a few minutes, especially after a meal. She takes regular naps, though lately not very long ones, 1-2 hours or so. Ok I was probably spoiled by her brother & his mega naps, but still a mom can dream :) She gets to sleep well, wakes up once or twice a night, with an occasional through the night rest, but her contentment is the same either way. We like to say she is the perfect 2nd child, getting ample attention, but not expecting to be held all the time- thank you Lexie! She's held onto her blue eyes so far, I'm still waiting to see what will happen there. She likes to blow bubbles to communicate with us, mixing it up with occasional babble sounds. Then we all chime in to get her to say "mama" or "dada" & yes even "Troy, Troy" or "Troy boy". She has definitely grown quicker than Troy did, at her 4 & 6 month appointments she was in the 40% for height & 97% for weight, haha. At 6 months she weighed more than Troy did at a year, so we are loving our chunky rolls & adjusting too growing out of clothes much faster!! We are so happy to have this lovely girl in our family, she is such a joy & can't wait to continue to see all of her firsts in life!

This Magic Moment

Tonight the kids were in bed, but not quite asleep. Lexie started fussing a bit & Troy (who has been very good about being quiet during bed/nap time while sharing their room) started making some noise. We turned up the monitor to figure out what was going on to hear Troy singing, Old McDonald then I Love to See the Temple, to his sister . . . to help her calm down . . . which she does & they both fall asleep. It's nights like these you count your blessings, are grateful for the small things as a parent & can breathe a sigh that maybe you did something right today!

Summer wedding!

My handsome brother David & his stunning wife Tessa!

Welcome to the family!

Our happy family at the LA Temple.

(gotta love Troy's "smiley" face right now)

Dad & daughter, our little sunflower!

The men in my life!

The gals!

Cute cousins waiting for the couple to come out.

At the reception.

Tasty fingers

Mom & son, my handsome guy!

The original Ulrich sistas, don't we look related? Hmmm . . .

Some of the decor at the reception.

More decos

Yummy treats!

Summer Smiles!

Precious girl!

Always so happy!

So much fun, love our girl!

Bright eyes!

Brother always wants to take pics with his sis & she loves to be close to him too!

Our little darlings!

So sweet & caring, he's a great big brother!

Summer fun!

Don't ask me why I don't just post more frequently so that when I do they are not mega-huge, but oh well here goes again! This is some of our summer fun this past month.

Hanging out with cousin Reese on grandpas lap.

Swimming- keeping cool. Lexie's first time in the water!

In a shaded pool toy with smiles!

Enjoying daddy's day off by visiting the Redlands temple.

Father & son

Mom & kids

Our happy girl, along for the ride.

The happy couple.

We got news that day while we were at the temple that a new cousin was joining our family, so fun- welcome Khloe!

Enjoying the waves with Kaylie.

The girls! Lexie's first trip, a little windblown, but having fun.

The cousins enjoying the sand.

What Lexie really did most of the time there :)

Enjoying the 4th with daddy!

The cute red, white & blue kids!