Four Months...

Well, Spencer's four months now.

I can't believe it's been four months.

Little Man now...

-weighs 14 pounds

-laughs and smiles lots

-rolls over

(apparently.  I have yet to see it.  But Mom West and Aaron both say he does.)

-grabs onto the toys on his "gym" and attempts to drown them in drool.

Everyday I love Little Man more and more.

I'm so thankful I'm his mom.

Dessert...

Tonight I discovered the best thing about having a woodstove

(other than heat)...

inside s'mores.

You know what makes it perfect?

Ice.

Cold.

Milk.

You just can't get that camping.

Observations...

I went for a much needed walk this morning.

This is what I saw...

I have found the most ordinary things are sometimes

the most beautiful.

"Gingerbread" Houses...

Yesterday I decided to buy candy (a LOT of candy) and some frosting.

I had some graham crackers at home.

The following is what happens when you give these items to little girlies...

We have ourselves some lovely "gingerbread" houses.

I wonder if I could talk the Keebler elves into moving in for the holidays...

they could do my holiday baking.

Good Morning...

This morning was perfect...

The girlies got along and spent most of the morning coloring.

Spencer slept in and let me get things accomplished.

I cleaned the refrigerator.

I discovered that's where all my tupperware was hiding.

I even got to vacuum the living room.

Glory be it was a wonderful morning.

Boxes...

Turns out boxes make good forts.

And little Averys make good under-the-bed monsters.

Point of View...

This morning, as Spencer happily lay under his gym toy, I thought,

"I wonder what he sees down there?"

Apparently that's what he sees.

Toasty...

Our house doesn't have central heating or air conditioning.

Some of the summer days, especially in July when I was 9 months pregnant, were quite miserable.

However, I absolutely LOVE our wood stove.

The girlies have figured out that it's good not to touch it...

without any burnt body parts.

Impressive, right?

I just love the feeling of the warmth coming off of it.

And I'm quickly becoming a good fire-builder.

It is difficult not to break out the marshmallows though...

Panoramas and Peace...

Today we went up to the radio towers on one of the mountains that surround Caliente.

We took some photos.

I was so excited to discover that my Photoshop program can create panoramas!

So this...

is the town of Caliente.

Of course I threw in some photos of the

cutest kids around

(I swear I'm not biased).

Whenever I wear the Snugli I can barely see where I'm walking,

so of course I kept worrying that Aaron would trip.

Imagine how that worry multiplied when he added Avery to the equation.

I'm not sure where she learned the peace sign... all she had to say was,

"It's a cool sign mom."

I couldn't argue with that.

I took some random photos of some textures I found interesting.

I must admit that the desert has many interesting textures.

Now I just need to figure out who will print out my panorama for my wall

without charging me an arm and a leg.

Hmm...

See...

...this is what happens while I'm at work:

A three-month old with tattoos.

He didn't seem too tough.

Let's just hope his father hasn't set a precedent for future decisions

that may be permanent.