Bath Time

Mya absolutely loves her baths! I think she likes them much more than Kylan did at this age. After she gets up in the morning, and eats she usually plays for a bit and then gets tired again, so as soon as she starts acting tired I take her back to my room and lay her on the bed, then go in to start her bath and as soon as she hears the water she cheers right up, squeals the whole time I am taking off her clothes and loves to splash and squeal during her whole bath. The video is of the end of her bath, so she had settled down quite a bit, but she still squeals a couple times and kicks a bit!

Here are Mya's new things she is doing at 4 months old:

Can grab and play with toys

instead of just standing in her exersaucer, she tries to play with the toys like Kylan does

Is trying to roll from her back to her front

Can scoot around on her back a little bit

Doesn't wake up crying anymore, but talks and laughs to let me know she is awake

Is eating cereal

Opens her mouth when you go to kiss her (maybe the beginning of kissing on her own)

Squeals and laughs all the time!

I love this little girl and I love watching her personality develop every day!!!

Bed Time

I love bedtime! I especially love when it is my bedtime! This is how I found my kids tonight when it was time for bed. While I was getting Kylan ready Mya started crying, and then she stopped, so i assumed she was still playing because she will do that sometimes. However when I finally made it back to the living room, she was sound asleep, with her cow in her bouncer. The other pic is of Kylan watching spongebob on our bed. He isn't a big fan, but the selection of cartoons at night is limited, so it had to do! I also love how he lays on our bed to watch tv just like Tim does. He may look more like my family, but he does everything just like his dad! I love these two kids!

Basketball Games

I know these pics are a little blury, so forgive me for using them, but they are pics of my dad coaching at CCHS for the last time. This basketball season was my dad's last. He was thinking that it would be at the beginning of the season, and then being called to be the bishop made it official. This week Fallon hosted the all-star game and coach Williams asked my dad to assist him one last time. My mom, Tim, Kylan, Mya and I were at the game and I couldn't help but feel a little sad knowing that this was the last time that I would see him sitting on the bench and the last time that we would meet him outside the coaches office afterwards. My dad has had a long career of coaching basketball in Fallon, both girls and boys. I remember when I was little going to girls basketball practices on Saturdays, and the games with my mom. He coached girls from 8th grade all the way up to Varsity. He then took a short break while I was younger, and started again with coaching my brothers and I in the Indian League. When I was a freshmen in high school he started assisting on the Freshmen boys team and then coached them, then JV and for the last three seasons has assisted with the Varsity.
I know he is ready to retire from coaching, but it will still be odd to go to the games and not see him sitting on the bench! I love you dad and am so proud of the countless hours you have volunteered to help with the basketball program! Your the best coach ever as far as I'm concerned!

Memorial Weekend

The beach site - Mya too four hour naps both Saturday and Monday in the trailer - we asked Lynne and Derild if they could park it at our house!

The best pic I got of Kylan. He was way too busy playing in the water to have his picture taken. I even had to follow him around in the water to feed him lunch. He was so happy out at the lake!

The few hours Mya was awake at the beach she liked sitting in her rocking chair, and having her feet put in the water. She loved talking to Aunt Lynne while sitting in this chair!

Kylan watching the big kids play volleyball. Even when his teeth were chattering so badly he could hardly talk he didn't want to leave the water!

What a great kickoff to another lake season!

Church + Kids = lots of stress!

Another enjoyable day at church for the Sorensen family. We can hardly do it with two kids, I can't imagine adding anymore to the mix! We don't have many young men in our ward, so Tim helps pass the sacrament, but today may have been the last day for that. Here is how our church went:
9:45 Arrive early to make sure the sacrament is ready - it's not, so Tim does it. Kylan has to go potty, Mya is happy in her chair, so we leave her and go potty.
9:58 Church is about to start, notice blood on Ky's shirt and hands, Mya is (thankfully) still happy in her chair, run Ky to the bathroom to wash up, then to the janitors closet to raid the first aid kit, then back in where Mya is becoming cranky so . . .
10:05 Take Mya out to calm her down, come back a couple minutes later and enjoy the only couple minutes of calm
10:10 Kylan has to go potty again and I have to take him because he hasn't #2ed yet, and may need to, hand Mya to grandma, and she begins SCREAMING
10:12 Kylan done, send back with grandma keep Mya happy in the foyer to take the sacrament, then go to feed her
10:30 Mya is fed, come back in, Kylan has to go potty AGAIN! Take him, come back and Mya is hungary/tired AGAIN, so go and feed her
10:50 Mya is asleep, head back in for the closing. Kylan has gone to the bathroom again, Dad took him.
10:05 Closing song, Kylan is already crying about nursery . . . .
At 12:20 I took the kids home, Ky had had a meltdown, Mya was screaming once again, and I had had it!!! Carmae Whitaker reminded me that it will be all worth it someday, and I'm sure it will be, but right now that's hard to see!!!