July Update

July was a really busy month. We had tons of things to do, Rylie's birthday, and friends from Oregon came to stay with us for a week. My sister Cindy was here for the month and the girls had tons of fun playing together. It was almost like 6 months hadn't even past since they had seen each other. They got along great for the most part. The only time they fought was when they all wanted to be the boss.

Porter finally got his head mount from the deer he shot last fall. I was the one who actually encouraged him to get the head mount because I think they are more interesting to look at then just the antlers. What I didn't know was that it would end up hanging upstairs in the hallway. It really doesn't go with any of my decor. Hopefully we will get the basement finished so it can go down there where it belongs. I agreed to let it hang upstairs for the time being because we did spend a lot of money on it so we can't just box it up. We also were able to pour the concrete pad to go next to our back porch. Our backyard is taking a while to get done but the concrete was one of the big projects so we were excited to get it done. We also stamped and acid stained it. The picture is before we sealed it so now it actually looks quite a bit different. The picture makes it look orange but after it was sealed it looks more caramel. The stamped border was stained a walnut color. Now we just have to build stairs going down to it and finish our rock retaining wall and curbing then we can finally put grass down. I had to put a picture of the girls kittens. They are really good cats. As much as the girls torture and play with them, they are still really friendly and sweet.

Easton is nine months old. He is finally crawling. He still would rather be held and carried around, but now he can crawl to me to make the demand. He is into everything!! He opens drawers and cabinets, pulls on cords, pushes buttons, and touches everything. I've had to move most of my decorations. He can find just about anything. I will think the floors are clean and free of small things he can put in his mouth. Eventually he will find something I have missed and will be sticking it in his mouth. He is completely different from the girls. Rylie never bothered anything and was a really easy baby. Brynlie didn't bother much, she was just a climber and a button pusher. With Easton, anything that is not a toy he touches. He is also teething again which means he is not sleeping all night anymore. He now wakes up one or two times a night. He is quite the babbler and loves to say da da. He is so funny and cute with everything he does.