The Dover Clan

Sunday, January 1, 2012

As 2011 Comes to an End

December was a crazy month that went by way to fast! Daniel has changed so much! Ever since I totally went off of dairy, he has become such a happy baby! On Christmas day even started laughing! Daniel is sleeping through the night and I could not be happier. He is almost 4 months now and started sleeping 8 hrs at night when he was 9 weeks old. I love this stage that he is at now. KaeLynn is such a good sister. She loves to talk to him and rock him in his car seat. This Christmas was great. We did so many things with Cavan's family especially since his sister Michelle and her family moved to Kentucky the day after Christmas. We had a Christmas with my sister Kea at our house. She brought over her new puppy St. Benard! So Cute! My brother Brandon got me Zumba work out which I am in love with! Cavan got a shirt that really "fits" him well! Then for Cavan's and my 6th year anniversary he took me to see the horse show Cavalia. He actually surprised me which he has never done before! It was so beautiful! Then for my birthday he got me a Wii with a Zumba game! I have been in Zumba heaven! I finally get to have dance back in my life. He also got a shooting game (of course :) that is also fun. Then on Christmas Eve we drove to the Coast to see my family and had a good visit with them. Christmas day Cavan's brother blessed their new daughter Coralei. She was so adorable in her dress! KaeLynn got a ton of presents. She really enjoyed that every place we went there were more presents to open. Then the day after Christmas we went to Zoo Lights. It was cold and Daniel did not enjoy it most of the time, but we made the best of it. When we got on the train our whole cart was singing Christmas Carols! It was so much fun! Then for New Years Eve we went to our friends the Freys. Ate yummy food, played Zumba, and soaked in the hot tub. We actually stayed up until midnight, even the kids! Then all of the sudden today for church my little girl grew up and is now a Sunbeam! I can not believe she is old enough to go to Primary. This year has been such a good year for us. We have really grown and I look forward to what this new year has to bring us. Well I think that pretty much sums it up! :)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

A Great Day

Today was absolutely gorgeous. Perfect temperature outside, beautiful leaves, not windy, and the sun shine. We had a great time playing in our yard today! I love days like these!

Daniel is starting to suck his thumb. He shows more interest in his thumb then his binkie. He will take his binkie sometimes, but almost always spits it out a few minutes later. This is a lot earlier then KaeLynn started sucking hers. We will have to wait and see if he sticks with it.

Daniel is also smiling now! He just melts our hearts away every time he gives us a smile! We just adore this kid! He started smiling around 6 weeks. He is now 2 months old! He really interacts with us when we talk to him. He is so much fun.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Fun in the Fall

Fall is going by so fast! We have had beautiful Autumn days and some good times. Halloween we spent at our friends house. We ate pizza, made caramel apples, watch Hocus Pocus, and caught a stomach bug! LOL thanks Jeremy! :) Ava and KaeLynn were so excited to go trick or treating. They stayed out for an hour in a half! KaeLynn was so cute in her Elephant outfit!

We also went to the Trunk or Treat at our ward. She played games, got a pumpkin painted on her face, and got lots of candy!

The fruit loop this year was fun as always! We ate lots of yummy food, got our pumpkins, and just enjoyed being with a family in a beautiful place. This is my favorite tradition we do in the fall. It is so lovely in Hood River!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Carving Pumkins

Tonight we carved our pumpkins over at Nana and Papa's house. Only KaeLynn and I carved our pumpkins and we are going to draw faces on Daddy's and Daniel's later. I let KaeLynn draw on her pumpkin what she wanted me to carve. It is very interesting... We had a nice night together and look forward to Halloween!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Family Home Evening

We just love our new place. We especially love having a fire place. This week for family home evening we roasted marshmallows on the fire and made smores. It was so nice to have the TV off and just sit next to the fire. It is so warming and the smell and sound of the fire is perfect. I love these moments where you wish it could stay that way forever!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Some more pictures

Daniel is 4 weeks old now! He likes to sleep a lot during the day of course and is right on his feeding schedule at night! I am SO tired! He is starting to have more wake time during the day and every once in a while he gives me 4 hours in between feedings at night.

KaeLynn is so sweet to Daniel. She loves to put blankets on him and read him stories. She is so eager to pick him up already.

KaeLynn just LOVES all the new stuff that Daniel gets. Especially a fuzzy blanket that she says she knows it's Daniel, but she has to sleep with it now and carry it all around the house.

I feel so blessed to have these angels in my life. I love being a mother and I am so thankful that I can stay home with them during the day.

We got on video the other day Daniel rolling over while the guys were at Priesthood session. He is 3 weeks old in this video and rolls from his stomach to his back.