Grandpa Hitt

Harold and Ruth were reunited yesterday. I wish I would have had more time to get to know Harold and Ruth but the time I did get to spend with with them I will never forget. Especially every time I came to visit Harold would ask me "So are the kids at school calling you Pop yet?" Or the times we would play dominoes with Ruth and even as sick as she was she would still try and cheat by playing two at a time and just thought it was hilarious when she got caught. Thank you for everything Grandpa and Grandma Hitt we all miss you very much.

Thanks again and I love you both.

Brandon

Below is a PowerPoint that Janet (Jami's Aunt) made of Harold's life that we will be showing at the funeral next Thursday.

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The Cone Kiddos

All three kids spent the afternoon together today. I took advantage of the opportunity to capture some pictures of these babies. Aiden and Madi sure love to play together. It is fun to watch them entertain each other. Emma loves to look at the two older kids, and boy does she want to join in! However, we still have to keep her out of Aiden's reach until she can learn to crawl away.

Here are some of my favorite shots from today:







These pictures are from last week, but they are too cute to not share so here are a couple more of my two girls together.

Madison Marie is 17 Months Old

It is amazing to think that my baby is almost a 18 months old. She is growing up so fast, and is such a character. I think I tell her daily that she is a nut...because she is.

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Madison is starting to change from two naps a day to only one. This is a pretty slow transition, and most days she does great, but every now and then she still needs two...or at least her parents need her to.


Madison continues to love books. This week I asked her to choose a book to read before bed...and she brought me "Charlette's Web". Brandon read her two chapters in it last night and she was ready to hear more of it.


Madison loves her baby sister, and Emma adores her big sister. It is so fun to watch them laugh and giggle at each other. I am sure they are both anxious for the day when Emma can get up and join in.


Grammy Tammy refinished the rocking chair that she grew up with and passed it on to Madison. Madi loves having her own chair to sit in. I found a similar chair at a consignment store in town for $12 and Grammy is going to refinish it to match for Emma.


Madison's favorite toy is still a phone. She loves pretending to talk on the phone. A couple of weeks ago Grammy Tammi asked if Madison could come over so that Madi could help find the phone she had lost at Grammy's house. No luck that night, but this past weekend Madi found the phone...in the tuperware capinet.


Madi is really starting to be a daddies girl. She will often choose to go with dad rather than stay with mom. They like going to town together and playing outside. Madison has been joining Daddy and Uncle Brad playing catch with a football...and loves being apart of the action.


Our little girl is quite the show-off. She likes to do the "cheezer" grin (where she scrunches up her nose and closes her eyes) "touchdown" where she raises her hands in the air like a referee, and if you ask her if she is ready for a nap she shakes her head no.

Madison loves riding her car. She will often grab her cell phone and sit on the car like she is driving and talking on the phone. It is adorable.

She is working on her next set of teeth, her last set until her two year molars. I am excited to have a break from teething for a while. Although Emma is not too far away from teething.

Madison, You are a precious little girl and you are the light in my eyes. I love you so very much!

Emma Lea Ruth is 4 Months Old

Emma Lea Ruth turned 4 months old on the 6th. Again, I am amazed at how fast that time has gone by. She is the happiest baby I could have asked for. She loves to smile and laugh.

Her favorite place is still under her floor activity gym. She will play here for hours. She is starting to wiggle her way around, and can scoot herself quite a ways before she gets stuck up against something.

She gets one feeding of rice cereal a day, and she loves it. She can hardly wait for the next bite to come. I usually have to go make her more cereal because she eats way more than I anticipate. She is still not taking a bottle, so it might come down to rice cereal during the day. I guess we will find out next week as Brandon and I have to work three days.

Emma loves her baths. She kicks her feet and throws her arms around, splashing water everywhere. As soon as she hears the water running, she will stop fussing and just listen. Most nights she gets to share bath time with Madison, and those two have fun together.

I just love this next picture of Emma and her Daddy.

Emma adores her older sister and cousin. She smiles and laughs at them all the time. She doesn't even mind when Aiden is a little too loving...at 9 months old he doesn't quite get the concept of 'gentle'.

I don't have her stats yet from her 4 month well baby visit, but I will post them after we go. She doesn't go in again until the 23rd. Unofficially, on our scale with a diaper on she was 13.5 lbs last week.


Rolling over is the next stage Emma is working towards. She can roll from her tummy to her back (has been able to do this since she was only a few weeks old) but is now getting close to rolling from her back to her tummy. She so wants to get up and go like her sister and cousin.

Reclining is no longer something Emma likes to do...she wants to sit up. She has already used the bumbo chair more than Madi ever did. I am sure that she wants to be a part of all the activity around her.

I love you Emma Lea Ruth, you are a sweet baby girl and I can't imagine life without you.

More Pictures from Colorado

Well I finally grabbed Amber's camera today and downloaded the rest of the pictures from our Fun Valley trip.

Madi and Aiden playing in the hippo pool at the campsite




The Great Sand Dunes National Park just outside of Alamosa, CO was a great day trip for the kids, Karen, Amber and myself. I went there several times as a kid with my Great-Grandpa Boyce. I had some awesome memories of the place as a kid, but hadn't been there since I was probably 10. So we took a chance and drove there for the day. We had a blast.

Madison wasn't too sure about the sand. She had just fallen asleep in the car about 10 miles out, and so she did not get her full nap before we got there. I am hoping that this is why she was so afraid of the sand. It took her a long time before she was willing to walk on it barefoot...and she never did sit down to play in it.

Aiden, on the other hand, loved the sand. He immediately started playing with, and eating, the sand. He was covered in sand, and loved every minute of it.

The two youngest played so hard that they fell asleep. The double stroller came in quite handy as a napping spot.

Note all the sand under Aiden's chin...

The stoller must have been pretty comfortable...or at least Aiden looks like he enjoyed his nap.

While the other two were napping, Madison and Amber had a photo shoot on the sand. Here are some of my favorite photos. Amber did an awesome job, and I am grateful because I forgot my camera back in South Fork.





The car ride back to the campground, all three ended up sleeping at one point after they played so hard at the dunes. We will definitely be going back again next year. I would love to make this an annual day trip so that my kids will get to have some of the same experiences my sister and I had growing up.