Lange girls photo shoot.

These are old pics we took in March but I just got the disc with the girls pics. I LOVE these. I took Annie in to get her 9 month pics and had some taken of the girls as well. Annie stole the show but I got some cute ones of the girls too. Hopefully Annie can appreciate how cute she looks and she won't be mad when her future hubby gets to see these. I love them! There's is nothing cuter than a baby!

1. 



Happy Birthday Rylee! I can't believe your seven today where has the time gone? You are becoming such a beautiful little girl. You are so excited to turn seven it is all you talk about. You told me today you think you're  a pound bigger cause your seven and you can feel it. We had a huge joint carnival  birthday party for you and Annie on June 2nd. ( will post more later on the big party ). So today we are just keeping your birthday simple. The one thing you really wanted for your birthday was an ipod. It is all you have been talking about for 6 months, since I told you we would get you one for your birthday. You have been telling me on a daily basis what songs you would like downloaded to it. You've decided for your birthday today you would like to go to Chili's for dinner and get your own molten rather than do cake and ice cream at our house, which is fine by me. Some of your favorite things to do right now are draw, read books, make a craft, play with friends, go swimming, ride your bike, help me cook, and help take care of Annie. You are a great big sister to her and you are both best friends. Your favorite color is pink and purple. You favorite foods are cafe rio, strawberries with whip cream, home made Alfredo, anything with chocolate, lasagna, broccoli. You've been trying lots of new things so really lots of foods are now your favorite. Your favorite conversion to have with me is about college. You obsess over it. Telling me how much you will miss us and asking how old you will be when you go. You think you will marry Braxton from your class and live down the street in the town homes by the district  so you can be close to us. You ask me all the time if you can live in our basement when it is finished. My answer is always you never have to move out or get married you can live with us forever! You are such a sweet little girl and I love having you in our family. You are so mature and fun to be around right now. You still have your moments of not listening but over all I love being around you an getting to spend any time I can with you. We love you and hope you have the best birthday!

Little Annie is one year old today! I can't even believe it. Just the thought of it makes my eyes fill with tears. Her first year has gone by so much faster than the other girls. I just want to freeze time and make it slow down. I have loved every minute of being your mother. You have brought me so much joy this last year. If I'm having a bad day which I seem to have often, one look at you and I forget why I'm upset. You are so sweet and laid back. You LOVE to sleep! When you decide you are tired there is no negotiating you are in charge. You still take 2 naps a day which are easily 2 hrs each, thank you! You sleep for 12 hrs at night. We lay you down and you go right to sleep. I think you are our last so I have done my best to take every minute in and try to just enjoy having a little baby. My house is dirtier than  ever  because if I'm not working I'm hanging out with you. You love your sisters and can say Ella but not Rylee. You look exactly like Rylee. In the last 2 months you have become a daddy's girl and anytime he walks into the room you start to pretend to kiss him and smack your lips. You don't do this for me! You were super picky about food but you've gotten really good about trying everything. You do not have a single tooth in your cute little mouth but that doesn't seem to stop you. I have given you foods to eat I would never have given your sisters and they had teeth. You love to take a bath. You pull yourself up oneverything! I think you will be walking soon. Both of your sisters walked at 13 months on the dot, so you should try to beat them! You love to scratch everything with your nails which grow like crazy! I have to cut them 3 times a week, not sure what that's about.  We call you a kitty cat cause you're always scratching stuff. You're my best friend, we can't get enough of each other. You can say momma, Dada, dad, Ella, up above, and eyes. You love to dance and sing. Your are a beautiful happy little girl. Or as i tell you often you are delicious and I can;'t get enough of you. We love you so much. I can't imagine my life without you. You will always be my baby.

Happy Birthday Annie! 

9 month pics

1 day old, these are my favorties!

10 days old

Ella graduated preschool last Wednesday. I can't believe how big she is already. Her little sign she is holding up is a picture of her from the first of the school year. I think she looks so much older. During their performance I noticed that out of two classes she was the tallest kid on the stage. Her and Rylee are basically the same size. Rylee is maybe an inch taller. But they wear each others clothes. She is super excited to start kindergarten. I can't wait as well. She is really smart and I think it will be fun to watch her learn.

 Ella and her future husband Braylon.....

I've been bitten by the running bug! I never thought I would say that but it's true. I can't believe how addicting it is. I ran another half marathon on Saturday May 5th and did much better than the race before. I beat my time by 7 minutes. I came in at 2:10. This race for some reason was so much better. I had a lot less anxiety and I wasn't worried this time about where all the girls were. I pretty much knew where everyone one would come in at. I think it helped to that it was over cast. The SLC half got pretty warm towards the end and my face was beat red. I could have kept going after this one, I felt great. I ran a 10k this Saturday with my father in law. Who by the way did a really good job and beat what he thought he would run it by 20 minutes. He started training to run the race with me and did great. My next race is the Provo Valley Race which is June 9th. This one is sold out. The course is suppose to be a really good one so I'm excited. I would love to come in @ 2:08 so that is my goal for this one. I am going to try to do a half every month until the end of the year. We'll see how that goes.



Rylee finally learned how to ride her bike without training wheels last week! I know she probably should have learned sooner but she really had no interest in doing so. After about 20 minutes of having them off she was up and running and riding around fast like a crazy woman! She was so excited to get them off. The next  morning while I was getting her ready for school she was asking me do you know what I'm going to do today? What?  I'm going to ride my bike as soon as I get home. She also of course had to tell me her butt hurt from rididng around on her bike for so long. ( I say this after a long bike ride ) When she got home from school that day I asked her if she told her friends she was riding her bike without her training wheels. She looked at me with a really annoyed look and said yes I did, and they all got theirs off when they were like 4! Oh man should have seen that one coming.

Little Annie is pulling her self up to everything including our stairs. She wants to climb up them so bad. That's cause she knows the toy room is at the top of them, smart girl. She gets stuck and doesn't know how to get off the stairs on her own which is kind of funny. I'm not ready to put up a baby gate, I hate those things!

It's hard to believe that little Annie is already 11 months old today! She is growing so fast and getting so smart. She started crawling a few weeks ago, yes I know this is late but it is what it is. At 11 months old she still is toothless! Not a single tooth in that cute little mouth of hers. She has decided she hates bottles and is down to only 2 a day but most of the time just one in the morning. She loves noodles and rice but refuses to use her own hands to feed herself. She'll eat crackers etc. with her hands but not pasta. She was 20lbs at her 9month check up and 29 inches long. She wears 18 month old clothes, for the most part.  She is getting to be so smart. She can say momma, Dada, up above, Nana. She is waving hi and bye and she can clap. She is pulling to stand.  She likes to play peek a boo and put her head to the side. She is a happy baby and loves to be around people. She loves to people watch and anyone can get a smile out of her. She looks more and more like her big sister Rylee every day. She has become a major Daddy's girl and seems to prefer Chris over me these days! Sad, this usually doesn't happen until they are 2. But he does do lots of fun things with her so I can't blame the girl for being a trader.  It's crazy to think she will already be a year old. It makes me very sad. But she is adorable and we LOVE having her in our family.