And thats the way we became the Dombek Bunch...: Playing catch up...

Ok, well I haven't been blogging like I would like to. I can't seem to find the extra time. I have been busy with other things as you can imagine. I like to think that my blog is a type of journaling that one day the kids can look back at and read. I got way behind with my scrapbooking though, and it has taken all my time to get up to date with that. I always just did a scrapbook for each child (so I did two). Now, I have been scrapbooking for the girls, Jaren, Ellie and I do a big family book. So now I have been trying to keep up with 5 at once.

I want to get back into blogging though because it helps keep my extended family up to date. All though, if you are my Facebook friend, you will probably get the most updates and pictures.
Also, I have had requests to go public again. Im not as worried about someone stealing my newborn anymore.

So, lets see what I need to catch up on.

Ellie is getting a lot bigger. She is such a happy baby now. Ever since she started eating real food, so is so much better. Also, we FINALLY let her cry it out at night to learn to go to sleep herself. Greg's parents came to visit and his mom convinced us to do it! I thought it would be so hard to listen to her cry for hours and hours, but she was still waking me up at least twice in the night. So, one weekend when it was just her at home, we decided to do it. She cried for about 20 minutes and that was it. Then about 5 the next night. And now she is our sleeping champ!!! If we would have known it would be that easy, we would have done it months ago! She sleeps about 11 hours a night now!
She has two teeth now. She is not interested in learning to crawl at all. She has started to stand up against toys, so we think she might just start walking. :)

Jaren is getting bigger and talking a lot more. We can actually carry on conversations with him now and he tells us all kinds of stuff. He still loves hanging out with his big sisters. The 3 of them love playing and doing everything together. But he is also very sweet with Ellie, he calls her "Baby Ellie" he likes to make sure that she is taken care of. He is defiantly a daddy's boy though. He loves having daddy throw him around, tickle him, chase him and snuggle with him. He cries just about every time that Greg has to drop him back off and keeps saying, "Daddys house, Daddys house."

The big girls started school and are both doing great. They didn't have any friends in their class this year so it was like starting all over. They both like their teachers though. Both girls are signed up for gymnastics again. Kaden also goes to achievement day activities and Brylie has joined the city soccer team.

I have just been staying home. I babysit an almost 2 year old girl three days a week. We spend our time playing, reading, coloring, going on walks to the park, and playing in the backyard. Then when its nap time, its cooking and cleaning time.

We really have been so blessed. Our lives couldn't get much better then this. We have 4 awesome kids and love the great family times that we get to share together.