5 months old

Little Lincoln is 5 months old today!

Wears 6 month clothes and size 3 diapers
He is such a happy and content baby. He likes to chill. He loves when we smile and talk to him.
He loves to laugh and coo. Juliette always says "Lincoln talking" when he makes noises- its cute.
He can grasp and hold toys and can press his music on his car seat toy
He loves the play mat and looking in the mirror!

He and Juliette look so much alike- it doesnt help that I make him swing in a pink swing Lol
He is loving his feet and toes
He is a drool monster
Lincoln is a good eater and loves to suck. He's starting to put everything in his mouth. I'm sad to say that I'm pretty much done breast feeding. When I had the stomach flu I was really dehydrated and hardly produced any milk when I tried to pump. I was only pumping like 1 time a day at work and slowly just kinda stopped. I normally feed him in the morning or night but it's not enough for him so he's really good to drink formula.
He is still pretty stationary.

He normally sleeps 6 hours but last night woke up at 2 and 4. Just depends on the day and if I let him "cry it out" or feel like he's hungry or needs a diaper change.
He has really bad congestion and has his whole life.
He likes the bumbo, when he tries to sit on his own he's either really hunched over or topples over. I'm sure he'll get in within the next month.
He likes classical music. Matt always turns it on when the kids are fussy and they calm right down- it's actually amazing.
We love our buddy!!

Movies

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

I went and saw Catching Fire on Thursday night with my friends. We ate dinner at Wingers first and then enjoyed the movie. It was SO good! Even better than the first movie I think. I laughed and cried. Even though I've read the books the movies are so intense and so good. 

Whitney, Sharlene, Mandy, Karly, Jacie, Nicole

Natalie, Rachelle

Matt and I saw Enders Game. He got free tickets to see a pre showing from his uncles work and it was really good. I read the book in like 8th grad and I liked the movie.

I want to see Thor, Gravity, Saratov Approach, Frozen. Going to the movie theaters is so much harder with kids, especially two kids.

Cant wait for Divergent. I need to go read the book!


I want to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs but can wait for it to be at Red Box.

Movies we're loving at home- Monsters University, Little Mermaid, The Croods, Epic

4 Month Check Up

Lincoln Gregory Romero has his 4 month check up on October 30, 2013. 

This stud is a chunky monkey. He weighs 14 pounds and is in the 60th percentile for his weight and height. 

His 3 month pajamas are too snug and he fits into most 6 month clothes!

Wears size 3 diapers.

Drinks 6-8 ounces. I still breast feed in the morning and night but he mostly has formula while I'm at work. 

He is OBSESSED with this playmat and loves the dangling toys! 

He loves to talk, laugh, smile and coo. 

 Juliette think he is a play toy, but he really doesnt seem to mind.

He normally sleeps from 10 or 11 pm to 5 or 6 am. 

We tried rice cereal for the first time. 

Juliette

Juliette is so funny. She makes me laugh and smile everyday! She is such a girl.

She is getting tall and so big.
She can finally say her name- dew-i-et
Lately when we tell her to go to bed she says, "I wanna wake up"

She LOVES chocolate milk and is a grouch in the morning until she drinks it
She wears size 24 month and 2T clothes
Loves her new owl hat

She is obsessed with taking pictures and videos
She wears size 4 diapers and is keeping them dry a lot of the time. I should potty train her. She's loves going in the potty I'm just nervous to let her wear panties and have messy accidents.
When I take a picture of her and Lincoln she turns his head toward the camera haha

She loves candy!
She likes sandwiches, spaghetti, quesadillas, hot dogs, noodles, bread. She doesnt eat many fruits or vegetables, and I dont know how to get her to like them.
She loves lip gloss, chap stick, lip stick, make up
She loves to dress up

She loves her baby dolls

The other day when it started snowing I opened the blinds and we ate breakfast. After a few minutes she said "step in it!" so we got dressed in our boots, coats and hats and played in the snow! We had so much fun.

She loves her broder...my Lincoln!
Everything is "mine" to her

She has an irrational fear of balloons, but only if and when they are touching the ceiling. We saw a balloon that got away and way on the ceiling and Smith's grocery store and she freaked out! Started crying and yelling "hold me!"
She can count, 1,2,3 jump, or 1-10 (not always in order)
She is learning her colors and shapes
She loves to sing twinkle twinkle, rock-a-bye-baby and happy birthday

Owl Theme Young Women in Excellence

Whooo Will Stand in Holy Places? 

This was our theme for Young Women in Excellence for 2013

Young Women in Excellence is an activity/event where each young women is recognized for the good things they are doing, learning, working on, that year. It can be a value experience or project or something that took talent and skills such as a dance or sewing an article of clothing. All the young women and their parents are invited.

We dont have a ton of girls in our ward (7 came to this activity) but the girls that we do have are the best. I love serving in the Young Women Organization and being a leader, mentor and role model for these great girls. They inspire me to be a better person and strengthen my testimony. 

My main inspiration was this website http://bit.ly/11NHqMl and the spirit of course. This is where I got the ideas for invitations, desserts, and more. 

My amazing friend Jamie designed the picture below for me! See her etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/SwaggerDoodleDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Each girl shared a personal progress experience and I printed off this to help them:

http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8831

PROGRAM

Name of our Ward Young Women in Excellence

Conducting:                Laurel/YW Class President

Opening Hymn:         #260 Who’s on the Lords Side? Who?

Leading Hymn:           Beehive

Opening Prayer:         Mia Maid

Leading Theme:          Laurel

Welcome:                  YW President

Sharing Personal Progress Experiences:

Mia maid

Laurel

Beehive

Musical number

by young women accompanied by 2^nd counselor

Sharing Personal Progress Experiences:

Beehive

Laurel

Mia Maid

Mia Maid

Dance performance by 2 of our young women

Speaker:                    1^st counselor in YW Pres

Closing remarks:         Bishop

Closing prayer:           Laurel

Please enjoy the young women’s displays and desserts

We started at 7pm and got done by 8 pm. It was awesome! 

We used these for the centerpieces. 

One of our amazing leaders, Sarah Walker, is an upcoming event planner and has the nice table cloths and sashes for the chairs.
 Cute sash backdrop for dessert table.

Each girl decorated a table with awards, achievements, pictures, projects, instruments, sports equipment, etc. that they enjoy or learned in the past year.
I got ideas for the program and display tables from this blog:  http://ldsywideasandactivities.blogspot.com/2012/10/young-women-in-excellence-ywie-2012.html

 I bought the tri-fold science boards from wal-mart and cut them in half with a box cutter.

 One of the leaders found these adorable Owl bracelets and we gave one to each girl along with a scripture Jacob 6:12 "O Be Wise: What can ye say more?"

Personal Progress is a great program and the young women today are so dedicated and talented. I am glad we could recognize and honor them. It was a great activity! If you want pdf's of anything just leave a comment and your email address and I'd love to share!

Happy Halloween

I love Halloween! I dressed up for work and passed out some cookies!

So did Matt. We unfortunately didnt make it to his office Halloween Parade because I had work meetings which was sad. 

 Juliette went Trick-Or-Treating for the first time and LOVED it! Jordan and I pushed Jules in the stroller. We went to about 15 houses on our street and called it good. It was perfect- and a great way to meet my neighbors!

 

 my cute little fairy

 Matt and Lincoln stayed home, passed out candy and hung out with Dallin listening to scary music. 

 The next two days Juliette asked if we could go trick-or-treating, have pink hair, eye shadow and lip gloss. 

 The Romero Halloween Party was cancelled because Karine got super sick. We missed them! 

We had a fun Witt Halloween Party! I loved my parents costumes! My mom did a great job planning, decorating, making good food and fun games. 

 Matt as the Green Arrow, Me as Little Red Riding Hood, Juliette as a Fairy and Lincoln as the little Dragon!

 MUMMIES

 Cousins-

Kenzie, Jackson, Mikell, Camden

Oakley, Carson, Juliette

Lincoln

 Trying to get 2 year olds to smile for a picture is funny

 They LOVED these mummy and skeleton dancers

We also had a Halloween party with our friends and played games!

 Dallin, Jordan, Matt

Kelsi and Tony