Guess who is SIX months old today???

Can y'all believe that our little Brielle is SIX months old today!? The time has just slipped through my fingers! She has been such a joy to have in our home! Full of smiles & giggles for everyone!

*She has almost mastered sitting up by herself. She will do it for a little while, but then topples over if she gets too excited!

*The other 3 kids rolled over at 4 months old, I am proud to say that my baby at 6 months old has NOT rolled over at all.

*She absolutely DESPISES tummy time....hence no rolling over!

*Won't eat baby food...not the veggies nor the fruit, no rice or oatmeal cereal either. Don't think I haven't tried....she sees it in is packaging & she starts making faces! So like a typical Mortensen, she is slowly starting to eat what we eat!

*Is ALWAYS the winner at the stare contest! One of the ladies at the YMCA child care LOVES to have stare contests with Bree....she always wins!
*LOVES to jump in her jumper! She hears the word "Jump" & she'll start jumping in your lap! So cute, especially when she falls asleep in it!

*ADORES her big sis! Olivia is the only one who can really get Brielle to belly laugh!

*Getting better at nap times...we struggled for a long time with naps! Still gets up way too often in the night, but hopefully after our trip to Utah, we'll nip it in the butt!

We love having her in our family! She is such a joy! Loves to our sweet Bree!

She decided she was done with pics & ready for bed! It's hard being SIX months old!

Fourth of July happenings!

Kiley had lots of time off over the 4th of July weekend. We were kind of lame cause a lot of our good friends moved away earlier in the week & we were feeling sorry for ourselves that we had to be left behind in San Antonio. But we were able to pick ourselves up & make some fun memories together as a family! It was beautiful weather on the night of the 4th, so we took the kids for a fun little walk & then packed them up in the car to go watch the Sea World fireworks. We are bedtime Nazis, but decided that it would be okay to let the kids stay up for this fun night! The Sea World fireworks were LAME, but the neighborhood where we parked was pretty sweet & there were fireworks all over the place! The following day we took the kids to dinner & bowling. It was a lot of fun! Our kids are pretty competitive....don't know where they get it from....but we managed to make it a fun night!

Tried to have them dress patriotic for church! I think they looked pretty darn cute!

Seriously none of them would look at me! I wanted one "normal" pic....these are what I ended up with! Just shows their personalities! :)

Olivia was so excited to get out of the house! She's jumping for joy in the top pic!

These two have a love/hate relationship! They fight & tease eachother like crazy, so it makes me happy to have photos like these so I can remind them that they love eachother!

Can you tell the Olivia runs the show????? Gotta love that girl!

Oh what do you do in the summertime?????

The two Olivia's....Livy & Lulu! BFF's!

Swimming with our buddy Jordan!

We got a fun little blow up pool to help keep us entertained on those days we don't go swimming at the Y or to a friends house. Liv has loved it! These are just a bunch of random pics taken of the kids out at the pool...some with friends, too!