Happy Easter!

We had fun today. We all gathered at DH's parent's house for Conference (church) and then we dyed Easter eggs watched more Conference and then ate dinner, played a game/talked, and ate dessert (sang Happy birthday to DH's brother). It was fun and the kids did great. They both took their naps and ate dinner too! I was thrilled.

I made the Mandarin Orange cake with a filling and decoration while DH made the chocolate cake all from scratch. Everyone loved them which was great!

Sadly my back went out on me and I'm in tons of pain. I'm going to see the chiro tomorrow at 10:30 and I pray he can help me. I hate not being able to take Advil for the pain. I need to get better for preschool on Tuesday and to start packing boxes too. I have a friend dropping some boxes off for me tomorrow and I really wanted to get started so we were closer to being ready when we do actually find a place to live.

Easter Hunt / Baptism

April 11, 2009

DD sporting one of Daddy's hats-one of her favorite things!

LM raised his eye brows at me with an oohing mouth. It was too funny. It was so fun to have him cooing at me too. He's been talking up a storm since our trip to California. I just love seeing him developing more and more but feel like it's all going way too fast!

First Easter Egg Hunt

This morning we took DD to an Easter Egg hunt and got there right at 10 but it was all over. They said they started at 10 sharp but we didn't know they were starting early! The guy tossed some eggs on the ground for her to collect. You then exchanged your eggs for candy. It took DD the third round of eggs to finally start picking them up. She loved it after that. We opted out of getting the candy (none of us need it here). I just tossed her eggs on the ground for two other little girls to pick up. We then headed up the road to a park where another one was happening but the did the little kids first so we missed that one too but DD had a blast playing at the park with her friends who we followed there.

At the second "egg hunt" though DD just played at the park.

I went to motherhood maternity after that since we were close by and got two nursing tanks and two nursing tops! They are awesome. I wanted them for the airplane and for nursing in public since that will happen a lot on our trip next week. DD fell asleep on the way home (1.5 hours early). It worked out perfectly for us though since we were driving to a friends daughter's baptism an hour away that started at 4. She woke up right before we needed to leave and ate lunch at 2:30pm. We had a great evening at the baptism and visiting with friends. We had some yummy food to eat too. How I wish they lived closer.

Tomorrow I'm going to church early with my mom since her friend (a lady I've known forever) is talking and she's dying from cancer so it will most likely be the last time I see her. Another of my mom's friends died this morning from Cancer. They just found out she had cancer on Monday. It was really fast which was nice for her but sad for everyone left behind. She's the grandmother to one of my friends I grew-up with until she moved to Illinois with her family and now lives there with her husband and kids.

On a brighter side I can't wait for DD to see her Easter Basket tomorrow and sing at church. We are singing for Sacrament and then again that evening for a special Easter Fireside (meeting). We are eating dinner at DH's parents house too so it will be a long day but wonderful too to celebrate Christ's resurrection!

Happy Easter everyone!

General Conference and Dying Easter Eggs

April 6, 2009

Sorry I've been MIA the past few days. Friday night we got to go on a double date with friends. Grandma watched DD (she actually had her over to play all afternoon!). There was a girl seating behind us that had twin 8 month-olds. She said her two boys together didn't even equal the weight of one of our boys. It was kind of funny! We had conference weekend for church and had sessions (2 hours) twice a day on Saturday and Sunday. We had lovely weather too so I was able to go out and get a couple hours of weeding done on Saturday and went to dinner with my mom with the kids while DH was at his meeting that night.

DD and LM had a laughing competition one night (4-4-09). Sadly I couldn't find the video camera and LM stopped once I tried the video on the phone. It was so cute. LM was laughing so hard and already has a great personality!

Sunday we spent at his parents house with his sibling's who live around here. We ate a yummy breakfast (tradition) and then dyed Easter Eggs and went for a walk too. DD LOVED dying the eggs and figured it out really quickly and didn't want my help at all. After dying eggs she played with her cousin's dog, Ruby, and one the swing set with her cousins as they tried getting her to say all the animal sounds. She fell coming down the brick path and had blood coming out from her gum line above her front two teeth. Thankfully her teeth weren't knocked loose. Poor girl. She now has small scrapes on her face too from her fall.

General Conference Sunday: Fun listening to the prophet, visiting with family, listening to music, dying Easter eggs, playing, and lots of eating!

We were blessed with lots of nice weather for the day too!

LM loved playing with Grandpa!

DD LOVES the little horse that's at Grandma and Grandpa's!

From this morning:
This is MY pop tart. . .don't even think about asking for a bite.

Today my friend, her sister (and friend), and I with our kids went to the zoo. It was actually 80 today! We had lots of fun though it was a TON of walking since they are doing construction and we have to back track a lot to get to other parts of the zoo. Our zoo is getting a lion this summer so they are getting his area all ready. DD loved it even more this time than she had at Halloween or Christmas. She did great too and even took a little nap in the stroller. LM had a hard time sleeping in the stroller. I used my friend's stroller and it doesn't lean back as far as mine does. I finally got him laying down sideways on the seat but then his leg was falling out and so I turned him and propped up my bag and sweater for him but once he slide down in the basket! It was scary when I looked in since I heard him crying and he wasn't in the seat and I saw his little head poking out of the basket. Poor Boy!

Funny poop story for the day (other than changing DD twice in the car). While at lunch my friend's sister said that I had mustard on me. I was very confused. I said, "what?" How did I get mustard on me since I hate mustard and had a PB and J sandwich??? Then her friend noticed it was on the baby and the blanket and said it was seeping through. He had the worst blow out! It was everywhere and even on me!!! It was nasty. I think I used 10-15 wipes and then washed everything out in the bathroom. No wonder the poor boy wouldn't take a nap in the morning.

The top left picture is of LM pushing on the back of DD's seat (already acting the part of the little brother. . .LOL) The middle left picture is of his nasty blowout and the rest are after being changed.

All the big kids playing on the playground while I nursed LM.

DD loved being at the zoo. She loved see all the animals and talking to them.

My silly girl. . .easily entertained some times.


Cute little baby elephant

After the zoo. My friend and I braved it and went out to eat on the way home. We did well with 4 kids 4 and under with just the two of us. We ate a Thai food restaurant and it was so yummy after a long day. The kids all ate really well too. We even took them out for ice cream afterward.

Father/Son Time!

Look who's 11 weeks-old!

I'm doing well now as a mother of 2. The kids are doing fine and I'm just trying to enjoy my time with them more and haven't been on the computer as much. I got tired of telling DD just a minute and instead am just not getting on the computer or for only a little bit here and there. I think DD is loving it. I am too and we have been having lots of fun during the day together. I think she's needed the extra attention since LM needs so much too with all his feedings. He's getting so big! It's crazy. I feel like he's becoming a toddler (though I know that's a major exaggeration) but DD was so little and he seems to be where she was at at 4-5 months and he's only 2.5.

DH still doesn't have a job. We are still looking at other job positions. The police job that they said they might have something opening sooner than later fell through today and he is still on hold with them. We just found out through a friend that the position he's been testing for currently the entire department will be gone soon due to cuts. It's a cruddy time to be looking for work.

We got DD some new toys since she seemed to be bored with everything she has. I've been wanting to get her a ball popper since she was 6 months but never wanted to spend the money. After seeing her love the ball blower at OMSI I figured it would still be worth the money so I had DH pick it up for her. He also found her a little guitar to play with since she LOVES playing with the big one.

Jam session with Daddy!

Tomorrow I'm taking LM off the new AR (acid Reflux) medicine . I don't think it's working for him and it could be because he spits half of it out. He HATES that stuff. He wrinkles his nose up and everything while taking it. It has helped him to take his vitamin better which he hated too. I tried it for 7 days like his doctor recommended but he had two projectile spit-ups today so I'm finished with that one. We are going back to the other medicine and just upping his dose to 4ml instead of the 3 he was taking before (he's such a big kid that he gets moved up and I don't think we ever moved DD up on her dosage!)