My Little Ballerina

Goose has her first dance class today.There might be some tears, happy ones of course. I can't believe she's so grown up.

What happened to my baby?

( These pictures were taken for a good friend of mine who is opening up a brand new dance studio, The Learning Circle, LLC, courtesy of Kate Johnson Photography. I am also going to be teaching Musical Theater at the studio which I am so super excited about. More to come on that later...)

Why yes, it has been 2 months since I was here...

Well, not technically. I been here many a time, staring at my computer tryign to think of something witty and fun to write, but nothin'. Summer has pretty much come and gone now adn what did we do with it? I don't really remember. I spent most of my evenings doing a little something called...

It was a blast! Met some incredible people that I will love for the rest of my life. But The Husband is sure glad to have me back.

We did a lot of this...

and this...

Now that summer is over, I am determined to be back and better than ever. I'm finally getting the hang of 2 kids now and 97% of the time I love it! The other 3% of the time is when my house is a mess, my kids are crying and I am exhausted. But this is what I signed up for. (I've had to remind myself of that about 5 times today...)

New blog address...

As you can see, I've renamed our blog. And I am also going to be taking it out of the private setting for now. We'll see if I decide to keep it this way or go back to private. I have soooooo much to update on and I think I'm going to start doing things a little differently, so stay tuned!!

Slacker Mash-Up

Another month has passed and my laziness has gotten the better of me. Or maybe it's the fact that I have 2 kids that occupy most of my time...hmmm. I've been meaning to update for a LONG time, but everytime I've tried to sit down and actually do it, someone starts crying, dinner need to be made, or other daily taks need to be taken care of. But as I sit here in bed watching my 2 boys sleep, I figure this is as good time as any to give a little peak into our life this last month.

Lucy's 2nd Birthday

Yeah. Holy cow, I have a 2 year old. And boy does she know it. I love the girl to death, but boy does she know how to be two. Other than knowing exactly how and when to push my buttons, Lucy is absolutely amazing. She is so darn funny. She is talking so much and so well that sometimes I forget I'm talking to a 2 year old. She is such a good big sister to Porter and is always so concerned when he's crying.

Porter's Baby Blessing

On May 16th, we had Porter's baby blessing. It was such a beautiful day for such a beautiful event. John gave him such an amazing blessing. I feel so blessed to be married to a man who lives worthy to hold the preisthood and use it daily. It was just all around a great day full of family, friends, and FOOD!!

My Birthday

I am now 23 years old. Only 23? I feel so much older than that. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have 2 kids! Actually, I've always felt older than people me age, and I get told quite often that I seem older than I am. John spoiled me this year. He got me tickets to "The Lion King" at Capitol Theater, took me to dinner and a movie, and let me go shopping. Oh how I love him. He is so much more than I deserve somtimes.

Smiles

Porter is now almost 2 1/2 months old. I honestly can't believe it. it has gone by so fast. It feels like we were in the hospital yesterday yet it seems as though he's been with us forever. He and Lucy both have doctor appointments this week so I'll be sure to post some stats. Porter is getting so big! And he smiles like crazy! I love it. I love this stage where you can just see them staring to try and figure things out. So fun and so cute!!

Well, it looks like my time has about run out. At least that's what Porter is trying to tell me. There is so much more going on, that this has now become a to be continued post...

Where does the time go?

I find myself asking this question everyday. Needless to say, life has gotten a bit crazier and a bit busier with 2 little munkchins. I know I said I would update after Porter's 2 week appointment, but obviously that didn't happen. So here's kind of a quick catch up. Porter is doing well and definitely gaining weight now that we have switched to bottle feeding. I tried and tried to nurse him for almost 3 weeks, but he was having trouble latching and I just wasn't producing enough milk for him and eventually dried up. I was kind of bummed that it didn't work this time around again, (the same thing happened with Lucy) but now I know that he is getting food and he's not starving from not getting enough from me. At his 2 week appointment he wasn't back up to his birth weight yet, so we can in a week later to do a weight check on him. In that week is when we started the bottle full time and at the appointment he had gained almost 12 oz! The nurses said they're happy when they gain 1 or 2 so 12 was excellent! At his 2 week appointment, we also found out he had grown an inch from when he was born! I was shocked! He's a pretty good sleeper, I really can't complain after talking to some people. And he's so much more awake all of the time now. I love it. He will be a month old in a couple of days and I can't believe how fast the time has gone and yet it feels like he's been here forever. How did I get blessed with such a good baby?

Lucy is going to be 2 on Sunday. I can't believe it. I feel kind of bad because I haven't really planned anything for it this year like I did last year, but things have been pretty crazy aorund here. John is going to be out of town on her birthday so we're going to be doing something, don't know yet, on Saturday for her birthday. Lucy has totally grown up since we brought Porter home. She loves her "baby bruder" and is constantly wanting to "snuggle" and hold him and give him kisses. It's so cute, until she's practically laying on top of him trying to get him to "snuggle" with her. I have to be sure I'm always in the room with them together because she just loves him so much! (if you catch my drift...) She is still constantly dancing and singing, loves playing with her babies, playing basketball with daddy, doing ANYTHING with daddy, and making messes for mommy to clean up. I wish I had more pictures of her to post but frankly, I can't get her to hold still long enough for me to get one! Trust me! I try almost everyday! haha Oh well, hopefully soon I'll have some of her. I love Lucy to death, even though she sure knows how to push my buttons, and I wouldn't change anything about her. she is absoluety hilarious and makes me laugh so hard. I love my girl.

I love my kids. I feel so blessed to be their mother. Being a mother is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, but it is so incredibly rewarding. There are times when I get so frustrated with Lucy because of a mess she's made, or because of the lovely hitting and biting phase we're going through, but then all it takes is for her to come up to me, cradle my face in her hands and say "I wuv you Mommy." It absloutely melts my heart. I am by no means perfect, far from it. My house is a mess, there are dishes in the sink, my laundry room is full of laundry for me to do and put away, and there is dinner to be made, but I think I'm gonna go give my little stinker a kiss.

Wow...

I'm such a slacker. But hey, at least I'm updating now right?! Things have been, well, different to say the least. Good different though. Porter will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. I can't believe it's already been that long, but at the same time it seems like he's been here so much longer than that. He is such a good baby. He is getting so much more alert now and is awake a lot more often now. It's been so fun to watch Lucy with him. She is such a good big sister. She gets so concerned whenever he cries and has to be right there with his pacifier whenever we change his diaper. There are some times when I think she has a hard time with needing more attention, but for the most part she has adjusted so well to having Porter home.  Anyways, I'm just gonna post some pictures cause I know that's really what everyoen wants to look at anyways. Hehe.

This is the day we left the hospital.

Easter Sunday, don't mind the crazy hair, we hadn't done it yet. haha

Easter Egg hunt at Grandma and Papa Wing's house. She had so much fun!!

My awesome neighbor made this adorable hat for Lucy. It so funky, I love it!!

Lucy is always giving Porter kisses. It's so cute.

Lucy and Porter wearing matching pj's. Funny story... One of our neighbors gave us a a bunch of clothes both newborn and Lucy size and there were matching pj's. I put POrter in his and Lucy freaked out cause she thought he was wearing her jammies. So in order to calm her down, I had to change her out of the jammies she was wearing and into her matching ones. It was way funny.

Just chillin'. Wherever Porter is, Lucy is.

My sweet baby boy. He is looking so much like his daddy everyday. I love it.

It's so much fun when he's actually awake. I love his big, buggy eyes!!

Tomorrow is Porter's 2 week check up. I'm really interested to see how much weight he has gained. When we left the hospital he had lost 11 oz., but he seems so much bigger now. I'll post tomorrow when I know.

I am so happy right now to have my family all together and to finally have Porter here with us. I wouldn't change anything about anything. Yeah, it's been a hard adjustment and recovering from a c-section is never fun, but my 2 kids and my amazing husband make it all worth it.

He's Here!!

 
Well, he's here! Porter David Matern was born this morning, March 31st, 2010, at 8:45 AM weighing 7 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long. That's a big boy for only being 37 weeks!! I'm recovering well from the c-section and Porter has just been sleeping all day. Such a peaceful baby! I'll be sure to write more about the whole event soon, but I just wanted to make a post really quick to show off my precious baby boy. We love him so much and we're so excited to have our little family of 4!!

Meeting mommy for the first time...

I think he looks so much like Lucy!

Our first "current" family picture

(Sorry, you can barely see Porter haha)

Big sister, Little brother

(Ignore that fact that Porter looks like he was beat up. He has some facial bruising from either the umbilical cord or just the way he was positioned. Poor baby.)