Monday 9.20.10

Greetings this fine Monday (it may be 10:29 PM, but it's still Monday) from...

My Bubs, who's baby blues I cannot get enough of.

And from the Goose, who spent most of her day here in the "Time Out" chair...

and here in her room with the door closed cause the Mom needed a Time Out.

Cause frankly it was one of those please-go-play-in-your-room-for-a-while-so-I-can-catch-my-breath-and-put-aside-the-temptation-to-throw-you-in-the-dumpster kind of days? You know what I'm talking about. (And if not, then I must be a terrible mother...) Yeah, it was DEFINTELY one of those days.

Monday 9.13.10

My cousin Nike (Knee-kah) has 6 kids and an awesome blog called "The Dirty Half Dozen". I am constantly amazed by how she does it with 6 kids under the age of 8. I couldn't do it. I'm barely surviving with the 2 I have. Every Thursday she does what she calls her "Thursday Pictures". She post pictures of each of her kids from that day with a short caption. I love it so much that I've decided to do it myself...

So greetings this fine Monday from

My Little Crazies...

Goose, who thinks that this is a "pretty, ballerina smile".

And from Bubba, who has survived the morning thus far without too many beatings from the Goose.

(This will also ensure that I update my blog at least once a week...)

Quiet...

The kiddos are sleeping and it's eerily quiet in my house. You would think that I would be loving this right now. But it's too quiet. I have so much that I shold be doing that could easily take my mind off of it, but instead I sit here, blogging. And I'm ok with that.

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...