You Know It's Spring When...

One day you want to turn on the air conditioner and the next day you want to flip on the fireplace. Another sure sign is when every single pair of jeans your kids own have holes in the knees and they are getting to be high waters.  I tried to patch another pair of Braiden's pants the other day...umm is it short season yet.

Joslyn's new trick:

What a big girl!! She still gets stuck on that pesky arm sometimes but has made it all the way over a couple of times. I don't know if I am imagining things but it seems like she is rolling over way sooner than my boys did. 

*Just Added*  I just looked through my old posts and found out that Joslyn is rolling over about a month sooner than Hudson did!  Uh-oh is this a sign of things to come?

My mom was going through some things and found a little sweater that I wore when I was a baby, so she brought it over for Joslyn.  It's a good thing she brought it when she did because it was almost too small. 

I wish I had a comparison picture but I could not find one.

This little girl is very vocal she likes to "sing" to us.   She is such a good and happy baby.

Since this post is so random, here's one more thing:

Hudson's funny new saying, said to his brothers (mostly Brody) is " 1, 2, 3... GO BED!!"  Hmmmm I wonder where he's heard that before?

Also we have been working on the yard since it has warmed up a little, we made our patio bigger it is going to be awesome, looking forward to those summer time picnics, BBQs, and hot dog roasts.  Hopefully grass is coming soon, ohhh I can't wait!!

Use Your Head!!!

Braiden and Brody are enjoying some fun father and son time in Moab this weekend.  So it's kinda like I'm on vacation myself I only have half of the kids!!  I hope they have fun and stay safe.  So today I decided to do a little shopping, I finally bought myself some jeans that fit this post baby body.  Oh to wear jeans again, I can hardly contain myself.  After a long day at the mall Hudson and I decided to go get a bite to eat at Cafe Rio.  We are sitting there enjoying our yummy food when Hudson stood up in his highchair, I immediately told him to sit down, but when he sat, he missed and fell out of the high chair and landed on his head.  I hurried and scooped him up and looked for blood, thank goodness there wasn't any.  All I could do was cuddle and comfort him, boy we made a scene!!! After he calmed down I got our stuff together and was heading out the door when the girl that worked there asked me if I wanted a bag, when she came back with the bag she said, " I don't know why this keeps happening, a couple of weeks ago my friends baby, kid  ( I'm not sure which) fell out of a chair and landed on his head.  They let him go to sleep and he died."  Oh Thanks! That makes me feel a whole lot better!! Dummy! Moral of the story: Use your head...not as a landing device but before you speak.  As for Hudson he is perfectly fine, I don't think he is going to die any time soon.  He was talking to daddy on the phone and telling me knock-knock jokes all the way home. 

 I think I feel a gray hair coming on.

Happy Easter & Braiden's Baptism

Braiden was baptized on March 27, it was a very special day.  Family came from near and far, we are so grateful for their love and support.  We are very proud of Braiden for his good decision to follow the example of our Savior.  The spirit witnessed very strongly to Braiden that he was making the right choice and he felt it.  He is such a sweet boy!

The next day after church we went up to Nate's mom and dad's for dinner and cousin time, is was so nice and relaxing.  I love Sunday afternoon's there.

On Saturday was the Easter egg hunt at the Albion Campus the weather was awful;  Brody was miserable, the other two toughed it out.  They made a haul though so it was worth it.  Afterwards we went to Grandma and Grandpas for hamburgers. YUM!

Coloring Easter eggs later that day... I was careful not to make this mistake again. (see Blonde Moment of the Month.)

Brody thought that he was going to die because of the smell of the vinegar.  The eggs looked awful, they're cooked but ugly.  So after two flops in a row, I don't know if I should color Easter eggs again.  

Maybe we should just do the shrink wrap thing.

Happy Easter

The Easter bunny brought Joslyn a doll, Nate made fun of me saying that I was just waiting for her first holiday to roll around so that I had an excuse to buy her a doll...so what if he's right.  I think her brothers are enjoying her new toy more than she is.  Shhhh, don't tell. ; )  

Life's Tough

This happens alot when we are just hanging out at home...poor thing.  The darn head band just works it's way down while she is sleeping.  She hates it as you can tell.  This is why we wait until we go out to do the headbands.

April Fools

So Hudson played a really good April Fools joke on me this morning.  Pretty good since he's only 2.  Nate took Braiden and Brody to the Jazz game last night, and they got in late so I was letting them sleep in this morning.  Hudson woke up at his usual 7:20 he got out of OUR bed and I (being the wonderful mother that I am) rolled over and kept sleeping.  20 minutes later I woke up...not a sound could be heard.  Hmm I thought I'd better go make sure he is not bugging the boys, go down stairs... no Hudson.  Hmmm I thought maybe he got back in bed and I didn't even notice...back upstairs...no Hudson.  Now I start looking a little bit better, in the pantry, in the laundry room behind the couch...no Hudson.  Maybe he got in bed with one of the boys...back down stairs, not in bed with Braiden, not in bed with Brody, not in the toy room or extra bedroom.  Starting to panic, there's no way he could have gotten outside, but there's still the underlying fear.  Back into our bedroom to look in our closet- and there he was under Nate's clothes...fast asleep.  I guess he just missed his daddy! 

When I was little every day was April Fools Day to my brother Scott.  He liked saying tricky things and then saying April Fools after.  I don't remember any of the things he would say or do but I can still to this day hear him saying "April Fools!"

And this is NO joke. Any one want a dog?? I am so sick of my dog that I could pull my hair out.  In fact I will pay someone to take her off my hands!!!  She is constantly running away and I am sick of loading up the troops to go looking for her.  We keep her penned up 98% of the time but we have to let her out to go to the bathroom. She takes advantage of that 2% and runs off, she can not be trusted!!!  Last night when Nate was gone she ran off and it was late late at night (10:00 ish.) I had to load up the younger 2 and go looking for her, GRRRRR! I. Have. Had. It.