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.

We're Spicing It Up...

We have always had boring bedding, cream  colored sheets and a cream colored bedspread blanket.  That is the current situation.  I would love to have one of those lovely things from Potterybarn but our "bedspread" just gets used too much. Spit-up on by a baby, snot wiped on it by a two year old and so on.  So a "lovely thing" is just not in the cards right now-at least not until the kids get older.   I was inspired by someone in blogland, I think it was How Does She, I looked every where and couldn't find the post though. I was inspired because this person had a plain colored bedspread and had made pillowcases out of fun fabric.  I can do that I thought.  So I took myself to the fabric store and bought some wild fun fabric and conned my mother into helping me sew them.  We had fun.  So here they are:

I didn't know if I could step out on a limb that far with that red floral print but I'm glad I did.  When I grow up maybe I'll get some bedroom furniture. ;)

Well yesterday we visited the Dr for the well baby check and immunizations :( Joslyn is doing great.  She weighed 12 lbs and 15  oz 95% for weight 23 inches long 75% for height.

(2 months and 3 weeks old)

I don't remember Hudson's exact numbers because it is kind of a circus trying to get a two year old to cooperate at the Dr's office.  But he was in the 90% for weight and 75% for height.

They both got shots which I will never do again because which one do you comfort??? :( I was so sad for my babies.

I have been having some major pain in my wrist and down my thumb.  This has been going on for months (since about the last 3 months of my pregnancy) I finally decided to ask the Dr about it since it is now affecting my every day life (it hurts to write.) So he tucked my thumb and did this and that, and bent my wrist just so and I went through the roof.  He said, "yeah that's what I thought you'd do." So I have tendenitis and he gave me a shot of cortizone. :( It is starting to feel better already.  So thanks to my sweet hubby for taking care of dinner last night because my wrist hurt and all I wanted to do was hold my baby.

Here is Hudson with his CONSTANT companion: Lightning McQueen.

Don't think I am kidding when I say CONSTANT.

Hey I finally got with the program and updated my editor, WOW!!

Wacky Wednesday

Wacky because my two month old baby sleeps through the night, and the two YEAR old boy wakes up every night at 2:00. Like. Clockwork.

Are You Feeling Crafty??

I am. Go check these out. Cute no. I am going to make some if anyone wants to join me, I can cut the wood and the letters. Let me know.

Disney On Ice

We started off spring break with a bang this year and took the kids to Disney on Ice. It. Was. Awesome!!! It was "Worlds Of Fantasy" so they had the cast of Cars, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Tinkerbell and the fairies. Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy hosted the show. Hudson LOVES Cars and Mickey Mouse he was just a bit awestruck for the first half of the show. I must admit I was a little star-struck myself. {{wink wink}} Brody is still young and innocent enough to really get into it, he loves Mickey Mouse too. Brody and Hudson watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse every morning. And when Braiden was Husdon's age he watched the Lion King every day so everyone really enjoyed it and we were disappointed when it was over. Can't wait to go again!!

I'm not sure which was the best moment of the show, when Lightning McQueen busted through the curtains or when Tinkerbell was flying through the air spreading pixie dust. So Cool!

After the show my dear sweet husband took me to Tai Pan- it was a great day people. Now this was a real treat because we NEVER get down to Utah, we go to Boise for everything. Just to prove just how sweet he was, the weather was horrible and we missed the exit so we had to turn around. But it was SO worth it in the end. I got some fun stuff (I'll spare you the pictures) and I found out that I have a SERIOUS case of Spring Fever. It's bad- I had to plant grass in flower pots, if my neighbors saw that they'd say, why don't you plant grass in your yard and not in flower pots on your kitchen table. :/ {eek}

Hudson is so funny these days he is starting to ask funny questions that his brothers always ask, like: "today-friday?" and "What's for dinner?" Also the terrible twos have kicked in- in FULL FORCE. UGH!

The Princess is constantly getting smothered in kisses from Brody and getting packed around by Braiden she dosen't seem to mind though. She has established a great night time routine by sleeping from 11-5 WOW!!! Some nights it's give or take an hour on either side but that's OK I'll take it!! She is a wonderful baby and getting chubbier by the day!!


Dressed up in her sunday pretties:

On Your Mark...

What a way to start off Cub Scouts, Braiden's first activity as a cub scout was the pinewood derby! Braiden and his dad worked feverishly to get that car lookin' good and speedy.



Watching nervously.



Hudson got a car out of a kids meal that day and the whole night he was begging, "daddy-race it" so cute.



Braiden's car was fast, he won the first round and came in a close second on the second round. By the time Hudson gets to cub scouts, we'll be unstoppable!! ;) Braiden's car won the award for "The Most Realistic"

Happy Birthday Braiden!!!

Tuesday was Braiden's birthday, but it was not just any birthday, Tuesday was his eighth birthday. Braiden is so excited to be 8, he gets to be baptized now, and go to cub scouts. Wow, my kids have not made me feel old...until now.

Braiden had a great day (for the most part) It was grandparent day at lunch (what a prefect day for that) so my mom along with me, Brody & Joslyn got to eat lunch with Braiden. After lunch we walked around the book fair and he got to pick out some new books. I think Brody was disappointed that he didn't get to play at recess with Braiden, but he got a new book out of the deal so... After the lunch recess, we had Braiden's party with his class, it was fun to be there. I think that Brody would have been content if I would have left him there the rest of the day.

After school Braiden got to play with a friend while I did this:

He wanted a Star Wars cake and Nate gave me the idea of making it like a light saber...do you see it?

Braiden is such an awesome kid, when we asked him what he wanted for dinner he said, "Chinese take out" Hey we can do that no problem. Just before the party was about to start Braiden got a funny look on his face and ran to the bathroom. When he came out he confessed, he had eaten a peanut butter cracker. So he spent the next hour puking his guts out all because of one, ONE teeny tiny Ritz Bitz peanut butter cracker.
WHY? why do we get so busy frosting a cake and ordering Chinese that we don't notice that box of crackers walking to the living room? WHY? Why did I buy that stupid box of crackers in the first place? Because they looked good to me...SELFISH!
WHY? Why didn't I warn him about that box...STUPID!!!
I can only be very GRATEFUL that throwing up was all that happened, because it could have been a lot worse. {{shutter}}
So he didn't get to enjoy the Chinese but after awhile he felt good enough to open presents:





I love this picture of Nate's cousin Colton showing Braiden how to do his scarf.



Looks like he's all ready to be a cub scout!! {{sigh}} so grown up!

Happy Birthday Braiden!!!

When we were getting ready for bed Braiden said to me, "hey mom, my birthday party made me happy!" -What a sweetheart.

Just an example of how sweet and thoughtful this boy is, this is a fill in the blank poem that he did in school.

Love Is...

Love is... "in my heart"
Love is... "my baby sis"
Love is... "helping"

Love is... "for joy"
Love is... "for my family"
Love is... "helping mom"

Love is so very simple,
It's not a mystery,
When you treat those around you
The very same way
You want them to treat you.

Love is.. "helping dad"
Love is... "helping my dog"
Love is... "me"
Love is... "dad"
Love is lending a helping hand
When someone needs you.

Love is... "doing everything"
L-O-V-E
Love is... "so good"
For you and me.
Oh! Love is the greatest thing in the world.

Not much else needs to be said, this kid is the best, and I'm so lucky to have him as my son!

I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to Jolisa, one of my very best friends on the face of this earth.

This wonderful woman shares a Birthday with my Braiden.