Choices

This story might sound dumb to some people but to me it was great. For a long time now I really have to explain or maybe the right word would be "badger" Bailee into making good food choices. It's not an easy task with her 5 year old brother being very thin and actually eats the healthy stuff and her 2 yr old brother not really worrying about it too much. But Bailee really enjoys her food so it's kind of a battle every now and then. Well, the other day Bryce was going to have an icecream sandwich after dinner and I told Bailee she could have one too and she actually looked up at me and said " no thanks mom, I get to have one at school tomorrow so I don't need one tonight." It was one of those moments that dont happen very often but what I am trying to teach her about making good choices with food is finally paying off. I am so proud of her choices and I hope it continues

No way!!

Ok so my last post was about maybe starting potty training but I did one hour of it and I had to clean up pee undies and poop off my tile floor, so I am thinking Im gonna nix that idea for a while!! I had good intentions..lol

start potty training????

Lincoln has been telling us for a while when he poops but in the last week, now he actually tells us to change him when he poops. My friend and I were doing eachothers hair today and she looked over and said Lincoln doesnt have any clothes on, he had taken his pants and his diaper off and wanted to go pee pee on the potty!! So it looks like he might be ready, now I told him we need to go get batman undies and he was so excited..I absolutely despise potty training so i hopoe the next couple of weeks wont be too bad especially if hes ready..I cant wait to see his cute chubby bum in batman undies, hes so dang cute.

Lylas first grahm cracker

Lyla was soo fussy the other day and I didnt have anything for her just to eat or hold onto by herself to keep her busy so i gave her a big grahm cracker and it worked but it was a huge mess. Her face says it all. She was definately loving her treat. This smile is soo contagious, all of my clients tell me they have never seen a baby with such a huge mouthy smile. I even had to take her to the doctor this week and found out she had a double ear infection and when the dr walked inshe tried soo hard to smile and be happy but she was miserable. The dr even said "shes trying soo hard to look happy". This week has been a little rough w/a sick baby and nap times arent going good this week due to an ear infection so life has been put on hold while I sit in my jammies all day and hold my sweet little girl. I actually love moments like these because we are always so busy that we never just get to sit down and hold our little ones. It stinks that she sick but I love cuddling with her
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Lincoln turns 2!!

It is soo crazy how time just flows by and sometimes I wish I could just freeze the time right now so I could keep my kids little and pure. Lincolns 2nd birthday is today! He doesnt understand birthdays yet but Im sure he wont mind opening a few presents, he got that down pat at Christmas.

Lincoln is by far my biggest handful(as you can see how he got in his car on top of the coffee table and climbed up and was going to attempt to ride off of it until we stopped him) but he brings us such joy and laughter too. Right now in his stage in life he copies whatever anyone says and we have to answer him exactly how we answered the other person. He has the cutest little dimple on his upper cheek when he smiles, I love it because it's not in the normal spot for a dimple. His answer for every question is "I dont know". I love how huge and thick he is, he just wouldnt be Lincoln without his cute big head. When we let his hair grow out its curly, I love it because so far he's the only one w/curly hair. Hes at the stage where he is finally understanding and is trying to help. He feels so proud of himself when he really got to do something all by himself and help mommy. If daddy is home than no one on earth exists..I mean no one!! Only daddy can change him, only daddy can pick him up, only daddy can sit by him, he follows Mike around until bedtime. I love this boy soo much, as hard as he is on most days, I couldnt imagine my life without him, his smile makes me smile. Happy Birthday sweet boy of mine, we love you

Up to the snow

We decided kind of last minute to drive up to payson and find some snow. We had a huge storm blow through on the thursday before new years and it actually snowed here in the valley, it was so awesome to be at the mall and see and feel snow flurrys. Anyways, saturday was new years day and I wasnt working so we drove up to the snow and this picture was on the wayb up. Its such a great pic of the snowy mountains. 



Here is Lyla, when we put her down she loved to b in the snow. I thought for sure that she would just scream her head off, but she actually got really upset when we picked her up and wouldnt let her back down. She is soo stinkin cute I just love this girl soo much.

Bryce loved being in the snow, he wasnt too fond of the sledding but he enjoyed eating and just playing in the snow, look at that sweet face.

Heres Bailee, she loved the snow too but shes my "princess" and was worried the whole time about her pants getting wet or her gloves getting snow on them. We did get her to go sledding and she loved it, she did it over and over again. Shes such a good helper for me and Mike.

Lincoln loved just standing and eating the snow. If we had to walk he was not liking it much. He got really grumpy when the older kids started sledding, I think he thought they were getting hurt so he would scream and cry every time the kids would come down the hill. Hes such a funny kid.Heres Bailee getting ready to go sledding for the first time all on her own..she did awesome and loved it



brothers

I always wanted my kids closer in age but you don't always get what you want. These two boys are 3.5 years apart and it is soo much fun watching them play like they never knew any different. Ilove that Lincoln loves Bryce soo much, he constantly asks for Bryce all day long while Bryce is at school. They defenately fight like brothers too. I am pretty sure that one day Linc will be Bryces "bigger" brother, just look at the head on that kid!! haha I love these sweet little guys of mine, i am soo lucky to have them, I worked pretty hard for each of these boys!

December

December is always a crazy month for everyone with Christmas and all the festivities that go with it. This Dec was especially crazy because we moved and everyone got sick! not a good way to start the holidays. I feel pretty proud of myself for getting fully unpacked and full Christmas decorations up in less than 3 weeks..not too bad with 4 kids. Being in a bigger home makes me want to get more Christmas decorations. We hosted Christmas eve dinner here like we do every year and it was nice to have the space for everyone. I love when the whole family can be together, thats what its all about right? I feel like Dec went by in a blur.

The kids had a fun time off from school and Mike always get 2 weeks as well so we can usually get alot done. We went up to the snow on the kids last saturday home but that will b another post later. Here are some pics of Christmas morning and decorating.

New post New year!!

I have thought long and hard about the year 2010, and for alot of us it was not the best but in some ways it was a great year.
My sweet Sister n law Cindy Passed away from breast cancer in March and that was so extremely devestating for all of us in the family. She was such an awesome example of what i want to strive to be like. She was an amazing mom and never ever complained about her.self when she was feeling crappy, she still took her kids to all their games and dances and haircuts, ect. Its amazing to me that moms have soo much strength to endure to the end. Cindy blogged a ton over the last 2 yrs and her husband made her blog into a book and I got to read a few pages last night. I definatley teared up reading how much she loved her husband and kids and how much hope and faith she had. Reading that book made me want to blog alot more about my family and have everyone know how much I love my family and the fun and not so fun things we do in our daily lives. I sure miss Cindy, but I know she is loving life where she is right now.

After Cindy passed away my sister n law Holly had her 3rd baby, which is definately a great thing to celebrate after such tragedy, I am sure it brought her some peace and happiness in that hard time in her life. Then we got to add one last baby into our family as well. There was a couple of family weddings too. All in all it was a great and not so great year, I guess in life we have to take the good with bad even when we don't want to.

So in saying that, I really want to love more, serve more, be selfless, be happier and make every day something to be proud of even if its just finishing the laundry I started..lol