Christmas 2010 Part I

Christmas was so great this year. We spent Christmas with my mom and Family at my moms the weekend before because my Mom and Step dad were headed to Las Vegas to spend it with my brother Lane. It was so much fun. They had it catered, kids opened presents, and the adults did a white elephant gift exchange which is always so funny. My mom loved the magnet board and magnets I made her and the pictures of Taylor she got. My mom's new tradition is pajamas for all the grand kids, I am trying to seek out our own little family's traditions as well.

More Pictures to come and our Christmas with Jared's side of the Family....

4 Months already

My baby is 4 Months old and she had her checkup and she is doing great!

Weight: 15.1 lbs

Height: 25 In.

She loves it when I call her chubbers

She nurses great and takes a bottle

She sleeps 6-9 hr spans at night

She laughs so much and loves to be tickled

She loves to be held and payed attention to

She always wakes up with a huge smile

She has the most beautiful eyes

She is mine!

We love her more than anything, she is our Sunshine!!

Recap

I have been a total slacker when it comes to my blog, but vow to be better. A lot has happened lately, but I haven't really had a reliable computer these days, but that will hopefully change soon. I thought I would pick up though in talking about Taylor's 4 Month Checkup and recap on what we have been up to the past few months. I know, I can't believe she is 4 months old already. Before I get into that though I want to recap on the last couple of months though starting with Halloween. Kade was a cute little dinosaur and is still wearing his costume. He walked around everywhere saying rarrrrrrrr!!! It was so cute. He was trying to scare everyone. We took him to the ConocoPhillips party at my work and he loved that.

Next was Thanksgiving, and we had a wonderful one. We did dinner at my mom's house first and then we headed over to Sugar's for another meal which is hard sometimes because we are always so full for the second dinner, but it was a fun day being will family. Sad thing is though I didn't get any pictures of that day.

Next, Jared and I went to Arizona a couple weekends ago to drop his Teryx off so he could get a new motor put in it and while we there we did lots of Christmas shopping and we were also lucky enough to have some friends come along and our mom's as well. They were a lot of help with the babies.

Also, I went back to work last week, but luckily only have to work part time. It was wonderful to be off for 4mos, but I am so lucky to have Jared's mom help me out with the kids because there is just no one else I would trust to watch my babies while I work.

We really are so blessed, and I am so thankful for it.

Stay at home Mom

Since about a week before I had Taylor I have gotten to stay home with my kids and I am really enjoying it. I thought when I was working 'what the heck will I do when I'm home, I will get so bored". Well quite the contrary! I try and have a routine each day so that my kids know what to expect and so that I don't pull my hair out. Everyday we wake up around 7 or 8 and I feed Taylor (usually Kade hasn't yet made it out of bed) then Kade comes out and wants to watch Dora or Diego so I put that on for him and make beds. Then I dress my kids and put Taylor down for a nap and feed Kade and I breakfast. Then Kade plays with his toys or watches another episode of toons while I hop in the shower and get ready. Then I have about 3 hours to do laundry, pay bills, blog, or go to lunch with a friend or run some errands then it's back to the house to do lunch and put Kade down for a nap usually around 1:30, then my hubby gets home and I get started on dinner. We eat, I clean the kitchen, bathe kids and put all of our pajamas on so we have a couple hours to hang out and watch TV or do whatever. My days fly by. I'm going to be very sad when I return to work, but I have lots of plans in store and I know God will guide my path. I love my babies and enjoy so much being with them everyday and am proud of the little routine we have down. I didn't realize that when you stay home you have to come up with activities to keep your kids minds growing and also keep them entertained. Plus mama needs her time too..... Here are some things the kids enjoy doing!

2 Month Checkup

Well the 2 Month checkup day was not my favorite. I ended up taking Kade for certain reasons and with him needing to go to the bathroom and Taylor screaming from hunger at the same time while the Dr. and I were attempting to have a conversation, I just knew this visit wasn't going to be pleasant. Taylor got 3 pokes which consisted of 5 shots and man she screamed her head off. She had also been having a lot of snot in her nose making it hard for her to breath and the Dr. told me to try some little noses or if I wanted I could make my own salt water and give her some drops at home. So we made it home and we had lunch and then I decided to put Kade in his room with a movie for nap time. Well I went to Taylor and gave her way too much water up her nose and she stopped breathing on me. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I sucked with the bulb every part of her nose and throat and she finally started breathing. It felt like an eternity that she wasn't breathing and I honestly couldn't tell you how long it was. She didn't turn blue, but she was pale from the shock of it all. I don't know if I could ever forgive myself for what I did. I cried all day after that happened and I think I cried before it even happened actually. I truly feel like the worst mother out there. I ended up calling 911 for them to come check her and they said she looked perfectly fine, but I was hysterical. It was me they were worried about. At one point when she wasn't breathing I thought it was the end, I know that sounds terrible, but I was terrified. I thought my life was over. I thought I had hurt my beautiful child and all I was trying to do was help her to breathe better so she could sleep.
I wasn't going to blog about this, but I thought maybe I can stop someone else from doing the same thing, but I'm positive no one is as stupid as I am. I am so glad my baby is ok. Her and Kade are my life. Without them I could not live. And my great husband was so sweet and has made me feel better about what I did, but there is no excuse for making me feel better, what I did was the worst thing ever. I guess by me writing about it is a way for me to confess that I am not perfect as a mother or at anything else. I know now though that I will not do anything to my children unless I am 100% sure what I am doing.

Well back to my babies Stats:
Weight 12lbs. 1oz
Height 22"
Head Circumference 38.5cm

I love my babies more than anything and the last thing I would ever want to do is harm them. I would rather it be me any day then them. I want nothing more for them in their lives but for them to be HAPPY!

Birthday fun!

SPLASH SPLASH!

I love it when we get invited to birthday parties because they are always so much fun and a great chance for Kade to have some play time. Our friends had a celebration for their two year old son and it was a lot of fun. They had it at a splash pad close to downtown and Kade was a little shy with the water at first, but then after that it was no big deal. Kade is the type that has to warm up to the idea of anything or anyone and then he is good to go. I loved getting these images of him. Jared unfortunately had to miss coming with us because he is scouting with his dad for Elk, but my motherinlaw came along and helped me like she ALWAYS does with my kids. Thanks Mari, your so wonderful. She handled Taylor while I made it all about Kadders. Thanks Jessie for inviting us, you know how to throw a party.....

Good Times........

KADE!!

Kade is such an amazing little boy, and many would think of course I think this because he is my son. Well it's not just that. He really is such a very sweet soul and I don't know what I did to deserve such an amazing little boy. He gives me more life than I ever thought I could have. I literally thank God everyday for him and never take him for granted. He is so funny, incredibly smart, very loving, and did I mention smart and loving? Anyone that knows Kade knows this about him. I just love him and that word "Love" does not even describe how I feel about him. He's my best friend. I can talk to him just as he was an adult and he understands so much. I can't wait to see how much more our relationship grows as he goes through each stage of his life. I hope one day he finds a beautiful, loving and kind soul as a partner and also a girl that loves to have his mommy around, because I can't ever imagine not being extremely close to Kade. He is my life!!!!

Kade is always hungry before bed and he didn't make it very far on his quesadilla last night before my little guy crashed! He makes me chuckle.

What's new!

Well there hasn't been anything to much to update on other than the many appointments we have had recently and Jared has been in hunting mode these days assisting his friend and dad in the scouting processes. So Kade did something pretty naughty the other night, but I can't be too mad because it was pretty much my fault. We were visiting with the missionaries the other night and I had just painted my nails a dark brown and Kade came and grabbed the polish out of my hand and I didn't even think twice about it and actually kinda remember thinking he wouldn't be able to open the bottle because it's even hard for me to open the darn thing, but he got it open and all over his carpet, his nice pottery barn chair my mom had gotten him and ruined a home made blanket from a family friend. Jared was not happy, nor was I, but I couldn't tell Jared what my thought process was when he took the polish from me. Jared put about an hour of elbow grease into the carpet and got most of it out. The trick he looked up online was Windex believe it or not. It took the polish out, but what Jared forgot to read was that it left your carpet blue. So the next day we used our other trick of spraying Resolve on it and topping it off with baking soda to vacum it up after it dried. It looks a lot better, but not what it once was. Kade got lucky though because he got to sleep with us (the fumes were horrible in his room) and he's lucky we had company when this little incident happened because it saved his little hiney. I wouldn't have let him get in trouble though because it was all my fault. ;). I even had a lady from Carpet One come over to give me an estimate of $650, I thought heck no I will just leave it, he will probably do it again. Other than that we have been just trying to get Taylor on a good schedule and some days are wonderful and some are hard, it goes back and forth. I have to remember she is still only 6 weeks old so it may take a little longer. Kade is adjusting well to school and I'm loving being off work. Till next time!

Labor Day fun!!!

Over Labor day Jared and I took the kids to Albuquerque for some fun and shopping. I was a little nervous now having two kids, but we were sidekicks and worked great as a team. I loved everything about that weekend with my little family of 4. It was great! We did an arcade, the Zoo and the Aquarium (Kade kept calling it the other Zoo). Taylor was easy and Kade loved the Zoo with a capital L. He was so sweet and watching him admire the animals and talk about them after we left for days was funny.

That weekend was also a little celebration of our 5 year anniversary. As a gift I got a new wedding ring, and it is perfect. We had fun looking for it and I loved that Jared was into helping pick it. He was very sweet and with his help I got a great ring. So happy anniversary baby, I love you so much and I look foward to the rest of my life with you and beyond. I don't know what I would do without Jared. He is so fun and so handsome, he is absolutely without a doubt the love of my life.

Precious Girl!

I got newborn pictures of my little precious girl taken about 3 or 4 weeks ago and have taken forever to get them on my blog, but I am so excited to have them. I love them. I wish we could have gotten more, but Taylor was awake and kinda in a mood so it was a little or a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be, but the ones we did get were great. Thanks Jessica!

I love having a daughter! She's the best thing!!! Love you so much always and forever!