Business in the front...

Party in the back! So this is what happens when Adam has to leave early from church to take our MONSTER home because he won't go to class, or sit still in Sunday school, or not act like a total maniac for the last 2 hours. So for now he gets to go home and take a much needed nap. I made Adam finish the haircut that he thought would be hilarious for Bradley to keep, but I was not about to have to explain to everyone I came in contact with it was only temporary and that it was his dad's idea.

Six

Grayson turned six yesterday. We kinda made him wait an extra day to celebrate since he was having a party. So officially his birthday was yesterday but we had a fun filled party for him today. We went to see new Alvin and the Chipmunk movie. Each kiddo got their own bag of candy popcorn and drink. They were all so good and I am so surprised that all of the kids were so good. After the movie we had pizza and cake at the park. It was such a fun day! Happy Birthday to my favorite little man, you are such a special part of our family and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.




This year in the spirit of popping out another bambino I am going to record each kids birth story with their birthday post. I have a couple friends that have done this and I think it is a great idea so I have each of them written down.

When I was pregnant with Grayson I am lucky it was my first and I didn't know that normal pregnancies weren't that bad. From the day I found out I was pregnant I seriously threw up everything I ate from sun up to sun down. I managed to only gain 12 pounds because of my hourly visits to the bathroom. After making my way to about 32 weeks I got put on bed rest because my blood pressure was raising to unhealthy levels. I was on bed rest for 2 weeks before the finally just induced me. Adam and I were so scared and excited to be having out first baby. So after waiting 2 days in the hospital on petocin with a Foley catheter and not dilating at all the doctor decided that maybe my body wasn't quite ready and sent me home on strict bed rest. That was one of the hardest weeks of my life. I was so sad that I thought we were going to have a baby and it didn't happen. About ten day later the doctor decided to try the induction again which I was not excited about. I didn't know whether or not it would work this time and I was trying not to get my hopes up. So roughly 28 hours after getting started I was ready to push. I was prepared to push for like hours with the horror stories I heard from friends but to my surprise 3 pushes and my little man was out. He weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces and was sooo small. When he was born I remember him coming out completely grey and the cord was wrapped around his neck twice, his eyes were wide open the whole time it was kinda creepy he was just staring at Adam. Meanwhile I had an audience. Another thing I didn't know because it was my first was that it is not normal to have 6 medical students in the room watching me deliver. I remember one of them coming to me and saying I made it look so easy and she hopes that her labors would someday go that smooth...weird huh. Holding Grayson for the first time was a feeling I will never forget. I felt so protective and proud of him, I never thought I could love someone as much as I do my kids. I feel so lucky to have been blessed with Graysons amazing spirit.

New Do

I know it's a little Utah but hey it's better than what she had! I am hoping that this phase grows fast so we can do ponytails by summer.

Date Night

Guess who is going on a date?

I have a fun night in store. I made 3 little envelopes(with a little help from my cricut) and each one contains a different date. I sure hope he picks the dinner and pedicure envelope, my poor feet are a little swollen and I need some relief!



*to any of you who have husbands that say they would never go and get a pedicure do whatever it takes to get them to go with you once and I promise they will LOVE it! Adam swore he would never do it and I tricked him one day and it was so worth it!!!*

Isn't she pretty!

I love and I mean love my new shark steam mop. Having an entire floor of hardwood and tile makes mopping quite the chore since it has to be done every other day, but this beautiful machine has cut mopping from 1 hour to about 15 minutes and it is fully sanitized. My favorite part is not having to wait for my floors to dry, it happends instantly!

It's a....

So we went and got an ultrasound and are super excited to report that we are having a GIRL! When I found out it was a girl I got a little emotional thinking how excited I was that Maycie was going to have a sister, and how important my sisters and sister-in-laws are to me. We have a couple names in mind but we need to see her before we decide. I was stressing out about not finding any boy names that I loved so I am glad that I don't have to worry about that. The kids have been asking for a couple months now if it was a boy or girl and when we told each of them they really didn't have a reaction, other than Maycie she wants to name the baby Maycie #2... We have been so blessed and are excited to welcome this new little baby into our family.

My Kitchen Project

Since the day I moved into my house I have HATED and I mean HATED my kitchen. With red walls and the white formica counter tops there wasn't much to love. So as a Christmas present to each other we decided to put our money towards fixing the kitchen. I have to say I love it! My parents came over to help and teach us how to properly install tile counter tops. I love the way they turned out. The week prior I painted the kitchen from blood red(that took two coats of primer to cover, oh how I hated the previous owner by the time I was finished) to a vibrant green with an accent wall a couple shades darker... I love it! Thanks to my parents and especially Adam for all of his hard work, he literally worked straight for 3 days to get it done.

Spam, Rice and Ketchup

YUMMY! That is all I have to say. A couple weeks ago at my parents they made spam and rice for dinner. I was so skeptical of how it would taste but let me tell you it is my new favorite combo. We seriously eat it a couple times a week for dinner and I'm loving this easy delious new combo...mmmm this post is making me hungry for more!

Christmas Gift

Just so all of my good friends know I'm giving you a preview of what your getting for Christmas next year. These babies are awesome! I put them on for the first time when we remodeled the kitchen. I just simply told my kids I couldn't hear them when I had them on and magically my kids didn't come crying, complaining, or bother me the entire rest of the time I was working. It was magic!! Anyway I know they are not the cutest accessorie ever but man do they work!

What to do?

Okay so I really need some advice as to what to do next with this?

Last week we tried little tiny baby pigtails...not so cute!

I really want to cut it into some sort of style, but there is a part of me just saying....let it grow!