Crawling & Disneyland

Its been a while again. Oops. I get a little busy which sucks cause it seems like everyday something new and exciting happens with my kids! Its so fun!

As of yesterday, Harper is crawling! She is almost 10 months but she did it! She skipped right over doing the army crawl and went straight to all 4s! I think she thought crawling on her belly was beneath her.... ! lol I kill myself. Its going to be very interesting having 2 little crawlers and a 3 year old to chase around now. Going to be getting my exercise that's for sure!
We took Sawyer to Disneyland over Valentine's Day and we had a blast! He was so good and had such a great time. I think the one on one with just mommy and daddy was really good for him. I'm pretty sure he didn't want to come back to his siblings after that and share time again. We drove down and once we got to our hotel we went and did some swimming then went to get food. The next morning we headed to Disneyland!

He kept right up with us until we put him in this stroller to head back to the car. 5 minutes TOPS and he was zonked! We were able to get this trip planned in about 2 days and it turned out great! We were there for 4 days. I was away from my babies for 4 whole days. It was tough. Thankfully we were able to stay busy enough that I wasn't able to sit and think about how much I missed them or else I would have not been too much fun to have around. I was really thankful to have this opportunity to take Sawyer though. Thank goodness I have such a great husband! And his friend let us stay in his hotel with him which saved us a boat load too. Thanks Eric!

Kid Funnies

Sawyer: I just bought some beautiful new high heels. One pair of black glitter heels and the other is some hot leopard print heels. Brandon and I were in the living room and here comes Sawyer walking in one of each heel and says "I'm a beautiful snow angel!" Brandon and I busted up laughing. He looked down kind shyly, stepped out of my shoes, and said "I mean I'm a snow monster!"  Now that's funny right there!

Taln: This kid LOOOVES his food. I mean loves it. I was sick this week so Brandon made me some chicken noodle soup from scratch (it always cures anything you have no joke) and I decided to blend it up and feed it to the babies. Taln ate a huge HUGE bowl full. After every bite he would do a smacking sound with his tongue and go "mmmmmmm" till i put more in his mouth. His tongue smacking is so hysterical!

Harper: The other night she wouldn't go to sleep for the life of me. I tried feeding her, rocking, singing, you name it. Finally, I just laid her in our bed and laid by her. She kept looking up at Brandon and then would shake her head as if she were saying "no". So i looked at her and mimiced her and she kept doing it back. It was so stinkin cute! We call it "crazy baby"! Whenever we shake our head she smiles and shakes her head back! I love it!

Today is the 1st day of 2012. I can't believe it. I can't believe I am a mother to three beautiful healthy happy kids. I am absolutely in love with each and everyone of them. They are so different and I love their differences! They are so special. I am so glad to have such a wonderful husband. He works so hard to provide for our family and make it possible for me to stay home with our kids. I am so glad he is my hubby! I love him as much today as I did the day we got married! Couldn't be a better man out there for me! He's amazing! Has to be to deal with me! lol
This years resolutions aren't very different than my usual ones. I really just want to strive to be an all around better woman, mother, wife, friend, daughter, sister, and human. There are always things to work on! I am grateful for my family and friends. I hope this year brings many wonderful happy memories and experiences. Here's to 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Answered Prayer

I am sooo far behind its not even funny. I am going to try to start updating from now on though.
I had a prayer answered for me about 2 weeks ago. I had started feeding the babies on both sides instead of just oneside and they had me up more than they usually do. I was getting up with them 6 to 8 times a night. That's rough. They had only slept 6 hours at the most once so almost 6 months I haven't slept longer than 3 to 4 hours in a given time. Rough. We were on our way home from my family party and I was so tired and stressed I began to sob to Brandon that I was done nursing. I couldn't do it anymore. I felt like I was losing my milk and I wasn't being able to feed the babies what they needed so I was done. I love nursing. Its something that has been pretty much natural for me and I enjoy it so much. Its tough but the best way to bond with my kids. I love the closeness I feel with them. I was pretty devastated that I was going to quit nursing but I honestly was so run down I just didn't think I could do it anymore. That night I told Brandon I was going to just try letting the babies cry themselves to sleep if they woke up. Its so hard to do that but I just needed some sleep. I put in ear plugs and then put on my noise blocking head phones and went to sleep. I didn't wake up until 5am when Sawyer came and got in our bed. I asked Brandon if the babies had cried at all and he said he didn't hear them once. I was shocked! They had slept 7 hours! Ever since then they have been sleeping 10 hours!! I now know that I was not meant to stop nursing just yet! The Lord truly answers prayers no matter what they are! So blessed to know I have a Heavenly Father who knows and loves me!

Feelin The Love

I went out with my wardies a few weeks ago and they gave me the most adorable outfits for our lil' boy and girl! Can you say "Freaking Adorable"!!!!!! My kids are going to be soooo dang cute and I'm not being bias at all! ;0)

Today, I got this wonderful present....

Its a nursing pillow designed for twins!! It comes with the pillow that wraps around you (made out of the ever so delicious minky faberic), a back support pillow, and a nursing cover that is actually attached to the pillow! Awesomeness. Pure awesomeness! Special thanks to my wonderful sista Nikki for this wonderful present! Love you Nik!

I went in for my weekly stress test today and everything was normal! Babies look great and my contractions aren't worrying the doctor at all (little disappointed in that) so I guess we are still 20 days away. I THINK I can make it. Its gettin tough though I tell you what! Whew.

Here is my belly. The pic sucks cause I took it myself but it'll do!

I'm HUGE! And I'm ready! lol

Comfort Food

Found this recipe and made it last night. I LOOOOOOVE these kinds of potatoes! I could have eaten the whole 13X9 pan full! With pleasure! :)

Cheesy Potato Casserole
Ingredients:
1 bag contry style hash browns
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups shredded cheese
2 cups corn flakes, crushed
3 green onions, chopped
1/2 cups melted butter

To Make:
Mix soup, sour cream, salt, pepper, green onions, and cheese in large bowl. Add hash browns and stir to combine and place in a greased 13X9 pan. Top with butter/corn flake mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes!
DIVINE!

A Lil Charity

Each year my family and I aways say we need to do some sort of charity for Christmas since that is a great part of Christmas but we have never done it until this year! I decided to rally us together and the end result was fantastic I think! I decided that since my brother has volunteered for the Utah Aids Foundation that that would be a great place to do some charity. I got on their website and found that you could donate money, adopt a family, make necessity stockings, or food baskets so I put feelers out and we decided to adopt 2 families, do a food basket or 2, and do some necessity baskets!

We met at my mom's on a Thursday afternoon and brought with us some bathroom necessities that we already had at our home that we had extras of such as: shampoo, tooth paste, tooth brushes, body wash, soap, etc. We didn't have tons so we went to All A Dollar (don't dis cause we were able to get loads of things for little which meant more stuff for others!).

What adopting a family is is a family puts what they need/want most on a card and people get those items for them. For example, one of our families had never had any sort of baking things. No cookie sheets, baking pans, measuring spoons, cups etc so that's what we bought! Then we went a little further and got them stuff to make with their new bake ware like sugar cookies with sprinkles, cupcake mix, cake mixes, cooking spray etc.

Our other family needed some sheets and an alarm clock. Derik was in charge of the sheets and man he bought the really nice like 500+ count sheets! What a lil giver he is! lol We added a few extra things in their basket as well.

Since we were able to get a lot of items at All a Dollar we were able to make quite a few little necessity baskets! We also made a random basket too that had soup, detergent, toilet paper, paper towels and a few other randoms thrown in. Then my brother has a good friend who travels a lot for his business and he always bring home the shampoos, conditioners, lotions, mouthwashes etc. He donated those to us so I made little necessity bags that were just simple but nice. These weren't the crappy kinds of shampoos either. They were nice stuff!! We didn't end up getting done until 11pm. I was beat! It was so much fun though and we felt great after we did it! When my mom and Derik brought all the baskets to the UAF, they were all so excited to see all the stuff we made. Wish I could have been there just to see their faces. Still knowing we helped others has made a great impact on this Christmas Season for me!

Although we all didn't have tons and tons of money to spend we did what we could to help out others. My sister wasn't able to join us for the packaging in person but she was there in spirit and she made a wonderful donation to help us bring some comfort to those in need! I think this will become a Christmas tradition! Helping others.... is there a better tradition?!

Grateful

Today, I am so grateful for Brandon and Sawyer. I have never loved two people more than them. I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband. I am so blessed to have him as my eternal companion. I love you Brandon!!

Today, I my heart has been tender. Probably the result of yesterday but Sawyer has been giving me hugs like crazy today! I have sure needed and loved it so much! He is getting so big and is getting so good as putting both those little arms around my neck and just squeezing all my problems, fears, hurt, sadness, and sorrow away! I love his hugs. I can't express just how much I love them! I love him like crazy!

We took some cute family pictures last weekend and I thought I would share some...