Just gotta get through the weekend....

A Grandmother holds her grandchildren's hands for awhile.....Their hearts forever!

Aiden and Great Grandma....May 7th

Never give up

We bought and planted some beautiful flowers last spring. They had such a gorgeous color but they didn't last long because Miss Kenna decided to pick off all the flowers. We never got anymore flowers from it after that and it literally looked like it had died. But for some reason I would still give it a drink of water because....you never know. Now that the weather is warmer, I put the pot aside to put something new in it. Before we knew it, some green started sprouting from it. Travis thought they were weeds and even sprayed some weed killer in it (I didn't know this because I was still watering it:) My watering paid off because we started getting some buds!!

And now we have beautiful flowers again!! And Makenna has been told not to pick them! :)

So, this reminded me to never give up on things. You don't know what beautiful things will come if you keep at something!

One month old

My very good friend Sarah is the most creative woman I know and took the cutest pics of her son who is only a week older than mine. I HAD to use the idea because they look so awesome. I did them super quick but I love how they turned out. I might have to do it again and try to get some more:)

I am so in love with my son...aka....little man, baby boy, sweet boy/man, little dude (that's Travs:).

He seems to have grown a ton over this month. He is definitely longer and I don't know how much he weighs but he is getting some adorable cheeks;)

He usually has his forehead creased or brows furrowed even when he's sleeping. We keep telling him that he's going to get wrinkles early but he's not listening to us:)

He was being my angel baby during the night but ever since my wonderful 7 hour stretch for Mother's day, he's added an extra feeding during the night. This in turn means mommy is more tired but he's worth it.

Second mommy couldn't stay away from him while I was taking pics:)

This is his first smile caught on camera! I almost missed it but it's still cute:) It is so neat to be a more experienced mommy. I am enjoying him so much and I can't quit kissing those sweet cheeks!

All about my Kenna

Oh my sweet Kenna. She is a spunky little five year old! She keeps me on my toes everyday. She is so loving to her family and very bossy at the same time (which Jordyn doesn't appreciate very much:) She will try to discipline Jordyn like we do so she is truly the second mommy.

These are from her fun at t-ball. It just ended last week and she was quite bummed. She looks so cute in her baseball hat.

She is very good too!! I guess she takes after her mommy:)

This is very fuzzy but I love it. It shows the joy in her face.

Again...love the smile. You can tell she is having a blast.

Makenna is super smart. She loves going to joy school and impresses me everyday with all that she does. Whenever I taught, I loved to just watch her as she did her worksheets. I couldn't believe how well she did on them and how fast she finished. I'm kinda worried that she might be a little bored in Kindergarten:)
She painted this at school! I think she did such a great job. It even gets a spot on our shelf in the family room:)

She is also a little monkey. She loves to climb!

She has had quite the attitude lately. I swear she is 5 going on 15!! I can't believe the way she talks to me sometimes! But then there are times that she is so good and a huge helper to me!

Two of her quotes lately...."I'm not a little kid anymore, I'm human!!" And...."will Aiden ever grow up???" Too funny!! She also says her tummy is getting tickled when she goes really fast on some playground equipment!

We don't call her Makenna around here. We call her MY Kenna....especially Jordyn. She is HER Kenna. I love it. She is a very sensitive, sweet girl. She will get so upset if you yell at her or discipline her. She starts saying that you don't love your Kenna! But with that sensitivity comes some sweet loving back at you! I get lots of cuddles and hugs! I love this beautiful first born of mine!!

All about Jordyn

I feel like all my posts lately have been about Aiden so I wanted to do a couple posts for my girls. This one is Jordyns:) Isn't she a doll???

It's a good thing she is cute! She has been throwing some serious tantrums since the baby was born. She would just throw herself on the floor and scream at the top of her lungs for no reason and there would be nothing I could do to calm her down. She is getting better now though. We still have our days but getting better.
Isn't she adorable?? She is on her dolls' bike!! I think it's a little small for her:)

She has been doing well with sleeping in Makenna's room as well. She was taking forever to get to sleep so we changed things up a bit and we put her to bed first (sing her songs or read her books all by herself) and then have Makenna join her a little later. I think it works for both of them better. Jordyn gets her individual time when we are putting her to bed like we used to when she had her own room and Makenna gets her individual time as she gets to stay up with us a little later than Jordyn!!
You just gotta love those thighs! I wish mine were as cute:)

Good little mommy!! She still has a diaper on (as you can see in the pic below)! But she is getting more and more interested in going to the bathroom. She has been sitting on the toilet for awhile now but never doing anything in it. But recently she has actually been going potty. She mostly does it at bath time. I don't know if she feels it more when she is naked or what. I think we will really work on it when Trav is home for the summer. Maybe we will just keep her naked and get her used to it:)

She still puts knots in her hair as well. She plays with it when she is tired and just knots it right up. It is also very hard to get out with her curly hair!! I'm getting better at that though. It doesn't take me as long as it used to. And I have no idea how she got this caught in her naps:) I think Travis even had to cut it out because it was so stuck in there!!

Even though we have had some trying times lately, I love my Jordyn. She is so precious and I could stare into those big brown eyes all day. I always wondered why my Mom likes my brown eyes. I just thought they were just regular old brown but I love my girls' brown eyes!! They are so beautiful and so are they!!

Love for the Moms

In honor of Mother's day tomorrow, I want to tell our Moms how much they mean to us and we are so thankful for them in our lives. We love you!!

My Grandma....my kids' great Grandma! This is her first time meeting Aiden! We are so thankful for all that she has done and had to sacrifice in her life to raise her five children.

My Mom!! We are so thankful for all that she does for us and being there when we need her. And she loves our kids just as much as we do which means a lot!!

Trav's Mom! We are also thankful for all that she does and that she loves our kids as much as we do.


And I'm thankful for a wonderful husband that brings me home beautiful flowers and breakfast in bed!! Love you honey!

He wasn't supposed to get me in the background of this pic nursing Aiden:P O-well.

And to our honorary Mother......Aiden's second Mommy, Miss Makenna!! She loves her brother so much and feels so bad after what happened the other day. She was holding him and got up and started walking around with him. I didn't see this since I was changing Jordyn's diaper and next thing I know, I hear a 'thump'. I rush over to the front room and Aiden is laying on the floor on his back and Kenna has this awful look on her face. I freaked out and examined Aiden up and down and he stopped crying right after I loved on him. Makenna ran up the stairs balling her eyes out. I felt bad for both of my 'babies'. I know she didn't mean to drop him and it broke my heart that she was so upset. But at the same time I hoped that it taught her a lesson to not walk around with him. I calmed her down after I calmed down and took her to school. I was worried and weepy all morning and finally called a pediatrician in our ward (his son is in Kenna's joy school) to see if I could come over and have him check Aiden out. He was more than willing and gave him a full examination. He told me he was fine and then I was finally able to relax a little bit. I still wouldn't put him down for the rest of the day though:) A very scary experience (one that I hope not to repeat) but that is the life of a MOM!! You never know what the day will bring you. Frustration, sadness and maybe some irritation but oh so much joy and happiness that can fill your heart and more!! I'm so thankful that my Heavenly Father trusted me with these sweet spirits and allowed me to be a Mom and I just hope that I can do as good of a job as the Mothers in my life.

Our sweet second Mommy!! :)

Three weeks

I can't believe it's been three whole weeks since Aiden was born. To me, it feels like only three days. He is growing so fast and getting really long. I love to watch him, smell him, feed him.....etc. He is just a joy to have in our home.

Aiden is a great baby. He goes to sleep for the night about 10:30 or so after one last feeding and then usually wakes up about 3:30ish. He's up for half hour to an hour eating and then back to sleep again until about 7 or 8!! I've got it really good right now which I'm very thankful for because it takes me forever to get back to sleep!! My girls usually wake me up in the morning before he does. I also love that he usually wakes up at the same time because Trauma Center is always on at that time in the middle of the night on the discovery channel;) He also usually takes a long nap right at the same time as Jordyn does!!

He nurses really well. Sometimes it takes a little longer for him to latch on one side but other than that, it's going great. And he never made me sore and cracked which I will be forever grateful for. I was in quite a bit of pain for awhile with both of my girls and I was just waiting for it to happen again!! So happy that it didn't.

Aiden rarely cries. He only fusses if he is hungry and even then he gives me some warning. He does this cute this snorting through his nose for a bit. It's my cue to get him fed. But if I'm doing something else and don't get to him in time, he will start doing this high pitched screech and then a full on cry. It usually doesn't get to that point unless I'm in the middle of doing something like taking a shower or putting Jordyn to bed. He won't even cry if he's poopy. He is just a very laid back baby boy! I'm very lucky!! I hope it lasts!

Handsome little cuss!!

This was from his first day at church!! He looked so dang cute:-)

The faces of Aiden

Dreaming away.

Concentrating hard on something.

Yo Yo!! What up???

Thinking about making a poop

What stinks???....oh yeah, I just pooped!

Are you still taking pictures?

Seriously.....no more!!

Ahhh.....content and snuggling with big sis!

This wind blows!!

It blew our house over!! I've never seen the house upside down before. I'm am seriously sick of the wind.