Happy Birthday Honey

It's my hubby's birthday today!!! We are just planning on having pizza and hanging out with the family tonight. We never get to go out on his birthday because we both hate crowds and this is a very busy night. Obviously!! He doesn't mind though. Everyone is just celebrating his birthday with him:) I can't believe he's 32!! We have been together since we were 23 and I can't believe 9 years have gone by. I'm so glad that he's my hubby and that he's the father to our little girls. He's an amazing man and he deserves to have an awesome birthday!! Happy Birthday babe!!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Sleep does a body good!

My three month old baby slept ten hours in a row!!! WooHoo!!! I woke up the next morning wondering if I got up or not. Then in a panic, checked her to make sure she was ok. When all was well, I had a huge grin on my face. I hope this is a sign for some good sleeping to come.
We also had Jordyn's checkup with her pediatrician the other day and she weighs in at a whopping 16 pounds!!! She is still in the 97th percentile for her weight. We try to shoot for the best!! But she is only 23 1/2 inches long and in the 37th percentile for length. In other words, only three babies out of 100 weigh more than her but 63 babies out of 100 are longer than her. So she is wider than she is tall:) I don't care. I love all her little rolls and folds and her adorable tiny feet. I can just eat them up. And hey, she's just storing it up in her cheeks. It IS winter, don't you know!!

Move back Sarah and James!!!

Our very good friends Sarah and James came to visit us!! I was so excited to see her. I miss her so much!! We have so much in common and we get along so well. Plus, our husbands get along and our kids play well. We both have two girls and the oldest ones have played together since they were babies. So, I was sooo bummed when they moved to Texas. We still talk all the time but it's so nice when we get to actually hang out. And this time, James was here too so the men got to hang out as well. We made them pancakes and just let the kids play while we visited. I was so sad to see them go. The time went by way too fast and I'm already looking forward to the next time we see them. Fortunately for me, Sarah has family that live here and her parents are not very far either so whenever she comes to see them, I get to see her too. Love ya Sarah!!!




Our cute curly haired girls!!

I thought it would be fun to add pictures of our girls when they were little babies. This was early 2006. I can't believe they were that little once.

And this at the end of July, 2006. Our girls have grown so much over this last year. When did Makenna finally get her hair???

Disneyland part 3

We love going to Disneyland at Christmas time. It is so beautifully decorated and these pictures won't do it justice. You might have to click on a couple of them to make them larger so you can see better.

This is how Jordyn spent most of her first time at Disneyland. She was such a good girl.

Makenna and her Christmas Tigger hat.

This was so pretty. We want lights like these to put on our house:)



This was Makenna's favorite ride. She has the biggest grin on her face.

Disneyland was so much fun with Makenna this year. I can't wait until Jordyn is old enough to enjoy it and we can experience it through her eyes as well.

Disneyland part 2

More of our pics from Disneyland. These are the best ones from the parade.

We were waiting for the parade to start and we were right by the castle so we decided to get a picture when there wasn't too many people walking by.

I, of course, had to get a picture of the soldiers and their trumpets!! I could see Travis doing a job like this while he was going to school if he lived there.

This is the best picture I could get of Cinderella. They were dancing and the other ones were blurry.

A great pic of Santa. I took it just at the right time.

And this is Makenna staring, in awe, at Santa. Too cute!!

Disneyland part 1

My parents took us and my sister and her kids to Disneyland for a couple of days and it was a blast. They are totally exhausted but happy. We mainly did all kiddie rides because Makenna and her cousin Gunnar are at a fun age for Disneyland. They both love Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Pooh and everybody so it was fun to see Disneyland through a child's eyes again. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Grandma and Papa:)

Papa and Kenna

Makenna loves Minnie but just not up close. She started screaming when it was their turn to get their picture taken.

Gunnar and Makenna on the Casey Jr. train ride which they loved.

Daddy got to go on a lot of the rides with Makenna this year since I had Jordyn attached to me with the snugli.

Real live (mean) reindeer. It was feeding time and I wouldn't want to be too close to these guys when they are eating!!

I have so many pictures I want to share so this is only the first post about Disneyland.

Christmas dresses

These are the beautiful Christmas dresses that both sets of Grandparents got them. They were too cute not to post.






Is that football on in the background??? Oops!! Nobody was supposed to see that.

Concerts

We had a couple of concerts to attend last week and I'm going to brag about my hubby for a minute. First, he had his Christmas concert at the new middle school that he works at and he did great. All of the bands sounded good and I think he is enjoying this school better than his last one. At least he's not coming home as grumpy as before:)
Then, he played trumpet for the Stake Center Choir and Orchestra concert and they did awesome!! They just organized the orchestra recently and only had a few rehearsals but they did a great job. It sounded so nice with the orchestra. I just love to hear trumpets playing especially if it's my husband. I'm very proud of him and his talents. He doesn't exactly like to share all the time but it's always a treat when he does. And Jordyn almost let me stay the whole time. She lasted up until the final song so I can't complain.





This was Jordyn's first concert. I think she enjoyed it. I know Makenna does. She already knows the names of all the different instruments and gets a nice sound out of the trumpet. That's how we are going to get these girls through college so we are going to get them started playing early!!

Road trip with kids

Here are a few things that I learned on our latest road trip with our now TWO kids.

1. There is not enough room in the car for us and all of our stuff.
2. Kids really do say, "Are we there yet?" Except for Makenna, it was, "Are we going yet?"
3. Even though I have a DVD player with Einsteins DVD's, it doesn't keep Makenna occupied.
4. Makenna does not like long car rides.
5. I really miss Makenna's binky at times like this.
6. Jordyn doesn't mind long car rides as long as she has a full belly.
7. You CAN nurse a hungry baby while she is buckled into her car seat.
8. You CAN drive from California to Vegas nonstop with kids just as long as you have pull ups and can nurse a baby while in her car seat.

This is one of our rare, totally peaceful moments while we were driving with both kids asleep. Unfortunately, it didn't last long.

More about our fun trip to Disneyland to come.....

Feeling old

I'm not sure why, but I'm feeling old lately. I don't know if it's the wrinkles that I am finding on my face and hands. It might be the tons of grey in my hair that I have to color now. It's not just a treat anymore. It's a necessity. Maybe it's Travis' 32nd birthday coming up which means my 32nd birthday is coming in a couple of months. Everyone always dreads the 30th birthday but I didn't have a problem with that one. Or my 31st for that matter. But #32 is getting to me. Maybe it's because that means I'm getting into my 30's, not just the end of my 20's. Or maybe it was me overhearing some girls at church talking about having their 4th and last babies by the time they were 27 because they didn't want to be too old!! And I just barely had my 2nd. But even though I'm older than most moms at church and I don't like the lovely signs of aging, I wouldn't change when I had my babies one bit. I love that I had time with my husband before we had kids. They will just have to deal with a mommy with wrinkles and grey hair. Oh wait. Nope, just wrinkles because there will always be hair dye!!