Two Days in a Row!

Here is one for today! I was surprised I got one today, but I did, yeah! Again, pretty simple, but at least it's done!

On a Roll!

So, I'm on a roll today for scrapbooking, don't worry though, I'm sure it won't last too long! These are what I got done today. They are pretty simple, but that's why I was able to get four of them done in a couple of hours! Now I just need to hurry and get Jaxon caught up and I will feel better, but I don't really think that's going to happen!

Brynn's One Year Pictures & Jaxon's Three Year Pictures

We had another session with our wonderful photographer, our very talented neighbor Emily last Friday. We took the kids down by the lake and took some pictures then went to a park right by our house to do some more. The kids were pretty good, oh who am I kidding, they weren't that good at all! Brynn was good for the first 10 minutes and Jaxon was a booger to start with, but I think she still got some great shots. Emily said she was embarrassed to give the CD to me because she didn't think they turned out very good...all this stuff about lighting and the background, stuff I don't really notice too much! She really wants to do them again, so I told her if she had to...who can have too many pictures of their sweet children right? There are a lot more pictures I could have posted, but I thought that would be like cruel and unusual punishment to some of you, so here are some of my favorites! Ok, I'm off to pick up the house and wake the kids up from their nap so they can show our house...AGAIN!

Slacker!

So, I know I haven't been posting as much as I used to and I haven't done a scrap book page in who knows how long, but it seems every time I sit down at the computer and do all the stuff I have to do, I am tired and decide to go read a book then fall asleep for about a 1/2 hour on the couch. I know it sounds pretty lazy, but I have been so stinkin' tired this pregnancy I figure I better nap while I can because in about 5 months, I won't have that luxury. So, as long as my kids are still napping at the same time, I am going to try to sneak in a nap here or there!

Brynn had her weight check on Monday and she is up to 17 lbs 7 oz, so she gained 1.5 lbs in 6 weeks which the doctor was very happy about. I am pretty happy too, only 2.5 lbs to go until she can turn around in her carseat! We're hoping by her 15 month appointment on July 30!

I also had a doctors appointment last week on Thursday and everything is great and the really exciting part is that we scheduled the big ultrasound for June 26! I am very excited and can hardly wait!

Ladybugs!

A couple of weeks ago Daybreak had a ladybug release party thing at all of the community gardens, so Jason, the kids and I ventured to our garden to join in. Apparently ladybugs are carnivorous and eat other bad bugs in the garden so they are really good to for the gardens, don't worry, we made sure we got lots in our garden plot :)

They didn't start until 8:00 pm and that is 1/2 past the kids' bedtime, so we got Brynn in her pj's and ventured out. She wasn't too sure what was going on, but thought it was fun to watch everyone.

At first Jaxon wasn't too sure about the ladybugs. The kid releasing the ladybugs tried to put one on Jaxon, but he wasn't having any of that.

Our neighbor Cami put one on Jaxon and he decided it wasn't too bad if Cami and Lily were doing it. He was interested in the ladybugs for about five minutes then it was off to play with his friends that had come. It was a pretty fun activity and I'm glad we got to go!

St. George Pictures

Well, I've finally gotten around to downloading the pictures from our St. George trip a couple of weeks ago. We had so much fun while we were there, I don't think the kids ever got bored!

Jaxon and Brynn swinging at a very fun park a few minutes from my parents' house. I wish Daybreak would do something like this! This was Brynn's first time swinging and she absolutely loved it!

Jaxon climbed this rock wall thing all by himself, well maybe Grandpa helped a little bit, but he did really well!

About 10 minutes from my parents house there is a little lake with all of this really fine red sand so we took the kids to play in the sand an they loved it! I didn't think Brynn would like it much, but she had so much fun. It was nice because it wasn't like the sand on the beach that sticks to you and you can never get it off, if just comes right off. We had a lot of fun here!


This is a pictures of Jaxon at the pool using his cool water soaker things. He had so much fun swimming and did a great job. Brynn liked swimming too, but I didn't have any good pictures of her at the pool.

Thanks Mom and Dad for the fun time! We love coming to visit you! I'm sure we'll be back soon!

Just a little update!

So, I have been MIA for a while so I thought I would write a little something just to let everyone know I am still alive! Things have been busy around our house lately. Our house is still on the market and we have actually been showing it quite a bit, just waiting for the right person to see it and fall in love with it! I must admit, it is quite exhausting to keep my house perfectly clean at all times, but it won't last forever right?! We are kind of disappointed nothing has happened yet, but I have to keep reminding myself, it's only been on the market for 3 1/2 weeks...I guess I have to have patience!

The kids are doing great. I joined Gold's Gym about a month ago and I go about 4 times a week and Jaxon absolutely loves it! He asks everyday if he gets to go to the gym because he loves to play with the kids. He also loves his playgroup he goes to on Mondays. He has a new "favorite friend" each week. He is so fun, but a stinker also! He hates it when I sit down with him and try to teach him something, so I try for a while, then give up because I am so frustrated and I think that he hasn't learned anything, but he continues to amaze me with what he knows and learns when I don't think he is learning anything! He is very excited to start preschool in August and I am also quite excited too!

Brynn is getting bigger! She has a doctors appointment on June 9th and I am so excited to see how much weight she has gained. She feels heavier when I am holding her for an extended amount of time. I am just waiting for her to kit that 20 lb mark so she can turn around in her carseat, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't weigh that much yet! She is starting to talk more...she can say Jaxon (and it actually sounds like Jaxon), Dad, and Tess. She isn't walking quite yet, but I'm pretty sure she will be soon...she can stand on her own, but she is such a chicken and when we realizes she is doing it, so drops down as fast as she can, little stinker!

Jason and I are just having fun being parents and are so excited for the warmer weather to finally be here. Jason planted our garden on Monday (in the rain) and we are so excited to have tomatoes in a couple of months. I'm glad Jason likes to do that kind of stuff because I don't really like to do it. Thanks sweetie!

I am actually in St. George right now visiting my parents. We got here on Tuesday and will be here until Saturday. I decided it would be a lot easier to keep my house clean if we weren't there! Jaxon and Brynn are having so much fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa. It's nice to get away for a little while even though we miss Jason! (too bad he has to work!)

One more bit of exciting news...some of you may already know this and others don't and I was going to try to not say anything for another month or so, but here we go...We are having another baby! I am due on November 19 (Jason thinks it would be fun if the baby were born two weeks early and his birthday November 5, I wouldn't mind as long as everything were ok!) We don't know if it is a girl or a boy yet, but we are pretty excited and time has gone by pretty quick. I can't believe I am already 15 weeks along! That means we get to find out what it is in about a month! So, that's our exciting news.

I hope you weren't all bored with my long post, I just thought I would write a little update and I had time, so why not!

Wanna Buy My House?

So, we are trying to sell our house. Here's the story...we put an offer on a house about two months ago (don't worry we'll still be in Daybreak!) and we heard today actually that they accepted our offer which is great, but we do have to sell our house. Luckily the contract on the other house is totally in our favor, if we want to back out at any time we can, so that's good. It's kind of a bitter sweet type of deal for us. We absolutely LOVE where we live. We love our neighbors, love our house and love our ward, but this is a great chance to move up, it's a bigger, nicer house and it just makes too much sense financially (I hope so anyway!).

So, here's the deal on our home:

This is your chance to live in Daybreak! Beautiful 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 2400 square feet rambler for rent. Hardwood floors, tile in bathrooms, two car garage, window coverings.

Just a five minute walk to beautiful Oquirrh Lake where residents can walk the trails, fish, or check out boats to cruise around the lake. HOA fees also include access to Daybreak Community Center which has a workout facility and fun activities for children such as Mommy and Me Music and Small Talk Playgroup. HOA fees also include fiber optic internet.

Home is part of a green court which means there is no yard work for you! There are eight homes in a U-shape facing each other with a huge lawn area in the middle where neighbors come out in the evenings and kids play together and adults talk about their days! The neighbors are awesome! You couldn't ask for a better place to live.

So, if you are interested, drop me a line and let me know! If you need my phone # or email address, just comment on this post and I'll give it to you!

I'm Back!

So, did you think that I died or dropped off the face of the earth? Well I didn't, I just needed a little break from scrapbooking! Well today I got the inspiration that I needed! I looked on Shutterfly to see if they were having any good deals and I found out that I can get Brynn's 1st year scrapbook that is 82 pages for $70 shipped! I was so excited! The original cost was $170, but I found a bunch of coupon codes and whatnot to drop it down to $70. So, I had to hurry up and finish her book, so here are three pages that I finished today and her book is now finished, well except I have to design the cover and back, but I have until Wednesday, but who knows, I might just stay up tonight and do it!

One Year Stats

So, I took Brynn to the doctor for her one year well check. Here are her stats:

Height: 28.69 Inches (50%)
Weight: 16 lbs. 1 oz. (off the charts)
Head: 17" (10%)

So, I've come to the conclusion that we have a tiny petite little girl, which is funny because Jason, Jaxon, and I are not petite or tiny (although I sure wish I was!). The doctor was a little concerned that she is so small and he was little concerned with her constipation issues (I know, just what everybody wants to hear about!). He thinks that could possibly be contributing to her not gaining much weight, so we are trying a couple of different things and he wants to see her again in six weeks for a weight check and hopefully she will be back on the charts! I personally am not too concerned about it because she eats a ton of food! The other night I made enchiladas and she ate a whole one, plus some corn, plus some crackers. For breakfast on Sunday she had some Kix cereal and two whole pancakes. She's a little piggy, it just doesn't show on her!

The doctor also informed me that she had a really bad ear infection! What a bad mom, I didn't even suspect one tiny bit that she might have one. She's had a cough and runny nose for about 6 days, but I thought she caught that from Jaxon. Yesterday she was a bit grumpy, but I didn't think it was an ear infection. It always makes you feel like such a good mom, doesn't it?! She's just a happy girl and never complains about things, so I don't know when something is wrong!

Well, we are having a late birthday part (yes, another one) tonight so I will post some pictures sometime (I am not setting a time frame because sometimes I am really bad about getting around to posting pictures). So, that's my update on my tiny little princess!

Happy Brithday Brynners!

So, Brynn turned one today! I cannot believe she is a year old. Maybe it's because she is so little (probably not more than 17 lbs.) she just seems so young to me! She is such a sweet little girl and I am so thankful we were blessed with this perfect little girl! She is always happy, most of our friends always comment on how happy she is all of the time and I love it! She brings so much happiness to our home, I can't imagine life without her.

Jaxon loves Brynn to death! I don't think I have ever seen a sibling have such love for a little brother or sister. He gets so excited when she wakes up from naps, or when she comes to see him and play with him. He always shares what he is eating with her (after he gets the ok from mom of course!). I am so impressed that he is so sweet with her. How lucky am I to have such great kids!

Well, here are some pictures from an early birthday party we had a on the 12th. I realize that is a really early birthday party, but we had a joint party with my niece Madison since my mom was up from St. George for the weekend. Brynn had a great time and especially liked her cake. I was impressed that she actually ate the cake and didn't just play in it. She absolutely loved it! We are going to have another party on Monday with Jason's family so she gets to do it all over again, which I'm sure she will love just as much!

Teeth, Finally!

So, about three weeks ago (I'm a little slow at posting this aren't I?), Brynn finally got her first teeth. I swear she has been teething her whole life, but finally these two little teeth popped through. I tried to get some better pictures, but she was having none of it! No more toothless wonder!

Seriously?

I am so sick of the snow and cold weather! I am looking out my window right now and it is snowing like crazy! When will it ever end? I just want to be able to take my kids to the park without any snow! Jaxon wakes up almost every morning and asks if it's warm outside so we can go to the park. Snow and cold, please go away!

4/21/08

I got two more done today! Wahoo! I'm surprised I actually got some done today, but my kids have taken great naps! Anyhow...enjoy.

4/18/08

Here are some more pages I've gotten done the past couple of days. It's kind of hard going from doing girl pages to doing boy pages, I'm not sure why, but oh well! I really want to get caught up before Jaxon's birthday in July, hopefully I can really do it! That would be great! Also, my dumb online class is almost over and I have the last all day class tomorrow then I am done doing classes to renew my teaching license, fun huh?

I've Been Busy!

Here are some more pages for Jaxon's book. These are still pages that I used for Brynn's book and just edited for Jaxon's book, so they may look familiar.

Even more Jaxon pages

More Jaxon Pages