Christmas Time...It's the bestest time....

Thank you cartoons. LOL Some of the cute songs on Madison's cartoons are very catchy!

Christmas was very good. Madison had so much fun opening the gifts and showing Austin what they got. She was/is such a sweetheart. And of course everyone got very spoiled :)

We did a small dinner which was a pain to cook. Grrrr I never realized how much stuff went into those dinners til now. They turkey (which we got for free from Garrett's work) was very yummy! I made it in the oven. I also made greenbean casserole, potatoes, and some stuffing. I didn't have any gravy so we tired to make it ourselves and it never did set up. Oh well!

This week I've been busy getting things ready to come home AND to move. What a crazy time it is right now. I'm having a hard time getting much done at a time because Austin doesn't want to be put down. We bought him a portable swing thinking that would help and he doesn't like that either. I finally got him to sleep around 9 last night but was too tired to do anything so I went to bed too! Oh well it will all get done eventually. Right?

Ok gotta start the day. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon! Have a good day!

weekend in pictures

Let it Snow........

for now then stop by next week!!! LOL I love the snow and think its beautiful, but hate being out in it. It's too cold!
Well it was a pretty busy weekend with last minute shopping. All done with Christmas! Finally. My sister was gonna come over but decided against it because of the weather. I was bummed but what can u do. I'll see everyone soon! (hopefully).
Got some sleep this weekend too. Gotta sleep in and Austin is starting to sleep alittle bit longer at night. About 3-4 hours at a time.
Got some pictures of our outing on Thursday. Madison doesn't like the snow so didn't get much of her. Saw two bald eagles. They were beautiful. I was enjoying them too much so only got one good one picture. It was nice to be out though.
Oh we saw the house and there is cabinets in the garage and the doors are up. We are getting there :)
Not much else. Just hung out. It was nice!

AHHH this week...crazy!

Ok so first off the potty training thing came to a screeching halt. She didn't want to go sit on the potty at all and kept peeing in her pullups. SO back to diapers we are. I think it is going to need the help of both Garrett and I to do this together. Poor Austin didn't eat good those two days I was trying this cause I was always up and down with Madison while trying to feed him. Ahhh like I said it was crazy!
Finally got my Christmas decorations up. That took forever and felt more like a chore. It usually puts me in the Christmas spirit, but this year I just wanted it done. My fault though, I should have just waited for Garrett to help. ANYWAYS.......
Today I got Madison's last gift for Christmas. I had to drive all the way into Salt Lake to get it but I got it. As Michelle would say, "Oh the things we do for our children!" Too true!
Everyone is good here. This weekend my sister Traci and her hubby are coming into town. Looking forward to a good visit with them.
Hope everyone is having a good week!

Big Girl

I thought since we are going to have bad weather this week that I'd stay home and put Madison in pullups. That was my plan last night. This morning she woke up at 7 and went potty twice by 10, keeping her diaper dry. So I pulled out the pullups and told her they were for big girls and we have to keep them dry. And since then she has gone twice (in an hour AH its gonna be a long day!) I am so proud of her. I haven't had to remind her at all. She has just told me she needs to go and we go! WOW What they say is true. When they are ready they will do it. I'm glad I waited til she was ready. Anyways its only day one (well only 4 hours into day one LOL) We will see how it goes!!
Laura came over yesterday and we did pictures. It was fun. Madison was awesome and Austin did so good! We took some awake pictures and got him to sleep and was able to do two sleeping poses. He slept right through us moving him! Can't wait to get them back. :)
K just had to share our morning. Have a good weekend everyone!!

Look at big he is getting!! He loves his bathtime and is so content to just chill in the water. Madison loves washing his feet! We've been busy over here!! Last week was Madison's friend's birthday part at Bouncin off the walls. It was so much fun. There was a bounce house, a huge slide, an obstacle course, and a basketball bounce court. We had so much fun, and the place wasn't too much to rent out for a party. Too bad everyone lives away from us cause it would be super fun for Madison's birthday.

I got most of the Christmas shopping done. Just need three more things. It's fun. I'm so in the Christmas spirit (yes I know my page needs updating, but last time I changed the layout I messed up the whole blog! Not Fun!) I'm ready to decorate my house now. Tomorrow we are going to do some pictures of the kids. Laura is coming over to play with some poses. OK thats all for now. Pics to come soon!!

2 year old are so funny......

Last night Madison came running into the living room and stubbed her toe on her table. She looks up at us and says, "Ouch, my sock"! Garrett and I couldn't stop laughing! We told her that she better kiss her sock better and she did. She later told us that her toe hurt. Such a funny girl! She also told daddy while we were shopping that she would like to go fishing and hunting. Just out of the blue. Daddy's little girl I guess. She'd rather be fishing than going shopping with her mom. :)
Everything has been going really good. I went grocery shopping with both kids again and it went well. I tried feeding Austin before going into the store so he wouldn't be screaming on the way home, but he didn't really want to eat and ended up screaming on the way home anyways! Oh the joy of having to time everything in a 2 hour window.
Garrett is working a lot of overtime this week, so it will be a long week for us. Hopefully we can get out and do some things so we don't go crazy. Oh and we are planning on coming home the week after Christmas (if all goes good). Figure we need a family visit over the holidays. And it will be nice to show off Austin to those who haven't seen him yet. He's getting bigger and bigger every day. Garrett woke up from sleeping today and asked what I had feed him cause he looked bigger and weighed more. His checkes are filling in~so cute!!
K gotta get Madison settled down for the night. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

First Outings

So grocery shopping went very well. I carried Austin in the front carrier and he just slept. Madison was very good. It took an hour and a half to get through the store and afterwards my back was killing me. Time to get those muscles back in shape!! Had alot of running around to do today. Poor Austin got hungry in the Toy Store so I tried nursing him while I looked around. It didn't go good. He ended up spitting up all over the both of us! It was kinda funny, but not :) Not alot going on here just trying to get through each day. I didn't get much sleep last night and Austin is wide awake right now during naptime. Maybe I'll just try going to bed early.