My New Hobby

Today I found a new hobby! Lol. This one is cheap! It cost me $5! I wanted to make a bracelet for the Little Lady and noticed that all the beading supplies at Joanns was 30% off. So I googled how to make a bracelet and went out to buy the stuff. I found it more complicated than the internet article sounded. But a nice lady there helped me find the stuff I needed. I bought some elasticy stuff (you use to put the beads on) and the beads! That's it! Then I came home and strung them up! It was easy. lol. The hardest part was trying to figure out how long to make it. So here's my first bracelet modeled by the Little Lady.

My 2-year-old gets hit on

Today I took my kids (that's still weird to say) for a walk. We often go walking along this path behind our house. Today we went at the wrong time. It was right as school was getting out and there is a school right by where we go walking. The Babe was super excited because we got to meet the crossing guard aka the lady with the stop sign. He hasn't quit talking about the lady with the stop sign all day! But the real interesting part of the walk happened when a bunch of children passed us on the sidewalk. I was holding the Little Lady in my arms and had received several comments throughout the walk about her (how old is she? the norm....) So I wasn't surprised when a girl probably in 4th or 5th grade said, "Oh let me see your baby." I was waiting for the normal questions when she didn't look at my baby she looked at my toddler. The shocking part came next when she said, "Oh, he's soooo sexy."

This is where my mouth hits the ground before I say, "ummm....he's 2." I actually didn't say that. I started laughing. The girl walked away and probably didn't think much about it. But geez girl, my sweet little boy sporting his macaroni and cheese stained t-shirt and skinned up knees because he runs around catching bugs and crawling in the dirt is anything but sexy. Now don't get me wrong. I think he very very cute! And someday I have no doubt that some girl will think he is very attractive. But wow, I was shocked. Maybe I'm a little overprotective but hey I'll take my chances and be overprotective in this world. It's a good thing it wasn't a man and he wasn't talking to my daughter because he would have been in rough shape. I'm way more protective with her.

My Evening Schedule

Apple Excursion

Today in between sessions of General Conference, we went to an apple orchard here in Vegas. It was fun!
The Babe loved looking for and picking apples.

The Little Lady got hot and hungry. But this picture makes it look like she's gonna eat the apples. lol.

The hubby loved playing with the kids.
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We even found a friend.

3 Weeks Old

It's crazy that the Little Lady is now 3 weeks old! It seems like yesterday she was born but at the same time it seems like she's been here forever (and I haven't slept forever). She is starting to be awake more which is fun but also challenging. She loves to be held. She'll sleep in your arms but the moment you set her down she starts wailing. The Babe never did that. He slept better after you put him down. She'll let you hold her all day and actually would prefer it. Yesterday while cooking dinner, she would not let me put her down. So I faced the reality that she's just going to have to cry herself to sleep sometimes. There really wasn't anything wrong with her and it only took her like 2 minutes to go to sleep. So the hubby wanted to try it last night but it didn't work. I still think she's too little to cry herself to sleep at night.

The Babe is doing extremely well! He gets concerned about his baby sister but still doesn't want much to do with her. He won't hold her. He loves her binkie (he'll suck on it and sometimes he'll put it in her mouth). When she's crying and I can't get to her, he'll ask her what's wrong. He's not at all negative just more apathetic. I thought that it was an 'if-I-ignore-her-she'll-go-away' approach but he doesn't seems to want her to go away just maybe that her smallness intimidates him. He is growing up though. We have successfully gotten him to eat bacon on a number of occasions! This is exciting news because he doesn't eat meat usually. On one occasion, he ate a piece of bread. But never since then.

I am starting to get a schedule again. No, my house isn't clean but I have started to get something of a schedule down. My mother-in-law would say that just as soon as you get the schedule going the kids change. It's true though. I have started a project again though. I'm making a Halloween costume for the Babe. He wants to be Curious George and a pumpkin. I found orange felt on sale for like $2 so I bought that and the fabric to make the monkey costume. Yesterday I cut up the felt and sewed it to make a pumpkin and he wouldn't put it on. It said it was scary! So I cut out eyes, a nose and smile for a mouth. He likes it a lot better now! What a weird kid.

What did I get myself into?

Today I had a scary realization. The reality of having 2 kids finally is hitting me. You know the old saying that now we're on a man-to-man defense. It's true! (I can't imagine what zone defense is like.) In the car on the way home from Utah, I noticed that I was going constantly. If one was asleep, the other was awake wanting my attention. Sometimes they were both crying at the same time needing attention. Up until this point, I've had enough help that I could manage their needs within reason. But in the car, the hubby was driving so he couldn't help much and they both needed me. Even when the hubby is home and able to help, I feel like I'm constantly going. They are both in diapers, so as soon as you get one changed the other poops. I'm still nursing (shocking yes) and that feels like a full time job. I relished the few moments today when the hubby was home playing with the Babe and the Little Lady was sleeping so I could sit on the couch and do nothing! I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining, just facing reality. We are never having any more kids. lol.

Home at Last!

We are finally home from Utah! It seems like that drive back took 10 hours, oh wait it did take 10 hours. lol. The Little Lady was tired. Last night, she slept 5 hours in a row! Anyway, we had fun! We did get pictures taken and it was miracle picture session. We think we had all the kid's eyes open (even the 2 infants) and most of them are kind of smiling. It was as stressful as last time either! The adults even behaved. The baby blessing was nice. My dad even went to church! It was Georgette's first time at a mormon meeting. Her comment was that it was the noisiest church meeting she's ever been to. The kids are sure glad to be home. The Babe loved being at grandpas but I think he was glad to sleep in his bed last night.

Are We Crazy?!

Yesterday, we drove up to Utah for my brother's baby's blessing (this is like a christening). We were hesitating a little to come with the new baby but we're brave. We when got here we found that my other brother and his 3 kids were here. So we walked into a crowded house last night. It was a bit crazy! Plus, no one got to bed before 11:00. Today we don't have much on the agenda. I'm planning on just trying to stay warm. It's cold here! We saw some snow in the mountains on the way here. Coming from 80 degree Vegas, 50 degree Utah is cold, cold. I think we do have a plan to gather up all the grandkids to get some professional pictures made. That should be a chore lol. We have 5 boys under the age of 5 and 2 girls that are newborns (plus 7 adults which sometimes is more challenging than the kids). We'll see how it goes.

Thirteen Things I love about Fall:

In honor of the first day of Fall on September 23. I wanted to do the things I love about Fall!

1. Cool Mornings
2. Cool Evenings
3. Jackets (not coats)
4. Halloween
5. Pumpkins
6. Thanksgiving
7. The colors
8. Needing a blanket at night
9. That time when you don't have to run the A/C and you don't have to run the heater
10. Fall produce
11. Sweaters
12. Pumpkin Pie
13. Leaves!


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Pictures of the Little Lady

Today I painted the Little Lady's nails. It's so much fun having a girl!

Here's her happy face while awake.

Here's a smile while she's asleep. Bad picture but you take what you can get.