April 2013

April was a fun month.  We have really been trying to soak up all the amazing weather and play outside a lot.

 

 We could (and did) spend lots of time with sidewalk chalk. Getting nice and dirty.

 The kids love to go outside and ride their bikes around the front. I can just sit and enjoy watching and relax. Or sometimes I jump on Kinzi's tricycle and one kid would sit on back while I pedal them.  Doubt I can do it anymore with this baby bump, but the kids sure think its funny! I'm sure everyone that drives by thinks I'm nuts too!

 One alternative to not watching TV that we like to do is turn Pandora music set to Disney songs.  We all dance around and it keeps the kids entertained pretty good. I know Disney songs very well, almost as good as Kinzi now ;) Baiden can even sing along with some. Kinzi has been REALLY into using her imagination lately. I love it. If she wakes up from her nap and notices I am taking a nap, she goes outside and pretends to be all sorts of things with all sorts of imaginative princesses and friends. I know this because I have woken up to her singing at the top of her lungs, "LET IT GOOOO!"
This picture was the day I taught them to slow dance together. They both liked it a lot! Baiden didn't last long but he now knows how to do it and they do every once in a while, its too cute!

 Cute picture of them grocery shopping. Those carts are nice for having enough space for food, but honestly they fight so bad sitting next to each other. But I caught this non staged moment and it was priceless.

 Baiden found my new lipstick.  I'm not one to buy or wear it but I thought to start trying it out.  The day after I bought it he found them and went lipstick crazy. Most of them have bite marks in them now. He has been way more into makeup that Kinzi was.  Although every time I put it on now, she asks for it and I happily oblige.

For Easter I wanted to take Kinzi to the Easter Pageant put on by members of the LDS church. It happens every year at the Mesa Temple grounds.  My mom used to take us a lot growing up. And my sister and her 4 kids all participated this year too. Kinzi was old enough to understand it so I planned the whole night for the two of us. She picked grilled cheese for dinner with fries. Then I picked up doughnuts for dessert. We arrived early so we could lay blankets out and have good seats on the ground. We ate our dinner and dessert then played board games and colored while we waited for it to start. Such a fun opportunity to have with her.  She was able to see the life of Christ acted out in front of her eyes.  She recognized that he was resurrected and came back to life after he died. She was able to comprehend what Easter is really about and why we celebrate it.

 

We actually got to go to the Pageant again a couple nights later with most of my family. Right after it was over we drove straight on through to Pima to spend the Easter Holiday with Grandma and Grandpa Weech.  We are averaging once a month in Pima it seems but we love it there. We get to visit family and our BFFS Don and Lauren.

Friday night we had a little cookout in the backyard. With yummy steak, garlic bread and even made smores in the fire pit. The kids loved that.

  We spent Saturday lunch with the Thompson Crew.  We were going to have a Easter Egg hunt after lunch but it had rained and was super dirty and muddy. Not to mention our kids were very tired and ready for naps. So we did a little hunt with them after their naps before the sun went down that Saturday.

The next morning was Easter.  I quickly made little arrow signs pointing to where the Easter Bunny had left their presents. Kinzi though that was fun.

We then got dressed in our Easter clothes that took me all month to find.  And I was determined to get a good family picture. Baiden just wasn't having it.

This one was cute though!

 

 Phil knows how important pictures are to me on holidays especially so he made sure we tried again before leaving for church. Even though the lighting is terrible, we took more, they turned out a little better.

 And we took some when we got home too. I'm a freak, I know.

 

What a blessed Easter we had.  We had a hunt, a yummy ham and potato dinner and learned more about the Savior. Not only did He die for our sake and provided the atonement, but we know that He lives. I loved getting to teach that to Kinzi who understood it and can see her testimony and how its starting to grow.

 

20 weeks pregnant with #3

Because my best friend did this with her latest pregnancy, and I want to be just like her, I'm doing it too. Sure wish I would have with the others!

How far along: 20 weeks

Total weight gain: 6lbs

Maternity clothes: No. I just went through all of me and my sisters maternity clothes. They are so old and ugly. But I have bought lots of skirts and dresses to help me through summer. And majority of the week I'm in workout clothes anyways.

Stretch marks: Nope.

Movements: Yes! So fun! Kinzi felt him move yesterday and got so excited she said "HE IS COMING TONIGHT!"

Food cravings: Unhealthy food. That's not exactly out of the ordinary though...

Symptoms: Heartburn.

Signs of labor: Let's hope not.

Mood most of the time: Pretty good. A little too impatient sometimes and lazy Haha

Belly button in or out: In. It never popped out with the other kids but it like flattened out.

Looking forward to: Switching Kinzi out of her room and moving Baiden into the big room to get ready to share! And painting!

March 2014

 

March was a great month for us. Lots of exciting things happened. First off we decided to announce that baby #3 is on their way!

We actually found out in April that it's a boy but I'll throw that in the March post anyway!

 

I am lucky enough to have now 3 pregnancies where I have not been sick.  I was really tired like all the time in the first trimester but luckily my kids still nap so I was able to take naps too. Due date is Sept 22 right on Grandpa Weech's Birthday! I'm 19 1/2 weeks as of right now. Maybe I should do a whole different post for baby stuff? But we are really excited!

 

This was our announcement picture. And the other few after are cute pics we took that day that turned out cute.

 

 

So with news of baby number 3 we decided to get a Van!! Best vehicle decision of my life. This thing was definitely made for moms and the greatest thing ever. And we wanted to sell the Altima soon because it was getting close to 100000 miles.

 

We also took a trip to Pima to visit Family and friends.  We took the kids for a little 4 wheeler ride and hike and Baiden was in his element. Kinzi liked it too, but she is definitely more on the girly side. We need to get that girl camping more!

In March we also took the kids to an Airplane event. Free Admission even. It was seriously so fun. There were tons of old cars and trains and airplanes to look at. Along with kettle corn and snow cones.

And probably the biggest thing to happen in March was Phil getting a new job!  We were both sad for him to leave Sprouts because we have really enjoyed that job for him.  The biggest downside was the fact that it was a 40 min commute :( But now Phil works for a company called, Ulthera. And get this, its less that a 15 min commute! Not to mention a lot of other great benefits of the job.  We feel so blessed he was offered the job. Life is going so great. And we look forward to next month. Even though as I am typing this "next month" is technically almost over! Oh well, hopefully I get better at these monthly updates. 

February 2014

February was a great month! It is my birthday month so it's always a good month for me.  I decided to take the kids to lunch and a dollar movie for the day.  I really wanted doughnuts too. So that's pretty much what I had for lunch that day. I have or was eating so good up to that point so it was fun to treat myself. Although I think I haven't gotten back on the good eating track since....whoops. My sister's Raine and Sam and some of their kids met us for lunch at the mall. Then aunt Raine bought all the kids a ticket to ride the carousel.  We then walked over to the movie theater after lunch and watched "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 2" I highly recommend this movie we laughed through the whole thing. Megan and Jude joined us for the movie too.  Another cool bonus, it was Tuesday and apparently its "dollar Tuesday" at the theater.  Usually its $2 a person but it was only $1 each.  That was a nice little surprise. 

Phil had taken me out to celebrate the weekend before and we got dinner and Pizookies and went shopping!

That night on my birthday my sister Summer had asked if she and my SIL Sam could take me out for dinner. Phil agreed to watch the kids so I could go be with my sisters. Well little did I know she invited Raine, and some of my best friends, Kelsey, Megan, and Jenny to join us for dinner AND a night of karaoke. She invited a lot of my friends but not everyone could make it-but that's totally ok because best girl Lauren lives 3 hours away and was definitely 9 months pregnant, and she STILL tried to make it! That's a good friend.

I have the best people in my life. Karaoke was SO SO SO much fun. We had our own private room and it was awesome. The room came with maracas and a tambourine to play along with haha. Definitely will be going back there. Thanks to my Husband, Sisters and friends for the best 25th birthday I could have imagined.

Valentines day is just 3 days after my birthday and it was time to celebrate again.  We actually went to my nephews first birthday valentines night. Then the next day we woke up and went to home depot to purchase some pretty flowers for our house!  I told Phil we should do this for Valentines day this year because I LOVE getting flowers and we were both really wanting some flowers planted in the front. It was the perfect solution. And we got to spend all day together shopping and planting. And our kids had fun playing in the dirt and water all morning too. This is probably the most flowers anyone has every got on Valentines day-I am a lucky one!

And then sad but also happy things happened. One of my best friends who lives a mile a way moved to San Francisco!! So some of us girls showed up a couple of days before she left and kidnapped her and took her to dinner/dessert. Pretty much dessert. Pizookies again. Jenny and Kelsey shared one and Megan and I each got and finished our own (2-4 person) pizookie. We laughed took pictures and had a great night. I miss her so much already. We love you Kelsey!

I don't have any pictures of this event but its a big deal! My best friend had her 2nd little boy! They named him Jaxon. I could die at how cute his name is. She did it all natural and I'm still in awe over women who can do that. We are going up to visit them soon. Or I might cry.  He is so cute! Congrats Don and Lauren (and Carter)!!

I also got to cheer on my brother run a full marathon! That was so awesome!!  It is such a cool thing to watch these people out there running marathons and half marathons.  My brother did awesome and didn't stop the WHOLE 26.2miles.  Proud sister moment.

Megan and I took advantage of the great weather and used our zoo passes to have a full morning at the zoo. We always joke we only go for 2 hours because we get there so late then the kids are cranky and need naps so we thought, "let's get there really early and have all morning" so our really early was 8:30.  Yeah we both got there at 9.15. But hey we showed up the exact same time. Must be why we are such good friends. We decided to do all the fun things we usually don't do. First was to feed the giraffes. So fun and worth the extra money. Baiden absolutely loved it. Hilarious! He didn't want to stop.

Then we walked over to the petting zoo. And let the kids enjoy all the goats.  We ate lunch, played at the park, and found a secret play room that was the coolest thing ever. Books, puzzles, puppets, fake food, tons of fun learning toys for the kids. That is going to be a new favorite stop at the zoo, especially when it gets really hot!

 So glad these kids have so much fun together.

That was February! Baiden is doing much better with not peeing in his pants. And Kinzi gave her first talk in Primary. Phil had to miss it though because Baiden was sick. And right after her talk I had to go home and hand my primary kids off to someone else because Phil had to teach Elders Quorum (his new 2nd calling) that day. It was a crazy Sunday. But Kinzi was adorable, of course. Next time Ill have her dad sneak in a picture!

January 2014

January started off great.  Phil's birthday is on the 4th which happened to be on a Saturday so that gave us all day to do something fun.  My sister took the kids for the day and I let Phil decide what sounded the best. He decided he wanted to hike "Flat Iron" that morning.  So we picked up subway for lunch and headed to our hike.  It was fun! Although I am sure I took more breaks than Phil wanted we still made it to the top and enjoyed lunch with a pretty awesome view of the valley.  Hiking down was really fun. I didn't need to stop to rest at all. So we went really fast. In face we jogged the last 1/2 mile. We then got home about 3:30 and showered and got ready for Dinner. We went to Costa Vida (of course). We then went to Walmart and Phil got a remote helicopter (haha boys) and we stopped at Neilsons for Custard on our way to pick up the kids.  He had a great day! Glad he got to have a fun Saturday for his 27th birthday.  He also got 2 new pairs of shoes earlier in the week for his birthday too. He was a happy birthday boy!

January was also the month where Mr.Baiden got potty trained. Uggghhh. He caught on a little quicker than Kinzi did but, oddly enough its taken him longer to "get it." Makes no sense. But he has been potty trained for almost a month now and did really good the first 2 weeks. He told me every time he needed to go.  We went on a little vacation and ever since then he pees his pants every day! I want to cry/yell just thinking about it. Oh well. It gives me a chance to really work on my patience. We also took his Paci away and took a side off his crib. He is officially not a baby anymore. Wahh wahh.

 The first nap in his new bed was great. He fell asleep in bed. I checked on him an hour later and he was asleep on the floor haha.

  The last couple of days he hasn't been wanting to stay in bed. I have taken him back to his bed 3 or 4 times till he gives in.  Well this particular day he fell asleep mid escape.  Yeah, he is totally passed out.  I did move him back fearing his legs would eventually give out.

My dad planned a trip with the Sherwood clan to Tombstone in January.  Long drive but we made it there Friday Night after Phil got off work.  We walked around Tombstone all day Saturday and it was, pretty good. Haha Tombstone is just a hard place with toddlers.  In fact I didn't go to any shows or anything because I stayed with Baiden all day on the swings in a little park. Mostly because the park was right by the bathroom. And I had to keep taking him there all day. Then after lunch we all went and shot our Airsoft guns at targets my dad made. But that quickly turned into a battle against each other. Naturally. Afterwords everyone headed home and we went to Pima because Phil had to get his tooth looked at by a cousin in Safford.  So we stayed in Pima Saturday night- Monday.  See why Baiden got messed up with potty training? Traveling with a newly potty trained child is a big NO NO.

We then got to Celebrate Barton's Birthday on the 27th! Also known as Hobo Day! Summer planned this awesome get together for anyone and everyone to bring supplies and make care bags for those in need.  So many people donated and brought toothbrushes/paste/sanitizer/granola bars/tissue/chocolate/deodorant/socks/beanies etc etc. SO MUCH STUFF.  We made over 60 bags that night.  People stopped in and made their own bags to give to someone on the street.  Great night.  I love this tradition Barton started and wanted us to do. What a great example he is to us. I have been able to give away 2 bags so far. Pretty neat experiences.  Its nice to help out with things other than money. And to help someone without judging them and their past is something we can all do a little more.

Kinzi changed into a new dance class. Instead of a Tap/Ballet/Tumbling she is now in a Tap/Jazz/Tumbling class.  Girlfriend kills me with her dancing.  She is quite good. Seriously, I am one proud mama. She also is loving Sunbeams. I get to be her teacher. Which is so fun! These new little sunbeams are quite a handful. I'm sure they'll learn to adjust to being in Primary. Kinzi is totally one of those kids raising her hand yelling, "ME ME ME" whenever they need a helper.  She is learning she can't and won't be picked every time.

For me, January has been such a good month.  I have really gotten back into the groove of working out daily. November-December were so bad on that aspect. And I think I got a little depressed and was very unhappy with myself come January. But honestly since I have been able to get back to the gym and not be so busy I am feeling great. Not to mention I have been setting goals of only having processed sugar one or twice a week. I would usually have some sort of sweets everyday. I'm such a bad eater its sad. But setting a goal and following through is such an awesome feeling. And once again, I feel great! Oh Yeah, I cut my hair with the new year and that has been lovely too. Nice feeling to take some inches off and have healthy hair again. I'm still growing it out, but I needed to cut it all up to the same length or I was going to go crazy!

So that was January. Good month. Looking forward to the fun things in February.

11-17-13

It seems as though the days have been passing by. Nice and busy as it always seems every day. Although I find myself telling people all the time Im always home doing nothing. And although I usually am home, there is always something to do. And I feel like I am busy all the time. I don't get it.

For the last 2 months or so I have been "training" to do my 5th 5k! Mostly just training for a faster time. I have had some bumps in the road along the way.  I got to a pretty good fast pace for the last race I did in April but have not able to get as fast as I was back then.  Right in the middle of training I had some problems with breathing and had to go see the doctor so I could get a prescription for an inhaler.  But I am back to normal with breathing now. Thank goodness.  Although still not as fast as I was in April. But that's ok. I just can't believe this is my 5th 5k.  If you would have told me in high school that I would be doing this I would probably laughed in your face and never believed it.  I did track. But not because I was good. Or not really even because I liked it. I don't even know why I did really. Maybe it was because the track meets were really fun. Or dance was over for the year and I needed something to keep me busy. Whatever it was, I did it.  I was ALWAYS the girl at the end. My goal anytime I ran or did any even was just not to get last. And that didn't always happen. And that's okay! I knew it wasn't my thing and didn't expect to be the best at it.  I was better at dance and choir. But I still stuck with it! I didn't give up. I couldn't even run a mile without stopping and couldn't run it under 10 min either. Amazing now that I can do 3 miles at a pace UNDER 10 min miles. My coaches would be so proud, haha. Or slightly amazed.  I haven't really loved it yet though. There was one run I did that I kind of enjoyed. But honestly for the most part, I still don't like it. Im so ready to do the race and stop running so much and do other things to work out. I also have cut off any beverages besides water for the past 2 months.  That hasn't been that big of a challenge.  But man have I wanted a sip of apple juice here or there when my kids get some.  But that will all end next week after Thanksgiving! Woo hoo, celebratory sparkling cider is in my future!

Kinzi has been quite the, the, the.......I don't know what to say. Quite the sas?  She is hilarious! But man she can really drive me nuts. I would say the hardest thing right now is when she doesn't listen. Mostly that she is old enough to know how to listen but chooses not to, and disobeys. I need more patience definitely.  And the days I do have patience are much better.  I realize she is only 3 and that it just comes with the territory.

Lets focus on the good. Because there is so much of it.  She is quite amazing at cleaning up her room. Seriously amazing. Sometimes her and Baiden destroy it and get every toy out and if I tell her to go clean it up she puts everything away. *She almost puts everything away where it goes too.* And she gets money for her piggy bank for a job well done. The other day when I tucked her in for a nap her room was a disaster and I mentioned we needed to clean it up when she woke up.  Well when she woke up I went in to get her and her room was SPOTLESS! She cleaned it right after I tucked her in and then went to sleep after. She got a piece of candy that day :)  She is getting quite the imagination. She plays in our swingset fort outside pretending to drive to Disneyland and runs around the backyard to certain places pretending to meet each princess and gives each one a hug.  She sings all day. Dances to the hymns at church, until her parents stop her. Loves to help cook and bake. 

Then we have our Baiden.  He'll be two next month! To describe him I would say a physco. But seriously in a great boyish way.  He eats everything, ALLLL day long. He has a little car he rides around on in the house and he is SO fast.  He can steer it too. And has taught himself how to slide it around to do a 180.  So if you come over watch your shins and ankles, he doesn't stop if you're in the way. He jumps off beds, couches, counters. He likes to pop in on you unexpectedly and say, "boo."  And likes to make note of things that he thinks are "Silly."  Now I am going to talk about something serious. Very serious.  His relationship with his daddy. I have never seen a child so attached to someone before. He is fine with me during the day but nighttime and weekends or anytime daddy is around, he wants absolutely nothing to do with his mom.  He loves his daddy so much. When I pick him up from places, he gets excited to see me and runs to me and gives me a big hug. As soon as I pick him up he says, "Where's Daddy?" One day maybe I'll have a mama's boy. Just not now. But like I said, during the day is great. He even lets me love on him and kiss him a lot. And he is my baby so he just has to deal. 
He acts a little naughty (a lot) sometimes. He started pushing a lot. He throws toys at people and sometimes bites.  Even pulls his sisters hair at times. Hoping he grows out of all of that soon. 

They seem to fight a lot. Usually it's Kinzi yelling and Baiden pushing. But they also do play together a lot too. I just wish it was more...because those are the best moments. I love when they laugh together.  They'll be times I go in one of their rooms and Kinzi is reading to Baiden, and teaching him animal sounds and words. Or sweet times like the picture below.  I put on a movie and Kinz put her arm out and Baiden scooted in. Could you just eat them?!

 

 

Fighting or not though, I love these kids.  Baiden is my crazy 2 year old baby whom I love to make snuggle me and kiss on all day. And Kinzi I really think is my little BFF.  Grateful these are my babies.

Phil is doing great. Always keeping himself busy.  Still working at Sprouts and enjoying it. He is the 11 year old scout leader and we have those crazy scouts over every Wednesday. He is great with them.  Seems he is always finding projects to do around the house to make it better. And still making time to give us 3 attention and love. We are a lucky bunch to get this guy.

Wow I was going to blog about our week and specific events, not just randomly talking. But maybe next time. Hopefully I can do a better job of journaling things on this blog.