July 2014

Here I just thought June was our busy month. Turned out July was the one.  But a very good busy. Lots of trips, and LOTS of pictures!

 

On the 4th of July this year, Phil had work off and we were all excited. We didn't really have any plans but we knew we'd fill up the day doing something together. It's tradition to have Daddy get doughnuts for us all every 4th, so that is how our day started! We then went to target that morning to get some things. One of which was Kinzi's new comforter that Dad picked out and was exactly what I wanted.  We then looked at baby clothes, naturally. Kinzi got really excited and started picking out a ton of girl clothes for her, sister? Now she knows very well she is having another brother, she is actually quite excited about it. I think it dawned on her that girl clothes are much cuter though. She would grab anything she thought was cute.  I reminded her 100 times she doesn't have a little sister, she just kept saying, "I know mom, just pretend!"

 

 We then headed over to Summers to swim on the hot day! They were out of town so the 4 of us just went.  We loved it!

 

 The next day (Saturday) we headed up to Heber for the day!  We used to go a lot growing up and I have been wanting to go since we got married, we just hadn't made it there yet! But this year we did!

 In the morning was the parade. We got to be with Lacey and her kids all day which was fun because we don't really get to see them often enough. I had a good time with little Willa.

 After the parade, they have a big carnival set up at a park there. Lots of blow up slides and obstacle courses and so much food! Although we didn't get any because I had packed us lunches to save a little $$. I wish we would have had our packed food for dinner though because they had way more options for lunch. All greasy, fatty foods too!

The kids got to do a couple of the fun slides.  All 4 of them went up one together and held hands and counted to 3 and went down, "together." Baiden hesitated just enough that on 3 he stopped but was still holding Kinzi's hand so got drug down with the rest and ended up going on his tummy. Best part is, he was smiling the whole time. Cracking up at the bottom actually.

 

Then we headed over super early to the football fields to just relax and wait for the fireworks to start.  They didn't start till about 9 and we got over there about 3.  I honestly didn't mind though. It was just so nice to sit and enjoy being outside in amazing weather for 6 hours.  The kids ran around and were crazy and obnoxious.  Phil got a little bored.

 Love this little girl. She was a little tired.

 Daniel made it up there to join us for dinner, he is hiding behind Lacey.  And we got to visit with Summer and Justin who were also up there. Glad we did it, even though it was kind of a long day, it was still fun! Best firework show!!

Baiden was a little terrified of the fireworks at first. But after about 2 or 3 min he really liked them thanks to his Dad.  He talks about fireworks all the time now.

That following Monday my dad planned a little Independence Day swim party at his house for the family. Pizza, swimming, brownies and the kids got to play with sparklers at the end of the night. He also had the night dedicated to Nathan. But as a surprise for him. We all made him cards thanking him for his service in the army. My dad then surprised him with a new gun! Glad we did this for Nathan. He and Sam deserve all the credit they can get. Nathan then spent the rest of the night answering any questions we asked him, and told crazy stories from Afghanistan and training and such. So proud to have a brother who sacrificed so much and served our country. Honor those veterans, we all have no idea the things they have seen and been through.

I caught a cute moment one day after the kids were being silent for a little to long. I just love when they are getting along.

 Another cute moment caught on camera.

 Grandma and Grandpa Weech were down for a weekend, getting ready to fly out to Seattle.  We got to see them and go to Costco with them! Ended up buying a new recliner for our living room and moved the other one into our room so I can rock and nurse little Hudson boy in it.

 After Costco, we went to Culvers and got some custard. At like 10 am. It's always a good time for custard.

 Daddy and Kinzi enjoying the new recliner and being adorable.

One of our nieces got Baptized this month. She looked so cute I'm sad I didn't snap a picture of her. I love being able to see my nieces and nephews make good choices!  My kids got to see Great Grandma Sherwood while there too! And I even managed to snap a picture of them. Baiden was feeling shy and I Kinzi's eyes are crazy, but at least of got a cute picture of them with MY Grandma!

 This month I hit the 30 weeks countdown-its getting real!

 Cute Baiden, with underwear on backwards, story of his life.

 We have got to enjoy some thunderstorms this month too!

 I also got to take the kids to the summer movie club twice in June.  Pretty great deal. Shows older movies from the year before and only costs $1 per person.

 We also got to have Barrett over for a whole day! I love that kid.  Him and Baiden are going to grow up being great buddies! I don't know why Baiden had crazy eyes in both pics, but they are still cute anyways!

We then headed to Pima for the Pioneer celebration! We haven't missed a year since we have been married.  It was in Thatcher this year and they held a 5k that morning. EARLY. At 6am. How I got up and out of bed, I don't know. Lauren so kindly did it with me and we walked and talked the whole way! Little Jax got to come too and didn't make a peep the whole time. Angel baby.

 

 I love him.  I don't think I heard him cry the whole time we were there visiting.

 Phil finished in great time, obviously.  And was kind enough to wait for his 2 wives ;) to finish. We then went to the pancake breakfast and stuffed our faces full of way to many pancakes.

 Grandma and Grandpa were not in town which was kind of a bummer but they did have two cute kitties there that made up for it for the kids. Like for real, anytime we were there, Kinzi had a cat in her hands.

 Baiden liked to torment them a little too much. He thought poking them was great idea.

 Then they would scratch him and it didn't even phase him. He liked it. He came home with a lot of scratches.

 We then went to the parade, which was too hot to enjoy. Honestly, I was miserable. But the kids of course didn't care.

 Such city kids. They freaked whenever they saw a horse.

 And although I hate these picture of me, I want to still have the memories! I look like a big sweaty mess.
I love Lauren and all the fun we have getting to visit them! We're lucky to have friends who are always up to have fun and hanging out. Even if it means watching a movie late, while I sleep through it.

 Bleh. But its the only family picture we got, I'll take it!

After the parade we went to Casa and then headed over to see fireworks.

 

Baiden's current obsession is airplanes. Phil put on a you tube video of nothing but planes taking off and landing for 30 min. He sat and watched the entire thing. 

Then it was time to take our family vacation! All of us and Grandpa Weech and Uncle Spencer left for California to play at the beach Thursday morning at 4am! Party in our van! 

We stopped at Dennys for breakfast around 7. Baiden thought liking his yogurt bowl was a good idea. 

We let the kids use the headphones for the DVD player in the car so everyone didn't have to listen to their movies the whole time.

Sleepy.

We stopped for lunch at rubios then headed to the beach!

 

Kinzi became our little surfer girl. She loved riding the waves in on daddy's board. She took a few tumbles but got right back on and really got the hang of boogie boarding! 

Uncle Spencer wanted to be buried.

Day 1 at the beach was such a big success! The kids loved it! We then went to olive garden for dinner where I filled up on bread sticks and salad.  I had too many pb M&M's and sour patch kids during the day to eat anything else.

 

It was so hard to be in California and not go to Disneyland. We kept toying with the idea. But we woke up Friday morning and knew we were all way too tired to walk around Disneyland all day. The beach sounded best. 

We knew we didn't want to get to the beach too early so we all took it easy that morning.

Although the kids got a little ancy and wanted to go! Kinzi helped Baiden get his suit on 2 hours before we were going to go.

Beach day #2

I promised myself I wouldn't exclude myself from pictures just because I'm in a swimsuit and feel larger than life. And now I am just glad I have pics with my kids at their first beach trip.

Dad and Spencer riding the waves!

This was Kinzi's only request for the trip. She wanted to be a mermaid. That and she wanted to find sea shells but NO starfish haha.

My favorite part was taking my kids each into the ocean. The first time in over 10 years I really went in. Baiden loved it! I would take him out far enough that we could jump the big waves together. He cracked up every time a big wave came and splashed us!

I got much deeper than the pictures show ;)

Right after I surprised myself and grabbed Phil's board and rode a couple of waves in. Ha ha 7 months pregnant and all. 

I then took kinzi out to jump the waves. A really big one came that we just didn't clear and it totally took us out. We came out of the water with my hat gone and both our sunglasses missing. I found my hat but our glasses were gone. Kinzi didn't care the wave took us out, but was pretty distraught her glasses were gone. I calmed her down telling her the fishies were going to wear them now.

  Popsicles and ice cream to end the day! 

 

Took about 5 min...

We then woke up Saturday and left for home. The kids did great there and back. And watched way to many movies.  But, they were good and never complained. Baiden had to pee like every hour the first half of the trip home, we had some close calls but he did good and didn't have any accidents. Luckily I didn't mind stopping for a restroom break a lot.  Baiden and I were having to deprive ourselves of beverages or we'd have to stop more. Such a fun trip! I think I had my fill on car rides for a while though. Although it wasn't too bad being a car 12 hours 7 months pregnant, I wouldn't want to do it again anytime soon.

Somehow Grandpa had energy once we got home to give the kids a little horseback ride.

Kinzi passed out that night on me around 6:30, same with Baiden but he was in bed. 

And just a picture of us headed to church the next day!

32 weeks

How far along? 32 weeks (8 month mark yeehaw)

Total weight gain: 22 lbs about. We came back from vacation and I had gained 4 extra lbs haha! PB m&ms and sour patch kids will do that to you. But luckily my weight has dropped off a little from that point haha. Whoops! 

Maternity clothes: Naturally. Same answer as last time. Anything that's comfy.

Stretch marks: Not on my stomach. I try not to look at the backside of myself.

Movements: All the time! He is a strong one. Sometimes when he kicks, I swear my whole body moves, not just my tummy.

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding ring on or off: 90% of the time still on. But it does get uncomfortable sometimes in this heat, so it comes off.

Food cravings: Don't know if they are cravings but I'll list the things I have been eating most of. Avacado toast, green apples, vanilla Greek yogurt, DOUGHNUTS! I always want a freaking doughnut.

Symptoms: Headaches. Backaches. So much heartburn! Ugh. Pretty tired most of the time.

Looking forward to: Having this child!

Still been going to the gym a lot. But not doing anything hard. I just make sure I'm there for an hour. Usually I just walk, ride a bike, stretch and maybe light weights if I'm up to it. I usually don't want to do much.

June 2014

June is one of the busiest months for us.  So many birthdays in our families and fathers day and our anniversary!

The month started off with swim lessons for the kids for 2 weeks.  I wasn't going to do them at all this year because we don't have a pool and I didn't think I would get out to a pool much anyways.  I found out a girl in my ward was doing them just down the street so I decided to go ahead with it. I'm so glad I did.  Kinzi only cried the first and second day and then warmed up really quick. Baiden, however cried/screamed the whole first week. But the funniest thing is, he never tried to run away or threw a fit. He did whatever she asked him to do, just while crying. By the second week he was all warmed up and the kids couldn't wait for swim lessons each day. Kinzi surprised me with how quickly she caught on and how fast she can swim!

 

 

One night in June, Phil had signed us up to feed the missionaries.  Ended up he had to work late and wasn't able to make it home so it was just the sisters and me with the kids. Oh what a crazy night.  Everything was cooked and ready in time, but keeping the kids happy while taking things out of the oven and setting the table and such was a nightmare.  At one point I was pulling the bread sticks out of the oven and look over to see them dumping cheese all into the salad and mixing it up with their little hands, that I'm sure were dirty. Then picking cheese pieces out and eating them.  I know the sisters felt bad for me. I felt like they were there to help me with the kids and clean my kitchen haha. They helped my kids eat all their dinner then helped with the dishes. It probably wasn't as bad as it seems in my mind, but man, I wont be doing that alone again!

We also attended my Grandpa Daly's funeral.  Sad to see him pass, but all of his kids were actually able to be there which was pretty cool.  And I don't get to see my Daly cousins a lot, so that was fun to have a little reunion.  That was the 5th funeral in 3 years I have attended.  They sure make you reflect on life and the gospel. My thoughts are always drifted back to Barton. How eager I am to see him again and how blessed I feel to know the plan of salvation and that families can be together forever.

Next event I can remember in June was fathers day! My memory is drifting from the events that happened that day.  The kids made some fun cards for him.  Kinzi's had a bunch of things she loved about her dad on them. Like having pillow fights and being pushed in the swing by him.  She also said she loves when he takes her to Disneyland haha.  We got him some more work shirts and a new pair of shoes. Kinzi was excited this time around to go up and sing for fathers day. And boy did she perform.  She told me numerous amounts of times that she was going to be brave and not cry-and she did great. Sang at loudly as she could from the pulpit actually. I can't remember even what I made for dinner, but I'm sure it was something good he picked out? But I remember dessert haha! He picked out ice cream and got reeses and whip cream to go on top.  The kids sure enjoyed that part, if you can tell by Baiden's face. I'm so lucky to have a husband who does so much as a dad.  He helps out so much with the kids and housework and such that I have never felt like I was doing it all alone.  He is the reason having kids has been so much fun. I know I can rely on him to take over when I'm just too tired to deal with the 2 crazies at the end of the day.

Next up was Kinzi's 4th Birthday!

 She suggested she do this picture...

This girl has one big personality and keeps me laughing all day, or is driving me nuts the other half.

I have been writing down every once in a while funny things she has said... These go back pretty far.

I was telling her about how Santa was watching her all the time and she needs to be good.  Well I dropped something and she said, "Santa is going to be mad at you mom."

She came out of her room from her nap very sad. I asked her what was wrong and her reply was, "You don't like me." Saddest thing ever, but still cute.

Aunt Nicole told me this one. Kinzi had a plate of crackers and stood up with it and one fell off. Kinz looked at it and said, "Are you serious?"

Talking to our new dog Sasha while taking her on a walk, "Slow down hunny!"

We made a thankful chain and these were the things she said put on there,

-Pancakes
-Trick or Treating
-Aunt Summer
-Cheese
-Baiden
-Her Family
-Daddy
-Mommy
-Toys
-Kaylin and Taylor
-Grandma and Grandpa
-Jesus
-Chocolate

When her nursery class visited primary there was a visitor named Sophie and Kinzi yelled, "That's not Sophie, THAT'S (pointing to me) Sophie.

When she had to go potty but is holding it, she dances around and I tell her to go to the bathroom.  She says, "Do do do do do, I am just dancing" and puts her fingers in the air and dances.

She woke up from a bad dream and her Dad was trying to help her get back to sleep. He told her to think about Disneyland and Ice Cream. Her reply was, "But, Ice cream at Disneyland makes me sick!" (True Story)

 I once asked her why she liked puzzles so much. Her reply, "Because they make me feel young!"

She took my journal and said, "I want to see the letters you have worked on."

I told her we would go to the bank when Baiden woke up. 15 min later she said, "Let's go to the bank and leave Baiden."

After Phil and I were joking to each other in the car and laughing really hard, she pipes up in the back and says, "NOT FUNNY." With a very serious tone and face.

She had a little scar on her hand and when Phil asked her what happened she said, "I biffed it."

I told her about her new paints she got for her birthday and she replied, "Let's go! What are we waiting for?"

One Sunday right after we got to church she looks at me and said, "Mom can you do me a favorite? Can you go get me some...coffee?"

She got to have a fun party with lots of friends. The girls got to have pizza. Then do their own makeup and then we had dress up and a fashion show.  Kinzi was in heaven. It was so much fun!

Baiden really enjoyed the cupcakes. By the end of the day his new favorite words were birthday and cupcake.

Kinzi was very insistent that she wanted pancakes for dinner, talked about it all day. So we took her to IHOP where she ordered Mac & Cheese haha.

 I tried to get a pic of me and her after dinner and Baiden came charging in. Can't leave him out of the picture these days.

That weekend was followed by a pool party at the Kerrigans. To have a little combined celebration of Katy and Kinzi's birthdays that week.  We had fun! The party ended up being on our anniversary and we didn't want to change it so we decided to instead do something the following morning while Phil's mom offered to come watch our kids.

So for our 6 year celebrations, we had breakfast at cracker barrel. French Toast. Eggs. Bacon. Blueberry Muffin. Orange Juice. And a coke haha. Then we went and got massages! Best day ever! AND, Phil then signed me up for a 6 month membership where I get 1 massage a month. He wins for best husband ever.

That night we got another babysitter and went to Texas Road House and ate our hearts out again. Then went shopping at Ross for a little bit.

The rest of the pictures are just random happenings from our summer so far. I have been trying to keep the kids occupied with things other than tv.  Mornings are usually when we go to the gym. Then come home, eat lunch and take naps. After naps is when we will either swim or do something fun together. Play dough, Painting, Coloring, Blocks, Reading. Or days I will just let them watch a show. Or we fill up our little pool in back and they swim.

 Enjoying our snack from family night.

 I have been making healthy popsicles for them a lot and they inhale them! Grapes, berries and spinach do the trick!

 We love going to aunt Summer's to swim. She has a cool little splash pad that the kids love to play on and bonus I can swim still too without having to watch them like a hawk so much.

 

Kinzi likes to swim around by herself with just a noodle, a kick board, or her floaties when I let her.  We have been trying to swim somewhere at least once a week so the kids don't forget all they have learned. Kinzi swam across the whole pool a couple of times!

 Kinzi is very into coloring and drawing lately. She loves to draw her family.

 Baiden loves getting involved in the whole dress up idea. But usually that ends up with him in a princess dress...

 Our garden is done for. Phil went through one night and pulled all the watermelon out that he thought might taste good. When Baiden saw all of the watermelon lined up he booked it over there! Phil cut one open for him and he was in little Baiden heaven getting a watermelon to himself.

 And that was our month in a tiny little nutshell.