this chick

okay, so magz is super sweet and loving

always giving hugs and kisses and squeezing stuffed animals while saying "awwww" and looking SUPER sweet

BUT, girlfriend is a massive fit thrower

i have never had a fit thrower!

sure her brother's have thrown a few fits but not on an everyday basis like magz!

i usually just put her down and let her throw them and i leave the room. sometimes she stops the fit to see where i am at. oh myyyyyy

i am supposed to fly on a plane with her next week and i am crazy nervous

she threw a fit at the grocery store as she sat in the cart the other day. it was intense and people were giving me that "yikes" look.

i have NEVER been the mom that people stare at in public because their kid is LOUD and/or throwing a fit

honestly, her fits and the way she throws them is laughable

number one, i have NO idea what to do in the midst of her crazy tantrums and number two, she looks so funny and outrageous while she does it

i almost like it because it's something new and like i said, it's HILARIOUS to watch

but it will NOT be funny on a plane!! i am freaking the funk out.

AND it will NOT be funny forever, i know that

i had no clue that 10 month old babies threw fits

i like that she has sass and knows what she wants but honestly, woah

side note: she went a whole week not eating a SPECK of baby food. just nursed a lot and ate little baby snacks.

she lost a pound in that week so i decided i would try just feeding her those pricey baby foods in the pouch (which i buy for traveling or day's when we are out and about) instead of forcing a spoon in her mouth and making her mad. now that is all she will eat, as far as baby food goes.

um, those things aren't cheap and now she slugs them down several times a day. ugh.

spoiled? possibly.

TEN months

cannot believe this child will be one in a few short months....

she just got tubes in her ears after several ear infections

the dr said her ears were HORRIBLE and there was no way around the tubes

now i know why i had a good, peaceful feeling about the tubes with hardly any researching/reading up on my part

the surgery went well and she is already improving in the fussiness and sleep department yayy

she weighs 20.5 lbs and she is 27 inches

she has ZERO teeth and it really doesn't seem like she has any planning on coming in, weird

both boy's started getting teeth at nine months

she has straight up given up on baby food. i have had to get really creative with food because of her teeth situation

she talks and jabbers all day long. she also sings "Paddy Cake" and it is hilarious!! she claps her hands and rocks back and forth and sings"daddy, daddy, daddy"

She must think were saying Daddy Cake??

she pulls herself up onto everything but she is still a bit wobbly

she crawls slowly all over my whole house

she loves to kiss and hug and is just the sweetest little thing

she still LOVES animals and when we ask what dog's say, she does a loud scream/bark

she say's a small handful of words and we get such a kick out of it!

i am obsessed with this girl but if she doesn't start sleeping better, i might flip

she gets her ears re-checked on friday and if they are bueno, we are going to have to do some kind of sleep training

she has gotten used to waking up (from her ear pain) and i think she is little spoiled now with all of the nighttime babying she has recieved

we adore this girl. she is sweet and fun and we just LOVE her!

P.S she still gets called a boy almost every single day. sometimes i just say, "thanks! Yep, he's pretty cute!" and go on my merry little way. lol.

just some updates

maggie has had constant ear infections for quite some time now. i think i have given her about 5 bottles of infant tylenol (and motrin) in the past few months. awful! i have also put her on antibiotics (which i am not a HUGE fan of, but not opposed to) about 3 times. and guess what? they don't work for her! ugh! so basically, i am desperate. i want her to feel better so darn bad. i am exhausted and out of ideas. i decided to (kind of) jump the gun and go ahead and get tubes in her ears. i have done little to NO research on them and for some reason, i feel okay about it. i am ready for her to feel better and sleep better and let's face it...i'm crazy exhausted. in fact, i feel like i am having somewhat of a mental breakdown. no good. this feels like nolan all over again but this time i have one extra child and not much help or relief from the day to day.

she really is a sweetheart though and tons of fun. she has a really slow way about her, unlike the boy's. she moves carefully around my house and just does every little thing at her own pace. i doubt she will be walking at 10 months and a few weeks like the boy's were. she can barely pull herself up to a standing posistion and when she does, she is very wobbly!

she is starting to say little words and it's been so fun for us! hopefully she will end up being even more fun when her ears get some relief.

griffin is awesome lately. getting so smart and so helpful. he is full of questions about life and church stuff and i love answering his questions and teaching him things. i LOVE this age so much! he is funny and fun and my constant buddy. he does fight with nolan a bit and we are working on that. he is also getting scared a lot at night of monsters and other things. we are going to dedicate our house this weekend and make a big to-do about it. he is really excited! the other night he told me that his brain gets "all halloweeny" at night and it scares him. oh dear! he just learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels and we couldn't be more excited! it literally took him a couple of minutes. i guess he was ready!

nolan is a sweetheart. he is testing his boundaries for sure so he has been a bit of a handful lately. he's all about doing things you tell him not to do. there's this driving force in him that makes him do it, i swear. it's very interesting to watch! a few weeks ago while we were playing outside, i noticed a dog had pooped in our yard. i said don't touch or step in the poop you guy's, watch out for it. nolan went right up to the pile, squatted down and said "i'm touching it". and he did. he is still very loving and tender. he still loves fondling hair and it's hilarious. he is so gentle and soft about it and I LOVE IT. it feels so dang good. i laid down with him a few weeks ago and he said "mom, hair" and that means i have to flip all my hair toward him so he can go to town. he then said "mom, all of it" (because sometimes it's in a pony or caught up under my head) and i said "nolan, you do have all of it." to which he said "you not have a bunch, mom? you not have a bunch?" oh nolan, no. i not have a bunch. i have always hated having fine hair :) so this made me laugh!

so happy to get to celebrate mother's day tomorrow. got both mom's in my life the new book by stephanie neilson (nieniedialogues.com) i may need to borrow it back from one of them because i am dying to read it! i haven't had an ounce of time to read it but i have stared at it a few times. it is such a pretty book!

motherhood is so hard. like HARD hard. but so fulfilling and rewarding all in one little package (or several little packages, really!) i am sure after reading this book it will seem MUCH less hard to me. had to sit down and watch some sweet mormon messages today about motherhood and i feel a tad bit more rejuvenated now. hopefully tomorrow will be a great day!

9 months

this girl has changed SO much in the past month!

random tidbits:

-she started crawling about five days ago (she also started rolling the same day lol). she is super slow and cautious unlike the boy's were. once they realized what they could do, they went for it! maggie sometimes misses a "step" while she is crawling and she falls over and rolls onto her back. it's hilarious!

-she JUST started eating some little baby snacks. i tried solid stuff a few weeks ago and she wasn't having it. she still isn't all that into baby food. she eats one jar 3 times a day, eats some of her little snacks and loves drinking water from her sippy cup. she is able to hold her cup and drink by herself which is SO nice! she still loves to nurse and prefers that over anything still.

-she is super fun and has tons of personality these days. she waves, says Momma and Dadda and is obsessed with animals of any kind. she especially loves my inlaws dog. she jabbers and babbles constantly. she is really easy going and happy! although she has been a total beast in the teething department ahhh..and she still has NO teeth.

-she is super big! she has the biggest thighs and bum still :) maybe now that she is crawling she will thin out. but i love her just the way she is! she is so cuddly and squishy! i went shopping for her at old navy and bought 12-18 month summer stuff. crazy! the sizes she wears vary by the brand of course. she can still wear some nine month stuff. but still!! she's my beasty girl!

-she still nurses in the middle of the night, ahh. usually it's once or twice but since she has been teething she has been up a lot more. a little bit of medicine, teething tablets and mommy's milk is all that will make her happy.

-she only takes one nap a day. they range from 30 mins to 3 hours. the 3 hour one's are RARE and the 30 minute one's are often and make me want to cry!

-i often feel like i am raising griffin all over again. she is a girl version of that boy! it's pretty fun to see and watch the similarities.

magz we love love love you! happy 9 months girl!

easter

easter started out with a razor scooter ride to mema and pepa's house

this isn't a short little ride! it took my three boy's somewhere between 45 minutes to an hour

i truly didn't think the little boy's would make it all the way there but they proved me wrong!

here they are at the college (i stopped there intending to rescue them but they insisted on finishing their trek!)

they finally made it and then started the easter festivities!

we had a fun little egg hunt where the boy's got some yummy candy and money. we ate some good food and had a matchbox car race (an easter tradition and SO much fun!)

a hidden egg

pepa and maggie

*i have a GOAL to stop using phone pics and start using my camera pics! i am just so busy (lazy) and the phone one's are so much easier and already edited etc etc etc

coloring easter eggs

i promise, they loved it

worth remembering

came across these pics on my phone the other day.

i didn't take them, and i wasn't present when they were taken.

the boys used an app called doodle booth and decorated and saved their pictures.

wow!! haha

i LOVE digging through my phone and watching the various videos and looking at pictures taken by my funny little boys!

and of course i don't want to ever forget this girls chubby little body! i squeeze her bum and thighs all day long! so happy it's getting warmer so i can see her fat little body better.