family updates

blogging just isn't in the cards these day's

my computer took a dump so there will be no back blogging for me!

so until i get a new computer or get mine fixed, my blog will be very simple and basic and full of instagram photos, which i LOVE so im okay with it. for now.

Me:

some day's are great and some day's i just survive

the weather we have been having has been amazing

rainy, cold day's make me CRAZY

i cannot stand to be indoors or stuck at home

got myself a razor scooter so i can ride around with the boy's

Griff:

has been taking gymnastics and loving it

he is a CTR in primary now

griff is such a good helper with maggie, he amazes me

him and nolan are becoming bestest buddies but they do occasionally beat on each other

i am searching for a good preschool for griff for the summmer (possibly) and the fall (for sure)

Nolan:

this boy has changed drastically recently

he talks SO good now and talks everyone's ear off

he sleeps through the night now!!! ahhh!

he is 100% potty trained and WILL NOT pee in his diaper in the middle of the night (he has even woken me in the night a couple of times to potty)

he wakes up dry every single morning

i have to say that he might have gone from my hardest to my easiest kid! hooray!

Kason:

my busy, hard working man!

he works hard all week and then comes home and tends to kids and does all kinds of honey do's

he just built the kids an amazing sandbox

gotta teach magz how to like to be dirty!

she LOVED it

7 months

maggie is getting more and more fun!

i love this age so much!

this girl still doesn't roll, like AT ALL

i don't put her on the floor much or she will get mauled by nolan, he is so rough with her

maybe that's why she doesn't roll??

she does do a lot of sitting up and she likes to flip from the sitting position to her belly to reach things she wants

she scoots backwards on her belly but i don't think she means to

i think she is really trying to go forward, it's pretty funny to watch!

girlfriend eats three times a day and nurses every 3 hours

she hasn't been sleeping great lately due to a double ear infection and now teething

gotta love two yucky things back to back

she weighs almost 18 lbs! big ol' girl!

she has the chubbiest bum i have ever seen!!

it's HUGE!

magz you are the best! now pop some of those teeth through and start sleeping good for me again!

maggie's room

been planning a girl room in my head for quite some time

totally silly

i decided i wanted a girly room but not too super girly

wanted to add some funky colors like orange in the mix

i have had my heart set on the picture below (for a couple of years!) so i decided to base maggie's room around it

so i got it framed and started from there!

i'm still undecided on the top of her armoire/tall dresser

for now i put some cute flowers my sister in law made (from chi chi's blessing that i have yet to blog about) and i spray painted an old frame i had lying around

this is an old shelf i bought at a garage sale YEARS ago for a dollar, the piggy bank and tiny picture frame came from tai pan, the flower thing is something i have had forever that i spray painted to match

this is a project that i have wanted to do for a long time but i had to wait for a girl to come along to do it, so yay!

*thinking i will add a couple more

i had this bed made for me by someone and the comforter came from overstock

and here's chi chi, enjoying it!

six months

can't believe how fast this girls life is flying by!

i can hardly remember her little newborn self

she has gotten to be SO fun in the past month

she sits up on her own

she has rolled ONE time in her life

when i did her five month post she had just rolled and i thought the rolling would pick up from there and continue on...nope!

girlfriend is so drooly and chews on everything she can get her little hands on

she squeals, screams, growls and laughs like crazy

chi chi LOVES griff but is NOT a fan of nolan at all

since her five month post she eats baby food like a beast and she loves it all!

haven't done much rice cereal, my babies just plain hate it

still nursing several times a day

but she is now at that stage where every noise she hears, she pops off to check it out

drives me crazy!

she has been waking 2 to 3 times a night to nurse, ah well

i love love love this little chick

i feel such a strong connection to her, most likely because she is my only girl and it's just the two of us GIRLS!

mothers of more than one girl must really feel that interesting, bond-y type connection SO strongly

i wonder if kason feels that way toward his boy's, like they really get each other??

magz we can't get enough of you! you are so darn delicious!

just look at this body!

yumm!

new year's

my christmas day post will have to wait!

my computer is ancient and can't handle the huge files from my camera

sooooo all of my favorite christmas pics are stuck on my camera for now

boo

new year's, new year's......

i have a love hate relationship with this holiday

i am not a huge goal setter and sometimes i don't like ringing in a new year because i feel like life is flying by way too fast

if i listed my resolutions here it would take up several pages of my blog, i have SO many things that i would like to change/be better at

my goals this year will focus on health (one thing at a time right??)

all of the other stuff will fall into place

it's hard to set any goals being a busy mom of three and not having a husband around much

my plan is to purchase (very soon!) the nice blender i have been wanting and start my family on smoothies

i have always made smoothies but with a nicer blender i can blend much more stuff (like nuts, etc)

i want to make a complete lifestyle change to more whole/raw foods

it will take some time, i know

but i feel like the blender will get the party started

i also want/need my kids to "eat" more healthful and important foods and what better way than in a smoothie??

so here's to the new year!!

and to a healthier little family!

we also got a wii/wii fit for christmas and we have been playing with that like crazy!

i've been doing the fit + zumba and we have been playing a ton of wii sports together, super fun!

we love being active so i figure the wii will keep us busy when it finally turns cold here

happy new year!!!

eve

made cookies for santa with mema zona





walked around the temple



went up the stairs a million times with uncle daniel



my man!



cheech was chilly



new jammies



love this kid



all ready for bed!

decorating

we had fun decking our house and tree out this year



griff pretty much loves every holiday and every kind of decoration out there!

he goes crazy for holidays, totally cracks me up

he has an eye for decor and is always telling me what we need and what 'so and so' has at their house and that we need it too

when we went for our nightly christmas light drives (yes we went every night for weeks!) he would tell me he was jealous of other houses that had more lights

he is also majorly into crafting so we did several christmas crafts in the weeks leading up to the big day

ice cream cone trees

my favorite craft (among about a million of them) little feet trees!