the haps....

tried weaning maggie because i am downright TIRED of nursing and ended up with a sweet case of mastitis. yowtch. serves me right.

so, i gave in and started nursing her again but only once a day now, soon down to zero i hope.

i DO feel a tad depressed about stopping. pretty sure i would be depressed if i stopped early or late. so here i am, depressed. bah.

it partly has to do with the fact that we are so unsure right now in the kid department.

usually, we are planning the next right now (crazy)

i am almost 32 (getting up there, pushing 40 now ha), i am pretty comfy-cozy with 3 (meaning i am GOOD with three, one more and i might have to run away and never come back) and we are still paying off medical bills from magz (can you say NICU? and ear tubes that i am pretty sure didn't work?)

so...there ya have it.

feeling a TAD bit free knowing i won't be pregnant any time soon but also feeling a TEENY bit sad at the thought of closing up shop for a while or for forever, we shall see.

as of late

 

 

i am busy being obsessed with this little girls hair.

nothing can be worse than my thin, stringy, blah hair, so seeing these curls makes me ridiculously happy!!

i am also busy just being obsessed with Magz. she totally kills me.

these boy's are fun, busy and wild and crazy, but fun

they get along so well and can be so sweet to each other but they definitely fight from time to time

honestly, i usually just let them duke it out because once they do, they are all good in the hood

yes, one of them usually ends up crying but it honestly solves the issue at hand (is that horrible of me? ha.)

and......

griff starts preschool next week and we are ALL stoked, he is good and ready

it also looks like i am not following kason to payson (ha) and just staying here in  good ol StG...boo.

one year pro pics



it was way too much fun getting these pics done!

so glad i only did a mini-session because Magz was all over the place!

these are my three faves

i LOVE the top one, that's why it's HUGE

little vacay

we finally headed up north for a little work/play/house hunting.

kason's next job in in Payson and we might head that way to be close to him while he works.

it won't be permanent and i am pretty excited at the thought of some change!

we also managed to have some fun between house hunting and kason's meeting for work.

we hit up city creek, the zoo and on our last day we went to Seven Peaks and had WAY too much fun.

the zoo was a highlight for us and it was the only place i took out my big camera.

this trip was some much needed family/daddy time!!

"real" birthday pics

This party was so fun to plan and throw.

Like I said before, a lot of my ideas didn't really work out but I am happy with what I got!

Maggie enjoyed herself, as did everyone else.

Happiest First Birthday, Magz!

Beaver Mt.

::Beaver Mountain 2012:: 

We had the best time at Beaver Mountain this year, as usual.

This year we went with my mother's in laws family which was a special treat for us!

We did a ton of riding, relaxing and chatting.

Maggie spent a lot of time riding in the Rhino and looking out the windows of the trailer. She was also mesmerized with all of the doggies that were there.

Griffin and Nolan rode their little yellow four wheeler like crazy and did a really good job sharing with the other kids. Nolan was always on the lookout for deer and elk. He told me one morning that he saw some bears steal the Rhino and take it for a long ride. LOL.

Griff wanted to throw the football and ride constantly. He never rested!

We really enjoyed ourselves this year. I still can't believe that this was Maggie's second time to Beaver (she was 6 weeks old the first time) and I can't believe I haven't even posted last year's trip! Crazy behind on this blog...

Kason and I love going to our spot by the lake to take a picture every year that we have been to Beaver. I still need to do a progression post!

We got engaged by Puffer Lake and after that our family lake pictures include a belly and then a baby and then a belly again and a baby...and so on.

Our spot by the lake is so special to us and we always enjoy reminiscing our engagement and seeing where we are now.



you are my sunshine, my only sunshine

::maggie's first bday::

her birthday was a success with a few minor mishaps

it was crazy and fun and i loved throwing a girly party

magz was happy and totally enjoyed herself (and she scarfed her entire cupcake. ha.)

we had a few close friends and family so it was pretty low key

wish i wasn't SO lazy because the pics from my camera are so much better than these phone pics, ah well

i am a lazy beast

happy first birthday, magz! this party made me not want to throw any parties for the boy's this year ;) TOO much work, blah

and sorry to my instagram friends because you peeps have seen all of these pics already!