Megan starting waving today. It is truly the cutest! I wonder how I can upload it here from my phone??? I will work on that because everyone will love it! Not sure why the photos in the last 2 posts aren't working so well, oh well. I will fix them later.

too tired to try and turn them!

This morning Megan pointed with her cute little chubby finger at me and said momma and to prove it wasn't a fluke she then pointed to daddy and said dada. Applause followed and she was very pleased with her self. She also likes to play the piano on daddy's phone using her one finger. It is very cute. She now has 5 teeth. The 5th one came in on Friday. There is a 6th one on the way, I can see it on top right next to her new one. That will make 4 on top and 2 on bottom. She is trying to climb on things now. We have been using a pack and play that is in it's bag to block her out of the bathroom and she climbed on top of it yesterday, but then didn't know what to do next so she cried. She is such a mess maker. We will clean up the baby books and she will crawl over and pull them out. Megan did the same with her pants last night, i put them away and she pulled the right back out. Such a contrast to Alexis who is a bit OCD on things being a certain way. Alexis loves to sing the songs for this years Primary program. She even hums along to the music only versions of the songs.

We had the Horn cousins here for a few days and had a fun day on a ferry and playing in the water...it really wasn't warm enough but they splashed for a good 30 minutes. We took family pictures of the whole crew with only 1 Brother in Law missing. I am so excited to see them! Our nephew Malachi was baptized(he is the first on Britt's side!) It was fun having them!

Today I celebrate my 5th mother's day. I have 2 of the cutest and best girls in the whole wide world! I have a Mother's Day off kit from my family with treats and chocolate, bath salts and plenty of hugs and kisses. I really feel loved and blessed to have such a great family that I get to be a part of. Right now they are making me breakfast and it is so cute to hear them whisper and see my Alexis cutting bananas and washing Strawberries, Megan crawling at their feet, I can hear her breathing as she tries to pick up everything on the floor...LOVE my life!

I have a great mom who is always there for me, to babysit, to chat with and to cry with. I have a wonderful mother in law. Honestly as a Young Women just out of high school thinking of my future the one thing I knew I wanted was a great Mother in law. I know I got the best one with the best husband. I am so grateful to have such great moms and know that I am blessed to be taught and led by them. I love you both so very much.

I have 6 sisters; one that I have known all her life and the other's came into my life the day I meet my husband. I love you sisters! They are great Mother's!

I have been raised in the church and have had so many women who have taught me and helped me become who I am today and I am grateful to them for being my Mother's in Zion! I wish I had a picture to go with this post of my moms but I don't have any on this new computer...in 1 week we are getting new family pictures with Britt's entire family and I will post them!

Megan now has 4 teeth. She has the 2 bottom middle and then the top right middle and the one next to it. It is pretty funny because her top one looks huge in her mouth. She is pretty silly and will just laugh at Alexis, who thinks that Megan is laughing because she is making gas sounds or saying fart. Tonight she was sitting on the couch looking up at daddy just laughing, cute!
Alexis made me a very cute little bird house for mother's day and she is the bird, it makes me smile just thinking about how excited she was while making it. She is feeling so big because we will let her walk across the street to Ashlee's to play all by herself. So now she asks all day long if she can go over there. Megan is trying so hard to walk. She is getting brave and letting go of stuff. She took 3 steps from daddy to mommy today, but I consider it more falling with style. We finally are getting some nice weather, which means hitting the park for some great playing...sadly this also ended with Megan having very burnt arms. Luckily I had a hat on her so just her arms are burned, but they are lobster red and have a few very tiny blisters...breaks my heart. We now know that she will burn easy and will not go in the sun without her being covered or having sun block on. We are gearing up for a visit from Aunt Erin and Uncle Lim and their 4 kids next week! Alexis loves her cousins and is willingly giving up her bed for them. Malachi is getting baptized and we are going to just play hard especially since they will be moving to North Carolina in July. Fun times ahead with 2 nephews baptisms, cousins visiting and Great Wolf Lodge. Alexis was promised if she did good in school with following the rules that we would take her. School ends at the end of this month so we will be taking her, unless she totally melts down these last 3 weeks. Soccer started for Alexis last week, she loves it. Stayed tuned for pictures of it all!

Pictures anyone???

Easter Egg Hunting in Orting, It was a fabulous day reaching 71 degrees. It was heaven sent (although Sunday was stormy)!


All smiles for eggs and candy! This is Megan's first time standing up in her crib....oh was she mad that I went and got my camera before getting her out.

She loves to watch the laundry...now if only I could get her to do the laundry. Not really I want her to stay a baby.

Look at those cheeks....hehe all of them.

Alexis is very eclectic. She is just like my Grandma. Oh the smile on this baby lights up the room!

Tea party anyone? She got out her fake food and set a picture of Megan and her next to each cup. She is a party planner after my heart!

Crawling

Megan has been crawling for a month now and boy am I worn out. She is walking with a walker and along furniture and will let go for a few seconds to balance before grabbing back on. I will do a big post with pictures after Easter now that we have a new lightening fast computer. I am typing this on Britts fancy iPhone he got for his birthday. He wanted a boat for 35 but settled for the phone... I think he Is happier! Alexis is doing so good in school both with learning and behavior, so we are taking her to the happiest place in Washington Aka great wolf lodge! Finally the sun is shining and we can do yard work and get the garden ready, play outside and eat dirt(Megan loves the stuff).

weekly post

So I didn't get the pictures done last week, ohwell. Megan is at a hard stage.....the stage before crawling. She just will not crawl, she gets up on hands and feet and then pushes back into a sit. She does this over and over and slowly moves around in a big circle. She also rolls to things. I am beginning to think she will just stand up and walk never having crawled. She climbs all over me and pulls herself into a stand. Megan loves stories and songs, I truly mean loves. She absorbs them, she may not look just like me but she loves the written word like me! We have been very spoiled having daddy home every night for the last few weeks and Megan has decided she likes daddy putting her to sleep. The proof is tonight he is gone and she kept waking up crying (for him).

Alexis loves to help in Primary, since we have a gigantic primary we try to be fair and pick their names out each week to help. She got picked for music time and was jumping up and down in pure joy in the hall waiting for them to hide the object. Then later during sharing time she got picked again(music and sharing time use different name containers). She was told it was her lucky day, oh how excited she was. Smile from ear to ear!!! She is such a joy to have around....most of the time! Last night she sleep walked and used the living room carpet as a bathroom,, then she went back to bed with wet clothes. I heard her and went to check and found her in bed. After cleaning her up and putting her in a sleeping bag(really not going to change beding at midnight) I tried to find the puddle. Not finding it I went to bed assuming she peed the bed. Nope Britt found it in front of the TV this morning(luckily seeing it before stepping in it). So now I get to clean the carpets, fun for me!

I was spoiled for my birthday. My friend Jenn arranged a surprise birthday lunch for me on the Friday before. It was fun and nice to go out to eat! Then that night Britt also arranged a little surprise dinner. We already had plans with our friends the Pines he invited the Schaubs and then claimed he was not going to make it. He showed up with a huge bunch of balloons and a gift. He got me a Kindle...I love it. I can't wait to load it full! We had dinner with my family on Sunday. My parents got me a gift card to Amazon so that I can buy the scriptures and other books for my kindle(or what ever I want from Amazon!) I love gift cards!!!! Alexis was sad she didn't get me anything, she didn't help pick out the kindle so she didn't feel it was from her. I got her to feel better by telling her the best gift she can ever give me is a big hug and kiss. Next year Britt is going to let her help buy me a gift. I will try to get pictures done this week, but I am alone so don't hold your breathe!

Weekly update

We are on the count down to Megan crawling. she gets up on her hands and knees(and sometimes feet) she can keep her head up now and is sliding her hands forward. She has gotten back to sitting twice now from her tummy. During the sacrament she looked at me and made this little sound 3 times until I took her from Grandma. Megan is growing up so fast and will be walking before I know it. Megan has mastered drinking out of her sippy cup and surprisingly doesn't spit it out. She still has a 5 bite limit of food and prefers nursing. She is not lacking to much though so I am not worried. Megan was looking at her hand turn and poked her self in the face today. She also was holding her binky and crying, I took it put it in her mouth and she stopped, funny baby. She is so proud of herself and claps a lot!

Alexis is busy cracking us up every time we turn around. We got a new water heater and she has been playing non stop in the box and desperately wants Megan to play with her. So she puts her on a blanket and drags her down to her room and puts her in the box. When I ask her why she says Megan loves to play in the box. How to explain she is not really given a choice. Oh well I would rather they play well then fight! At least she isn't carrying her down the hall. She gave Megan a ride in the little wheel barrel that hooks onto the ride on toy and Grandma's. Oh how they both laughed. Alexis has problems walking...but only when we ask her to do something, suddenly she grows weak. She declared herself the queen and queens don't do anything. If I count backwards starting at 3 she will tell me I did it wrong because I am supposed to start at 1.

My calling is going good. It can be frustrating when teachers don't show without calling or getting a sub but well that is the life of Primary. I have never understood why people don't like it. I have always loved being in with the children. The sweet spirit they have is the best of anywhere in church, hands down. Britt has 2 callings, how that happened I am not sure since he went for so long without one and then within 2 weeks he had 2. We also have such a big ward they are doing there best not to double up callings. He is the 10 year old co-teacher and on the scout committee. Work is going great for him, huge blessing. He has a lofty goal this year to be the top hauler...I hope he can without sacrificing too much family time. A big bonus at the end of the year would be grand too! I promise to do pictures this week.

I just adore my children. Right now Alexis is sneaking jelly beans and Megan is studying our pictures in her little book. It is so adorable she turns the page and looks at the picture then touches it. She is trying so hard to crawl, she can get up on her hands and then her feet with her bum in the air. Sadly she was doing this and her wrist gave and her little fingers bent backwards and she laid on them. Nothing broke, thank heavens, but she cried and then held her little hand for a awhile. Megan has 2 teeth the second one popped in Monday the 21st some time during the night. Alexis is writing letters now when she writes "letters" to people. She loves to draw and color pictures. I love watching her art evolve (and that I can tell what things are now.) On Monday I turn her kindergarten registration in. I am so excited for her to start school at the big kid school! I think if I cry it will be for joy that she has become such a great little lady! She wants to do dance class so I will start the hunt for one, there are tons around here. I have a ton of pictures on my camera but lack the motivation to do anything with them right now. We went to Northwest Trek on Monday and had a snow storm that blew in Wednesday. It has been getting down to 14 or lower and is just plain cold. We are supposed to get more snow tonight, as much as I love snow I really am wanting spring. We have some fun goals this summer Alexis wants to learn to ride her bike on 2 wheels, Megan walking and turning 1, getting this body back in shape, exploring this part of the world we live in. San Juan Islands, beach, camping oh so much fun!!!

Gums

Megan is getting teeth! Her first little pearl broke the gums today before church. I am excited but sad at the same time. I absolutely adore her gummy smile. I know I will love the toothy one too, but the gums. I truly don't want her to grow up fast at all. It doesn't bother me one bit if another baby is doing something at a younger age then Megan. I love it when she snuggles me and just wants me to hold her...I hope it never changes. Both girls have a cough that won't go away so I have gotten extra cuddles, even from Alexis who barely sits down. I Love my Family!!! I think I will throw some pictures on the post....maybe a gummy smile from the mushy squishy.Don't you just love it!!! I sure do.

This is typical Alexis, if she is happy about something this is what you will see. Jumping, laughing and smiles!

I just love babies sleeping with daddy!

Alexis has a reward system at school, the teacher has a little chart and she gets to have smiley faces or frowny faces marked on it. We have promised her that we will take her to Great Wolf Lodge at the end of the year if she keeps get mostly smiley faces. Well tonight I reminded her to say her prayers and then left, I came back a few seconds later and heard her asking for help in getting all smiley faces so that she could go to GWL. She said I know I can do it. It melted my heart to hear her asking for help. If I could I would take her right now just for that prayer. She is such a good example to me of how we are supposed to believe and have faith.

This is our family painted by Alexis. Mommy, Alexis and Megan being held by daddy. She loves to paint and write!
I love babies right out of the bath. I need to find the one of Alexis like this!
To cute for words!
Our mini photo shoot, gotta love the knee high striped socks.
She is such a ham for the camera! Love her!
Tired girl, wearing an old tank top of mine...
Mom we are just playing. Poor thing had a cold settle in her eyes, she is still super cute though.
Sisters playing, hey put some clothes on that girl.
Tired Baby.
Christmas morning. Alexis had already opened the glow board behind Megan before we even got out there.

Stay tuned I have more to post but right now I am going to bed...well after I feed the baby who just woke up.

A miracle

Today I decided to download the pictures from Christmas and do a blog post; in the process I noticed that there were more then 600 pictures on my camera. As I inspected them I realized they were the pictures I lost with the computer crash. Not all of them mind you because I have 2 cameras but a good chunk including Alexis's birthday and my sister in law's visits. So yeah!!!! I am not erasing my card until I have the pictures safely stored online and on cd. So I think in honor of this I will post some of them.

Megan update She started saying dadadada Yesterday. It is so cute. She says it to all of us, but of course Daddy is extra excited. She also started clapping her hands today. I love seeing her learn these firsts! She still hates being on her tummy. I was able to get her on her hands and knees and show her rocking and she tolerated it. But she is a pro at sitting up and can catch herself before falling and she isn't falling quite so hard now when she does go down. She also leans all the way forward to get things and can right herself. She still prefers to only nurse. I can get her to eat a few bites of anything before she refuses to open her mouth. Her 2 bottom teeth are so close to popping out and she gets real grumpy about it. Poor baby girl. She loves hair...pulling it that is. She is the cutest mushy squishy 7 month old I know weighing in at 18 pounds!

Alexis is doing really good in school. She can write her name for the most part. She still has a hard time with the x's and will claim she doesn't know how. She thinks they look too much like little t's. We have fun finding letters at the stores and places we go. She likes to tell me Megan's needs, they already read each others thoughts I guess. She is very much into princesses and being fabulous and fancy. She loves to cook dinner with me. She has really grown so much since school started and is such a joy in our life. She can't wait to be 8 to get baptized and asks me everyday if she is 8 yet. I tell her she is 4 and she says that she is big and is a CTR 4 now. Apparently that is the coolest thing ever because she tells us everyday! She is doing pretty good with me in primary. She gets up and comes to me only a few times now and only if I am in front. She is so funny in Primary, she answer every question with the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and a few other's. I guess she figures she is sure to get it right some of the time.

Being a mom is the best and even on tough days it still beats working with adults, their hugs are not nearly as great(kind of creepy if they hugged) oh and according to Alexis I am the best mom ever...sorry everyone I claim it(at least in this house!)



I have picture of Alexis like this also!
Cousins at Alexis's family party! I love having the kids pose up there.
Kansas cousins staying with us. Breakfast time!
Alexis writing her name, I think this was her fist week of school.
Sleeping baby!
Cambree kissing Megan, they are 9 months apart!
All Alexis's friends at her swimming party!
Silly baby
Alexis putting the finishing touches on her tree...she did everything but the lights, can you tell?
Cute little girls!

Today I decided to download the pictures from Christmas and do a blog post; in the process I noticed that there were more then 600 pictures on my camera. As I inspected them I realized they were the pictures I lost with the computer crash. Not all of them mind you because I have 2 cameras but a good chunk including Alexis's birthday and my sister in law's visits. So yeah!!!! I am not erasing my card until I have the pictures safely stored online and on cd. So I think in honor of this I will post some of them.

Megan update She started saying dadadada Yesterday. It is so cute. She says it to all of us, but of course Daddy is extra excited. She also started clapping her hands today. I love seeing her learn these firsts! She still hates being on her tummy. I was able to get her on her hands and knees and show her rocking and she tolerated it. But she is a pro at sitting up and can catch herself before falling and she isn't falling quite so hard now when she does go down. She also leans all the way forward to get things and get right herself. She still prefers to only nurse. I can get her to eat a few bites of anything before she refuses to open her mouth. Her 2 bottom teeth are so close to popping out and she gets real grumpy about it. Poor baby girl. She loves hair...pulling it that is. She is the cutest mushy squishy 7 month old I know!

Alexis is doing really good in school. She can write her name, every once in a while. She still has a hard time with the x's and will claim she doesn't know how. She thinks they look too much like little t's. We have fun finding letters at the stores and places we go. She likes to tell me Megan's needs, they already read each others thoughts I guess. She is very much into princess and being fabulous and fancy. She loves to cook dinner with me. She has really grown so much since school started and is such a joy in our life. She can't wait to be 8 to get baptized and asks me everyday if she is 8 yet. I tell her she is 4 and she says that she is big and is a CTR 4 now. Apparently that is the coolest thing ever because she tells us everyday! She is doing pretty good with me in primary. She gets up and comes to me only a few times now and only if I am in front. She is so funny in Primary, she answer every question with the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and a few other's. I guess she figures she is sure to get it right some of the time.

Being a mom is the best and even on tough days it still beats working with adults, their hugs are not nearly as great(kind of creepy if they hugged) oh and according to Alexis I am the best mom ever...sorry everyone I claim it(at least in this house!)

Our holidays

Christmas is over, it was great! Alexis absolutely loved every second of it from putting up lights, decortating the tree and wrapping presents. She lived and breathed on the hopes of presents. She got a glow board from Santa and asked daddy to color the picture and has erased it yet (so it has been played with except to turn on the lights and watch it for a few minutes). Megan really liked that pretty boxes kept getting placed in front of her, she would grab them and smile and even ripped the paper off. It was pretty cute. Our tree was down on the 27th and now it seems it was a month ago. New Years eve found our family in different states. Britt was in Oregon on his way home and we were here in Washington. It was sad and weird, didn't even feel like a holiday. The girls and I went to the Keven and Shiree's and partied until Alexis started complaining of a headache. So we packed up and drove home. While on that 15 minutes drive Alexis threw up and then fell asleep. Sad and gross, so she had a bath at 11pm and we watch Despicable Me until midnight. A few minutes later she threw up again, lovely. I called Grandpa in for a blessing and then went to bed. Very anticlimactic for sure. School has started back up and so life is speeding by again. I will post our Christmas pictures later!

Merry Christmas!

So this year has zoomed by so fast I can hardly believe it. Funny how at the beginning I was 4 months pregnant and thought time was going to drag on by. I guess in a way it did go slow but that was only those last few weeks before Megan was born. Now she is almost 6 months old and such a fun and sweet girl. She loves to spit, laugh at Alexis, grab her toes, jump in the bouncer, look at the Christmas lights, shake her toys, and people watch. She is more sensitive then Alexis and startles easy, totally dislikes being on her tummy; so much so she only rolls half way. The bottom half rolls over and then rolls up on her side and does it over and over to move around the room. She adores her sister, absolutely adores her. Alexis loves to dance and sing, she does shows for us. Loves to dress up and be a princess. Alexis has such a great sense of humor and is always laughing. She is in preschool and loves it, loves her teacher and her classmates. Alexis loves to draw and color. She wrote me a picture story last night about a snow man. Loves parties, birthday party, Christmas party, pj party any kind is her favorite! Britt is still working hard delivering cars. He just got back from Georgia picking up his brand new truck! He is very excited about that. I am doing the mom thing, I love my kids so much. Every single cell in my body loves them! I am looking forward to next year, seeing Megan turn 1, Alexis go to school and doing my new calling!

New calling

I have been the Secretary in Relief Society for almost 2 years now. It seems strange that it was that long. I have been released and called as the Primary President. I was very surprised and didn't see that coming for a mile. I was able to pick my counselors and secretary without to much trouble, their names came to me almost as soon as I started praying. Oh and guess what the ward actually sustained me, haha! We had our first meeting and I am feeling so much better now. It is amazing what counselors can do to help ease the stress of caring for 80+ kids! I am so excited now to have our first Sunday and really get to know these little ones. Alexis keeps asking if I am going to be in her class (sharing time) again this week. I think she will do ok having me in there, not so good with Megan. She kept coming and giving her kisses and telling her it will be ok. So little M may have to go with others. This might actually be good for her though since she is kind of clingy with me. Now the fun begins of calling people to teach and getting them to understand the importance of coming for these kiddos!

Saddest thing just happened. I have learned the hard way to listen to the whisperings of the spirit. My computer died and I didn't have my pictures backed up. A day or two before I had the promptings to back them up and decided to do it later. Most of Megan's 5 months are gone. Sad day. Moving forward though and will be storing them online as well as on disc.

MEGAN!!!!

Eating...what else is there to do? LOL she didn't like broccoli either.
Kisses MUAHHHHH!

So the little cutie is 4 months old and is a smiley little chub! Weighing in at 16 lbs and 25 inches tall we can honestly say she is so squishy and fun to hold. She has a smile for everyone and loves to laugh when people act a little cuckoo! Alexis can get her to laugh the best! She sits up by herself for about 5 minutes and then needs a break. She chews on everything that gets close to her mouth. She has just been moved into her crib in her room and is sleeping pretty good (waking every 4 hours to eat!) She has some allergies though...poor baby. Cats and rodents, chocolate and grass really get her. Makes me so glad we kicked the cat and dog out before she was born. She rolled from her tummy to her back 2 days again, but I don't think she meant to because she looked very surprised, it was funny! She has enough hair I can do spike pig tails and takes her headbands all by herself! She is starting the distracted eating phase, even if I cover her she does her best to get out to look around. She loves Alexis and Alexis loves her. Megan grabs hair the second it is within reach, not Alexis's favorite thing. I can carry her around in the sling or front pack for hours and she is happy as can be. We just love our little squishy baby girl!