Darkwing and Josh

My current favorite song and my all time favorite cartoon!

DISNEYLAND!!!

Our first trip to Disneyland!

Liam and Minnie.

Where are we?!

Harry the wizard.

Liam and Aunt Missy goofing around.

Harry was pooped by 5 o'clock.

Finally we got to see Mickey!

I'm Pregnant!

I am sick to my stomach, exhausted, achy, and gearing up for 8 more months of the same and then some. I'm so excited! I'm building a whole new person!

Liam's Career choices

He is working towards being a city planner........

.......or the next Jerry Lee Lewis.

New Diapers

I've been sewing. These are a few of Harry's new cloth diapers.

Liam's Day

Harry's Day

I want my baby

My "baby" is two years old at the end of the month. I need baby to fill my arms when I rock in the rocking chair. I need someone who will let me hold him while he sleeps and doesn't mind me smelling the back of his neck, I need that sweet baby smell. I need a baby to nurse when I'm up at 4am. I miss those first little smiles and giggles, those little sqeaky noises as he sleeps.
I understand newborn babies, I understand they need to be fed, changed, held and loved, and sometimes they need to cry. I can handle all that. I do not understand toddlers, they get upset over everything and there is nothing I can do, they have their own ideas about things, they don't want to be held for no reason, they don't want what you feed them, They don't want to be in diapers but they don't want to use the potty either, and I don't know how to help them.
There is only one thing to do about this problem. Make sure my toddlers are safe, warm and loved and have another baby.

Happy New Year part II

Harrison celebrating.....

the new year.....
with some....
sparkling cider.

Happy New Year!

This hasn't been a terrebly exciting year, just school and junk. We got a new car in June (thanks dad!), Jason started his new exciting career in journalism, and we moved all the way from Provo to Orem. We have been on a few trips: Jason has been to California 3 times, Canada, Las Vegas, Colorado, and Pheonix. Amanda has been to Colorado 3 times, Las Vegas, and Pheonix. The boys have been to Colorado twice, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
This coming year: more school, hopefully a new baby next fall, more traveling for various reasons, the daunting task of potty training Harry etc. etc.

Too many toys!

The boys playing with the "Star fortress command center"

What on earth am I supposed to do with all these toys?
This is only half of Harry's pile, not half the toys, half of Harry's toys. I'm so lucky to have such great inlaws, we didn't have to buy anything if we didn't want to. I'd show a picture of me using my new shower head but this isn't one of those blogs.

Liam Triumphant!

Liam has learned to use the potty! I swear, the first time he went into the bathroom by himself without being asked, I heard the halleluja chorus. It's been a long road but I finally have a little boy instead of a baby.

Christmas

Santa Baby

Harry decorating his first real Christmas tree. Actually he's probably taking things off but why split hairs.

The lights on Temple Square. This was my first time seeing them.

My saintly husband at Temple Square.

Funny things kids say.

My son Liam loves this show on the Disney channel called Handy Manny. Handy Manny fixes things, people call him and he comes and fixes anything.
So, Liam has been working hard to learn how to use the potty for the last few weeks. When we first started he would sit and sit and sit and nothing would happen. One afternoon he got tired of waiting and he looked down and cried "Mommy it's broken, we need to call Handy Manny!"

I'm Back

I took a little break from posting so I don't know if anyone still reads this. Hellooooo out there!

If I was a baby.

If I was a baby I would hate to wake up in the morning in a crib. Oh, it's great at night it keeps me from falling on the floor but in the morning it's just not fair that all I can do is watch as my big brother plays with all the toys.
If I was a baby I would get really annoyed with people sticking their fingers in my mouth to feel my teeth. I don't get to stick my fingers in their mouths.
If I was a baby I would throw any baby-food given to me on the floor until I got pizza like everyone else. If they don't want to eat "chicken broccoli dinner" why should I?
If I was a baby I would feel the need to protest being changed, not being changed, being put to bed, waking up, having to take a bath, being taken out of the bath, I would want to rock with mommy but not go to sleep, I would want to play with my brother but get really angry when he tried to play with me, I'd eat my cookies really fast and then throw a fit when no one will give me theirs etc. etc.
If I was a baby I would have the sweetest smile that no one could resist and would make people forgive me anything.

Cute naked baby!

People who don't have children may wonder why those of us who do, always have to take naked pictures of their babies. Look at him, isn't he cute.

I am Princess Leia

Minus the funky hair and clothes.

Been a long time.

I don't really have much to say but I thought I ought to write something. Ummm.....something. Someday I'll have something interesting if I have the time to write it. I have to write a research paper on the effects of pornography on families. Wish me luck, I haven't written a research paper since I was 14.

Harry Christmas!

Harry wasn't really sure what was happening, everything he opened his brother took away from him.