Funnies

Jesse woke up a couple of times the other night. I asked him why and he said, "well-uhm-my leg was hurting and-" Then his eyes lit up and he got a big smile on his face. "I grew!!" he exclaimed.

I had the oxyclean upstairs because Breanna had spilt hot chocolate all over my sling. Jesse saw the container and asked Brad "is that metamucil?" So Brad was like, "What? how do you know what metamucil is Jesse?" "I saw it on a commercial."

In church yesterday we were singing a hymn and one line says "out in the desert they wander, hungry and helpless and cold." Jesse says, "why are they cold? The desert is hot." Good point, Jesse.

The other day Breanna was sitting on the floor brushing her hair and said she was not going to stop until her next birthday because she is Repunzel. She was getting a bit frustrated that her hair wasn't growing longer.

We were a couple of minutes late for Breanna's ballet last week so when she was ready I said, go to class! And sent her on her way. I was sitting talking to my friend when one of the moms said, is that girl supposed to be in class? She had been dancing away all by herself the whole time in a big open studio. That's my Breanna!

One of my favorite things about my kids is their imagination. They are always making costumes and declaring, 'I am so-and-so!' (Batman, Robin, spiderman, Indiana Jones, Batgirl, some princess or other) and all I can think is "hm...that's a bit of a stretch." I've decided this is a direct result of their being bored all the time. There are some upsides to being pregnant for nine months :) My favorite was the day Jesse came downstairs with Indiana Jones's fedora: a piece of paper he cut out in the shape of a hat, colored brown and attached a string to so he could wear it. He even punched the holes for the string. My Mom and I laughed so hard when he came downstairs with it on-so that's what you've been doing up there for so long! Then Brad helped the kids make these:

The Riddler, Robin and Batgirl. 

Real fast.

We go through garbage bags like crazy around here.  They make great capes. Which reminds me of the song We'll Make Great Pets by Porno for Pyros. Remember that song? There are some songs that stay in your head your entire life. Like I will never for the rest of my life say to someone "to the left" without thinking of Beyonce's song. But that's beside the point. The point is, my kids are in their pajamas ALL the time these days. Don't get dressed unless absolutely necessary. :)

Christmas Time is Here!

Looks like I'm getting behind on posts but here is my Christmas one! We had the best Christmas EVER! Going to the nativity, going to see Santa, sleeping under the Christmas tree, doing a Christmas puzzle, playing all day with our new toys, singing Christmas carols and watching the Grinch and Rudolf, swimming, sledding, bowling, sitting in the hot tub, going to the movies and Uncle Matthew's basketball game with cousins, dancing at the Taber Stake New Year's party and eating more treats and chocolate and yummy stuff than we could handle! Sometimes the anticipations is the best part. We put a cottonball on Santa every day in December until finally it was Christmas Eve!

I liked Christmas Eve night, watching Elf with Brad and wrapping presents, sitting around and cuddling and staring at my baby, eating and reading.

Can you see the dollhouse in the background? That's my childhood dollhouse. My Mom gave it to me and Brad spent hours fixing it up.

The best present of all.

At Least it's a Post!

I have to write this really fast I have about 2 minutes. I am a nice cocktail of emotions right now, from completely exhausted to feeling more energetic than I have in a long time to total *stress* to calm and happiness to blissful. 

Right now I'm feeling quite happy and blissful together with a whole lot of stress. Brad's school is taking A LOT more time than we thought and he's really busy at work. Plus my baby's pretty sick and isn't eating well, and I have a midwife appointment today where they are going to try to give me a solution to the fact that my baby isn't gaining weight properly but there is no solution. Plus I have a bunch to do today.

But I'm so excited for Christmas. And I love my baby. And I have the best job in the whole world (being a Mom) and I've been really, really spoiled this past couple of weeks since having Afton. I love my good friends, my family, and the Saints and their hearts of gold. Thank-you for taking care of me. I haven't cooked a meal YET! :)

I love these two together. Evie is a bright shining star.

All the girls went to the Nutcracker and Breanna sat on the edge of her seat for all 3 hours of it, in awe, clapping whenever she got the chance.  

On the way to the sledding hill at night.

This is random. That took more than 2 minutes. So now I might not get to shower. But there you go. A new post :)

Baby Pics

I think most of the people who read my blog have seen these but I wanted to post them here too. I am so content and happy and that's what having a baby does for me. It's like her little spirit glows and fills my whole house with heaven. I am soaking in every chubby little moment with this baby. I sit there with her face in my hand and stare. That's what I love about these pictures, because I think when I look at them when Afton's all grown up I will remember how it felt to have a newborn baby.