So, for all of you who have commented about how much of a blogging slacker I've been....I'm SORRY! I think I have had some pretty good excuses, but I do admit that I am a slacker. Oh, well. At least I've accepted that fact! :0)
Here are a few of the things that are keeping me busy:
#1: Bryn
This is Bryn with her cousins, Dawson (12 days older than Bryn) and Carter (1 month younger). As you can see she did not like them invading her personal space!
Part of a smile. The picture of her full smile was blurry, darn it!!
Look at that double chin! You should see her thighs! :0) We finally have a chubbs!! :0)
She is such a sweet little baby! She went through a period of crying from 8 PM to about 11 PM, but that is now over. Thank goodness! Now she goes to bed between 8:00-9:00 and usually sleeps 4-5 hours at a time. Last night was amazing! She slept 8 full hours straight!!! I woke up at 4 AM and had to check on her to make she was breathing! She finally woke up at 5 AM to eat and then slept another 3 hours! I guess our little princess thought she needed more beauty sleep! :0) She is smiling a lot now and is very happy in the mornings usually. Paige and Austin can't get enough of her and neither can Brian nor I! :0)
#2: Paige
Paige has started preschool again and is loving it of course!! She is such a social little girl and needs that interaction with the kids and teachers. Since we moved to a younger neighborhood, she has been in heaven! She is outside more than she is inside lately and I'll take that as long has the weather cooperates! ;0) Paige is always surprising us with funny phrases and ideas. She remember things better than the rest of us and definitely keeps us on our toes constantly! She loves to tell us that Heavenly Father made her a vegetable eater and, boy, did He! This girl LOVES almost every vegetable we put in front of her. Crazy, but I'm not complaining!! Her primary teachers always comment on how bright she is and how much fun she is. I guess she REALLY likes to sing the primary songs that they'll be singing in the Primary program in a few weeks. If I'm out in the hall with Bryn, I can usually hear her singing at the top of her lungs. It will be interesting to see how she does during the program!! ;0)
#3: Austin
Austin has become my little buddy since Paige has gone back to school. He loves to help me with Bryn (a little too much at times), help me cook, and help me with pretty much anything I'm doing. He talks all the time and says some of the funniest things. The other day I went out to ask Paige and Austin if they wanted grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and Austin must have thought I said "girl" cheese sandwiches, because he said, "No, Mom, I want a 'boy' cheese sandwich!" It was so cute!! Then he was pestering Paige like always and she asked him if he was trying to make her cry and he said simply, "Yes". I was trying so hard not to laugh!! :0)
#4: Our new house
We are far from having everything put together the way I want it, but can I tell you...we are loving our new house. It's so much nicer than what we were in. I don't feel embarrassed to have people over, there's room (plus some) for all of our stuff, and the kids have room to run and play. I think the best thing is that we have a fenced-in backyard! LOVE IT!! Oh yeah, and we have a dishwasher and a garage. Ahhhhh, so nice!! :0)
#5: Bows, bows, bows
A friend asked me to make some bows for her granddaughters and it has been so fun getting into bow-making again! I couldn't help but make a couple bows for my girls while I was at it. Aren't they cute?!? I think my favorites are the butterflies and Bryn's Halloween bow! :0)
