Happy Birthday to Jackie!

   Saturday is Jackie's birthday... since I won't have access to the Internet that day I want to wish Jackie a happy birthday! I'll keep it short & sweet so I don't embarss her.. but Jackie is the sweetest! She doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, she's so kind hearted & loving. She's such a good aunt, and always does the best she can when she tries anything new. We love you Jackie! Hope you have a wonderful birthday! 

Happy Birthday Mom!

  I wanted to wish my mom a Happy Birthday! I'll be nice and not announce her age. We'll just say she's a too young to be a grandma. Her birthday is actually tomorrow (the 9th). But I wanted to be the first to say it.

  My mom is so caring of others, she's always seeking for ways to help someone else. She's very talented; she makes a great flower arrangement, she's a wonderful cook. She's been so helpful to me & Jeff. Once a month she has come to tend our kids so we could attend the temple & do sealings. 

  She's a great grandma. My kids absolutely adore her! Lexi doesn't leave her side when she's around. Ethan has come to accept the fact that he has to share Grandma, but he loves to play with her every chance he gets.

  Anyway, Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you have a great day!

Funny kids

  Lexi has started a new trend, before she'll fall asleep she has to go through all the words that she knows how to say, then sing some songs... all the while Ethan is in the next room laughing & joining in. It's cute & I'm trying so hard to treasure these precious moments, but I also have to sit next to Lexi's door or she'll keep getting out of bed... if she sees some part of my body she'll stay in her bed & eventually fall asleep. So it's a little frustrating when it takes 45 minutes for her to do her routine before settling in. 

 Ethan & Lexi are having a blast with each other. Lexi stands outside the bathroom door "talking" to Ethan while he goes potty. He pretends like he knows what she's saying & talks back. They do an awesome job fighting with each other. Lexi is usually the one who is making trouble, she'll take his toys & chase him around the house trying to bite him. But Ethan's pretty fast & is finally learning how to stand up for what he has.  (it's about time! I hate seeing him getting taken advantage of, it's so hard to stand by & watch, hoping he'll learn on his own) Ethan does his share of teasing, it must be the boy in him; he can sure get her screaming!

 My pregnancy is going well. My iron has been low, so I am lacking so much energy! My poor house & my poor kids! Luckily they have a daddy who has all the energy in the world & is so good about playing with them & getting their energies out. I've been having lots of braxton hicks so my doctor is hoping I'll at least make it to 38 weeks. I'm hoping to have everything ready for the baby by the time she gets here, it's gone by too fast. 

State Fair

We took the kids to the State Fair on Monday. They had fun going on all the "kiddie" rides. Jeff's mom was a good sport about taking Lexi on them all. She was too short to go by herself but thanks to Bonnie she got to enjoy herself.

This was the bumper car roller coaster... which she didn't actually get to go on, but at least we got a picture so it looks like she did. She was too small & would've gotten smashed.

We think Lexi enjoyed this one... we couldn't see her face most of the time. It spun too much, but Ethan and his cousin Makailey had lots of fun.

They had some barns we got to walk through & they had tons of animals. This was pretty perfect timing. The cow decided to take a poop as soon as we took the picture. So the kids wouldn't look at the camera, the cow was way too fascinating. They also had goats, sheep, and pigs (which when I took a pic of the pig she also decided to poop). Lexi couldn't stop petting the goats, she loved them! Until they turned around and she saw their faces. Lexi also got to go on her first pony ride, but the people wouldn't let me take a picture, they wanted me to pay. No Deal! 

This was Ethan's first roller coaster ride. Granted it wasn't a big roller coaster. But he had lot fun anyway.

Cabin fun

Well, I'm finally updating. Life has kept us busy. We took another trip to the cabin last weekend. It was our first time going up with just us. Jeff & his friends did some hunting while me & the kids went on four wheeler rides & killed bugs.

Jeff was such a peach and chopped some wood. Here's Ethan helping chop with his hammer

And here's Lexi helping chop with her paint brush

Ethan is such a goof ball... always trying to make us laugh

Lexi was a perfect angel the entire trip. Never cried once. (Just kidding) This is one of the rare occasions she wasn't crying. She did touch the hinge of the door on the fireplace & got a little blister. She learned fast that the fireplace is hot & we didn't have a problem with that again.

Lexi and Ethan played very good together. They got a little too roudy & Lexi hit her forehead into the table that's in the middle of the living room. There was blood everywhere! I felt so bad for her, it was her first big owie. She somehow hit her chin at the same time, but she didn't even notice that one- the other one hurt too bad.

Thanks to my kids for making my birthday so wonderful! I didn't have to deal with poopy diapers or fighting kids, no tantrums... it was the perfect day! Well, I did have to deal with all that fun stuff... but it was still a good day. Jeff took me to dinner & a movie, something we don't do much of. It was a real treat!

Lexi's new bed

  We moved Lexi to a big girl bed. She's only 15 months, but I wanted to give her time to adjust to a toddler bed before the baby comes. Needless to say she was not ready! I've spent many nights sitting by her bed waiting for her to fall asleep so I can sneak out. We're finally to the point where I don't need to be in there at all I just have to put her back into her bed a couple times before she gets the point that it's time for bed.

  Last week I heard her whine a little bit, so I went to check on her to make sure she hadn't fallen out. I peeked in her room & didn't see a lump on the floor so I went to make sure she wasn't cold. I pulled up her blankets, but I couldn't find her. I thought I was dreaming, I was still half asleep. So I woke myself up a little bit more & looked in her bed. She wasn't there. I looked on the floor, she wasn't there. I heard her whine again, but I couldn't see her. I was frantic!! I woke Jeff up & we went searching throughout the house. Obviously she could be anywhere, she knows she can get out whenever she wants. We could hear her but couldn't pinpoint where she was. Finally I looked under her bed (yeah right, there's no chance!) But there she was, asleep, lying on her tummy. I don't know how she did it, there's not much space under those toddler beds. But she managed it... we lifted the bed up & put her back to bed without waking her up.

Memories

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