Mike, Crystal, Abigail, Brooklyn, Xavier & Ezra

3/09/2010

Cute Girls

The other day Brooklyn wanted to sit on our couch. Which of course meant that Abigail had too. I loved that they looked at a book together. It is so much fun to see them get along so well. They have only had one fight so far. When I stopped it Abigail told me "take baby away" I told her she has to share. So they both left the toy they were fighting over.

Abigail being her normal cheesy self

Abigail reading the book to Brooklyn

I am happy to be up here.

Washing machine

Earlier today I did a load of laundry. When I went to move the clothes to the dryer, I noticed they were wetter than normal. And not just a little wetter but a lot. As I was taking them out to put in the dryer water was going everywhere. A sweater felt like it weighed at least 20 pounds.

When I got all the clothes out there was a puddle of water at the bottom of the washer inside. I don't know if that is a bad sign. Mike said to run the washer again with a towel or something and see if it works. The funniest part is when I put the clothes in the dryer it said it was going to take 99 minutes to dry.

3/08/2010

Fun Weekend

I had a busy weekend. Saturday I went to our stake baptism's. Our ward was conducting, plus we had two kids being baptized. It was fun to go. I haven't been to a baptism since my nephew got baptized and he is now 11. After that I came home and had lunch with Mike. I had been waiting for a phone call from one of my friends for a few days and she finally called back. We made plans for them to come that night.

After lunch Abigail and I went to the grocery store, while Brooklyn napped and Mike showered. We just hung out the rest of the afternoon. That night my friend came over. I have not seen her since my baby shower when I pregnant with Abigail. She has since got married and is now pregnant. She just found out on Friday she was having twins. So I was thinking she would be big. But no she is barely showing. She said that just last month she started to show. She is 20 weeks along. She is still not in maternity clothes either.

It was fun to hang out with them. I love finding couples where it is fun to hangout with them. We just ate and talked.

Sunday I had sharing time. I think it went ok. I always get so nervous and sometimes I get tongue tied. My topic is Prophets are called by God. I love doing sharing time. I feel like I learn more all the time from them. And kids are so smart. We just hung out as a family last night. Mike made dinner. A made up chicken dish it was good.

2/16/2010

haircut, new clothes, and new computer

We got our tax return last week. Saturday we went shopping. I needed some new skirts, I only had one that really fit me. We looked all over and I couldn't find one at first. I finally found 3 towards the end of our shopping day. But I didn't find any shirts that would go. I was frustrated. I found two dresses that I liked but they both wouldn't zip up all the way. But it all ended up good. We went to lunch that day with Mike's brother and his wife it was fun. They then watched our girls and we got away for a little bit.

Sunday was good. It was a relaxing morning. I had sharing time that day. I talked about the atonement. Which I think was a good topic for Valentines day. That night we went to Mike's brothers house and watched a movie.

Monday morning I woke up and I went and got a massage, a facial, and my hair done. The massage was only ok. Halfway through I was wondering when it would be over. Which is a way of me saying that I didn't like it one bit. The facial was really nice. It was my first one ever, and I can now say I would like to have another one. I then went to get my hair done. I got blind highlights which look good with my darker hair. I also got a trim and got bangs in a way they are the sideways bangs. The hair stylist was really funny and talkative. When I got home that day we went and did a little more shopping. I finally got some shirts which is nice. Because having babies made it so I didn't fit in my clothes as well.

Today we didn't do much. We stayed at home and waited for the UPS guy. Last week we ordered me a lap top and we were waiting for it to come. It finally came at 7:30 tonight. So after setting it up and getting things all in order took awhile. But I love the new lap top.

2/09/2010

Not Private anymore

I have decided that I don't want a private blog anymore. I just really didn't like it. Also half of the people I asked to view it couldn't. It just didn't work for them. So I decided to make it public again.

Life is good for us. I tweaked my back changing a diaper today. Don't ask me how. It has been hurting ever since. I am getting a massage next Monday the first one in about 3 years. Where I used to get them more often. I just wish that they were not so expensive. Luckily before I hurt my back today I took the girls on a walk. They loved it. Abigail was pointing everything out. Like telling me there was a dog, when it came up barking at us. It was nice to get out of the house for a bit. I am so ready for spring.

2/02/2010

My life is boring

Everyday I think I should post something in my blog. But I wanted it to be something interesting. Let me tell you my life is not interesting. I wake up in the morning. Feed Brooklyn, eat, work out, shower and then clean the house. I spend the rest of the day staying at home taking care of my two girls. Which somedays can be really stressful depending on their moods. I guess I will just give updates on the girls.

Abigail: has learned colors, her numbers for the most part she calls 9 6 but I guess that is close, she knows the alphabet and can tell me what letter everyones name starts with. She is talking a lot more and can actually hold a conversation with me. She helps with Brooklyn a lot. She feeds her things even after I tell her not to. Her favorite treat right now is marshmallows. Today she was trying to see how many she can stuff in her mouth. Her favorite song is either wheels on the bus or Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. She tells me every morning to exercise I guess she thinks I need it. She is such a joy to have around she is always learning. She love having friends come play at our house.

Brooklyn is now sitting up. She has the army crawl down and has attempted crawling but only has gone a few steps. She love solids. Her favorite is the oatmeal. She will open her mouth when ever she sees a spoon. Abigail was feeding her water from a spoon today. She is starting to become more of a daddy's girl. She cries when he puts her down. She will also go up to him and whine until he picks her up. She tried to fall down the stairs the other day. So I need to pay more attention to her. I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

My calling is going really well I have meetings most Sunday mornings and twice a month I have to go to scout things. Its fun to go, and I feel like this is the calling I am supposed to have. I never knew that scouts could be so much fun. Well that is all for tonight. I hope I will write again soon.

1/10/2010

No Nursery

In the middle of November Abigail decided that nursery was not for her. We would take her and she would scream and cry the whole time. It got to the point they had to bring her to us. We thought it would go away. But it has gotten to the point that when they have the closing song in Sacrament meeting that she will start to cry.
This is weird to us, because before this all happened she would go with no problem she actually ran to it and wanted us to leave before the teachers were even there. I talked to her dr about it, he said we can try two things to either act like a bump on a log and just sit there, don't give her comfort or anything or to just not go for a month. So far she will go cry and we take her home. But I have a calling now and need to be there so Mike will have the baby. He doesn't want to deal with both kids when they are like that.

I just wish it would go away. All week we talk up nursery we tell her it is fun. Today Mike took her home and told her I was a good girl because I stayed at church. Next week is Stake conference and the next week I don't have to do anything in primary so we are going to try to take her again.

She just went up to the older nursery and they said that they are going to try to work with her too. I just hope we can train her to not act like this anymore.

12/16/2009

New calling

The Sunday before Thanksgiving we got a call from someone in the bishopric. They wanted to come talk to us. That is when we knew one of us was going to get a calling. I was called in the primary presidency to work with the scouts. So they had to do a background check on me. Just to make sure I could work with kids. I passed(I know you were thinking close call)

They finally sustained me on Sunday. I am going to be busier but that is ok. One week I will have round table and the next week is the pack night. I also get to do sharing times and do things with the primary presidency. It will be fun.

Mike gets to take Brooklyn with him. So he will have his hands full. Lately Abigail has been clingy, and not wanting to go to nursery so we will see how it goes. In two weeks she gets to go to the older class where there will not be as many kids. She likes one leader a lot she is actually the music leader. But she sits with Abigail.

12/10/2009

Very Long Night

Last night, I wanted to go to bed at 10. But Brooklyn didn't want to. About a hour and a half later she finally went to bed. So I went to bed. Thinking I just fed her she should sleep all night. Yeah right. About 1 in the morning our house was really hot so of course she woke up. I fed her got her back to sleep and turned down the heat.

But that wasn't the end of the night. About an hour later I hear the girls bedroom door open, which means Abigail is up. She goes to her dad and asks for food. He gave her a piece of bread and put her back into bed. Not much later Brooklyn wakes up again. So I feed her and she falls asleep. So I put her in bed.

I go and get a drink and go to the bathroom. I then hear the baby again. So I go in the room and there is Abigail outside the crib talking to Brooklyn. So I take them back in the livingroom. They thought it was play time. Brooklyn stayed up for an hour and a half and I finally got her back to sleep. I tried to put Abigail in bed but she wasn't having any of it.

I think Abigail finally went to sleep around 5:30 or 6:00. I was awake until she slept. At 7 mike's alarm went off which woke me again. I was able to sleep another hour to hour and a half after that, but not a restful sleep. It is going to be a long day.