Two Words. . . .JAZZ BEAR!

This monday was a pretty big day in Nixons two year existance. Our little guy loves the Jazz bear! Ty and I found him a little stuffed bear at one of the Jazz games we went to and he takes it every where. He finally got to meet him. The baseball team in St George was doing this big season opener thing where they had free hot dogs, cupcakes, their team mascot, and The jazz Bear. We jumped at the chance to take Nixon. He was so excited. He kept waving to him from the back of the line and just couldnt wait to get his pic taken with him. Quin on the other hand hates stuffed people. Her cry of terror is so sad, but funny at the same time. Its to the point that she turns purple and is on the verge of passing out. Anyways, Nixon had a blast and couldnt stop talking about who he saw. In the pic above, not so sure who the player is, but he looks super familiar. If any one can feel in that blank for me, my mind would be much appreciated and at rest.

Pictures at last!

Here are just some photos of my babies that weve taken just within the last month or two. Arent they cute? I think they are!

Quin after her nap. Shes fianlly getting hair.

The pic pretty much explains itself. . .

Better late than Never!

So apparently Im not so good at keeping up on this thing. I know I said that I was going to update soon and then I never did. Sometimes I just feel like there isnt much to say or that things are the same around my house so theres not anything to write. And I was right, not much has changed. Ty is still gone alot with school and work, my kids are crazy and keeping me super busy. Im pretty much exhausted. So the thought of getting on the computer in my few minutes of down time, just doesnt seem like much fun to me. But here I am blogging away.
Not to sound like a downer or anything, but Sunday I turned 25 and Im not sure how I feel about that milestone. I am getting old. Maybe I feel that way because physically I feel like Im old. Sometimes I think that my face is looking older too. Im just old. Ill never be young again. I mean Im still young, just not that young and my age just keeps getting older. I know what youre all thinking. . . Boo whoo. . . Right? Well, hold your tears, Im pretty sure Ill pull it together.
I guess I really shouldnt say much hasnt been going on cause Quin has started to walk. Now dont get to excited, its just when she feels like it. Which is next to never. Shes only 15 months old. I guess she just gets around faster on her knees. We still love her though. Shes quite entertaining and never stops moving. I took her to the doctor last week for her check-up and shes finally slowing down in the weight gaining. She weighs 25 lbs and is 3 pounds lighter than Nixon. At nixons last appointment we weighed her and she was 26 lbs, so shes lost a pound. It doesnt make much of a difference to me though when it comes to carrying her. Shes still as solid as ever.
Nixon never stops talking. Especially in the mornings. Nixon is an early riser and is up at least an hour before I even consider getting out of bed. So I can hear him all morning just yapping. This morning I could hear him pushing the kitchen chair around, and he does that all the time (even in the middle of the night), didnt think to much of it til he came in my room with a band aid. Apparently he hurt something, and he wasnt even sure what he had hurt, but all he knew was that he needed a band aid. He couldnt decide what foot he wanted it on. Yes we frequently wake up in the middle of the night to him pushing the chairs around and going through cupboards with all the lights turned on. And when I say all the lights, I mean every light in the house is on. Lets just also say that hes not the best sleeper in the world. We get up every night with him. Maybe thats why i feel so old, cause I dont get sleep at night. Its getting old. I dont even remember the last time I slept through the night. It was probably before I had babies. I know thats normal with being a mom but I just figured since he was sleeping thorugh the night before Quin started to, he would just keep sleeping through the night. Well I thought wrong. She started sleeping through the night and he stopped. But I do love the little guy and he is a sweety . . . when hes not having a terrible two moment. He is so much fun and he is always on the go.
Ty is busy, busy, busy. Hes doing so good though with keeping up on school and working two jobs. And when he is home, he helps me out so much. He definately has his plate full. Two jobs, school full time, two kids and a wife that is falling apart more and more every day! He definately needs a ribbon or a trophy or something, cause hes awesome! Well enough is enough. Im not going to promise that Im going to try to do this more often cause I more than likey wont, But I will do it when I can. P.S. Ill try to get some pics up as soon as I can.

Just a minor face lift!

So as you can all see, my blog has gotten a makeover (not that it didn't need it or anything!).
Seriously though, I just knew I had to do something to it after Tyler told me that I should just stop doing it and my cousin told me that it needed either to be fixed up or deleted all together. So I made the decision to fix it up (obviously).
So much has happened since I last blogged and I'm not going to get into all of it right now. Its going to be a project for when my kids are asleep and there are no interruptions. I promise that I am going to do it soon because there is so much stuff to catch up on and some cute pics of my babies. So for those of you who have asked about me and my fam, Ive got one word for ya. . . Patience, new info is coming shortly. I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things with my blog and we'll blog ya later!

*Birthday Whishes*

So of course we had a big party for Quins birthday. I know the pic above is fuzzy but shes showing how old she is. Shes a pretty smart little girl. Shes catches on quick to things. Just not walking. Shes so not interested. O-well. In time! We had my family over, and Ty's family, and then some of our friends came over. It was really nice cause we haven't seen Ty's family in so long. With Ty being so busy, we never get a chance to go see them, so we were glad they could make it up. We did soup in a bread bowl for everyone and then of course cake and ice cream. I loved Quins cake. I had my sister in laws friend make it and it turned out so cute. Nixon, of course, being the boy that he is and the two year old that he is, had to test taste one of the flowers on the very front of the cake. Of course I wasn't thrilled, being that I told him several times not to touch the cake, he had to touch and eat the flower. After, all he kept saying was "I pick", over and over. My mother in law, in her domestic ways, did damage control, and fixed it. We went with a Tinker Bell theme. We just kind of carried the idea over form Halloween. Besides we found some cute Tinker Bell stuff. She was so cute and so fun. She did a great job entertaining her guests. She was a little grumpy at first but warmed right up to everyone. We definately had a full house and we enjoyed every minute of it. We really did luck out with our families and friends. Its so nice to have everyones support, especially for fun days and occasions like these. We love our baby girl and we are so lucky to have her in our home.

The best face ever. . .

Just checking out her new stuff

The minute she got on this horse, she started bouncing and making horse noises. Can you say "ADORABLE"?

Our Dolly Doll turns 1!

Here are just some pics from when Quin was born . I cant believe that she is already one. That went by so fast. I remember it like it was yesterday. When I first found out that I was pregnant, I'm not going to lie, I wasn't excited. Truth, I wasn't really thrilled the entire pregnancy. First of all it was not at all planned. I dont know many people who plan there kids 14 months apart. I know I sound terrible but i didn't want to go through the same things that I went through with Nixon. I was so sick with him and I didn't think I could do it again especially with a six month old. Not my idea of fun. Turns out i didn't get sick, i was just so unbelievably uncomfortable, it hurt to be preggers. It was all worth it though. I couldn't imagine not having her.
I'm sure you all don't care about that day but its fun to look back on. I wasn't supposed to be due until the 25th of Nov but my family had planned on going to San Diego for Thanksgiving that year. My dad was there with the girls team so we thought we would make a vacation out of it. My mom had planned it like a year earlier and threatened all of our lives if any of us got pregnant. Turns out I got pregnant (not on purpose) and was due just a few days after Thanksgiving. I told my doctor this and we scheduled me to be induced just four days before we were to leave for San Diego. That's the earliest he was able to do it. I thought I would have gone at least a week before or two at the most. Nope! That didn't happen. I started to thin way early and even contracting earlier than normal, so I thought for sure I would have her early enough. Well, turns out she had to wait until the last minute. I had a doctors appointment just three days before my induction date and I was at a two but when I went in that day, I had progressed to a four. So I'm glad I waited because I didn't want to be in labor all day. Just like with Nixon, it didn't take much getting her here. They broke my water when I was at a five and in fifteen minutes I was at an eight. So as you can see, I'm kind of bread for this kind of thing. I didn't have time to get a full epidural and they didn't think that what they gave me would help but it did, for a minute. She came so fast that the doctor wasn't even there. What made it worse was I got really sick right before she started coming out and the cord was wrapped around her neck so they tried keeping her in until the doctor got there. I got so sick that I kept throwing up. And you know when you throw up, your body contracts and pushes. Well that's what I did with her. I basically threw her up. It was only me, Ty, my mom and the nurse, who was great by the way. The doctor got there just as soon as she was finishing coming out. It scared Ty a little because her head was so blue, but she was fine and all was good. I was only in labor for an hour and a half. I love having babies. I hate being pregnant, but I love having them. Theres no experience like it in the world. To top it all off, I still went to San Diego when she was just four days old. I know what everyone thinks when I tell them that, that I'm crazy. Truth is, i feel so good after my babies, sure I was tired, but we stayed in a nice beach house and relaxed the same there than I would if I was at home. It was by far my most favorite Thanksgiving.

My dolly weighing in at 8 lbs. 5 oz.

Quin and my mom

Nixons first time seeing his "sissy"(thats what he calls her)

Happy Halloween!

So Halloween this year was pretty fun! If you cant tell what Nixon is, hes Disney's Handy Manny. He looked so cute. We got him the tool set that Handy Manny has and it pretty much hasn't left his side since we got it for him. I wish we would have gotten a full body shot but he wasn't really feeling the camera. Quin was Tinker Bell. My friend Kristina helped me make her costume and I think it turned out so cute. My brothers, of course, thought that she looked like cabbage. Leave it to them to come up with something like that. We took them trick or treating and Nixon wasn't sure at first, but caught on after a few houses, and Quin, in her normal Quin fashion, had the time of her life being pulled around in the wagon. It was all and all a pretty fun night.