Uppidy Date

...Valentine's Day was fun especially since we surprised the boys with a trip to fly to Disneyland. We were all excited to have our Disneyland reveal moment but alas, the boys were more excited about their Micky Mouse Pez dispensers...

...Kyle has seemed to overcome (mostly) his night time fear phase, thank goodness. Every night he'd call me into his room crying (tears and all) that he was imagining this or that scary thing. It all started with the "electric monster" from Scooby Doo 2. You'd think after the hundreds of monsters he's seen watching other Scooby Doo episodes that he'd be immune. Guess not.

...Megan is saying "Mama" and seems to actually mean it this time. YAY!

...Megan loves to climb stairs and give her mother a heart attack.

...Adam went out of town a lot this month. He is becoming quite the globe trotter: Indiana and San Fran. I whiled away the time lying in bed or on the toilet with an upset stomach. I'm looking forward to a nice long stretch of having my man at home.

...Megan keeps getting more teeth but the funny thing is the majority are on the right side of her mouth...

Megan's photo shoot {one year old}

I love this little girl.
She was so happy during this photo shoot.
It really seemed like she knew exactly what she was supposed to do.
She is a bit of a ham.

The close ups are my favorite, of course.

This was the only time we could NOT get her to smile. It was at the end and I think she just wanted to try something different.

Megan workin' the jeggin's

I have had so much fun having a little girl. I mean look at these clothes!

Beautiful, right?
Which is YOUR favorite?

Journal Jar Monday

What does one dozen eggs currently cost?
A loaf of bread?
A gallon of milk?
Of gas?

This is kind of a hard question because there are different varieties of products with varying prices. Therefore I shall give you the price of what I buy. Okay? Okay.

One dozen eggs large grade A= $1.20

A loaf of Granny Sycamore's whole wheat bread= $2.98
(I rarely pay full price because that's ridiculous but its GOOD bread.)

A gallon of Great Value 1% milk= $1.98

A gallon of regular unleaded from the Holiday on the corner= $2.99

There you have it. Stuff costs too much.

Love.

“Parents, remember that now is your opportunity.
You may feel yourself harassed as you struggle through the days with children,
but you are living the happiest and most golden years of your life.
As you tuck them into their beds at night, please be kind to them.
Let them hear a kind voice amid all the angry, vile voices that they
will hear throughout life.
Let there be an anchor to which these little ones can turn when all else fails.
The Lord help you do so…” ~Harold B. Lee

I love this quote so much.
This is what I strive for every day.
I am not perfect yet I continue to try.
It's that important.
I love my babies.

{Oh and do you think "harassed" is a strong enough word? :}

{Note: There is no picture of my baby girl because I am not so desperate that I would risk waking a baby that sleeps like a feather.}

Journal Jar Monday

What is your favorite type of pie? Can you make it? Have you ever tried?

I think I would have to say Banana Cream Pie and yes, I have made it before AND after writing this post it time to try again. Practice makes perfect, right?

Uppidy Date

...Megan is now the proud new owner of {FIVE} teeth. 2 gappy top and two on the bottom with a loner off to the side. Thankfully she hasn't started biting me yet. The boys, however, aren't faring as well. When they are bugging her she'll try to bite them. She doesn't take crap from them. (It's kinda funny :) However, we better nip this in the bud now.

...Noah has been recently diagnosed with asthma. I'm still not sure to what degree. That last few years has found him coughing his brains out during the winter and totally cough free during the summer. He also seemed to be in kind of a funk and not himself. After a particularly bad week of coughing in January I finally decided to get him checked by his doctor who confirmed my suspicions. A few steroid treatments and a nightly dose of Singulair and he is completely cough free. Now he has no more nightly cough and he is sleeping (and so am I!). He is also back to normal sweet Noah.

...The stomach bug swept through our house this past weekend all on the same day. Kyle, Noah and I stayed close to the toilets for about a day but are now doing well. I HATE that bug.

...Kyle has been off track for the past 2 weeks and enjoying it. I can't say that we've done much but it has been nice to get out of the school routine. The boys did go to Gma and Gpa's house for a sleepover which they love.

...Adam got his hippie hair cut and as a reward got to go skiing to Snowbird with Von. He's a good boy.

...I just finished doing New Beginnings. I only had a month to organize it but I think it turned out really nice. We did stations including a personal progress, Young Women basics stations with a stations to make Valentines for the missionaries in our ward. (We had a Valentine/Charity theme) I did tissue paper pom poms for decorations and I must say, they were adorable. We also had pink mint brownies, mint ice cream and sprite with pink heart shaped ice cubes. It was all very cutsie. :) It was fun but I'm glad its done!!

My girls.

The ones with the pink corsages are the

"New'Bees'"

coming in this year.