UPDATE TIME

Okay so I know it has been a while since I last blogged so here is an update on our family! First off I am no longer managing Apartments any more hallelujah I am so grateful and excited to be able to focus all my time and energy on my family and just being a mom! Of course I will still continue to work my 3 days a month for Ortho but that is cake compared to what I was doing. So yep we have moved yet again I think we are becoming notorious for that (unfortunately) anyways we moved into a bigger apartment thankfully 3 bedroom ALRIGHT! and we love love the new ward Hudson has more buddies in nursery and I have a weekly play group to look forward to every Tuesday now its so much fun! So we are all enjoying this new life that is ahead of us and love the time that I am not having to be on the computer or showing a unit or on the phone (for work that is) I will say that it definitely was a great learning experience and I will NEVER take being able to STAY at home with my loving boys for granted ever! so unfortunately we have had to go back using our old computer not the managing computer so its slooow and not as easy to upload pictures so pics are yet to come.

An update on Huddy he is going to be 3 next month can't believe it at all its crazy going way to fast for me. He is such a good big brother to Payton and is loving Spiderman right everything must be Spiderman. He love asking questions all the time and I honestly think the word that is repeated most of the time is "huh" gotta love it. He loves going to the library and picking new books to take home, its so great to just sit and read to him and knowing he understands a lot of what we are reading he can pretty much tell me the Curious George stories when we read them. I will be posting pics of his party of course Spiderman party so stay tuned...

On a different note I will give you an update on Payton he is now 9 month and crawling and pulling himself up on EVERYTHING and getting into all kinds of trouble:) he love remotes, outlets (with the covers on) loves loves Hudson and anything he does he just laughs all the time at him. At his 9 month appointment he is weighing in at 20 lbs and 28 inches he is about 50% for both height and weight, he has 2 teeth on the bottom and I can see bumpy gums at the top so not too soon! He is just so much fun to watch and observe and play with I love this stage!

Okay so about his little sleep issue i want to THANK everyone for their advice and support during this hard time and I must say tonight for the second night he has been asleep in his CRIB now last night he did end up with us in our bed but not till early early in the morning so I was proud (baby steps) Tonight he has put himself back to sleep 3 TIMES amazing!!! So I will keep you updated and hopefully there will be a complete end in site and he will remain in his bed and not wake up to feed once in the night. I figure I better get the going to bed in his crib mastered than I will start the sleeping through a midnight feeding. AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME AND HOORAY IT HAS WORKED!!!

HELP ME! MOMMIES I NEED ADVICE

You look at this face and how can you make him cry....

Okay so Payton is 8 months now I can't believe it! But there is a problem the kid will not sleep in his crib! okay so I know I probably brought this on myself the fist 4 weeks he was born I slept with him on the couch (wrong wrong wrong) and now he sleeps in our bed but not just in the bed he HAS to lay on top of my chest! For naps in morning he will sleep in his crib so thats nice but afternoon naps and at NIGHT he will absolutely not sleep in his crib. I have tried to let him cry and cry and he will scream for 45 min and still be sitting up not even close to sleeping, so of course I go get him I have a hard time with letting cry longer than 45 min. I have also tried the give him a bath, feed him, and lay him down on his tummy but it doesn't work. I also have tried the baby whisperer method where you lay them down pick them up when they cry then lay them back down and repeat the process I did it for over an hour it is didn't help one bit.

So I am asking all those great mommies for help and advice I really want to have Payton sleep in his crib(which is in our room) and get good sleep for all three of us. SO please help me

Visit with Papa Kevin and Nana Dolly

Dolly and Kevin were able to come and visit us we were so excited to see them! We had so much fun going out to eat, going to Omsi and just hanging out all together oh and of course spoiling Huddy . We really appreciate them coming to see us thanks you guys for everything!

Here is Huddy hiding under the table at Red Robin he doesn't like the "Red Robin" Bird so he pretty much stayed under there for most of the dinner of course I was trying to get him to come out because its so gross under there!

Here we all are at Omsi we had so much fun and Dolly and Kevin got us a membership so we can go whenever we want, we were so excited Huddy absolutely loves it there and its so educational so we definitely will be going often.

This Huddy's favorite spot the tree and you put on a squirrel outfit and hide your nuts for winter, the Acorns remind him on Ice Age its so cute!

Payton and mommy at Omsi he was so entertained by all the colors

Daddy and Papa Kevin and Huddy playing Horton Hears a Who huddy's new game that he loves and yes we make everyone playing wear the Horton Hat! its hilarious.

The last night Dolly and Kevin were here so sweet of Nana Dolly and Payton

Christmas and New Years

Well okay so I have been really busy so my blog has had to take a back seat to life! So I am posting pictures from Christmas and January! (So I realized I didn't that many Christmas pictures we took more video bummer )

Christmas eve New Jammie's from RodolphSanta brought Huddy a Train Table

Nana and grandpa gave Huddy Gorilla Island he loves it!

New Years Eve

We went to some friends to ring in the New Year we had so much fun!

We are excited for 2009 and what it will bring us!

Payton is 6 months! December fun

Our little guy is 6 months and I honestly can't believe it! Time flys its crazy, I am noticing he is getting older he is grabbing for things and putting them right in his mouth. He is sitting and bouncing its so cute! He has definitely been watching us eat like crazy so of course we give him little bread crumbs and its so fun to see him want more. He just absolutely loves Huddy he watches him all the time, and gets so excited when he plays with him. Payton has been such a blessing and a joy in our family we just love watching him grow each day.

December Fun:

Over this past week its been snowing at first just a little and well today its a complete blanket of snow, here in the Northwest we are not used to seeing this so well the first day or two it was fun but now we are ready to be able to drive and be done with the snow! Zac and Huddy

Here are the boys the evening we set up the tree. Huddy loved putting on the ornaments and Payton loved just looking at the lights and then of course we had to take a picture. Sad to say most of my Christmas decorations and ornaments are in Utah but we have been able to get some replacements along the way! One day I will get my Christmas stuff again hopefully this next year.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

Zac and Hudson built a snowman and luckily I got a picture before Huddy decided to destroy the poor snowman! Sunday Morning

Spending time with dad all bundled up!

Hanging out at Nana's house:

Baking and decorating cookies

Payton and Grandpa just hanging out too cute!

Getting ready for Christmas!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

In this pic: Brynne (britney's sister) Kim, myself, Amanda and Jen

So We had so much fun in NYC! I was sad that Zac wasn't able to come but thankfully he was with our two boys which gave me some relief for leaving Payton at 51/2 months and well I knew Huddy would have a blast with Daddy! So it was my parents Amanda and Chad, Matthew and Kim, Nick and of course Adam who is the reason why we went to NYC.


In Central Park there was this bench that said "for noodling" and of course Amanda and chad took a picture on it and Matt and Kim but I was like I have no one to noodle with so its me missing my hubby! It was funny though




On thursday we walked around NYC and saw FOA Schwartz, the Juicey store, Trump Tower, the apple store,and many other fun stores. I love how the buildings were decorated for Christmas New York is so beautiful in the winter! We later met up with Adam and Britney my parents and her parents and sister for lunch at Big Daddy's Diner for the night before the wedding. It was good food and fun with the families together they had these delicious huge cup cakes and of course we all ordered the shakes with our meals so by the time cupcakes came around we all had a 1/4 of a cupcake and we were stuffed!!

In this pic: Brynne(Britney's sister), Amanda, myself, Adam, Britney, Briana(britney's sister),Matthew, Nick
Later that night we went to see WICKED oh my gosh I loved it I saw it here in Portland 2 years ago and absolutely loved it but I must say seeing it on BROADWAY was AmAzInG the main characters really made it their own and I loved that unfortunately the picture we took didn't turn out but I did get one pic in the theater and a pic of the poster I really can not get over how amazing that play really is and all the talent that is on that stage INCREDIBLE!! To end the evening we met up with some Family friends the Dalley's and had dessert at he Carnegie Deli!



Wedding Day December 5th
The ceremony was beautiful in the Manhattan Temple and Adam and Britney were so cute in the Temple together it was so much fun to have them come out and be Finally married! They were just glowing and their smiles were permanently on theirs faces it was so wonderful to be able to be apart of this special day for them. We went over to Central Park to take some pictures and then they were off to take more pics they even were able to get permission from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel the pics were beautiful! We waited until they were finished with Pictures and started to go to Pennsylvania Long story short the car that I was in and my mom, my sister and brother and his wife we ended up being late due to directions and crazy New York traffic I never want to drive in New York in the middle of Time Square I applaud my brother Matthew for being one of the drivers, I swear I would have died or at least hit a car or been hit its crazy! Once we got to the reception we were so amazed at how beautiful a ward house could look! I loved the Cupcake wedding cake it was beautiful!!



Amanda,Kim and I at the reception having fun dancing and enjoying the night Looks like they are def. right for each other I love that they didn't play completely nice:)
On the last full day we went into Manhattan and saw Ground Zero and China town, SOHO Little Italy the Rockefeller Tree had a great but very tiring day!

Here I am with a family Friend Jen and she was also the photographer for the wedding and she and I shared a hotel room! Thanks Jen we were buds on this trip! We all had a blast going around New York and we had to hit Toy'R'Us because Hudson told me I couldn't come home without incredible Hulk action Figure so I was on a hunt and when we got to FAO it was closed we were so bummed and headed to Time Square and I must say I LOVED IT , it was huge 4 stories and had a Farris wheel every kids Heaven!

We ran into this sign in the subway and I of course had to take a pic of it for Huddy buddy

All in all I had a great trip to New York! But I was excited to get home and be with my Hubby and my cute, excited boys:)

Payton is 5 months!

Well Payton is 5 months and I really can't believe it! It still feels like I had him like 3 months ago I can't believe how fast time goes by especially with two little ones!! Well here is a cute video of Payton and Hudson, Payton loves Huddy and Huddy can get him to laugh so much its so dang cute! Payton right know is rolling and laughing and reaching out for people to hold him and he loves trying to sit up in his car seat, He also had his first taste of rice cereal on sat. and he liked it he give a funny face then wants more its hilarious oh and he LOVES his hands, fingers and binky he always has to have something in his mouth:) He is such a good baby I must say and I am so grateful for him and what he has brought to our family! Enjoy
So its my first time posting a video hope it isn't to dark
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Also here are just a few recent pics of the boys!

see isn't sure
sorry for the red eye with huddy he always has red eye no matter how much I remove it

My moms friend just started a line and its Oaki and outdoor monkey so I had to take a pic of the twiners!