Preview Party

Ginger and I took the kids to Sandy Expo Center on Tuesday to get an up close look at the floats for the Days of '47 Parade. In Utah we don't celebrate our statehood day, we celebrate when the pioneers entered the Salt Lake valley. Every year on the 24th of July there are parades and festivities. We thought about camping out and watching the parade on Thursday but we figured this would be easier and not so hot. The kids had fun getting their faces painted and voting on their favorite float. Of course Grace chose the U of U.

Fun with rollers

The other night Grace and I played around with with sponge curlers. Grace doesn't really need them since she already has curly hair, but I thought it would be fun to see what she would look like with hair curled with curlers. Of course she wanted to put some in my hair. We ended up taking them out because she said they hurt her head when she tried to lay down on the pillow.

Bathing Beauties

Last Friday my friend Eliza and I took our girls to the Magna pool.  I have not been in a swimsuit for, uh, well, I can't remember the last time I wore a swimsuit.  There is a reason for this. Luckily Eliza didn't get any pictures of me. The girls had a blast. I had a lot of fun too. I can't wait for next summer.  I think it will be more fun with Kohen. He is a little too small to swim this year. 

Memories

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Three Months Old

I can't believe that Kohen is 3 months old (okay 13 weeks, I am a week late at this post) He is such a funny baby. It is amazing the bond that siblings have. Whenever Grace enters the room and starts talking he immediately starts looking around for her. As soon as he finds her he smiles. She was the first to get him to LAUGH (June 14th to be exact). He is such a happy baby always smiling. I wake up every morning to him talking and babbling. He is only fussy for about an hour between 7 and 8 pm during which one of us must stand up with him or else he cries nonstop. What little manipulators they are. But oh so cute. He is holding toys in his little hands now and every once in a while he will put it in his mouth. He is starting to put a little weight on his legs when you hold him up to stand. He has the longest tounge that I have ever seen. He is always sticking it out, it is adorable. He isn't too fond of the binki instead he likes to suck on his fists and occasionally he finds his fingers His fists are so raw so I have started to put socks over his hands at night to curb the fist sucking, so far his socks are soaked every morning. I am still in awe of how someone so small can make such a big impact on our lives. Mommy loves you Kohen.

you've gotta be kindin' me

So for the past few days my throat has been a little sore but I didn't really think much of it until yesterday afternoon when I started feeling achy all over. I layed down on my bed and sure enough I started getting the chills. Nope, it's not the flu, I have mastitis, AGAIN. This makes my third time. (Kohen is only 3 months old) I slept most of the day. Good thing Grace didn't mind lying in bed all day watching movies. Kohen slept most of the day too which was a blessing. This morning when I woke up I pumped my milk instead of nursing Kohen. Sure enough I had blood in my milk. I called my doctor and he said that sometimes in some women it will comeback. He called me in prescription for an antibiotic. I'm not sure what to do. I can't keep getting this but I don't want to stop nursing.

Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th. I want to thank all our service men and woman who have or are still fighting for our freedom. I'm so grateful for the sacrifice that each one has made to ensure I have the liberties that I have grown so accustomed to. To the families of those who are serving I pray the Lord comforts you.

We took Grace to feed the ducks. Apparently we haven't been eating enough bread because we had quite a bit that was stale. Grace said the cutest thing when I was doing her hair. I had just dressed her in a red white and blue outfit.
The conversation went a little something like this:
Grace: "Mom, do you think the ducks will like my outfit?"
Me: "Well,a,I guess they will,sure."
Grace: "Do they know it's the Forth of July?"
Me: "I don't think they celebrate the Fourth of July sweetie"
Grace: "Maybe they are afraid of the fireworks."
Me: "Probably"
I love kids. I am always humored by what she thinks up.
I love the 4th of July. It is such a fun time. This year, well like every year, we had a barbecue at my parent's house. This year was a blast! Not only did we have family but we had friends, friends of family and family of friends. My mother loves to entertain and she is good at making any event a fun one. We just finished cleaning up after this years extravaganza and she is already planning next years party. We had great food, a pinata and a watermelon eating contest. Jason took home a $25.00 gift certificate for the Texas Roadhouse. By the way Jason, your in charge of the prize for next years eating contest. We had enough fireworks to rival the Stadium of Fire. Okay none of them really left the ground but we had lot. Frank and my brother were lighting 3 at time and it still took forever to finish. I was a little nervous how Kohen would react to the fireworks. I kept his ears covered the entire time but he talked and laughed. I think I watched him more than the fireworks. Afterwards we headed over to West Jordan High's parking lot to watch the big ones that the Western Stampede let off. It was a great day.

4th of July

hApPy BiRtHdAy kAy!

I want to be the first to wish my newest sis-in-law a Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks again for the gifts from Cancun.

dress up anyone?

So the other day Grace asks if she can dress Kohen up. I said sure why not. This is what we got. At least he's not in a dress and tiara.

and they lived happily ever after...

My brother Chris got married this weekend to the sweetest girl ever, Kayleen. This past week has been a whirlwind of emotions and events. On Thursday my Aunt Sherry and my cousin Don came into town for the wedding. We had a beautiful rehearsal dinner at Biaggi's at the Gateway downtown. If you have never been there you must go, it is wonderful. Besides being stressful it was one of the most emotional weeks of my life. Even though I am so excited to get a new sister, I can't help but feel like I am losing my one and only brother. I can't wait to hang out and double date, Frank and I haven't dated for quite some time. Their wedding was like a fairytale. Kayleen was the most beautiful bride I have seen. She really did look like a princess. Gracie did an awesome job as flower girl. She was a little reluctant at first but once she got started she was tossing those rose petals like a champ. The ceremony was beautiful. The reception was perfect. The entire day went off without a hitch. Right now they are honeymooning in Cancun and swimming with the dolphins. I have to admit that I'm just a little jealous. Welcome to the family Kay.

Kicked Outta East High

Last Friday I took my niece Erika & Grace to East High. They are filming the new High School Musical 3. Grace is a HUGE fan. She watches the first two almost on a daily basis. She has every song memorized along with most of the lines. My friend Ayme works at the school and said that they were almost done filming so we decided to go and check it out. We wandered around the school for about and hour, we saw Troy's and Sharpay's lockers, the gym, the cafeteria and as we made our way to the auditorium we saw a couple of stars from the movie. We walked into the auditorium and could see they were about to film something. A lady asked who we were with and I guess because I looked a little confused by her question she then asked if we were "off the street." Like an idiot I said yes and she said that it was a closed set and we had to leave the school premises immediately! How rude. I had no idea they were going to be filming that day. Oh well. Grace did get an autographed picture of the cast from Ayme. She had alot of fun. Now she finally believes me that it was filmed here. If you know Grace at all it takes a lot of convincing her of something. She doesn't just take your word for it. Can't wait for the movie this fall.

Watch out Nemo...

here she comes. Gracie started swimming lessons today. You would think that seeing how it is June 9th and all the weather would be perfect for swimming. Not so. During the entire lesson you could hear the kids in her class saying "mommy I'm cold." If the wind hadn't been blowing it wouldn't have been so bad. Despite the cold temps she had lots of fun. I hope that she learns a lot and will have more fun when we go swimming. She did really well. Her teacher told them a secret about the pool but she wont spill the beans. I guess thats a good thing that she can keep a secret.

Chubber Wubbers

Well Kohen had his 2 month check up this week and holy cow is he getting big. He now weighs 11 lbs 9 oz. He has gained 3 lbs in 2 months! I guess I am used to Grace who was always so tiny. She only weighed 14lbs at 12 months!! I was a little worried that he wasn't eating enough because he could sleep through feedings during the day. I guess he is getting enough because he is growing. I can't remember how long he is but he is in the 25th percentile for height and when I told Frank his stats Frank's comment was, "oh great my son is going to short and fat." Just like the rest of us I said. He is starting to coo now and is smiling all the time. He has just started to grab for his toy that hangs from his carseat. He can't grab it but he's trying hard. He has slept through the night the past three nights. Of course I am happy to have gotten more sleep but I sure am thankful for my pump. I think I could feed a small country with all the milk I produce. Sorry if that is too much info. I figure I will give him a few more nights in my room and them move him to his crib. It's a little bitter sweet, I know I will get a little bit better sleep but now he won't be an arms length away.

Tea for Two

A couple of days ago Grace begged me to make some cookies. I try to keep a few bags of cookie mix on hand for an occasion just like this. I prefer to make my cookies from scratch. I just think they taste better and I also think it's just more fun. However it is time consuming and much messier (especially with a 4 year old). While the cookies were baking Grace disappears for a bit only to return with a teapot, two plates and two cups. (notice that they are glasses and not teacups, silly girl). She proceeds to "invite" me to a tea party. It was very fun, even though she spilled her milk not once but twice. After the second mishap Grace says "maybe I should have a smaller glass of milk." I told her that I didn't think we could find glasses any smaller. What a character. She makes me laugh.