Our Newest addition

I actually had my ultra sound at 18 weeks, and a very strong feeling a few week before that. I am super excited to announce or newest addition will be another GIRL! Dan was in a little disbelief but he loves his girls and is excited to add more to our family.

kiddos and preggo update

Look at that sweet smile, could you ever believe she is a major drama queen/dad manipulator? Hadley loves the camera, only if she gets to look at the picture right after you take it AND she loves to be the one taking the picture. Can't tell you how many times this week I found my camera in an odd place with some crazy pictures on it.

Going to the bathroom is a sibling event. Whenever she realizes Hayden is going potty she joins in. Mostly trying to help him put his underwear back on. She comes to me all the time she wants to sit on the potty. But out of the 50 times she has sat on the potty (on her own will) she has only actually found a surprises in there once. I think she just wants to be like the rest of the fam.

This is her pushing face! K, so here is my funny story this week. Got home from a long and hot stroller ride. I was more than in need of a shower. So I hit shower, I can hear the kids playing outside the door for awhile and than...silence. So I hurry and finish up to investigate. Than Hadley walks in saying "yucky mom, yucky" I noticed what I thought was a smooshed raisin from the stroller ride on her shirt and hands so I follow her lead to the kids bathroom. I walk into Hayden next to the potty with poop all over his shirt, hands, toilet seat and floor with his pants and underwear in the garbage. Hayden looks up at me like deer in head lights and says " I cleaning it mom, see I cleaning it with toilet paper." He had started to go and than hopped on the toilet made a mess on the seat and he and Hadley had tried to clean up the mess by spreading it around the seat with toilet paper. So no it was not a raisin on Hadley's shirt. A huge mess! But so hard not to laugh. Hayden is totally potty trained and it's very rare to have an accident. He even stays dry during naps but night time is another story. I tried a sticker chart to motivate him for a new toy but after a few nights he lost interest, which makes me think he CAN stay dry but he is to lazy to get out of bed at night. Any suggestions that worked for you and your kiddos night training?

Here is a 20 week picture of baby #3. This pregnancy has definitely took it toll. As I look back now I think I was in a depression along with the morning sickness the first 16 weeks. Gaining weight so fast with no energy to do anything about it really got to me. It just sucks to work so hard to loose weight from Hadley (the biggest I had ever been!) and see it come all back so quickly. I am learning to embrace my new figure and hope I have the ambition to loose it all again. The hormones have definitely come into play the last few weeks. Lets just say I made it the first half of pregnancy but I don't know if my husband will make it the last half. He deals with my emotions pretty well, but I can be a wreck within a snap of a finger!

Hayden asks to make cake for dinner and cookies for breakfast all the time. If you ask him what time it is 80% of the time his response it "ice cream time!" He has a big sugar tooth but not really. He never finishes what he starts. Hadley on the other hand. Eats her's within seconds and than hits up mom or dad and when thats gone she goes to finish up what ever treat Hayden has left.

Look how big my baby is! When I had Hadley it felt like I remembered everything about babies and things came back so quickly when she was born. Now It seems crazy to think a little baby will be joining us and I have forgotten all my little tricks!

So Dan has ditched me yet again. I swear he has a conference every month. It was the first time we dropped him off at the airport and Hayden didn't cry. He just kept saying " I wanna go to grandpa's house." I was sad, I always do miss my hubby. But I have to look at the positives, with no hubby around I don't have to cook real meals and I don't have to pretend to get ready everyday. :)

my little digital camera is really not great at focusing, but here are so fun ones for you mom. Oh wait did I forget to mention that my family ditched me too!!! Yeah they are all up at a family reunion in the mountains some where getting eaten alive by skittos! Yes, I am a tad bit jealous, but camping + 2 wild kids + prego - hubby= craziness for mom, not to mention the cost of flying out. I will try and make another trip before miss Hadley has to pay for a ticket but no plans as of now. But mom here are some pics for when you are re cooperating from your trip. They have a little story time and craft at the mall a few times a month. The kids just go wild with there buddies running around. They always have free face painting and the last couple times we haven't gotten it done (thankfully my son does not like standing in long lines) but it was a short line and Hayden loved his pirate. Hadley does not like to be bossed so she will not sit and get anything painted.

Dancing at story time. I felt like my kids were a little out of control this week. But they had awesome naps when we got home.

This is Hayden's "no babies allowed"shirt. Yes, according to Hayden "I getting big mom, Hadley getting baby." Check out this kids hair! It has grown in so straight! Much less wild than last year. This hair do has had some assistance with a little gel and hair spray.

Trying so hard to get everyone to look, but Hadley does not like the flash.

Hayden has taken up an interest in robots. Maybe more of an obsession, by the looks of that face? Oh he looks just like his dad and uncles when they where little.

Proof that Hadley is getting a little hair. It's outta control most of the time.

Playing ice cream play dough and Hayden has to make a road. Hadley tried like 20 times to eat the play dough ice cream cone and every time would say "Yucky"

Sunday morning fun

Chillaxin

Was that a blonde Tom Cruise?

Hadley at 18 months

She made it! 18 months, crazy, but not really. This girl has made my life awesome. She is miss sunshine. Wakes up with a smiles and giggles and goes to bed with no fuss hugging her Ariel doll. She has definitely also added drama to our lives. GIRLS! :)

So at 18 months this sweet girl wakes up and quietly waits for her mom in her crib. Almost every morning I come in she has wet the bed! She is a drinker! After a quick change she heads to either Dads bed or Hayden's bed for good morning kisses and spanks (really into love spanks, who taught her that???)

She has kinda slowed down on eating the entire house for breakfast. Just a bowl of oatmeal and maybe a little cereal will fill that belly. We have a little table that I used to let the kids eat all there meals on, but Hadley is such a social bug that she would take a couple bites and than wonder around visiting mom and dad, so under much protest from brother everyone now eats at the big table so Miss Hadley can be strapped down for the duration of the meal.

It is amazing how quick your second child catches on to things. Things have been a lot different with Hadley. She talks like mad. Using new words everyday and talking in phrases. Most common , "I want drink, thank you, spank, spank, spank and yuck potty" She is an awesome communicator and always worries about others. More than just in love with her thumb and blankets. My sister in law sent me some stuff to put on her thumb to help stop the sucking. She kept saying "huh, yucky" and showing me her thumb but she had it sucked off within about 30 seconds. We will keep trying....

She struggles with the flash of the camera in all her pictures, promise she is mostly smiles. This pictures shows our matching eyes. Same hazel green color. She enjoys helping me put make up on and gets to wear lipstick when she wants. Brushes her hair and put on all my bracelets and necklaces.

She is a very good singer and sings the alphabet better than Hayden. She get up on the stool and helps me cook dinner almost every night. She is so interested in everything. Including the potty. If Hayden pee's outside, Hadley tries to take off her pants so she can do the same. She sits on the potty multiple times a day on her own and grabs her diaper and says "poop" when she went to the bathroom. Very into clothes. Picks out not only her outfits but Hayden's as well. Loves stuff animals, Minnie being her favorite. I would have to say it is a tie between the alligator and giraffe as a favorite animal.

I wanted to take a bunch of pictures on Sunday, but she was up coughing some of the night and woke up with a mild cold. ( I think this is only her 2nd cold she has had at home, it is always in Utah this girl gets sick!) So after a good sleep-in Sunday we didn't have much time before church. So just a couple pics with runny noses. We have had a couple rough evening, but after I realized it was her teeth and drugged her up she returned to fairly normal Hadley. At her Dr appointment she was at 27 1/2 lbs and 34 inches. Dr said that she will be looking down to her momma when she grows up! She definitely has my side of the family genes with her love of food, carbs and sweets. I love having more girl power in our home even when it comes with a little drama! She gets along so well with any kids and is best friends with her brother. This girl brings so much happiness to our home. Even though it seems weird that she has hit 18 months, she is so mature for her age and seems older to me. I often get comments from strangers asking if Hayden and Hadley are twins. Dan and I have really loved all the moments this girl has given us the last 18 months! ")

Florida 4th and 3rd

So we started the celebrations on the 3rd because I wanted to have a fun little get together with friends but I also wanted to take the kids to there first fire works show. We had a house full of people and kids running around like mad. It was on Sunday, so even though my kids had naps they were still a little on the cranky side. But they still managed fairly well. I took a total of 3 pictures the whole night. But we had PLENTY of fireworks and food and wonderful company.

Even the younger kids did pretty good with all the noisy fireworks. The little boys were all into it, helping the "men" by sorting out the fireworks and telling them which ones to light next.

It definitely was a chill-laxin evening and not too much on the humid side.

This was our actual 4th. Do you as a mother ever have these dreams of what your family will one day be...? As silly as this sounds I have always dreamed of being a wagon family! I have wanted a wagon for awhile to let my kids stroll around as we head to the park or lets say in this situation a parade. Well I made my dream come true! I found this very nice but broken wagon at a yard sale, purchased for 5 $ spend 6 $ replacing the bent axle in both front wheels. So in total my wagon cost me 18 $ and some work from my sexy handy man, Dr. D! I love it, the kids love it, Dan thinks I nutzO. But I am happy, so he is happy :)

The parade did not disappoint. Very slim on the parade goers which made it a blast for the kiddos no competition for the candy. They had a TON! I let them have at if for a couple days before helping it disappear into the trash (maybe mom was having at it to much!)

Hayden commentated the entire parade, while miss Hadley waved and bugged mom to open the candy faster. It rained right before the parade and really cooled things off, but about 15 minutes in the humidity kicked up ten fold and we were all sweating bullets. But because of my handy dandy wagon, mom fit plenty of water to help support this fine family of four!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, grandma Lou. This was a huge hit. We have this little ditch on the side of the house that was perfect for the slip and slide. I only wish we had secondary water so we could play with it daily!

Later at the firework show, Hadley was showing off all her moves. This girl gets low! But as soon as she started attracting people and was getting standing ovations she was outty!

This is what we have been "up" to.

Playing at the park waiting for the fireworks.

There were plenty of people at the park, just a few miles from the house. But Dan scouted us out the perfect spot with hardly anyone around and perfect view of the main event and all the other little firework displays around the city. Hayden loved it. Hadley.... well she sat still for about 5 min before she thought it was time to torture mom with loves and open mouth kisses and horsey rides. It was a blast, and even a little romantic for Dan and I. It's been a while since we had our blankets out at a real firework show. It was for the most part a perfect day, and a great weekend! The kids don't really understand at all the concept of the day, besides America's birthday. But they love to wave their flags around and scream "America!"