Funny Stuff

Holynd is speaking so well. Sometimes I feel like I can have actual conversations with her, which can be nice when Matt works a lot. ;)

I need to record some of the stuff she says so we don't forget. And so we can make fun of her when she's older.

One day when we were leaving, Holynd swung her princess purse over her shoulder and said, "Let's go ladies!".

Every morning Holynd asks to brush her teeth while I do her hair. "Oh mommy. I need my Dora toothbrush and toothpaste" then, when I'm done with her hair she tells me, "I need hair spray and fume". Fume is perfume. She's very polite and almost always thanks me. "Oh, thank you Mommy! I'm sooooo cute!".

Holynd loves stories and books. One of her favorites lately is the Three Little Pigs. She always tells us that, "Puff and puff and blow your house down!".

Anytime something out of the ordinary happens, she says, "What the heck?!" or "Oh crap!" Probably not the best phrases for a two-year old to know, but what do ya do? Matt and I aren't perfect! We're just glad she's not repeating everything she hears around here. ;)

Sloane is always getting into trouble lately, or so it seems. Holynd is a fantastic tattle-tell. The problem is, half the stuff she blames Sloane for would be physically impossible for Sloane to do right now. "Mom! Sloanie messed up my bed and throwed the blankets on the floor!", "Mom! Sloanie knocked my playhouse over!", "Mom! Sloanie turned the TV on!" This list could go on for awhile.

Holynd is a girlie-girl through and through. She HATES to be dirty and doesn't like to have messy clothes. "Mommy! I need to change my shirt. I spilled.", "Oh no! I'm sticky! Help me wash my hands.", "I have stuff on my face! I need a wipey!".

She gets very upset when Sloane isn't playing the "games" right. When Holynd wants to play in the kitchen and have tea parties, Sloane doesn't exactly cooperate. I don't blame her. Holynd is very strict when it comes to playtime. "Mommy! Sloanie won't drink her tea!", "Sloanie needs a time-out! She spilled her dinner!", "Oh-no! Sloanie throwed her plate! Time-out!". Apparently, we need to start teaching that only mom and dad can give time-outs.

Holynd loves to go places, especially church. She's always telling me to take her to church, which is great, except for she wants to go during the middle of the week. "I need to go to my church".

One day, we were at lunch with G-Ma and this man with a really long beard walked passed. Holynd stared at him for a minute and then looked at me and said, "Oh my gosh! It's Jesus!". We had to try and hide our laughter.

We try to have family prayer in the morning. We're only at about a 75% success rate, but hey, we're trying. This has led Holynd to want to say prayers whenever we get ready to leave the house. I think she does this because we always say prayers right before Matt leaves for the day. She stops us and folds her arms and says, "Hayley Father. Thank you for my day. Thank you for Sloanie. Amen!". We are very thankful for Sloanie.

There was one morning when I was having a particularly difficult time getting out of bed. Holynd came in our room and walked over to me and said, "Mommy. Don't feel good? Need a shot?".

I always tell my friends that have boys that even though they have to worry about the dirt, worms etc etc, I get to worry about stuff like this: Holynd was kinda grumpy one day and we were really having a hard morning. I got after her for sitting on Sloane (poor Sloanie) and she got really upset. She ran into her room, slammed the door and screamed, "I don't love you anymore Mommy!". Lovely. She then proceeded to fake cry as loud as she could for 15 minutes.

I'm sure we'll have many continuations to this post. :)

E.B.

E.B. came to my house. Did he come to yours??? Holynd was a little nervous. I don't blame her. A giant rabbit coming into your house, leaving eggs and random church clothes???? I'd be nervous if I was her too.

E.B. was definitely in the "know" about my girls' spring clothes. They have none. Sloane was born in an entirely different season then Holynd, so sharing clothes has become almost non-existent in this household. Not to mention the fact that girl clothes are so fun to shop for that I have a hard time only shopping for one.

Sloane was so pretty in her blue!

And Holynd, of course, sported her signature color, pink!

Sloanie's hair made my heart melt! When I married Matt, one of my first thoughts was, "My girls will have curly hair!" I was really excited for that and, yes, I always knew I'd have girls. When Holynd was born, she had beautiful strawberry-blond hair, but it showed no signs of curling... ever. Sloane's hair is just starting to curl, but it's so much curlier when it's wet. So, yesterday, she let me put some product in it and sure enough, it curled and stayed curly through church. Heaven!

Matt and I are looking forward to a trip to Las Vegas! Yep! We felt the need to get away for awhile, without the kiddos. Hopefully Las Vegas will know what season it is and it will be nice and warm there. We're also going to a Cirque du Soleil show. I'm a little nervous about it. I get bored really easy, which is why Matt and I hardly ever see movies in the theater. I fall asleep.

P.S. We're still house-hunting. I hate it, but we really need to find a place with a little more space! We're busting at the seams here and it's going to get worse.... very soon.

To give you an idea...

We're waiting. Waiting to hear about a few things. Waiting gives me anxiety. Anxiety makes me throw things out.

I donated five huge bags of clothes today and a one huge bag of shoes....

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That's only the beginning.

Ok, kitchen. Your turn.

Stress...

I'm stressed.

We're house-hunting. House-hunting is hard. Recent findings have prompted us to think about a larger living situation.

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I'm also tired.................... very tired. Forgive me if the blog sees further neglect.

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Hopefully we will be back in a couple of days (maybe a week) with good news.

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Loves,

Us

Spring Fever!

This post is about two different kinds of spring fever. The first kind is where we decided that Utah County was WAY too far behind on warm weather so we headed to St. George for warmer weather and swimming! The second is where everyone gets sick over the weekend and we miss a baptism and a birthday party because Holynd is puking everywhere. :) A trip to St. George is pretty simple. We shopped..... and shopped.... and shopped....

and shopped.... and, well you get the idea. ;)

Holynd was awesome on this trip. She got entire bed to herself which she loved. One night after everyone fell asleep she sat up in the dark, looked around and said, "Oh no! Everybody is gone!"

This is Sloane's boat. Holynd nicknamed it 'the boat'. Sloane loved this thing. She would float around the pool until she would start to doze off.

Holynd did so well swimming with her floaties on. She was getting very independent by the end of the trip.



We ate A LOT while we were down there. Maybe that's why I've been so nauseated lately................. maybe.



We've spent the weekend and part of the week nursing fevers and cleaning up puke. No joke. Holynd refuses to throw up in a bucket or bowl. So, whenever she would start to throw up, Matt and I would just have to throw towels down and hope to catch most the mess. It was interesting. But, no worries, I've been bleaching the house and I'm starting to finally feel good about our surroundings again. :) Oh bleach, what would I do without you! Sloane started throwing up yesterday, but I've come to the conclusion that it may just be from eating too many wood chips at the playground. Live and learn Sloanie!

I know you're all wondering...

Why I don't have any new pictures of my kids.... There are a few reasons, but mainly, procrastination. You'll be happy to hear that I have scheduled pictures with Peekaboo Photos and I'm so excited I can barely stand it. I'm doing them for Sloane's birthday, just the girls, no family. (Matt and I can only take so much attention ;) )

I have lots of news to share.... We took a trip to St. George a few weeks ago and it was so warm and relaxing - the girls were hilarious on the trip and enjoyed swimming so much. (I have so many pictures!) I also need to post about the trip Matt and I are planning because I'm oh so excited about it too! Plus, there are some other news and events, but I'm far from a blogging mood lately.

Everytime I wake up and it's gloomy outside, I go into "extended-winter depression" and subtract myself from society.

Don't worry. One day I will find the motivation and will post about all our happenings. Meanwhile, those of you who are praying for more snow, please stop. You're driving me nuts.

Props to you!

Ok, I have to write a little message about formula.

Props to all you formula-feeders out there. Nursing always came easy for me. And, I loved it for that reason, it was easy. I was not prepared for how hard formula feeding was! I can't get the bottle temperature right, I get more formula on the counter then I do in the bottle and I have panic attacks whenever I go out into public because I can't stop wondering if I have all the pieces to our Avent bottles. (THEY COME WITH A LOT OF PIECES!) With nursing, as long as I had my nursing cover, I was golden.

Formula-feeding, however, seems to be a lot more involved then that. However, I am very grateful for formula. I'm grateful that it was there as an option when Sloane started... uh... I'll spare you the details, just know it involved blood and a very VERY long doctor's appointment.

The funny thing is, Holynd took formula all the time. (Well, like once or twice a week when I went to school.) I was just never the one to give it to her. It's a lot of work!

We heard a rumor....

Someone we know is celebrating a VERY special birthday. A big 9-0!

Dear Grandpa-Great,

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!

I went to Target and picked you out a super-cool toy, but I got a little attached, so I hope you don't mind if I keep it. See you Saturday!

Love, Sloanie-Baloanie

PS: You can have any of my sister's toys though.



We love you Grandpa-Great!