Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Retreat!
One of my best friends, Jen, invited me on a Ward Relief Society retreat they were having up in the mountains east of Heber. It was a much needed time away (and the first time I left since Ry was born)!Jen and I had so much fun huddling around the fire trying to stay warm and drinking hot chocolate (it was COLD and I wasn't fully prepared!) and getting a chance to just hang out without kids. It was wonderful!
We stayed in cabins that had little heaters (luckily!) and stayed up late playing games.
(Mindy, me, Jen)
Note to self: Don't forget to bring a PUMP when you are nursing and will be leaving your baby for several consecutive feedings! You will be in PAIN if you don't!
(Needless to say, we RUSHED home!)
Thanks, Jen for the fun get away! :)
(Mindy, me, Jen)
Note to self: Don't forget to bring a PUMP when you are nursing and will be leaving your baby for several consecutive feedings! You will be in PAIN if you don't!
(Needless to say, we RUSHED home!)
Thanks, Jen for the fun get away! :)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Everyday Details
I absolutely love when they sit close together without poking or hitting each other!
"What? We are always perfect angels!"
"Tickle Tickle!" (One of Ry's first words!)
I love this chubby cheeked baby! Cohen took this pic while eating lunch.
Finger PAINT! (What a beautiful boy!)
The boys really love playing with the dogs!
Izzy and Lilly are pretty great with them too thankfully!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mother Day Pics
I had a great Mother's Day with my boys!
I wanted to get some pics to give to my mom so we ran up the canyon and did a quick photo shoot and had so much fun!
I wanted to get some pics to give to my mom so we ran up the canyon and did a quick photo shoot and had so much fun!
Oh, my sweet Ry...
Cohen (I can't believe he is almost 3!)
Cohen was such a ham! I loved all the poses and faces he kept making!
We had a nice dinner for my mom at Kay's house. She was in heaven when Ryder fell asleep in her arms!
I love and cherish my Mother so much and feels sooooo thankful to have her! What a blessing she is as well as a great support, friend and Grandma!
I LOVE YOU MOM! Happy Mother's Day!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Mia's Baptism
Mia (Michelle's oldest) just turned 8! Scott's parents and sister Tracy came from California for her special day and to visit!
All the kids LOVE their Aunt Tracy!
Grandma brought special Little Critters books for the kids.
The boys love their Grandma and Grandpa!Saturday, May 1, 2010
In major need of updating!
My days have been going something like this, depending on the activities and tasks for the day with varying levels of chaos...
I started out the morning with Cohen pulling me out of bed by 7 am asking for "lunch" and cream of wheat. Potty training Cohen has been a task I have been resisting, just not wanting to take it on, but he seems pretty eager now, most of the time, so we are moving forward! His diaper is dry from the night, but he doesn't want to sit on the potty so I bribe him with a trip to the mall tree house if he will go pee pee first thing. (I am not above bribery, in fact I think it is wonderful!) Nursing as well as pumping to feed Ryder cereal then followed. After we all ate our different breakfasts I cleaned the kitchen and all around the house for a bit (and stopped to encourage Cohen to go poop on the potty about 4 different times, but with no success) then hopped in the shower, skipping a much needed shave, again, and threw some most-likely-clean clothes on to grab a fussy Ryder that needed to be nursed again by this time and put down for a nap. Cohen was still reminding me every few minutes that I needed to take him to the tree house, but with Ryder sleeping we would need to wait a bit so I grabbed Lilly, whose smelly face from over active tear ducts (I know...) I could no longer stand and went to give her a bath. Mid-bath Cohen came waddling into the bathroom in his Nemo underwear, mid-poop. I grabbed him to place him on the toilet and I wearing my only pair of clean pants, ended up kneeling in the poop that fell on the floor which Izzy also immediately tries to eat. Lilly is shaking all over and shivering while trying to escape from the tub. After cleaning up Cohen, removing my pants and cloroxing the tile I go back to scrubbing Lilly and trimming the goop out of her hair. I hear Cohen yelling "Help, Mem! I hurt!" so I wrap the wet dog in a towel and go running through the house worried! I find Cohen behind Ryder's closed bedroom door in his crib just wanting to get down. Ryder is crying because he was tired and didn't appreciate being woken up with a loving body slam as Cohen climmed in to be with him. I got Cohen down and got Ryder up and went to find my jeans that have a hole in the crotch and went to get the iron and an iron-on jean patch to fix them. I didn't have time to wait around to do laundry. After all, we had to get to the tree house! I finished getting ready and packed up Ryder and got Cohen dressed and we finally got out of the house by noon, but all I wanted to do by this time was nap...
Four months worth of pictures and more hopefully coming soon! (Just so I can stop thinking about how I need to blog!)
I started out the morning with Cohen pulling me out of bed by 7 am asking for "lunch" and cream of wheat. Potty training Cohen has been a task I have been resisting, just not wanting to take it on, but he seems pretty eager now, most of the time, so we are moving forward! His diaper is dry from the night, but he doesn't want to sit on the potty so I bribe him with a trip to the mall tree house if he will go pee pee first thing. (I am not above bribery, in fact I think it is wonderful!) Nursing as well as pumping to feed Ryder cereal then followed. After we all ate our different breakfasts I cleaned the kitchen and all around the house for a bit (and stopped to encourage Cohen to go poop on the potty about 4 different times, but with no success) then hopped in the shower, skipping a much needed shave, again, and threw some most-likely-clean clothes on to grab a fussy Ryder that needed to be nursed again by this time and put down for a nap. Cohen was still reminding me every few minutes that I needed to take him to the tree house, but with Ryder sleeping we would need to wait a bit so I grabbed Lilly, whose smelly face from over active tear ducts (I know...) I could no longer stand and went to give her a bath. Mid-bath Cohen came waddling into the bathroom in his Nemo underwear, mid-poop. I grabbed him to place him on the toilet and I wearing my only pair of clean pants, ended up kneeling in the poop that fell on the floor which Izzy also immediately tries to eat. Lilly is shaking all over and shivering while trying to escape from the tub. After cleaning up Cohen, removing my pants and cloroxing the tile I go back to scrubbing Lilly and trimming the goop out of her hair. I hear Cohen yelling "Help, Mem! I hurt!" so I wrap the wet dog in a towel and go running through the house worried! I find Cohen behind Ryder's closed bedroom door in his crib just wanting to get down. Ryder is crying because he was tired and didn't appreciate being woken up with a loving body slam as Cohen climmed in to be with him. I got Cohen down and got Ryder up and went to find my jeans that have a hole in the crotch and went to get the iron and an iron-on jean patch to fix them. I didn't have time to wait around to do laundry. After all, we had to get to the tree house! I finished getting ready and packed up Ryder and got Cohen dressed and we finally got out of the house by noon, but all I wanted to do by this time was nap...
Four months worth of pictures and more hopefully coming soon! (Just so I can stop thinking about how I need to blog!)
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