Tuesday, May 15, 2012

My Kids Are Awesome

There is no reason for this blog post… other than my kids are awesome and I find everything they do to be equally as awesome!

So last night I made up a little dance for Avy; she LOVED it. Of course babies never perform on que, but I swear that both before and after the camera was out we couldn’t do the little dance without her grinning ear to ear and making her little happy squeaks. She does smile really big the second time, but the camera was distracting her.


And then Traegan wanted a video so I took one of him. What a freaking stud. I decided to go through his animal noises because he is so cute doing them. I love him so much. In the end you hear him say, “Bless you, Avy” after she sneezes. He is so sweet with her.


Then tonight I decided to take a picture of Traegan’s new thing he does. Apparently the most effective way to look for toys is to climb into the toy box. I find it hilarious.


Though not as hilarious as this face he made when he saw the camera.


In fact, there is only one other face that even comes close to it’s cuteness… and it’s this big grinner.


I tell you what… it’s a good day to be the mommy of these two little darlings!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Yo Mama!

So hello there. Just another update on our lives here. Yep, I know you can’t wait…

Friday was C-Lo’s birthday party so we headed over to Jeremy and Julie’s to see the little princess. She is a doll. I forgot to take a picture of her, well of any one really until late that night so I stole these first two pictures from Kathy.


My beautiful baby girl all dressed up. I finally had to quasi-make/refashion a Garanimals onesie to match this skirt because I was so in love with it. Cute right? (Again, thanks for the picture Kathy).


And here is my cute Traegan covered in frosting. (This and the next picture I stole from Julie. :)) Funny story? He ate all the frosting off his cake and then asked for more cake. I informed him he had more cake. He took my cake off my plate and ate more frosting.


Avonelle with Great Grandma and Grandpa Jones


And then Josh and I thoroughly wore out our welcome and stayed until late that night visiting with Jeremy and Julie. Meanwhile the kids watched My Little Ponies and Inspector Gadget all lined up like this. It was at this point I decided that I needed my camera. :)


Then on Sunday, it was Mother’s Day. Josh decided that we needed to celebrate by skipping church and heading up to Bear Lake for a picnic. I had kind of a rough week last week and so I was ALL over that. However, we only got to Logan before I felt like death so we decided to change up the plan to Willow Park.

It was busy day for a picnic in Willow Park, clearly we were not the only ones celebrating Mother’s Day. But it was still super fun. Lots of the animals were out and about and my heart about BURST when we came across the BABY EMU’s!

That’s right, baby Emu’s. There were 3 of them running around like little chickens and I was in love with them all. If you live in or near Logan… GO SEE THE BABY EMU’s!


After the jaunt through the zoo we turned Traegan loose on the playground for a while and he had a blast. He very much enjoyed his favorite playground attraction… the slide.


He thought long and hard about going on the big curly slide.  He almost made it to the top, but then he looked down.  He decided to slowly and carefully back his caboose back down.


At one point, he got sick of wearing his flip flops (an admittedly bad choice for footwear at a playground). So he took them off, but then didn’t like to walk flat footed on the bark. Apparently, walking on your toes also requires chicken arms and a puffed out chest. From then on, I called him baby Emu.


After some convincing he decided to try the swing.


And he loved that too.


Avonelle slept through literally the entire thing, waking up at the end just in time for me to get what I requested for Mother's Day...


A new picture of me and my babies.  I love it and I love them!

Friday, May 11, 2012

El Fin De Semana

(Weekend in Spanish, because of Cinco de Mayo, cute right?)

I had every intention of writing this on Monday, but I didn’t. Then I got a cold. I spent the rest of the week feeling yucky. So now, here is last weekend!

On Saturday, it was Cinco De Mayo, and our friends had a fun party for everyone in Cache Valley. We had lots of fun and so did Traegan, especially since our buddy Tina brought her little girl, Hadley!


They had a piñata and they graciously let Traegan and Hadley have first whacks!



Picking up candy as fast as they can.


Uncle Jesse was so thoughtful to pick up a piece of the piñata for Traegan to put his candy in. But Trae decided he was going to hold it for him while he loaded it up. Poor Jesse stood there and held it for a LONG time.


Traegan and Hadley's goodbye hug! Seriously adorable.


The next day, we made the trek up to Idaho to see Josh’s grandparents. To say that they live in a secluded area is an understatement. The next closest house is a few miles down the road type secluded… but it is BEAUTIFUL up there.


Great Grandma let the kids help her make waffles as is tradition when we visit.


The kids scarfed them down like they were candy.


Traegan and Kylie were picking up pine cones.  Notice he is wearing different clothes?  The kid cannot eat without needing new clothing.



I made us take some family pictures with Josh's grandparents.



And then this was just kind of cute. On Monday, I left Avy in her swing for a few minutes while I did laundry (or was on Facebook, :) who can remember). And when I came back, Traegan had put these pretty beads on Avonelle. I’m glad he also realizes how much of a princess she is.


My little buddy is so freaking cute!


And then I went to a fundraiser thing with my parents at their church on Tuesday night and a friend of Janece’s took some cute pictures of my mom with Avonelle. I love it!


And that’s that. The end for today.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Fish Tale

On Monday (April 30th) we took Traegan fishing for the first time. He got a fishing pole for Christmas and since they stocked the little pond in the park on Forest Street here in Brigham, we decided that would be a good first try for him. It was so much fun!

Traegan had been so excited all day and once he got that pole in his hand he only got more excited!


After we turned him loose with the pole I took a little video. In the first half of the video you will see Traegan “casting” over and over… and grunting every time. It’s pretty darn cute. The second half is Trae trying to reel and poking the water, which became the most common activity. He is such a stud.



I took a few cute pictures of my boys fishing.



And then it happened.  Traegan caught his first fish!


He was thrilled!


Traegan waited patiently for his dad to unhook the fish with this look of sheer joy on his face.


Then he touched AND petted the fish. He didn’t freak out at all as I expected him too. He just loved it!


He was super excited to try it again.


He liked watching dad catch a fish...


But was even more happy when he caught his second!


Check out that grin!


But then disaster hit.


You see, Trae had gotten pretty possessive of his pole. He really loved it. So when Josh took the pole to unhook the second fish, Traegan melted down. Once he had it back he did really well. Until, he caught his third fish and dad had to touch the pole to help…


He was super sad again.


So after that we just let him poke around in the water for the rest of the time.


And I just loved watching his little dirty butt pretend to fish.  :)


Beautiful Avonelle just slept in her car seat the whole time and once she woke up we left since the place was buzzing with mosquitoes.


And now I just have to brag about my kids for a minute.

Avonelle is the best baby on the freaking planet. She is amazing. I love her! I haven’t wanted to jinx it, but at this point I think it’s okay to say something. She has cut back to nursing only about 5 or 6 times a day. She is going between three and six hours between feedings. There are no words for how wonderful this is. Traegan nursed every two hours or less the ENTIRE time. There is such a freedom attached to this new nursing schedule. It is amazing. Now I know why people enjoy nursing and not loathe it. Plus, Avy is so freaking grinny and sweet. She smiles HUGE every time she sees me and it melts my heart. She is an awesome sleeper and she has gotten a lot better with her constant puking. WORLDS. BEST. BABY. EVER. PERIOD.

And Traegan is turning into the cutest big brother ever. I always catch him rubbing Avy’s head and he is always asking where she is. He is obsessed with finding and making sure Avonelle always has a binky. He will run into the room when she cries, find a binky, and try and try until she takes it. We often have to remind him to be soft (as he gags Avy :) trying to give her a binky), but she has to learn to be tough at some point right? He is seriously just awesome with her! And he is the funniest kid to be around. He has so much energy and is constantly making me laugh. When he goes to preschool I don’t quite know what to do with myself and I miss him tons. I love him so much!