Poor girl was sick for a good four days . Now besides
being almost two she is acting a lot better. It was
Barney for a straight 3 days there but at least it
kept her happy.
Also good news for me, I finally have a child that
will eat and LIKES salad. My baby girl sat and ate
a big salad with me for lunch with some grilled chicken
in it. It is such a good salad but when I have forced Hunter
to eat it he starts gagging and almost throws up. Ben just
refuses to go near it. So needless to say I am excited
to have a salad eating kid. I love having a girl. At some
point everyday I realize that I get to keep this cute little girl
that I wanted for so long and am so glad I get to look
into a closet and see cute dresses and coats. I really love just
playing with her and seeing her fun personality coming out.
She is a little bit defiant and of course likes things her own way
but I really didn't expect anything different. At least we can eat
salads together.

Of course I really do love having boys also.

Finally a "mom -haircut"

PRE- MOM CUT

POST-MOM CUT

MY CUTE NEPHEW LUKE

So I realize I'm not a new mother but I have finally broken down and gotten a mom haircut.
Yes I am about 7 years late but better late than never to realize that shorter hair means less time on your hair and more time to spend .........updating my blog. Truthfully I rarely do my hair and those of you who see me on a regular basis know that even if I have done my hair it always ends up in a ponytail so I basically look like a bum 90% of the time. So this haircut is shockingly short but I think it will soon grow to a perfect length and now iI will actually have a style to my hair. Anyways the pics are bad because I am not used to taking pics of myself. (I need to ask Jenna for some tips on taking hundreds of pics of yourself).

no title...........it's late

I thought two of these pics were cute. I'm not sure why it is that 7 year olds think that these faces will somehow end up looking good. Not that he cares about getting a good pic but you would think that when he has a REAL photographer taking his pic he might behave a little differently. Well I thought he might but I was wrong. So I took the one of Ben and Aunt Cindy took Hunter's and Emms. I hope she doesn't care that I put a couple of hers up without her fixing them a bit but I figured Hunters would never make it that far.

I'm not gonna write you a love song.......

I have felt like I have had nothing to blog about lately and still can't make up my mind on what to write about.

Things I am thinking about writing a post on;

How I feel about the Suns trading Marion for Shaq(whos really old), It will add a new element of excitment to the games and now Hunter will have a new Suns player to memorize stats on. I can't wait for our chats over breakfast about this guy.

How relieved I was when Steve Nash cut his hair last week making is so Hunter could now get his hair cut as well. If there was ever a kid that cannot pull off the long hair look it's Hunter. It's mainly just the texture that is so thick and reminds me of a chia pet in that it just grows outward and up and very very straight. Looks best cut nice and short.

How I am already thinking about all the things I am going to do next year when I have only one child at home. I know this is far off but seriously this just seems so wierd to me. One kid is easy.

How I gave up on potty training after two days. ONE bad day and I was done. Really wimpy I know but now I know she knows how to go if she wants to. Everyday since we quit she will come up to one of us and start undressing herself saying "hottie" (potty). Then we take her to the big toilet and she always goes. I think she is trying to potty train herself since her mom is a quitter.
So far I am a believer that girls are easier to train than boys and my boys were not too bad but not THIS easy. I don't know why I am talking like she is potty trained?

The Elections...............politics is a dirty buisness and I am unhappy with the outcome. The better man doesn't win , but the really really old guy does and his wife looks plastic, thats all.

How it's been too cold to go running here. I went a couple nights ago and it was freezing and really windy and I might have fallen once ( it was cooold)but still I kept running. I am waiting for this weekend when it will be back in the 70 right where I like it. Then I will run outside again.

How I am looking forward to Friday night when the kids will go sleep over at thier Grandparents house at 3:00. Soooo nice. I don't know why it is the best thing to have no kids to get to bed and no one coming into your bed in the middle of the night and no breakfast to make the second you wake up. I do enjoy those things most the time (well i don't mind them) but having a break from them is soooo nice. less than 48 hours. So nice to have close grandparents that love your kids and are missing them because they haven't seen them for 10 days.

So thats enough for now. again no pics. I need a new camera bad! If anyone talks to my husband remind him......

Our Prophet

I can't help but feel so happy for him and the reunions he is having tonight. I am grateful that he dedicated his life to serving god and our church. His example and strength has helped my testimony to grow and these past 12 years. I will miss hearing his voice at conference and his always witty observations. He was truly a beloved prophet. We will miss him.

I don't know about this test?

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Yellow

You're yellow, the color of joy and energy — two things you definitely bring to everyone around you. It's hard for anyone to be sad or lonely in your presence; your sunny disposition and cheery outlook just won't allow it. The warmth of your personality shines through in the kindness you show friends and family (and strangers, too). Always ready with a lighthearted joke or heartfelt compliment, you know how to make people feel good about themselves, so they can't get enough of you. Yellow is a warm and inviting color for a warm and inviting person — you!

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So this was not the color I was expecting. This does not sound like me at all and here is why......... I don't exactly have a warm personality and I"m okay with that. I am nice to my friends and sometimes to my family but I really don't compliment all that often and my jokes are a little on the sarcastic side not always lighthearted, and I"m pretty positive people get enough of me. Anyway take the test if you feel like it maybe it will get you personality accurate.

Potty Time

Yes it's potty training time at our house so I don't think I will be going out much the next couple days. That's okay though if this really works and leads us to be a diaper free house. This morning I decided since I didn't have any plans to go anywhere because my house needed some attention that I might as well try it out. So I brought out the little toilet and set it in front of the T.V. and toys and told her all about it and took off her diaper. 20 minutes later as I was getting out of the shower Ben ran in and told me that Emma had gone and surprisingly it was on her little potty. She went 5 times in her little toilet but did have an accident right before bed while I was out running and she was in Dad's care. We will see how tomorrow goes but I am really hoping she will be an easy kid to potty train. I'm not sure what to do about nap time if I should leave her in her panties or go back to diapers. I have dreaded potty training but she seems to catch on pretty quick so that's a good sign. I rarely post something with no pics but there are thankfully no pics to go with this post.

My birthday week is over but it was really such a fun week. I love birthdays again. For my bday we went out to our favorite sushi place and then did a little shopping. A couple nights later I had a girls night birthday dinner which was so nice to just get out with girls and laugh. Friday night my parents came and picked up all the kids for a sleepover at about 4:00 so we were again kid free which is the best birthday present! So nice to have parents that come take the kids and I know the kids are having more fun at grandmas house then they would with me so i never worry about them. Sat after basketball games and baptisms I went out to see Juno for the 2nd time with some girlfriends. ( I rarely see movies and I don't think I have ever seen a movie twice in the theater but i think i even liked it better the second time). I have the nicest husband that never minds having a Dad's night at home with the kids. I thinks they secretly like it when I leave so they can just sit and watch movies and eat popcorn and snacks and just hang out. Either way it's good for everyone( well maybe not Dustin) . I really love my birthday week and look forward to turning 28.