Good friends, good times!

We love our friends and we love our Thanksgiving Point membership. Soooo worth the money. We will go any time! Let us know if your headed that direction!

OUCH!

Liam had his first bad black eye and I am to blaime. We were playing tackles and I threw his stuffed elephant right as he was running past the corner of the sofa. Elephant hit Liam, Liam hit the sofa, blood came and screaming began. I felt so AWFUL! I took him for ice cream, gave him a toy from our birthday closet, and took him to the museum. I am soooo sorry Liam. He said he doesn't want to play with his stuffed animals any more. I think he blaims them.

Pity Party

I am throwing myself a pity party and sympathy is invited. I haven't slept in 8 long months. I have tried EVERYTHING! I am a proud mom of the cutest baby girl in the world but also the most naughty. It is not as though she has a lot to live up to. Liam didn't sleep through the night until after he was a year old and still at two gets up once a night a few times a week. Layla is waking up every hour to hour and half. Sometimes more. So you think... Why don't you let her cry it out. I never thought I would do this. But I had to. The first night 45 min. The next night 1 hour. The last night 4 HOURS!!! Now that was getting mean. She just sat awake crying/playing/sitting for that whole time 11pm to 3am) I was joy to be around the next morning. She didn't fall asleep on her own. I finally went in there and picked her up she was out cold in a few min. Now she just screams the second we open the door to her room. Now your thinking, she must be taking to many naps during the day. WRONG again. Doctor’s orders wake her up from her naps. She was sleeping under 2 HOURS a day. You think that would exhaust this darling baby. It's been over a week, and nights are getting worse. Well surely this child needs a routine. I Marcie put my kids on a ROUTINE. Those of you who know me well know for me to be organized in any area of my life would take a miracle; that miracle has happened. Liam is finally on a schedule for the first time. He even goes to bed prior to 10.pm 8:30 to be exact. I had a whole bedtime routine for both children. Soft music playing, warm bath, dim lights, sweet books, I even would massage Layla with baby oil to relax her. Ummm you guessed it NOTHING. Just wait Marcie, when she starts crawling she will be tired at night. She has been crawling for 3 weeks now. NO difference. Hmmm... ANY OTHER IDEAS??? I love this sweet girl. I feel so blessed to be her Mom. I know there will come a day when a long to hold this sweet baby. She is so happy during the day. Always smiling as long as I am not trying to put her to sleep. She has 1.5 teeth and crawls everywhere. Loves her brother and her Mommy. I decided to stop fighting sleep and to just enjoy my sweet baby. Last night I put her to bed at 8:;30 she woke up at 10 I just let her crawl around for 20 minutes then she feels asleep in my arms. Laid her down and she woke up a hour later so I brought her in bed with me and held her all night. She smells good from the baby oil and always flashes me a grin no matter what hour of the night. Don't worry Layla, I love you much more then I love my sleep. One day I will have both.

Big Boy for SURE!

Great news Liam is now potty trained for the most part. We still remind him to go if it has been a while. Apparently buzz light year undies do the trick. He has had only a two accidents over the last three weeks. We made the mistake of letting him pee in the grass one day. The other morning I heard him playing outside while I was doing dishes he said "I'm peeing on the grass." Which he was and then he spred his legs and said, "Now I will poop too!" or not... I rushed him to the potty. Close call. Because of this step into boy hood Liam was able to get a big boy bike. He has mastered this skill and even will ride with no hands. We have had a few big crashes due to the fact he is wanting to live on the edge. He doesn't mind and gets right back on. Great job Liam we are so proud of you.

Dillworth family visits

I can't begin to explain how much I love my sis-in-law and her family. She is such a fun loving person and has the greatest kids. We love having them visit and they are such an easy family to host. They are the closest family on Josh's side (distance wise). Still not close enough. I have way to much fun when we are together. Cecilia is great with our little ones and I am pretty sure Liam has a hero named James. Love you all!

More Family Gathering Pix

Liam's favorite thing to do is tackle everyone. None of the cousins were understanding the fun of this until Kempton walked up to Liam out of the blue after a few days and said, "Liam I want to tackle you!" Liam's face turned into a huge smile and this is what the boys did the rest of the evening.

How tender is this picture. Best friends for sure!

Great photography Suzette. I love this p;icture. Future college roommates! Way to catch the moment.

I love the kid in the back ground. I think he would be a little dissapointed to see he didn't make the whole picture.

Another great picture Suzette!

Pony Ride. Kempton looks like the cool kid in class.

This is exactly how I picture these two cousins. So sweet. Best friends as well.

Looking at all these picture got me so excited for my children to have such wonderful cousins that come from such amazing families. These relationships will last a life time. Suzette, we can not wait to have your family near. Thank you everyone for visiting.

Party at Our House!!!

Gotta love Grandpa!

"Ride like the wind!" Liam really did say that while he was on the pony. He heard woody say it. We were laughing pretty hard.

My cute nieces and nephew

Garden's at Thanksgiving Point

Cousins

Beautiful Summer and darling Maci

Liam is still talking about Maci

Sweet girls. Cecilia was so good with kids.

Cute Cute Paige and Mommy

More cousin pics

Grandpa is so good with the kids!

Best Friends

We had a mini reunion at our house a week ago. It was a blast. At one point we had 17 people staying at our house. i am so bummed we didn't get a picture of everyone. We will slowly add more pictures. Thank you Summer for the pictures and thank you for making the trip out here. Hope to see you again really soon :)

Fun at the Spingville fair!

I like to bust out my trashy side and enjoy every aspect of the local carnival. I think I had the most fun. Liam rode his first roller coaster along with tons of other rides. I ate some horrible/yummy fair food and as usual, didn't bring my camera. Luckly, my Dad had his with him (as always). Thanks dad. Next year I will let my tatoo hang out (At least it's not a skull... Right Mom and Dad?), wear cut off's, and bring my camera (I guess I would of fit in great 10 years ago).

Naughty, naughty baby!!!

Seriously, you can't wake this girl up...

"Time to start the day at 11am. Aren't I funny?"



Layla is lucky she is so cute. She is very naughty at night. She has been worse then she was as a new born. Not just by a little, by A LOT. We finally resorted to letting her cry it out or, more like play it out. That lasted for 3 nights which she just stayed up all night. She no longer has a voice and slept all day. For the most part, she isn't up screaming, just playing. She decides to get her deep sleep when we all are getting up and ready for the day around 7am. Naughty, naughty, girl. She thinks its funny when I call her that. Good thing she is so huggable. Sweet girl. Any suggestions?

Sweet Sweet Layla

While everyone was here, we had the opportunity to go up to Thanksgiving Point. We went to the petting zoo and gardens. Suzettes Cousin Jenny, took some darling pictures of Layla. She is so talented and has a wonderful camera. What I would give for both these things :) As you can tell from the pics, Layla has a lot of fun making noises with her tongue. It is so cute. This is the cutest baby stage for sure! They stay in one place, smile at everything and are really starting to blossom.