Easter weekend

We went to the Gateway mall to an Easter egg thing I read online and as much as Ryan and I were disappointed in how it turned out and it was pretty lame.. the kids didn't care, they got candy and had fun. So that's all that matters! 

March/birthday party

Love this cute boy! Funny, crazy, sweet, he just warms my heart.

MJ went to her friend Sierra's birthday party at the castle and had a blast!

 MJ, Sierra, and poor Tenley who didn't want her grandma to leave. We love our ward/neighborhood ''family'' MJ has made friends with these cute girls and loves going to primary each week with them.

March

March

Spaghetti face!

Enjoying a left over cupcake

The sun is shining and it's finally beginning to warm up just a bit. So the kids loved being in the back yard playing with chalk

 These two are so cute when they play nicely with each other. They are the best of friends I love it.

Gender reveal for baby #3!

March 4th: 20 week photo and appointment to see our baby!

                                               So tempting to open the envelope to see if it's a boy or girl!

 March 5th, gender reveal get together with our family! The bakery did such a great job on these cupcakes adding darling little yellow booties on top.

 MJ sooo excited to take the first bite to reveal to everyone if we're having another boy or another girl

                                                           She was right! It's a girl!!

I'm so excited to say we are having another girl!! In the back of my head I thought it was a girl because of similarities between this and MJ's pregnancy. I'm carrying bigger/wider like I did with her, at 20 weeks with Ollie I was barely showing comparing the two photos on my insta. My appetite is shall we say...above normal like it was with MJ. With Oliver I had the appetite of a toddler. My skin is horrible, dealing with teenage acne and craving those dang subway sandwiches haha.
BUT Ryan had me convinced we were having a boy and we both thought we caught a glance of boy on the ultrasound but obviously it must have been a leg haha. Because she is all girl in the photo the ultrasound tech printed for us.

I thought it would be fun to find out together as a family since MJ is at an age where this would be fun and memorable for her. Then it turned into inviting our parents then I said what the heck if our siblings and friends want to come great! if not no biggie. And it was perfect, so fun for family to see our new home and all find out together. We obviously told the ultrasound tech we didn't want to know the sex of the baby there but to have her write in down in an envelope I brought for home so we could find out the next day. She brought out a darling card and told us to look away while she printed a picture of the baby saying if boy or girl. Between the care folded up and the thick envelope there was no chance of peeking through, we took it to the bakery right after and told them to make cupcakes with blue or pink in the middle depending on what they see inside the card. We for sure thought it was a boy. I was so thrilled to hear the baby is healthy but a tad of disappointment for MJ to not get her little sister she has been praying for and asking us for a year. I've been telling her that all we hope for is a healthy happy baby that if it's a boy that we are blessed and maybe the next baby will be a girl.
I grew up with sisters and want MJ to have a sister as close in age as we can. After all she'll be 5 this fall.

Saturday I got everything ready for family and friends to join us that afternoon, Ryan picked up the cupcakes (so darling! little yellow bootie on the top of each cupcake) We all gathered around in the kitchen to have MJ take the first bite to reveal. I was shocked needless to say when I saw the pink! I opened the card just to make sure (I told the bakery to put the card in the box with the cupcakes so I could keep it) Sure enough it's a girl! MJ was bouncing around smiling ear to ear saying ''I knew it! I told you!" I of course teared up so thrilled for her and our family.

Baby girl, you are loved, you are wanted and we can not wait to meet you in 4 more months! Try to break the trend and not come late though eh? ;)

 Sorry dude, maybe next time around you'll get a little brother haha!

 beyond excited to have another girl in our family. Time to dig our MJ's baby clothes!

Family night at Airborne

February 13th: The kids had a blast playing at airborne! Perfect for these two to jump all over the place and climb. Two of Oliver's favorite things to do haha

18 months

Playing lots of catch up today so here is February:
My baby is growing up!

Oliver's 18th month appointment he is weighing at 21 pounds, such a little guy but staying in his own scale/curve and is a healthy boy.

Says "down" when he's done eating and ready to get out of the high chair. Calls Mary sissy. Says:Papa, starting to say no, ta-dah!, uh oh when he makes our someone makes a mess, ouch, boo (blue), ding dong (doorbell) choo choo when playing with his train. Says nany for candy.

Wears 12 mo+ clothing
Size 3 diaper
Loooves cereal and yogurt
Thinks it's so funny to get into trouble and get into things I tell him not to. Flexes his muscles, tough boy but sweet as well. Loves to cuddle on my shoulder while I get his music and nightlight ready for bed. Is gentle and loving to MJ's little baby dolls.
Climbs on to his highchair than proceeds to one of our chairs, lastly to get on the table. He is part human, monkey and dog I swear haha.Has began saying "No" and I laugh every time he says it, it's just too darn funny.
Still no progress on animal noises unless they growl... lol
Copying more words each day we say as simple as telling him to say blue when he's coloring when a blue crayon.
knock on wood, I'm surprised he hasn't taken us to the ER yet, the kid just has no fear and doesn't pay attention to his surroundings. He gets hurt more times through out the day than I can count.

He's still a tiny little thing, 18 mo pants just drown the kid so they are sitting in the drawer collecting dust as he rocks his 12 mo+ pants. Shirts he wears 18 mo size, he has a long torso but short little legs. He is a great little one day to be soccer player or some kind of athlete. He does great at kicking and throwing balls. I'm excited for Spring to get him a little soccer net and basketball hoop to play with in the yard. And find a play set with a slide/swings on it hopefully.

He looves his blankets and his dog lucky my parents gave him for Christmas, it's so cute to watch him play and laugh with it. He's a social little guy and will give other little kids hugs and no fear of walking away from me to check things out.  He loves to visit his grandparents and gets an excited face with his mouth wide open when I tell him who we're visiting.

He recently loves to color but I still have to keep my eye on him in case he decides to color on my floor or walls. He no longer is eating the crayon woo hoo!

Sleeping through the night finally and as of February 1st no longer nursing, mega WAHOO! I'm looking forward and also a bit anxious as to how it'll be with him and a new baby. He loves babies and is sweet with them but he is certainly a mama's boy most of the time and is a rough and tumble kid. I'm sure there will be lots of eye poking and hugging too fiercely haha.

 Little stinker chewed on his crib!

Spring is here!

I have been so over the cold weather, I've told Ryan that next time we move it has to be further south. That or become super rich so we have a ''winter home'' to go to when I need to get out haha.

One weekend beginning of March; Ryan and his dad worked on our yard to get rid of some ugly bushes and till our garden plot. Yay! I can't wait to have it filled with yummy veggies and fruits! The kids had a blast playing outside and watching their daddy and grandpa hard at work.

Oliver working on his cleaning...haha

 MJ went to a friends princess birthday party and had a blast at the Castle Creek Inn playing games and with the princesses there.

 And before we knew it, it was time to color Easter Eggs for family home evening. The kids loved it and surprisingly no huge messes to clean up after thankfully.