Lessons Learned From a Cake Mix

Although licking the beaters may be one of the best things in life, the biggest lesson I've learned... 

Is to just add water:)

Also, it's been a few weeks, but Leilani has now advanced to "the big girl bed."

The transition wasn't near as hard as I anticipated, but look at it...can you blame her?

I asked her to act like she was sleeping.  

She still couldn't wipe the smile off, though:)

Naming all the princesses.

Right now she is really into Rapunzel.

She loves brushing my hair while I sing "flower gleam and glow" and telling me "Outside is a dangerous place."  

With her little munchkin voice, it is probably one of the cutest phrases I've heard her say and I have to try to keep a straight face while I say, "Yes Mommy." 

You would think the roles would be reversed, but Leilani HATES getting her hair brushed.

Doing her hair is a battle every single day which brakes my heart.  

When I found out she was a girl, I was walking to school and saw a mom with an adorable little girl with her hair all done up cute.  I thought, "Oh I can't wait to be able to do my little girl's hair.  Hey!  I get to do my little girl's hair!!"  and that was the first thing that really got me excited about having a girl.  Now, I either have to bribe her or pin her to the floor in a lock hold:)

It's ok though, sometimes I am the mom, or Eugene, or Pascal (which she is convinced is a frog and will not back down no matter how many times we try to tell her it's a chameleon:)

The other day she found a frying pan in our kitchen and said, "I have a person in my closet!"

It took me a second but it kept me laughing for quite a while until she decided that I was Eugene and she needed to hit me with it...uh oh!

Proud Mommy Moments

There are those moments when you are just proud to be a mother.

Today was one of those moments.

My 10 week old TJ rolled over!!

I basically have a child prodigy;)

I was so excited I think I scared Leilani.

I layed him on the floor to get Leilani some lunch and when I looked back I caught the very tail end of the flip.

He seemed a little shocked and concerned by the whole thing. 

Maybe that was just cuz I made such a big deal out of it-lol

Honestly I think it was just a fluke, but it does mean that my teeny little baby is getting bigger and will really be doing all this stuff for real very soon.

I have really enjoyed his infant-hood so I hope the new stages will be just as happy.

He smiles immediately at eye contact and has just begun the first stages of baby giggles which just makes your heart joyous.

Here's some funny pictures that hopefully make your heart smile too

TJ at 2 months

My little guy is a big 2 month old now!

He has been such a joy in our lives.
He started smiling after just a few weeks and now all you have to do is look at him and say hi and he will give you a big grin.  It is adorable and I can't get enough of it.
His little colicky fit only lasted a short while.  I went off dairy which seemed to do wonders.  Now he is almost always happy.
Now if only we could come up with a cure for reflux.
Man this boy knows how to soak a piece of fabric.
In three days (from laundry wash to laundry wash) he went through 8 blankets, 10 outfits, and 11 burp cloths!  All because they were completely drenched with spit up.
But, he's growing wonderfully so there's no need to be concerned.
example:
Height: 24 1/4 inches   90%
Weight 12lbs 10 oz   75%
Head: 38.5 centimeters   20%
(my babies apparently have small heads.  Something I can be grateful for I guess:)
I have just learned to have a burp cloth in hand at all times but the little sneak always manages to find a way to miss the cloth.  Even when it's right in his face:)
He's now been fixed of his bad sleeping habits.
He'll take several naps during the day and then sleep all night, only waking up once or twice to eat but then go right back to sleep...frew!  There are moments when I hear him squirm in the middle of the night and I groan at the thought of having to get up yet again, but then I look at his sweet innocent face and all those feelings just melt away.  What an amazing experience to be a mother and feel that type of love for another person.
I have attempted several photo shoots to catch his big grins...but I always just miss it leaving me with some awesome face shots.
Beware: I can't pick just one picture....Just scroll quickly:)

Love it:)

We had him blessed on May 6, 2012

It was a beautiful day and he made it so easy.

Targhee gave a wonderful blessing.

A few things I remember is that he would be knowledgeable in both secular and spiritual things and that family would be very important to him.

We had a great support group from our family.

Targhee's Mom and Dad

My Mom and Dad

Our Mr. Congeniality

Make It Yours

I bet the head of advertising for the City Creek Center thinks they're pretty clever:)

Well since there was such a hype about it, AND since Targhee helped dig the hole for it:) we thought we should go see what all the fuss was about. 

Of course our first stop was food!  

The food court gave us the variety we needed.  

Philly cheese steaks and McDonald's:)

Our next stop was a no brainer...

Singing the Ariel song (ah ah ah)

coloring

The princess castle.  

When you looked in the mirror a princess would appear. Can you imagine anything more magical?

Ice cream and a smoothie at Roxberry Juice.

Too bad the food court doesn't do parking validations...

TJ rockin the stroller.

He and I made quite a scene in the parking garage.

I went back to the car to feed him since I wasn't quite sure of a good place to go 

(turns out there are mother's areas in the women's bathrooms- huh- who would have thought!)

I didn't want to pack everything away in the car just to take it all back out again in 20 minutes, so I just left the stroller outside of the car.

Well, it must have been rush hour because that parking garage went from empty to filled in less than 10 minutes of sitting there.

People would walk by and then pause to examine the abandoned stroller.

You would think there was a bomb or something in there, the way they squinted their faces to see if a baby had been left.

I just laughed behind my tinted windows.

The parking security guard even stopped to have a look.

My window was opened just a crack and I had to yell at him from inside "That's mine.  Sorry!"  I think I scared him a little:)

I could see I was making the general public uncomfortable so I ended up putting the stroller in the car anyway-lol

The joys of being a nursing mom.

So, I'm afraid I'm not much of a shopper.  Ok, let's be honest.  I really despise shopping.  I don't like spending money on over priced things, especially when I don't have money to spend:)  I just don't find the idea of having things just for the sake of having them desirable.

I about threw up in my mouth at the price tag of this disgusting shirt

$475!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

What??  Who has enough money that they would blow it on a shirt that looks like it belongs on a mail man?

I don't get it.

Anyway, we decided to bid Babylon farewell and head across the street to a place much less worldly;)

Temple Square

"Come on Leilani, let's go see a statue of Jesus."

"And THEN can I get married in the temple?"

Love her:)

I always have to go see the Christus.  It has a special place in my heart since I saw it every day for 18 months.

So it turns out we didn't make City Creek ours.

It was lovely, but I probably will not be dying to go back anytime soon.