Lipstick!!!

I dressed up for church today and decided to wear red lipstick too. I wore my hair up too and apparently that was the ticket for everyone who saw me to say how great I looked. It was nice to hear the compliments but especially nice to hear if from Adam.

When I got home I took my lipstick off and Katie really wanted to put some red lipstick onto. So we put it on her and she looks super cute. Then she wanted to put it on me. She did a really great job and we both have red lips now... doesn't it look great

Regular day

Today is just a normal day I don't have to work and Katie Luke and I are going to target for a couple of things. I put Katie's hair in no heat girls this morning and they look beautiful as you can see in the picture. Her and Luke are both wearing Converse shoes that Dad got on clearance. It's so fun to wear lots of fun outfits that we know were really cheap. Katie is my sweet attitude girl and she is always thinking of other people. She is a a little

mother to Luke even when I don't want her to be.

Our Kiddos

Kevin and Katie are playing house around me right now and are bringing me all sorts of food to eat. They are calling each other honey and playing so sweetly together. I love them so much. We had an adventurous morning. Within the first 15 minutes of being awake Kevin cried 4 times, and was sent to his room for pulling a fit about a banana and the color of cup he was given. Sometimes he is really emotional and I don't really know how to deal with him. I mean he full on had a melt down about how big his banana was compared to Katie's.
Now they are both over by the baby swing "fixing" it. Kevin has these little play toys and he is laying under the swing with his hammer and drill. Katie has her baby doll in the swing and is pretending to be the Mom.
Last night Katie kept getting out of bed and we were trying everything to get her to get back in without going up there and physically putting her in there (which is what she secretly wanted). Finally I told her if she didn't get back in bed she would have to stand in the garage in time out. She said "Okay, stand in garage" and started heading downstairs. She was perfectly happy to stand in time out rather than go to bed. When Adam went to get her out after 5 minutes or so, she said "No, I not listening" cuz she wanted to stay out there. Then Adam told her that she would have to stand outside in the back without the light on, and her reply was "Okay, get flashlight, kay". Then after we got her in bed she got out again and I let her know that if she was not willing to stay in her big bed that she would not be able to sleep in it anymore, she would have to sleep in the pack and play, so she cried and said "I want pack and play" like 10 times. FINALLY the last thing that we tried worked. I said we would have to lock the door. She said "no lock a door". I thought we were done with her antics for the night but 2 minutes later she cried again and came out saying she had to throw up (Kevin had thrown up the night before so it wasn't all too unlikely, except she said it so matter of factly like "I need throw up, kay". She wasn't sick at all.) I ended up having to lock the door on her unfortunately but only to prove a point for a second which resulted in her crying and gagging like she really had thrown up, but when I opened the door there was no throw up just a little 2 1/2 year old who was trying everything she could to stay up a little longer. She did finally go to bed once she realized I really would have kept the door locked. Silly girl. Also... I must add that I am just a little bit worried if she is this good at exhausting all her options now, imagine the teenage years... we are in for it.

Little stories

Okay, so I finally got around to getting a picture of this baby belly. This is me at 34 weeks pregnant with our #3 baby. He is so active and so hurty sometimes. I love to feel him kicking around unless it means he is kicking some vital organ of mine. Kevin and Katie are so excited about baby Luke and talk to my belly most every day.
I am now 36 1/2 weeks and can't believe how fast time has gone. I went to the doctor yesterday for my check up and so far I have only gained 15 pound this pregnancy which is GREAT!! I hate being a little overweight when I start my pregnancy, so I am glad my body doesn't blow up like a balloon when I am expecting. I think I gained the last 5 of those pounds just in the last week. I have opened the sweet tooth door and can't seem to shut it now. Ironic that I made it through the holidays without gaining a pound and now I am eating junk for no reason. I don't even like it that much I just keep telling myself that I do.


Funny little story... Katie has officially moved from her crib to her big girl bunk bed and she LOVES it. I have to admit she has done extremely well and her and Kevin go right to sleep every night. We have even tried both of them in there for naps and we have been successful both times. She has this mind set now that she is a big girl and when I slip and call her baby she corrects me. I was telling her not to do something the other day and used the phrase "no no baby" she strutted up to me and hit my belly while she said "Top it Baby Uke"!! She had no clue that I was telling HER to stop something, she thought I meant that baby Luke was kicking me inside. I couldn't stop laughing. I do know however that when this baby comes she is going to seem GIANT to me and calling her baby will be a thing of the past.
Other than the baby on his way and getting ready for him, we finally bought a couch that both of us agree on, the kids just got over a mild case of Pneumonia, and Adam has changed base offices so he gets to work more from home. We are happy, healthy and anxious for baby Luke to come.

Salt Lake Trip

Katie and I went on a trip up to Salt Lake for my cousin Lyndsi's wedding. It was so fun... and tiring. I realize now that I only got ONE clear picture of me and Katie. I had to put this one in though and I think you can see why.

I was so excited to use my camera a little and stayed behind it most of the time. I love learning more and more about it and think I grabbed some good shots. It sure helps that Lyndsi and Jon are such a cute couple too.
Grandpa Prows and LyndsiKatie LOVED dancing to the live music at the reception.

She was SO tired but still so cute. I woke her up at 5:30 when she normally sleeps till 9. She only had an hour and a half nap when she normally takes a 3 or 4 hour nap, and she didn't go to bed till 10:30 when she usually goes to bed at 7:30. She was still so happy though. Mommy and Daddy

Terrible 2's??

Katie... oh what do we say about our little Katie bug??? She makes us laugh and she also makes us worry a bit... she has a lot of spunk and personality and she kind of gets away with it because she is so freakin' cute.
Here is her latest little antic.


These are the couches we have had for 5 years... we got them for $100 about 3 weeks after living couch less in our apartment when we got married. They have served us well, although they are not very comfortable, they work for now.


This is how they look now after a brief encounter with Katie and an orange Sharpie. Silly Mommy leaving the marker out!! Kevin never did stuff like this so I forget to be be more cautious. We could just flip the cushion over but this is just the reason Adam was looking for to replace these things.

I told her to come show me what she did for the camera and this is what she gave me... attitude!!
Apparently she is proud of her artwork.

I'm a Slacker

I think I have mentioned this before, but I got a new camera for Christmas and its AMAZING... but our computer is rather slow so to upload my mega files to the computer, re size them, and then actually post on this blog of ours is almost an all day process. I don't know about you but I have several other things demanding my attention, meanwhile our pour little blog sits here and waits patiently for me to return. So here we go. I will post two things right now...


One of my FAVORITE MEALS is Hawaiian Haystacks... all the veggies are just delectable. Well I try to make it often cuz its easy and good for us and for a while Kevin wouldn't eat it and it made me sad. Then I got the brilliant idea to let him BUILD his own haystack... WORKED LIKE A CHARM. He loves them now and even asked for seconds on Sunday. HALLELUJAH!!! So one day we were all ready for dinner but Adam wanted crunchy noodles so he headed to the store really fast and I let the kids loose on the table. They chowed down. It was so cute to see them eat all the little condiments. Oh I love them.


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My niece Jaycee is so cute and wonderful. I lived with her family for 3 or 4 months before Adam and I started dating and she was about Katie's age at the time. She is almost 7 now and is very much in love with Katie. She also thinks she is bigger than 6 and that Katie is smaller than 24 pounds. She always tries to pick Katie up and carry her around. Well while I was cutting my other nieces hair Jaycee picked Katie up outside and accidentally dropped Katie... I heard this horrible little cry that sounded like she was saying... "oh my gosh this hurts so bad" as CoCo and I ran to get her I could see scrapes all over her little face. She had gravel stuck in there too. From what I can tell Jaycee must have dropped her by the stucco pillar on our patio and Katie's face was the cushion. Poor girl. Jaycee was so upset that she wouldn't look at me (since I have told her several times not to pick Katie up) I reassured her that Katie was okay and that it was an accident and that I wasn't mad as her. All of a sudden Katie reached up her hand and put it on Jaycee's arm almost to console her. It was so precious.
Here is her face... it healed quickly and everyone just thought I didn't wipe the food off her face.

Finally and Update

We have been having a great time up in Utah the last few weeks and are glad we had the opportunity to come. We are however really really really missing our Adam (he is in Kansas City for Training until Friday and has been there since the 24th). Kevin hasn't wanted to talk to him the last few phone calls and finally last night I asked him if he was mad at Dad and he said Ya. I said "cuz he's been gone for a long time" and he said "Ya cuz I super miss him". So cute.
Katie the little stinker is turing out her personality and showing us how much independance she has. She is absolutely relentless in Church, whining and crying unless she has food in her mouth. Good thing our bishop doesn't want us to have food in Sacrament anymore... ya like that's going to happen.
We told her to give us a smile and this is what we got. She is so freakin' cute I just want to kiss her all day long.

She's CHEESY

We have a major cheeser on our hands with miss Katie bug. She is so freakin' cute I just want to eat her up. So I usually grab the camera instead of taking a bite out of her cheeks. This is the result... a HUGE CHEESY SMILE.

This particular experience really cracked us up. We had pancakes and eggs for dinner and she must have really enjoyed them (or discovered just how yummy syrup is) she sure went to town licking that plate clean.

Here she is just so proud of herself. I personally am loving that there is a bit of egg stuck to her head. Good thing it was bath night.

Speaking of Katie and eating, we had to drive down to Mesa yesterday to exchange some tickets and then we planned to go to Taco Tuesday at Cafe Rio. The kids were both hungry and ready for food so the drive was not too pleasant. The back seat eventually got quiet and this is why... You can't really tell what she is doing so I will illustrate. Apparently there were some snacks in her seat, i.e. goldfish crackers, fruit loops and golden grahams (what can I say she is happy and content when she is eating so she gets snacks a lot when we are on the go). So this is her digging for "gold" so to say.

OOOh Almost got it...
Aha I got it...
YUMMY, an appetizer before dinner. (She ate a ton at dinner too)
Here's her cheezer smile once again.

Journeling for a POINT

I am doing this challenge and one of the ways you can earn a point is by journeling every day. Blogging does occasionally count so here we go.

This challenge is really opening my eyes to the things I have been somewhat immune to. I have grown accustom to thinking of only me and my family. When I do so I sort of shut down. I eat a lot more, I tend to opt out of hard things i.e. exercise, schedules, cleanliness (staying organized IS HARD for me), even the thought of reading my scriptures tends to make me sort of sigh. I know this is horrible admitting this in public but I need to face it all.
I have 10 things everyday that I NEED to accomplish and knowing I have those things to do makes me plan and accomplish my day better. When I do these things my life just seems brighter which tends to make me get out of my rut.
I have to do a random act of service every day and I gotta tell you it has been kind of hard to find things to do that I would consider giving myself a point for. So it makes me look out for ways to serve, when I see an opportunity I usually take it but then later think, I bet could find another more meaningful one. I really kind of like it so far. It sure does get me out of myself and focusing on God's children.
I know this is random, but I just want to interject here and say how much I love my husband. He went back to work full time today and it was really hard for him. He is so tired and also used to being home half of the day. He works so hard for our family and I really want to show him how much he means to us.
Speaking of family, Katie today was so fun. She has been a little fussy lately cuz I think she might be teething, so it was a breath of fresh air to have her happy and lively again today. She is attempting to walk and will try to take just one or two steps then fall down and laugh. Today while we were sitting on the couch she came over and stuck her head in my hands and then I just sort of grabbed her little face and wiggled it a little bit. She laughed so hard over and over and over again. Finally Adam and I were talking and she came over, grabbed my hand and stuck her face in it. She did that probably 20 times, each time laughing a little more than the last. Then she would attempt to walk, fall down, crawl over to the pillow and bury her head in it with excitement. So cute.
Last night after I put Kevin to bed he got out and I sort of got mad at him. He was trying to tell me that he wanted a different toy but I don't usually cater to that sort of thing so I sent him back to bed. He whined a little but did get back in bed only to get out again a few minutes later. He got out of bed again and when I asked him what the heck he was doing out of bed he very calmly said... "I was looking for you" He really wanted his other toy (but he had already picked his allotted 2 for the night) and I told him it was all the way downstairs and I was not going to go get it. He cried a bit and finally I said you can have lightening McQueen if you want (it was in the hallway) and he got mad and said NO, I DON"T WANT HIM. So I said goodnight and let him cry for a little bit then asked him again if he wanted lightning. By this point he is willing to compromise and he said yes. I gave it to him and he said (still kind of crying but with the sweetest little voice) "Thank you, Mommy" That made me want to go get the other toy from downstairs for him. Don't worry, I was strong and just told him "Your Welcome and I love you".
My kids are Priceless.

Our Little Girl is ONE!!!

I can hardly believe that my sweet little baby is now a sweet little girl. Yesterday was her Birthday and I wanted to post something all day but my computer was NOT cooperating. So really quick I will just say how much we love having her in our lives. She always wakes up with a smile and brightens our day. Happy Birthday my sweet princess... you will NEVER know how much we love you!!!

Updates

I am just amazed at how fast this last year has gone. A year ago today I was HUGE and pregnant and living away from my husband. I am so glad that we are not in that place anymore, but also a little sad that my little girl is going to be ONE next week. Crazy!!!
The kids have been so sweet lately and I am feeling bad that I have not documented the SWEETNESS.
Kevin is downstairs right now giving life to his trucks by talking for them. One of them is apparently sick and the other one is tired. He is loving stickers lately and we had some fun yesterday spelling our names on our shirts with them. I unfortunately forgot they were all over me when we walked to the store last night... the cashier thought it was quite an interesting fashion statement and wondered where she could get some. Ha Ha... the joys of being a Mom.
Kevin has been learning his letters and doing so well with it. Although he insists that his name starts with an A just like Mom and Dads do. Yes he knows our first names and calls us by them sometimes (thanks Curtis).
We have been doing a co-op preschool with 6 kids and this week was my week to teach. They are all such good kids and they learn really fast. I am NOT a natural teacher so sometimes I struggle but they are forgiving and don't mind playing with toys while I get myself together.
Katie is such a doll I find myself just wanting to be around her all day long. She sleeps awesome and is so happy to see me when she wakes up. She bobs her little head to music and bites Kevin's bunnies. She teases her brother by pulling on his hair or ears. My favorite is that she blows kisses. When we were saying night night to Daddy he blew her kisses and then she tried to do it back. She put her hand to her forehead and then extended her hand while making a clicking sound with her mouth. So CUTE!!!
I can't get enough of them.

Picture Book

My good friend Chauntelle gave Katie this little photo album thing when she was born and I just now put pictures inside. It's really fun and she totally loves it cuz she can chew on it but the pictures don't get wet. Thanks Chauntelle.

This is Daddy, Mommy, Kevin and Katie
Aunt Mandy... I mean Queen Amanda
Both Grandparents
Katie is of course the front cover and she just happens to be wearing the same shirt in both the picture and the picture of a picture.

Katie's Room

I am ashamed to admit that Katie's room is STILL NOT COMPLETED. I know I know she will be 8 MONTHS old on Monday... I'm crazy. But it is almost there. I just need to do two more things then it will be done. She might be a toddler when it is all finished but I will do my best to get there.
I knew before we ever got pregnant with Katie that I wanted a Damask print combined with another color (I really wanted it to be a boy so that I could do green and damask) Then I thought I would do red or purple but when I saw this room at Carousel Designs I LOVED it but couldn't fork over the money for it, so I worked it out with my beautifully talent client Jillayne that I would do her hair if she would make the bedding for me. YEAH!!! Doesn't it look great. My wonderful sister in law Summer provided the vinyl for us and the rocking chair in the corner is Adam's Mom's from when her kids were little. I really love the way it is coming together and I am so glad I went with pale yellow rather than the deep red that I originally wanted because she is so delicate and petite I think the yellow just fits her personality.












Sidenote... LOOK AT HER PONYTAIL!!! So much fun.