Emma is 18 months!

Emma had her 18 month checkup today! 18 months! Time really does go by fast! I'm so grateful to not miss moments but of course the time goes faster chasing 2 around. Emma is 32" tall & weighs 23 lbs. 3oz. Shes growing so fast!

She is such a cutie pie! We love her curly hair & big, blue eyes! Those eyes get ya even when she is being a feisty one. Emma is a very outspoken, tenacious, spirited, brave girl who knows exactly what she wants. She  will tell you exactly what she wants. She loves to play with her big brother, playing with anything he does. She loves to be outside even when its freezing cold, she will still let you know she wants to be outside. She loves to eat, which is great because she didn't do well with food in the beginning. but her favs are cheese & cottage cheese! & she loves sugar! watch out for energy if she gets too much! 

She can say mama, dada, for Logan she says lo(basically she rolls her tongue to sound like an l), bug, snow, cup, temple, Jesus(those sound so cute!), up, cheese, go, KoKo(from Chuggington),uh-oh, ya(but she likes to growl when she wants something, which is hilarious because Logan started copying her, so we have children that growl to say yes so we have to tell Logan to talk to a big boy not like a baby..), Leah, Aubrey, Chloe, Max, Grandma(which sometimes she calls mom which is funny cuz Logan did that to), Jacob, Jaime, Greg, & many other partial words that of course only we can understand what she wants..sometimes..she still signs a few words like cup & cheese which I love because its so much easier to communicate with that than with screaming & Logan is such a good helper to remind her how to sign which is cool to see what he remembers. Its fun to see him teach her so many things. He is such a good big brother, he is always trying to teach her a new word each day. He helps a lot to convince her to come do things when she wont for me like when I need to changer her diaper..

Anyways we just love Emma & what she brings into our home & how much she teaches us! She is our little firecracker!

Jesses bday!

Its another birthday for Jesse! I was just thinking how grateful I am for:

-a husband who is a huge support, comfort & strength to me

-who helps me to be a better person, despite insecurities of mine & at times my emotional state(hey prego brain is really getting at me some days right now)

-a husband who is a great father! I'm so grateful when I see his dedication, hard work, one on one with Logan & Emma & consistency. he is always trying to be a great dad(even when children get stressful & try your patience over & over again..haha..)

I'm just so grateful for a husband who is so good in so many ways. I'm rereading this entry over & over again & I really dont feel like I can put into words how I feel. I loved Jesse the day we were married(love that smile) 

& I love him even more now! I hope he had a great bday!

Max turned 12!?

Its crazy my little brother is 12!! Almost a teenager?? He looked so grown up on his bday! I hope he had a great day! And it was such a great experience to be there for him when he recieved the Aaronic Priesthood, so cool! So proud of you Max!

Reminiscing..

I was watching some old videos as I put them on our computer..& this one just makes me laugh & smile seeing Logan again when he was 18 months, shaggy hair, & already had quite the funny personality with things he did..

Christmas 2012

Christmas is always so fun! From decorating, having fun with daddy while he wears the reindeer antlers..haha..to dressing up..so cute! to Logan doing a Chuggington puzzle(his 1st real puzzle!), to visiting Utah with my dad & fam, love the SLC temple, always so amazing!, to seeing a cool water show, to being with family, to opening presents & more presents. & to end with the fun of the video of Logan & Emma fighting with light sabers & Emma just caught on how you "die" when you fight..so funny!

loving the HUGE digger!

such a cute picture!

kids this generation & technology..its kills me..

love emmas laugh at the end of this too..

Logan turned 3!

3 yrs have gone by so fast watching our little man grow. He is such a fun boy! He loves anything that moves, diggers, airplanes, trucks, trains, which is why he wanted a Thomas the Train cake! I found a youtube video of a guy making a thomas cake(but I think ours looks cooler cuz we made a few adjustments) but its just so fun to make his cake(thanks to Grandma for the help decorating!) because when all was said & done since it takes awhile.. Logan loved it & was so excited..so I put it up high the night before so it would not get demolished by little hands! Logans bday was great! He wanted to start the day with his numbers game, then took him bowling later in the morning & he got to play on the rides at the arcade(he still talks about bowling to this day! it was so fun for him!) Then ended the day with the party with family! I loved the pictures Chloe caught of his faces, getting so excited for all the Thomas gear & tons more fun gifts. He loved it all!

And to add..more about Logan..he is such an observant boy..always questioning & asking about things, he loves to talk you face off & will tell you all kinds of stories(dont know if they are true or not but he loves to tell & we love to listen) even 1st thing in the morning when we go to see him he's already saying hi & telling a story already. He is a very caring boy who notices when Emma needs help & loves to give her a hug to comfort her & sooth her when she is sad. When one is sad, the other one will cry too. He loves to give Emma hugs. I just love seeing him being so kind & loving & wanting you to be happy. He knows almost every name of diggers because daddy taught him..he loves anything that moves really..trains,airplanes, lately he has been catching books at the library about airplanes. He loves to be outside but loves watching all kinds of videos about cutting down trees, diggers, Thomas, airplanes, the typical boy stuff. He loves to sing & make up songs by himself or with his guitar. He loves to play the piano & dance to cool music. He loves Josh Turner..so far his fav artist & maybe because mommy & daddy like him so we played if often & now he likes him! We have taught him well starting with good ol' country! Man I hope I got most of the update on Logan. We do so many things every day..Oh he loves to sit down to read & always has.. he loves to build forts & demolish them. well he loves to demolish anything! even his sister!(we have to tell him to back off on several occasions..) lately Logan loves to count & find numbers everywhere. one day he even randomly wanted to play Rummikub..he had never played with this obviously so Jesse & I wondered what he could do with it so we turned it into a counting game & he loves to play it almost every day! He also loves to look for letters everywhere & can spell out his name! he is one smart boy! gotta love him!