Happy Little Princess

Time for a new blog post!! So I took some amateur pictures of Sydney this morning, because I really wanted to document her strawberry mole which may or may not go away by her first birthday, and it's something interesting that doesn't happen very often. So take in my adorable baby's cuteness!!



What a happy little princess!



Oh, and she's lately taken to sucking in her bottom lip.. I think it's because when I put lip gloss on Autumn, I tell her to smack her lips, so Sydney tries to do it too.



Apparently I have an obsession with feet.. Don't judge me.



Autumn LOVES to play with my $50 camera, and so I'm going to buy her one of these for Christmas..




She took this picture of daddy, and I really think it's a pretty good one, so I thought I'd share my daughter's photography skills..



Thinking about Christmas gets me excited, and I can't wait to put up our Christmas tree in the next couple weeks. There's so many things that I want to be able to get for Autumn, it's sick. I can't wait for black Friday!

What's for Dinner?

I don't know, got any good ideas?

Time Changes

We had the "Fall Back" time change on Sunday, and my kids are still messed up over it.. I have to confess, I'm still a little messed up by it too. It's only 9:30, and Sydney is already down for a nap, which she usually takes at 11:30. The kids have been waking up at 6am, and I'm trying to pull the sheets over my head because I'm still tired!

Autumn sleeps in our bed every night too, and she has serious bad dreams. She'll wake up screaming and crying yelling, "That's MINE!" or "Give me my ball!" just random things, and it always wakes us up. So we're up a million times in the night trying to make her stop crying before she wakes up her sister, and it exhausts me.

Autumn has been so cranky all day, so I'm making her lay on the couch with a pillow and blanket watching Cinderella. She's been crying ALL morning, and it's just driving me bonkers. Hopefully she'll take a nap too, and we'll be able to have a happier afternoon..

Happy Halloween!!

Whew! We had an insane Halloween.. Bradley had to work until 2pm, so I had everything ready to go when he got home, he just put his costume on. I went as a fairy, Bradley was a hockey player, Autumn was a pink Tinkerbell, and Sydney was a bunny. The girls looked absolutely ADORABLE. At 3, we went and trick-or-treated on Main Street, and Autumn and Sydney got quite a good bit of candy. We went with one of my friends, Leah, and it's kinda become our little tradition.. My family met up with us, and we had the whole clan there trudging through the crowds on Main trying to get candy. We finally finished at around 5, came home just in time for our ward's trunk-or-treat; that's where the church members bring their candy, and the kids can go around to the cars in the church parking lot and trick-or-treat so they don't have to go out at night. We were all set to go, and we found out by one of our neighbors that they did it at 4pm.... LAME! They must have changed it last minute, and we didn't get the info. Nonetheless, Autumn had so much fun trick or treating, and we went to Bradley's parent's house to show off the kids. Grandpa gave them about 5 treats each, so I think we made up for it. :D We came home at about 7, and Bradley and Autumn were absolutely exhausted, so I fed Sydney, Autumn crashed on the couch within minutes, and we headed up to bed to watch Van Helsing. Best.Movie.Ever. We all fell asleep within a half hour, so we're re-watching it this afternoon. Thank goodness for the time change here, because I definitely needed that extra hour!

Anyways, here is pictures of my adorable children..

My oh-so-adorable Tinkerbell. Oh yeah, I MADE that costume!!



Autumn starting waving her wings around saying, "Say CHEESE Tinkerbell!"





My adorable little pumpkin. We have worn this outfit out this year! This is litterally the 6th time in October that she's worn it.



I adore that face. How could you not love babies!!



My adorable honey bunny





The feet on this costume were so cute!



This is a video of Sydney, making herself laugh..



Continuation...just pure Emery cuteness..

Snow? Already?

Whew! It's time for a good blog post. I know, you all thought I ran away or something. Nope, still here, and still being dragged around by children. So I woke up this morning, and took Brad to work. We heard that it was supposed to snow today, but with how often the weathermen are wrong, I thought it was a slight-to-none chance that it actually would. Now, as I'm writing this, this is what it looks like outside my window..

You can't really see it from the photo, but there is a steady stream of snow falling.



Here's a little better one..



So Autumn's been in this kick where she wants to use our camera ALL the time. She loves taking pictures, and here are some that she took. Most of them had her finger on the lens, so it just looked orange. We're thinking of getting her a fisher price camera for Christmas, so she doesn't break mine...

Courtesy of Autumn:



"Mom! Say Cheese!"





This is the only pretty decent one that she took..



I have to say, she's getting better at it.. She loves the camera, and so do the dogs. I bust it out, and they run to me to get their picture taken.. Weirdies.




For some reason, I can NEVER get Suki straight on. We have enough profile shots, we really need to see something straight on...



Ginger found a new home last Monday, and it was MUCH harder than I ever thought. I knew they were coming on Monday to pick her up, so I had prepared myself emotionally for it, but I was balling my eyes out all day long. Autumn's had a really hard time with it, because she would play with Ginger the most. We've been having to tell her that Ginger went to live with a new family. She still asks about her a lot, and then says to herself, "Ginger with new family." It's pretty heartbreaking to hear, but I know it was much easier now, than when she's 5 or 6. Here's a picture I took just before she left..



So I realized, I have even MORE pictures to post. I've been sewing Autumn's Halloween costume with my moms help. I've never used a pattern before, so she's been telling me, sew this part, now this one. I think it's turning out awesome. Here's the costume so far... We were going to finish it today, but with the blizzard going on outside, hopefully we can get it done tomorrow. Autumn's DYING to wear it.

CHEESE!






Autumn just came up to me, took my hand and said, "Oh, I show you. I show you, mommy." She takes me over to the front window, and says "LOOK! It's raining in there!" No sweetie, that's snow.. Lots and lots of snow. What an adorable little girl. :D

That's all for now! Happy Halloween!

Hum, Hum

Last night, one of the sweetest things happened to me. I was sitting down on the rocking chair, and it was about 9:30pm or so. Autumn was already bathed and in her jammies, just wandering around the house. She came up to me, climbed up on my lap, laid her head on my heart, and this was what happened.

Autumn: Hum hum hum.

Me: Hum hum hum.

Autumn: Hum hum.

Me: Hum hum hum hum.

Autumn: Hum hum.

And she was out. Okay, usually, it's a fight to get this little one to bed. She doesn't want to miss a thing, and wants to stay up super late. She usually watches The Simpsons to fall asleep, so this was so out of her character. I had no idea she was that tired, but it was so sweet to have her fall asleep in my arms.

So as you know, we have been trying to find our dog, Ginger, a new home. Please pass it on, if you know someone in the area that would like to have a sweet and gentle pup. I had to re-post her KSL ad, but to see the link, click here.

I would really love to find her a home with children, because she loves that companionship. Thanks to all!

Happy 28th Birthday My Love!

My Dear Bradley,

Happy Birthday! I love you so much. You are such a wonderful husband and father, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I'm so lucky, to have the two most important men in my life, my loving husband, and my dad, having the same birthday. I love you more than anything, and I would do anything for you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I can't imagine my life without you in it. I will never let you go, and you are the most romantic, sweet, sensitive, loving man I have ever met. I can't wait to spend the rest of forever with you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!!

Conference Weekend And Other Goodies

I've been sick with a bad cold all day, and it's been totally crummy. It's Conference weekend, so it's been nice to stay home, but Brad had to work all day and then went to the priesthood session, so I've only seen him for 2 hours today, and it bites. Bad. There's nothing worse when you're sick than to take care of 2 kids by yourself. I'm making a vow to never get sick again..

Not much new this week.. Sydney's still trying to get the hang of sitting up by herself, and is so antsy to become mobile it's sickening. She gets so frustrated that she can't chase after her sister, and I can't wait for the day when she starts crawling and they can play even more together.

One of my good friends from high school just found out that she's having a second boy, and we couldn't be more thrilled for them. Her little boy and Autumn are only a couple weeks apart, so I was so excited to hear that they were going to have another boy, because he's going to be such a sweet big brother. Finally, a good excuse to look at little boy clothes! Someday....Someday I'll have a little boy..

I hauled the kids over to my neighbor's house this morning for the first session of conference, because I really didn't want to be home alone without Bradley. It was so nice to go over there, because we haven't hung out in so long. Autumn absolutely loves her little boy, Kayson, and when I told her we were going over there, so was ready to walk out the door and leave me in the house packing 3 gallons of milk to the fridge. Anyway, seeing their house reminds me how disgustingly messy ours is. As I'm writing this, I barely have enough room on our dining room table for my computer and a mouse. It's ridiculous.

In church last Sunday, we were asked to write down a difficulty or adversity that we have experienced and how we've grown from it. I really felt the urge to share, but for lack of time, I wasn't able to. I thought I'd post it here, because I feel like there's someone out there that can benefit from what I had written down..

When Bradley lost his job in the first of June, I didn't know what we would do. I had just found out that my dad had lost his job a couple months before, and I told them I don't know what I'd do if we had ever received the same news. Little did I know, I was going to be able to experience that which I had no intention of experiencing. There were many tears and sleepless nights, not knowing what the future would bring, and just praying that it would all be over soon. The hardest thing was asking family and friends for help. We have had so many trials during the last 4 months, and asking for help all the time, even now, is a humbling experience. It's easy to offer help, but it's much harder to receive, or ask for it. I know our prayers were, and are being answered still. I can't wait for that moment when we can finally stand on our own two feet, and no longer need parents giving us money for our house payment, and buying groceries for us every couple weeks. I know that I wont be given any trials that I can't handle, but this one seems almost unbearable, and I can't wait for the end. I'm so grateful for my sweet husband, and my gorgeous little girls. They are my everything, and without them I wouldn't be able to survive.

Now for some pictures!!!





For a really long time, I have wanted to get my wedding bouquet out and put it in a vase and set it on our dining room table as a center piece. It's so gorgeous, and I couldn't stand the thought of having it sit in a closet upstairs to collect dust. I think it looks so beautiful. I love having it out for everyone to see it. Our wedding colors were red, indigo, and silver but the only rocks I could find were red, white and blue. Call me patriotic. I was born in July, so I guess it just comes with the territory. :)












I love how this look is totally coming back in style. Looks like my little girl is up with the times.. To me, she just looks like a Nephite, haha.















This little girl absolutely LOVES her bouncer. It's a lifesaver to me too, because sometimes I just need a break and take a few minutes to myself! She looks so much like her big sister, it's outrageous.











I love that my two little sweethearts are the best of friends. A lot of times, I'll set Sydney down on the chair, and Autumn will crawl up right next to her and bring a toy, or in this case, a giant princess book. They are two peas in a pod, and I hope they stay friends through the teenager years. I really want a little boy someday, but if we have all girls in our future, I'm okay with that. They are so sweet, and Autumn makes such a good big sister, that I can't imagine it any other way.






Sydney is already into books, just like her big sister. I'll put a book in front of her, and she'll be entertained for quite some time. If she's fussy, she doesn't get a binkie, but a book. She's just like me. Give these girls a good book and they're entertained for hours.










She's so close to crawling, it's unbearable. I can't wait for the day when she just takes off..










My sweet little Autumn. She loves to pose for pictures. She wants to be in front of the camera, or behind the camera at all times. I have to hide it so she doesn't waste the batteries...






What's for Dinner?

Either sloppy joes, or burger and fries.. I haven't decided which one to do for lunch, and which one to do for dinner. At any rate, they'll be pure deliciousness! Bon Appetite!