Conversation

The other night Mackenzie asked why her aunt Ali had to go to college. I told her Ali needed to go to college so she could get a job. She asked "Will dad have to go to college someday?"
I said, "Dad already went to college before you were born. And so did mom." So then she wanted to know what my job is. I told her my job is being a mom.
Her reply: "BOR-ING!"
I guess I have a long way to go if I'm trying to raise loving, nurturing, mothers-to-be.
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Brooklyn cracks me up because every time she gets hurt she says "I'm bleeding!" She also likes to blame her sister even if she is nowhere in sight "Che Che hit arm!"
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Last weekend we went to the zoo and I overheard a great conversation. When we were looking at the giraffes, there was a couple by us who had a son about 4.
Dad: "Let's go in the giraffe house and see if we can see the baby giraffe."
Mom: "Ben! The baby giraffe D-I-E-D!"
Dad/Ben: "Sorry, I didn't know!"

Girls, all I really want is girls. And in the mornin it's girls. Cause in the evening, it's girls (Beastie Boys)

It would have been a hard habit to break anyway--calling my kids "my girls." We are all excited for another beautiful little girl to join our family...except maybe one of us is still getting used to the idea. And it isn't dad. See the video below to find out who really wanted a brother and not a sister.


I'm sure she'll get used to it eventually and quit saying how she's gonna hit and kick the baby. We love seeing what great friends Mackenzie and Brooklyn have grown into and I'm sure this next one will be another built in best friend.


Isn't she awesome!

New Plates

I think we may be the first (does that make us the best?) to get on these new BYU license plates. My husband is pretty excited about this so next time you see us make sure you tell him how incredibly awesome they are!

18 weeks and Big girl bed

Here I am at 18 weeks. I'm glad I look pregnant in this picture because once I put on regular clothes I just look CHUBBY. Haha, I sure pregnant lady has felt that way.



Since the crib will have a new occupant before too long we decided it was time to put Brookie in a big girl bed. The first couple days were a bit bumpy. Here is a picture of how exhausted Brooklyn was after throwing an I'm-not-going-to-stay-in-here tantrum. I've been pleasantly surprised at how well she transitioned after she learned that she might as well just stay put.


I put up a few new decorations to go with the consignment store furniture and new bed. Fun stuff :)

My Mackenzie

Today she told me "If you want me to be nice to you and not yell at you, then you need to go to the store and get me lunchables right now."

Wow, time for me to go buy every parenting book stocked at Barnes and Noble.

YAY!

We accepted an offer on our house in Iowa. We are supposed to close on May 15, so let's all keep our fingers crossed until then.

Easter 2010

We were able to get away to St. George for Easter this year. Mackenzie kept asking why we can't live there. We all had a great time celebrating Easter, relaxing, and watching conference (or trying to). Robert's sister and her husband's family were down there too which was a bonus for my girls who adore their cousins.

Here are my girls at our neighborhood egg hunt:

And with Hallie and Livi:


The Easter Bunny found us in St. George and here's the video


The Dunn's grandma was nice enough to paint Mackenzie into a butterfly. Brookie got some stars on her cheek and kept asking to look in the mirror again.