The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

THE GOOD

She just looks so cute in her panties-especially from the behind! We've been working on potty training for the last little bit. Brookie has done pretty well- just a few accidents. And once we got out the candy jar it was amazing how quickly she understood you poop in the toilet and not your panties!
I felt like today was a breakthrough because she was telling me she had to go or she'd go on her own.

THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Yes, this is my leg. It is bad and ugly and purple and uncomfortable and annoying and achy and NOT FAIR...the joys of pregnancy! Please don't judge me if you see me walking around in the scorching heat with one tall black compression sock with my shorts or capris. These awful varicose veins have to be in addition to getting huge? Can't I choose which symptoms I'll take? Ok, I'm done. Now we can call the wah-bulence! [from here on out I'll try to stick with the miracle of growing and having a baby because I know it is truly a blessing]

Couldn't POSSIBLY

We were in Mackenzie's room last night and she had some underwear on the floor. Robert asked her if they were hers or if they were mom's. Mackenzie laughed, "Look at these- they couldn't possibly be mom's!"
Maybe you had to hear the way she said it, but we busted up.

A Week In Fallon

I took a risk on our drive home yesterday. I woke up at 5am hoping the girls would sleep for a little while and they both slept for about the first 3 hours of the 8 hour drive home. So we survived the drive home. When we pulled into our garage, Mackenzie said "Let's go back to Fallon now."

We had a great week staying with Grandma and Grandpa.
We swam and ran through the sprinklers.


We played with cousins.
The cousins let us play in all their dress ups.
We visited the neighbors' animals. Held the puppies, fed the alpacas.








We had lots of picnics and yummy food. (That I didn't have to make.)


We rode the 4 wheeler.


We saw old friends.
We did art projects.
We jumped and jumped and jumped on the tramp.
We looked for bunnies and lizards and worms.
We congratulated cousin Kevin on h.s. graduation.
We were spoiled.
We loved it.

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 :)