Our Olympian Chloe...

Chloe has been in Gymnastics since the end of January. On the 11th of this month she participated in the Spring Olympics!!! it was so cute!! They started out with all the different teams walking into the gym to music and a poster with their team name on it, Chloe's team was called "The Olympians" then they went around to all the different equipment to show off their stuff. Chloe did so good, but since everybody was standing around her watching and cheering her on, I could tell she was a little bit nervous so she looked really stiff on the balance beams which she loves!! but she did awesome an everything!! At the end they had their team stand on the #1 block and they got medals and a treat!





She's been loving this beautiful weather! As soon as she wakes up she's asking to go outside and look for friends, if nobody's out she'll start knocking on doors (sorry neighbors). These past few days we've been having picnics outside and running in the sprinklers!!

(the inflatable water slide)

And at the young age of 3 she's already been spoken for...sorry boys. Dylan, her current "boyfriend" has announced many times (in church) that he is going to marry Chloe. While Vince was home teaching their family a few months ago, Dylan asks..."Vince, can I marry Chloe?" Vince said "we'll have to see about that" he didn't like that answer, it had to be a yes! Also the other day they were at a birthday party, they were waiting in line at the giant inflatable slide and he had his arm around her, after the party he walked her up to our door, grabbed her hand and kissed it!! then they hugged!! I couldn't believe it! it was so cute, but hopefully something that wont go any farther then that!!

(Chloe and Dylan)

She's been such a good big sister to Brayden making sure that he only eats what is age appropriate, and double checking with me if it's ok to give him something off her plate. The other day in the car, Brayden had pulled a receipt out of the diaper bag and started to eat it, Chloe took it away and told me that Brayden couldn't eat paper yet...yet?? when can he eat it?? she's so funny. She's always giving him hugs and kisses and making him laugh, he loves he so much and is always interested in the things that she is doing.

She'll be turning 4 on Sunday...crazy! I can't believe she's getting so big!!

All about Mr. Brayden

Poor little Brayden has had a cough for about a week, Thursday night I noticed his cough was starting to sound like he was getting Bronchitis again!! Friday it was still bad and while he was sitting on my lap quietly, I noticed he was wheezing! I remembered when he had Bronchitis in December the doctor told us if we noticed any wheezing we were to bring him back ASAP!! I guess if it goes untreated he can get pneumonia! not good. So since it was Friday at like 4:00pm and our doctor is in IF I took him to Community Care, (I'm so glad I got the doctor there that I like) He looked him over really good and listened to him and said he was pretty wheezy and said we had to do breathing treatments. I thought that I was gonna have to go to the hospital or somewhere everyday to do this, but then he asked "have you ever used a nebulizer?" I was like I've heard the word before but didn't know what if was for. So I was sent home with a nebulizer and some instructions on how to use it and to do it every 4 hours. I thought it was gonna be some tourture thing for him and he'd scream through the whole thing, but he actually is very good through it and now knows what to do when he sees it, he'll grab the tubes and shove them in his mouth...what a smart little boy!!

The nebulizer

The first treatment

On top of all that he also has an ear infection and he's teething! but he is still the happiest baby on the planet!!
He's been scooting all over the place, he gets around pretty fast and is getting into everything pulling everything he can get his chunky hands onto over! he can't quite pull himself up all the way yet, he makes it to his knees and can't figure out what to do next! He's quite the adventurous baby, going all over the house exploring his new world. (Chloe never left the living room unless I carried her somewhere else) I think I'll have my hands full with this little guy. Hopefully he won't figure out how to walk and even worse, run any time soon!! ;)

**stay tuned for a post about our little Olympian!! hopefully I can get the video camera to cooperate.

Before I was a Mom..

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

t he heartache,
the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom .

Brayden is loving his big sister more and more everyday, he is constantly watching everything she does and laughs so hard. He gets so happy when she climbs in the car next to him after preschool and he'll get a huge smile on his face when she says hi to him. He'll scoot over to her when she's playing on the floor to see what she's doing. One night he was up late and just stared up the stairs, every couple minutes he would yell just one little yell, wait and listen and then do it again like he was trying to wake up Chloe to play...silly boy! I'm so glad she is being such a good big sister to him, and she helps out a ton! I just hope they love each other just as much when they get older.

Here is a video I took one morning of Chloe playing with a kids meal toy while Brayden sat in his highchair after breakfast. The toy if you can't tell is this swirly stick with 3 little frizbies(sp?) that would fly off and spin around when she pushed them up. He loved it.

birthday party and disney on ice

we had a fun weekend finally, it was nice to have a change. Saturday Chloe's friend had a birthday party, which she can't stop talking about, it was a Scooby Doo theme, and a ghost stole the birthday cake so the kids had to go around to find the clues that led them to the cake, she loved it, (thanks Jen!) Chloe has been talking about what kind of birthday party she is going to have next month, it was always a princess party, but it has now changed to a scooby-doo party, she has it planned and everything, with Vince being the ghost, and me telling everybody the cake it gone :) maybe we can change her mind within the month so the kids here can enjoy a different party.

On Sunday we drove to Utah to catch the last show of Disney On Ice! The trip down was a bit crazy, I will now pack an extra pair of clothes for Chloe from now on, in case she gets car sick again, not fun!! We had to stop in Ogden to buy new clothes. Once we got there she had a blast!! Brayden even sat and watched, I was wondering how he was going to be through the whole thing.

Chloe waiting for the show to start

The stage, it had a little elevator thing that had to characters go up and down, she thought that was pretty cool.

THE SHOWS
The little Mermaid

Chloe loved the big Ursula

The Lion King

Lilo and Stitch
Peter Pan
(chasing his shadow)flying to NeverLand

the pirates

the lost boys at thier tree house

Captain Hook getting eaten by the crocodile

Don't I have the cutest kids ever??

These pictures were taken after church. I had to get a picture of Brayden in his little 3 piece suit, before it's to small, the last button popped open when he sat down. =)

Happy Valentines Day!

Vince and I did Valentines Day last night instead of today, he has to work half of the day and thought we'd let my parents go out tonight (they are our babysitters) So we went to dinner at our favorite Chinese place The Great Hunan (used to be called Yen Ching) it is right by Edwards in Idaho Falls, it was so yummy!! then we went to go see Paul Blart Mall Cop haha that was pretty funny :)

I didn't go all out for Valentines Day, Chloe has gotten so much candy already I just got her some earrings, a box of conversation hearts, and a card, she loves getting cards! and Brayden got a jar of fruit :) haha since that's like the only sweet thing he can have. When I feed him food I've been putting him in his bouncer, but after today, I think he's ready for a highchair, what do you think?? he would not lean back :)