Monday, April 11, 2016

Update on our family :)

Things are going well with us! Thomas is so happy with his new job. He is doing videography full time! This is his dream. He has been obsessed with making videos since he was a little boy. He works for James Adams at Epic Light Media. James is a great guy and him and Thomas work so well together. His wife is Lynne and she is super nice and fun! We love hanging out with them! We play games with them a lot, and Lynne and I do play dates a lot (she has a little girl, Ella, who is the same age as Jayne). I am SO grateful and we feel so blessed that Thomas met James. I am loving seeing Thomas happy doing what he loves. He says he's not even working because he loves it so much that it doesn't seem like work. I am home with the kids enjoying life as a mother. I have had a lot of hard times lately with Jayne... Two year olds are TOUGH! But man... I love her so much. She is talking so well and learning every day. She cracks us up! Some things about Jayne...

*Still in diapers.... I've been trying to figure out when I will potty train her haha. I'm waiting until she really seems ready. I don't want to deal with a bunch of accidents. I know it's best to wait until they're really interested. We actually got her some underwear at the store the other day. She picked it out and was so excited! We will try soon I think. She's starting to get more interested and she thinks her new underwear is so fun. 
*She's around 27 lbs, and I need to measure her to see her height! She is pretty tall for her age though 
*Loves to sing... all day! She runs around and sings and I'm pretty sure she makes up songs because a lot of the time I have no idea what she's singing haha. But she also loves to sing songs from nursery like Slippery Fish, Jesus Said Love Everyone, Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider... those are some of her favorites
*She basically knows all her letters! It depends on the mood she's in if she will tell them to you. The other day I went through and asked her all the letters one by one by writing them and she mixed up 2 and that's it! She has always been interested in letters. I've been trying to work on numbers with her but she's not really interested...
*She knows her colors and does a great job at sorting by color
*She is so fun to talk to haha. I love that she's old enough where I can pretty much have conversations with her. She understands a ton and can say hundreds of words
*Has a crazy good memory. She talks about things that were months ago and remembers small details. Also she is very good at noticing when things are different (like when we move something around the house)
*Loves her baby brother and is so sweet to him (when she chooses to be...) She loves to bring him toys and I love when she talks to him because she does a baby voice haha. She calls him "Baby Wessy"
*Loves to be with her cousins and friends (but not around too many people or she says "There's too much people!")
*Hates having to clean up her toys at night before bed... She will help though if she is bribed with m&m's haha
*Still sleeps in her crib! She climbed out one time like a few months ago but got kinda scared when she did it and hasn't done it since! She loves her crib!
*Sleeps from 8pm-7/8am for the most part and naps around 1 for about 2 hours
*Jayne is such a sweetheart. When we get upset with her almost always she says "I'm sorry mommy!" and comes and gives me a big hug.


Some things about Wes...
*He is 9 months old! Whaaaaaat! Time is flying!
*Size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes for the most part
*Has 8 teeth
*Sleeps from 7:30/8pm-7am usually and wakes up 1-2 times a night to nurse
*Takes about 2 naps a day
*He is such a happy boy! He LOVES just being on the floor playing with toys. He loves exploring all around the house
*Speaking of toys... usually he just plays with random things like cups haha. He doesn't really love any of his toys. He usually wants Jayne's stuff haha (which of course she freaks out about)
*He loves to watch his sister and other kids. His favorite place to be is around people
*Wes is a loud kid! He makes crazy noises and I can't stay in Sunday School with him because he is too distracting because he is so loud (happy noises haha).


Life is good. Life isn't perfect, there are always trials and challenges, but we try and always be grateful for what we have. We have each other, wonderful children, Thomas has a great job, I get to be home with the kids (which is hard... but I know that I am so lucky I get to be with them and I don't have to work), and we both have great families. We are so blessed. 

March

A review of March! 

We went to the zoo with some friends! 



 Lauren, Jessica, Mackenzie, Kari and me :) 

 This is Jayne when she sees bugs (mostly flies). She is terrified 
 Jayne was so good at her dentist appointment! 
 Jayne loved playing with shaving cream with Rossilyn! 





 Usually when she wakes up in the morning her hair is pretty crazy. But one morning it was super smooth and all combed over like this haha 

 Wes is 8 months old! He is around 16 lbs and 27 1/4" long, loves to pull himself up on everything, crawl around the house and explore, has the cutest little voice and says "mama" mostly,  takes 2-3 naps a day, wakes up 1-2 times at night, nurses every 4 hours or so during the day, eats solids 3 times a day and is all over the place when you change his diaper haha. 

 Indoor picnic! I did this with Mason all the time when I was little :) 


 We went to Everybody Loves Fondue with my mom. YUM! 
 Family pictures! They turned out great! Here are just a few 



 We love playdates! 

 Jayne and Jason :) 
 This was genius! A little kids table at a reception that had bubbles, little toys and crayons to color with! So awesome! 

 I was laughing after I took this picture because Wes looks huge! hahaha 



 Jayne loves watching dad draw on the iPad 
 Hahaha Thomas was totally falling asleep and Wes was playing the drums on the iPad. Hilarious! 
 We had a fun FHE with all Thomas' siblings and parents and kids and also his cousin Michelle Moyer and her family. She just got back from her mission in Korea and told us about it and sang 


 She loves to wear these roller skates at Grandma Margaret's 
 We took Jayne to her first movie in the theaters! We saw Zootopia. She did a lot better than I thought! Thanks to lots of candy and popcorn haha. She almost made it through the whole thing!
 One Saturday we took the kids to Freestone Park, got lunch at Arby's, and then went to the mall. It was fun spending time together as a family :) 


 Jayne puts headbands on Wes sometimes haha 
 She loves to let Grandma paint her nails 
 Grandma Susie's backyard is the best! Who needs the beach?? :) 
 In-N-Out! 


 We don't have a bathtub so she bathes in this plastic bin hahaha. She's getting so big for it! She is scared of showers though so..... we will see 
 His swim suit kills me! Too cute! 
Margaret turned 60! And the day before that was my mom's birthday and she turned 58!  
 Ella and Jayne had fun at the splash pad! 

 This kid! What a stud!!!! I love how his ear is poking out because of the car seat haha 

 My little Barney helping me clean the house. She is such a big helper! 
 We were on a walk with the kids and then remember there was a surprise birthday party for a girl in our ward. Jayne was in her Barney costume and didn't have shoes on... hahaha. Oh well! She had SO MUCH FUN! She was running around dancing and having a blast. We stayed past the kids bedtime because they were having so much fun and we didn't want to leave. I love fun family parties like that!

 Wes likes hanging out with his older cousins Landon and Elliot 
 Pretty sure she has at least one bowl of cereal every time she's at my mom's house haha 
 Feeding carrots to the horses! 

 Jayne loves seeing her artwork on the fridge :) I love that she's starting to color a little bit better now. It's fun to see how she changes and learns so much all the time. 
 Riparian Preserve/Gilbert Library with grandma! 
 She loves books as you can tell 

 She told me not to come in... She "blocked" the door like this hahaha. She has been such a threenager lately. She is so sassy and bossy. Lots of times she says "don't talk!" Little miss bossy! Goodness haha 
 She likes watching Grandma sew 
 We got this little birdhouse thing for Thomas and Jayne to paint together :) 
 Easter activities! Jayne thought dying the eggs was cool 
 Wes liked watching the kids find the eggs and he liked playing with the plastic eggs. So easy to please haha 
 Jayne was so fun to watch! She kept singing "eggs eggs eggs we love eggs!" haha 

 Before the women's broadcast we got dinner at Mad Greens. Yum! 
 Easter Sunday :) Wes in that bowtie is the cutest thing!!! Ahhh!!! 




 I watched him push the car over to the kitchen and climb up on it. What the heck!!! Crazy dude! 
 Jayne showed me that she drew a C and a T. She is so smart! 
One of our neighbors has a pet goat that they were walking down the street! It was adorable!!!