Daddy's little birdies

Ryan came downstairs yesterday with a milkshake.  He was immediately greeted by 2 hungry birdies! :)

I love the sequencing of the first 3 pictures, don't you?!

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes

In order to get Kamryn to nap or go to bed these days, we have to ask her what we are going to do when she wakes up.  (Sorta a weird way to get her excited to do something after she naps!  She is SO good at negotiating these days!) :)  So, the other day, while we were playing on Disneypreschool.com, we found a recipe for Mickey mouse cupcakes.  So, she wanted to make them when she woke up!

 Kamryn's cupcake didn't really turn out looking much like Mickey.  But she was very excited about it! :) 

(I caught this picture right when she was blinking!  oops!) :)

 Aunt Krista made Mickey's with us!

 Yum Yum Yum

Kyler enjoyed the afternoon as well!  He got to taste his first grasshopper cookie!  Yum Yum!

P.S.  I just had to show what Kamryn was wearing, for record's sake.  

Such a classic insisted-by-a-2-year-old-outfit, don't ya think?! :) 

Kyler has 2 moms

Kamryn will often see me doing something with Kyler and jump right in to do it.  Whether it be diapering, playing or feeding--she does it all!  :)

This particular night, I had put the spoon down for a few seconds and Kamryn swooped in and took over! :) 

I love this last picture---she opens her mouth to help him open his mouth! :) 

(We've all done it, haven't we!?!) :)

My cute Boys!

I was looking through pictures today (obviously with all the blog posts!) :) and I found 2 really cute pictures of my boys!  Aren't they just the best?! :) 

I love my boys!


(PS don't miss out on the other 6 posts from today! I'm on a roll!)

Dollies are great friends to...

Sleep with

Hug

and Have Tea Parties with

(However, little brothers are not such great friends.)

Nintendo is loved at an early age!

 I often will find Kyler scooting toward one of the boys as they are playing video games... so funny! Enjoy!

 

 So Happy! :) 

This is my 2 year old

Ever since Kamryn was a small baby I have often realized that she is not like other kids.  She is somewhat abnormal.  I say this in the most optimistic way, however.  When I say she is abnormal I mean:

• that she never went through the phase of putting everything in her mouth...
• She hasn't ever run away from me when going places.   
• she doesn't like to knock over towers of blocks that she has built.
  (to name a few).  

I'm not blogging to gloat or brag about how "easy" she is...(because she DOES throw fits one after another!) :)  But I have had a couple of experiences recently with her that remind me so much of how lucky I am!  (and to watch out for when Kyler is this age because I know without a doubt that he will be exactly opposite!) :)

Story #1:
I was taking the kids over to my inlaws to visit for the evening (5 minutes from our house) and my mother in law asked me to pick up the Little Ceasars pizza she had just ordered over the phone.  I said I would get it, expecting to run in and pay for it and leave the kids in the car for 1 minute.  Well, when I got there, the store was the busiest I've EVER seen it! It was going to take me a good 10 minutes to stand in line and just get the pizzas! So...I had to take the kids in.  We crossed the parking lot, Kyler in one arm and Kamryn holding my hand.  When I finally got to the front and got the pizzas, I had Kyler in one arm and pizzas in the other--leaving no hand for Kamryn.  I told her to walk right next to me and that there were cars so she needed to stay with me.  I slowed my pace to stay with her, but she was right there with me the whole time and then got in the car without any trouble.  No running.  No goofing around.  It was amazing to me that a 2 year old could handle something like that.

Story #2: 
Tonight Kamryn brought me a little piece of paper saying "Color! Color!"  I looked and saw that she had colored on a free Del Taco meal coupon.  Not a big deal.

Then I remembered that there were markers on my desk (not washable) downstairs right by that paper.  Obviously that's what she had colored with.  I went downstairs and found this:

Markers with lids on them correctly. 

No marker anywhere else in sight.  Not on the computer, the desk, not even her!  

I am amazed that she is so capable and just so cautious and so aware at age 2.

Cougar Kiddos!

 This Christmas turned out to be a Disney Christmas and a BYU Christmas.  I really should get everything together from those 2 categories and take a picture! :)  Not intentional--but it happened.  We got the kids matching BYU t-shirts and then Kyler got a Football jersey (cutest thing EVER) and Kamryn got a cheerleader dress and bows for her hair!  :)  Good thing Daddy is hopefully going to BYU for grad school too, huh?! :)

GOOOOOOOOO COUGARS!

Good little helper

 Aunt Krista's chore was to clean the bathroom---what better way to make it fun than to encourage your niece to help out! :) 

Happy New Year!

It's been a great few days of 2011 so far... but just as busy if not busier as all of December! (which I am SO behind on btw!) :)  

Just wanted to hop on here and update a little bit while I have the chance:

*I signed up for a triathalon for this upcoming May!  I'm starting to train this week and it has been awesome so far!  :)  I'm sure when it's been 30 days and not just 3 I'll be a little less enthusiastic about it! ;) but for now I'm loving the good attitude! :)  And the greatest thing is that I'm doing it with my mom!  (So, then I have someone to encourage me to keep training for it!) :)  I'm also really pushing this new year to prioritize my time.  5 days down--so far so good!  I can already see a change in my attitude and my time.  More on that later! :)

*Ryan still loves his job just as much as ever.  He has recently really enjoyed playing "Wits and Wagers" and "Ticket to Ride" lately and still loves to read his business books!  The very exciting thing going on in his life right now is that he applied for grad school in December and we just found out that he got an interview this next week for BYU's MBA program.  We are so excited he got an interview and if you know Ryan at all, you know he is a people person and loves to "shmooz" a bit... so we're praying all goes well and they love him!  He is just so right for their program! :)  

*Kamryn is still in diapers.  I think she is understanding how to go potty more and more every day, but I just don't have the time or energy to be on top of her all of the time and really push the potty training.  The timing is the factor holding us back, but I think I will lose my sanity if I'm thinking about it constantly...so we're waiting but not discouraging it.  Her favorite things to do since Christmas are play with her princess dolls, build towers out of blocks, watch Little Einsteins, and paint pictures (watercolors).  She looks and talks older and older every day!

*Kyler is a big big 9 month old.  I can't wait to go to the Dr. with him on the 14th and find out what percentile he is now.  He seems HUGE to me...but we'll see! :)  He scoots everywhere, but refuses to crawl.  Kamryn was the same way.  He pulls to a stand and already climbs on small things like step stools and buckets.  I'm in for a ride in the next year I think!  SO different than Kamryn.  Overall, Kyler is very happy and exploratory.  But the one thing I wish for everyday is a better nap schedule from him.  He just will not nap!  Today I got half an hour in the morning (which I have seen 2 hour naps then from him here and there!) and then only an hour this afternoon (which is actually decent for his afternoon) but it just never feels like enough.  And he HATES going to bed at night.  He screams and screams and screams as he is rubbing his eyes and just laying there!  Silly boy!  Just sleep and you'll feel better! :) 

Sorry that isn't much.  Kyler is screaming, better go see what is going on! :)  Hopefully I'll be back again soon! :) Thanks for reading!