Well, hello there

So, I have had many good intentions on updating this blog for the last couple of weeks, but for some reason it is last on my list of things to do. Unfortunately that puts me very behind in posting the photos I wanted to, so I may just post random photos throughout the week to make me feel better. By not updating my blog enough I start to forget what we have been up to as well. It kind of bugs me.

I am really excited about Spring/Summer arriving. I love the Winter and all the holidays, but there is something about the warm air that makes me want to clean every crevice in my house. It also makes me want to plant things, which is kind of sad because I can never keep anything alive (plant-wise that is). I started my dreams of a beautiful backyard by ordering some Hibiscus plants off of QVC. They should be arriving this week. The only problem is, I don’t know where we will put them. They actually get quite big, so I’m trying to figure out what we are going to do with them quick. We have also been looking at trees to plant. We looked a lot last summer for one, but just didn’t go through with it, but this year I am determined to get one planted. There are a couple that we think would be nice, so we’ll see. There is a really nice nursery here that had tons of plants and flowers and I didn’t want to leave empty handed so I bought two Columbine perennials that are really pretty. We’ll see how they do. Josh set up a drip line into one of our planters and has it on a timer, so the only thing that could really happen is if they get too much water or too much sun, so I can’t be blamed if they die.

We had quite a scare earlier this past week. Josh was in a car accident on the freeway while on the way home. He is fine and the other people he hit are fine as far as we know, so he is very lucky. The truck is totaled though and so now we are down to one very unreliable car. We are looking at some options right now, but it looks like we will be sticking to one car for a while. Any advice or suggestions on buying a car would be greatly appreciated. I actually borrowed a book by Clark Howard from the library a couple weeks ago and he has a lot of really good advice in there. Anyway, I am very grateful that Josh is okay and nothing more serious didn’t happen to him. I always have this fear that he will die on the way home from work and wonder what the heck I would do, so it wasn’t fun to almost have something terrible happen like that.

Easton is such a cutie-pie. I sure love my little boy. He is really developing a little personality. He smiles all the time, especially for me, which is the least he could do for me. Last night I was getting his pajamas on and tickled the sides of his ribs and he let out this little giggle for the first time. It was so cute. I imagine he’ll be laughing a lot more in the next couple of weeks. He also is really trying to talk to me and carry on conversations in baby language. I love to encourage it because it is so cute. He also likes to blow bubbles as you can see in the first photo I posted.  He does pretty good at night as far as I know. I ask other women in our ward how their babies are sleeping and they’ll say “Oh, he’s sleeping like four hours straight, or six hours straight.” And they’re really happy about that. I don’t have the heart to tell them that Easton sleeps at least 6-7 hours straight every night. Actually a few nights ago he slept from 9 to 8:30 and I didn’t hear him once. Unfortunately Layla woke me up at 6:30, so I didn’t really get to enjoy sleeping in. Of course Easton can not compare to Sydney’s sleep schedule when she was this age. She slept all through the night pretty early on, so I often worry that Easton will always wake up in the night.

Sydney is our little goofball lately. She has been so silly. I can’t even really explain her behavior. She just says funny things and even talks in funny voices to be silly. She has a really big fear of the dark right now. She has a nightlight, but she still likes to have the hall light on and the door wide open. She saw a video that had pictures of some dogs and cats that were growling and hissing and whatever and ever since that she has been so scared. She always says, “There’s no scary dogs under my bed?”. “No Sydney, no scary dogs under your bed.” Josh told her there were only unicorns, rainbows, and princesses under her bed. That seemed to help (although I’m not sure that would make me feel better).I’m dying to get Sydney into Preschool, but I’m pretty sure we won’t be able to afford it right now especially with a car payment in the near future. I’m planning on working on some ideas of things to do at home with her which I think I can do if I can find some good resources. My only concern is her lack of interaction with other kids. She is so shy, but you can tell she really wants to play with other kids. I hope to help her with that as soon as I overcome my shyness with other people.

I am doing great. I’m still slowly getting back into the swing of things. Like I mentioned earlier I am really into getting the house clean and maintaining it. I’ve also been seen decorating and rearranging things and trying not to spend a lot of money in the process. I’m really into learning things. I may have talked about this before. I just feel like learning everything about money and finances, cooking, photography, gardening. Sometimes I get crazy ideas about starting a photography business and then I chicken out. I think I need a little more practice and confidence before I do anything like that. I did take some engagement photos for my sister-in-law’s sister last weekend. Josh was there to help too. I think both Josh and I should do photography together. He could be the personality and I could take the photos.

Well, I better get to bed. I owe Josh a backrub from his birthday last year. By the way his birthday is on Friday, so wish him a Happy Birthday and he’ll be real embarassed, but flattered. Good night!

Here’s my little baby blue eyes. They are still blue.

Here’s mini me. She doesn’t like getting her photo taken much anymore, hence the cheesy grin. I think I had to bribe her for this one.

I can’t believe I’m posting this photo of me as I have no makeup on and look sickly, but I thought Easton made up for that with his cuteness.

Here’s our latest family photo. Neither kid is looking and I imagine that will be how it is for a long time. I like it though.

Sydney trying to hold Easton. She doesn’t quite get that you have to support his head, so she just held on to his foot. He is kind of heavy though.