Mah Num A Nuh

My niece Chelsea told me I needed to start blogging again...

 

Bet she regrets that now.. lol

(Sorry Chelsea but that is just the best picture in the world)

  

But that was than, and this is now.

Shes all growed up :( 

And more beautiful then she knows!

Lots of changes in this house. Such as the house haha. We are now living with Pauls dad so that we can get an actual savings going. We were doing great on our own, but we were just staying a float and not getting anywhere when it came to savings. This way we can help him out, and help ourselves out in return. So far things seem to be going great. The kids LOVE it here. They love having their Poppy around all the time, and love having a nice big fenced yard (with out scary mesquite trees) to play in. Paul is enjoying the time with his dad, which is the main reason we moved down here in the first place. I love the less stress. I feel happier, and more motivated. I do miss my family in Utah though. I wish they would come visit. Hint hint. 

Lets start off with an Update on the kiddos. 

Samuel is doing great in school. The end of the semester is on Tuesday and I am pretty sure he is going to be having all A's. He is such a hard worker. He is getting older and I am starting to see it, and it makes me sad! I don't want my little man to grow up! He is such a strong willed kid, I don't worry about him in life at all. I know that no matter what, he will adapt to whatever situation and conquer whatever obstacles get in his way. He sees the good in everything, and wants to "Be everyone in the worlds friend." He takes time out of his day, to make sure he plays with each of his brothers and Betty. He always helps Aidan get hooked up to his pump. He is just a great big brother. 

Aidan is doing great in school as well. We have had some obstacles because of his speech problem and reading. But he is working through them. He will be finishing out the semesters with all A's as well. He is such a character, all the people in Pauls family tell me he is just like Paul when Paul was his age. He is a sweetheart with a hard exterior. He is so curious about everything. He always wants to know why something works, or how it is made. All I can say is thank goodness my phone has internet and youtube lol. He teaches me something everyday. 

Betty... Omg! Betty is going to be 5years old. I am just in shock! This little girl is WAY to smart for her own good. She can already read and write. Her most favorite thing in the whole world is coloring. Thats usually how I get her calmed down for bed. I make her come lay in my bed and color for a little while. She is always ALWAYS on the move. I thought Jackson was active, but Betty is constantly moving, dancing, singing. I love it... most the time haha. She pretty much as everyone she meets wrapped around her finger. One of my goals for her, is to find her a friend! I feel so bad most the time, because her brothers don't want to play barbies, or house or color, I have got to find her a little girl friend. 

Jackjack.... Is growing and learning like a weed. He is Trouble! The wheels are always turning in his little head, and he is always looking for trouble. He loves to go outside and play. At night I usually let him fall asleep in our bed. We just sit there and talk. I tell him to say things and he will say them, or if he can't pronounce it, he will just say it in his own language. He knows where almost all his body parts are. He knows a lot of animals sounds. And he talks like crazy. Most the time in 3-4 word sentences. Just like his brother Sam. He is funny though. He calls all of Pauls sisters family Abby. He is almost ready to start saying Olivia. I had him say Shiloh the other night, IT WAS SO STINKING CUTE! But Paul said I couldn't have him start calling me that lol. He calls all dogs and cats "Sheddy." He is going to be 2 in about 2 weeks! Where did the time go!? 

Paul started a new job. haha I know right after getting a department manager job at Walmart. But this one is a government job with better pay, and gets his foot in the door for other government jobs. Its at the commissary on base. They put him a special program that will help him move up fast too. So I think that it was all around a hard, but good decision to switch. He is planning on school this fall. I am going to be pushing him towards that.

Me?? Nothing really new with me. Just doing the whole mom and wife thing. Loving and hating it all at once haha. Mostly loving it though. I have a lot of stuff I need to get done, like getting my GED. So I can go to school, and do something with my life. lol Actually more like make sure that if anything happens to Paul, I have a way to provide for my kids. I am back on my diet, and hit my weight loss goal for this week. 5lbs. That is with just following the diet, not exercising.. My goal for this next week is 8lbs. Which I know if I add exercise to my regimen I should be able to knock that out of the park. I  am so ready to be stick thin! lol just kidding. Man if I can just get down to a size 8 in pants (with no muffin top lol), I would be ecstatic! I am only 3 sizes away from that! I know if I can just stay motivated I can get there. 

Well there is my sad little update lol. I am going to really try to stay up to date, but life does happen.

Poppy reading all the kids a bedtime story <3

Talk about perfect timing….

Today during English, I was teaching Aidan and Betty that –ck make the /k/ sound. So I say

“Lets think of some other words that say the /k/ sound at the end.”

and Little Jack Jack says

“Me”

haha. It was so funny. I have so so so much to blog about. I don’t think I will make it to everything, but I always get the most important ones to me done.

So someday. I will get off pintrest and I will blog haha.

Big News!!!

 

We bought Jackson a potty a few weeks ago. He didn’t seem very interested in it, other than to stick his toys in it and close the lid. Well today he came in while I was using the restroom, and he sat on it, I had just woke up so I was not going to worry about taking off his diaper. While he was sitting there he kept saying '”Poo Poo”. When we came out, I did notice that he had pooed in his diaper. I wasn’t sure if it had happened before or after sitting on the potty, so I just changed him. Well he came in again while I was going, and sat down and kept saying “Poo Poo” so I went ahead and took off his diaper and he sat there with me. Well I decided to wait until he stood up before I went out. He stood up and I looked. HE PEED!

HE PEED IN THE POTTY!!!!!

We had a huge party in the bathroom with everyone. He got high fives and a potty parade. It was awesome! I hope this is an on going thing!

We finally made it!

After months and months of saying I wanted to go San Pedro House. We finally made it! It was so much fun! The kids really enjoyed it, and because it happened to go along with the science unit they are on, we got to count it as school!

I didn’t want to get my hopes up about seeing very much wild life. But man did we! We saw a bunch of lizards, hawks, a frog, a tarantula and even a rattle snake (Yikes!)
Here’s what I was able to capture with my camera. (Would have been more but a certain little guy decided half way through and covered in mud that he needed to be carried).
One of the biggest trees I’ve seen in my life. It’s a cottonwood.

This picture cracks us up. There was a pond in front of that log, and you can just see the wheels turning in Jacksons head. He was determined to get in that pond. He almost made it twice too. Samuel and Aidan do look like twins in this picture.

I wasn’t going to post all these, but Jacksons face is just priceless.

He is such a cheeser.

And now on to some of the wild life I was able to capture.

Not quite the Desert scenery you would think of..

I stole a few shots of Betty, while the boys and Paul looked at the San Pedro River..
She is too cute. I love her little attitude.

We are planning on going back very soon. Especially since we had to leave shortly after getting there, on the account that it started raining.  I still can’t believe that when we lived here 5 years ago, We never came. But I am glad we did this time. GORGEOUS!

Today…

Highlights…

Getting to mother this little guy

is that not the cutest mug you’ve ever seen?

Rocking out with the kids in the truck

Taking a nap in my Pauly’s arms

Really?!

Jackson. As much as I LOVE LOVE LOVE him. can be… Well for lack of a better word. Annoying (Oh wait that word fits perfectly haha)
I can’t count the number of times I get handed blankie and sippy for safe keeping. Only to have him take them back 5mins after he gives them to me, and 5 mins later hand them back to me.
But that isn’t even half as annoying as him HIDING his sippy. Why why oh why do you hide your dang sippy?! Today when I was putting him in the bath, I found a missing sippy from yesterday in the tub! The other day at his poppies, Paul, Olivia and me searched EVERYWHERE. High, Low, Under, On, In. EVERYWHERE!! He had stuck it in his poppies shoulder pad thingie that was hanging from a kitchen chair.  Once we spent forever looking for one, finally giving up and filling up another one, just to notice that he had stuck it in his Little Peoples Airplane.
Tonight we have spent the last 20minutes searching for the last one he had. Finally I gave up and gave him one that he doesn’t use that often, Maybe he will learn not to hide his other ones haha. GRRRRRRR. I am pretty sure I am ready for sippy to be gone forever.

He is still the most stinking cute little guy ever though. And he makes my heart melt with his sweet sweet little kisses.
Aw shucks! I can’t stay mad at him Looking forward to many more days of holding blankie, searching for sippy and just loving this little man.

It always breaks my heart </3

Buuuut… It had to be done.

Before…..

After….

How did this little guy end up with the curly soft blonde hair? and Betty ended up with the thin coarse blonde hair haha. He looks all growed up no *sniff sniff*