A Tribute to my Girls!

It was about this time two years ago that me and 3 other girls had our first babies! We got together shortly after and became inseparable! I love these girls with all my heart! We have also had two additions to the group! We did so many fun things together, getting together at least once a week! We would cook, sew, go to lunch, go shopping, watch movies, watch the kids play, swap stories, go shopping, cry together, laugh together, watch our kids grow...

At first, the kids just sat there and slept! =) Quite frequently we would go walk around the mall and spend a good chunk of our time in Motherhood Maternity feeding the babies.

As the kids grew up we started doing things geared more towards them... going to the zoo, a park, the treehouse museum, playing with toys, but we still got together once a week! It was my favorite day of the week and Ian's too!

I have sooooooo many cute pictures of the babies together! They are Ian's best friends!
And the moms are mine!

This is the original 4! It was sooo nice to have friends in the same situation as me... I learned so much from them and we were always there for each other! I miss them sooo much!

This is the 6 of us! It was quite the lineup when we were our and about! People gave us funny looks as stroller by stroller by stroller came by! We didn't care... we were just happy to be together and out of the house!

Our kids learned so much from each other as well! Together they learned how to share (although I think it is in the nature of a 2 year old to not want to share), how to sit up, how to crawl, how to walk (yes they all did walk!), they learned to throw tantrums to get what they want!

They loved to play together!! Now, three of us have another baby, two of us are pregnant and the other one is baby hungry =) We will always remember the good times we had and the love and support we had in our hard times! These friends are irreplacable and I will love them forever!

Thank you for EVERYTHING girls! I love you!

A Few Random Things

Coloring a picture for Daddo!

Miranda loves her jumparoo! I love having one too! (Thanks Carma and Jerry!) She can't quite reach the floor yet, but she moves just enough to make the music and lights turn on!

Ian cracks me up! He is so funny with the toys he likes! He wants them all at the same time. Notice his hat, backpack full of toys, and bike! He would sleep with these things if I would let him!

Ian has been such a good eater lately! Just getting him to try something is usually such a big ordeal! But lately he just seems to like it all! Tacos, burritos, enchiladas, green peppers, spaghetti with meatballs... the list goes on! Hope it lasts!

Miranda is just so sweet! Her smile just melts my heart every time!

Ian loves taking bubble baths!

Ian sometimes gets jealous of Miranda and her stuff... so he has to use it too! He sat like this for about 30 minutes while I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen yesterday! Notice the binki in his mouth? Ya that's Miranda's too!

They are so cute together though! I love it! Ian just adores her and is always kissing her and talking to her and making her smile!

My heaven on earth!

Nik started school and has really like it so far! It is a lot of information every day, but he is doing good! He had his first test yesterday... so I guess his score will be the reality of things! He really likes lab too, he's a hands on kind of guy!

A FEW OTHER THINGS:

1. Miranda has been so funny the last couple of days while eating... she makes the cutest cooing noises and just smiles!

2. Ian helped me make chocolate chip cookies the other day and I let him mix the dough with his hands... he loved it!

3. At Walmart I put 50 cents into one of the little toy machines and out came this little squishy monkey... who knew... that was the best 50 cents I have ever spent!!!!!!!!! He loves that thing and carries it everywhere! =)

4. I am teaching myself how to cook again so if you have any good (EASY) recipes send them my way!

5. I now know how to make unlevened bread! =) (I was trying to make rolls, didn't quite turn out!)

I was also looking for fun things to do with Ian while Nik is at school that are very inexpensive... and if we could do them at home thats even better! Any ideas?

My Babies

So I've been wanting to do a comparison for a while... what do you think?

Ian

Miranda

My Miranda

This is my sweet ANGEL! Last week she turned 3 months!

I can't believe how fast it has gone by! She is so beautiful and has such a sweet spirit!

She brings lots of happiness to our lives!

We like to go swimming...it wears the kids out! She fell asleep on the way home so I just layed her on the floor and she took a really good nap! =)

So I just got a BUMBO and I LOVE it! She sits so good in it and even falls asleep sometimes! It is so perfect because she wants to be up and not laying down so now she can sit all by herself! I think I like it as much as she likes it!

She is getting so fun, smiling a lot and talking a lot!

She is not sleeping the greatest, especially last night, but every once in a while I will get like 4 hours of sleep in a row and then it's all good!

She is SO SWEET and has the cutest features! She has really long eyelashes, and really pretty eyes, also the sweetest smile! It just melts your heart!

Thanks Melanie for this cute little skirt! She wears it all the time!

She definately loves her big brother! And he loves her... he is always kissing her and hugging her and playing with her! He says her name soooo cute! It almost sounds like "wada" but I just can't explain! It is funny because he will say mermaid really well, but he won't even try to say Miranda the right way it is just "wada". He loves her!

Well, they grow so fast... if you're not paying attention you will miss sooo much! I'm so happy to be a mommy and have two fabulous kiddos! I love them!

Happy Birthday Ian!

So last week was Ian's Birthday! He turned 2! For the last month he was constantly telling us "Ian's birthday comin up" so we were excited it was finally here!

When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he always said, green truck. So we made him a green truck cake! We have seen the "cake boss" on TV and he makes the coolest cakes, so we thought we'd give it a try! Although it wasn't perfect we thought it turned out pretty good!

Ian's morning consisted of watching a few cartoons (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to be exact), eating rice krispies for breakfast (he does that every day!) and he just couldn't stand those presents sitting there so we let him open one...it was a movie from Grandma... of course we had to watch it (well the first 10 minutes of it at least).

Then his friends started coming! We had a little party and it was really fun! In the picture with his friends starting on the left is Rebecca, Luke, Ian and Hailey! It was so cute!

Ian got a lot of fun presents, more than he needed!!! He got a bike, a bat and ball, a puzzle, a green truck, a slinky, a couple movies and a webcam for the computer! =)


After his friends left we took a nap! He was ready for that! Then when we all woke up Ian opened his present from Miranda... another green truck! He loved it of course. For the next couple of days he had to have both his green trucks, the motorcycle off his puzzle and his bike with him at all times! It was so funny, he would try to ride his bike and hold all his toys at the same time... it didn't work!

The rest of the day was spent swimming and then watching "move it move it" (madagascar 2)! It was a fun day and I think he had a good time!



Happy Birthday Ian, I love you!
I can't believe my baby is 2 already!

Camping

So a couple weekends ago we decided to go camping with our friends Megan and Kendall! For Nik and I it would be our second time camping since we got married! In fact, we had to go to walmart and buy a tent and little foam pads! =) Luckily Nik's mom gave us sleeping bags for Christmas a couple years ago so we pulled those out and used them for the first time! =) We both like camping we just haven't done it! But that will change because we had a really great time! Thanks Megan for inviting us!

Ian had a really great time! He loved playing in the dirt, throwing rocks, finding little sticks...he just loved it!

Not to far from the campground there was a "lake" but it was more like a pond! But still... for Arizona I was impressed! The weather was fabulous... 80's during the day and 50's a night! Good thing I packed warm clothes just in case!

This is our tent and then Megan and Kendall's!

Miranda did really good too! She slept better than usual because I was sleeping right next to her all night! She is getting so fun!

When we woke up the first thing Ian said was "fun camping"... so we are pretty sure we will go again! He loved every minute of it! Nik and I didn't get any sleep, but it was still really fun!

When we were taking the tent down and getting everything packed up Ian really wanted to help! So I let him carry this foam pad to the car... he is such a stud!

The place was really pretty and suprisingly green! It was very refreshing to see water! =)

The boys playing bocce ball ... Ian liked that too!

Ok, this is that bathroom at the campground. I took this picture because when we got up there I really needed to go to the bathroom (those of you who know me know that this is a frequent occasion (= ) anyways I went to use the bathroom and there was a KILLER WASP guarding the door. Not just sitting there, but when I went up to the door it came at me and as I backed up it charged me... it was seriously ferociously guarding the door. It was so scary, I have never seen any kind of wasp or bee act that aggressive before!!!!! Luckily there was a guy not too far away with some spray! I was so worried I would have to go in the bushes instead of the outhouse, but when I finally was able to go in there it was sooooo stinky I ended up using the bushes the rest of the time anyways! Talk about roughing it! =)

This was a big bug Kendall found... Ian thought it was pretty cool! I thought it was big and gross! =)

Well we had a really good time and are definately looking forward to doing it again!