Whose Idea Was That?!

There seems to be a rule somewhere that says, "On any given night, the total hours of sleep Kyra gets shall not exceed more than six."  Now, I don't know who came up with that but I wish they would have consulted with me prior to making it.  It seems like no matter what I do, I just can't get any sleep.  If I plan ahead and I am able to get to bed the same time as the kids, it's one of those nights where both of them wake up a few times, usually within half an hour to an hour apart.  If they go to bed late, Adam is usually OK but Emma still wakes up once or twice.  Lately its been twice.  Or if Emma doesn't wake up, Adam does.  On top of that, I think I am still suffering from iron deficiency so I'm even more tired.  On average I feel like I've only gotten 4 hours of sleep when I get up, which makes it difficult during the day.  If I sit down to feed Emma or pump I have to force myself to stay awake.  I'm so tired of being tired!

All I Want For Christmas...

...is my two front teeth!  That's what Emma has been singing lately.  At least I imagine that's what she would sing if she could sing.  And guess what she got for Christmas?

Family Pictures

I feel like I have a lot to catch up on but it is really hard to get on the computer to write.  Adam doesn't like it when I'm on the computer or phone because he thinks I'm not paying attention to him, even though when I'm not doing anything, he could care less.  But I just had to post these pictures because I just love how they turned out.  Janny took them a few weeks ago and if you get a chance, check out her photography blog here.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Happy Halloween!  Hopefully I will get better pictures of the costumes later. This is all I have at the moment.

Happy Baby

Emma has been smiling a lot lately.  I don't exactly know when her first real smile was but on October 2nd she smiled real big for her Grandpa Swensen.  I couldn't get a picture but a few days later I got this:

I ♥ Nap Time

Sunday evening Adam climbed/fell out of his bed.  Monday evening he climbed out multiple times.  I began freaking out because I'm not ready for him to be that independent.  So far he hasn't done it at nap time, but I know it is coming.  He seems to only do it when he doesn't want to go to bed at night.  I don't know why he all of a sudden switched from going to bed fine, to fighting it.  Maybe it was because of everything that was going on last weekend and during the week (we had family in town for Emma's blessing and stuff, more on that later).  Anyway, I look forward to nap time so if he has a hard time staying in his bed, I just don't know how I will get anything done.  I need my kids to be consistent with their routine or I lose it.  Adam is pretty good, except in cases like this, and Emma hasn't figured hers out yet.  So yeah, I {heart} nap time.

Favorite Part of Conference

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I always look for that one quote or talk that stands out.  I have to admit, this time around it was harder to pay attention.  There were some good ones though but I'll have to go back and watch or read them again.  So what was my favorite part of Conference?  It was during President Monson's opening remarks Saturday morning.  The part where he announced a temple will be built in Tucson!  Yay!  We are blessed to have 2 temples fairly close, one in Mesa and one in the Gila Valley.  And one will be built in Phoenix and Gilbert soon.  But to have one here is so exciting!  We have been waiting for this for a long time.

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