Happy Easter!

Well, maybe it would be a little more happy if I didn't have a little 2 year old sick with the stomach flu.  Poor little Adam woke up puking this morning.  Poor little guy.  He doesn't get sick that often so when he does, he just feels so bad.  I think he mostly feels bad that he's making a mess all over the place.  I'm trying not to stress him out about it but also trying to keep it contained to areas that are washable, so as a result, he is currently sleeping on his mattress (which we put on the floor) with just a towel covering it and blankets on him.  And I am doing a lot of laundry loads consisting of towels and blankets. :)  Ahh, the joys of being a parent!  Actually, so far it hasn't been that bad.  It could be loads worse for sure.  He is content to just sleep for the moment and I don't have to hold him (which is good because he smells gross), and he's ok being quarantined in his room.  All I have to do is go in there when he cries and clean him up,comfort him and help him get a drink.  Then he goes back to sleep.

So while Brent and Emma are at church, I have loads of time to myself in between puke cleanups.  So today I'll use it to catch up on the ole blog.  There's a lot more to catch up on than what I feel like writing in a single post, so I will attempt to do multiple posts.  Some things that have been going on around here include:

Planting a Garden (see below)

Trying to stay healthy (this encompasses a lot of things)

Brent's new job

Kiddos getting cuter/bigger (especially Emma, been taking lots of pictures)

Lots of Pumping (still)

I hope with in the next few days (weeks? months? years?) I can write a little about each.  I'm really bad when it comes to journal writing and I really need to get better but there are a TON of other things that also NEED to get done as well.  Too bad I don't have a clone or a robot to do some of the other things (like cleaning my bathroom) that keep getting put off as well.  Anyway, I'll write about this week at least and see where it goes from there.

This week was pretty normal, nothing too exciting going on, but one fun thing was Brent's dad came to visit on Tuesday evening.  He's been working in Phoenix a couple days a week since August (yeah, flying back and forth from LA to Phoenix each week) and so every now and then he drives down to Tucson in the evening to see his kids and grandkids.  Adam loves all his Grandpas so he really loves when any of them come to visit.  And we love to have Grandpa Westwood visit.  It's nice to see him a little more frequently.  

All tuckered out
after  pictures

Yesterday we went to the park and Janny took some family pics for us.  I think they turned out pretty good. I will post them when she's done editing them.  She really does a good job.  We went out to eat and In-N-Out with them afterwards.  It was fun.  

When we got home, the kids took a nap and Brent did some work in the garden while I played Easter Bunny.  Growing up we always did the Easter baskets and egg hunts on Saturday.  I think this was my parents' way of helping us focus on the real meaning of Easter on Sunday.  I think we will carry on this tradition with our family.

 So yesterday I hid a dozen eggs with little candies in them (I probably should have used raisins or fishy crackers instead) and put the baskets out with little toys for the kids.  Well, the idea was that after the naps, we would do the egg hunt.  Adam woke up first and saw the baskets and "hidden" eggs and couldn't wait for Emma to wake up so we did the egg hunt without her.  Which was no big deal because she's too little anyway.  Adam was so proud of himself for finding all the eggs.  And it was so
cute because every time he found one, he would open it, eat one of the candies, then give the other two to me and Brent.

Maybe that's why he's sick.  Too much Easter candy?  He had fun playing with his cars the rest of the day.  Fast forward to Sunday Evening.  Emma now is puking but she doesn't seem to have it as bad as Adam (fingers crossed).  She's all giggles and smiles.  Anyway, she looked cute in her little Easter outfit.

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.