Steve took Katelyn to see Disney on Ice. She got all dressed up in all her princess gear and they met up with her cousin Mary and uncle Jeff for a princess dinner at Crown Burger (it does have the word crown in it after all).


Brooklyn is a really hard baby but she has such a sweet spirit about her. How someone can be screaming and sweet at the same time is beyond me!

Kate is in dance class. She loves it and has so much fun!


Katelyn got to go to the airplane museum with her Aunt Stacie and cousins Kayla and Miles. They had a 1950's replica house there. These two are so cute! Thanks Stacie!


Me and my "little" brother. I'm so proud of you, Jordan!


I found cute matching dresses for the girls for Easter.


My adorable family on Easter.



Katelyn and Brooklyn in their Sunday dresses. Erin, Becky and I wore these dresses when we were little.

It's been too long

I have not been able to blog in forever! My life has been really crazy (mostly in good ways) but today I just have to hurry and give you guys another Kate-ism to laugh about. Today in Sacrament Meeting, I asked Kate what she learned in nursery. She said "That I am a child of Lady Gaga and the Seven Dwarfs". I don't remember learning that when I was little. Man, times have changed. We have some serious family home evening-ing to do.

More Adorable Hilariousness

Me: Kate, do you want sprite or milk with your kids meal?
Kate: umm...sprite. Milk is not right for me to drink. Sorry.

Kate: (screaming at the dinner table)
Me: Katelyn, don't scream.
Kate: It's too late.


Me: Katelyn, it's time for bed. (carrying her upstairs to her room)
Kate: (both hands over mouth and in the most Scarlet-like voice she could muster) What Imma do?! What Imma do?!
Me: (trying desperately not to laugh out loud) You're going to go to bed.
Kate: oh mom, what imma do?!

(by the way, my dad has nicknamed Katelyn "DQ" for drama queen. I don't know why...)

Kate was watching a show and they were talking about the tooth fairy. She started dancing around the house proclaiming that she is the Toothpick Fairy!

We've been teaching Kate about the relationships in the family. For example, "Erin is your aunt, and Erin is mom's sister." One day she was telling us all about who her cousins are, that's she's me and Steve's child, and then she says, "And Daddy, Mommy's your life." (instead of wife) How cute is that. And so, so true.

My Poor Baby

I've been sharing with you all the crap that's gone on since Brookie's been born. This is just another to add to the list. Sometimes Brooklyn spazzes out when she's eating: latching off and on, grunting, kicking her legs; it's like she's frustrated or something. Two mornings ago it was really bad and she was crying like eating was hurting her. First thing that popped into my mind: thrush. I looked in her mouth and sure enough, white spots on her inner cheeks. By the way, she still has her painful skin rash. Crap and corruption! My sweet older sister hurried over to look at her mouth for me and we decided I should definitely take her to the doctor. I'm starting to feel like I should just sleep there and save myself the trips back and forth. Sure enough, my poor 6 week old has thrush. In her mouth and on her butt. And I have it from nursing. The catch 22 of it all: it came from me being on antibiotics for the mastitis! What the crap! I feel so bad for my poor little baby. All I can do is keep promising her that it's not always like this (even though her whole life has been so far) and hold her as much as I can. I'm so discouraged! In the meantime, the house is falling apart and I'm not able to spend as much time with my two year old as she needs. Thank goodness I have such an amazing older sister and husband. Erin had me over to her house yesterday so I could take a nap with Kate, and Steve took care of Kate after he got off work so I could sleep in this morning. Thank you so much! Now everyone just hold your breath and pray that Brooklyn doesn't get anything else!

Things to Make You Smile...

I just wanted to share with you guys some of the things my girls (mostly Katleyn, seeing as how Brooke is only 6 weeks old) say and do that make my life what it is.

I just realized the other day, when I gave Kate a piece of pizza for lunch, that she calls pepperoni, "pepperina". How cute is that! Yesterday, we were in Wal-mart picking up a prescription. When a 10 year old girl wearing a skirt and heels with her hair up in a bun walked by us, Katelyn pointed and exclaimed, "Look mom! A binnerina!" (ballerina). It made that little girl so happy that Katelyn thought she was a ballerina! Then there's how she says spaghetti and spaghettios. "Skedabedy" and "Skedabedallos". I think something might be lost in translation, but trust me, it's hilarious. Today, Brookie made me so happy. She smiled at me like 5 times! It's been hard because she's been so sick - sleeping all the time, fussing whenever she's not sleeping. Not only was I thrilled to see her beautiful smile, but I can tell she's feeling better too! Thank goodness.

Yesterday was Steve's birthday, and we had his family over for dinner. His family is so much fun and really came through on helping me with the project I did for him. Thank you all so much! Steve said he had a really good birthday. I love you all!