BLAH-ZA

I am really trying hard to not let a whole week go by without a post, but it sometimes is really hard! I was talking to mom tonight about things I want to get my kids into when they are a little older and I got to feeling really busy, I have 3 kids right now but only one of them is "in" anything. I already feel crazy busy. I guess you grow with your kids right?!
All week we have been very normal, with dance, Courtney's 4 month appointment, boots being crazy, cleaning, laundry, and a bonus this week... I cooked dinner 4 whole nights! That is big!

As for Court, she is growing good! 14 lbs and 72% for weight, 96% for height, and in the 40's for head. I don't really care about these, but just for my record purposes! She is darling and just so alert and attentive! She laughs at us all day and is always smiling. I did try to start getting her on a bottle this week, and she would not have it. I will have to work on that. Bottle tips? I need some!

On the way home from Church Natalie was asking for green Eggs and ham, so Brian made it for them and they loved it. Honestly though, it looked sick. No offense HUn, I know you are a great cook, BUT green eggs? Woof.

One of my favorite things about Courtney is her ability to sleep all the time. She falls asleep eating, and stays asleep until I change her diaper, she sleeps while playing, and just loves her sleep! I love it.

Here's to another week ahead of us, more tooth drama for me, boots' followup foot apt at the ortho, dance and more cleaning and laundry, and MAYBE some cooking... we will see how I feel.

As for my fitness area of life, I have been really sticking to my goal of working out more days than not this year. I am at 9 days out of 16. I am winning! I am excited to train for a half marathon. I used to do triathlons, and they were so much fun. I did about a dozen back before Brian and I got married, but I got into life here and out of that kind of life. I haven't ridden my bike since November of 2004. So So sad. So I am getting back into racing, and with 3 kids, I am going to have to start with Running. So in 12 weeks, maybe it is 11 now, Anna, Kathleen and I are doing a half marathon and we are all super excited!! I figure that is really good motivation to kick this last weight that will not come off my booty. I already wasn't at a good weight when I got pregnant with Courtney, so I just have more to battle.

I guess making cupcakes today didn't help that much!

My dream

on my way to church yesterday it was raining, the rain slowly turned into ice. This freaks the people here in Texas out. People instantly start crawling the roads and going home for good. Scared to go out, unless they are getting their food supply ready, just in case it snows!
So while sitting in sacrament meeting, I left with Courtney to find it was SNOWING heavy. Big white snowflakes coming down everywhere! All the kids got stoked and ran out to touch it and feel it. This is soo not a reaction I am used to in Canada! But it was refreshingly cold, and beautiful! The only down side, is that I don't carry a scraper in my car so I had to use an empty water bottle to get the 4 inches of snow off my car when it was time to go home, also I didn't bring a coat. brrr.
My kids do "snow" angels on our kitchen floor all the time, so Nat couldn't wait to get all bundled up and go do a snow angel. "BUNDLED UP" here is also a word we don't know, I doubled up pajama bottoms, rubber boots, and they were out the door. Lucky we had toques and gloves!Boots didn't like the cold for more than 5 minutes. After the snowman was done, and he ate his face off, he was ready to go back inside.

I have been trying to revamp my living room without spending a TON of money on it. We have gotten a new Lamp, rearranged some things, and gotten some new art work. My dream would be to do a WHITE living room, but I know that shouldn't happen for a while with Mr. Boots running around wild (especially since I was JUST cleaning up blue marker). So for now, my small changes are all I need. So this wall by my front entry was one I have been thinking about a lot. I have decided to do a letter wall, and I.LOVE.IT. I will continue to collect R's so if you ever see something cute and different, let me know!
On the weekend we got to celebrate Justin's birthday with he and Andrea. The cake she got was AWESOME. For those of you that live in my area, Jenny Layne Cakes is the place, not only are they ADORABLE AND DELICIOUS, but they are totally affordable. Love Love Love it. Happy Birthday J!

The kids LOVE surprises, so the other day when I was getting out a movie for them, I thought I would capture what they do all day, close their eyes to be surprised by something! I chose hunchback and they were not happy. haha. picky picky kiddos.

MOM, I know I am suffering from 3rd child syndrome(not getting enough pictures of her). So I am trying to do better. She may not be looking, but at least you can see how long she is getting. She is sleeping soundly through the night like an angel, and NEVER cries. My stress levels are starting to go down, but for some reason that anxiety is still here, so I am hoping it goes away soon. Maybe it is Natalie new found love for temper Tantrums, the ones that make she think she is a teenager with doors slamming, toys and clothes flying around, kicking, screaming, and calling me very inappropriate things! So maybe that will go away with my anxiety one of these days!

2 months later

AND A LOT OF PICTURES....

Here is our trip to Hawaii. It started out the week before me with Lib & Sean, Mom & Dad, and Robyn and her kids. The next week it was supposed to be a Miller girls trip, but it ended up just being Courtney, me, Mom, and Libby. We went to Kauai and had so much fun. It was a beautiful island! I have been to Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu before and they really dont compare to this island! Courtney was an angel, sleeping and eating... Not much crying at all. It rained a few days and Lib and I went out in the ocean during. That was kinda cool to be out there and see and feel the rain all around you. But what a fun week we had together.

We saw waterfalls, lighthouses, wet and dry caves, blow holes, and the most beautiful scenery ever! Chickens and cats run around wild there and they were everywhere. There was one corner where I swear there were at least 40 cats. It was pretty sad.

Funky Hair all week, pina coladas, and lots of sun made for TOO MANY LAUGH ATTACKS, as always with us.

Lets start it off with Courtney accomplishing "stiff as a gun" -2 months old.