Birthday fun!

One of our first family pictures where everyone is sitting still for a couple minutes...

Gwynn is doing wonderful....she is almost offically potty trained and here is her little treat for...well going potty on the potty while we were out and about! She is talking my ear off daily and is one happy little girl. She has been having a lot of fun in the sun and at home with Mom and her little brother who she loves to kiss on and inform him he is too little for many of her favorite foods and activities.

Payton is growing and changing with every passing day. He is holding his head up really good and had his three month birthday on the 27th and he couldn't be happier! There is honestly not much to say about the little guy other then he is perfect!

I must say I am one lucky lady! I have the most wonderful husband and he comes with a pretty amazing family too. I feel so spoiled and its not even my official birthday yet. This week I have received many wonderful gifts from family and friends. I have received a gift a day and it makes me feel pretty special! On Wednesday Libby came by and took me out for a drink, appetizers and some much needed adult time. It was fun to chat and get out with a sassy little lady. She also gave me a gift of some much needed dish towels and a gift card to one of my favorite stores Create and Barrel. Libby is my official dish towel go- to- lady..... all my best dish towels she has given me for gifts and I love them all! On Thursday I received a beautifully packaged magazine Vogue with a subscription from Charlie's Dad and step Mom Gale. I am sure it was Eddies idea.... This is one of my favorite magazines and I got lucky this day the kids both took long naps so I had an opportunity to read the magazine I received. It was so nice to just sit and relax with a good magazine. Then On Friday Sa Sa sent me the most beautifully wrapped gift card to another one of my favorite stores Lucy! Gwynn loved the way it was wrapped and kept asking to hold it! The same night we went over to Charlie's Mom and Jim's house were they made quite and extensive spread of steak, shrimp, shrimp salad green beans, vegetable salad and wonderful dessert. Sherry made it feel like Christmas she gave me so many gifts... everything I needed for my kitchen and a little something for myself...a cake stand, salad bowl, punch bowl, t new cooking utensils, cookie Collier and an adorable shirt from my all time favorite store Nordstroms! My Mom and sisters Ali and Kirstin sent me an adorable top today from Anthropology and I love it! It was nice to see there penmanship on a card because they live so far away and I don't get to see then often. They did pick a shirt that fit me to a t! Thanks ladies I miss you a ton!!!
I must say its not all the gifts I have received but the amount of thought and effort put into them. Its nice that the people in my life know my likes and interests. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing group of people as my family who are defiantly getting to know me pretty well. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I FEEL SOOOOO LOVED!!!

Fun Stuff!

Gwynn and Cami enjoying the Zoo!!

Gwynn is continuing to do well with potty training its about fifty fifty the ratio to success to accidents. It is making me a more patient person. She is defiantly trying to figure this whole potty thing out. She is also talking up a storm. She knows how to make mommy feel bad this weekend she asked me if she could see Libby, Brian and Sa Sa ( what she calls aunt Sarah). So I took her up to Long view and she had a blast with her aunt Libby. She also got to see her grandma.



Payton is a happy little camper smiling and making Charlie and I laugh with all his silly faces. He is on a pretty consistent schedule of eating, pooping, smiling and then sleeping. He is a sweet little man.



I got brave and took Gwynn and Cami to the Zoo this week when my sister Erica was up for a visit and they had a blast. They enjoyed talking to all the animals and enjoyed some ice cream. It was fun to watch them run around and check out all the animals. Gwynn asks me every day if we can go look at animals so it was nice to do so.



Last weekend we traveled down south to the MacDonald ranch. Gwynn had a great time playing with rex the ranch dog and grandpa who she refers to as Pa Pa! Its so cute! Gwynn finally is old enough to enjoy the ranch. She did have a hard time sleeping and taking naps because she was afraid she might miss something fun. She had a blast and got into some trouble too. She was being extremely quite so I went looking for her to find her in the middle of her grandparents bed with all the white bedding around her and pink lipstick everywhere. She got into her grandma Gale's purse and had applied Joker style lipstick. It was pretty cute. She also helped Pa Pa change the irrigation. She asked Pa Pa if she could come change the sprinklers please and she did.

Gwynn, Payton and what not!

I keep waiting for the day where I feel organized and normal again but think it will be a long time before this happens again. Having two kids is the most rewarding aspect of my life to date but also very time consuming. I am always doing something for one or the other and its a blast but before I know it it's ten at night and I can't remember what I made for dinner.

This past weekend we went to Carlton for the "walk in the park" a wine tasting event to celebrate Charlie's Mom's birthday and everyone had a blast. We all spent most of our time enjoying the venues wonderful food.

Gwynn is continuing to do great with her brother. This evening it was a little too quiet in the living room so I walked in to find Gwynn cleaning her brothers private parts with half the wipes out of the box. I also got serious about the potty training now that I am getting used to having two and it went really well. Gwynn looked like she needed to go potty and I told her to go to the bathroom and she came out and said Great Job Gwynn...Mommy great job. I went and looked in the toilet and she did do a great job so we danced around a bit did high fives nuckles and had a bowl of chocolate to celebrate...this after two accidents but I feel like she truely gets it this time.

Payton is also doing wonderful. He is happy and awake most of the day. He does get a bit fussy if its too hot. He smiles all the time and is making all the adorable baby noses that melt your heart. He is also growing so much he weighs 13.2 pounds and is above the 95th percentile. He's last doctors appointment was awful and he was in a lot of pain after his shots. It was hard with a two months old and a two year old in a doctors office for an hour.

We are all doing well and growing and changing everyday. I am excited because Charlie is home this week. We will post new pictures very soon!