HaPpY EaStEr!! (well... a little early)

My aunt's ward was having an easter brunch party ma-thingy for the kids and My sister,cousin carly and I  took Ireland . It was a blast and  Irey had the funnest time and there was so much to do and eat! Here are some cute pics. Not completely in order but you can still get the idea. 

ENJOY!

getting her face painted. Didn't think she would go for it, but she did! (I also wanted her to get her nails done there too but worried she would get it on her dress) she did good. only moved once

leave it to Ireland to break out dancing in the middle of the floor (THERE WASN'T EVEN MUSIC!) lol

carly and Ireland

Thought she would be scared of this guy, but NO! she kept hugging him!!

So... mom... can we go again?!

wish you were here!

**this post is only a couple of months over due

Wow. What an amazing trip! The only thing that sucked was how short the trip was.

We went to Lake Tahoe! my sister has been a nanny there and was coming home, she asked us if we wanted to go get her and stay there at the house.

What a fun trip! The family was AMAZING! Seriously the nicest family we have ever met. They had 6 months old twin boys and a little boy A.J who is 3.

Seriously, this family let us stay in there home and fed us and we laughed and talked and they are so sincere and wonderful.

They gave us a brand new stroller for Ireland, baby clothes (still had the tags) and me maternity clothes. Are you kidding me?! who does that. They are so good to my sister. They truly love her, and I guess us :) because they invited us back to go camping with them in May

Can I just say what a beautiful & perfect place lake tahoe is? either cali side OR nevada? We loved it so much that we-just over the weekend that we were there- decided to move there! We wanted to move to Oregon and those plans changed real fast. Best trip ever. minus the bad snow coming home

this is one of the twins. sad, I took pictures only the last day and TJ was in bed :( so here is JJ.
gorgeous right?

here is the family: Amber, little AJ, big AJ and JJ 

Irelands new friend AJ

here is one of the twins

As much as I take pics, you can see daniel can't get enough Ireland shots either!

As soon as we were out of the car, Ireland was off!

This was only the beginning of our snow troubles going home! The drive was SUPPOSED to be about 8 hours. Because of the snow & fog, it took us 11 and a half hours!! hopefully when we go back in may it will not be like that :)

Time to compare!!

I am SO excited about this post!! I wanted to compare the differences and similarities between Irelands ultrasound pics and miss Leighton's. 

Here is me six months pregnant with Ireland. (its hard to see, it was taken with a phone)

6 months with leighton. 

profile (Ireland)

 profile (Leighton)

foot (Ireland)

foot (Leighton)

AND MY FAVORITE...... both girls had a fist by their faces for a lot of the ultrasounds. How cute!!

fist (Ireland)

fist (Leighton)


and here is a shot of princess #2. her cute little lips... ha ha she kept making kissy faces. 

*thank you kathy and Mekell for going with me and sharing this exciting experience with me!!!

Disney On Ice!

Oh man, how much fun was this?! Me, my sister (who I have no pics of because I didn't ask her if I could put up any) :)  Ireland, and Taytan and Bailey went to disney on ice on Friday afternoon. It was so much fun! 

I just have to say a HUGE thank you to misty (tay and Bai's mom) for our tickets!! We were 4th row from the ice and had the best view! Which was helpful so Ireland didn't get bored because everything was right in front of us! Also any time the characters came over to the corner, it was directly in front of us and the kids LOVED having their favorite characters come so close. YAY!

I took a ton of pics, but here is just a few

This is us on Trax

just a random pic. I thought I had selected a pirate one... oops

How cute!

After the show we came back to my house for a sleepover! It was fun and we had happy meals and I put irelands food  on a plate and left her for a minute after she was done. Apparantly I never took the plate away because my sister was yelling "mandi come get your daughter!" yeah this is what she did:

tried to lick the ketchup off her plate! EWWW. I never let her do that so I guess since I left her, she went to town. SICK

"So....uh... Taytan... can I watch you play your game??" 

The kids watching a movie before bed.


What a fun night!!

I've come to realize.......

...... that I am a procrastinator, BUT I do some of my best work at the last minute. I always did homework, reports, study for tests, anything very last minute. I actually prefer it.

that when Ireland has an ear infection (which she has a lot and has since birth) it makes me so sad and I just want to hold her all day and take her pain away.

that I am a baby. I got burned (I thought pretty bad) the other night and I seriously -at the time- thought there could be no worse pain. Then I had to stop feeling bad for myself. I remembered right before Ireland was born, my dad was severely burned and while at the burn trauma center, I had to see him and many others suffer. ** And I felt horrible the other night whining about MY burn.

that we picked the name for this new baby way back last summer and just now am reading it is in the top 50 BOY names. say what?! Leighton is a boy name? oh well. I LOVE boy names for girls! :)

that I have barely any memories from childhood, my wedding day, most my life. BUT sadly can remember almost every single bad thing that has ever happened or been said to or by me. Why is this??

that I ALWAYS ask people (mostly daniel) did you see/hear that?? when I clearly saw that they did. ha ha. Like Ireland will say something cute and even though Daniel cracks up I will ask... did you hear that? lol

that the ONLY bad thing that has come from this pregnancy is that I lost a friend because of it. I tell them I am pregnant and hear from them MAYBE twice after. And I am still left wondering what exactly it is that I did so wrong???

that I am NOT perfect. That I make mistakes, and say all the wrong things, and talk a lot, but I am still a good person with a sincere heart. And honestly just want people to be happy 

I've also come to realize that.....

..... The sweetest thing Ireland has ever done is learn to say I love you! oh man, it melts my heart. She says it all day and I get chills each time. And I know she means it and it is wonderful!

that I don't have very many close friends. The ones I do have are my lifeline. They keep me strong and sane and I appreciate them more than they know. 

that people who make little comments to my face or behind my back make me laugh. really?! who says stuff like that? examples: the other day an older lady asked what I was having, a boy or girl. I proudly said another girl. her face fell and she goes: "oh. well.... thats alright I guess. "

um.... ok, I was happy to have another girl. last I checked a kid was a kid and gender didn't matter. THEN friday we went to disney on ice and we were right down by the ice so when we left we had the ENTIRE arena stairs to climb and I held Ireland's hands and let her do the work climbing the stairs. I noticed near the top that two ladies  were staring at me, clearly talking about me, when I get up there I asked my sister if they were talking about me. She was right next to them and heard that they were. What they  HAD to gossip about?? One had told  the other to look at me, that I was already pregnant again and my kid wasn't even one yet! and saying they could never do that. OK, HELLO MY KID IS ALMOST 18 MONTHS!! not "almost one" ha ha she is just a shorty! I think it is so funny how people say the things they do.

that I have a wonderful husband who truly works so hard for us and loves us the way he does

that I need to spend more time thinking of others and their feelings. Be more thoughtful and selfless

that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and knows what I am going through. He knows my physical pain and knows what I can handle. He trusts me to raise his children and trusts that I will do everything In my power to be a good mom. That he loves me and knows that I am NOT perfect. That I make mistakes, and say all the wrong things, and talk a lot, but I am still a good person with a sincere heart. And honestly just want people to be happy :)  

Its a good day

I have come to realize that blogs make me happy when I can make these lists! ha ha

have a wonderful night!

OH BABY!!

I know I am going to hear it from my sister for not posting pictures of our trip to St. George this weekend, seems how I am still hearing about not posting our lake tahoe trip. ha ha it takes time. and time I do not have. Right now I am taking a break from making hair bows. So I thought that while this kiddo in my belly is doing karate in there, that I would post some cute belly shots daniel took of myself and Ireland today. 

I am days away from being 6 months!! woohoo!! The baby is growing nicely, as am I! ha ha my belly looks big to me. people keep saying I don't look big (including my dentist! weird I know) But I think I do. The dr. says I have gained 3 pounds 6 ounces so far. So.... he says that is good. I will believe my dr. :)  

Ireland is such a great big sister already! never a shortage of hugs and kisses for my belly. (yeah we will see when the baby comes if she still likes her little sister!) :)  :)

ps speaking of babies. Hilary- I saw pics of Ganon today!! I knew right after you had him, but I am so glad to see what he looks like. What a beautiful child of God you and Patrick have! We are so happy for you!!!