Life...

My mom requested a blog update so she could know what's going on in my life. I can't seem to find my camera (although I didn't look too hard) so you get a pictureless post. But here's what's been going on...

-Kenzie turned 4 months on Friday. I took her to the doctor on Monday and have decided that taking 3 little kids to the doctor is a lot of work. They just get so bored. And I get a lot of comments and looks. But I get those most every where I go... Comments like, wow you must be busy, and your kids are cute, and you finally got a girl after 2 boys, and are they twins?... All the comments (other than the twin one) are true though. I realized at the doctor that having 3 very young kids brings a lot more attention on myself than I would like... Oh well... Back to Mackenzie... She weighs 11.5 lbs which is like the 12th percentile and she's 25.25 inches tall, which turned out to be the 83rd percentile or something. But the doctor kind of laughed at that and said their measuring techniques (laying the baby on the table, and stretching her leg out and drawing a line at the bottom of her feet and the top of her head) aren't that accurate... I think she jumper like 20 percentiles... She doesn't seem that tall. Her head was 16 in. I don't know that percentile. It doesn't seem too big though. She's healthy. Not growing as much as the doctor would like to see though. But he's not too concerned.

-I colored my hair dark brown. I like it. I think it's darker than I've ever gone.

-I bought 5 boxes of life cereal, 6 boxes of granola bars, and 4 boxes of instant oatmeal for $6.00. I also got 6 packs of razors free and some deoderant free. And I got some forumla for $1. I love couponing.

-I bought Jordan a potty and underwear. I'm planning on potty training him in a month probably.

-Jordan loves to do everything Jackson does. Today we were playing roll the ball and Jack wanted to sit on his blanket so he laid it out and say on it. Jordan saw him do that and picked up his blankets and brought them to me and said help or uh-oh (they both mean the same thing).

-Jordan is very persistant. He doesn't like to take no for an answer. And we give in a lot... He just gets so sad when we say no about some things. And so excited when we say yes. So it's very important to make sure I feel very strongly when I tell him no, otherwise it's not worth it.

-Jordan loves peanut butter sandwiches. He likes them everyday for lunch.

-Jack is in Sunbeams now. He loves his class and teacher. He went to his first primary activity a few weeks ago and had a great time, thanks to his old nursery leader who helped him feel comfortable.

-Jordan has started saying "stop doing that." It's really cute.

-I've tried a new recipe almost everyday for about the last 2 weeks for dinner. The first several weren't very good. But lately they have been better. At least one of us like them. Doug has liked more than me. I like to cook new recipes.

-Doug's church basketball season has started. His team is 1-0. But the other team forfeited. I think he'd like to play on city basketball league if he knew other people who wanted to play on his team...

I guess that's enough random information for now... Maybe pictures will come someday soon. After I find my camera.

Girls' Day In

Today Kenzie and I did girly things... We did hair and painted our toe nails. I would have like to paint her finger nails too, but since she loves eating her hands these days I thought it might be best to wait a little while to do that. Our matching toes.

Kenzie's first pony tail. And the first baby pony tail that I have done. It wasn't too hard... I think it will be easier once she can sit up. Although then she might be more squirmy.

Kenzie with her painted nails and pony tail. It's fun having a girl. But we'll see how much longer I enjoy doing her hair...

Funny Faces and Mario Cart

Jack's funny face.

Jordan attempting to make a funny face for the first time. We had just taught him how to do it.

Jordan and Jackson

Doug's funny face. This is one of 2 that he pretty much always does when he's asked to make a funny face.

The boys were playing Mario Cart on the Wii this week and I thought it wouldbe cute to get Kenzie in there with the other steering wheel we have. It would have been even cute if she would have looked up and held the wheel.

Trouble should be spelled J-O-R-D-A-N

Evidence:

The pantry door:

the wall:the garage door:
the front door:
another wall:
the carpet:
the chair: the piano: another wall: the highchair:
I already cleaned the evidence off the fridge and a few toys. I also didn't include picture of a the closet door and another wall. But believe me, I've learned my lesson: Never, ever let a toddler use crayons unconstrained and/or unsupervised.
anyone know the best way to get crayons off of everything?

Christmas

We had a great Christmas, as always. I really love Christmas time. It comes and goes way to fast though now. When I was little it seemed to take forever for it to actually be Christmas. But not anymore... We started out Christmas Eve by meeting Doug's college roommate and his wife at a mall. They acutally got married the same day we did... At the same time I think too, just in a different place. They were up here for Christmas and so we were excited to see them. All the kids played on the toys while we talked. We also ate lunch with them before heading over to my parents' house, where we spent the rest of the day. I'll let the pictures and their captions tell the rest of the story...

This picture is actually from Christmas Eve Eve. We went to Bell Square to Snow Flake Lane. They have lots of drummers walking on stilts and people dressed up as other things like bears, and Rodolph, I think. We only saw bears and the drummer. There's also Christmas music playing and snow falling. The snow is actually bubbles though, but really looks like snow. The boys got suckers while were there. We learned a few lessons from our night out: don't go the day before Christmas Eve; it's way too crowded. Don't bring strollers if you can help it; it's too crowded for strollers. Leave more than an hour and a half before you want to get there so you're not late. It's not as good when you're a little late. Although if it's not Christmas Eve Eve it wouldn't be as crowded, so getting there wouldn't take as long and it wouldn't be so crowded.

Ashlee's family was at my parents' house in Christmas Eve too. We decorated sugar cookies together.

Jordan with Alli holding Mackenzie again. Alli really loves Mackenzie.My sister said Alli wishes Kenzie lived with them.

A family from my parents' ward that my family has been friends with for a long time, comes over every year for Christmas Eve. Here are some of their kids with Jack and my nieces. They are decorating ice cream cones with icing and candy to make Christmas Trees. Much easier than ginerbread houses. And probably more fun for the kids since they don't ever cave in.

Jack and his tree.

We had a pinata this year again. Jordan enjoyed hitting it. Jack was excited all day to do it, but after hitting it one time he was done. We think the stick probably vibrated after he hit it and he didn't like that. I didn't have a turn for the first time ever I think. And I was ok with that. Doug didn't have a turn either.

Kenzie in her cute Christmas dress with Doug.

Jordan, Kenzie, and Jackson in their matching jammies. I made them some again this year. They're the same as the ones I made last year. I bought way too much fabric then and decided to just use it up.

Sam, Kimber, and Alli also got pjs on Christmas Eve.

Jordan with his presents on Christmas morning. We got up around 8. I think it was our earliest year. The boys were really tired after opening present since they went to bed so late the nightbefore. Jordan loved playing with his presents. He was as into opening them as I thought he would be. He mostly just wanted to play with ones that were already open.

Santa brought both the boys Rudolph noses.

My mom and I made the boys blankets. This one is Jackson's. I couldn't have made them without my mom. I didn't realize there was so much to do with making a blanket. I had only ever helped tie them before. There were fun to make with my mom though.

Jackson got a dollar from my grandpa and he was so excited he ran over and gave Doug a hug. It was cute.

Jackson was funny when opening his presents. He was the opposite of Jordan he just wanted to unwrap them all and not play with them until he was done. But after opening a present and grabbing a new one he kept moving to a new spot to open the present. So there was a trail of wrapping paper across the room.

Cute Jack posing.
Jack helped Kenzie by opening her presents. She was lucky and got lots of cute clothes :)

Kenzie with her present from Santa.

Us with out matching pajamas. I didn't make new ones for Doug and me. Luckily we still fit in ours.

Jack got this fun Candy Land Bingo game from my parents and he loved it. We all played it a ton on Christmas. This is him playing it with Grandma.

Doug and happy Kenzie.

Jordan and his new broom.

Grandma and Kenzie.

So as you can see we really had a great Christmas. We loved spending time with family. We loved remembering Jesus' birth and trying to help our kids know why we really have Christmas. Christmas is really my favorite time of year. I also like summer though...

I must mention that Doug gave me great presents this year, as always. The highlight was that he planned a cruise for us to go on for our 5 year anniversary this year! He got a us a 5 day cruise that will leave from LA and go to the Catalina Islands and to somewhere in Mexico that I've never heard of. He even asked my sister to watch my kids and she said yes (thanks Ash!) I'm so excited to go. We've never been on a cruise before but my sister and her husband say that they're the best way to travel. And you can't beat the price, since lodging, food, and entertainment are all covered under one cost. We both can't wait! And don't worry, my kids will love it at my sister's house. They probably won't even miss us. And Alli will probably by so excited to have Mackenzie living with her for a week. :)