Happy Birthday!

In celebration of her birthday, Hyrum's mom wanted to take whoever could come to the splash park and have a picnic.  It was a lot of fun and such a nice, warm day out.  Kyla wore herself out and took a nice long nap afterwards.  We all got some sun so it's nice to see a little more color (whether red or tan) around here.  Here's what we did:

Had a picnic in the park (Nathan is laying down in the grass and Heidi is taking the picture but they were there too!)

 

Played at the Splash Park

 

  

Rode on the Carousel (Kyla's absolute favorite part of the day!)....

 

....while Grandpa held Tayven during his lunch break! (Can you believe they charge $1.00 for newborns to be on the carousel too?! That's absolutely crazy!)

We also played on the toys at the park (sorry, no picture for that one.) We had such a fun day and hope that Grandma had a fun birthday!  Happy Birthday Grandma/Mom!

Just Some Ordinary News

So believe it or not I honestly think Tayven is teething...already! He's only 5 1/2 weeks old!  It may take months before the tooth actually comes through but I can totally feel it in his mouth.  I know...crazy huh?  I guess some babies come out of the womb having teeth though so I guess it is possible!  Another new thing for Tayven is that he can play with his toys while sitting in the bouncer.  He'll totally bat at them and get so excited.  The other day he discovered his hands and just looked at them for a bit.  I don't know if he knew they actually belonged to him because he hasn't done it since but it was still cute nonetheless.  How come HE has to grow up just as fast as Kyla is?  Can't they just slow down a little?!

Yesterday Kyla managed to find time in the literally 1 minute I was in the bathroom to completly knock Tayven over and out of his bouncer onto the floor.  Luckily, he didn't get hurt and was fine for the most part, but let me just say that Kyla and I had a pretty long talk. :)  Between Kyla's constant poking at Tayven's eyes and pushing him over, I'm hoping he won't end up blind or battered.  hehe.  It'll be interesting to see what poor child #7 has to put up with.  I guess I'll start praying for him/her now!

Camping

We decided to be daring and attend our ward camping trip this weekend.  It was such much fun!  Since it's been raining for the last 3 weeks we were very blessed to have a beautiful day and night on Friday and Saturday with no rain at all!  With Tayven being so little we weren't sure how he was going to do but he was so perfect!  He slept pretty much the whole time we were camping waking up only to eat. 

Kyla of course had a lot of fun being outside for so long and showing off to everyone in the ward.  She hasn't been as shy around strangers lately and she will go up to anyone, take their hand, and show them her room, her toys or whatever she loves most about where she is at the time.  While camping, she had to show multiple people where her tent and sleeping bag bed was, as well as wanting them to take her for a walk.  We're so glad that the people in our ward that she "made friends with" played along and were so willing to follow her wherever she wanted.  All in all, it was a short yet fun camping trip.  Since Hyrum and I both absolutely love camping, we will be planning at least 3 or 4 more campouts this summer so we are quite excited!  Stay tuned for pictures and posts of our other camping adventures this summer.  If anyone wants to join us just let us know!

Special

There's always something very special about a new baby and one of those things I have enjoyed about my children is when I look at them when they are so new and innocent and they seem so familiar like I've seen and known them before.  They always have felt like they've been with us forever...like we've met them before we came down to this earthly life.  Maybe we have or maybe we haven't but it is still so amazing to think and wonder about the possible person this little being will become.  How strong and valiant they are to be living in this time and how strong they're going to have to still be to survive the temptations of this world.  It is truley amazing.  What a wonderful gift we have been given to raise up Heavenly Fathers children in the Gospel.  I sure hope I can do a good job with all the trust that has been given to me!  It seems like the more children I have the more children I want, which I'm sure means with more children brings even more joy and happiness. I sure can't wait to see what Heavenly Father holds in store for us and our family in the years to come!  Families are definitely forever..and I wouldn't want it any other way!

1 Month Old

 

Tayven turned 1 month old today!  I seriously can not believe it!  Time has just flown by.  He currently smiles all the time when he's happy and gets so excited when we're playing with him.  As of last week he weighed 8lbs 9 oz and was 20 1/2 in long which puts him in the 25% for weight and 10% for height.  He's growing like a weed and is still such a great baby!  Happy 1 Month Birthday Tayven! We sure love you!

Our Favorites

Here are a few more of our favorite pictures from the photo session with the Rognon's.  There are so many more that we like but we'll have to post those a different time!  They certainly turned out beautiful!

 

  

  

Sneak Peak!

The Rognon's are just regular college students and as a hobby are awesome photographers as well.  Since they are trying to build their photography portfolio and hadn't ever done many newborn baby pictures they advertised to do some newborn shots for free and we totally jumped on the opportunity!  Here is a sneak peak of just a few they took of Tayven and our family.  Once I pick up the CD they have ready of all the rest, we'll post some of our favorites. They did amazing and we couldn't be happier. Thanks so much Rognon's!

 

  

 

Smile!

I finally caught the end of Tayven smiling in a picture I took today!  He started smiling at 2 weeks and everytime we tried to get the camera when he was smiling a lot he would be done smiling so I got pretty lucky to get this shot!  His real smile is much bigger but like I said...I snapped the picture at the end of it so it's more of a 1/2 smile.  Enjoy!

 

  

In his church clothes (they're a little big still!)

 

 

 

  

  

  My Favorite Photo of the day!

What a good sport!

I know Tayven is only 3 weeks old but he is sure a good sport and sure puts up well with his sister!  He just fell asleep as she was piling her toys on top of him.  I'm so glad that she's so willing to play and share with her little brother!  I think they'll become the best of friends soon enough.

 

And here is Kyla pretending to be Tayven as she calls it. What a nut!

(If you can't tell she is sitting in his bouncer and has his binky in.)

And I just wanted to say something about the last post about 11 truths of having 2 kids.  It did seem a little negative and I think it gave the wrong impression as some seemed to think that life was really hard for me right now.  To be honest, having one kid (a Kyla) was way harder than having 2. I am so grateful for Hyrum in making the transition so easy for all of us.  He helps out with EVERYTHING and is so patient.  Even when he's extremely tired and has to work early in the morning, he's still so willing to help out with Tayven in the middle of the night. I have felt so blessed to have such an easy time with the transition of 2 children.  Yeah laundry and dishes don't get done 1/2 the time (the other 1/2 the time Hyrum does them! hehe) but that's okay!  Yeah, Kyla picks on her little brother, but that's okay too.  She really does listen well most of the time and tries her hardest to be careful.  Yeah, sometimes Kyla is put down late for a nap, doesn't even get a nap at all or is put down later for bed time because Tayven is eating or fussing and I can't get to putting her down...Yeah, sometimes I have to hold Tayven and entertain Kyla while I'm making dinner or lunch and it may get burnt...so what!  Life truely is wonderful and I love every minute of being a mother!  Anyway, so no need to worry about us because we really are doing VERY well and things aren't as bad as the blog post made it seem.  In fact, all the laundry is put away and there are no dishes in the sink!  Talk about accomplishment!  :) But yeah...just wanted to let you know that life is great!

11 Truths about Life with 2 Kids

1. It's very BUSY.  If you like to multi-task, now is the time you'll be putting it to good use!

2. Laundry has more than doubled and never seems to be put away...ever.  This causes stress because I can never find any clothes to wear for myself or the kids without having to dig through the pile to find something that matches.

3. It's a HUGE accomplishment if I can get completely ready for the day before noon...if at all!

4. While you're holding a baby, you have to figure out ways to entertain a very emotional and temperamental toddler (like I said...multi-task!).

5. While feeding a baby, you have to figure out ways to give hugs to the very emotional and temperamental toddler without her stepping on or trying to push the baby away.

6. If you step into the other room for just one second you have to make sure you keep checking up on both kids so the before mentioned toddler doesn't step on, drop or hurt the baby.

7. Dishes pile up in the sink and never get done unless you have no dishes to eat on anymore and it becomes a priority.  However, once it does become a priority you have 2 crying kids that need something so you end up never getting them done anyway.

8. Even though you're extremely exhausted and sleep deprived, you still somehow manage to make it through the day in one piece without any time for naps.

9. Even though you are grouchy and emotional and are a little meaner than usual to your toddler, she still manages to help out, play by herself sometimes, laughs, gives hugs and says, "I love you."

10. Because of being sleep deprived and emotional...and just because once you have a kid you become spacey and completely out of it anyway, you forget the diaper bag when going out and have 2 screaming children.  One who wants a snack or a drink and the other who wants a Binky, diaper change, new clothes, needs to be burped and needs a spit-up rag.

11. You still can manage to love 2 children even more than you ever thought was possible and who you think are perfect, beautiful, and amazing little angels through out everything else going on.  The love you feel for your children surely makes everything worthwhile!

Now what am I going to do when there's 3 kids to take care of?!

There's so many more that could be added to this list so what are some truths that you would add?

**Just so you all know, being a mother of 2 children is awesome and amazing in so many ways! It's not as hard as I thought it would be, though it definitely poses new challenges and new ways of having to do things and think.  Hyrum has been an amazing help and does the dishes, and cleans the house as well as help with both kids so I've had it pretty easy. This post is not meant to be negative or to make anyone scared to have more than one child!  Its purpose was to show what hass been happening in my life in a somewhat humorous manner. :) **

Spalsh Park

Kyla has been begging to go outside lately so the other day we took her to the Splash Park that just opened up for the summer.  She was a little hesitant at first but eventually got a little wet and started enjoying it.  The more we go this summer, the more brave she'll become I think.