BITTER SWEET

Today I was released from my calling as Primary 1st Councelor. It was such a bitter sweet day for me. When I found out a few weeks ago I had such mixed emotions. I thought I would be jumping for joy but that was not my first emotion. I've realized how much I loved serving all the sweet kids in our ward. And the ladies I served with are now my BEST friends. It was a tough 2 years with 2 babies of my own, and 3 other ones being born between the other 3 ladies, some very sick times where there were only 3 instead of 4 and some times only 2 or 1, and of course all the other things that come up. I look back at it now and of course realize that it wasn't that bad and even though it seemed tough at the time, we made it through and it made us so much stronger. I learned so much about serving, loving, and listening to the spirit. Many times I learned the hard way because of my stubbornness, but I eventually figured it out:) I also learned so much from all the kids that I have been with. I have seen so many come and go over the past 4 years (1 1/2 as chorister) and have seen them grow into beautiful people! I gained a stronger testimony because of their strong testimonies.

Today I taught sharing time for the last time and was prepared to say goodbye to the kids and maybe shed a few tears. But it wasnt that easy. I broke down at the beginning of junior and the end of senior and then had to stop myself many time during the lessons and songs from breaking down again. (I even made a few kids cry, whoops!) I know I'll still see most of them everyday around the neighborhood and all the time on Sundays, but knowing that I won't be able to feel of their sweet spirits each Sunday truely breaks my heart. Now that today is over though, I am beginning to get excited about whats coming next. I dont know what I'll do in RS. I think I've only been in there a dozen times in my whole life because I've always been in Primary. It might be nice just sitting and listening to others teach instead of running around like a chicken with my head cut off. (which after 2 years I was still doing every Sunday) And this might sound silly, but when I was younger I saw moms with thier babies in RS and just couldnt wait for that day. I only had 2 or 3 weeks of that with Brit before I was called to Primary so I am really excited to take Hadley in there. I'm sure once I get in there with her I will only want to take her out because she'll be disruptive, but oh well!

So we'll see whats next, cross your fingers for something little, like maybe a teacher once a month, or maybe even the bell ringer!!! I can handle that!

7 Months

On Oct. 27th Hadley was 7 months and I'm fashionably late at posting about her. She is still our little happy girl. She did have a few rough weeks right before she was 7 months and then on the 27th we looked in her mouth and realized why. She had her first tooth. It was her bottom middle left. And a few days later the right one came along. It was a lot more painful for us (and her of course) than Brit, whose teeth just came in with no fever, cries, or nothing! But she now has 2 teeth and is napping and sleeping good again. Tonight I actually fed her and then just layed her in her bed. She talked and played in there and when I went to check if she was asleep this is what I found.

Now I just hope we can do this every night. We'll see. I doubt it. It was way too easy! She is also all over the place. She rolls and scoots everywhere and can cover a room pretty fast. She is also starting to push all the way up to her knees and rock back and forth. I was pretty excited when I first saw that, but then I realized what comes next. I'm not ready for it yet. She's growing too fast! She still won't sit up. She can, she just wont! Its kinda funny. When we sit her down she immediately straightens her whole body stiff as a board and falls over backward. She sat up for a long time the other day though so I know she can. She would just rather lay down I guess and move around. I guess she will when she wants to. She is a chatter box and just chats away all the time. She has been waking up at 6:00 am since the time change and so I get her and just lay her on the ground with me and try and sleep, but most of the time I just lay there listening to her tell me some crazy stories. She also likes to poke me in the eyes and pull on my nose right when I fall back asleep. Serves me right. She is not a good eater. She just wants nothing to do with food and feeding her is torture. I hope it's not a sign that shes gonna be a picky eater! She has a strong tongue and pushes everything, including the spoon right out the second it hits her mouth. Fruits are not even and option for her, but we can get her to eat a few veggies. She likes the puffs, but cant quite get them in her mouth by herself. She's very good at throwing them on the floor though! She still loves her brother and all he has to do is walk in the room or say "hi Hadi" to get her to smile and laugh! But tonight they were playing and he must have done something she didnt like because she looked back at me like "mom, did you see that!" She's already a tattle tell, but it was cute, for now! She is getting a lot of hair all of the sudden. I can even pinch it! I just cant wait for the day when I can put it in pig tails! Of course then, I'll wish it was short so I didnt have to do it everyday. And it's still pretty light. I still think she looks like Brit, but I feel she's getting her own different features now! And of course, we think she's beautiful! She's got us wrapped around her finger! Love ya Hadi!

Getting excited for New Moon???

Then you gotta see this. HILARIOUS!!!!

I cant figure out how to get the video on here so click on the link below.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/digital-short-firelight/1173548/

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was so much fun! I had the cutest little Farmer and Cow in the world! Here's Hadley in her cow costume out in the pasture, aka our front yard.

She really got into character! I think she liked the hay.

Now whats a farmer without his boots...

and the part...

and the cute behind shot!

He wasnt diggin the boots and didnt want to walk in them so he hopped right in the stroller. We pushed him up to the doors, knocked, and then he did the rest. He had the "trick or treat" down. And then there was a very polite "thank you" that melted everyones hearts. He just wanted more candy and some people gave him more after he said thank you:)

Daddy and Brit

Momma and Hads

Hads chillen with Dad.

She was pooped!

and so was he! haha!!! I LOVE this picture! We are so mean to make him walk into the house all by himself! It all changed when he got inside and dug in to his candy!

MOOOOO!!!

Brit is obsessed with blocks right now. He is building towers all day. Its the first thing he does when he wakes up and the last thing he does before getting ready for bed.

Here's a picture of the new headstones we made this year. And also a few more pumpkins we carved. Justins big pumpkin is hiding but it was pretty cute!

Carving Pumpkins

We Carved a few pumpkins this year. This is only the first batch. And Brit even dug in a little bit. He went and grabbed a teaspoon from the drawer and tried to clean it out with it. (Justin was using a big spoon to clean the insides)

I also bought this cute set of push in face pieces. He loved it! We helped him with one side but let him do his thing on the other. It was the cutest pumpkin ever.

Hadleys Pumpkin

Can you believe he sat next to the pumpkin and Smiled!!!

One night's finished product.

Speed Reader

I was always told in my Child Development classes that not only should you read to kids, but you also need to let them see you read so that they will read on thier own too. I guess Brit picked that up early. Brit has been getting into all of Justins books and flipping through them. Pretty fun stuff!

P.S. Dont mind the air mattress in the living room. It was our 4th bedroom while we were all sick! Justin got tired of me coughing in his face all night.

Fun in the Fall

Fall is such a beautiful time! It came a little fast this year, but now that I'm used to it, I love it. We were super busy getting ready for Halloween but had a good time doing it. Here are just a few pictures of our Fall fun over the last few weeks.

Hadley's new favorite toy! She loves chewing on the witches broom.

Brit LOVES bubble baths. When he saw this picture he said "Bubbles on my head" and thought it was so funny.I raked all the leaves in the yard (and even hit the tree to make more fall down) to get this tiny little leaf pile. But the size didnt matter to Brit. He still had fun playing in the leaves. His favorite thing to do was get a handful and drop it on the dogs. He played in these forever! How fun to be young!Heres Hads just chillin, enjoying the Fall weather.Her new High Chair. She can get out (more like face plant out) of the Bumbo now, so no more Bumbo on the counter for lunch time.Playing with Grandma and Grandpa Mic.Thank goodness for Grandpas! He pushed Brit in this forever. I dont think I would have had the energy!

Im glad I got this picture, because this didnt last more that 5 seconds!


Brit loves playing baseball...now if we could get him to hold the bat the right way we'd be set:)
The other night, we were watching Monday night football and also flipping to baseball for Brit. This is what he did all night long. And he would get so mad at Justin when he would change it back to football.