Cash's 1st Birthday!

So a whole year has gone by and I cannot believe it. It seems like just yesterday Cash was born. It was so fun to plan a little birthday party with 7 other babies. It was fun to have all the babies the same age so they were all at the same level. We did a farm themed party at the park. I had my friend Amy bring her little dog Phoebe to play with. Then we played in the pool with the balls. My favorite part was when they all painted with pudding on place mats. Cash was a superstar. He really got into it. It was funny to see the different personalities of the babies. Some were more reserved and didn't get into it as much, but for the most part every baby went to town with their pudding. Since they were all dirty we let them dig into his cake. Again Cash was the star of the show. It's so funny because my girls were both more careful about getting dirty on there first birthdays. Not Cashy! I was a proud mama! Thanks to everyone for coming and spending the day with us.

Just to remember as his mom: Cash is just starting to stand up by himself with out holding onto anything. He says mama (which means nu-ma for food), ball, dada, wo-wo (when he sees a dog), ba-bye, uh-oh, he shakes his head no, claps, plays peek-a-boo. I'm trying to get him to drink cows milk, so I'm doing half formula, half milk. His birthday was the last time I nursed him. I'm so sad about it. He is a great sleeper now. He gets so excited to go to bed and snuggle his blue barefoot dreams blanket. There is a square in the middle of the blanket that I think is made out of silk and he loves to bite on it. He seriously is the fastest crawler in the world. He has figured out how to turn around and then stand up in his highchair. So now I have to really strap him in. He loves to pull the drawers open and pull everything out as fast as he can. He will watch me to see if I see him, and then if I start to go to stop him he will just pull faster before I get to him. I can see a little bit of the boy destructive personality everyone has been telling me about. I love that he is SO boy. He is just so chunky! He weighs 23 pounds. I love having a boy, it is so much fun to buy boy stuff. I can't wait to see what he is like in a year from now. I'm just so in love!

Sailor turns FOUR!

What a birthday we had!  My little monkey is four now, and we had quite the celebration for her.  I told her that she could pick any birthday she wanted (theme) and originally it was Hello Kitty. For months she talked about it.  Then the week before we got one of those "Birthday Celebration" magazines and she saw a Hawaiian themed party in there and she was sold. I wasn't quite sure how I was going to do it, but it seemed to all come together.  We rented a big jump house and had little swimming pools. Everything was set up and looked so great.  The party started at 4:00 and by 4:40 the rain started to fall.  Seriously, of all days?  The whole week was beautiful weather and of course so was Saturday.  But Friday, her birthday, it's the one day that it rains. So my luck! So we all huddled in under the tent and were able to eat and sing Happy Birthday.  It was kinda cozy and fun.  The kids ate under the picnic tables and the adults stayed under the tent (thank-you Claudia).  It seemed to be clearing a little so I went in to make the pina coladas, and of course my mom comes in ten minutes later and says that it is raining hard and the wind is blowing.  So they started taking all the decorations down and moved the party in the garage to open presents. Oh well, it will be a party to remember.  I think the kids had a blast.  Luckily they didn't care about the rain.  P.S. I have a great source for cakes.  Sailors cake was so cute, yummy and cheap ($28)!

All I want for Christmas is.....

All I want for Christmas is.....my two front teeth.  It finally happened.  They are both gone.  I was getting so worried that the one tooth would come in before she lost the other tooth.  I am loving the way she is talking with her lisp.  I keep trying to get her to say funny things with lost of S's.  It is so cute, but sometimes it makes me sad to see her continue to get so big.  I swear the clock never slows down.  

Happy 34th Birthday Booza Man!

Bryce turned the big 34.  He is getting so old. We had such a quiet birthday this year.  We saw Angels and Demons and went to dinner with some of his family.  The best part of his birthday I would say was the presents the girls picked out for him.  I took the girls to Honks (a dollar store) and gave them each three dollars.  Paige picked out a skull key chain, some cologne (awesome!), and a padded navy blue diploma holder.  She thought he could put a picture in where the diploma should go.  I have to say her gifts were much more thought out then Sailors.  So Say-Say ran around wanting everything, but finally decided on, here goes....black scissors, yellow plates, and green napkins.  I so wish I could have been in her mind as she thought these were the best picks of all.  She is such funny kid.  The best part is when she saw the items she said "This is what daddy would LOVE".  So probably not the best birthday, but still super fun!

Cage and Crew stay a few days...

So my little 5-year-old twin brothers came to stay for a few days.  I think I totally exhausted them.  We went everywhere.  I packed in Thanksgiving Point (twice), Jumping Jacks, a carnival, and Temple Square all in three days.  We had so much fun.  But the best part is the looks everyone gives me when I am hauling 5 kids ages 6 and under.  The people think I am crazy!  I just smile and keep on walking.  My girls were in heaven having them here for so long.  It was the first time they had ever stayed at my house.  It was a little hard trying to please all 5 of them.  I think Crew was mad at Bryce and I because we tried to get him to eat the dinner we had prepared and he thought it was gross.  I just told my mom that I wasn't making 5 different meals to please them all.  I guess Crew will learn that real soon when he has to eat school lunch. I have total sympathy for my sis-in-law Kristin and all her young kids.  It can be exhausting, but so much fun.  I love my little brothers.  They both have such different personalities, but are both so sweet.  They have such huge hearts and are going to be great men, I'm sure of it.

Visiting Grandma!

In the middle of May we took the kids and my little brothers to see my Grandma play at the Joseph Smith Building.  My Grandmother plays the piano there on Wednesday nights.  It was so much fun to see her and listen to the beautiful music.  She has a friend that plays the violin along with her and everyone that comes in just stops to listen because it is so amazing.  I love my grandma so much and it feels so great to be able to support her finally in some small way. She has always been a constant in my life.  I don't think she has ever missed a birthday party, piano/dance recital, or anything that was important to me.  She is always there for everything.  I love her with all my heart!

Cash on The Ellen Degeneres Show!!!

So last year my sister-in-law (Mykelle) and I were on the "Ellen Degeneres Mother's Day Baby Shower Show".  IT WAS INCREDIBLE! We had so much fun.  Ellen gave her audience tons of free baby stuff (stroller/car seat, crib, bedding, bouncy chair, diapers, meals, TV, baby monitor, diaper bag...etc).  We couldn't have been more thrilled for all the free stuff.  So yesterday was her 2009 baby shower show and I sent in a couple pictures of my cute little Cash to see if they would show him as a baby that was born from the year before.  SURE ENOUGH, he was on there. They had three different segments were they showed the babies from the year before and he was on the 2nd and 3rd segment. If you go to www.ellen.warnerbros.com and go to Ellen in a minute with Ryan Seacrest you see him by Ryans head a lot.  Then there is another segment with "An expectant mother wins a car" and you see him by Ellens head a lot. He had great positioning I might say. So much fun to watch!!!  I would cut and paste all of the video clips except I don't know how to use this dumb Mac.

All In A Day...

So my Paigey Girl lost her top front tooth and learned how to ride a bike all in one day. I've got to say, it's a little too much growing up for me in just one day. As much as I am excited to see her getting older, it kinda breaks my heart. I beg my girls every night before bed to "stop growing up". Of course they just laugh, but I sincerely mean it. I can't tell you how many pictures we have of Paige with her "horsey teeth" as Bryce calls them. She sucked on a binkie until she was four and as a result we got these awesome choppers.  Then the sad part is when you get one child that is big the other one wants to be as big, so they grow up even faster.  I guess that is why you keep having babies, so there is always someone that is little. Boy, I sure love my girls. 

Easter Eggcitment!!!

Easter was kind of low-key this year. We usually party it up with my in-laws, but the are on the forever mission (can't complain they are halfway already). So we celebrated Easter with the bunny this year on Saturday and left Sunday to be about Christ. That worked out really well for us. I think I'm going to try to do that from now on. I had to do sharing time on Sunday in Primary and I learned so much about what Christ went through before he was killed. I can't believe the whole story (knowing he is going to die, being betrayed, freeing Barrabas, apostles falling asleep, being denied..etc). Can you believe it? Maybe everyone already knows all this but me.  Anyway, it was a great Easter getting to know Christ a little better. I'm just so thankful! PS. Thanks to Summer Whalen for putting on the most amazing Easter Egg Hunt!! We had so much fun. I think it doubled in size from last year. I promise I'll contribute next year:)