Sweet Moments

So let's be honest. Being a mom is rough,especially a working mom.  There are so many sweet moments that is makes is worth all the work.  Here are some recently that I want to make sure I document because I am sure I will forget them. 

AUSTIN:

This little boy is a sweet heart.  He is currently 16 1/2 months old and has finally decided that walking is his favorite mode of transportation.  He also has recently developed climbing skills and can climb on to the kitchen table, couch, ottoman, and his sisters BIG bed.  He current is trying to do a flip over the arm of a chair.. He constantly has a bruise or two on his head because he runs into everything.  My favorite things he is doing right now are blowing kisses. He doesn't understand he is supposed to kiss his own hand so he will smack us in the face just as he is making a kissing sound.  He also is starting to talk quite a bit and when he sees his sister he says "HI SISSY!!"  He also will repeat Daddy about 100 times in a day.  He LOVES his grandpas and his dad and gets so excited to see them.

KAILIN:

Kailin is such a good helper. Sometimes a little too good.  She is often mimicking things we do and really tries to be an adult most days.  Oh yeah she is 3 years and 2 months old.  She has really cute curly hair.  She loves to Run and often will get in a track stance and say ready...set ...go!! She loves her little brother a lot.  She also LOVES her mama and cries for me every morning.  She is very strong willed which can add some frustration in our home but I know she will be a great leader some day.  We love her so much.  She  loves books and has an amazing memory. She can resite most of her books back to us.  She recently started completing 24 piece puzzles by herself and gets so excited. 

We sure love these kids a lot. I wanted to get this documented so I can read about it later.

Some bits of Random

I was about to update my status on facebook but then I thought. I should put this on the blog.  I don't know if anyone really reads this any more. If you do feel free to leave a comment.  I LOVE MY KIDS!!! I really do. They make everyday better. Regardless of if it is a challenging day or not I would never change this.  Here are a few things I love about them.

Kailin:

She LOVES Austin.  She is constantly singing and dancing around the house.  Yesterday she was walking around saying "My Moms Cool...My Moms Cool"  To which I said Yes you are right :).  She is just like her Daddy. She hates tomatoes, green beans, and tags on clothing.  Which is just like Craig.  She is a big fan of her babysitters.  They are awesome.  We love them too.  They have sweet kids that Kailin enjoys playing with.  She is talking so much and most of the time it includes a lot of Sound effects.  She just started saying "I love you too" and it melts my heart everytime.  She also brings tears to my eyes every time she grabs a hymn book and starts singing. She knows who Jesus Christ, Thomas S. Monson and Joseph Smith are and she isn't afraid to let you know.  Just a few things I love about her.

Austin:

He is the sweetest boy I know.  He is currently rolling everywhere. Isn't crawling yet but will be soon. He really loves his sister and his Daddy and mommy.  He eats everything.  He is 10 months old and over 24 lbs.  He gives the sweetest kisses.  His smile is definitely contagous.  He has realized that he can now move to get an item and he loves powercords and paper.  You know the really safe things.  Oh yeah and he moves around in a walker we have. He always goes straight for the kitchen chairs and pulls them over on him while grunting.  He is all boy grunting and growling.  He recently learned how to clap and is very happy about it.  Any time someone says Yay he claps with the biggest smile.  He says dada, mama, hi, baba and sings to songs. It is adorable. 

Well here you go blog. I wanted to make a record of the here and now and what the kids are doing. WE LOVE YOU KAILIN AND AUSTIN. YOU MAKE OUR LIVES AND ARE WORTH EVERY TOUGH DAY AND A JOY ON THE GREAT DAYS.

love,

mommy

"PHLLLLLLLLLLBBBBBBBBBBBBB"

This is what we are up to lately. :)
 

So Happy

I have been having a really hard time getting this blog updated as you can tell but I wanted to write down a few things while the kids are taking naps.  Kailin is now 2years and 3 mo and Austin is almost 6 mo. They bring so much happiness into our home it is amazing. Kailin is constantly reminding us we need to say prayers.  Austin is full of smiles and is now sporting one tooth with another one about to make its arrival.  He is such a happy baby.  He also is a big little guy. I am pretty confident he weighs more now than his older sister did when she was 1 year old.  They both have the most adorable smiles and love to play together.  Lately their favorite game is when Kailin lays on her back and I will hold Austin above her, he then jumps with his feet touching her tummy.  It is so funny.  We all start laughing really hard.  I will be posting some up to day pictures here soon but I know I needed to write these things down because one day I am really going to miss this.

Funny things Kailin is saying:

Saweeettt

Oh Boy, Oh boy, Oh Boy

I love you too Mom/Dad/Austin

You hear me?(when talking on the phone)

Oh, Hi Austin, Good morning..how did you sleep...good?

Kailins Favorite Songs:

Jingle Bells

I Am a Child of God

I love to see the Temple

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Once Upon a Dream(sleeping Beauty)

Kailins Favorite Movies:

Lion King(She always roars when she sees this)

Tangled

Despicable Me(She LOVES this one)

Anything Mickey Mouse

Funny Things Austin is Doing:

Eating his toes

Drooling like crazy

Laughing at the silliest things

Smiling at objects when no one is looking

Trying really hard to roll

Jumps on anything

Loves to try to jump out of his Bumbo

Is way to big for his swing

Love his blankets

Loves his sister and laughs at her often

Has learned how to blow bubbles and normally does when he has rice cereal in his mouth

Covers my face with Rice cereal and then laughs





Sweet Kailin almost 2

We also had a photo shoot of Kailin while her Nana and Grandpa were in town. I love these pictures too and will probably use them for her two year photos. I can't believe she will be 2 in less than a month.

Getting Kisses from Grandpa and Nana

Pictures with grandpa and nana

Playing in the rocks

Run Away

I love this picture

6 weeks old

While Dan and Sharon were visiting Sharon was nice enough to take some pictures of Austin for us. Due to our current financials I wasn't able to get professional newborn pictures of Austin like I did with Kailin. I am so happy with how these turned out. Thank you Sharon.



There are often time when I am holding Austin and he will grab onto my arm like this.

I love this picture of me and Austin.

They can't all be happy pictures right?

Cute little feet with long long toes.

Bear hat made by my mom.

He sticks out his tongue just like Kailin did.

Long toes

Austin under the blanket given to me by the Relief Society, this is his blessing blanket.

Austin's blessing day

We had a wonderful day on Sunday March 4th. Austin was blessed. He is such a happy baby and was very content through the whole thing. My mom made him the most precious blessing outfit. We were happy to have Craigs parents, brothers family, friends, my parents and sister here.    I want to thank everyone who traveled to come and spend this special day with us.  I was impressed with his blessing something that was mentioned multiple times was that Austin would be able to develop strong relationships with family and friends.  It is amazing what a blessing this little boy is in our life.  We sure love you buddy.

Shannon Side of the family

The Gaitan's.

Just being us

Kailin loving Austin...maybe a little too much.

I just love this picture.

Heather and Brandi

Stewart side of the family.