crap

I was doing laundry - like I do everyday.  I started moving the clothes from the washing machine to the dryer.  I grabbed a handful of clothes and underneath them was a phone filter we had gotten in our start up package from Century Link.  I laughed and thought, "Porter must have thrown this in the pile of clothes?  Good thing we don't need that."  I pulled it out and then saw something else at the bottom of the washing machine.  The other phone filter?  I wish...

I washed our dang camera.  I almost swore.  Not at Porter but at myself...almost.  Think it'll dry and miraculous work?

just a picture

If you're not smiling...you should be :)

coco motion

We've wanted one since before we were married.  James's parents had one and he loved it.  He introduced it to me one morning and I instantly loved it.  After we combined all of our gift cards from our wedding, (wow...I wish I had that much on a gift card again!) we were determined to buy one.  But it was the middle of the summer and I'm convinced they only sell them around the holidays?  We were sad.  We didn't see them the first or second Christmas we were married. 

BUT...A few days ago I was walking around Wal Mart.  I had a small list of items to buy.  And I try very hard to strictly to my list.  Or else I come out with handfuls of children's Tylenol (just in case, you never know!) or a discounted outfit for one of my kids.  But as we were walking, I saw it.  The freaking CocoMotion.  There was a huge display of them at the end of an aisle.  I saw the price and almost screamed.  Because I was positive they used to be more expensive.  I didn't hesitate.  I didn't even blink an eye.  I grabbed one off of the shelf and happily put it in the cart.  When Porter examined the box, I said, "Daddy will be so happy!"

And he was.  And we've been having hot chocolate almost every night.  Hot, frothy, DELICIOUS, hot chocolate.  You should go buy one.

new job, moving, and christmas

So I know it's only been a few weeks since my last post, but it feels like forever!
(there it is again, my obsession with dang blogging.)
And in the last few weeks, a ton has happened.

About two weeks before Christmas James was offered a job with Boeing.  He interned with them over the summer in the Engineering Dept. which was awesome.  And then they hired him on for some temp work in the Fabrication Dept. and now...they hired him on full time.
We were so excited! 

We packed up our townhouse, said good bye to Logan, and moved into a little house in Davis County.  Yeah, you read it right...a HOUSE!  There is so much space, and a backyard, and a basement with more space.  I love it.  Even though I'm so happy about this new house and job....I miss Logan, terribly.  I miss my friends, my playgroups, the library, the fact that I was 5 minutes from EVERYTHING, and I miss the slow pace way of life there.  I didn't realize how busy it was outside of Logan. 

(Pictures of the house will come later...still trying to make it look INSANELY cute!)

Our Christmas was awesome!  I tend to worry about having to travel around on Christmas day.
I grew up just spending the day at home eating food and playing with all the new stuff we got.
But we had a really fun day.

The kids got new jammies on Christmas Eve, (geez where did that start?) we had a delicious breakfast, opened presents, got ready and drove to James's parents house.  We had lunch there, opened more presents and then drove to my sisters. (see...the traveling) We ate more food and played games.  And then finally...we went home and crashed.
It was fun to see as many people as we did and wow...my kids got so many new toys :)

And that's it :)

my two littles ones

Just within the last week, Paige has completely changed!  When she wakes up in the morning, she coos and laughs and squeals until I come to get her.  She has all of a sudden discovered that her hands can reach out in front of her and grab things.  And Porter LOVES to hand her all kinds of toys.  She is extremely social.  If anyone even glances at her, she is ecstatic.  She smiles and squeals  And out of all of us, Porter can make her laugh the hardest.  It's adorable.  And...she's 4 months today.

Porter...oh my goodness, I could go on forever about Porter.  He knows so much!  And he just keeps learning.  I'm amazed at how much he talks.  He has fallen in love with TV...dang winter.  And he always wants to watch Robin Hood - which he calls, "Rooster."  He and I have a lot of fun together.  We bake, sing, dance, kick and throw balls around the house, and run up and down the stairs.  

I want him to stop growing up.  I want both of them to stop growing.  Because right now, I'm their #1 fan.  How long will that last?

let's be honest

There's not really a whole lot going on in my life.  We settled right back into our routine after Thanksgiving.  The library, the grocery store, trips to Wal Mart, playing at our friends house.  But I have this horrible urge to blog about something.  Are you addicted to blogging?  Because I totally am.

I try to think of things I can take pictures of so maybe it'll look like we're up to something amazing!  But, truth be told, we're just doing the same old thing.  So enjoy a few pictures I received from my Dad that he took of us while in St. George.

(please don't make fun of my hair...I quickly put up my hair to nurse Paige on top of that big rock.  And no one was kind enough to tell me I had a few bulges.  Oh and yeah, that's right, I'm that mom who will nurse anywhere.  And I think it's freaking awesome.)

a warm thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with my parents in St. George.  It was such a nice weekend.  There were no expectations, no schedule...it was very relaxing.  

We stayed up late talking and watching movies.  We hiked around lots of BIG red rock.  

James and I took my parents bikes out for a ride.  It was hilarious.  I'm insanely out of shape.  

We took part in Black Friday shopping on Thursday night at Wal Mart.  Ah!  I love Black Friday!  

We ate lots of yummy food.  I probably gained 40...no, more like 500 pounds.  

And we all bought some of these chairs shown in the picture.