Staying Home Is a Privilege...

Today while I was loading my fourth load of laundry for the day I realized something...I AM LUCKY TO BE HOME! I guess I have always taken for granted the fact that I am able to be a stay at home mom and not have to work. My days consist of sleeping until 7am, hanging out in my pjs until about 11am, going to the gym, come home for lunch and shower, put the boys down for nap and quiet time, enjoy an hour to myself, then playing with my boys until it's time to make dinner. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I live the EASY life! My days are mixed with poop, spit up, spills, messes, cleaning, laundry, whining, crying, fighting, screaming, cooking, bills, etc BUT, I still feel lucky that I am able to do this. As much as my kids can stress me out and exhaust me, I love them so much and wouldn't trade my time at home with them for anything.

I am so grateful for my hard working husband who goes to work every day to provide for his family. I love you so much babe, thanks for being so amazing!!!

Crawling Crawling Crawling...

So I'm in the office reading blogs and I turn around and what do I see? Tyceroo! He had somehow got from the family room all the way into the office! I can't believe how mobile he is now. He rolls, scoots, and kinda crawls. A lot of first time moms get excited when their kids start doing stuff like that, but not me! I know what this means all too well...my freedom is over! My house must be baby proofed! I have to keep an eye on him 24/7! Oh well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Tyce is doing well...still a great eater and still the happiest guy in the world. He slept through the night for three nights and totally got my hopes up, only to revert back to getting up a couple times a night. Arg!

The twins are doing great. They are such special boys. They have said and done lots of cute things lately...let's see if I can remember them...

*Them giving Tyce wet willies (thank you Uncle Shane for teaching them that)

*Jackson singing the Barney song (I Love You You Love Me) to Tyce to stop him from crying while I was making his bottle

*Joshy drawing me a picture and saying..."Here is a pretty flower for you because I love you so much mommy."

*Jackson telling me he wants me to go to school with him "for every day" to help him write his name.

*Joshy telling Jackson to not "wiggle his weiner and get pee on mommy's floor."

*After Primary on Sunday Jackson telling me, "Mommy I couldn't hear the Holy Ghost in class because Finn was being TOO loud! I was so sad because I wanted to hear it!" Hahaha.

*The boys reading their Book of Mormons to eachother as if they were Thomas the Train books

*During quiet time the other day they surprised me and cleaned up the WHOLE basement without me even asking...put every single toy away, and even in the right bins (even daddy can't seem to do that!) They came upstairs beaming, so proud of themselves!

*Josh saying, "TYCE YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! STOP DROPPING YOUR FRIEKEN TOYS!" Hahaha, I wonder where he's heard that from?

Well I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of right now plus I've got to get the boys in the tub and get to the gym.

Here's them this morning after Tyce crawled into the office... Proud Tyceroo...

Fun with Mom and Dad...

I'm sad, my parents are gone. We had a great week together but, as always, it went by too fast. I love having my parents here, everything just seems ok when my mom and dad are by my side. I know that sounds juvenile, but it is just how I feel with them. The boys LOVED having them here and are so bored now that there's no one here to wrestle them all day and play games with them all day. Here are LOTS of pictures from the week, sorry there's so many but I want to remember everything!!!

Grandpa and his boys... Grandpa and Jack...

Jackson with his pink heart shaped marshmallows...Grandma reading the twins one of their new stories...
Frosting Valentine cookies...Tyce, Mr. Happy as always!!!Jack and daddy...Josh loves reading to Tyce...Tyce absolutely ADORED my mom...Mommy and Tyce chowing down on otter pops (don't worry, his isn't opened)...Cute guys in the tub...They are really starting to look alike...They had fun playing out in the snow...Granpa and Tyce...Jackson reading a story about Abraham Lincoln to Josh...Cute cold boy...Daddy even got in on the frosting action...

Thanks so much for coming mom and dad, it always makes us all so happy!!! Well now I have a month to look forward to when my mother in law comes! YAY!!!

Valentine's Day Fun...

We had a fun Valentine's Day this year, mostly because my parents were here! Yay! Friday night Parker surprised me and took me to a yummy dinner and a romantic night at a hotel, it was SO wonderful! My parents watched the kids, thanks so much you guys!!! I meant to get a picture of us at the restaurant but forgot SO...you'll just have to imagine Parker and I, eating, in peace and quiet, happy, and enjoying time alone together. =)

On Sunday after church the boys did a hunt for hearts with tootsie rolls on them. They had lots of fun and got so excited each time they found one.

Here's Jack getting the last one out of the tree... Showing me their hearts and tootsie rolls...

Jack was already chowing down on a tootsie roll so he couldn't smile...I got them each a Lightening McQueen car and a Mader car (from the movie Cars), they were really excited and have been playing and sleeping with them ever since...
They got a Valentine's package in the mail from Grandma Morrill and Auntie Tegan and they were SO excited...Josh loved his Winnie the Pooh card...Jack loved his Snoopy card as well...They got lots of candy and goodies but their favorite thing was their new DVD, Horton Hears a Who...they LOVE it!As if they haven't gotten enough...my mom and dad brought them Valentine's goodies too! They each got a bag of heart shaped marshmallows, strawberry Whoppers, and REALLY cute books...

Wow, so much candy in this house! Haha! My dad went home yesterday, we all miss him like crazy already. Luckily we still get my mom until tomorrow! After she leaves I'll post more pics of our week with them.

Chuck E Cheese Video...

Hilarious video of the boys dancing at Chuck E Cheese at the very bottom of my blog. Check it out.

My mom leaves Wednesday and I'll update my blog with LOTS of cute pics then.