The Little Man turns 2!

My little man turned 2 today and I cannot believe how fast time flies. As he was napping I took some time to look through all his pictures and it amazes me how much he has already grown.

1 day old and so so tiny....this picture makes me so excited for Brooklyn to arrive into our family!
4 months old....he still sticks out his tongue all the time just like in this picture. I love his funny quirks.

8 months old....one of my favorite pictures ever!

1 year old...I love his chunky cheeks:)

15 months and starting to look just like a big boy(even with his horrible haircut I gave him;)).

20 months and becoming an adventurous, busy, curious toddler...

2 years old and still my "little man".

I love you bugaboo!

Faith

There is a reason we are using the name Faith as a middle name for Brooklyn.

These days we are using a lot of it.

5 days ago I went to the doctors with a lot of braxton hick thinking it was not a big deal.

It was.

I tested positive on a test that predicts labor early.

I took 6 of these tests with Weston. They all came back negative.

The doctor told me that they would do another cause she believed it was a false-positive.

She was wrong.

It came back positive.

Today I was back in the hospital receiving shots to help our little girls lungs develop faster in case she comes early.

Right now I am only 27 weeks and she weighs less than 3 pounds.

13 more weeks to go.

I am scared to death to be honest.

I have guilt because all Weston is doing all day is watching tv cause I am stuck on a couch on my left side to keep my contractions under control.

He is in heaven though. He gets to watch Cars, Finding Nemo and Toy Story as much as he wants.

I tell him to bring me my phone, blankets, mommy's books and he hasn't failed me once. He is a huge reason why I am staying sane while I am on the couch. He is so much happier since his surgery last week. THANK GOODNESS. I love him more than life.

I haven't even thought about preparing for Brooklyn's arrival. I still have so much to do.

Thank goodness for online shopping and a mother in law who is more than willing to shop for her grand daughter.

My husband has done more for me in the past 5 days that I can comprehend. I am realizing how much he does love me and our family.

He tells me he doesn't understand how I do it everyday. That brings a smile to my face.

However, I will do everything to keep this little girl within my as long as possible

Priesthood blessings are what I am relying on right now.

They are more powerful than medicine.

That and Faith.

"So often in life we think that because we have done things in a certain way, certain results should follow. But life is like the ocean. Sometimes we get caught in squalls & storms & things don't go the way we think they should, even when we think we have done right. But God can find us in the eye of a storm and give us courage to swim in rough water. We learn lessons from storms that we cannot learn from calm seas Sometimes the Lord calms the storm and sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms his child." -John H. Groberg

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we went to Greenbluff to pick our pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. I love making dinner in a pumkin on Halloween night so I put Weston in charge of finding that perfect pumpkin for our dinner. It was such a beautiful day and between the hayride, falling in love with pressed apple cider, looking at all the beautiful leaves, and chowing down on kettle corn we had so much fun!

And in the end, Weston did find us the perfect pumkin!

The Binky

I have a love/hate relationship with Weston's binky.

It has saved us in so many situations that I don't know how I would have managed otherwise.

It has allowed me to sleep through the night since Weston was 6 weeks old.

It has also created a habit that I know would be a nightmare to break.

The habit needed to be broken while I still had patience within me and before his baby sister comes.

I clipped the tip off of his binky, he put it in his mouth then threw it across the room.

We then went cold turkey after we threw it away because it "broke".

We did not sleep for 2 days straight.

Naptime #1 didn't happen. Nighttime #1 happened at 11:30 pm while waking up every hour in screaming attacks that we couldn't stop without praying for patience.

Day 2 woke up with the worse cold ever. Miserable all day long begging for comfort. I wanted to give in so bad. I didn't.

Nighttime #2 took 3 1/2 hours with all of us finally going to bed at 12:45. Little did I know he was cutting more teeth.

Perfect time to take a binky away, wouldn't you say?

Day number 3. A miracle happens. He went down within 15 minutes at naptime and bedtime. Yes, I was by his side both times in his bed, but he cuddled next to me and I knew he found comfort from me and not the binky.

Putting him to sleep with me by his side is a habit we will worry about when I don't need sleep myself:).

Last night I cried out of pure happiness.

We are celebrating tonight on becoming a "big boy"!!!!!

21 weeks

Over half-way and it has been so easy so far.

Love the fact that I can eat oreo cookies in bed at 2 am and not feel guilty:)!

Let's cross our fingers for the second half.

That is where it gets a little tricky.

Bed rest with my busy bee.....I can't even comprehend how it will work.

Bahamas and Baby News!!

So Ryan and I were spoiled by my parents with a cruise to the Bahamas while he were down South. The only stipulation....Weston had to go, therefore it would not be a "relaxation cruise". There were moments when I wanted to pull my hair out trying to control a crazy toddler boy who does not slow down. At one point he was throwing carrots across the room where everyone eats and tries to relax. Nope, not with Weston in the room,lol. However, I experienced paradise with my 2 favorite boys and brother and sister....I couldn't ask for more. My sweet husband even surprised me with a massage in the Bahamas while he took care of Weston because he knew how stressed out I was with Weston. Moment like that make me love him so much! Here are some pictures of our cruise.

Ryan, Lindsay, and Matt got to go snorkeling and they had so much fun. Look how pretty the water is....so clear and blue.
Lindsay helped so much with Weston and keeping him busy. He had so much fun with her. Thanks a ton Linds for all the help!

I love this picture so much. My husband is amazing with Weston and they truly have so much fun together. Weston loved playing near the water and Ryan would sit and play with him while I got time to read on the beach!


I love my family more than life. I smile just thinking that we will soon be having another child in our lives!

To keep Weston quite while we ate were threw out all the rules of healthy eating and gave him as much chocolate cake as he wanted. Dinner was seriously my favorite part of the day...unlimited food with sweets that never stopped. You can see I had 3 different bowls of dessert in the background. When I eat for 2 I seriously do not hold back,lol.

I was once a mother that swore I would never put my child on one of these leashes....yeah, not anymore! This lion backpack/leash saved us on the cruise. This is what Weston did 99% of the time when he didn't hold his "tail"...run away for us,lol.

I truly could wake up to this every morning if I could!

More food....Weston shoving eggs in his mouth. Why use a fork when you can get twice the amount in your mouth with your hands? Oh how I love my little man!

So, from this post you can tell that toddler boys can be beyond a handful. There have been moments the past 4 months when I just break down wondering if I have any control over my little man. My mother keeps telling me that it is because he has been thrown off of his normal routine with all this traveling and time changes and I pray that she is right ( I am happy to say that he has calmed down a lot since we have gotten back into a normal routine). However, there are still moments when I ask myself, is this just a phase or our these tantrums going to continue for the next 5 years. Weston is 100% boy and throwing, spitting ( it's amazing how quickly he learns from watching his daddy), and yelling in the middle of Wal Mart is just his thing right now...even in the middle of sacrament meeting. Time outs are becoming more popular these days, which are working so far. And we are having another child in the next 5 months?!??! Yes, I lie in bed at night wondering how I will survive sometimes.

HOWEVER, WESTON IS A SWEETHEART IN SO MANY WAYS. Weston still makes my heart melt with his kisses, when he calls me mom, and when he snuggles up to me when he sneaks into our bed early in the morning. I love his squeals when he sees an airplane, and how he giggles when we sing Five Little Monkey and Popcorn Popping. I love how every night we have to make "pop pop" before bed and how he sits on the couch with me with his bag of popcorn that he wants all to himself. I love how I tuck him into his big boy bed every night and he waves bye to me as I shut the door. Moments like that make being a mother SO SO WORTH IT!

In conclusion, I have been secretly praying for a girl just to add some girliness and hopefully calming behavior to our little family. I would be happy with a boy of course but deep down I really needed a girl for my sanity. So this past Wednesday, I literally broke down in tears during the ultrasound when we found out we are having a GIRL!!!! I am so excited for everything and I have already gone crazy at the fabric store buying all kinds of fabric for future projects. All in all, I feel like Heavenly Father truly knows what I need in my children to help me become a better mother. I love everything about being a mother, and I know that these moments of chaos and insanity are part of a life that I truly am falling in love with.