To all my friends...

Believe it or not …

I used to be on time.

I used to invite people over all the time.

I used to make it to every event I said I would go to.

I used to be excellent at keeping a clean house.

I used to be good at keeping in touch.

I used to be good at giving gifts.

I used to be good at birthday cards, Christmas cards, and thank you notes.

I used to be fast at getting out the door.

What happened? 

I became a Mom of two babies.

After having Thayne I noticed my punctuality going down hill, also friend hang out time.

I also noticed I didn't make it to every event I wanted to go to.

I had a hard time cleaning, writing, thinking, remembering, and getting ready.

Apparently I thought I would make it even more interesting by adding another child. 

Now I am even worse at all those things mentioned above. I thought there could be nothing worse than a baby teething for 2 years straight but there is! Two teething babies! 

For my friends that somehow have managed to stick with me even through my new flakiness. 

Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't send you a present or a card… ever. 

For my friends who don't know me any other way then how I am now. 

WOW you are amazing! 

After becoming a mom I finally can empathize with all the mothers I was friends with before I became one myself. 

A friend shared a blog post with me about "the blur" the blogger describes "the blur" as the time when the kids are little, you don't know how you survive or function on zero sleep, energy, or sanity. 

Somehow moms make it out. 

I don't know how long my "blur" will last, but I do know there is a time and season for everything.

And right now my season is to be flaky, forgetful, and slow. 

If you can manage sticking it out and being my friend through this time I promise there will be a time

when I will be good at everything I once was. Be patient with moms. It's not easy hearing crying babies all day, and night, and day, and night, and day, and night. Mess after mess. 

Diaper after diaper. Feeding after feeding. 

Sometimes I just have to break down and cry to myself. 

Here is the house in its real current state...

(This is a pot in the bathroom I still don't know how this got here) 

I love my little darlings and I love my friends. 

However these guys are my world and I have focused so much time on them that I don't have much time for much else. In fact both babies are screaming right now. 

Be patient with mothers this holiday season. Help them out. Ya no one wants to hear screaming kids at the grocery store but we all still have to eat. 

Be slow to judge, someday you will find yourself yelling, crying, and forgetting too. 

These are reasons my poor little blog is getting about one entry a month. I made a goal to be better next year. I have so much I want to write and say but it is not my season to write every week. 

Thanks for your patience and love towards me during this time.

Toddler and nursery decor

I have a great spacious room for the kids. We moved into a 3 bedroom right before Joslyn was born to give us 300 more square feet for only 100 bucks more a month. Now people can really come and visit and I don't have to have our desk in our room. Needless to say our apartment isn't all put together yet but I am trying to figure out the kids room at this time. Here is what thayne and I have been working on...

This is a cross stitch growth chart. It took me about six months to do. I went to Michaels and had it framed. I plan on measuring the kids with a measuring tape and then marking with a dry erase how tall they are. Thayne already loves it. 

So for Thayne's name in his room I did this...

It takes up a TON of room and I never want to hang it. And now I have two names to have in the room I wanted to keep it simple. I found inspiration from none other than Pinterest.

Under the J and the T it reads J is for Joslyn and T is for Thayne. I want to make their names bigger so I might redo it but for now I'm loving it. I think thayne and I will paint the letters from his name and do another project from it. What do you think? The colors I'm loving to tie both genders are blue green and pink. 

Apparently blogger doesn't like iPhone pictures so I'll have to take some better ones when the room is all put together. 

Happy New Year!

I started off this year thinking, "wow January is a big month".

Then I got thinking about everything that will be happening this year and decided that this

is going to be a BIG year!

Thayne will turn 2, Adam finds out if he gets into vet school (and hopefully starts this year), 

Garett returns home from a mission, Lauren graduates high school and hopefully comes to school

at Utah State. 

Along with the big events are small events each month Thayne and I are working on

him sleeping in his big boy bed...

Naps he is doing great! But night time well he just doesn't want to go to sleep. I read something about 

18month old sleep regression. Anyone else experienced an outta wack toddler?

I did set new year resolutions but they are pretty personal. I'm already in a habit of exercising, I am always trying to eat better... ok so maybe I had a tiny bit of cream cheese brownie for breakfast. It was a rough night last night.

This year I am trying to do better at setting monthly and weekly goals. I call it my "What I want to accomplish this week... month... list"

So far so good. It helps me survive stressful times. 

I have to tell you about a failed craft...

Here lies a great 18 month old snow suit. Problem? 

Its pink. Thayne is a boy and I want all our snow gear navy so its easy to match and goes both ways. We recieved it from some very kind souls who 

claim they are done having children. I thought I could just dye it. (I dye my own hair why not right?)

My mum tried to warn me saying it could turn purple. I figured it was just light enough that it probably wont... guess what?!?!?

It's very purple. I tried the navy blue dye and this is the result. I then tried a black dye that made it even darker purple. Needless to say I have given up and given in and bought Thayne a navy snow suit. If you see this one at your DI you know what happened. 

As far as Us... Adam is amazing at handling stress and luckily its rubbed off on me a little bit.

He has his interview for vet school Jan 22. 

We are both learning that student loans are harder to obtain than we thought. (bills are coming!)

Adam has to retake a class but USU doesn't offer it this semester so he has to take it online.

Taking him from 12 credits to 16. 

He stays calm through it all. Which helps me stay calm. 

It might sound crazy but I know that we are doing what the Lord wants so it will all work out. 

It might be super hard, but it will work out.