Thursday, January 28, 2016

Jade's 4 Month Appointment



4 Month Check Up:
Friday, January 15th - 4 months, minus 1 day
Weight: 14lbs 4oz
Height: 26.5 inches
Reaction to shots: Cried for about 30 seconds then fell asleep for 2 hours.

4 Month Update:
Sleep schedule: Jade is still our amazing sleeper. She went through a rough patch where she was sick for a few weeks with a cold and that kind of threw her off but she's getting back to her old patterns. Paige was sick at the same time too (with an ear infection and chest cold)... Let's just say, for about 3 weeks, I don't think I slept longer than an hour at time because of those cute littles. It breaks your mom heart to watch and hear your kids be sick. Anyways, on Jan 18th, we moved Jade to her own room. It's jungle themed. She loves it! She now won't nap anywhere but in her bed or in her car seat... which is sad for me because she no longer wants me to snuggle her to sleep.

Her 5 Current Loves
1. Her Sister: Jade will be crying (screaming) and Paige will plop herself down right in front of her and she instantly stops crying and starts smiling. Those two girls have the most precious relationship. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
2. Bath time: She's learned she can kick up tidal waves in the bath and oh boy does she get water EVERYWHERE! haha
3. Smiling: She LOVES to smile. One of the best parts of my day is getting her out of bed in the morning. Paige now goes into her room with me to get her out and a little short story for you... colton and I always go in to get Paige from naps and in the morning by saying "gooood mooorning!" and now Paige does the same thing to Jade and it's absolutely adorable.
4. Her mama: No joke, she's obsessed with me. Not so much a daddy's girl... She's clingy, already, which is fine with me. It takes a LOT of work to raise kids and if she wants to be with me and smile at me all day, I'll take that payment anyday!
5. Cooing: Jade has got some serious lungs on her. She scream-talks! She sounds like a cat most of the time doing it.

Nicknames: I feel like nicknames just come naturally when you have kids... We call Jade - "JD" (Jade Dawn), I call her "Little" and I'm pretty sure Paige thinks her name is "sister" haha!


Sunday, January 3, 2016

December 2015

What's New With Us?
Colton and I: We've been trying out new hobbies and doing different activities together during the littles nap times.It's been fun to try out new and different things.

Paige: Paige's biggest change this month has been how much more she talks now. We've lost count of how many things this silly girl can say. We sure love our Paigey girl. She makes us laugh constantly. 

Jade: She's still just being the world's best baby. She loves to sleep and be cuddled. I don't mind one bit. She's now trying to sit up on her own... Which I'm not ready for. She needs to stay my tiny baby longer. I'm enjoying the baby phase way too much.

2015: This year has brought us lots of change and growth... Literally, I grew a whole human this year. I can't imagine our year being any better than it was. Colton and I have been talking a lot about our last year and I told him this has been my favorite year for so many reasons.  The main reason is I've been with the most supportive, loving and caring man by my side for over 6 years now. Together, we've added 2 little girls to our family who have blessed us with indescribable amounts of love and happiness. It's not all rainbows and butterflies but those hard and difficult times are the things that make the good times that much sweeter. Colton and I have been fortunate this year to make lots of new friends that came with buying and moving into our first house. One friend in particular I'm especially grateful for.She's the Yang to my Grey and my "person" (if you get that reference I like you a million times more because of it). I'm excited to see what 2016 brings us! I joke with Colton and tell him I hope 2016 gives us a break from having babies because 2014 and 2015 both brought babies. Maybe we'll add another in like 2020 ;)

Her favorite activity, snuggling after nursing

Literal dog pile

Buggie ride at Grandma and Grandpa's Farm after visiting dad at work for lunch

Safe to say, she loves baths

Still fake crying to get her way


Sister kisses

Ward Christmas Party 12/4

12/5 Colton and I took the girls to the zoo! There was hardly anyone there. We just let this little monkey off her leash to run around. She did awesome! *She thought this tiger statue was real and wouldn't touch it at first. Super hilarious.


New Isle of the Tiger at the PHX Zoo


Saying "Rawr" haha!

Mama and Paige

She had to check EVERYTHING out. 

She could care less about the elephant, she just wanted the giant ball in the water haha



So cool to watch the jaguar up and moving around


This little miss enjoyed the zoo too mostly because she got a few hours of staring at mom. haha!

Happiest baby around, melts my heart


This wooden bridge with the crocodiles gave me nightmares as a kid. So terrifying. A bit nerve wracking now with kids, hence my death grip on her. haha! No kid of mine will get eaten by a croc

Obsessed with water, just before she tried getting in.

Convinced he was a real monkey. haha!


Trying to figure out why he wasn't making noise.

Sometimes, this is the best photo you can get with your girls. haha!

Kisses from dad.. nah, popcorn!


She did awesome holding my hand and walking around. :)

New dress from Grandma

Happy Girl

I tried taking away her Minnie Mouse. haha!

12/7 for FHE we went to the Mesa Temple Lights and food trucks.

Paige wanted out to run around saying "whoa!" to everything.




My girls. Dressed in semi-matching outfits, not on purpose.

She is obsessed with Minnie and Mickey right now.


If you look close, you can see that she's trying to put on her Minnie doll's tiny shoes. haha!



December weather has been crazy! This was right before my Friday run where I got dumped on with rain




She came over and wanted me to put this on her head.. Well, alright then!

With cousin Rayleigh at Grandma and Grandpa's for Sunday dinner

Rainy days mean jammies all day and hot chocolate.

and they apparently mean naps, lots of naps. haha!

Watching Care Bears before nap

She got to join us at the table for dinner. She was pretty excited.

Teach them young the delicious ways of making cookies

I literally sit and snuggle her for a couple hours every day. It's fast approaching when she won't want to or will be too busy and I'll miss our special time together.

Paige's new favorite activity, sorting my DoTerra oils

and smelling them. haha!

My little book worm.

When your little sister has a nose and you can't stop touching it.

Riverview Park


She loves slides

This how she "plays" at the park, she watches dad play and smiles



Seriously, how did we get the world's happiest baby!?

When your sister...

Makes you play harmonica 

Love my blue eyed girl.

12/21/15 Family Home Evening- it started out great and ended with...

Paige just eating big bites out of everything. haha!

Checking to make sure the neighbors cats are outside still.

Chick Fil A Cone, we went to lunch with my sister in law Tiffani and her 3 kids :)



I love her crazy hair. haha

Babies look so peaceful when they sleep.

Snuggling with cousin Rayleigh at my Aunt Michele's house 12/27

Park day!

12/29 we took the girls to the Arizona Museum of Natural History with my sister and her kids and their friends.




Panning for Gold

After I work out, she wants to sit on my lap and drink my protein shake.

12/31- My mom's birthday! My dad started a tradition of planning a fun activity for the "adults" in the family. We leave all the kids with sitters and just go out and do something fun with my siblings and their spouses. We've done some fun things! This year, we went and did a zipline at the Superstitions and panned for gold. After, we had lunch made by the best cook around (my grandma), watched my mom open her gifts and then did our annual white elephant gift exchange. I don't think I laugh as much in a single day in the entire year more than this day. It's the best tradition to end the year on. :)

My family :)

This little got to tag along on our Dec 31st activity this year since she's still too little to leave behind for that long. It tired her out watching us have that much fun.