True Story.

Tonight I decided that instead of torturing Collin with a bath all by his lonesome, I would see if maybe he liked taking baths with Momma. Come to find out- he does. In fact, he was so relaxed, that he peed all over the both of us. I whined to Randy that I was stewing in my son's pee, to which he jokingly said "at least it's not poop!" And then...

Just some pics.

We recently got a new camera. Cashed in our reward points with Merrill Lynch (at least they're good for something! Cause our stocks aren't...) and got a Nikon D60 - it's a digital SLR and it's awesome! So you could say we got it for freeeeeee? I'm not very good at taking pictures yet, prolly cause Randy won't ever let me put my paws on it. He's always taking pictures with it... seriously. He even took pictures of the kebabs we grilled tonight! And let me tell you, they were amazing.

Anyway, here are some pictures I made Randy take the other night just for fun. We'll have to take some more of little man Collin when he's not so tired and/or ornery. He's a month old! Can you believe it!?

Easy as pie...

or so I thought. Collin has been such an easy baby, and Macey has been a trooper and a great big helper that I thought this whole 2 kid thing was going to be cake! ... And then Collin had a bad night. It took me 2 days/nights to recover from that bad night... and so it goes. Two kids is doable, if the baby will give me 2 good nights for every bad night he has. If not, I rely heavily on Randy and naps... and Spongebob. Too bad you can't bribe newborns.

Everything is looking good with little dude though, at his two week appt he weighed 6 lb 2 oz (2 oz above his birth weight), and was 19 inches long... so he's making great progress! The weather was nice this past week (until I said how much I enjoy the nice weather, and then it turned cold again) so I ventured out to the neighborhood park with both kids BY MYSELF. Of course I had to take pictures, it was a monumental milestone for me! I HAVE 2 KIDS, PEOPLE! And I can take them to the park. By myself. Yeah... I know... SuperMom.


But, if you happen to drop by my house and see the dark circles under my blood shot eyes, or my milk stained pajamas that I've been wearing for the past 3 days, if you notice my hair that has been pulled back into a tiny perma pony tail... don't judge me. Even Super Moms have their days. Now go get me a friggin' Dr. Pepper, stat.

Visitors

We've been really spoiled with lots of visitors this past week! Randy's parents came and stayed with us for a day, and then took Macey to their house for a couple of days... they took great care of us! And my Dad came with my sister Heather for a day trip to see the little dude this past Monday. That same day my sister Natalie flew in from Boise and my other sister Shalean drove down from Pocatello to come take (excellent) care of me and the kiddos for a couple of days. It's been so nice having family around... and I'm proud to say I only cried once when my sisters left! A big thanks to everyone! It means so much to me.

Now I'm officially home alone with the 2 of them, but have meals coming in for another week from my awesome ward and neighbors... man, am I spoiled or what?!

So that's why...

I've always wondered why those newborn binkies they give you at the hospital have holes in them.

Well now I know.
:)

Happy Easters!

So ever since watching Nacho Libre I can't just call Easter, Easter. It has to be Easters, because of the one guy that says "I've had diarrhea since Easters!" Haha. Ok. Hm. Anyway...

Just had to share some pics of Macey in her dress and little Collin in his gear. Randy took Mace to church and the little guy stayed home with me to nap after a rough night. Macey kept asking me "Mommy, am I gorgeous? I'm so gorgeous!" Oh boy.

1st Bath!

I'm going to try my darndest to post as much as possible so I don't get overwhelmed with things to post about! This is my journal, after all. :)

Yesterday Randy and I gave Collin his first bath! I was kind of sad that Macey missed it (she was at Grandma and Grandpa Slade's for the weekend), but decided that this kid needed a bath whether his big sister was there or not! There will be plenty of other baths that she can watch.

Afterward. Ahhhh.... doesn't he look so warm and cuddly?