Week of SUCCESS!

This past week I started potty training yet AGAIN with Taija, but I am happy to say she has finally got it down! Hooray! She even goes in the BIG girl potty (no more little potties, or potty seats)! I am so proud of my little girl and love this whole panties thing (although Sunday we took her to the bathroom a record number of eight times - oh yes it was EIGHT). Also, we pulled out the jumperoo for Luke and he LOVES it. He turned 3 months this past week and is getting bigger by the second. I give him 6 more months til he outweighs his sister!

We got a NEW car!

We traded in our 2003 Sentra for a NEW 2011 Sentra...okay so it wasn't a straight-across trade, but you know what I mean!

Dressed in our Sunday Best

These kids just looked too cute this morning not to take their picture! ENJOY!

This one's for you UNC!

So before Taija was even born my brother bought her a Florida Gators outfit...his favorite team since he was a kid. And since it was 2008 it was fitting! This is Taija watching the BIG GAME with her Unc

I pulled out the same outfits for Luke and this is him rockin the Gator wear! We live a little closer to Gator country now! Love you UNC!

Little Work-out Buddy

This past week has been one from you-know-where! It started off with Luke and I getting sick - runny nose and just not feeling the greatest. Well, of course then Taija gets it and much worse! Poor thing has not been feeling well at all. Worst of all she hasn't been eating much and throwing up what little she did eat so she lost 2 lbs. And if any of you know my daughter she doesn't have 2 pounds to lose! I put her on the scale today and she weighs all of 22 and 1/2 pounds! Good news is that she is starting to feel better and kept all of her food down today! Yay for small victories. On another note I haven't been to the gym in over a week as a result and it is driving me nuts...more so my waistline is driving me nuts. But these cute pics were taken before all the madness with my little buddy that loves going to the gym with me!



Luke in his little Bumbo seat he got for Christmas!

New Year Goals!

So after reading a few friends' goals I decided that I might just be more motivated if I record my goals somewhere so I can't back out of them! So here goes...

*Potty Training - need I say more? My goal is to have Taija potty trained before spring break...
*Get to the GYM! This has been a bit of a challenge since Luke can't go til he is 6 months and now that Justin is back in school I have to go in the evenings since there is no way I am getting up before the sun!
*Cooking - I don't think I will ever truly enjoy cooking, but I hope to be better at planning and even branching out with new recipes. I am such a chicken (no pun intended) when it comes to experimenting!
*Temple Trips - I was extremely spoiled in UT in that I could go to the temple on whim with so many close by and babysitters all around. I was totally disgusted with myself when reflecting on the past year...I only went TWICE! Pathetic I know. So this year the goal is to double that (not too adventurous, but the temple is 3 hours away and I have 2 kids to arrange for)!
*PATIENCE! With my kids, my husband, myself...I don't know how many times I would drive Justin insane coming home from a doctor's appt absolutely furious because of wait-times and it all boils down to the fact that I have ZERO patience. So this is a BIG goal for me. No promises, but I hope to be a little better by next year.

These are my goals for 2011 so hopefully by laying them all out here I will stick to them a bit better than those of 2010! Wish me luck!

2 Months

Luke is 2 months old...already! Time has sure flown by! Here are his stats and a few cute pics!

- 13 lbs. 4 oz.
- 23.5 inches long
- He is starting to smile
- Loves to 'talk' to anyone that will listen
- Sleeping between 5-6 hours at night


Seriously one of the cutest outfits...board shorts! Perfect for hangin out at the beach!

One of my little girl just cuz I think she's cute


*As a side note I went back to see Taija's stats at two months and she was only 10lbs!*