She's a third child

What? It keeps things efficient. Naps in the high chair mean less changing of the crib sheets...right?

For the yearbook

It's too bad this picture is blurry. It's pretty sweet. My boy. In a dress up. With his pants around his ankles after a bathroom visit. It doesn't get much better than that. Oh wait....it just did...the fluffy princess shoes. This one's going in his senior yearbook for sure.

Friendship lasts forever

So when I went to BYU, I had these neighbors in the dorms. I suppose I was a bit of a goody goody and was bothered by their loud music and the fact that they had guys in their room against the honor code. I finally took the matter to our Room Attendant after trying to study amidst the loud music. She came into my room and shared a scripture with me. It was in Matthew 5. It talks about loving our enemies and even praying for them. It was a doink to the eyes. I thought she would go in there and lay down the law, but instead, being an inspired returned missionary, she did something that would change the course of my relationship with that neighbor forever. And so it began. I went next door and started talking to them. We talked about music we liked and classes we were taking, where we were from (we grew up in neighboring cities in southern California) among other things. Now when I was studying, I would just ask them to keep the music to a low and other times, I'd come over and we'd dance around the dorm to their loud music. One of those girls was Tiffany. We were an unlikely match when it comes to friends. She was a bit rebellious and I grew up a bit more straight arrow. She helped me break out of my shell and become more social, while reading scriptures became a more common occurrence in her life.
We would dress our selves up and go out on the town....in search for a Provo party. It was one of those nights that she did my hair and makeup and took me to a restaurant of my choice for a Friday night out (she had a car). And that is how I met Dan at Panda Express.

Our path took a strange course....one you might assume would take us apart, but somehow, through ups and downs, and dating the same guy at different times, things just worked out. And now, when we meet every few months, we pick right back up where we left off....and the best part? Our families are growing and we get to see our kids play together. There are some people who come into our lives at key times and help us to become who we are today. She is one of those. College life was fun in large part because of my friendship with Tiffany. Looking back, I see that that RA was led to tell me what she did and it is a lesson I will remember. Here's to you Tiff......I hope we can reminisce together until we're old about those good ole days at college. Love you!

Today's Checklist

9 AM: Get rice cereal sneezed in my face....Check
11 AM: Shower with tired screaming baby in background......Check
11:02AM: Shave legs with new razor and get tiny cuts everywhere......Check
11:30AM: Let baby suck on and then puke on necklace while still around my neck....Check
1 PM: Get grease all over my hands from trying to fix Cole's bike chain......Check
2 PM: Get peed on during pee sample collection from Alli's physical.....Check

All in a day's work.

3 is BUSY

When you have a baby squaking in the background....things just seem a little more hectic. That's when I enlist the kids' help. Most often the squaking comes from a hungry baby....and the kids have been looking forward to feeding Kaitlyn babyfood for months....so I let them. It helps me, and they like it. It does have it's drawbacks...their aim isn't always great. This cracked me up the other day.

Knock Knock Peeky Peeky

Just a little sneak peak at what I've been working on...I'm hoping to complete the room before the kid is a year old...sheesh!

Sympathy teething??

Um, so this Valentine's Day Allison decided it would be sweet of her to have sympathy teething with her little sister who has a tooth on the way, so she decided to grow one herself.
In the same place no less... before losing one...Oops. Hopefully she can wiggle one loose to make room so we don't have to get it pulled!!!! Who woulda thunk! Sisters...Siiiiiisters.
Happy Valentine's Day!Here's Mr. Cole after enjoying one of Nana's secretly delivered sugar cookies...And little miss love herself.