5 month pics and a couple of Hailey

5 months!

That's right, the tiny guy is 5 months old as of yesterday. Can't believe it's been that long. I realized today that I did not do a 4 month update. Oh well, Grandma Y saw him twice in the past month, I think she'll forgive me. :)

Matthew can roll on to his back like a pro now. He can almost get from the back to the front too. He got 2 teeth before he hit 4 months. My kids both got teeth early. He has started to "talk" like crazy. His smile makes you feel like the most important person in the world and I've actually been told that by several people, so it's not just biased mommy. He's become such a happy baby. He loves to laugh, smile, cuddle, spend time with Hailey, be held by mommy or daddy, eat, go places, and talk. He does not like to sleep, be put down, or let mommy sleep. He's such a sweet tiny guy and we are grateful to have him around.

Last week we went up to Utah for my cousin Brad's wedding. His wife is great, it was nice. We got to spend some time with Grandma Y while we were up there. We dragged her all around Salt Lake City and I think we may have worn her out. Hailey and I have been doing swim lessons, which has been pretty fun. I got a new calling, I'm the YW 2nd counselor. I'm really excited to still be in Young Woman's, I will probably cry when I finally have to start going to RS. We went to John's Incredible Pizza this week and got $40 free game tokens from facebook. It was probably the happiest day of Hailey's life. (maybe Alex's too) Today my brother and his wife came over to go through boxes in the garage. We found some real treasures and I found out that I have overcome most of my pack rat-ish ways. I'm rambling, I'm tired. I should stop before it gets worse.

I would post pictures, but I don't have them right now, so maybe tomorrow.

Check Out My Bazillion Ab Muscles!

I am really starting to hate the 666 mile stretch of the 15 between me and my in-laws. Once we get there it's totally worth it, but it's a terrible drive.

I know that will inspire comments about moving to Utah, but I ♥ California!

Hailey has taken to saying, "I can't," instead of, "I don't want to." As if that is magically going to make us think that she really can't and we won't make her. That girl is too smart for our own good.

I haven't been getting enough sleep, my life has started to have the fuzzy pink boarder dream sequence feel.

I still have not named my car, it might be partly due to the fact that I let my brother borrow it for a month-ish and have not had a chance to test drive a name.

We still have not bought Hailey's birthday present. It's been 4 months.

When Matthew smiles I feel like the most important person in the world.

When I am famous I am going to make a music video of me dancing. The world will never before have beheld such awesomeness.

I love music so much, I wish I had as much time for it as I used to.

I have been reading the same young adult chapter book for 2 months now. Children take a lot of time.

Have you ever heard me rant about Twilight? I will never understand everyone's obsession, but this makes me laugh SO hard:

Out of the mouth of babes

Steven: "Hailey what did you do today?"
Hailey: "I... looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping on the apricot tree."


Me: "Hailey how come you are screaming?"
Hailey (after immediately calming down): "Because we train our letters to make their sounds absolutely perfect every time."


Hailey: "This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Everyone’s waiting for the next surprise, popcorn popping right before my eyes."

Steven: "Hot dog, hot dog, hot scoobity scob!"
Hailey: "It's not scooby scob!"

You're My Best Friend!

When Steven and I were little we did everything together. I have pictures of him in a pink tutu to prove it. We were best friends. Now I have Owlex and he has Amanda BUT he's still one of my best friends, just don't tell him that. My hope was always that when I had kids someday they would like each other as much as Steven and I did.
A few nights ago I laid Matthew on the floor so I could make dinner. Of course that meant lots of screaming. "Mom, how could you!?! You're supposed to hold me ALL of the time." Just when I was starting to feel sorry for the tiny guy, in comes Hailey with a book. "Don't cry Mafew, I'll read to you."


It's moments like these that make up for a week without sleep.

Too Tired

At Matthew's four month check up the doctor said, "I rarely see babies this big, he's going to be a tall boy." He's in the 90 percentile for height but only 60 for weight.

I woke up early this morning to register Hailey and I for mommy and me swim lessons. I got there and there 15 mins early and there was already 200 people in line. People had even obviously camped out the night before. I thought there would be maybe 15 people ahead of me. It was crazy.

The woman behind me in said line was a little too friendly, she smacked my butt before the morning was over. She wasn't aiming at my butt, but it was still very strange.

Alex goes back to work in three weeks. :( I'll miss him.

Thursday was 50% humility and 102°. OH! MY! GOODNESS!

I've decided to apply for the Nauvoo pageant for next year. It would be a great experience for us.

Alex bought me the coolest shirt ever! Check it out!

After 3 weeks of traveling this week has been nice and relaxing.

My kids make me happy.

My husband is AWEsome.

I'm a lucky girl.

Three Weeks of Awesome!

We've been busy! I'll spare you the details, but here's some pictures of what we've been up to.