Sad Day...:(

Well- it's a sad day. Cole and I officially cannot find our CAMERA! How sad is that! So that is why there have been no pictures of the little squirts for a while. I am shopping around for a new digital camera, so if anyone knows of any deals, PLEASE let me know! Until then, we will just be posting pictures from off of my phone...which aren't that good! I am going to try and post a movie of Payton smiling-Oh! It worked! Not the best resolution, but it will have to do! This little smile melts my HEART! What a stud.

To be a Mother

Even though I have hard days sometimes, there is NOTHING better in the world than being a mother. I love it so much. There are days when it is so hard, but for the most part, it is the best job that anyone could have. It is so rewarding to see my son jump up to see me and give me a huge hug when I come into the door, or to see my little guy crack a big huge grin when he hears me enter into a room. I love my boys!

* A Special Mom

Before I was a mom-
*I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
*I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
*I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a mom-
*I had never been puked on. Pooped on.
*Chewed on.
*Peed on.
*I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
*I slept all night.

Before I was a mom-
*I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
*Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
*I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
*I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a mom-
*I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
*I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
*I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
*I never knew that I could love someone so much.
*I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a mom-
*I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
*I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
*I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
*I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a mom-
*I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
*I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
*I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Close and VERY SCARY CALL!!!!

So, I am going to tell a story about my almost 2 year old that entered the "terrible two's" about 3 months ago! Nobody turn me in to the Department of Child and Family Services or anything, but I can't seem to keep track of my child! He is SO fast, and SO destructive, I can't quite keep up with him! A couple of days ago, I was talking on the phone, and all of the sudden, I heard a sound that I didn't want to hear! I ran to the stairs to find Lincoln sitting in the middle of an entire bottle of stool softeners surrounding him on the floor! Oh MAN did I freak out! I hung up on my friend that I was talking to (sorry Jenn-Y) and quickly called Poison Control. Through a series of questions, we found out that he could have possibly only eaten about 2 maybe 3, and the worst they would do would be to make him have diahrrea, and possibly get dehydrated. MAN! I have never been so happy for the news of diahrrea in my life! Needless to say, I was sobbing, and felt like the worst mother ever! I don't even know where he FOUND those! Oh boy...then, by the time I was off of the phone, and made sure that everything was alright, I walked into the family room to again, find Lincoln surrounded by all of the DVD's that we have that he had so graciously taken out of the cupboard for me! Wow- he sure does keep me hoppin'! He is making me work for each pound that I try to lose! I sure love the little guy though. That was just a LITTLE too close of a call for me! I will now try to be a better mother. Or at least a more observant one!

Christmas Holidays

Welcome to 2008! That is sure weird to say. I was reading on my cousins blog, and she mentioned something about Y2K being 8 YEARS AGO! Man, that is weird, because I remember gearing all up for everything electronic to just BLOW up right in my face at 12:00 on New Years that year....what a bogus thing. Funny what people come up with! Anyways, we had a WONDERFUL Christmas holiday in Utah. We were there for 2 whole weeks, and MAN did both of my boys hit growth spurts! Seriously, now Lincoln can grab just about anything off of the counter that he wants, which isn't the best for me, but what can you do! Payton is doing SO many fun things. He is starting to smile, which of course melts his parents hearts, and he is cooing lots too! IT is so much fun! Things that he isn't doing; sleeping at all longer at night. He is a 3-4 hour kind of a dude, but that is alright with me. We had lots of fun in Utah, and mostly because it SNOWED SO MUCH! It was so fun to have a white Christmas. IT even snowed about 8 inches at my parents house on Christmas Eve! Talk about sweet! Anyways, here are some of the pictures taken over Christmas. Enjoy!
This is one of my favorites...what a cute little dude!!!
This is Paytons mad face! He is still SO cute!
This is Lincoln and his cousin Drew doing what they did the whole vacation...FIGHTING over their toys! Oh boy, I hope this isn't a view of things to come!
We had a chocolate fountain party with my mom and all her sisters and their girls...I needed to see my cousins that I haven't seen for a while! This one is of all the "big moms" that were there and their babies!
This is one of all the "Little Moms" that were there and their babies!
Courtney enjoying the chocolate fountain. Here's all the available babies lined up according to age-except Lincoln of course! These are all of the babies of my cousins that were born in the last year or so. I think there are still 4 maybe 5 babies missing in this picture! That's alot of babies...SO FUN!!
Here's the GORGEOUS quilt that my mother made for Payton! Maxine (Cole's mom) made one for him too, but I still have yet to take a picture of it! I am a slacker!
HEre's the fam looking at the lights at temple square. It was FREEZING that night, but the kids had a blast!
Ownin' up on the gingerbread houses!
The ONLY decent shot we got of all the grandkids on Christmas eve in their new Jammies!
Here's lincolns new Post at our house! This is where we can ALWAYS find him! His new train table!
We went to the zoo lights here in Denver, and it was SO much fun! We will definitely do it again!

My Little Mouse

This here is my absolutely FAVORITE face that Payton does. He is quite the serious Dude! He always has his brow furrowed, but he sure is cute! He looks just like a little mouse! He is such a joy still, especially in the middle of the night when he is WIDE awake, and we can't get him to fall asleep! No, even that isn't that bad. He just has a little bit of what my mother calls "Heaven Lag." Hopefully he'll learn soon that when it is DARK is when we are supposed to sleep! But until then, I guess we will just have to enjoy him in the middle of the night! We sure love him, and I think that we will keep him!

Time for an Update!

Hello all...I thought that it was time for an update...after all, Payton is now a week and a day old! He is such a has-been! Seriously, he is the biggest joy to our family! Lincoln pretty much stays out of his way, except for when Payton squeeks or something, and Lincoln runs over to him, says "HI PAYTON!!....OH CUTE!!!" It is so funny! He loves his younger brother. Lincolns new things now is that he goes around the house singing Christmas Songs...his Grandma B taught him our favorite one while she was here, and it goes a little something like this..."Wed it know, wed it know, wed it know!" To be sung at the top of your lungs. We sure are liking this 2 kids stuff! Now we don't have to fight over who is going to change the poopy diaper, but WHICH poopy diaper do we want to change! Ahh, the joys of parenthood...here's some new pics of the little whippersnapper.
Lincoln thought it was HILARIOUS when I brought Payton in to wake him up one morning...today he wanted me to put some blankets over the two of them in the crib to make a Hut...so dang cute! By the way, Lincoln is HUGE!!!!
Photo shoot, and Lincoln was a STINKER! He would NOT sit for the camera...what can you do!
What a babe! Who doesn't love a newborn with crosseyes sometimes! I love it!

My Favorites

These are a few of my(Cole's) favorites...enjoy!
Lincoln has seriously been an awesome big brother! We're very proud of him and how he loves his little brother so far.

Days Two and Three for Payton