Johnny Jump

From the time that Amelia was about 3 weeks old she was so strong with her neck and her legs. You could lay her on your chest and she would pick her little head up and look you straight in the eye. Addilyn, not so much. She's our lazy girl. Anyway, we were looking back through our pictures and found out that we started putting Amelia in the Johnny Jump around 3 months, and she loved it! See:



The other day we thought we'd give Addilyn her first try in there while we ate dinner. I don't think she gets it so much:



We had ourselves a good laugh. We'll keep trying :)

Big girl bed

I had always said that I wanted to keep Amelia in her crib until she was 10. :) But seriously, I know a lot of people who are so excited to get their kids out of their crib so they can be a big boy/girl. I am not one of those people. That being said, it seemed like recently it would make sense to convert Amelia's bed into a toddler bed. I don't really know why. She's always been a terrible sleeper, and there have been a couple nights recently that Jonathan has been in there so many times he says, "I wish I could just lay in her bed with her." Now he can. :) It's been converted now for 2 days and she's taken her naps just fine. Nights haven't been any easier or harder than normal. Both mornings she has woken up an hour earlier than normal, but the first day I brought her down to my bed and she went back to sleep! We'll see if things keep going well, and if not, we'll make it back into a crib! :)

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! We "celebrated" last night, because in typical Tuesday style, Jonathan had to work today from 11am-9pm. We're going to drag it out a little bit, because who doesn't love to drag out holidays? Last night we exchanged [unexpected] gifts, today we won't do anything, but since tomorrow is his day off we'll go out to a nice dinner and then go get ice cream with the Valentine Dairy Queen gift card we got from my parents. Yay! Here are our gifts from tonight:

Cupcakes I made for him (Thanks pinterest!)

Beautiful necklace he bought me. Yes, Kirsta, I got choked up when I read the bottom

Addilyn's new stuffed dog


Jonathan also bought Amelia a coloring book with colored pencils and a sticker pad with Valentine stickers, but I didn't get a picture of them coloring together.

I hope you all have a great day, even if you think Valentine's is a totally bogus holiday.

Also, Happy birthday to my amazing brother, Karl! We love you and can't wait to see you in March!

What a sucker

Addilyn is 2 days shy of being 4 months old, which is amazing, and she sucks her thumb! For now, I think it's the cutest thing in the world. She doesn't necessarily do it for self soothing yet, just whenever she's chillin' it seems to pop into her mouth. I'm not going to try to intervene, because I think it'll be great for her to have a soother, although I might be really frustrated in a couple years when we're trying to break her of the habit. After the "sippy cup incident" with Amelia (she still won't drink milk) I'm trying to just let things be as they are, even if they annoy me, or I want them to be different. Also, I'm not worried about Addilyn messing up her teeth because I know people that sucked their thumb and have great teeth, and I know people who didn't suck their thumb and have bad teeth. Either way, if her teeth get messed up, we'll fix them. :) Anyway~ here's a picture of the thumb sucking in action:


Cute, cute, cute.

Survey says...

I love surveys! So I stole this from Elsha :)

A to Z


A. Age: 26

B. Bed size: A Queen. Don't really ever want to go bigger and definitely don't want to go smaller.

C. Chore that you hate: Mopping the kitchen. It's one of those things that's ALWAYS on the list but NEVER gets done. It's so easy and fast when I do do it, but I just hate it! Also, making the bed, which I don't really consider a chore because I don't do it. Ever.

D. Dogs: Nope. Never. Sorry kids.

E. Essential start to your day: When I'm pregnant it's a bowl of cereal (which is about the only time I eat cold cereal). When it's winter it's a cup of cocoa or apple cider.

F. Favorite color: Pink

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H. Height: 5'6"

I. Instruments that you play: None. I have played the piano and the cello in my life, and I wish I played something now. I hope more than anything that my kids are musical.

J. Job title: Homemaker- hardest job in the world.

K. Kids: Amelia- 2 1/2, Addilyn- almost 4 months.

L. Live: Pueblo, Colorado

M. Mother's name: Linda

N. Nicknames: Jonathan calls me Bum Bum sometimes, and I'm only telling you that because the secret was already leaked on my candy letter post. My dad and a few others call me Kare Bear.

O. Overnight hospital stays: 2008 my gallbladder attacked me and I got it taken out. What a relief. 2009 Amelia was born- stayed 2 nights. 2011 Addilyn was born- stayed 2 nights.

P. Pet peeves: People that take their sick kids out into the world to infect everyone else. (Barfing sick)

Q. Quote from a movie: "That is not a delicious beverage, it's a knife!" -Dane Cook

R: Right or left handed: Right

S: Siblings: Two older brothers, two older sisters

T: Time of day: I love the morning, starting around 8 or 9. I love to get a lot done in the morning and then relax the rest of the day. And I especially love getting up really early to leave for road trips.

U. Underwear: Umm, yes I wear it.

V. Vegetable(s) you hate: I don't HATE anything. I prefer not to eat mushrooms too often, and I've never had beets or brussel sprouts.

W. What makes you run late: I try REALLY hard not to be late. I would say 99.9% of the time I'm on time (5 minutes early).

X. X-rays you've had: I'm pretty sure I've only had dental.

Y. Yummy food that you make: I try to make yummy food every day! I cook almost 7 days a week, every week, and my goal is to make it yummy :)

Z. Zoo animal: I don't love the zoo. I'm of the opinion that if you've seen one you've seen them all. That being said, we'll probably get a pass to the Pueblo Zoo this summer because I don't want to deprive Amelia.

Amelia the mother

The other morning we had just gotten done eating some toast for breakfast and the 3 of us girls went to sit in the chair in the living room and read books. At one point I looked down at Amelia and smiled and she just stared at me for a minute and then said, "Umm, you have someding wight dere." And pointed at my tooth. WAIT, did my 2 year old just tell me I had toast in my teeth?! Yep. A few minutes later Addilyn started to fuss and she said, "Be patient, sister!" Which is what I'm always telling Amelia to do. Another minute later we started playing peek-a-boo. Amelia would put her blanket over Addilyn's face, Addilyn would start talking up a storm, then Amelia would take the blanket off and yell "Peek-a-boo" and Addilyn would get this huge grin on her face. That lasted about 6 rounds and in one particularly talkative turn Amelia said, "She's freaking out, Mom!" Haha. What a hoot she is these days. If only I wrote down all the crazy things she says throughout the day. Maybe I'll have to start.

We moved!

Tricked ya. We did move, but just to our basement. We got an idea the other day that it would be good to have the girls rooms both upstairs so they could be close to each other and share that bathroom, and it would work better as a guest bathroom anyway since it's on the main floor. Jonathan and I like the bathroom in the basement better because it's bigger and warmer (because there's no window), plus the water heater is in it so the water in the shower stays hotter longer. In the four years we've lived here I've never wanted our room to be in the basement, until the other day, and then it sounded like the greatest idea ever. The room has carpet, which I love! I thought the hard wood floors made our room so cold. When we were upstairs I had my closet in our room and Jonathan's closet was in Amelia's room, but downstairs there are 2 closets (that we had full of storage) so now all our stuff is in OUR room. So far it's wonderful, and I can't really see that changing anytime soon. Let's just not have any more kids while we're in this house, because we're out of space! :)

Here are some before and after pictures.

The view from the door (excuse the mess)

A little to the left

A little more to the left


And here's what it looks like now:

View from the door. Changing table, cradle, dresser.

A little to the left is the guest bed.


I'd like to thank my wonderful husband for playing along with my wild hairs and moving all this heavy furniture up and down the stairs with little to no help from me.

Now if Addilyn would sleep through the night so I could quit walking up and down the stairs all night that would be great!