Hannah is almost 2 years old. I am 2 1/2 weeks away from having baby number 3. So far Hannah has never had a pacifier issue, meaning we have always known where we could find a pacifier in our house or I have always had one as a backup. With baby number 3 coming I told Hannah when she bit through her second to last pacifier and I gave her the last new one and said that this was it. When it was gone there are no more pacifiers.

So tonight was that night. She bit through her last pacifier. She wouldn't put it in her month. She would say "it broke".


We went to a friends birthday party and didn't leave until 9:40pm. Way past my kids bed time. I wasn't feeling so hot myself. We were dropping Aaron off at a friends house on the way home so he could go see the new James Bond movie with the boys. Hannah was sick over the weekend, we just started sleeping through the night again (well the kids did, I am 8 1/2 months pregnant, I don't think there is such thing as sleeping through the night) So what do I do? I am going to be home by myself until 1 in the morning, I don't feel good and I really want my kids to sleep all night.

So I CAVE, I told Hannah we would go to the grocery store and buy her a new one. She was so excited! ( I'll pick this battle after the baby comes) So we get to the grocery store and they don't have her pacifiers. The ones they had were the ones that her friend Grete uses (same pacifier but Grete's are these pink and red, kind of see through pacifiers) and Cristine started buying those so we could tell the girl's pacifiers apart. So I couldn't get those. Plus they were $7 for a pack of 2. I can get them for 3 something at target.

So I call Aaron who is on his way to the movie theater and ask him if he thinks I should run to Target to get the "right" pacifiers. He agrees with me that is the best idea.

So Across town I go with my 2 kids and 8 1/2 months pregnant.

Oh wait... the Kings game just got out so now it takes me twice as long to get to Target.

I pull in the parking lot and it is 10:04... Target closes at 10:00. The lights are off.

So across the street is the scary Walmart. The one that Aaron has said " NEVER go there at night"

Do I have another choice?

So here I go into the scary walmart with my 2 kids. I am trying not to make eye contact with ANYONE. I have my purse held tightly. I was almost running through the store.

(the conversation I had with my kids before leaving the car... We are going straight in getting pacifiers and getting out of here, mom don't like this store at night)

So we get in the store... run to the back where the baby stuff is. I am looking for some kind of girl pacifiers. I find one package with a pink and purple set of pacifiers. I get half way back up to the front and realize they are the ones with the brown nipples, not the clear. So we turn around. I am searching through all the pacifiers and they have NO girl pacifiers with clear nipples. So I grab the blue ones and act all excited that Hannah gets new blue pacifiers, she bought it and we ran to the front on the store where I checked out.

I get to the parking lot where there are a lot of people just "hangin' out". The kind of people who scary me. So I throw my kids in the car and drive away as fast as I could. My heart was beating pretty fast.

On the way home Austin starts to fall asleep (10:35pm) I am trying to talk to him to keep him away because there is no way I can carry him up the stairs.

I get home and get the kids out of the car. I told Austin to go up stairs I would be right up to help him put on his P.J's and I went to get Hannah medicine to give to her before she went to bed.

I walk back to the stairs and Hannah is laying on the bottom stairs. So I pick her up and head up the stairs. I find Austin laying on his bedroom floor with his teddy. So I quickly helps them both put on their Pj's and put them both in bed. It didn't take long before they were both fast asleep.

So Tomorrow I get to go back to Target to find "Girl" pacifiers. People already think Hannah is a boy because of her lack of hair, so I can't add to it by letting her keep her blue pacifiers. So those will become out "backup" Pacifiers.

I am just glad to be home!

Here is Austin playing baseball with his dad. He is using a real metal bat. His second try he hit the ball. This kid loves any sport. He gets frustrated at himself when he doesn't hit the ball, or he doesn't catch the football. He is just like his dad.
Here is Hannah just playing outside. She loves being outside. She gets so mad when we close the back door. Here hair has finally started to grow and the other day she asked for a clip in her hair, I was shocked!!!
Here is me. I know I am getting big but I still have 6 weeks left until my due date and my first 2 I went over with, so who knows!
Yesterday was Aaron's birthday. He worked all day and then we went to dinner at our new favorite sushi place. After wards we came home and had cake and ice cream, every uneventful!

1. He ALWAYS makes me laugh.
2. He loves his Heavenly Father.
3. He is a great Husband.
4. He works hard so I can stay home with the kiddos.
5. He is good looking.
6. He is a awesome dad!
7. He loves his Calling.
8. He thinks of others first.
9. He gives me beautiful Children.
10. He is always willing to learn new things.
11. He love his Family.
12. He loves to play sports.
13. He is understanding.
14. He plays me in scrabble and battleship, and I loose every time.
15. He fixes my car when the starter goes out.
16. He is patient with me ( most of the time)
17. He teaches me new things.
18. He loves to get down on the ground and wrestle with the kids.
19. He loves me.
20. He loves the gospel.
21. He loves to be with his family.
22. He makes me want to be a better person.
23. He is always telling me how beautiful I am ( even when I don't feel like I am.)
24. He read the twilight series and loved it.
25. He helps out around the house (when he is asked)
26. He always talks kind about other people and gets mad when I try and say something bad.
27. He is my BEST FRIEND!

I moved Hannah into a big girl bed a few weeks back. I was so nervous. When we moved Austin over we put him in a full size bed (one: so he didn't roll off and two: because that is the bed we already had and we didn't want to get rid of it). So every night Aaron or I would lay down with Austin because he wouldn't stay in bed by himself. So I thought well here we go again......

The first night I laid down with Hannah she took FOREVER to fall asleep. The second night she was taking even longer to fall asleep. I thought about putting her back in the crib, maybe she wasn't ready for this (or maybe I wasn't ready for this). So I got up out of her bed and thought... I am going to try and leave her in there while she is awake and let her put her self to sleep (that is how she did it in the crib) So I left and she fell fast asleep.

Now every night I lay the 2 of them down and leave the room and they talk for a minute or two and then they fall asleep. Austin gets out of bed less and she stays in bed so it works for everyone.

Isn't it funny that the things we stress over end up being the easiest things to deal with?

Austin was so excited for his new light saber, it lights up and makes noise.










Star Wars Party (September 27th)
(May the force be with you)

Austin wanted a Star Wars party. This kids talks about Star wars 24/7. He asked if I would make him a Luck Skywalker costume for Halloween. Well we just finished yesterday. He fell asleep in it last night and as soon as he come home from his Primary singing practice he ran up stairs to put it on.


Here are the kids eating pizza (left to right: Benjamin, Braden, Laif, Kaden and Luke Skywalker, A.K.A: Austin)


Pinata Time...


Austin, Laif, Braden, Benjamin

Zachary, Hannah, Jaxon, Kaden

I think all the kids had a great time. What is better then Pizza, cake and ice cream and candy?
And one more party to go.... Tomorrow Austin gets to have all this cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents over to his Grandma Alisa and Papa Rocky's for cake and ice cream.