Sunday, January 23, 2011

With a little bit of luck...

I will be able to keep up on my blogging! :)  I know you all probably thought that I fell off the face of the earth again...but I didn't :)  I know I need to catch you all of up on the past 2 months!  Crazy!  ***DEEP BREATH***  Here I go:

Well, Sydnee turned 7 months!  She is growing so much both in personality and in size.  She has learned to sit up  all by herself and loves to play with her toys and of course everything goes from her hand into her mouth.  (So now were a lot more cautious on what we leave out on the floor.  It will be crazy when she becomes mobile!  She loves to laugh and play with her older sister.  They have so much fun together.  Syd LOVES to also be thrown up in the hair and she laughs and laughs!



Well, Sydnee turned 8 months!  Yay!  She is still growing so much but now she has learned how to roll all over the place!  I call her my little rollie pollie :)  You put her down and turn your back for a minute and she's gone!  She also likes to get on all fours from the sitting position and she will rock back and forth.  She usually will end up doing a face plant in the end when her arms gives out, but for the most part she does really good job.  I can see the wheels turning in her head and know that she just WANTS to get places.  So we soon will have a crawler in our household!   Syd currently weighs 13.6 lbs and will go in for her official doctors apt in about a month so I will let you know the official stats then :)  She is a still a little girl :)  But we love it!


Kyrah has been growing so much too! She comes up with the darnedest little sayings.  Some of the stuff she says I can't quite believe it.  She is VERY possessive of things.  Everything HAS to belong to SOMEONE.  So she always says stuff like:  "This is Sydnee's bib, but Kyrah use it."  or  "That's daddy's cup but mommy use it."  At least we've gotten her to accept the fact that other people can use things that aren't theirs.  She used to freak out and get mad if everyone wasn't using THEIR stuff.  :)  What a kid.  One thing I have to say about Kyrah, she is such a good sharer with Sydnee.  If Syd has a toy she wants she will always find another toy that Syd can play with so she can have the toy she wants.  She also likes to make sure that Syd is taken care of.  She likes to pretend to feed her and changes her diapers.  Mind you, all of this stuff is supervised by yours truely.  lol :)  )  Another thing that Kyrah LOVES to do is cook.  She has really become quite the helper in the kitchen.  Some days I love it, and other days it makes things a little tricky to manage, but it's fun either way.  We made daddy his peanut butter and honey sandwich the other day for lunch and she helped my spread the honey and peanut butter.  All the while singing:  "Spread, spread, spread, spread."  She loves it!  Oh, and she also loves to help mommy make cookies!  I love it too!  We are able to snitch together and no one can tell on us :)  She is the life of the party and is always making us laugh :)


Ry is doing well, just working hard on his thesis and working and going to class :)  Busy as ever!  But we love him for all of his hard work :)  We have decided that we are going to stay in Logan for another year, which will be really fun.  I never thought I would say this but I love it here.  I am so happy we are staying one more year before we are off to a PHD program.

I am doing great!  Going a bit crazy but enjoying it.  I have decided to turn my "business" into an actual business instead of a hobby.  I really feel like I have the potential to do it I just need to be a bit more aggressive and have more faith in myself.  I am really excited for the changes that are happening and those changes that will happen in the future :)  Also, I am getting the hang of being a mom to two instead of one.  The adjustment period felt longer this time but I finally feel like I can do it with no problems.  Well at least not major ones. .  Oh, and I am back exercising for real this time.  I am planning on running a half marathon in August so I am running 6 days a week to get back into shape and then hopefully be able to start training 12 weeks before the blessed event ;)  I have never done a marathon of any kind before so I am really excited about this!  Wish me luck!  

Well,  that is pretty much a nutshell of what we have been up to!  Oh, and best of all we went to Disneyland for Christmas!  One full week of absolute fun!  (Even though it did rain 6 out of the 7 days we were there.)
I don't know why this picture won't turn..oh well..turn your head.  It's such a magical moment! :)






  I am really going to try and post at least a little something every Sunday and hopefully that will help the posts.  Not feel like novels.  lol!  :)  Well, Life is good and we are enjoying every moment we get to spend together!  Like right now!  I am typing right now with my precious Kyrah on my lap pointed out everything I am doing as I do it.  As well as trying to type a little something of her own.  So here is what Kyrah says:


i am kyrah. bye.

Oh, I love my life!




The end.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Making a promise

Hi Family & Friends!

I hope you are all doing well!  We are doing great :)  Just plugging away as usual and loving every minute of it.

Well, as many of you know, a new year is upon us and it is time to make all of those "New Years resolutions".  I do this every year but I don't always follow through with my goals that I want to accomplish.  Things always seem to get the in the way.  Well, this year is different.  You want to know why?  Because I am not just setting goals for this year, I am MAKING PROMISES.  It is a lot harder to break a promise to others than it is to not achieve a goal that only you have set out to do.  And, that is why I am sharing with all of you my "promises" of this year.  I am setting myself accountable for these promises so that you all know that I am serious and will see them through.  I have about 10 goals (or promises) that I want to achieve this year, but here are my top 3 that I will share with you.

My top 3 promises to all of you:

I PROMISE that I will become a more converted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day- saints.
(This includes: reading the whole Book of Mormon by July 7, 2011; make my prayers more sincere and meaningful; each day reading an uplifting story/talk from the Ensign or other wholesome material; looking for ways to give to others at very LEAST once a week; have personal scripture study every day; bear my testimony each fast Sunday.)

I PROMISE to gain true confidence and have more faith in myself as a wife, mother and business owner.
(This includes:  only having positive things to say to/about myself; stay away from things/people that will bring me down; stay actively involved with my kids and husband; set goals (promises) for my business to succeed; TRUST MYSELF and know that I can accomplish anything!)

I PROMISE to become healthy and fit.
(This includes:  eating more healthy foods and drinking more water; training for a half marathon in August; cardio workouts 5-6 days a week and weight training 3 days a week)

I am really excited because this is going to be a big year of change for me as an individual!  And now I am accountable for my promises I have made to you, which in turn will make me able to follow through and accomplish my goals!

The reason that I decided to do this is because of one my favorite inspirational people.  Her name is Chalene Johnson.  She is a fitness trainer and inspirational speaker.  I have been doing her workout dvds and listening to her inspirational lectures for about 5 years now and love them.  Well, she has come out with a 30-day Challenge.  This is not just any challenge.  It is a challenge to help you become a all around better person!  Best of all...it's free!  You just sign up for it and every day (for 30 days) you will receive an e-mail with worksheets you can print out and a video to watch. (usually only about 5 minutes or less). The "homework" she has you do takes less than 10 minutes a day.  I am only on day 5 and I have already seen a difference in the way I think, act and feel!  So I am challenging all of you to take the 30-day challenge with me!  You will not regret it!


Comment and let me know what you think! I would love to do this with you!  It's more fun when you have friends and family doing it with you!  Here is to the 30-day challenge!  :)  Let's make some changes!

Love you all!

Sincerely,
Aly Porter