Happy Birthday Lexie

Two birthdays in a row...how lucky are we huh? Lexie has gone around all day pronouncing that she is now 5 years old. She is so proud of the fact. I still feel like I am talking to a teenager with her sometimes. Then she will throw a fit and I remember that yes she is only 5. I even send her to the bathroom by herself now, and sometimes I get weird looks from other moms, but I don't care. She is more grown up than most girls two times her age. So why not let her do things that she has no problem with.

Lexie was my first girl. I was so excited to do the whole pink and lace thing. I remember being so upset when the Dr. came into my room the day after she was born and said she was having trouble breathing and was admitted into the NICU. I just assumed she was ok, but that just goes to show when you get anxious and do the early induction it just might not be time yet. She stayed in the NICU for a week and then was sent home on a heart rate monitor. I hated that thing. She had to wear it all day and night for three months. The cord was annoying and you would get more false alarms than anything else. She had Apnea and so the problems continued probably until she was two or so. She has had bronchitis a couple of times along with walking pneumonia. She has been my sickest baby, but you could never tell now. Most of the time she never gets sick.

She is so sassy and loves to dress up. She wants to wear make-up all the time so I just buy her the clear lip gloss which she carries everywhere. Her nails are always done and so is her hair. I even caught her one day in my bedroom trying to put my bra on and then asking me when she would get boobs. Slow down there girl, hopefully not for a long time. We spend all our time together since she is still home and we are actually really good friends. I like that, and I hope that we continue that way as she gets older. I love my Lexie.....she is so beautiful inside and out.

Lexie at 6 months

Lexie at 13 months

Christmas PJ's

What a great helper she is

Already showing that sass

In Baltimore

My little angel

We Love You Alexandria Marie!!!!

Happy Birthday Logan!!

I can hardly believe that Logan turns 8 today. I can remember so clearly the day he was born. Of course your first birth seems to stick in your memory the most. Corey and I felt so inadequate to take him home. Thankfully he was such a great baby. Never really cried that much, even when I had a hard time breastfeeding those first two weeks. He was pure bliss and I treasured every moment we had together.

As I look back I forget how fast the years fly by. Makes me wish I could go back even for a day and enjoy his sweet little smile at 2, hold him in my lap and cuddle him close when he was still small enough to sit on my lap. Now I can basically give him a hug standing up. He has really grown since moving to Maryland. Must be something in the water, but he just sprouted. He loves to read and does it all the time. As his big birthday present we got him his own scripture combo, which I explained cost a lot of money and to be careful with them. He has already started to read it.

Logan has always been the one to know right from wrong. He still makes his mistakes, but he will always be the first to stand up for what is right. I am so proud of him and the things he already stands up for. He is so kind hearted as well, and will try to include his sister even when Gabe is so against her joining. He will cuddle with everyone and he has even come up with a sense of humor somewhere along the way. I had to take pictures of my scrape book pictures because they are not on my computer. I hope that you can see most of them ok. They are not in any order, but they bring back so many memories of my little Logan. I am truly blessed to have him in my life.

This was taken at Samm's blessing (his cousin) and so that is Samm Rollins on the left, Alyssa Johnson in the middle and Logan on the right. I love love this picture.
Logan getting ready to play soccer last Spring

Eating some yummy cake turning age 6

Went bowling with cousins when Logan was 5. (notice Gabe's hands totally down his pants...gross)

Logan in the mega saucer...so cute.

About one month old, Corey took this photo.

Sorry I couldn't figure how to turn, but this is Logan and Alyssa Johnson again.

Logan being blessed...(I also noticed I wrote blest, don't know why I can't spell)

Dad holding Logan, he is such a great dad that way. He has always loved holding newborns.

Me right around 9 months pregnant with Logan.

Logan and his cousin Samm playing dress up..he will hate this one later.

Logan at age 2

Logan already hanging with his brother.

Around 6 months.

Playing with mom

In the hospital before we left.

Happy 8th Birthday Logan...We love you.

BUSY?

Busy learning to french braid.....

Busy cleaning up massive destruction's.....

Easter Outfits

Since Easter Sunday falls on General Conference this year we did Easter outfits this Sunday. I usually just buy the girls dresses, but I actually got the boys vests as well. They all looked so cute, I was just a proud mom. Hailey did not cooperate for pictures and it made it hard to get them all together looking cute. But I did the best I could with what I had. I have to admit Lexie's dress and hair turned out the best. She just looked so cute and grown up.

This was Gabe's pose idea. Pretty creative.
The attempt of all four, didn't work out.

Brothers and best friends.

Logan supplying lots of cheese.

Look at those long legs.

Gabe with his cute smile.

Gabber.

The girls, Hailey giving us attitude as usual.

How cute is she?

The full view

My little 16 year old.

Isn't she just the cutest?

Logan's pictures

I finally got Logan in to take some pictures. He is the hardest kid to take a good looking one. For some reason the fake smile always comes out and I am left with cheesy pictures to hang on my wall. Thankfully they were not that bad this time. I can't believe how grown up he is becoming. He is so tall too, which is a great source of pride for Corey. We both know none of our other kids even have chance of being tall. But Logan is way up on the percentile. Maybe not as tall as my niece Mason, but still much taller than normal.

After pictures it was just Logan and I. This does not happen that often so we went out for some ice cream afterwards. He is so quiet and so it was a silent eating contest, but it was so nice just to be with him alone. He is really Witty with his comments and I have been blessed to have such a great son for my first child to set such a great example.

Few of My Favorite, and not so favorite

I was thinking today about how lucky I am, and everything that I enjoy during my day. I thought it would be fun to take pictures of everything that I found exciting and also the things that I don't like so much. I was so happy when I realized that my good things were much more than my not so good things.

Oh these things were heaven. They were not regular oranges, when I opened up my first one I was a little scared seeing as they are more on the red side than orange. It taste like a mix between an orange and a grapefruit and I don't know if I will ever really know what I actually bought but I love them. They are so much sweeter and easier to peel. I finished my last one this morning.
My first hate of the day, my boys socks. The sock life of my boys is around two weeks if we are lucky. I am so tired of throwing a pair away at every laundry day and then replacing them every time I go to the store. I will be so happy when flip-flop weather rolls around.

Oh how I used to love getting the beaters when my mom made cookies. Now it is my kids turn to fight. Although today Lexie was lucky because the boys were in school so she hit the jackpot with two. I love cookie dough and sometimes I eat way too much. I was good today and didn't have a single taste. Now I have two whole bags of chocolate chip cookies. Usually I only have one and that tells you how much cookie dough and baked cookies I eat while cooking them.

Although she is a cutie, this is a dislike for me. I have her hanging on my shirt all day long. Tugging and trying to get me to pick her up. This is hard to deal with when you have chores to do. She has even been known to grab onto my legs and I get all tripped up. I won't be surprised if all my shirts end up super long before too long.

This is actually a like for me. I used to hate the kids playing in the dishwasher because it disrupted my order of dishes. Yes I have slight OCD, but it is getting better the older I get. This will keep Hailey busy forever. She plays with the silverware and the plastic plates. She will drum everything inside with the silverware. And when I am done loading up she will assist me in closing the door which I find adorable every single time.

Yucky!!! I HATE fish, and I try to eat it knowing it is so good for you. But I just can't do it. But I love my hubby so much that I will make it just for him. He LOVES fish and seafood and I don't want him to be deprived of something he really enjoys. Look at all that butter on there.

This is a like, I LOVE this shirt. One of my many cheap buys at Walmart and Corey makes fun of me every time I wear it. So am I British now? I have no idea but I do love the fit and the material. So he can pick on me all he wants but I still like it.

And the best thing about today....after I cooked basically three separate meals (Corey's fish, my high protein dinner and chicken nuggets/mac n cheese for the kids) I got the kitchen looking so nice and clean. There is nothing better for me than a clean kitchen. It just feels so nice walking in and everything is in it's place and shiny.

So as you can see my good were great and my bad were not that bad after all. What about everyone else? What do you find great about your day?