Little Puffs!

Gracin LOVES these little puffs. He smiles and claps when he hears me shake the tube. At meal time, he always needs some to help the hunger pains in between bites of baby food. (Yes, he thinks he can't get enough food) And, as you can see, he needed some this morning. They helped when he got a bad case of the munchies. These even work like magic when he cries. I love these little puffs too!

Ball pit Thursday!!!

Hey, why not make it ball pit Thursday? Rhylan loved being buried...Gracin DID NOT! We played for almost an hour with these. And the fun came out again and again through out the day. Balls are everywhere...I needed the laundry baskets at one point to do laundry. (Does anyone else seem like they always need another laundry basket?) I love putting away toys for a few months. When I bring them out again they are like new:)

Date night

Riley and I love date night!!! We really try and go out just the two of us if possible once a week. It doesn't really happen every weekend but that is one of my goals:) So for one of our dates we wanted to go to Danny Gokey concert in Tunica! He was our favorite American Idol contestant last year. The problem was babysitting? The concert didn't start until after the kids bedtime, so we couldn't leave them at our friends house. So we asked his mom to make a weekend trip to hang out and babysit. She loved the idea.

We had a blast. Danny Gokey concert was fun. IT WAS MY FIRST CONCERT...lol. We were in the second row, great seats. Before the concert we went to one of the buffet/casinos to eat. We both gambled $1 and were confused the entire time. We also both had a ride on a mechanical bull:)

8 Months old!!

Of course I needed a photo shoot to celebrate! My FAVORITE thing about my new camera is that, IT TAKES PICTURES RIGHT WHEN I PUSH THE BUTTON:) Oh taking pictures is so easy and quick. Also, I haven't had to recharge my battery since I put it in 6 days ago. I would be on my4th set of double A's right now. I was about 10 min early for an activity tonight so I just took Gracin out the front door and started snapping away. I love these pics. I think the green brings out the blue in his eyes... go figure. Enjoy:)


I was trying out manual mode for a while and I guess I had some white balance issues...maybe something else... I dont' really know. But I thought the colors in this pic look cool anyways:) Check out his eyes, handsome boy.

Black eye

Every Tuesday, is park day for our mothers group. It's always a little crazy with so many little kids running around having a blast. Well, Rhylan got her first black eye today. It really isn't that bad. I didn't even notice it until we got home. It was cause for some tears but she is fine now.

My morning buddies

(Eating yogurt!)

I love seeing my two little buddies in their PJ's. I love having my two little buddies eat breakfast with me every morning. I love seeing the happy expressions on their faces when I get them out of bed in the mornings. Heavenly Father has sent me these two little blessings to be my buddies forever and I love it!! Some days I really love being a mom. This doesn't mean Rhylan didn't go to time out today... or Gracin didn't randomly keep me up for 2.5 hrs straight last night.... But hey we were all happy at the breakfast table today:)

I had to go try it out

Okay here is my first attempt!! I've been shooting like crazy. My children are already sick of me...oh no! It is so fun. Now I know this may be boring to some of you, if so, check back later maybe I'll have another funny story but as for now, just pictures. (these are all edit free...I'll have to figure that out later)

I finally got it!!!

I have literally been saving money for MONTHS for this camera:) My Etsy shop helped speed things up! Most of my Christmas gifts from Riley were neat books on how to use this camera. Which I have studied a little but still feel helpless. Now you should see some improvement, but don't judge. Auto mode will be my friend for a while.

I just wanted to show you something I think is really awesome! This was the very first pic I took. I am not talking about my photography skills here, just the camera itself! Check out how close I cropped in on Gracin!!! It is still crystal clear.
Sorry about the boogies and dinner!! He just cries if I get him more clean than that, his nose is sore from being wiped for a week.

Potty train your child in 1 (ehhem 150) day!!!

Well Rhylan is finally potty trained. We started way back in the middle of November!! So if I were you, I would not take any of this as advice:)

I was pretty sure I waited until she was ready at 2.5 yrs. she showed most of the signs. She had a lot of interest. But after two + months of changing poopy panties, mad/mean mommy, and confused Rhylan we quit at the beginning of January. That week we quit, was wonderful!! We were all happy again. And, dirty diapers didn't seem as bad as dirty underwear, yikes!

Then we started again mid-February. Again, I was getting frustrated but not as bad as before (a lot of prayers helped me). We tried a new potty treat, and that seemed to work for a while. But she started to have poopy pants again. Then it turned into every day!!!! So drastic times call for drastic measures! We resorted to expensive gifts:0)

IT WORKED. Rhylan is pictured with her princess dress, two princess barbies, and Dora movie that saved us all. The sticker charts gradually got longer for each gift. And I am proud to say that we have stopped giving stickers for about a week now and for about 1.5 weeks we have only had one accident. (Last night) The only time I tell Rhylan to go potty is right before we leave the house and right before bed. She goes all by herself every other time!! She can even hold it for a little bit in emergency situations.

When I asked Rhylan where she had put her hat she pointed to the hook!
Me: "Did you put that up there?"
R: "Yeah"
Me: "HOW?"
R: "I climbed up my bed!"

Her monkey skills are getting better (worse!) every day:)

twins

I thought they looked cute in their pink shirts and gray shorts! Rhylan's favorite pic was the one where Gracin is coughing so she requested it make it to the blog! It is really hard to get Gracin to stay still for anything these days. Diaper change, getting dressed, wiping his face, taking a pic, etc. I put him down and he is gone!!

Oh by the way... check out their size comparison!!! He is HUGE!!! I think they could share clothes if the pants were just a little longer for Rhylan! She is 23 lbs and he is 22 lbs. They are 26 months apart in age?????!!!!