Still So Sleepy

What to do, what to do?

When Eve was a baby I LOVED nap time, I never wanted it to go away. Now I kind of hate it. Don't get me wrong I love time to myself as much as the next mom, and night time is awesome. Naps just seem to be a pain in the butt now-a-days. I feel like it takes up all of my time and I am stuck in the house all day.

Anywho, we will figure it out someday, and until then I will just have to be content to deal with cute sleepy babies.

Ornery Kids

On one of the many nights of our lives when our kids were just having a bad day, Chris decided to show them what a fort is. It was a BIG HIT and it worked :-) 

Now Eve wants us to make her a fort everyday, so we do often, and then this is what happens while I am making dinner. A sight I love to see! (The blanket hanging down is the fort. After a million times squeezing in small spaces we decided to make bigger ones)

 

On another night, when the kids were in a bad mood, we went on a walk down the river.

 Even though they are so crabby sometimes it is all worth it when they try to help fold laundry and even do a good job at it. Eve tries to help me all the time now and will unfold what I have folded so she can roll it up, because that is "how to do it."

Wordless Wednesday Photo

Happy Birthday Chris

Chris's birthday, has come and gone, but to celebrate I threw him a surprise birthday party! I wanted to do something nice for him since he was so thoughtful for Valentines, but I didn't really know what to get him. If he really wants something he normally just gets it. After I went to a surprise party the Tuesday before his birthday, I thought why don't I do this?

I have never thrown a surprise party, let alone a large get together like this before (I am normally too worried no one will show up ;-) so I had some challenges. Pinterest hanging in the back of my mind didn't make it any easier either! It was so funny too, because since I didn't have a lot of time to plan this party (3 days) I had a lot of work to do at home, in our living room, with Chris sitting next to me watching tv....... We had some friends over one night and she kept asking me "isn't Chris going to notice and know your throwing him a surprise party?" I kept telling her "um, no I am pretty sure he is oblivious to the things I do normally."  I was right! 

The day of the party I had to make a stop at the grocery store. While taking too long browsing the shelves, I realized I wasn't paying attention to Eve, and found her on top of the toilet paper on the other side of the shelf. I was laughing so hard I don't think she even got in trouble.

The day of I also had to get all the food ready. Of course we had all of Chris's favorite foods, but all his favorite foods are not things I am good at making..... I wonder if that means anything?? Haha. I had a friend make some guacamole (thanks Adrian) and I bought some pies at the store but Chris loves cookies and I am not a baker! I couldn't think of what to do because seriously when I make cookies they are always burnt! Chris on the other hand makes awesome cookies, so I asked him to help me make some for the neighbors. We were literally cooking them all afternoon and when he left for a friends house to play games (what we planned for him while we set up) I though for sure he knew! I had been running around gathering stuff up, and then he even forgot something and had to come back home to see a bunch of stuff in boxes on the table. But like I said he is pretty oblivious sometimes.

The cookies Chris made, and then some of the ones I had to make on my own that are BURNT! I also had help from my friend Chelsea who cut out "Happy Birthday Chris" labels for the water bottles,

and the Happy Birthday sign. The cute pom poms I borrowed from a friend, Emily, and Thanks Elaine for everything you did.

 Like I said before I was worried no one was going to show up, but thankfully almost everyone I invited came. The party was in the same building of Chris's friend's apartment, where he was playing games. So when we were ready Adrian told Chris he needed help moving some furniture and they came down. From Chris's point of view this is how it went down.

"Man why does he need so many people to help move a couch? Why are we in the pool area, is the couch in here? (walking in the door and after seeing the decorations) Hmm maybe the couch is in here? I wonder if there is some party going on? SURPRISE oh the party is for me....." hahahahaha.

I am making Chris out to sound like an idiot, and that he is not! He is just a guy, right?? Haha no, just kidding. Chris is so amazing! He is smart, funny, responsible, a wonderful dad, an amazing husband, and he is the hottest man alive!!! I had a lot of fun throwing him this party and he really enjoyed it. I wanted a picture of the family at the end but the kids had just about had enough so this is the best we got. 

When the party was over, and cleaned up all the guys HAD to finish their game of Star Wars (it's a board game). We went back up to the apartment and some people had some gifts for Chris, which was very nice of them. Thank you!. This is how excited Chris was to open his Yoda lunch box. Oh boys, they are so funny, good thing we love them right!

Happy Birthday Chris, I love ya :-)

Wordless Wednesday Photo

Sisters Sisters

"Sisters

Sisters......

There were never such devoted sisters.

Caring,

 sharing,

 every little thing that they are wearing."

Do you know what song that is? I actually don't know the names of the ladies who sing it, but it is on.... hmm, now I can't remember the name of the movie... White Christmas?? Well anyway I have loved this song for a very long time. When I was little it reminded me of Andrea an I. Then when we were in college we had a good friend, Blaire, who would start singing that song whenever we would argue. Haha something I will always remember, it always made me laugh.

Now it has another meaning; Eve and Layla. These two, they are both so adorable, they kill me. I pretty much just want to smother them with kisses and squeeze them tight all day long. They don't play together at all though. Poor Layla just follows Eve everywhere she goes hoping she will get to play, ie: grab at Eve and pull her hair. And poor eve doesn't know how to play with others well and doesn't understand that Layla is just a baby. Until things get better I am just refereeing all day long! It is getting old fast, but someday they will be great friends. My sisters are by best friends, probably because we fought when we were young and we got over it :-)    

Sleepy Heads

Since I have repeatedly been woken up every 15 min from taking a nap, gurr, I guess I will just get up and dream of sleeping while I look at these pictures......

I don't know how they sleep like this. Haha, she had been asleep for at least an hour by the time I saw her.

Miss Eve has been a hoot lately when it comes to sleep. We decided to stop taking naps because when she goes to nap in her bed she will sleep for 3+ hours. Then she will either not go to sleep till midnight and get up at 6 am! Or we will wake her up early and she will be the crankiest little butt ever! So no more naps, unless she falls asleep on the couch or in random spots... which has happened a few times.

Here she is at her friends house. They were even having pizza for dinner, but she was just too tired.

It is a little fun for us because we get to take little naps with her now and then, and who doesn't love to cuddle with their little girls??

I guess she isn't cuddling with Chris here, but they are taking a nap together still.... while Chris is supposed to be studying, tysk tysk.

Ahhhh sleep, maybe someday I will finally get enough! Yeah right, haha!!!!

A Few Words Wednesday Photo

Sweet cute friends!

These two are cute little friends. Haha they actually don't even see each other that often and they still remember each other and ask to play.

PS: I know the picture sucks, but what can you do? I'm not a photographer. 

Plane Rides and Diapers

Chris and I have been blessed enough since we moved to North Dakota to have parents and enough money to afford plane tickets when we want to visit Utah. And anyone who has been on a plane with a baby and/or a toddler knows it is no easy task. A 3 to 6 hour flight is normally easier that a 36 hour car drive though, so it's normally not too bad. But when we flew home from Christmas, I think I would have preferred to drive.  

When we left Salt Lake there was something wrong (I don't know what) and so we sat on the plane at the gate for an hour. Luckily the gate attendant found an extra seat and put Eve in it so we had a full 3 seat row all to ourselves, and it really wasn't that bad. The problem was that we only had like a 50 min layover and we were probably going to miss our next flight. As we got off the plane, each of us carrying a bag, a child (I had forgotten the stroller), and wearing a backpack, I tried to ask the gate attendant if we were going to be able to make it to our next flight. All she would say to me was "look at the screen," she didn't even look up from her computer. Probably annoyed at all the people asking her for help. We still had like 5 min before the plane was supposed to take off, so the screen still said it was at the gate, so we just started running. Carrying a  bag, a child, and a backpack each!!! Of course the departing gate was like a ghost town when we arrived 15 min later (it was a very large airport), which is exactly what I wanted to avoid by asking the gate attendant for help. I was so frustrated, and this all happened at 10 o'clock at night. We ended up having to stay in a hotel that was 30 min away, via freeway, with no car seats. Ugh I was so mad at that lady I wanted to try and run back to the gate to yell at her, but I knew she was probably gone and I was too tried form our first run.

Ah, anyway rant over. I am currently in the process of a complaint but I am sure the mean lady will never even hear about it... boo.

 Ok so we finally made it home the next day, and we were so tired. When we realized we were out of diapers this is what we came up with. Three size 1 diapers duct taped together.

Haha it actually worked and it was just for during nap time so we could get some rest too. I could not stop laughing though! It was so funny to a sleep deprived, giddy to finally be home mom! 

Valentines Day

Valentines is a fun day, I am normally impartial to it though. I don't hate it like some, and I am not looking forward to it like others. I do like that it gives you a reason to be extra special for a day. I feel that we need things like that to get us through the monotony of day to day, or at least I do. So I disagree with the whole "I don't need a day to tell someone I love them, I should do it everyday" kind of thing. Yes you should do it everyday but you can't fill the house with flowers and spend tons of money everyday either.

Anyway that all being said I am still not good at getting presents and surprising Chris with fun things. I pretty much did nothing for him for valentines other than say happy valentines and cook him some dinner (which I do anyway). Chris on the other hand was way more fun, for me at least.

He called me from school and asked when I would be home, which is not normal for him so I thought "I wonder if he is going to surprise me with something.....," but tossed the idea out as soon as I thought about it. I told him I was going to swim some laps in the afternoon and then run some errands. As soon as I was done swimming though Eve had an accident and we had to make an emergency trip home to get cleaned up. When I walked in Chris was home and I was all caught up and in a rush to get the kids in the door, so I didn't really say anything about how the toys had been picked up and the dishes cleaned.
 As I was moving around frantically I noticed there was a rose on the table, "how sweet" I thought. When Chris and I were first married we decided flowers were not worth buying, for us, since we would rather spend that money on something that lasts longer than a week. So him just getting me a flower was a big gesture. I read the card and at the bottom it said "there is a present for you upstairs in our room." Hmm what could it be? I Was so happy with the flower and then a present too? I got up stairs and it was a helmet for biking, something I really wanted for my triathlons. How sweet of him to come up with all of this. As I am doing things upstairs Chris tells me he also bought me some lunch! Wow, the icing on the cake. I came down to eat and noticed there is a grocery bag on the table that wasn't there before......? Confused, I looked in the bag and saw a brand new Kindle Fire! Amazing! I have been wanting one since they came out and they are very expensive for Law students with two kids!
What a sweet husband I have to think of me, and come up with the best way to surprise me!
 It was a great valentines!