Matching

This picture is to show that both of our kids have monkey jammies (with boots, as Jared would add).  Out of the five pictures we took this was the only one that had all of their eyes open.
So, just ignore the other detail about this photo.

Not yet, Little Missy

 

Don't you dare!

Veterinary Anatomy

 Having a toddler has taught me so much and has enlarged my ability to see things from a new perspective.  Case in point:
Jared: Mom, horses have ears, too!
Me:  That's right, Jared.  Horses have ears and you have ears.  Where are the horse's ears?
Jared:  Um, in the barn!

My New Ride

My new sweet, sweet Toyota Camry-

Look at all that trunk space-

Our stroller can't fit straight back like that in our other car.

Even Ken can fit in between those seats.

So, now I don't have to be embarrassed to drive through nice neighborhoods!

Nauvoo

So we went to Nauvoo this past weekend.  It was our first (as far as I can remember) vacation- you know the kind where it was our nuclear family only.
 It was a loooong drive.  This trip I was slightly under-prepared to entertain the wee ones, but we got there.  And then attempted to take pictures by flowers.

 Just, everyone, hold still and look at the camera!

 Jared was no longer interested.

 Carriage ride

So that first day, all we did after arriving is take pictures by the flowers, take the carriage ride, swim and make the evening play (which Jared LOVED- ask him about flying horses if you are interested).
Rosie was a bit more on edge than usual, so we went back to our hotel and she felt hotter than usual, so I went to the pharmacy to get a thermometer and tylenol. 
Her temperature was 105.2 degrees.
Crazy.
A cool bath and lots of medicine got it down to 102ish, so we went to bed the best we could.  The next morning it was a (medicated) 98 degrees, so we went and played some more.

 Herding the sheep

 

 Yeehaw!

Then at lunch Rosie was hot again, so we took her temp which was up to 104.  Gah!  Poor baby and rotten vacation!

So I took her to the ER in Carthage to get some antibiotics (we were gone for 6 hours).  Before I left, I dropped off Ken and Jared in historic Nauvoo.  They played for a bit, but Jared pretty promptly wet himself.  So on a rather brisk September day, Ken walked Jared a mile back up the hill to the hotel wearing only Ken's sweatshirt and shoes.  Though they did stop at the brickyard on their way up.  Ha ha!  Memories for sure.

The next morning, we were still not rested or relaxed from vacation (Rosie still needed some nurturing that night), but we went to church anyway.  Only once we got there we found out that it was stake conference and wasn't starting for another hour.  So we left.  But we did go to church!

We took a few pictures at the temple with our dying camera before we left town.

 

For a while I felt pretty gypped, but my Mom reminded me that we did this for Jared and to make memories.  We did that.  And it was an adventure.
I guess we will just have to try again!

Better than music

This reminds me of this!

Summer is almost over

 So we have to enjoy the trips to the playground while we can.

Changed my life for a day

So yesterday started off pretty rough in our home.  Ken left before the rest of us were up and going.  Jared was demanding and literally right in my face more than I could handle.  Rosie was inconsolably crying for a half hour and I put her down for her first nap at 8:30am.  This made me grouchy and in turn did not help anything else.
We needed a reset for our day.  So, I changed my attitude and here is a list of things that made my day awesome for the remaining hours:

• Reading books with Jared- he gets the giggles reading some silly books
• Made cookies- my Aunt Laurie's recipe
• Ate a lot of cookie dough (it makes Ken uncomfortable, so we have a truce that I don't eat it while I'm pregnant)
• Made pinterest recipes for dinner- Pizza balls and Watermelon lemonade (or Watermelonade, as we have decided)
• Jared played in the hollowed out watermelon half for a looooong time.  It was sticky and adorable.
• Got the kitchen cleaned up after all the baking!
• Jared put clothespins all over the front of his shirt to be a porcupine
• Ken came home a little early
• We bought a new car!  It is a Camry (my favorite) and has everything I wanted- LATCH system, the lock/unlock remote, cruise control and is wide enough for three carseats when that time comes.  Pictures are forthcoming!
• Rosie has started to try elephant sounds
• We went to a party and I got to see people I really like
• I'm getting to the end of my book (Lord of the Ring: Fellowship of the Ring- so it turns out that I am more of a scifi/fantasy nerd than I thought)
• It was a cool and windy night last night.  We most definitely slept with the windows open.

Good day accomplished.