5 Things for my soon to be three

I've been tagged in a round about way. Here are 5 things I want my kids to know before they grow up:

1. You really are a child of God, who loves YOU. Trust in his love and his timing. Be worthy of His blessings and never underestimate the power of the atonement. Let the scriptures and prayer be your daily comfort.

2. I will always love you no matter what mistakes you or I make.

3. You will always be good enough. Search for your gifts, embellish them, share them and you will be the best you.

4. Strive to make yesterdays filled with happy memories and tomorrows complete with joyous anticipation.

5. The best way to lift your day is to spend it with those you love and to enjoy a little sugar in all it's forms! (or maybe this one is to make me feel better!)

Incredibles in the Making

Dylan is my extraordinary child. Starting last winter Dylan has officially refused all my attempts to get him into warm clothes. I know he is made for the outdoors, but the shorts and the t-shirts just don't cut it in our Boston and Cleveland winter climates! If I do, by chance, get him into warm clothes, upon returning home I find them strewn all over my kitchen floor (the entrance from our garage.) And he has already begun to redress himself in his favorite- shorts and a t-shirt. However, this Halloween season I found a new way to get him into warm clothes. His Dash costume is made of a warm sweat set and he has been rather fond of it. He has worn it a few days in a row- but at least he is warm! So we might be sporting the Dash out fit a few more times this winter. Getting it washed might be a challenge- but isn't that always the case with kids clothes?

Ashyn sits only to watch one thing- Jack Jack attack. So when she learned that she got to be Jack Jack for Halloween she was rather excited.

Here's to a happy Halloween!

I added a picture of Dylan's carved pumpkin. He refused to carve anything but a car! And his pumpkin is posing with his favorite cars.

who knew a bed could be so exciting!

Finally we have found Dylan a bed. He has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor ever since we moved here. We haven't felt too bad since the distance to the floor is not very far. We have searched high and low for the right bed. Either they were too expensive or too massive. Thanks to a great Visiting Teacher I found the right bed at Costco. And for an amazing price. So we are excited to say that Dylan no longer sleeps on the floor. Now we just need to get ourselves off the floor (we too don't have a bed, just a mattress.)

Just recently Dylan has been saying Lightening a little different. I don't know where he got it, but he talks about Lightening all the time, but now with a Southern accent. So it is "Lighten'in." It is quite adorable. His cars STILL are his pride and joy. They now talk to each other. Which really throws me off when I am in the other room, thinking he is talking to me. Then he gets angry when I reply to his talking.

Ashlyn is a super funny girl. She just loves to be like Dylan. If he laughs, she laughs too. If he runs around the house like crazy, so does she. But she is so fun and entertaining.

Sorry again for no new pics. We still don't have a working camera.

Our Big News

Okay, so I know not everyone knows but we are excited to welcome a new little boy the end of January into our family. Dylan was very excited to learn he was going to have a little brother. Ashlyn of course thinks she has a baby in her tummy too.

Crazy Kids

I just wanted to do an update on all the funny things our kids are up to.

Dylan 3 1/2: is slowly getting back to normal. He can't run or ride his bike nearly as long as he could before. I think it will take a few weeks to get it all back. He is supper skinny now, which is so weird to see him go from a little body builder to skin and bones. His shorts don't always stay up now. But he is back to asking TOO many questions and making so many noises and sounds. He loves his cars and we bribed him with some new ones for taking all his yucky medicine. He takes them with him everywhere he goes in a little Cars bag. Dylan lived on Dora and Diego shows during his sick weeks (I have now been converted to the DVR), but I think he overdoesed on them. He is back to no napping and staying up till 9pm (while he was sick he slept 20 hrs out of the 24in a day!). I should watch what I wish for! He has stayed dry at night time for a few days in a row. I excitedly announced to Connor that Dylan stayed dry "all night long" and Dylan replied, "like Mack." All of you who know the cars movie well enough might know exactly what that means! We also have a few places of flooring that are creaky. Dylan said that the "floor farted when dad walked on it." Dylan is all about red. He loves red anything. Dad doesn't mind because he says it is because Dylan bleeds red (a Ute fan deep down) but it is because of Lightening McQueen. He has to have a red bowl and a red spoon for breakfast every morning. I find myself washing the same dishes regularly by hand to have them ready for him. And he wants only the red popsicles and red drinks. To my dismay he will only wear his Cars shirts and underwear. Those two shirts go really fast. Luckily we have plenty of underwear. He also loves to have his toe nails painted (to Dad's dismay) but Dylan and I compromise- if he lets me cut his toe nails then I will paint them. Fair trade to me!!! But of course he wants them red and Connor thinks this will lead to gender issues in the future. Yesterday he wanted his fingers painted and Connor just about died. But you know how three-year-old's are- they don't let it go until you say yes. So currently, Dylan has red fingernails. His favorite thing to eat is brownie dough. We make it with powdered eggs just in case. Dylan has also gotten really savvy with the computer. He loves to look at toys on the Internet but he calls it "checking his email." He has also enjoyed playing different learning games. Today, while watching conference on the Internet, Dylan announced to me that "Dad was not sharing his computer" with him!

Ashlyn 18mo: Is still only saying a few words but gets by with her signs and grunts. Dylan announced that he wants to name our new baby Erik- his best friend in Boston. Surprisingly she got that out and loves to say Erik all day. She works hard to keep up with Dylan and wants to do everything he does- even jumping off the couch, wrestling with dad and climbing up on tables. She is so stubborn and feisty. She can get really scary when she gets angry. Dylan does a great job of putting up with her hitting and scratching when she gets mad at him. She recently has figured out that she can bug him, and loves it. She will take his cars on purpose and run. She loves to wear Dylan's clothes. So there are days when she either has his PJ's on or his underwear on over her clothes. She has to have her own little bag with cars to carry around like Dylan. She doesn't watch TV much but she can get through the first race on the Cars movie. There are these cute twin cars that are Lightening's "biggest fans" and twice do this teeny bopper scream for their idoled Lightening. When they scream she does her own little high pitched scream. It is very funny. Her little personality is really coming out as she has gotten older and she is very fun to tickle. She also is a shoe fanatic and loves wearing any shoes she can find. She is already turning into a gorgeous little girl, her eyes are this amazing blue and she here eyelashes reach up to her eyebrows. Good thing she has a big brother for the future!

These two keep us on our feet and we love them more than words can tell.

I've Been Tagged!

I guess not only am I literally physically slow now, but slow on the blog thing too! So of course Melanie tagged me!

4 Jobs I've Had:
1. A nursery assistant (did all the odd jobs, but learned to love the plants)
2. TA for a Child Development professor- I loved helping all the students, not so much grading the papers!
3. Research Assistant for Prof In child Development- now I appreciate research!
4. CNA secretary- best job ever, flexible and study acceptable

4 Places I've Lived:
1. Devner, CO (go Rockies, Nuggets and Broncos)
2. Provo, UT (go Cougars)
3. Boston, MA (go Sox)
4. Cleveland, OH (go Indians, Browns, Cavaliers)

4 Favorite TV Shows:
1. Dancing with the stars (a weekness from past days)
2. Dora or Diego- keeps Dylan busy for what feels like a whole minute
3. CSI- the mystery
4. ESPN- actually a curse to our new house!

4 Vacations I've Been On:
1. Utah- it is only a real vacation when you have family!
2. Denver- and you don't pay for a room!
3. New Port, RI- you gotta go!
4. Hawaii- it's been too long

4 Favorite Dishes:
1. Chocolate
2. Fresh fruit
3. More Chocolate
4. Mexican anything

4 Places I'd Like To Be:
1. On and outdoor adventure with my sister, Carrie
2. A place where kids never get sick!!!
3. At my parents house
4. In Morgan, UT

Tag:
1. Katt
2. Carrie Miller
3. Jenny Judi
4. Jeanine

Crazy Three Weeks

Our camera is currently out of commission, so we don't have any new pictures to share right now. But we do want to thank everyone for their prayers and their thoughts for us. We are all finally feeling better. The kids are doing much better. Dylan still has trouble being as rambunctious as usual. But he has lost so much weight. He is now back to sleeping very little- but I should be thankful.

For those who don't know- we have been in and out of the ER three times between two kids. We still don't know exactly what was wrong but we do know that Dylan had strep throat at some point. Our pediatrician says if it was only strep, then she has never seen anything like it. Both kids where extremely dehydrated from diarrhea and vomiting. Dylan's lasted two weeks. Ashlyn had the same symptoms plus a croup cough, but test results said she had no strep? Dylan slept away most his days and said or did little. So we are glad to have some of him back. We still have some recovering to do.

Right before all this Dylan got his first black eye. We do have a picture we will have to post at some point. He and Simeon, his cousin, ran right into eachother. His eye swelled shut in seconds. He couldn't see well for a few days and then we had a rainbow of colors. He just now is looking normal again. But it was all kind of funny.