Mama Bear Isn't Happy

Ouch!

The culprit

He in big, big trouble!

It's a good thing I got her blessing pictures taken on Saturday.
{I'll post them soon, I just haven't found time to scan them.}

Three Years Down. . . Eternity to Go!

Quincy and I celebrated our third anniversary last Tuesday, but since we had other responsibilities that night we actually celebrated it on Friday night. I arranged the babysitter {thanks McCoy family} and Quincy planned the date. He surprised me with tickets to Phantom of the Opera. His co-worker plays the trumpet in the orchestra and hooked us up with a friends and family discount. We were on the fourth row! Quincy had never seen it before and I was worried since musicals are not his thing. He did end up enjoying it {I think the shortened version helped}.

After the show, Quincy's friend took us for a personal tour behind the scenes. The fifty million dollar theater is amazing. Here are some highlights.

We caught a quick picture with the Phantom and Christine. He said that there are three different actors that play the Phantom in the show. Two of them are stunt men, like the one that hangs from the chandelier during the show.

This picture is hard to see, but it is of the three different parts of the chandelier that come together at the beginning of the show.

The sets are all stacked up on top of each other three or four levels high. The actual stage floor has over 100 openings that make the actors appear or disappear in seconds.

This was on the Masquerade stairway. It is three different parts that come together during the show.

This picture is also hard to see, but it is of the ceiling on the stage. It is of all the backdrops one after another.

This is the wig room if you couldn't tell. Each wig costs around $3,500 and each character has three wigs they rotate.

Quincy did a wonderful job planning our anniversary. I think I will let him be in charge again next year. I hope he has another co-worker that can hook us up with Cher tickets!

Quick Utah Trip

Yikes it’s been a while since I last blogged. I am still getting use to this mommy of two business. Most days I do have an hour or two of me time when both kiddos are asleep to shower, blog, be crafty, or sleep. Let’s say 95% of the time that my bed is calling me. So I hope you appreciate my sacrifice to blog about our past activities.

Mid-October we took Lucy on her first trip to Utah. It was a very quick trip but was great to see the family {especially these little babies}. They are going to be the best of friends when they get a little older.

Ella, Lucy and Kadence

One of the main reasons we took this quick trip was for Quincy. His fantasy basketball league was planning on doing a live draft in Lehi. Two of his brothers were in and that meant we were on our way to Provo. He had a great time and hopefully they keep this tradition up so I get a trip to Utah in the fall. I love visiting Utah this time of the year. It’s so pretty with the mountains all red and yellow. It’s when those mountains are white, then I know I don’t belong there.

One of our outings was to Gardner’s Village to see all the witches and do a little window shopping.

Our first family photo.

{I didn’t want to post this pic but this is good motivation for me to diet. My before picture.}

Lucy got to meet lots of family on this trip even her Great Grandma Ivie. She was a little hungry in this shot.

Another reason we went to Provo was for the BYU football game. It was our first date without two children. Too bad they lost to TCU that night. We drove home after the game. I told you it was quick!

Jensen is Eighteen Months

Jensen turned eighteen months on October 30th. Normally this isn't such a big deal but in Mormon terms this means one thing . . . nursery! Which I am so ready for now that I have another baby to tend to.

The nursery leaders told me to bring him in about a month early so he could get used to it. Of course I listened and took him in but could only do it one week since I had Lucy.

Let's just say Jensen isn't ready for nursery.

First, he wouldn't leave my side. It's like he knew that Mommys and Daddys abandoned their kids in there.

The kids in there sat in chairs and played with toys. Jensen just threw them off the table. Plus he doesn't sit in a chair unless he is restrained with a tray followed by food.

Then came snack time. The kids nicely ate goldfish crackers, teddy grahams, and pretzels. They also drank water from small dixie cups. Jensen not liking anything they had to offer threw them on the floor. Plus he knocked his drink all over himself and me.

We left shortly after.

I felt like I failed as a Mommy to get him ready for nursery. So now I have Jensen in Nursery Training 101!

He did go with Daddy last week and seemed to do better {still threw his snack though}.

Other things about Jensen at eighteen months.

He still drinks from a bottle. We have tried to give him the sippy full of milk but somehow that doesn’t pass. He takes one sip and throws it on the floor. Plus he looks up at you with those big blue eyes and how can you say no? We have nicknamed him Puss n' Boots.

He has found his baby sis. He likes to not so nicely touch her head. One day he did play with her feet, but of course I was just a second late with my camera. He doesn’t like it too much when I sit down to nurse her but he is getting better about sharing the attention. Well if Einstein is on.

He loves being outside and looking at the dogs. He often goes for a walk with his dad when he gets home from work. He gets cabin fever more than his mama lately.

He still only has four teeth. We wonder if there is more coming since he has been a little moody lately. We hope it is teeth and not early terrible twos!

Halloween Activities

Our Lil' Monkey

Our Not so Wicked Witch

Her hat was too big plus it covered her cute hairbow.

She's not too sure if she likes this Halloween stuff.

Aren’t these the cutest shoes? Her Aunt Melissa made them for her.

Trunk or Treat was on Friday night so we headed to Logandale on Saturday to celebrate Halloween with the cousins. Of course Jensen loved playing with Snickers the “D”.

Jensen hanging out with Yoda (aka Cousin Bryson).

Jensen did go trick or treating with them but only lasted one house. It wasn’t worth the hastle of getting him in and out of the car (we’ll stick to trunk or treat). Plus his parents would just end up eating all the candy anyway. We had fun watching the cousins though.

It wouldn’t be Halloween without a “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. This year our Linus even enjoyed watching it.

Lucy A Month Old Already

Lucy turned a month old this past Sunday. That went fast! {It often does when you are having fun.} It’s like I am playing dolls all over again. One cute outfit to the next, but that is usually because she has blow-outs.

She does do a lot of this right now so she is super easy to take care of.

She has flashed her Mama a smile or two, but of course I am not fast enough to catch it.

At her first check-up the doctor thought she had jaundice. She was a little yellow but not as much as Jensen was when he was born. To see if she had it she had to get blood taken from her hand. She ended up not having it and we're grateful that she didn’t.

At her two week check up she had gained a whole pound. When they were weighing her she pooped on her diaper. I tried to hurry her naked butt back to the room to put on a fresh diaper, but she decided to pee on me and the floor. This would normally be manageable but I had Jensen with me. He thought it would be fun to walk in the puddle while I was helping Lucy. Oh the joys of two kids! She lost her umbilical cord at the doctor's office and is left with an outie! It has gone down since I took this pic.

Lucy's first walk. I don’t think she knew we even went anywhere, but Jensen did. He was glad to get out of the house and see D’s (dogs).

We are so glad to have a little sister around here.
She even has a nickname already given to her by her daddy.
Goose.