Sweet Baby Smiles & Crazy Chipmunk Dancing

I have been meaning to post this since last week but I have been working frantically on getting my photography caught up...and I have done it all - except one session! :) Yay! (that is until Wednesday. when I photograph another session) Anyways I thought I'd post these fun pictures to let you know how the kiddos are doing!

Austin is as busy as always. He loves to dance! Every time an upbeat song comes on he busts-a-move! I've been told that his Aunt Mindee taught him to bow, but I have only seen him do it once, it's pretty cute! And I have finally found a movie he will somewhat watch! He LOVES the Chipmunk Movie. I had him in his highchair eating and watching the movie while I was in the other room editing and a song came on and I thought I better go check if he is dancing and low and behold:

I totally love this kid! It was so cute! If no one is around he really concentrates and pulls some funny faces like the one above.

Austin also has a bad night time habit~ anytime we put him in bed he cries bloody murder. And believe me we have tried to let him cry it out. It can last for hours. Aaron now has to lay on his floor until he falls asleep. And that's not the worst of his nightly habits. He seems to wake up every morning between 3 and 5 a.m. and screams until you get him. So we bring him into our bed when he wakes up like this (which has been for the past 3-4 months). I know it's a terrible habit to let him sleep in our bed in the morning....but I’m not going to lie - I love the morning snuggles I get in with him once daddy goes to work! :)
As for Baby Mylee she doesn't go to sleep at night until 1 in the morning usually. But now she is sleeping until about 5 a.m. so we get a little sleep in.

But she is a happy girl (when she's not sleepy). She is a smiler, I've decided her nickname will be "Smiley Mylee". Every time she wakes up from a nap or gets done with a bottle she is all smiles and coos for about 10-15 minutes - I LOVE IT! She is to cute for words! And I am guessing she will be a big fan of Christmas just like her daddy because every time I sing the song off of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the one that's like..."yaw hoo dores, yaw hoo dores, welcome Christmas, Christmas time"...something like that) She gets big smiles and starts to coo a lot. So adorable! I am horrible at the picture taking and capturing her smiles because I just want to sit there and play with her and not run to get the camera. But here was my attempt of capturing her smile a few days ago:

And yes she still has her blue eyes. I'll be shocked if they stay...but for now they are still a pretty blue! I totally love Austin's eyes (which are like mine) but truthfully I hope Mylee gets her dads eyes - which she won't because they aren't light. But Aaron has the most beautiful eyes! That's why I married him....I was secretly hoping he'd give me blue-green eyed babies! :) j/k

Here is a picture of Mylee's first time going to church

(well not counting Stake Conference last Sunday)

Yeap all of her 0-3 clothes still drowned her!

She is still in Newborns!

So that's what the kiddos have been up to. As for Aaron and I we are just pluggin' away at work!

I do have to say this (hopefully Aaron will read this) Aaron has been such a wonderful help with the kids this past weekend and I really appreciate it. He is the reason I am almost caught up with my work, and I love him to death! I also have to thank his mother because I am sure she helped him out a lot since he spent all of the weekend at her house! So Thanks Jan! I have a very wonderful family and I am very lucky!

Hope all is well with everyone else! :)

My 21-Month-Old

So Great news!!! My little buddy is home! :)


Many of you are wondering where he went...

Well he is a spoiled little boy - ok not spoiled just really loved!

His Grandma Jan and Grandpa Dan took him (and his cousins) to California for a week of fun! They went to Lego Land, the zoo, and Knotts Berry Farms. What a lucky little boy, huh!

I did enjoy the little break and I got a lot of work done...but Im not going to lie, I missed him like CRAZY. Everytime I'd hear his little voice on the phone I'd cry. He is such a little talker. He hasn't stopped talking about, Grandma, Grandpa, and KarLee since he got home. And he wasn't happy to see me or Aaron...broke my heart. But when he saw Mylee he got all happy and gave her a kiss. It was way cute! He may only be 21 months but he is a pretty good big brother already!

Since I was doing a post about Austin I decided to throw in a few pictures from a few weeks ago.

I have been spending most of my free time on the computer working and so Austin has been spending that time, TRASHING the room. It's the only way to keep him happy and for me to get some work done....sad to say most of my house looks just like this room!

I don't know if you can really tell but in this picture he is really into his photo book (it's a book that Grandma Jan gave to him with pictures of the family in it) Austin LOVES this book!

And when he isn't in the office with me he is in the front room getting into trouble. This is a picture of his artistic expression he had. He got into Aaron's golf bag and found the markers. I am lucky that his "expression" didn't get all over the furniture! :)

So needless to say Austin is a busy body! My mom calls him "Dennis the Menace". I just wish I had a 1/4 of his energy. I might get the house cleaned once and a while if I did!

As I said before he is a chatterbox! And he picks up on new words all the time. Here are a few he has added to his vocabulary in the past month: Grandma, Grandpa, kaka, go bye-bye, fries, cars, hey guys.

Anyways most of this is journaling stuff so I'll stop boring everyone!

I will say this though- it sure is nice to here Austin's laughter around the house again. There is nothing sweeter than the sound of laughter from your child!

Where is my time?

Once again I feel like I deserve the "worst-mom" award.

I have been so busy with sessions, editing, and enjoying the fact that I finally have a baby who will take naps, that I haven't been very good about taking pictures of my little Mylee! I feel terrible! When Austin was a baby I easily took a thousand pictures his first month. Mylee will be 2 months soon and I have only taken a few since we brought her home.

Austin will be home tomorrow (I am so excited I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight - not like I get much sleep anyways but you get my point!)! I thought I would get so much house work and projects done when he was gone...well I didn't. I really thought that with one kid again I could some how magically get everything done...but it didn't happen. Some days I wonder if I will ever get caught up on things? Will I ever have a clean house again? Will I ever become a decent housewife? Will I get to check things off on my long list of "to do's"? Will I ever learn to balance work and 2 kids?

*sigh* - How is it possible that I can feel so worn-out at night but I have accomplished NOTHING all day?

And what's with the days...they seem to fly by so quickly now. How can it almost be 2010?!?!?

Anyways I am just going on and on so I will post the few pictures I have of Mylee and be done with this post: