Austin thinks he is an Artist!

Remember how I said Austin Loves to color...well it used to be a good thing. He would sit at his table and color in his coloring books (which I loved because I actually got to get some work done while he was entertained)...well I guess he got bored of the books and thinks he is an artist now!

Last week I was so busy with editing that I just let the kids take over the house basically. I was in my office working and Austin came in and laid down by my chair I looked down and this is what I saw:

I laughed and said to myself "he is expressing his artistic side" and I took a picture and didn't think anything of it really.

Well about a half hour my mom stopped by and I went into the front room to answer the door, I went to sit on the couch and this is what I found:

Yeah his artistic expression wasn't so cute anymore!!!
Mom: "Why do you let him have a pen".
Me: "To color, he has never colored on anything besides paper!"
Mom: *amazed look on her face*
Me: "He has been coloring for months and has never done it anywhere before!"
Mom: "He is only 2, you shouldn't let him color!"

So I tried to clean it with the leather cleaner (which came with the couch) and it didn't budge! I didn't freak out because we bought the warranty...I pulled it out and the first thing it says they don't cover is, INK - are you kidding me! I was now mad, not at my son but at the stupid Furniture Row and their bogus warranty, which also doesn't cover stains, burns, rips, and a list of other things -so what DOES it cover!?!?!? I am still mad about it.
But thank goodness for Mr. Clean magic eraser it faded and mostly came off but now there is a litter color on my couch where I cleaned. *sigh* I know I have kids and I can't have nice things, blah,blah,blah! :)

I didn't get mad at Austin but I also couln't find the pen he used...
So the next day while I was working Mylee comes into my office
and low and behold Austin's artistic expression strikes again:

Mylee was ok with it...she loves when Austin wants to play with her!
By this time I was mad! He wouldn't tell me where the pen was, so he sat in timeout for a while. He still wouldn't tell me!

Finally when I was cleaning out their toy basket in the front room I found the pen!

And his artistic expression has stopped!

Good thing I took some pictures because now I laugh about it! :)

Little Mylee is now 11-Months-Old

My baby girl is almost 1!!! This year has gone by way to fast! I am still having a hard time saying Mylee is 11-months because she is still so tiny. I put her on our scale and it says she is 14.3 lbs...and I just barely put her in size 2 diapers on Monday. And yes she is still in size 3-6 month clothes - BUT I did find out that she can fit into a size 6-9 in The Children's Place clothing! YAY! But all of those 12 month summer clothes I bought on clearance....she will never get to wear! :( I am just glad they were cheap!

Looks like we have another future golfer in the family!

Some things about Mylee:
-She is walking more and more everyday, actually likes to walk more than crawl now!
-Wants to eat whatever you are eating.
-Loves regular food...ok LOVES food period (it's a good thing she is small, that girl can eat!)
-Can drink out of a straw now.
-Waves
-LOVES water (which isn't anything new)
-Screams if you take anything away from her!
-Can finally put her hair in pigtails (they are tiny but it works).
-Still only has 2 teeth.
-Loves her bottle, can't figure out a sippy.
-Hates her carseat.
-Hates car rides over an hour.
-Takes a 1-3 hour nap almost everyday! :)
-Is sleeping through the night - unless she isn't at home in her crib.
-Loves her stuffed animals.
-Is starting to wear shoes. :)
-Still only says dada...she will say Mama once in a while.
-Likes to follow Austin around.

That's all I can think of. But I love my little Mylee so much. She has been such a wonderful baby...besides never sleeping through the night. She is so content and can entertain herself (or maybe it's Austin). She likes to give hugs and it makes me happy...not really a cuddler but will give you a hug and then be on her way! She's my little sweetie! We are so blessed to have her in our family!

OH and since she turned 11-months-old yesterday I finally sat her down and tried doing her 10-month pictures (I know I am horrible, I've been so busy with other sessions I kept putting it off). Well she didn't want anything to do with it. This is basically what the session was:

I am just happy I got this one. She looks so cute in this one. Love her blue eyes and I haven't even edited these yet!!!! :) Can't wait!

Lagoon

This past weekend Aaron and the kids went to Lagoon with Aaron's family.

I got to stay home and get caught up on my editing (which I only got half way done)...but mainly I cleaned, it's so sad when I FINALLY had some time to myself all I did was clean - and I was excited about it!!! I know I am weird but you had no idea how bad my house was...ok the upstairs still is but the downstairs is clean it's NICE! Gross part was I think I killed a billion spiders while I was doing it. I put Home Defense all over after I was done cleaning. This is one of the first times spiders have been really bad at our house and it's because Gizmo our cat would always find them and play with them until they died...I really miss that cat! :(

But on a happier note here are some pics Aaron took of Austin at Lagoon...poor kid didn't look like he was having any fun - didn't smile in any!!

Aaron said that Austin found a little girlfriend while they were there...he wanted to go on every ride she went on. That's daddy's boy, already going after the girls! :)

Elder McLaughlan is HOME!

This past weekend we spent celebrating...Aaron's little brother Jordan is home from his mission! :)

We picked him up from the SLC airport late Friday night and partied until late Sunday night. Our little family was so worn out that we slept in until 10 a.m. Sunday morning and almost missed Jordan's home coming!

It is so nice to have him back home. He sure has grown up! He has become a handsome young man...ladies he is single! But I am sure that won't last long! :)

Here are some pictures from the airport:

Austin and Jakson coloring a poster for Jordan

Keagan and KarLee waiting (and Mindee)

The proud Parents

first time Jordan saw Mylee...he was overwhelmed with two at once!

Austin was a little over 6 months when Jordan left.

The McLaughlan Family (minus Chelsee)

Mylee and Daddy

I wanted to post a couple of OLD pictures from when Aaron came home from his mission:

Many of you might not know but Aaron and I were high school sweethearts and we kept in contact when he went on a mission. I surprised him at the airport when he came home-

his face was priceless, he was so shocked.

Aaron and I October 2004 - 3 weeks later we were engaged

And we were married in December :)

We are Still Here...

I promise we are still around...just busy as can be!!!

I love summer! So many things to do with the family! But I feel guilty for being gone every weekend and missing church for the past 2 months. We need to get better about this!

As you can tell I am REALLY behind on my bloggin! And the longer I neglect it the more pictures I take and the more I don't want to sit down and do it.

So here is a HUGE post of what has been going on the past month or so, plus a few things I haven't blogged about yet!

Enjoy!

OK this picture has a story:

You know the wall (in Utah) you pass on the interstate around Brigham City

that has all of the Return Missionary names on it?

Well we went down last weekend to go write Jordan's (Aaron's brother) name.

Well it didn't work out how we planned (and Jan even contacted the city).

The picture is of the guy that stopped us...it's a long story

and I don't feel like blogging about it right now

but this guy was a total jerk to us and the cop even tried to talk him into letting us do it.

We also went down to Hill AFB for my nephew Blake's baptism

and Khloee's birthday party. The picture below I had to post...

It is of my cute little nephew Kyler enjoy a big cupcake while

relaxing in Khloee's wagon - he is so much like his daddy (loves his sweets)

After the party my sister and I took Mylee and Khloee to get their ears pierced

The picture above is of Mylee getting ready. I felt so mean but she looks to cute!

The following pictures are from an afternoon of playing in the Sprinklers:

Austin is a good big brother when he wants to be
Mylee LOVES the water...a lot more than Austin does

After many crying attempts with his cousins this summer

Austin will FINALLY play in water!

Mylee, Brady, & Austin

Brady (Aaron's cousin) came to Blackfoot to spend the summer. Austin LOVED IT!

He liked hanging out with Brady, and Brady was really good with Austin and Mylee.

He left a couple of weeks ago and Austin misses him.

This picture was taken the day he left.

Mylee and KarLee hanging out at Grandpa Earl's house in Utah a few weekends ago

I know we should just move to Utah- we are there enough!

I had the opportunity of watching this cute little girl again.

Khloee came to stay with me for about a week while her family

went to a funeral in Illinois (Blake and Cade's mother past away)

And I was lucky enough to get to spend her birthday with her

we got her her own cake!

Here is what happens when your baby gets a hold of a scripture marking pencil

if the pencil gets wet it acts like a marker!!

Mylee and Daddy playing with legos after church one Sunday.

Austin LOVES to color!

Two days before Mylee turned 10=months-old she took her first steps

She was walking right after she turned 10 months

but now she prefers to crawl, it is much faster I guess!

Here is my silly little boy with his first camera,

it was so dang cute! He would tell me to say "Cheese"

OH and another thing I never blogged about that is a HUGE deal

Austin has been official potty trained for a while now

notice the cute little undies, he looks so cute in them!! :)

I am very proud of him!

I tried at the first of the summer and he did well for a few days

but I got peed on twice and I quit (I think if I would have held out longer

he would of had it down). I gave him a month rest and started again and he

did so well! We only had a few accidents (once he got locked outside

and the other I think he was to busy playing with his friends he just waited to long).

But I do still make him sleep in a diaper...but he is usually dry in the morning

so I don't think I will do that much longer!

Who said it's harder to potty train a boy!

:)

My little boy is a big boy now!

Well I guess that catched you up on what's been going on with the Mc's...Oh wait Aaron and I we both playing softball (Aaron did mens and I did womens). My team took 3rd (should have been second or first). But we start our co-ed team on Monday (if they get enough players) I am so excited. Austin ask me everyday if I am playing be-ball (how he says baseball). It's cute, he loves the game maybe even more than golf now! :)

Which surprising enough Aaron has cut his golf game in half this year! Maybe because we are so darn busy!