Trip and Home

Chad went on the yearly business/work trip for eight days in February. I need to get some pics from his trip... but for now I have pics of us when he was gone.  We were lucky to have my mom come stay with us for half the time.  So glad I had her help and company.

 Me and my girls.

 Thanks to my wonderful mom, we made it to church in one piece.  9:00 am church is very tricky for me.

 Brynlyn found the old style sponge rollers under the bathroom sink and had Grandma put them in Saturday night.

Bath time is a favorite at our house!

We missed the man of our house and so glad he is home.

Re-vamp

 My hair was out of control... long, static crazy, and irritating me!

I was tired of buns, braids and ponytails.

 So ta-da!!!  Chad's cousin Jessie cut 13" and gave me a fun lighter color.

 I love it!  Still adjusting to the girl in the mirror, but it's great.  Added bonus of less headaches since I had it cut.

We also had Peyton's hair trimmed and she now has bangs!  They are short since Brynlyn chopped Peyton's hair super short.  But she looks cute with bangs.

She hated the whole experience.  Stephany and I took turns holding her so Jessie could successfully trim her hair.

Valentine!

I had fun sewing these shirt's for my girls!

I wanted some fun pictures and started out with all three princesses

 Very quickly, I was down to two.

Shortly after that only one sweet valentine remained.  I'm sure because she can't crawl or walk away yet!

HAPPY VALENTINES!

100 inches

For the 100th day of school Brynlyn had an assignment to wear a shirt with 100 items on it.  I was not excited to sew, glue or attach 100 separate items to a shirt.  So I asked Brynlyn if we could just do 100 inches of ruffles.  She loved the idea!  It took all of twenty minutes to make and sew 100 inches of pink ruffles for this girly shirt.  We took a quick picture as we headed out the door for school, so you can't see some of her ruffles.  Peyton loves to be in pictures with sister!

So smart!

This makes me laugh each time I see it!

I left Brynlyn to try her homework alone while I put laundry away!  When I came back she was no where to be found and her notebook lay open to this message.  I laughed for a very long time, and this made Brynlyn angry.  She was hoping for a negative reaction for some reason.

I asked her to read the sentence to me and she wouldn't.  I got a sheepish frown/smile and we laughed together.  I told her she is much smarter than she thinks and good job sounding out her words!

I really hope that doing homework can become less of an argument and more fun.

 

Room re-do

Let me start off by saying my husband is awesome!!!  I know he didn't really want to re-do the kids room.  But I am so happy that he obliged and did most of the work on this project.  I kept the three munchkins busy and he taped, painted, painted, edged, and painted a little more until it was perfect.   

 Brynlyn was allowed to get in on the painting action!  She was bored very quick.

 I found some awesome furniture on craigslist.  The girls are in heaven with the new bunk bed. I am loving that I can fit more furniture in one room.  Bonus, we have a guest room again.

I love the new kid room!  Can't wait to decorate and put all the finishing touches together.  Surprisingly all three girl's sleep very well in the same room. It is so fun to nurse my sweet baby in the middle of the night and watch the other two sleep. Kid's are my favorite when they are sleeping!

Sweet and Cranky

 It's an amazing roller coaster to be the mother of these three munchkins!

They keep me on my toes.  I have many wonderful moments with them each day, and some very cranky times!

Life has been a struggle over the past six months.  Postpartum depression began when Miyah was just one month old.  I thought I could handle it, or it would go away.  A few months later I realized things were bad and I needed help.  My doctor quickly prescribed some med's to help with my depression, anxiety and panic attacks.  I also talked with my doctor about many other health concerns.  After blood work, antibiotics, more blood work and tons of side affects.  Still waiting for some answers, and treating my crazy symptoms as they come.  I know someday I will want to remember all the things that went on.  I currently feel like a walking pharmacy.

My awesome sarcastic husband has been so wonderful and picked up the slack when needed and cracked jokes to keep me smiling.  I feel like my body is betraying me and falling apart.  My attempts to get my pre-baby body back have not been successful.  I start working out when I have free time(what's that?)  and become sick with a cold/sinus infection that takes me out for up to four weeks.  I'm currently on my 3rd sinus infection in seven weeks.

Enough complaints from me.  I have so many things to be thankful for.  My family is wonderful, and I know that my Heavenly Father is mindful of all the bumps in the road.  My daughters are such a blessing.  They often wake up before I would like them to and come sweetly ask for breakfast.  Peyton would love for me to stay in bed with her and watch Mickey Mouse or Toy Story like we did when I was on bed rest.  She often disappears throughout the day, and I find that she has un-made my bed and crawled in the sheets waiting for some quality time with mom.  Brynlyn loves Kindergarten but despises the homework each night.  Miyah is the best baby.  She is a complete momma's girl.  Life is full, and I am truly happy most days!

I am certain the girl's will hate this picture when they are older, but(Pun intended) we had to have a bum shot.  Brynlyn and Peyton wanted to teach Miyah how to swim.