The week of First's

This week was filled with some of Wyatt's first's.

He had his official first hair cut...and boy does that kid have some hair...I almost cried while the lady was cutting it. There were piles and piles. This is right before. The crying and fighting :)

This was during and don't I look so good :)....NOT! (me talking as usual). Wyatt was doing better b/c the place I took him to had a dog and it was the sweetest thing. It came up and put it's head on Wyatt's feet. It helped calm him down.

The crying....

I even love it when he cries..so cute!!!

Almost done!

His new do!! He looks like a little boy now ...sniff sniff.

It is super short but I can spike it in the front and do a foe hawk :)

His next first was last night....as we all were kneeling to say family prayer, Wyatt left the coffee table and calmly walked to the couch. We all immediately started screaming and clapping............. scared the crap out of him :) Now when he starts to try and walk he looks at me like "Mom, do not do that crazy stuff again!"

So I will try and capture his cute little toddle on video.

The girls are great...started cheer leading last week...they get their practice uniforms tonight. They are about to bust from excitement.

Chris and I are now seriously starting to look into houses in Tennessee etc. It is very exciting and scary!! We fly up their again soon to check them out..wish us luck!!!!

My blog Marathon

Wow, it has been so long since I have blogged..i think I forgot how....so I am going to try and play catch up from the last few months....

so on to Halloween..

we had a 60's hippie, a Spanish dancer and a wee little pirate!! We had a blast at our Ward's Trunk or Treat!!

.So on to Thanksgiving....we were blessed to be able to see some good friends the Martin's and the Cosme's. It is crazy to think that 10 years ago we all started out with just us couples and now all together we have 12 kids. Crazy!!

Here are those adorable kids!! Love everyone of them. I think Sweet Ezra is missing from the pic. though.

So then after some fun times with them we head home to all get sick..awesome Huh?? And Chris had to work all thanksgiving so it pretty much was a lame holiday for us but hey we got to see our friends and we all got well so I am extremely grateful for that.

Now on to December....ever since I was six months preggo with Wyatt I developed problems with my upper back....I had hoped it was just the pregnancy and went on my merry way. It seemed to be fine for a while but right after Thanksgiving and our bout with the Flu, I began to hurt a lot and it got progressively worse. I did ice, heat, meds galore and walked around for days smelling like an icy hot patch!! You could tell where I was just by sniffing...

I was holding on to the hope that I had pulled a muscle or something that was compressing a nerve. See my whole family has back problems but me...nothing, nada at all. I thought I was one lucky ducky and had escape that poor gene.

So three weeks melted into 4 and I was really not doing so well, and those of you who really know me.....know it is bad, when I did not even make poor Wyatt a b-day cake, or clean or decorate or do well anything..I was kinda living in a pain filled haze. The last straw was week 5 when I was no longer able to grip things with my right hand. So off I went to have a mri. I was hoping nothing would show and I would heal on my own but alas I discovered that I have some problems with my c5 dics and something called cervical stenosis. My nerves were being compressed hence all of my pain and lack of motion. I am doing traction and PT and might just have surgery to fix it but we will see.

So back to Dec. poor Wyatt..his b-day was sad. I wanted to make him this cute little puppy dog cake since he loves him some puppy dogs and decorate all cutesy and invite over a few friends.

Did not happen.........

So would I be completely crazy like to redo it....I mean I never wanted to be that mom who forgot to take pics or did not do things up all fancy like for kids 2 and 3. And I am slowly becoming that Mom :(

I just might have to for his scrapbook..he will never know the date anyways. But Chris's family came to support and they made things great for him..here are a few pics...

Last December..this make me so sad when I see how fast he is growing up!

My store brought Cake....Wyatt loving it....and later as he opened all of his presents..Grandma and Grandpa B....spoiled him as usual.

Onto to Christmas..still hurting but managing.

Santa was extremely generous to the girls..in fact I think they got everything they wanted except their own ipod touches and laptops..geesh! They also enjoyed camping in the rain, fun with family especially their cousins, a bounce house and well just got spoiled all around.

Chris, Wyatt and I were also able to play Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus at our Stake's big nativity. Is was way fun and a great way to stay focused on why we celebrate the Christmas season.

Christmas morning at 6:30 :(

Sadie also had her chorus performance which I was able to go to and she did a great job!!! And Kelly and Brian were able to come and see us so Christmas was so much fun! We also got to go to the beach so here is a cute beach pic I took I was going for artistic....

The others are just cute:) Most of the time Wyatt just ate the dirt..like really ate it....it was kinda gross.

Ana and Luke

January

My baby turned NINE!! I am officially old! She had a great B-day...after she got over strep throat..she was super sick but thanks to antibiotics she was on her feet in a few days. We took her to Bush Gardens, then out to eat and family came over to celebrate with cake and ice cream.

She FINALLY got her new bike..I love this picture. She was so excited!!!

The gang as she opens her stash from Gma and Gpa B.

We also got to go to the circus!! And Cindy, Luke and Jess joined us.

The girls checking out the elephants.

So that sums up the last few months.:)

Six is Sensational!!!!

My Baby girl is 6!!! YAY!!!!!

She is super excited about her birthday. She had a pre birthday party with her grandma Bingham and then opened some presents with us last night and then had cupcakes at school with her class and we are going to take her to Busch Gardens. Lucky girl :)

Here are a few pics of my little Ana bee. Let's just say..awwh.

Ana has been so much fun already:) ..she has literally swung from a chandelier..(long story), had multiple stitches....and been barrels of laughs..she is our little comedian for sure. I am just so grateful to have her in our family. She was definitely worth natural labor and bed rest :) Ana we love you bunches!!!!

Initiative

The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.

This is what both of my daughters apparently have lots of........... They were both picked as Star Students of the month for the category of having Initiative. Now yes they are very determined to do what ever they want and they can definite follow through with whining and fighting and begging and complaining and yes they are very energetic while they do these things.....so I guess they do have it. :) Kidding aside I was very proud of them for being chosen for having the initiative to do things w/o being asked, helping out their teachers, other students and just being good kids. Yay for them!!! And now I got them... every time I have to ask them to do something, I pull out their certificate and ask.."do you think the kid who got this would have to be asked to clean their room, pick up their shoes or brush their teeth"..so far it works like a charm. Chris thinks the certificates will go missing soon and suggested I hide them.

I was also grateful that that both teachers liked me soooooo much that they coordinated this award so that I could have two free kid meals, (which allowed me a night w/o cooking), two stickers for our car..one for me and one for dad and only one award pic with both kids in it. Prefect!! Convenient!!!! just totally awesome...

P.S. and no they did not do this for me :) it was totally random but I am pretending otherwise.

And little man has turned into a very whiny crybaby :( I hope it is his teeth etc or boy we are in for a long childhood. At least he is adorable and adores me, his sisters and dad. As long as one of us have him then all is well. Lucky for him we are all wrapped around his chubby little finger and pretty much jump when he cries. He is the superstar of the house....he is spoiled rotten.

We are FaMiLy and our crafty side

Family.....I love 'em and here are some things that make me know this is the right family for me.
Bookworms. On most given nights you will probably find us something like this....... we love to read..:)

And I love that my kids get so excited to go to the bookstore...they love to pick out books....and they are always thrilled to find out that yes.... they really get to keep this one!!!

The great outdoors!!!

this is where you will find the girls now.......! they love this playground right in front of our house. it has been FUN with this cooler weather.

on that note we also lovvve the outside..I sometimes (with this heat) wish my kids would just stay inside and watch TV or something :) (sorry to be so honest) but nope they always want to be on their bikes, playing soccer, golf, tennis, riding scooters, swimming or playing in the mud/water/or whatever else that makes a huge mess. But I am super grateful for their awesome examples...little man is following in his big sisters steps..

this is his fave new thing..riding bikes. He loves it!!! He also loves to stand up in his crib and refuse to go to sleep...yep he is definitely a BINGHAM kid. He now has also discovered all handles and what they do.......you should see his face when he gets something open. He also adores garbage and any type of bottle as long as it does not have formula in it..I will eventually get this child to quit breastfeeding...i hope. His new word is uh, oh and big surprise but he loves/adores his daddy but i am still number #1.

He is growing up way to fast.

Falling asleep on the couch.....almost every Friday night..this is at least one of our kiddos :)

Just Sadie weirdness...and fun :) ....I love my crazy kids and fun family...they are perfect for me.

We are also kinda crafty..here are some projects Chris and I have done..the wood ones were mostly him..but I did make the shelf :) We did a Table, shelf, Chalk board, and Halloween sign, and some pillows I recovered.

running just keep running

these were the words I repeated over and over as I did my morning run. I think I have come to the realization that I do not like to run but I also do not like all of this extra baby weigh so...running wins. Also I have to apologize...I logged on to my blog to lifts weights to the music on my playlist and unbeknown to me but some unsavory down right nasty lyrics had appeared to one of my songs....not cool...not sure how or when that happen but it is gone.

Tonight I was able to go to a baptism of one of my sweet primary kids. It is such a honor to be able to be there for such a special and sacred time. I always feel the spirit so strong when I see a baptism. I know that this little girl has made the right choice and will be greatly blessed. I also feel very blessed to have the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I am so grateful for my kids and for my husband who also has a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and helps us center our life on what is important. I am just grateful :)

Busy Bee

I have been a busy bee..not sure what is going on..I guess next week I will plan to just sit on the couch all week and read a few books. But I have been being a coupon fiend, a decorating wild woman, a primary program planning/calling/emailing president, a PTA membership chair aka Thank the Lord the membership drive is over and a semi-good/worn out no makeup, sweating from running around and trying to fit in working out mom and wife. Woo, that makes me tired just typing it..but that has been my life. and ahem..it is only Monday...*sigh* so the things I did....drum roll.... I decided to take all..(well most) of the stuff I stored in my garage and make it work. I have made a chalkboard menu sign that looks darling by our dining table. I made a Halloween sign for my entry way table. Worked on making frames aka asked my husband to make them for me :) Made an awesome shelf out of a free wood pallet and did a design for a coffee table top to fit over our ottoman...(the girls like to flip/tumble and jump all over it) so Chris is bringing my design to life.

Wyatt is being a little cranky. He has decided to start crawling all over the place and ruining my stuff. Glad he is cute.

Pic swill come as soon as everything is done..I still have pillows to sew, vinyl wall sayings to order, Halloween blocks to do etc etc.

So funny story..Ana has been getting into a little trouble at school. She pulled a stick aka that means trouble b/c she decided to go into the small bathroom located in her classroom and yell....quite loudly...she wanted to see what it sounded like...I guess from the teachers reaction it was loud. Oh brother..what to do with that child. I can not help but laugh or I will cry :) But I love her to pieces.

Sadie is doing well..loves school , she is singing in the chorus and is such a help to me...she is my little best friend. I think she is a 60 year old lady in her little body...so wise. I think she knows more than me sometimes. Well.....

Goodnight!!