Just stuff

I feel bad b/c I have not been taking pictures lately. Now that Wyatt is on the move....so am I which leaves less time to grab that camera.

So of late Wyatt is turning into a little monster. He loves to fake yell when all is quiet like at church or when we are saying prayers..causing the girls to dissolve into fits of laughter. Chris taught him the smolder look..he puts his head down and then looks up at you with his eyes...it is hysterical! he still refuses to use his words..AAAH! And he bit my friends little girl this morning while we were working out!! I felt horrible! I can not deal with a biter...no ma!

I took him to pick strawberries last week and I will have to depend on my friend to sent me a picture..it was priceless. He was covered head to toe with strawberries and mud.

The girls had a great weekend..they got to go to Grandma B's house and go to a drive in movie with their cousins. Before they felt and(yes I know it was complete manipulation on their part but I will take it anyways)

they both hugged me and said I was a wonderful mom and I was raising them the right way. Ahh the nice moments!!

I am still doing this insane workout regime..every day 6 days a week :(. I swear on some days I think I might expire but alas my body keeps going. All I can say is it better work. I think I have sweat more in the last 3 1/2 weeks then my entire life. I have discovered muscles I did not know existed. The best part of it is watching Chris..I am doing it in the morning and he is doing it at night..there is a perverse satisfaction in watching someone else suffer as well.

On to our move...as we get closer and closer.....I am thinking of getting a map of the place we are moving to, closing my eyes and randomly pointing to a place on the map and that is where we will buy a house. This whole moving, looking for schools (private vs. public) which ward and finding the right house and gettting financing is for the birds.

We are going to buy a RV and just park it on the hospital's lawn and then I can drive it to whichever school district I want the girls to go to.....J/K....maybe.

The art of eating a Popsicle and Bingham fun

We have a tradition of sorts that starts as soon as the weather is warm again. We buy a bunch of Popsicles... and eat them in like a day :) this was Wyatt's first time really eating one. He was very happy until he bit off more than he could handle..he screamed bloody murder and spit it all over the floor and came to me with his mouth open screaming like a banshee. I was surprised..I thought it was in our DNA to love popsicles. Now when I try to give him one he walks away..bummer.

Here are a few pictures before he went ballistic.

My girls...you can tell that Ana is almost 100% Bingham...never a serious picture ;) ....Even though Sadie looks just like a Bingham she is 100% Kinard..she freaks out just like I always did..I wish my mom was here for me to call her and tell her i am so sorry!!

My boys....as soon as Chris comes home they start playing.. love it!!

Wyatt loves books..he does his little excitement shakes..we call them our mini seizures whenever he sees them ;)

So five years ago today my mom passed away. She was and is a wonderful amazing lady. Full of spirit and sweetness. She was just a lovely person and I am so honored to be her daughter. I miss her very much!! I am so grateful to know and understand the doctrine of eternal families. I love thinking about her and telling my girls all about her. And I am so thankful to know that I will see her again. I love you Mom!!

Things to remember....

So things I want to remember......

I really really like my daughters!!! this comes on a week of intense female angst and drama. And may I remind you they are only 6 and 9...pleasssse! I have already been told I am mean, do not understand them and the strictest mom ever!!!...believe me they do not know mean..yet!

I need to remember how much I love/adore my son..even though my pregnancy destroyed my body and I will see my waist line again..right?? I am very determined to get back to my normal weight/body etc. I NEED to remember being in shape again!!!!

I need to remember that true friends are just that!! They stay around forever no matter what. I need to be a better friend :) So if you need me just call/email/text me:)

I need to remember that beauty is found inside not outside.

I need to remember that whenever everything goes to crap you can still find happiness and peace!

I need to remember to say i love you and thank you more!! So everyone..... I love you and thank you!!!

I need to remember to shut all bathroom doors so that my 1 year old will not drink the toilet water and whatever else my 6 year old does not flush down the toilet. EEWWWH!!!

I need to remember that every child progresses at their own pace..so quit drilling my baby at every opportunity and use that good ole education to help him out. He will talk one day!

I need to remember that those we love who have passed beyond the veil are still there and love us very much!!

I need to remember that having a dirty house is ok and does not mean I am a horrible person.

I need to remember to ask for help when I truly need it..being a martyr is lame :)

I need to remember that I have the best family/in-laws I could ask for.

I need to remember to always hide my cell phone, batteries and computer mouse unless I want to find my children on them racking up huge bills,

remotes and cameras that do not work and a computer that looks like it has been crashed by random inputs by a 1 year old with a computer mouse..(which it has)

I need to remember that it hugely sucks to have back pain but it is absolutely heaven not to have it :)

Last I need to remember that I am a child of God and I am loved very much and I am so very blessed!

These feet are made for walking......

So little man is officially a walker and I have mixed emotions. It makes me sad and happy. I love not having to carry him around everywhere but he is my baby and it makes me sad to see him grow up so fast. But I only really got to enjoy it for a few days..he now has the lovely flu the girls had and has a really high fever and body aches so he will not walk at all....he only wants me to carry him!!!...All day long....... And cries incessantly if I do not. Man, I am really going to need my cervical traction machine this week. I would upload the video but he got a hold of my camera and did something with my batteries..he likes to hide things :) So we will save that for a another post. And Happy Valentine's Day!!! I love holidays and celebrating stuff. I think I am going to start making up holidays so that I get to decorate and stuff. And I especially love that my husband always knows what to get me and what to write in my cards. It is always short and sweet but very sincere and from the heart, makes me tear up every time. I am one lucky gal :)

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!!!!