4 Month Check-up

Ok so of course the next day was great because Mikey came home unexpectedly! Yeah! We've been so busy this past week, as usual! Aunt Annica came out and stayed with us, that was fun! She came and helped out a BUNCH with our crazy lives and kids. Mikey got to be here for almost a week and was about to have a whole week off to hang out and play but had to go to Texas, where he still is now, so it was so nice to have Annica here to watch the kids and help out while I had to work/sleep and all that lovely stuff. While she was here we went and picked out paint for the play room which I am so excited to get started!

We had so many errands to run, Dr apts, and lots of activities this week. I also took an extra night shift this week. Poor kids are going all over the place! Sequoia had her 4 month check-up with a new Ped. She is 13 lb, 24 in, and 16cm head, all in 25%. She is such a good little girl now! I love it; she doesn't cry much anymore. Its wonderful! She's a little sweetie:)

She is getting so big!

Lincoln is getting so fun! He is such a curious little guy. He doesn't talk much, but he is learning so many other things. At least he calls us "Ma" and "DaDa", thats good enough for me right now! He is getting very good at going to the babysitters to play, he hasn't cried in a while when I leave now. Good boy!

Lincoln absolutely loves Toy Story. I bought him some Buzz and Woody PJs and he wants to wear them all the time! He has never noticed any piece of clothing until these, its so cute! One day he found them and brought them to me and tried to take his shirt off so he could wear them. I told him he had to have a bath first before PJs, and it was only like 3pm. Well he ran straight for the bath. Of course I gave in because he was way too cute!

Daddy and Sequoia, so precious:)
(and no Mike is NOT posing for the camera, it was just perfect timing!!!)

Hi!!

Anyways, I'm super tired! Worked last night and didn't sleep too much. I work Friday day and Sat night and then not at all next week, wahoo! I'm hoping I can get a lot done then, and even better that Mikey will be able to come home next week too! Night...

Um, not my favorite day

So I swear I always have "the best day ever!" and "this is the worst day ever!" in the same day, maybe even an hour later its totally opposite. Mike always makes fun of me because I say it so much. I'm just SO high, and SO low all within a short time frame. Always have been, oh well!

Anyways, today, not so fun. And yep, I'm complaining! Don't read if you don't want to hear it:) I worked the grave last night (a 13 and a half hour shift it turned out to be!), it was the first one since I've been back. It was a super nice night working, so no complaints there. I think I'm just SUPER sensitive to anything the day after. One of my young women, Meghan, was so nice to come sleep over at the house and be with the kids. Yep, Mike's gone again:( He is in Montana and then probably going straight to Colorado to another job. I missed him today! (But don't worry sweetie, you are definitely not the reason I'm upset, I just miss you.)

I came home this morning, showered, got ready for church and got the kids up and yadda yadda yadda... I had my "second wind" by the time we got to church so I was wide awake. Anyways, Lincoln was crazy! He knows when I'm extra sensitive! He would not hold still and kept running away from the bench. Then Sequoia started to get fussy. I think I left like 5 times to go out in the hall. My ward is so sweet. I had a few different people grab Lincoln for me, which of course he would scream because he's antipeople and just wanted me while I was holding a crying baby. So much fun.

One of the ladies I don't know too well came and took her from me. I was so grateful. Although the whole time I tried to get Lincoln's attention with other things to hold still, I could hear Sequoia out in the hall crying. (Which totally makes me think of another story...no I will not go workout at the rec center again! While I was in yoga and the instructor is telling us to "breathe, relax, blah..." um, no I can't when the walls are connected to the daycare place and oh what do you know, she is at it again, crying. Anyways.)

It was all I could do to hold back the tears! I felt like I was watching Cars and The King wrecked! (gets me every time) I couldn't leave because I was giving the lesson in yw. I was exhausted and Lincoln would not hold still and I tried to hurry and get a bottle ready and Ah!! I started to think, why should I even bother going to church if this is how it is going to be, but nope. I know it may be crazy, but I know that is exactly where I need to be. Sure its hard without Mike, but I can't make excuses. And with all the million kids I want, I'm sure its only the beginning! But we will still be there. EVERYONE knows when we are there, but thats ok. There was something said about temples today and..........???:)

I'm sorry, not done. So Lincoln only slept 2 hours today for nap time! No! I was so tired I didn't want to get up! So from then on I tried to be nice, but one little thing and I'd freak out! And Sequoia! 3 times I layed her in bed and she woke up screaming. I so much wanted to be in bed by 9:30pm, but she said, "Um, NO!" Anyways, I could go on but why bother, I'm going to go to bed.

(Oh and Steve's Kim, I totally just read your blog and yes! I feel the same way sometimes so don't worry!!)

And don't worry, I'm sure tomorrow is going to be "the best day ever!"

A fun surprise visit

Our big girl:)

Wow Lincoln's head looks huge next to her!! Anyways, he has been so cute with her. I absolutely love that he is a good big brother still. I was nervous!

So, Yea!, Mikey is home! Its been so nice and weird to have him here. Don't worry, good weird:) He got home the Sat before last, had enough time to shower, give me a smooch, and head off to the Priesthood session for conference (which was great btw!). I had to go to work the same time he left, so Bonnie and Meghan came over to watch the kids. They originally were going to sleepover, but Mikey came home! He was in Colorado working on his supposed days off so we were kinda bummed, but then when we came home from work on Monday he walked in and said, "I have some good news, and I have some bad news." In my saddest little voice I had, "You have to go on another job but we will make money, blah." Nope!!! One of the engineers came back from maternity leave and he has his original days back so this last week was his week off! Worked out perfect!

It was even better because Mike's bro Ty was just randomly coming to visit that week if Mike was going to be home. It was fun having him out here again! At least now we finally have the shower upstairs done. They went fishing and we watched movies and just hung out, it was fun! He is actually coming back tomorrow so can can go out fishing one more time before he goes back home. I just hope Mikey doesn't have to go out on a job.

Mike and I had a great unplanned date that Friday. We dropped the kids off at the babysitter, we have to pay the same amount each week anyway and we picked them up early one day, so why not? It was so nice to run errands and do a bunch of stuff just us. That night we had some friends over and played some games, it was super fun. I'm going to try to have people over more often, I loved it. It was crazy with a bunch of kids all over, but well worth!

We went to Utah Sat morning and visiting Tyson and Danielle. Cade is getting so big, he's already bigger than Linc. It was so crazy to see the difference in those two! I forget that each kid is so unique. My fam watched the kids while we went to the temple, it was so good to finally go! It had been a while. I hope we can go more often in the future. I love the Ogden temple! We stayed the night at my parents house, even though I was super nervous because my mom had the swine flu the Sunday before. Her doc said she wasn't contagious anymore, so we took the chance.

We hung out and played games that night, then went to Koban's blessing in the morning. It was so nice to get to go to it. He is getting to be such a cute little guy! And so much bigger than Sequoia. It was fun to go hang out at Tenille's and meet more of Jon's family.

We are back to "normal" life here. Just clean clean clean all day long, play with cute little kiddos, pay bills, young women activities, volleyball games, errands to run, cook food over and over again, work, and I'm just loving it. I love working about 2 days a week and get to be with the kids as much as I am. I'm loving both worlds right now.

She is getting so big! I love seeing all the little new things she is learning. It is so cool to watch babies grow up.

Lincoln watching Monsters Inc and playing with Mike Wazousky and Sully (thanks to Aunt Annica for letting him borrow Sully). He is totally a doll guy! "Stuffed animals" He has to sleep with his Bunny and his Monkey.

Oh and we keep losing bottles everywhere we go, so Mike and I decided no more for Lincoln. I don't really care if he has one or not, whatever to me! But I just don't want to keep buying more. He still has his precious binkies so its ok! Its only hard for nap/bedtime because he ALWAYS goes to bed with a bottle of water. He was not happy at all tonight (his thing is to lie on his back and bang/kick at the door, beautiful noise!) but we didn't give in, even when the little stinker woke up his sister! Arg! But we'll keep at it! Fingers crossed!

"No, no, no..."

Uh oh...

I swear these days all I hear out of this little guy is, "No, no, no..." (I bet if he didn't HEAR it as much!) Its for moments like these!!

We had just gotten home from church and my friend Lindsay and I were standing in the kitchen chatting, and turn around for a sec and this is what I see. At that point, all we could do was laugh and take a pic. Oh Lincoln, if you weren't so dang cute!

Our sweet little Sequoia. She is getting better and better! I love it!

I get so excited when Lincoln plays with her!

2 things: He was so funny, he came behind her and started patting her head and said, "Hiee, hiee, hiee, hiee..." Second, check out the binky! We keep losing them or they get so dirty to me I have to throw them out quite frequently, so we bought some new ones today. I didn't notice it is totally girly butterflyish! But he loves it already so whatever! Beats the hot pink one. Linc and his binkies!

"I miss you, Daddy!"