just hanging out

lately we've been doing a lot of hanging out at home-playing with dollhouse furniture...

...protesting pictures being taken....

...riding bikes, oh and posing in new helmets....

....feeling the baby kick.....

.....coloring with chalk....


...playing with play dough....



...drawing awesome My Little Ponies....

...."feeling the hot" laundry...the girls LOVE when I dump clothes fresh from the dryer on them. ??

We have gotten out a few times! Thank goodness. We went out for breakfast last Saturday which was really fun! My omelette was scrumptious and the girls devoured their pancakes and eggs. They also got balloons which made the day 10x better than it already was.

 Later that night was our annual ward luau! There were 500+ people there and it was a lot of fun! The girls loved seeing all the dancers!

The Primary kids even did a dance-I did my best to get Sadie to practice and perform with them, but since Rayne was going to be gone, there was no way. Maybe next year!

Fire dancer!

Me and my sisters! And an inadvertent photo bomber. lol

At church the next day Charlotte had a blast playing with one of Sadie's birthday presents-the girls love this and always fight over it!

Then they formed some kind of congo line with Rayne after church...silly girls!

 29 weeks along! 11 weeks and counting. We finally decided on our short list of names...and it's really really short. Rory's fault, he's really picky about names. (sorry, hun but you are!)


 On a trip to Old Navy, Charlotte became obsessed with the Old Navy dog...I think most kids do, and that's why he looks so well loved.

We celebrated Josh (my brother's) birthday yesterday and Charlotte got this awesome chocolate mustache....I couldn't stop laughing!


So that's what we've been up to!

a truckload of pics

Sleeping kids are the best, right? So quiet. and still. And then they wake up.

Sadie got a ton of My Little Ponies for her birthday-this is about half of them. No joke! She we love them!

Sadie took swim lessons last week. I mean that in the most general terms since she hated almost every single second. I think she was nervous with the teacher, she did much better with me one on one when we practiced.

She took them with Gage, so afterwards we went to In n' Out to celebrate that she survived! Also that Gage did great. This picture cracks me up.

She also had her fourth birthday last week! Talk about time flying...wow. We love this crazy girl of ours!

Her Aunt Nae Nae came over with her present-the Elephun game! Luckily she set it up for them so I just sat around like a beached whale and watched.

Sadie got ballet lessons from my mom and dad for her birthday and she is beyond excited to start!

 Charlotte wants to wear Sadie's undies all the time now! She also likes to sit on the potty. She has no clue what it entails but it's good that she's getting more comfortable with the idea.

Rory took them out on a bike ride the other night and their ponies had to come along, of course!

While playing at Rayne's house last week they decided it was a great idea to take everything out of the cabinet and climb in. Hey at least they had fun, right?

Charlotte is the sneakiest bed jumper ever! She is so quick to hop on and start jumping around.

But man oh man this face makes it hard to tell her to stop!

We had a family date night last week and went up to San Jose for some Five Guys...I was underwhelmed but willing to try it again.  The girls had fun playing with their food, not so much eating it.

We got Pinkberry afterwards, YUM! It's my favorite froyo place!

Sadie shoveling in the yogurt makes me crack up! We also stopped by with some diapers for my friend Kim and her new baby boy Austin! I got to meet him a few days prior but it was a last minute trip so I didn't have time to get a present, hence the enormous box of diapers...What mom wouldn't love that gift, am I right?  He is adorable and so tiny...you forget how small they start out!

Sadie got a new bike for her birthday and she loves it. With a capital L.

Charlotte loves having the tricycle all to herself! Yes we need to get another helmet, but trust me, Charlotte goes about .5 miles per hour, scooting with her toes.

I'll end with this shot of Sadie pushing Charlotte at the park, such a sweet thing...she offered to push her, and Charlotte got such a kick out of it. These sweet sisters make me smile constantly-they are the best of friends! Can't wait to add another to the mix. :D

drawings by Sadie (and Charlotte w/ kitty)

The girls have been coloring up a storm lately-especially Sadie. She's got a creative streak in her and loves to draw and color. She worked really hard on learning how to draw this truck/car. (with a lovely four paned window)

She also drew this adorable monkey-I think it looks a lot like Piglet though!

This octopus is soo cute and has rosy cheeks to boot. Notice she traced her hands for the tentacles!

Rapunzel's crown gets me every time!

Charlotte is a big fan of coloring too, and has recently mastered circles. I love this sweet picture of her helping her kitty cat color. I mean, how precious is that? Aww. wwwww.

mischievious little imp

I just love this little girl. She is such a firecracker and has tons of personality! Some fun things about Charlotte Nora at age 2:

She has ditched her high chair and insists on sitting on a normal chair-she loves feeling like a "dig goil".

She also likes to sit on the potty like her big sis. Refuses to take her diaper off though. lol!

She loves yogurt, Life cereal (asks for it by name), cheese, bread, cupcakes, milk, scrambled eggs (dambled eggs), deezy fute (squeezy fruit aka applesauce), and any other kind of fruit. (mangoes, kiwi, bananas, apples, peaches...are some faves)

She knows the names of the My Little Pony characters (she is quizzed by her sister often enough), but has yet to straighten out all her colors.

Her favorite number is two, and she can tell when she has two things in her hands...any other number and she's stumped.

She is always trying to keep up with her big sis!

She loves to color.

She loves climbing on things and is more fearless than Sadie was...so thanks for all the mini heart attacks, Miss C.

Her hair is much lighter than Sadie's, and is very curly at the ends! I love it!

She is still very attached to her dee dee's (binkys) We are not looking forward to cutting her off, but it has to happen soon!

She gets scared at loud noises and runs for mom or dad. It's kinda cute but I feel bad cause she gets terrified!

She loves trucks-every truck she sees is a "fire truck"!

She loves watching the garbage man pick up our garbage. She calls out to him (babbage man!) and then shouts Day Doo! (thank you!)

She loves bath time and her and Sadie always "wash" each others hair.

She loves to "help" me fold laundry. Sadie as well Hey, I'll take the help-even if I have to refold everything, I love their enthusiasm for helping me with chores. Wonder how long it will last....

She loves playing dress up and putting on her sparkly dresses.

She waves at random people, even if they're not looking at her. The other day I caught her waving at a tree. Maybe she was waving at a squirrel I couldn't see?

Suffice it to say, we love this little girl of ours. :D