Random update

  It seems most people have recovered from the holiday season and are back to blogging regularly. I have been lazy and since I am not that great at taking pictures anyway, I have really been slacking. But I figured today, rather than wait for something to happen that is "blog worthy," I should just write SOMETHING to inspire me and get the creative juices flowing!


   Generally, life is good! I am feeling very BIG and so so blessed. I am also finding myself bored and at the very same time overwhelmed with the amount of stuff to do before the baby comes (Yes, it is still "the baby" without a name)! I have my list of stuff to do: go through Bennett’s and baby clothes, clean out the garage, deep clean the van, organize food storage and the entire basement, even silly things like clean out the bathroom drain, cut everyone’s hair, and buy Cam a new pair of shoes...etc. Still, I am a little bored for company, you know? Its just not much fun to hang around the house and do it all by myself, just someone to talk to helps a lot. Stephanie and Chelsy have both been the lucky visitors to come chat while I clean within the last couple weeks, thanks guys! Still, I wish it were summer and Billy were home!

An update on Billy- we now know that he is officially in the interview pool for Assistant Principal for the Alpine School District and we are praying every moment that it all works out. We really really need it! He is such an amazing husband and father, much better at fulfilling his roles than I am (but I AM trying)!

  Ava has recently talked with her friends at church and learned all about Disneyland and has asked us every day since to take her :-) I haven’t been since I was about her age and I barely remember it. So I am not too anxious. However, if she keeps this begging us, and Billy gets a job, we may have to figure out how to let her and daddy have a weekend getaway for her birthday at the end of the summer! Ava has also recently informed me that she is "too old for naps" and now just plays quietly in her room for about an hour everyday while the rest of us nap. The pictures below are of her just hanging out in her room.

  Cameron received an early birthday gift from grandma Anderson and has spent the last couple of weeks pushing $6 worth of cars around on the floor. Somehow they are better than anything he got for Christmas...go figure. He has also started talking to my belly every morning (well, more like screaming into it "HI BABY, your going to come play with me!?!") When he's not making me cry he just crack me up! The other day I asked him to pick up his toys and he just flat out said "no!" I told him he was going to earn a spanking and so he asked "a hard spanking?" and I AFTER I said "Yes, very hard" he said "OOOOOKAY" and finally went to work. I have a feeling if I had said no, he would have opted for the spanking!

  Bennett is growing up and while I feel that I NEED it to happen because of the baby coming so soon, it is still bitter-sweet. I look at him sleeping at night and just want to pick him up and love him...but I don’t dare! He is on his own schedule when it comes to life. He is stubborn as all get out and knows how to make his voice heard (without even talking)! Currently all he says is Mama, Dada, Ball, and Uh-oh, but he does know some ASL and that helps. He has learned in the last couple of weeks how to open the freezer and it resulted in lots of messes; including a new half-gallon of ice cream melted and smeared all over his body and the kitchen floor. I wasn’t so happy about the mess, Ava and Cam were upset that there was no more ice-cream. Cam quickly solved the problem by starting to clean the mess up with his mouth by sucking it up off the floor!

  On a different note we are only 2 months away from Bennett going into nursery and we are SO excited! We are very tired parents juggling the kids and trying to keep them quiet during an hour of sacrament meeting. I've thought that it would be easier to bring the car seats in and strap them all down, but what kind of parent cant teach her kids to sit still? Apparently, me!

That’s all the random rambling I am capable of for now. Thanks for all your love and support! Our family is really quite blessed to have such wonderful friends and family!