Easter

I think Easter is my  favorite holiday.  We started off the week watching the video of Christs last few days on earth.  I love watching those with my kids.  I think we all felt the spirit and the kids had great questions.  Carter talked about it for days.  He would remind us to be nice like Jesus.  I was especially grateful to be reminded about the resurrection with the passing of my Grandma Donna.  I've missed her more and more lately and am glad I can see her again.  I wish I could show off Trevor to her.  She would love him.  I miss having someone to go visit that was always glad to see me and made me feel like I'd done something good.  All of the older people I used to love to visit have passed on.  It is hard for me.  When I feel like doing something good I want to go visit them but they are gone.  I only have one grandparent left, Irene.  She is such a remarkable lady.
The day before Easter we went to the Highland egg hunt.  The kids had fun finding eggs, decorating a cookie, and seeing the bunny.  Later that day we went to my Moms house for a family party.  It is one of my favorite things I do all year.  We ate, visited, and had a egg hunt.  The little kids had so much fun playing together and got along really well.  I love my family.  I am so lucky to have such great aunts, cousins, etc. Sunday the bunny came and brought some trinkets.  We went to church and then got to go to Maleah's for dinner.  It was a great day.

Carters 3rd Birthday

Carter is such a fun boy.  He turned 3 on April 18th.  He was excited for his birthday and it was extra special because Cole happened to have the day off.  We went to Pizza Factory for his birthday and to Trafalga.  That night we had my family over for a cake party.  Carter loved all of his gifts and was spoiled.  He got a bag pack, 2 airplanes, clothes, hungry hippos, balls, and more.  The cousins had fun playing soccer outside and Carter loved all the attention he got.  Carter is a wonderful boy and has a very tender heart.  He often provides me comfort and is sensitive to me when I feel bad.  He always says thank you and tells me he loves me multiple times a day.  If he knows he's done something wrong he will often come tell me he's sorry even hours after its happened.  He loves to follow Lexi around and tortures her endlessly.  He doesn't like doing things alone.  I tried to take him to the park while Lexi was at preschool but when we got there he wouldn't go play because there were other kids there.  He wanted to wait until they went home.  I told him if he didn't go play we would go home and he was okay with that so we left.  He still loves my hair and his thumb.  He will tell me he wants to snuggle.  I am lucky to be his Mom.

3 months old

Since Trevor is almost 4 months old I thought I'd better document what he was like at 3 months old.He got a cold the day he turned 3 months old and it was really bad.  He didn't sleep at all and I took him to the doctor.  They did a blood test and everything turned out fine but it was hard.  He weighed 12lbs 9 oz when I took him in.  He discovered his hands.  He loves to eat them.  He also loves my hair.  I now have both boys always grabbing and playing with my hair.  I am always pulling hair out of his hands that he has removed from my head.  He also likes to play with his burp cloth and anything that he can "accidently" grab.  You can tell he is trying to figure out how to puposefully grab things but can't yet.  He has also discovered his voice in the last week and often screams high pitched happy screams that sound like singing ahh.  He loves to he held and thus he usually cries if we don't hold him.  He hates his car seat and screams the entire time he is in it.  He ususally does ok if Lexi is in the car but the minute she leaves to go to school or dance he cries. Lexi is a great help to me with him in general and likes to play with him.  I have been packing him in a front pack at the grocery store rather than his car seat because he cries if I don't.  He sleeps pretty well at night, much better than the other two did at this age.  He has slept untnil 5 three different times but sometimes only sleeps 3 hour stretches.  The norm is 4 to 6 hour stretches.  He gets distracted while eating and will just sit and smile at me instead of eat.  Its funny and frustrating.  I can't help but smile back though.  He is a terrible napper and will only sleep about 40 minutes in a crib for a nap but if I hold him he will sleep 3 hours.  My favorite thing about him is his smile.  His eyes turn almond shape and his body squirms with excitment when he smiles.  It is wonderful.  We like to call him little T sometimes.  I love having him around and he is exactly what we needed. I am one lucky Mom.

Family Pictures

We took family pictures today.  Lexi is 5 1/2, Carter is 3, and Trevor is 3 months old.  We had a hard time getting Trevor to keep his hands out of his mouth and it took the entire session to get him to smile but all in all the pictures turned out pretty good.

Baby Blessing

Trevor Ray Chamberlain was blessed on March 30th, 2014 by his Father.  We were blessed to have an overwhelming amount of family there.  Cole's brothers (Neal, Noah, Madison, Lincoln, and Christopher), Nathan, Ray, John, Christian, Tim, Wing, Bill Bingham, Grandpa Chamberlain, and Mark Divall all stood in the circle.  I was expecially touched that his blessing mentioned me and Trevor loving and helping me.  I bore my testimony about our Father in Heaven being aware of me and blessing me through all my family and friends.  After the service we had a luncheon at our home.  It was fun having everyone over and using our basement.  It was a wonderful day full of the Spirit.

Beautiful

Lexi has gotten into looking "beautiful".  She likes to stand in front on of the mirror and put on lip gloss.  She figured out the earings to the Mr. Potato head fit her and wears them all the time.  She likes to wear necklaces, bracelets, and rings.  She wears her choose the right ring all the time.  She is very artistic and spends at least an hour a day working or art projects.  I often receive cards from her.  She built a house for Minnie Mouse out of paper, a Elsa dress out of paper, and a song book.  She asks me how to spell things and will try to write stories with me helping her spell them.  She is starting to learn to read.  She is a great helper.

Potty Training

Carter turns 3 soon so I randomly decided to potty train him one day.  It is by far my least favorite thing to teach my kids.  We started off sitting on the potty watching a show.  I gave him juice to encourage him to pee.  After 2 hours he did it for the first time.  We cheered and he loved all of the positive attention.  Then he got diarrhea.  I should have known better than to give him juice.  The poor boy would toot and it would be everywhere.  I was ready to give up but the next day when he got up he asked to put on his underwear and was excited to keep trying so we did.  We got him a sticker chart for poop and if he went 5 times he got a prize.  He really wanted the prize.  He sat on the toilet straining all day long and ended up pooping 5 times.  It was hilarious.  All in all he has done really well and likes wearing underwear and gets upset if I put a pull up on him.  He has managed to handle it all well especially considering he gets diarrhea a lot.  It's been fun seeing him enjoy us telling him how awesome he is and how proud we are of him.  He'll come tell me he's awesome and he made me happy after he goes.