so blessed

I am so glad I have these two cute kids!

thoughts

I've been thinking about the how the gospel helps us lately. Things at our house have been interesting and a new trial has hit us. Nothing terrible but a trial none the less. It seems destined to be ours because more and more things keep happening. I had a really hard time with it when we found out about it. We weren't sure which path we would take to remedy it. We prayed about it and on the same day we both got our answer. We immediately had peace in our hearts. The trial isn't over and won't be for a long time but it is so much more manageable because Heavenly Father has blessed us with peace. I am grateful for a Heavenly Father who helps us. I am grateful for the perspective the gospel gives us.

Lexi

Lexi has been learning some letters. We registered for pre-school next year and are preparing for it. She can spell and write her name (she taught herself how to write it). Lexi loves to sing and dance. She will surprise me and start singing along to the songs on the radio. She makes me laugh a lot. She says the sweetest prayers. She has a great memory and often surprises me by what she remembers. She recently started talking about our old house and her old friends. I couldn't believe she remembered. She loves "timnastics" and got to go watch the utes meet. She told me she liked it but she didn't laugh but next time she can try (she'd never been in a stadium before and was a little overwhelmed at first) she loves to snuggle and sit by you. The other day at lunch she moved my chair right next to hers and toldme it was in case we wanted to do bump its and high fives while we were eating. She likes feeling like she's getting bigger. We love her!

Carter

Carter has changed so fast. He is always on the move and loves to pull himself up to stand. Every morning Lexi goes in to get him and they play through the slits in his crib. He loves Lexi and laughs like crazy when she plays with him. He says mama a lot now but it usually means he's hungry or tired. He'll crawl to me when he says it and loves to snuggle up with me and suck his thumb to go to sleep. It's priceless! He loves cords and chases the vacuum. He is pretty fearless and is pretty friendly. He is in the 1.5% for height and 16% for weight and just got his second tooth. He is the best little boy and I love him so much!

Projects

When we moved into our new house I wanted to use a lot of white in it. We decided to change the finish on the entertainment center. It turned out beautiful and I like it so much better. Cole was so good to help me do it.

I pulled out my sewing machine after a year long break. I wanted a Valentine's outfit fir Lexi so I recycled one of my old shirts into a dress for her. It was fun and fast and actually looks cute on her. I loved the fact it was free and fulfilled its purpose.

Sunbeam

Lexi started sunbeams yesterday. In some ways it felt like it should be the first day of school I was so nervous. She was so excited though. The week before they did a test run. She wouldn't even wave at Cole and acted too cool for me when I came to check on her. She liked her teacher and told us they talked about choosing the right. Lexi truly is a sunbeam in my life and I am so glad I'm her Mom!

Crawl

Midway through December Carter learned to crawl. He does really well and is already pulling himself up to his knees a lot now too. I was really glad when it was time to take down the Christmas tree though because that was one of his favorite things to crawl to. He also loves cords of any kind so I'm on my toes now trying to keep him out of trouble.