JuST BeCaUSe....

I hardly ever get my nice camera out to take pics, but every time I do, I swear I will do it everyday for all my photos. Trent's is just so much more convenient to grab. But, I love these shots I got:)

P O O P!!

Today I had never been so excited to smell poop in all my life:) Evelyn finally went in the toilet today...hooray. We are so proud of her accomplishing this:) She was soo excited all night after picking out two prizes from the poo poo prize box she kept shouting out "MOMMY, GOING POO-POO!" She is on a roll now. This is the chart we have for her. (before she went poop, but just look at all those potty's!)This is what our bathroom has looked like lately. She finally went today in her little potty in her room, with the door closed and reading her books. Just like adults, something to read and privacy! Good Job Evelyn

Oh The Difference:)

We have lived in our Provo house for almost 3 years now....and have had a soft water system ever since. I remember when we first moved in our landlord was telling us he put one in and that we would love it. Well, I never loved it, the water has always felt very hard in this house to me. I thought it was maybe a really old system and didn't work super well. Trent would always go down and put more salt in it...thinking it worked. It is located in our storage cellar outside. Trent was down there the other day and thought he would check it out again. Come to find out some wires were messed up, he fixed those, then he realized that there is an outlet hooked up to where the light is in there. That is where the water system got its power from. It is a light bulb with a chain to pull to turn it on. But, there is also a light switch from the outside where you open the door to walk down the stairs. We always used this to turn the light on and off. So, Trent found out that it turned off every time you turned that light off....u kidding me. So, we have had the luxury of a soft water system that works very well this whole time and we never figured it out until now. Thanks for telling us Landlord. Trent thinks maybe he didn't realized it only worked like that. Conclusion....I am in love with our water now. Smoother skin, less breakouts, and a heavenly bath and shower. I am so glad he figured it out even if we only have about 6 more months to enjoy it. I will take it!!

OUR BIG GIRL NOW!!

She is almost potty trained.
She can have grown up like conversations.
She is too smart for her own good.
She is a fun big sister.
She is so sweet.
She tries to tell us what to do.
She gets prettier every day.

Four Months:

DOC'S STATS FOR LYLA AT 4 MONTHS: WEIGHT=15 LBS. 9 OZ 90TH PERCENTILE
HEIGHT= 26.2 IN 97TH PERCENTILE
YEP THE DOC SAYS SHE IS A CHUNK AND GROWING WELL. ONE SIDE OF HER HEAD IS A LITTLE FLAT, SO MORE TUMMY TIME. SHE HAS LARGE BREAST TISSUE, HE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT EVELYN. I ASKED WHAT THAT MEANT HE TOLD ME: RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT GIRLS MIGHT GO THROUGH PUBERTY MORE THAN ONE TIME IN THEIR LIFE. SHE IS PROB GOING THROUGH HORMONAL CHANGES THEREFORE HER BREASTS ARE BIG...HUH?? WHATEVER!! ALSO HE LOOKED AT HER GUMS, CAUSE LYLA IS THE DROOL QUEEN AND WON'T STOP CHEWING ON THINGS. HE SAID SHE WILL HAVE TEETH COME IN WITHIN THE MONTH...OH HOW FUN THOSE WILL BE TO NURSE WITH:/ GOTTA LOVE THE SHOTS AT THE END OF EVERY APPOINTMENT GOSH I WOULD HATE TO BE PRICKED THAT MUCH.

I am Now 26!!

It was my 26th birthday yesterday. Trent spoiled me with a sexy hot pink robe from Victoria's Secret and the songs to the movie Bedtime Stories. I have always wanted that soundtrack and it doesn't really exist. But, he bought them from Amazon and downloaded them for me soo sweet. Plus he threw in a padded seatbelt cover for me from Autozone. I get sick of seatbelts putting little bumps all over my shirts...anyone else have this problem? He also let me go shopping a while back and get some nice stuff. Thanks so much honey. Evelyn and him went and bought me a snickers b-day cake from Macey's. Taryn, my friend Chelsea & her younger sister came over to do a girl party with Evelyn while Trent, Lyla, & I went out to eat. It was nice to get out of the house. Would have left Lyla but she was pretty fussy. Thanks girlies, that was sure sweet of you and Evelyn had a blast!! I choose to go eat at Magleby's, we had eaten there a long time ago. It was sooo good. But, I hinted to the waitor that it was my b-day because he kept saying.."Save room for our dessert, it's to die for". After he took our picture he said, ok so I will bring you a piece of our famous chocolate cake. Didn't mention we had to pay $8 to eat a piece of cake that wasn't that special. We were going home to eat the cake Trent bought me, but I thought, I will try it if its free. Wrongo I was. Oh well, I am still mad over that but can't do much about it. GRRR to that waitor named Andrew who wore WWWWWAAAAAAYYYY to much colone. ha ha. We came home and Evelyn helped me blow out candles with Taryn, Chelsea, and Haylee there. I wish I would have snapped a pic of them. So, that was my birthday in a nutshell. I think this year is going to be a great one. I am so thankful for my family. Trent is soo good to me. Evelyn and Lyla bring me soo much JOY & HAPPINESS:) LIFE IS GOOD!!

Potty Training Boot Camp:)

Evelyn is doing so good on the potty lately. I got this book call Potty Training Boot Camp. Thanks Danielle:) It's pretty freakin amazing!! I bet Evelyn has gone potty at least 30 times this last week. However she has not done the poo-poo thing yet. But, I read over that book and we are implementing a new plan today. It is so fun to see her so happy and proud of herself. She is such a fun big girl lately. Lyla is sleeping so well, and Evelyn is stepping up the game everyday with her potty. Life is good and I am one happy mama!