Say Cookie, No Quacker

Loren use to say "cookie" so clear and than all of a sudden she started saying "quacker"! I have worked and worked with her on saying "cookie" but she just is being a little stink. I think she is just funny now cause she will yell "quacker" back in my face and everytime she says it I laugh or anybody around laughs! She talks pretty good and catches alot of things said but this word we are having a struggle with. Make sure your volume is turned up so you can hear the little stink!

New Pictures!!

Today I felt like doing something fun, so I decided to take the kids pictures since I didn't get Jaxon done at 6 months and Loren done at 2, I thought it was about time to get them done!! I really wish I had a better set up at my house or even a studio and a lot more props, but we make due with what we got! There is one of Loren crying and its cause she fell and bumped her nose, she was too cute not to take a picture of! Jaxon is my little ham and kept trying to crawl away! Hope everyone enjoys these!

Just a little update

WOW! Its been about a month since I posted anything. At the beginning of this month we took Loren in for her 2 year check up and Jaxon in for his 6 month. Loren is 19.13 lbs and 31" tall! Jaxon is 15 lbs and 25" tall! Yes, thats right everybody, Jaxon is almost as big as his sister! We just celebrated my "25th" birthday and it was a lot of fun! My mother n law threw a little BBQ and Lisa (friend of the family) made me a homemade carrot cake and it was delicious!!!! Today I finally decided to video Jaxon's army crawl.... thats right, Jaxon turned 6 months and starting doing the army crawl everywhere!!!!!!!!!!! Now that he can get to whatever he wants, Loren and him fight a lot more, since he can get to all of her toys, LOL.I just really hope that the walking don't come early! I hope everyone enjoys this video and here are just some random pictures I have taken with my new camera that Logan bought me for my birthday! Also here in the next couple days, if you click on our business site, memorable moments, their will be some pictures on there that we just recently took!

I can't believe Loren is 2!

Today my little girl turns 2! I can't believe how fast time has went by. On May 13, 2006 was Mothers Day, I had been feeling some contractions but nothing to much. I stayed home from church and just relaxed. Later that day I went to my mother n laws for dinner (Logan was working). After dinner we decided to make brownies, I could hardly stand there, my back and feet hurt so much and my feet were way swolen. When I went home that night I was really tired and went straight to bed. I got up around 1 am to go to the bathroom and at that time I was feeling really good. Well about 2 am my water broke, in bed! I woke Logan up and told him I thought my water broke, but maybe I just peed the bed cause nothing else was happening. I got up and the second I stood up there was another gush of water! Being my first pregnancy and all I wasn't sure about all this so I called my aunt Joann cause my mom wasn't answering. I got to the hospital about 4:30, whats funny is we only live a matter of maybe 10 minutes away. I started having contractions soon after. It really sucked cause my contractions were stacking and so I was getting no relief in between. As one would hit really hard and barely start coming down another one would hit really hard. Loren finally arrived at 1:13 pm weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 1/2 inch long! Logan, my mom and Penny was in there for the delivery and everything went great. Loren has brought so much joy to my life! I could never really explain how much I love her and she means to me. Even though she is hard headed and stubborn and can throw the biggest temper I have ever seen (and I've seen a lot), she is the biggest sweetheart and has such a soft heart. Loren loves her little brother more than I could have imagined and can't wait till her dad gets home at night. Happy Birthday Loren, we love you very much!

Random Pictures

In my previous post I mentioned how we did pictures of the kids for Penny for Mothers Day. Well I had caught some cute pictures of my kids and I just had to share them. Also Loren climbed in the bassanet the other day and sat in there forever and watched cartoons so I had to capture and share those pictures as well. She is such a little HAM!!!! The other day in the car I told her "no" and she rolled her eyes at me and said "jeez". She is so cute but such a little stink at the same time. Jaxon is just a growing, I think he will be an early crawler just so he can get to his sister and get whatever she has, LOL. Hope you all enjoy these pictures, I know I enjoy every single one!

Mothers Day

I can't believe it was my 2nd Mother's Day, with 2 beautiful children! 2 years ago Loren was born the day after Mother's Day, it was crazy. I had a good day, we woke up and went to church and than had a little nap. Later that day we went to Penny's house (Logan's mom) for some Papa Murphys Pizza. I was a little bummed cause Logan had to work and I really would have liked to be with my mom, of course. But I made the best of what I had. Logan made me a homemade card and it meant more than anything to me. This year Brynn (logan's sister) and I decided to take pictures of the kids and give them to Penny for mothers day. This is what we came up with. It was a very long day and its not easy working with a 2 yr old, 7 and 5 month old.

Easter Egg Hunt

When we got back from Tooele, we had an easter egg hunt at Grandpa Derons and Grandma Pennys. It was lots of fun and we got lots of pictures! The eggs had candy in them and one was a Warhead so I gave it to Loren and of course she didn't like it, and the mean mom I am gave Jaxon a taste and he had some pretty good faces as well!

A week in Tooele

The Saturday before Easter I decided to load the kids up and head to Tooele and spend Easter with my family. Logan had to work all week, including Easter, and I wanted to go so I could spend my moms birthday with her anyways. Before we left Saturday, we went to the local grocery store with Grandma Penny and Aunt Jilyn to do an Easter egg hunt with Loren. She had a lot of fun and caught on really quick. Penny had pictures of that I will post those later. After the hunt we went inside the store and seen the Easter Bunny and Bubbles the Clown. We finally got on our way to Tooele and got there about 4:30. Nate had been anxiously waiting for us so we could color easter eggs. I stripped Loren completely naked, except for a diaper, and let her have a free for all with the color and eggs. Before my mom filled the containers with water, sneaky little Loren grabbed the blue tablet and stuck it in her mouth. Yes, there for a minute my daughter had a BLUE mouth!

Sunday morning Loren and Nate hunted easter eggs and looked through their baskets full of candy! That afternoon we went over to my Grandma Ruths house for dinner with the whole family including Great Grandma Smith! It was a very yummy and wonderful dinner with AWESOME dessert!

All in all I had a great trip and so did the kids. I got to have lunch with some awesome friends, Hope, Stephanie and Marcasa, my mom even came along for that! Got to see lots of family and friends. I got my hair cut and colored, I'll post pictures of that later!!!

We got what???

We went to Tooele last weekend for my cousin Kim & JP's son Bridgers blessing. We got to Tooele pretty early saturday and went and watched my brother Nates flag football game. When we got to the game, Logan had to go to the restroom so he dropped me and the kids off and left. There was a park so we hung out there cause of Loren. This lady and her daughter walked up with 3 or 4 puppies that were free. I told them NO, I wasn't interested, not with such a long drive to Nevada and a fairly new baby and also potty training my daughter. A few minutes went by and I asked the mother what kind they were, she told me black lab and blue healer. Those are pretty good dogs but NO THANK YOU!!!! Logan got back and I went to sit in the truck with Jaxon so I could feed him. When I was done and walked back to the park, Logan says "I want one and that black one is a female and very cute". Well I didn't put my foot down very well cause we brought home a new little pup and named her Oreo! I will try to post pictures soon. We also went to the car show in Salt Lake and we took Nate with us. We had fun looking at all the awesome old and new cars and motorcycles. Nate got to meet Rico off of Hannah Montana, he was so excited, I will also try to post pictures of that. Sunday was the baby blessing and boy was it a full house!!! The Hansens took up the majority of the chapel and Kim & JP's house, LOL. But it was such a fun and great time! The kids got spoiled at Grandma and Grandpa Putnams house and also at Great Grandma and Grandpa Smiths house. We got to stop and see my friend Steph and her new baby that was only 1 week old. His name is Tyson and he is sooooo... cute and tiny! I just wish we could have stayed in Tooele a few more days.

Well Check-up

Today we took Jaxon in for his well check-up and shots! He is getting so big, I can't believe it. I have to laugh cause he is 4 months and weighs 13 lbs and Loren is 23 months and weighs 18.3 lbs. He is going to catch up to her in no time!! He did very well with his shots, I wish I could be tough like him, LOL! He is eating cereal and baby food and is a little pickier than his sister ever was.