Working Rush

It's only Tuesday and this week has been crazy. I am working as a cashier at the college book store this week. So far it has been pretty good. I think the only reason I go back each semester is to get a little break from the kids, remind myself what it's like to work and let Josiah appreciate how hard I work around the house while he watches the kids. I get some money at the end of the week to spend however I want which is really nice. I think I will get a new pair of shoes and maybe some fun yarn to make some baby blankets for my friends who are expecting babies this year.

David is getting to be such a big boy! He is getting better at using his words and is connecting things together. Like when we get out of the car in a parking lot he has to hold our had. So he says "hold my hand please!!!" I just love this little kid. Maybe next week we can start on potty training. Anyone have some good suggestions?

Caleb is getting around more and more. He is pulling himself up to everything and tries to walk with it! Caleb has so much determination. He believes he can do anything. At the moment he is standing by David's bike trying to make it move. He is only 8 1/2 months old! I don't remember when David started standing up and trying to walk like this. If i'm not careful Caleb will be all grown up!

Josiah is finally done with his portfolio and is now applying for jobs. So far he has applied for two. One here in St. George and the other one in Cedar City. We will see how it goes. I'm in no hurry to move since I love this place so much! But Heavenly Father will make sure we get in the right place that is right for us. We will throw all our chips out and apply for everything. One of the hopeful jobs will stick!

New Years

This New Years has been so much fun! We were able to go up to my parents house Sunday night just ahead of a BIG snow storm. It was crazy. The weather was looking a bit cloudy in St. George when we left, by the time we got to Cedar City the snow was falling hard.
New Years eve we stayed at my parents house and played games all night. We each picked a game and everyone played it. Josiah picked cribbage and taught everyone how to play that. It is very fun to play that game with him. He still wins each time but the lead that he wins is getting smaller the better I get at playing and counting my points. David fell asleep about 10 mins before midnight. He almost made it! We watched the ball drop on tv, then all headed to bed.
Today has been really good. I got to sleep in till 9:30! I also went on a date with my wonderful husband. We went and saw Les Mis. It was wonderful. It made me cry! My mother watched the boys while we went to the movie. That was super nice of her.

Christmas time

This Christmas was so much fun! For the month of December I wrapped up books for David to unwrap each night. He had so much fun picking out a book to read each night. Caleb enjoyed listening to the books each night too.
Caleb is now pulling himself up to things to stand up! This is a stage that always made me nervous. He is trying to walk along the furniture and then falls when he tries to move his feet. But he is brave and tries again. :) I think he is so little to be trying this already.

I love being a mom!

Today has been a rather good day. Little Caleb only got up once last night to eat. It was so refreshing to get those extra few hours of deep sleep. We got up this morning and at David's request, made pancakes for everyone.
I was able to do some crafting today as well! I put up a strand of Christmas lights in David and Caleb's room today as well. They love being in there and looking at the sparkling lights. I made up a batch of salt ornaments. Tomorrow we will paint them and hang them up. It was so sticky getting them put together. I'm glad that David was watching a show while they were rolled out.

Tomorrow is David's birthday! I can't believe it! He will be 3 years old already. Where has the time gone. It seems like I was bringing him home from the hospital just the other day. I was so worried about taking care of such a small little guy. I would stress over David alot. He came home with jondace. We had to take him into the lab everyday and get blood work done to see if he had to stay under the billi lights. It was so much work! I'm so glad it didn't last long. Now 3 years later he is such a big boy! David loves to help me with anything I am doing. His thing lately is riding his bike around the house with Caleb chasing him down. Occasionally David will almost run Caleb over but it has not happened yet!
Caleb is my little shadow. He will follow me or David all over the house. If I leave the front room and go down to my room or the bathroom soon there will be a little banging on the door. It's Caleb! He loves to chase things around. His main thing today was an ornament that he found to chase down.

I love being a mom!

Josiah hasn't been feeling that well for about a week now. I wish he could just stay in bed for a day and get better. But he has work to do and dosn't even want to stay in bed all day. He has this hacking cough that keeps him up sometimes. I feel so bad for him! Maybe he will be able to rest more tomorrow. I plan on taking the boys to story time. Then we will see how the weather is and maybe do a park too.
We are doing a party for David on Saturday. I am excited and kinda nervous too. I know that we will all have a great time and everything will work out, but at the same time I'm still nervous. We will see how it goes! It will be at a park so that takes a bunch of stress off me, no clean up for all the kids running around and I don't have to worry about that many games. If you have seen our apartment you would agree that a park is the best place to have this! :) After David's party there is a ward party. I'm excited for this! Josiah has the day off so he will be able to go to both things. Yea!

Christmas time

It's Christmas time again! Today we put up our tree. For some reason it looks really good this year. Maybe because I had help from Josiah and David, maybe because I wanted it to be special for Caleb's first Christmas. Either way it looks really good. I was even able to put up a nativity set, on top of one of my book shelfs.
David's birthday is only a few days away! I can't believe that my little baby boy will be turning 3 in five days! Where has the time gone? And now I have an almost 8 month old. Where did the time go with him too?!
We will be having a little party for David. It will be car themed (like the movie cars). Should be lots of fun! We will go to the park and play and have cake and icecream and just enjoy hanging out with friends. It will be our last get together thing with some people before we leave the ward.
Oh ya, we are moving onto a family ward in January. I am super nervous, scared and almost not wanting to go. But we need to move on since there is no primary at the ward we are in now. David needs to go into primary soon. I hope we will be able to make new friends there. I will miss seeing all the people I know in my current ward each week. We will have to do get togethers or something. This is just one more step in growing up I guess.p