FIVE YEARS!!!

Today is Mine and Trevor's 5 year anniversary and I can not believe it has been that long already! Time does fly when you are having a GREAT time! We are truly blessed, we have 2 of the most beautiful children and well behaved kids! I wouldn't have it any other way! Trevor is truly the most amazing guy and my best friend!! He is a wonderful husband and father! He truly makes me HAPPY! I am so glad to have him in my life! WE have grown in so many ways over these last 5 years and I cant wait to keep celebrating a new year with him! Happy Anniversary Hunny! I love you!

Santa!!

Can you tell how much Lily loves Santa!! But they sure do Look cute in there Christmas outfits!

Lily made a Poopy on the Potty!

Over the last few weeks Lily will sit on the little potty whenever someone else uses the bathroom and she is in there. Well today after lunch I put a new diaper on so she could go down for a nap, well Amaya was in the bathroom going potty and Lily got up and ran down the hall and sat on the little potty and was talking away to Amaya. Well few minutes later when I went in there to get Lily out and help Amaya, I grabbed Lily and started walking out of the bathroom. Lily was getting mad at me and wanted back on the potty so I sat her down and helped Amaya and then went back to attempt to get Lily out of the bathroom when I realized what Lily had done..... she had pooped in her diaper WHILE sitting on the potty!!! YAY!! So I think it is officially time to get her potty trained!! She is so ready for big girl panties!!!

probably more info then some of you may care for... but I am excited and so was Lily!! What a big Girl we have!!!

18 month check up!

Lily had her 18 month check up Wednesday before Thanksgiving! She is our "BIG" girl!! She is 29lbs - 93% and drum roll please......34in tall-97%. She is doing great. She is using alot more words even in just the last week! She is jabbering up a storm, most the time we dont understand her but it is starting to get better. But man can she talk your ear off. Today she said to me, "eres phone, dada ease." which means "heres your phone call dada please. she also uses nana instead of dada. I love it!! she still is signing more then using words. The doctor isnt concerned with it since she understands us and communicates back with no problem. Thats the latest!!

Carsyn's much awaited friend.. Tyler

Since John and Misty had their baby boy Tyler, Carsyn has been EXCITED! He now has a friend that is a boy! He cant wait for Tyler to get bigger, "just like him" (his words) so he can play with him! He is constantly hanging around Tyler, talking to him, helping the push the swing, wanting to hold him and asking 100's of questions about him! i cant wait to have another baby (lets hope for a boy) One of my favorite question is "How long is it gonna take for him to get big? shouldnt he be big already?!" He asks this question at least 10 times a week. :) Lily on the other hand thinks he is a DOLL that she can just pick him up like she owns him and poke his eyes and is just crazy around him.. I am glad by the time we have another baby she will be older and understand better. :)

Update!!

So it has been pretty crazy in our home lately...
Trev is still waiting to complete the discharge process. He is out of the army just they are taking there time to complete the process. He was also told that he could try in 6 month to a year to find a doctor that will approve his medical waiver and all that but he is now thinking maybe the Lord is really tryin to tell us something. So now we will figure out what he wants to do career wise and get going on it! He plans on stayin with the county for who knows how long, maybe even promote up! I personally think he would make a good SGT and so does a few of his SGT's and LT's... So we will see what comes of it all! :)
I am doing good! I am enjoying being home with the kids!! I have been waiting for this for so long and cant believe it is finally here! I also had my yearly visit and ended up having an ultrasound done on my thyroids cause they were swollen but blood works keeps sayin there nothing wrong so my doctor ordered one to just make sure, I havent gotten the results yet but I am taking that as good news since it has been over a week now. ugh. So lets hope that is right and we have nothing to worry about! We also have been talking about trying for another baby the 1st of the year off and on over the last few months with undecided answers for eachother but as of this past Saturday we have OFFICIALLY decided to start trying next month but hope to not get pregnant til january at the earliest. I want to lose a few more lbs before we get pregnant and be in enough shape that I can continue to workout and stay fit during my pregnancy!! :) so wish us luck! we are definitely excited! Carsyn wants a brother, he tells me this often. (even before we told him we are gonna try for another baby) And when i ask him what if it is another sister, will that be okay? and he says "i guess it will have to be okay, but can you PLEASE really try for a brother" so we are hoping for a boy this time!!! but then i kinda want it to be a SURPRISE!! so we shall see when the day comes when we could learn the sex (but we got to get there first) LOL.
The kids are getting bigger and bigger everyday and are doing really good! I can not believe how fast the time is going, we are almost in 2010 and it was like 2009 just started. Lilyan stands just under Carsyn chin. She is gonna be a tall little girl! We are also SLOWLY taking her binkie away.. she has been doing good, we only give it to her during naptime and bed time oh and while at church (she is just too noisey, so we use it to keep her quiet). With that being said she is starting to use her words since she doesnt have it CONSISTANTLY in her mouth!! She is really smart and understands EVERYTHING we say or tell her. She also has an ATTITUDE and is VERY opinionated (spelling?). We definitely have our hands full with her! She is well mannered and behaved (no worries there yet) but she does test her limits!! Carsyn is starting to print letter (still work in progress) and he loves for us to read to him! I have been working with him on preschool age stuff, he is usually the one who asks to do it on a daily basis! He just amazes Trevor and I everyday. He is becoming a handsome little boy!! He is definitely a leader! He LOVES to be in control of the situation, he will find any possible way!! :) He melts my heart!!

Well i have rambled enough! sorry i been slacking on postings! but just busy and lazy! :) we love you all! and hope you enjoy following us on here! :)

little giggles and fall crafts

Carsyn and Lily love playing together and they also love fighting! But the other night I was making dinner and I could hear Lilyan cracking up so I peak around the corner to find them sitting together in the little rocker and Carsyn tickling her and making her laugh hard! So i had to hurry and get this LOVING moment on film!! They truely are best friends and love one another!! So now when they are having one of those days where they just cant get along I can look at these pictures and remember the moments like these!!
Then the next pictures are of the art work the kids did during the day! I try to do 1 craft a week so this month is fall and thanksgiving themed!! I cant wait for this weeks craft!! keep your eyes out for pictures next weekend!!

Halloween- long post

I know I am a little behind on the updates but we have been really busy around here!! So Trevor had Halloween off so we were all excited! Carsyn and I made cookies that afternoon and then we had dinner and got ready to go trick or treating!! The kids had a blast! There was one house that we went to that scared Carsyn good. It kinda ruined the rest of the night for him, he didnt want to go up to anymore houses cause he was afraid they would scare him. We ended up with more Candy then we need but the kids had a great time!!

Halloween Decorations

Just a few of our Halloween Crafts

I traced the kids feet and made ghost out of them. and then I cut pumpkins out and Carsyn colored them and put faces on them!!

Carsyn's Bat
Carsyn and Lily's Spiders

Mud Day

Our trip to Sedona

Thursday we went up to Sedona for the day since we didnt have any kids we babysit! We had a great time and want to go again soon! The kids loved it. We went up to Slide Rock and we thought it would be to cold so I didnt pack swim suits. Once we got there and the kids wanted to play in the water and we realized it wasnt to bad I then wished I would have just brought them with.. Next time for sure! Lily loved the water so much, she would get so mad when trevor would try to help her or move her. She wanted to do it all by herself even with it being WAY slipper. Then Carsyn on the other hand preferred the dry land! He would play in the water but it was either just barely in the water or alot of work to get him out there with Trevor and Lily. He definitely his mothers child!! :) Then we had a picnic for lunch and we let the kids run around in the grass! we then went back to town and walked around all the little shops. It was alot of fun! Best Family day!!