Let the Good Times Roll...

Things have been pretty busy around here.
My niece Ella was born on the 15th! She is the first born to my brother Chad and his wife Jen. We are very excited for them!!!
Clint and I celebrated our 5th anniversary on the 20th. We had a great time, some friends came and watched the kiddos and we were able to take off for the evening.

I just wanted to post some fun time goofy pics I took of the kiddos. They were acting really silly so I used that opportunity as a photo shoot:

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

So THESE are what temper tantrums look like...

So last night we had Burger King for dinner. The kids got those wondeful cheap toys with their dinner. Well, the last couple of times we got toys for them from there, Kaiden has a meltdown because they don't do what he wants them to do. One time the toy was a monster truck that the top would pop off if it bumped something. Kaiden would get SOOO mad because he couldn't...no...wouldn't put the top back on. The boy has less patience than I do, and we all know that's BAD!

Well this time the toys were these car things that the outside wheels don't move, just the inside. Well, Kaiden wanted the wheels on the outside to move, and because they woudn't, he through a FIT for over 20 minutes. Which we caught some samples of on video of course :P

During this video, Kayley kept trying to take the spotlight. It's hilarious! Anyway, thought you might get a good laugh at this. BTW for those thinking how sad to just let the boy cry like that, let me tell ya, NOTHING we did stopped him from crying. We tried ignoring, we tried explaining, we tried holding him, we tried distracting, none of it worked. So I figured, might as well get it on video for his girlfriends some day :P

Each video is only about 2 minutes long, but there is some funny stuff in all 3 of them. Make sure to turn your volume up nice and loud to get the full effect :)

Disney on Ice...and the meltdown

Today we went to Disney on Ice. The show was great. But, well, they really shouldn't have had intermission. I think the kids would have been fine if they wouldn't have stopped. The kids got bored and were driving us nuts the rest of the show. They were really loving the first half though. Let's just say that we won't be taking them to anything like that again for AT LEAST a year. That was rediculous! They got some great toys we got suckered in to buying though :P

My fellow MoM Heather and her Hubby with their twins that are just a few days younger than ours were there as well. Seems like the halfway point did it in for them too. We probably should have left at intermission because we may have left in good moods then. Oh well, maybe next year.

We were all going to go meet for lunch after, but that got cancelled due to the kiddos meltdowns during the show. I'm sure lunch would have been a disaster! We came home and the meltdowns were even worse. So we fed them lunch and put their butts to bed. Kd slept for 2 hours and we're having to wake Ky up now because she's been asleep for 3 hours. It's getting late and we kind of want them to sleep tonight ;)

We got a couple of pics, sure wish Clint hadn't chopped my head off in the one with me and Kd. That was the best smile he had all day!

Hopefully next time the kiddos will enjoy the whole show. Overall we had a good time though.

Moving on...

Things are getting better around here. We have several things lined up to get our minds off of our loss.
Sat. we are going to see Disney on Ice. I think I may enjoy that more than the kids though :) We will be meeting a fellow multiples mom and her kiddos and then afterwords go to lunch.
In March I am going to CA. from the 13th until the 26th. Clint's mom will be coming out here to help Clint with the kiddos. That way Clint won't have to take time off of work.
While in CA. I am going to get to see my brother Chad's new baby. She is due to be born any day now! Also while I am there my step-dad and I are going to go to Las Vegas. We've decided to be kids again while I'm down there. I wanted to treat him to a little bit, so we'll be going on the rides at the top of the Stratosphere hotel. I have always wanted to go there but the opportunity never came. Well, it's here now :) We will also go see a couple of shows.
My dad and some of my family from Utah will be driving down for one weekend I am out there, so it will be nice to see them! The other weekend I would like to go to Disneyland. My friend's dad helped build part of the new area there, so it will be nice to see his work.
In April, Thomas the Tank Engine will be here in Baltimore. The kids are obsessed with trains, so we figure they'd love to do that.
In between those main activities, the weather is starting to get warmer, so we can start venturing out more. We'll be going to the zoo, and other things around here. This summer the kiddos are going to start horseback riding lessons. Not much to teach them at this stage other than balance, which is kind of mandatory :P
We also want to go to NY. as well. We want to take the kiddos up to see Clint's family again. We haven't pinned down a time on that quite yet, but we're thinking around July.
The 20th of this month is our anniversary! We'll have been married for 5 years already!!!
We took the kids to the car show here on Sat. What a joke, we won't be doing that again! WAY too many people and the cost to get in and parking...no thanks! There were supposed to be characters like Dora and Diego as well as spiderman, etc. I didn't see any of them. Clint said he saw the ninja turtles, but I didn't. Which means the kids didn't. $12 for per ticket for Clint and I to get in as well as $15 for parking....that's not gonna happen again! I'm glad we got out of the house though. We went out to dinner after and had an ok time. The kids loved climbing in the cars, but when it came time to get out, they would freak out. Well, Kaiden would more than Kayley. Oh well, now we know.
Hope everyone is well.

A moment in time...

Dear sweet Angel,
You were only with us for a brief moment. I only saw a glimpse of you on ultrasound. You would have been due in September, only you were taken away before that time came. I dreamt of you. I saw you and I held you. You were sweet and warm and you were mine. But that dream has come to an end and instead there is an emptiness inside where you would have continued to grow. You were special and couldn't stay. It was all taken away too soon. I will be strong and I can move on, but I will not forget you. You gave us hope, we know that we can get pregnant without the use of fertility treatments. We will try again, but for now we will be remembering and thinking of you. I love you, and miss you.
Mommy

It's over

So I started bleeding really bad this morning. It's over, I've had a miscarriage.