We love packages!

We must be very loved!  We got more fun mail recently and, as you can see, M wanted to immediately put her new stickers to use!  And we mean immediately.  She was so cute about the princess stickers too!  They were super-sticky and so they lasted through several days and she wore them everywhere and yes, Daddy and I wore them too!  

What a girl needs...

My cousin tagged me and it was indeed entertaining.  You type your name into Google along with "needs" and see what pops up.

What I "need"...

1) protection

2) three olives and some yarn

3) a HERO!!!

4) a brewskie

5) your prayers

6) to stomp that Latin out!

7) loving

8) a spring cleaning

9) more hip action

10) no defense

M "needs"...

1) help

2) a very quiet home in a place with few or no thunderstorms and lots of sunshine

3) a summer intern

4) a [butt] kicking

5) to return to Rexburg (yes, seriously Grace!) 

6) sleep

7) a makeover

8) to buy me a drink

9) a pep talk

10) to go back to school (try start in three years!)

Please bless...

M's been repeating prayers for months and I love it!  She loves saying her own bedtime prayers.  I'm trying to help her be more independent with it.  She now knows how to start and end her prayers all by herself.  I'm also just prompting, "we're thankful for" and "please bless" and trying to let her fill in the blanks.  It's has yielded some pretty cute results! The other night she was both thankful and blessed BUBBLES!  (apparently we need to play with them more because we hadn't for days when it appeared twice in the prayer!)  Last night we were at Jeff and Katie's and she blessed Jeff twice.  We already knew she was a fan of Jeff but apparently we didn't know how much! :)

Let the Insomnia Begin!

I remember this from last time. I've been dreading it.

The point where you just can't get comfortable.

Where you toss and turn all night but wake up each time because it's such an effort to get the beached whale to actually turn all the way over.

The point where your mind will not slow down and stop for the night.  

Where all of a sudden you can now remember all the things you forgot on your list.

I couldn't get to sleep last night, then I woke up every hour and even read a chapter in my book at 3am.  

Help!

Needing to get back into my creative groove!

I had a lot of fun buying fabric last week.  Now I need to get to work!

I've had  a lazy month in April, recovering from a bunch of stressful ones.  I think I deserved to take a break, enjoy living with my family together again, and not working as much.  However, now I need to get back to it!  My goals this week? 

-make a dress for M (I got the fabric and pattern a month ago and it's sat in the laundry room since then!)

-start on L/E's baby blanket 

-bring the bed downstairs and have a real bedroom again! (Grandma's been encouraging us to do this from the start so it's about time!)

-make mother's day presents before we leave for Colorado next week

-only one lunch out with M (don't judge me on this one, it's too easy to grab a sandwich when your toddler's best errand running time is right around lunch!)

We'll see how we do.  In the meantime, here's some of my inspiration!

fabric for the new baby's blanket
this one's for me-not sure what I'm going to do with it but it's so pretty! and cherries!  how could i resist???
This is for M's dress. I'm halfway there and hopefully will be done before too long!

My Top 10 Mom List

5 Things I love about My Mom

5. She is one of my favorite people to talk to.  I talk to her almost everyday and only worry that I'm pestering her some of the time. 

4. She is a wonderful example of everything-good cooking, housekeeping, being a supportive wife and Mom, attitude, unconditional love, talent

3. She has always played a big part in my life: from embarrassing me in elementary school class parties with her crazy costumes complete with bells on her shoes, to finding a way to come to all of my girls' camps, to taking care of me when my baby was born and I had surgery.

2. She's a wonderful grandma to all six and a half of her grandchildren-loving them and caring for them and teaching us to be better parents to them.

1. She's my Mom and she's always loved me and I know she always will.

5 Things I Love about Being a Mom

5. M is my biggest fan-I love that she thinks I'm the coolest! (although it hasn't been helpful with my new calling-she's had to leave sacrament meeting two weeks in a row screaming for me!)

4. I love watching my babies grow and the companions and friends that I've gained in these two beautiful girls (I'm just sure this next one is beautiful too! :)

3. As overwhelming and scary as it is, I love teaching and sharing the world with my girl.  I love watching her learn and develop and being a part of that. I love watching the traits come out that remind me of me or my sister like her singing and dancing.

2. I love snuggling with my girl.  When she was tiny, I loved having her sleep on my chest and now I love when she snuggles up with a book or a princess show or just because!

1. It is amazing to be part of my girl's life-to know that we created her, to know where she came from and for her to be a part of our eternal family.

What did you say???

This morning M was playing with my hair and said,
"Mom! Duck pee!"

what?????
translated: Mom! Look Pretty! :)
funny girl