January Happenings

 We've had some visitors-Chloe with Alec and Mailey

 My cousin Kara aka Aunt Kara

 She really is a great helper...most of the time...

 Just before we took family pictures

 Chloe's gag reflex in action!  For some reason when she's done feeding Avery or she spits up, Chloe starts to say "Take her, taker!" and gag.  Silly girl!

 Grandma Bonnie with Avery after she got her hair done

 Gotta get the classic sleeping with Daddy picture!

 I put Avery in Chloe's bed with her for story time and the both LOVED it!

 Especially after Dad got home!

 Documenting Ronnie's bed head for future generations...proof of his thrashing sleep habits!

Already trying to hold her own bottle :)

 We had a jammie day on Monday-this is the girls watching Dora.  I feel terrible, but Avery already loves watching TV and will sit and stare at the screen!

Chloe decided on our jammie day that she wanted to dress up like Rapunzel and watch Tangled together.  She also decided it was hilarious to stick her finger up her nose and wouldn't move it for the picture.  She's such a jokester these days!

 The Barfinator!  I thought we lucked out and that Avery wouldn't be a barfer like her big sister, but apparently I spoke to soon because she went through 3 outfits yesterday :(

Making our Family Home Evening Treat together!  Poor Ronnie looks so tire...because he is!  He's running ragged these days :(

Chloe's little setup-I love how Avery's smiling at her!

Exasperated sigh....where to begin???  January has shown us a small sample of what our lives are going to be like for the next year and it is BUSSSSAY!  Life right now for us is wonderful, blissful, fun and at times overwhelming, depressing, chaotic, and BUSY (Maybe it's the other way around...life can be overwhelming, chaotic and busy, but at times wonderful, blissful and fun!)!  My life is very full of new beginnings...as in I have a new beginning every day, because whatever I did yesterday, didn't work out so well.  I LOVE my darling girls, but life with 2 is challenging!  Some days (as seen above) we don't even make it out of our jammies!  But with that challenge comes fulfillment-the little glimmers in time when Chloe begs me to lay in bed with her and snuggle, when she comes to me and says "Mommy, I need a hug." and the million funny little things she says all day.  She stops me in my tracks every time she says "Mommy, be nice to me!" when I'm starting to go over the edge.  I love the time just after Avery finishes eating and is perfectly content to look up into my eyes and coo and gurgle at me.  You can just tell that her little smiley eyes (inherited from her Daddy) are full of love for me, her imperfect Mommy.  Motherhood is HARD and it is definitely my refiners fire right now, but I am in love with it!

While I'm busy at home, Ronnie is getting pounded out in the "real world".  He currently works full time at the radio station as their IT/engineer assistant and is either in the station or up tromping through the mountains fixing antennas.  He's also hard at work opening his computer shop (more to come on that), still taking computer clients, and repairs cash registers.  He's always flying in and out of the house and is usually on the phone while doing so. Sadly, he doesn't have much time for airplanes anymore-thanks your sacrifice hon!  Aside from that, he's the Sr. Primary chorister (how perfect is that?) and I'm the 8-9 year girls Activity Days leader.  We will also be starting construction on our home sometime in February, through the Color Country Community Housing program!!!  It took me a while to feel this way, but I am SUPER excited to be building our own home!  To be able to paint, renovate, have a garden, or get a dog will be so liberating!  Unfortunately, what free time we did have will be eaten up by building our home, since the program requires sweat equity and we will have to work 30 hours a week.  We're hoping to be in sometime in the fall :)  Like I said, life is BUSSSAY, but it's the best busy out there!