Funny Girls

A little of this, a little of that

Jason's sister Patty was going to take Regan and Sophie to a plant nursery to get some flowers.  While they were getting into the car Regan said, "Patty, we won't give you any trouble, if you give us whatever we want."  Then Sophie pipes up, "Let's roll!"

If something isn't making Regan happy, she says her life is going crazy.

I needed some pictures to hang up in my living room and took these in Mesa while visiting my parents.  Such pretty girls.

Since August I have pretty much stopped taking my allergy medicine.  Now if you know me, then you know that this is no little thing.  My whole life it seems, I have taken allergy medicine everyday of the year.  The pills were making me so sick during my pregnancy so I tried not taking them and since August, I can count on two hands the number of times I have taken my allergy medicine.  For the first time in a looooong time I have actually enjoyed spring time and all the blossoms that are on the trees.  God still works miracles today!!

Reganism

On the way home from school, Regan said.....
"Mom, if we had lots and lots of money, we could give it to all the poor people.  Then there wouldn't be any more poor people and poor would be a nonsense word."
You are absolutely right darling girl!

3 Months Old

Allie is such a sweet heart. She will smile, but you have to work for it, except when she wakes up. She is all smiles when she wakes. I love it.

She is a little somber. It looks like she is deep in thought and just studies your face like she's trying to understand some unseen thing.

She sucks on her fingers like they are going to disappear if she doesn't.

Her eye has a blocked tear duct and it is goopy all day long.

She has started blowing raspberries and giggling.

She got sick for the first time with a nasty cough and ear infection.  She was really quite good through it.  Took her to the doctor and he gave her a breathing treatment and some antibiotics.  She does NOT like to take medicine.  As soon as the syringe touches her lips she starts gagging. 

Not sure what her eye color is going to be yet.  Sometimes it looks dark, other times kind of a grayish color.

Everyone in our house is so crazy in love with this little girl.  We just can't get enough of her!

2 Months Old

Allie is growing so fast.  At her two month check up she was 12 lbs.  She hates tummy but sleeps 8 hours at night.  Hallelujah!!! A much better sleeper than either of her sisters were and are.  She likes to be held of course but is good with being put down.  She likes being sung to and the itsy bitsy spider song especially.

She does not like her car seat, but does like the swing.

She is such a good sweet baby!

Pretty Princess Party

When you have girls, you don't really get into monster trucks and G.I. Joes.  You get into dress up and princesses.  In January, Regan didn't have school for a couple of days and we tried to figure out things we could do to keep boredom away.  That brought on the Pretty Princess Party!

The girls dressed up in beautiful dress.  (They are kind of somber because being a princess does take a level of pomp and decorum.)

I got their hair all fancy.

I put make-up on them.

The two prettiest princesses in the land!

Of course "tea and crumpets" (water and nutella sandwiches) were served by servant Kristal.  

They used their best british accents to converse and ask for more tea and crumpets.

Overall a very lovely party :)

Space Aliens

A while back I saw a picture of some hot dogs with spaghetti in it.  So one night I got a wild hair and the girls and I made some.

They look kind of crazy and I didn't have a name for them so we call them space aliens.

The girls had a great time making them.

And eating them too!

The second time we made it we didn't half the noodles that we stuck in the hot dogs and that seemed to work better. I made extra noodles with it and put some spaghetti sauce on it.  Just stick them in a pot of boiling water with extra noodles.  Easy peasy (as Regan would say)! It was so tasty!

Allie's Blessing

January 8th, 2012
6 weeks old

We blessed Allie in St. George at Jason's mom's ward.  It is more of a central location for our families since we don't have any family in Salt Lake.  

Jason's parents

My mom made this gorgeous blessing dress with a bonnet.  She hand sewed all of this pretty trim around the dress and the bonnet.

Janie and Allie

Kandra, Jared and Allie

I feel bad I didn't take more pictures, but oh well.  The blessing so beautiful.  We had a bunch of family there.  My parents were able to come as well as my brother's family, and of course all of Jason's family including some cousins that we didn't expect to see.  We also had our good friends, the Colvins, there to support us.  We have great family and friends!

Optimism

Regan: Why isn't Allie wearing the new outfit she had on?
Me: Because she had a blow out.
Regan: What's a blowout?
Me: It's when Allie's poop comes out of her diaper.  See her onesie?  This yellow stuff is her poop.
Regan: At least it's a pretty yellow.  :)

Jason is in the kitchen looking through the spice cupboard and Sophie comes in looking at something.
Sophie: What the?
Jason: (turns to her) What?
Sophie: I said What The.  It's okay daddy, I didn't say what the hell.

6 weeks old

Today we went to Layton to visit some friends that are having triplets.  Crazy stuff.
Regan: Where are we?
Jason: Layton
Regan: Layton rhymes with Satan.
Minute later
Regan: I'm getting nervous because Layton rhymes with Satan.
Oh Regan.  She is too clever for her own good :)

8.5 weeks old

Cheering squad

Sophie: Regan what are you doing?!?

Regan: I'm in the bathroom.

Sophie: What are you doing now?

Regan: I'm pulling down my pants.

Sophie: What are you doing now?

Regan: I'm sitting on the toilet.

Sophie:  What are you doing now?

Regan: I'm poopin'!

Grunting from Regan.

Sophie:  Go Regan Go!  Go Regan Go!  Go Regan Go!

Regan's origins revealed

Regan has finally broke the news to us about where she comes from.  It is called Wizard Land.  It was a planet that she lived on, and before it was shattered to pieces by a tornado, her wizard parents sent her on a small space ship and she flew through space into Jennifer's tummy.  She is apparently the only wizard left and can't use her powers all the time or they will disappear.

"Women in Wizard Land have babies everyday.  They have a baby one day, then the next day they have another baby."  Yipes....glad I'm not in Wizard Land.  Sounds a lot like hell to me.  We had just gotten home from somewhere and I set the baby down on my bed because she was asleep.  A few minutes later, Regan asks me if I have changed Allie's diaper and I said no.  She said, "Mom, you should have changed her now.  That is wizard language.  It means you should have changed her now.  It kind of sounds the same."

She could not stop talking about it for two hours.  I caught bits and pieces of it because the baby was crying, I was trying to organize dinner, the baby was crying, and then we were eating dinner.  I had to tell her about twenty times to be quiet and finish her cereal all gone or it would get soggy.  "Mom, did you know that in wizard language 'all gone' is 'cokina'?"
"Oh, really?  Well, EAT YOUR CEREAL COKINA FOR HEAVEN SAKES!"
Sophie thought it was pretty funny.  Regan, however, gave me a look that said, "how dare you use my wizard language!"

(A piece of her homework.  Baby got back! :)

There is no food or water in Wizard Land so I have to conclude that people there are starving and stinky.

This is her wizard mother, Wizard Love.  And she was apparently the most beautiful wizard mom in Wizard Land.  More beautiful than a peacock.  Those are rainbow earrings on her deformed ears.  Her wizard dad, Dwang, has dark skin and bluish green ginormous ears.  Regan is at the bottom.  They named her Regan too, coincidentally.

At the end of our world the wizard world will be put back together and she will return there.  We learn new things about wizards and wizard world everyday.  What a crazy, smart, imaginative girl I have!

(the t-rex she created out of geometric blocks)

Holiday Time - Arizona

We left St. George Christmas Eve and went to AZ to spend Christmas with my family.

My dad getting acquainted with Allie. Regan was talking to my dad while he was holding Allie and said, "Grandpa, Allie is the best Christmas present ever!". So sweet :)

One awesome guy and three sweet gals. How lucky am I?!?

Santa, aka Keith Bigler, came and saw the girls. He is so great. He goes around town every Christmas eve and sees a bunch of kids and gives them a candy cane. The girls remember him from last year and were so excited to see him again. He grew a beard just for the occasion.

On Christmas day we went to church then came home and opened presents. My mom got the girls the cutest dresses. Regan is not into pretty fru- fru dresses, but she loved this so much that she said she wanted to wear it every Sunday. Hooray!

Sophie was so concerned about what Kandra would think about her dress. "Do you think Kandra will love my dress? Do you think she'll think I look beautiful? I hope she does." They're precious.

Gavin and Brett didn't want to miss out on picture time. Ok, maybe Brett didn't care, but Gavin wanted in on the action.

I love this gorgeous dress Allie has on. She is such a little beauty. (4 weeks old)

Christmas was great. Not too many pictures of the actual mayhem. I got these from Kandra, but we had a good time anyway. Later that day we went to Pinetop to have Christmas dinner with Wendy and her family since Skyler can't really travel right now because of his surgeries. 21 inch incision on his back!! The poor kid.

Jason, Allie, and yours truly

Sophie and Gavin

Kandra, Brett, Gavin

The next day Jason and Kandra took the kids out sledding. They had a great time!

We had a great time in AZ. It's always nice to go back to my home town and see my family and great friends. I wish we lived closer so it isn't several months in between visits, but we live where we have to and must bloom where we're planted!