The small notes

I'm not sure if anyone really reads this or if this is more just a place like a diary where I can write down things and come back later and remember them.  Either way I wanted to write down a few things. Things have been crazy around here.  I wrote a long blog about a week ago and just as I went to hit publish... Ashley hit the button on the CPU to shut down the computer. Isn't that just my luck? Right now we are in the twin teething phase. You know the phase where the kids are just about 1 year & 1/2 and they are sleeping SO good and then their molars start to come in.  Yep, we are in molar city around here.  Here is what typical nights are like... We put the twins to bed at 7pm.  A half hour or hour into their sleep one wakes up screaming...and I mean screeeeeeeeeaming...  a few seconds later the other one wakes up screaming.... we orajel them up, depending on the situation we give a little motrin and the cycle continues ALL night long. Waking up....orajel... trying to get them back to bed.  It's almost like you are back in the newborn stage where they only sleep a few hours at a time.  I know this is all normal but when it is double the screaming it makes for some long nights.  Last night Ashley was the culprit.  Usually when I put them down Ashley will put her pointer finger in her mouth and she is out but last night she was the one who started the scream fest.  I quickly grabbed her and decided to bring her in my bed and she went back to sleep.  An hour later Buddy woke up screaming so we put Ashy back in the crib.. grabbed Buddy and put him in bed with me. I guess it is kinda funny if you think about all the moving around and bed hopping but at the time I am definitely not laughing in the moment.


The next thing we have going on is Cambree's dance class.  Now let me begin by saying I am the second most paranoid/anxious person in the world. The first being my mother.  I am SO my mother when it comes to this.  I am talking knots in my stomach anxious.  I wish I knew the secret to relaxed mothers however I just have to point out having the 3 kids who are 3 and under probably put me over the top in my anxious category.  One thing I know for sure is Cambree LOVES to dance.... another thing I know for sure is she doesn't love ballet. Today she has her second class of ballet/ tap/ tumbling and I'm praying it goes smoothly.    I have put Cam in her ballet shoes all week in preparation for class. She dances all around the house and believe me she would tap all day if I let her.  I wish I could just relax and realize it is just dance class and it will be fine.  


Luckily my sister and her family are coming down for the 4th of July.  Fort Bragg is having a huge extravaganza! Then after that it is the countdown until I get to go home for christmas! Yes I know it is a long way off but hey it is the small things that keep me going everyday! Now back to that dance class... just kidding. 

Dancing Diva!!

From the second Cambree could walk she was dancing! She use to watch the movie Rio over and over and over again and dance along with the birds. The beginning sequence was her favorite.... and let me tell you her little legs can move fast! She will dance along to any song! Her favorite right now is "I like to move it move it" from Madagascar 2.  Then she surprised me and started doing the splits during her dances... yes the SPLITS. I knew right then (okay I knew before) that she is going to be a star! A dancing star! I have been waiting for my lil girl to turn 3 so she could officially start dance classes.  I have been on the look out for a good dance class and luckily one fell into my lap.  We live in off base housing in a housing area called Linden Oaks. There is this group for it on Facebook (of course) and this lady started talking about a new dance studio that was opening up just down the street from us. How perfect is that? Fate? Destiny?? (What, I'm excited!) Naturally I signed Cambree up and dance classes start June 18th! I signed her up in a combo class of tap, ballet, and tumbling.  Luckily a cute little girl from church is in the same class as Cambree so today Kimmi and I took our girls out shopping for the class. We were on a mission to find tap shoes (could you die?! Cambree in TAP shoes?!), ballet shoes (again could you die?!) and of course a leotard.. but lets be honest at her age of course I'm buying her one with a tutu!! I wanted a cute pink one but I found this amazing black one! It is to die for! We took the girls back to try them on in the changing rooms and I heard Kimmi squeal first... her daughter found an adorable pink one. I had Cambree try on the black one and I was in love!!! I'm telling you... Cambree in this tutu... she is destined to be a star!!! Well I came back off my cloud as we tried on tap shoes. Ohhh my gosh... can you say melt down? Cambree was screaming... loudly. Naturally as any mother with a screaming child does.. I started to sweat.. and get flushed. There is nothing worse than a screaming child... unless it is a screaming child you are trying to get to fit into a tap shoe!! It was truly one of the most embarrassing moments I've had as a mom.  Anyway we purchased our items and of course Cambree insisted on wearing the tutu all day.  I let her tap tap tap in the bathroom with her tap shoes for a minute and boy was she excited when she found out the loud noise those shoes made.  I had to pry them off of her and hide them!! I am sooooo excited for these dance classes.  It is one thing to put a girl in dance classes because it would be cute... it is another to put a girl who LOVES to dance in dance classes and see her blossom! I'm so excited for my lil dancer :)


                                                                  

This is cute little Allegra & Cam in the dressing rooms trying on their tutu's

This is Cambree at home tap tap tapping away in her shoes! 

The wheels on the bus go round and round!

So I'm sitting in my amazing new Mothers Day lounge chair with my iPad on my lap and some earphones on and I thought I should jot down a few of the funny things that have happened around this crazy house before I forget. Let's start with the toilet. Yes, the toilet. It seems to be the newest fascination of my twins. If I forget even for a split second to close the bathroom door the twins will seize the opportunity and run in there. It is usually just when I have gotten comfortable on my lounge chair and I'm sipping on a drink that I will hear it. The most dreaded noise... The splish splashing noise of two little stinkers playing in the toilet. Ugh!!! They are so happy doing it too. Buddy LOVES to throw toys in there now too. That only turned into a real problem one day when I didn't feel like sticking my hand in the toilet to retrieve a Lego and a bath toy Buddy threw in there... I heard the flushing sound and was like noooooo... Apparently Keri wasn't aware of the toys lurking in the royal throne and down the toys went. Cambree is usually my source of constant entertainment. She is three years old and I'm positive she is the funniest person to have ever walked the earth. Currently she is obssessed with Octonauts & Doc McStuffins. Two shows on the Disney channel. Cambree drives me crazy all day asking to watch Octonauts & Doc McStuffin... What is worse is she demands a CERTAIN EPISODE! Apparently her favorite is the ghost whale episode. OCTONAUTS MOMMY! GHOST WHALE! Now while I knew it was crazy a 3 year old was requesting a certain episode I certainly wasn't prepared for her to have the show MEMORIZED! She can recite the episode while she watches it. This is a sign i either let her watch too much tv or she is gonna be amazing in life! The twins definately keep me busy. A day with them goes something like this.. Duel screaming around 7am... Then a race out the bedroom door to avoid a diaper change. Changing Buddy's diaper is like wrestling with an alligator. He trashes and thrashes around.. By the end of the diaper change I'm certain I've gotten my exercise in for the day. Then it is off to the sippy cup madness. I fill up two sippy and hand them out and the fun begins. Ashley will take hers and attempt to take Buddy's too. This causes crying typically. Lets face it i think Ashley is a sippy cup hoarder. She loves to take Cambree's too. If Buddy manages to hold onto his cup the second he makes the mistake of putting it down, Ashy will grab it. She is fast too. Another one of Ashley's favorite past times is taking Cambree's favorite toys and running away with them. Cambree will scream and chase after her but Ashy is strong. She will have a death grip on those toys. Ashley also enjoys pulling Cambrees locks.. Especially while cambree is getting a diaper change. Yes, I think lil Ashy is quite possibly a lil tyrant. She runs our house for sure. The thing is she is so smart too. I fear for the other two ;) Well I just noticed the time.. It is the most glorious time of the day! NAP TIME! I put the twins down for a nap and get some free time while Cambree watches.. Wait for it... Octonauts lol. I sure love these munchkins but boy do they give me a run for my money!

Utah...Vegas.. and more....

 Judging from the christmas border I have up on this blog I am WAY behind!!! These three munchkins of mine keep this mommy busy! So to recap... in March my dad came out and we flew home with Ashley bug to Utah.  Dad and I LOVE to plot and plan adventures and our favorite scheme is always convincing mom and Keri to let us go to the WAC tourney!! We have been die hard Aggie fans since forever! Dad and I have been driving to Aggie basketball games and football games since at least the 8th grade when we moved back to Utah (after my dad retired from the Army) There is no better place than the Spectrum or Romney Stadium!! Well we took it a step further when one year I had the BRILLIANT idea that we MUST go to the tournaments.   For years we've been hoping in the car and driving to these tournaments.  Why should this year be any different? You HAVE keep tradition alive right? RIGHT??  Well.. it didn't hurt that the tourney was being held in VEGAS BABY!!!! So a plan was hatched... the only thing was mom insisted I bring one of the kids for her to see.  Well the twins are still under two so I can take one of them for free on my lap... and lets face it Ashley is the easiest so there we were... Dad, Ashley, and I on a plane to Utah *cue to music... Tonightttttt... we are yoooooooung....*

This is Dad and I Ashy previous to us taking off! Doesn't Ashy make THE cutest Aggie fan?! 

 Naturally I had to decorate the car to let everyone on the roads exactly where we were headed and where they were not!!

( These next few pictures snuck in out of place..) This is Ashy with her bestest friend Brynlee!   Future America's Next Top Models!!!!

 This is Ashy with her other best friend Pepper!!! How cute are they!

 This is Ashy with MY bestest-est-est friend Aubs! She is an amazing mother of four and soon to be five when i convince her to keep Ashley lol.  Jk!

 Okay back to the trip lol.... this is dad out enjoying the Vegas night life. I swear he was the energizer bunny... after the games I would be tired and he would be like... lets go!!!!!! I swear we were out til 2am everynight.  The next morning he would be out of bed before I even woke up! This is one man you WANT to take a trip with! He loooooooooooooves to go go go! 

 This was seriously my favorite picture!!! Watching the water display at Bellagio! 

Another view from the Bellagio looking out! Vegas is SPECTACULAR!!!!

 Okay so we knew going into the tournament that this was NOT our year. We had a horrible team... when I saw horrible I mean... I haven't seen a team this bad in YEARS! Buuut we have been to tournaments where they were A SHOO IN to win the tournament and didn't so you just never know! We actually did know but it was VEGAS! How could we help ourselves?! Basketball.... Vegas.... Dad's credit card????? I call that a triple threat LOL. (Kidding about Dad's card.... kindof!) Anyway we had a FABULOUS time in Utah and I got to see a lot of my friends that I MISS!!!!! See you all again for Christmas!!!!

Baby toes make me smile!

 Cambree & Ashy's toes!

Cambree's cute lil toes!

Ashy's lil toes!

I love love love having girls! I love when Cambree wants her toes painted! I love when Ashley holding still so I can paint hers too! Normally I hate toes but from the moment Cambree was born I fell in love with her toes. I remember asking my mom when she thought I would stop being obsessed with how cute Cambree's toes were and she said around 3.  Well Cambree is almost 3 and I still love her toes! I love my girly girls!!

Love hate but mostly dislike!

A LOT of things have been annoying me lately. Life with 3 kids under 3 is completely overwhelming and stressful. Not to mention they outnumber me 3-1.   I've decided to write down a list of things that I hate, dislike, and love as a why to vent and get out some frustration...


Things I hate:
*Piles and piles AND piles of diapers! (And me being the only person to pick them up!)


Things I dislike:
*Having 3 kids in diapers


Things I love:
*My 3 kids


Things I hate:
*Commercials! 


Things I dislike:
*Cambree's obsession with watching My Little Pony's and CRYING when commercials come on, and whining until I fast forward through the commercials. (Thanks to Grandma D showing her you can fast forward through commercials to start her crying when commercials come on! 


Things I hate:
*Waking up in the morning


Things I dislike:
Going in the twins room in the morning and changing two poopy diapers to start off my day every day


Things I love:
My twins!

Holiday fun fun fun!

We have been busy the last few months!! We went to f*l*o*r*i*d*a for Thanksgiving to spend the holiday's with Keri's family. While we were there Dana treated to the most amazing day at Disney world!!!! I can't tell who was more excited to be there.. Cambree or me... probably me!

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Us in front of the castle!  

 Cambree with her ears!! She wore them all day!

 Which way to the castle? This way daddy.. this way...

 One happy girl on daddy's shoulders!

 Cam loved the dancing!

 Disney world was all decked out for Christmas! It was gorgeous!! 

 Ashley was to die for in those ears!!!

 I couldn't help but take another pic!!!!

 Buddy was NOT happy to be in his mouse ears! Boo!

 Keri's mom Dana with the kids! 

 We also made time to hit up the zoo. Cambree and Keri fed the birds... I was in the background screaming lol. Cambree was SO brave!!

 Buddy and daddy moment! 

 We were lucky enough to be around for one of Andrew's basketball games! This is Keri with his dad. Good looks run in the family ;)

 The man, the legend... one of my favorite people Andrew!! He plays point guard naturally! 

 I never had a chance to put up pictures from Halloween... so why not throw them up now.  Cambree was a lil bee. She LOVED this outfit. She wore it for days before halloween! It was even cuter when she would go around saying Buuuuuzzzzzz...

 It was pooooooouring rain but Cambree was anxious to get going! She was the cutest trick or treater! 

Ashley and Austin guarded the door (aka tried to eat all the candy!) 

We have had an amazing last few months! We had the best time in Florida! It was so nice to spend time with family!! Dana and Bob did SO much for us, we can't thank them enough!! Next up: Christmas!!!!!