Troy's surgery

On Friday Troy went into the outpatient center to have his tongue tie lasered. We also woke up to this:

I was pretty nervous. They put him all the way under but there is no need for pain medicine because it's pretty simple. They kept saying, "It will feel like he burnt his tongue." I guess that's not too bad. Luckily my friend Ashley has been through it all before, her daughter had the same thing, so she helped talk me through it! That was so helpful! Here is Troy's before picture:

This is Troy after:

And here is Troy awake and ready to leave:

Once it was all done I thought that it was not too bad but I think I got a taste of what moms feel like when there kiddos have to undergo surgery. It's kind of a scary feeling! While all that was going on this is what Hailey was doing:


She got an awesome makeover from Grandma Hakes and Aunt Carrie. Hailey had a lot of fun! Thanks for helping us out! Here is a you tube video of a dentist doing one if you are interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDnJb61sHe4 Honestly after a saw this once I couldn't watch it again. We had a wonderful ears, nose, and throat Doctor who performed this for us and he did a great job. I'm glad we got it done. I'm also glad it's over. He has recovered really well. It really hasn't been too traumatizing. It's pretty cute to see him using his tongue differently, like today and yesterday he has started blowing/spiting, I can't really explain it but it's so cute and before he couldn't put his tongue there. There are some negative side effects for not fixing a tongue tie such as possible nursing problems, possible speech problems, not being able to lick an ice cream cone and difficulty kissing. Hopefully none of our other kids will be born with this.

Cute Hailey moments

The other day I was at McDonalds and Hailey came over and said, "Kids are chasing me and I don't like it." Then a couple minutes later she came over and said, "A boy is chasing me and I like it!" I was so cute I couldn't hardly stand it! Other cute things that she says alot lately is " Are you happy? Make a happy face." (Usually she has done something bad and we are mad.) Also she'll say, "Why you laugh?" or "What you say?" She want to get her mind around everything. Another cute thing about Hailey, the other day she took all her clothes off at my parents house and she had Elmo panties on. I was trying to get her to put her clothes back on and I said "do you want us to all see your panties?" and she did this cute pose so everyone laughed and it hurt her feelings. I guess she felt like we were laughing at her but we all just thought it was so cute! She talked abouted that for days. Hailey sure is a fun girl!

New Moon

Thanks to my brother Scott who works at the movie theaters. Him and I were able to see New Moon last night! I loved it! It was absolutely worth only getting four hours of sleep. And I even dreamed about it the rest of the night! I would highly recommend it! It also showed me that I need to get out more. I told Scott that it made me feel young again to go see a late movie! (I know like I'm so old!LOL) I realized that mentally I really needed a little break. Josh and I set a goal to get out more even if it's only 1 hour for dinner or something like that! GO SEE IT! You won't be disappointed!

Silly Girl!

I was sitting on the couch feeding Troy and Hailey's there just hanging out. She puts her head down on the couch, whatever. Then I notice that she hasn't moved much in the last minute, then I realize that she feel asleep like that, with half of her body off the couch and standing up. She slept like that for about a half an hour, I woke her up because it was already too late for a long nap. I thought her leg might be hurting her because it looked hyper extended but she didn't complain about it and she is pretty flexible! Josh put it pretty well, "She just goes and goes til there nothing left in the tank." We love that silly girl!

Random things

I thought I'd try putting Troy on Hailey's lap at the store so that I didn't have to carry him. It was pretty cute but it didn't last too long before Hailey was saying troy is leaning on me. I can't blame her he's a big boy!

We went to my mom's school for a fund raiser they were having. They had a ton of games for the kids to play and Hailey just had a blast! She ran and skipped to all the games! I've never done videos before so once I figured it out I got a little excited and that's why there's two!

My friend lent us this cute bouncer. I've always wanted one but it's always great to borrow stuff! Anyway, this is Troy's first time and although he's not totally getting it I'm pretty happy that he's not hating it. Hopefully it will only be a matter of time until he's got it firgured out. Not the most exciting video. Hailey insisted her turn was next but we were like no way. I've had a rough time with Hailey lately, talking back to me, running away from me in the store and hitting me with whatever. She usually is just whipping something around not intentionally trying to hit but not being mindful either. This is a tough stage. She is pure ENGERY!

Crazy Sunday!

On Sunday I was really hopeing to get a nap. Josh had had a tough Saturday though because he'd been driving all day and late into the night, so I told him I'd help him get a nap even if I didn't get one. Hailey didn't not fall asleep as planned on the way home so I decided to lay on the couch and turn on a show for Hailey so that I could rest. She kept bothering me trying to wipe my nose and climbing on top of me, etc. A little later the doorbell rings and I realize that I have fallen asleep, I hop up get the door and then I go to find Hailey. She's not in her room, not with Josh, not in the bathroom, I start to panic until I find this:

I couldn't believe that she had fallen asleep right next to me on the floor. Not like her at all. And even crazier that I luckily didn't step on her when I got up. Hailey has been pretty difficult when it comes to naps and bed time lately. Hopefully it'll get better!

using left over face paint

Hailey found the face paint from Halloween and just went to town! She got the biggest kick out of this! Although I wish I would had started her out of a different color then red because even after we rubbed it off it still kinda stained her face! I'm sure with time it'll come out!

Halloween costumes

So last minute I decided that it'd be really cute to have a little theme with my kids costumes like most everyone I know did. So I thought it's be cute to make Troy Elmo to go with Abby Cadabby. We basically got him a cute Elmo shirt and put a little red on his nose! Unfortnately Josh had to be away for his Aunt's funeral but luckily my parents played with us on Halloween! It was pretty fun, Hailey had a blast Trick or Treating!

Growing too fast!

Troy as of tomorrow is 4 months old! We got to sneak in 2 days early for his check up. He weighs a wopping 16 pounds 5 ounces! WOW! He's in the 97 percentile. Pretty inpressive for being a premie. It's hard to believe considering that it was so tough to get Hailey to gain any weight. The Doctor asked me if I was feeding him anything else, "Nope just breast milk!" He's pretty serious when it comes to eating. He also has kind of been sucking his thumb although he's not real consistant with it but I think it's pretty cute. The Doctor also noticed that his gums were a little puffy and come to think he has been drooling a lot, uh oh, I hope he's still a little ways away from teeth!

Halloween Party!

Hailey and Troy Together!

Hailey as Abby Cadabby.

Troy my little pumkin!

Our ward had a Halloween party and so we got to dress up early! Hailey had a few firsts, first time wearing make up and first time we curled her hair! I loved it so much I'm wondering why I don't try to curl it more often. She does have a hard time sitting still! I think the pumkin idea was perfect for Troy. Oh and I realized at the end of the day that I had put on hailey's wings upside down. oh well. Hailey was a little disapointed that she couldn't fly with her wings. She kept saying put on my wings so that I can fly! It was pretty cute!

Birthday fun!

We had my family over on Monday for dinner and cupcakes! So fun! didn't get a picture of Karl and Leslie!

Hailey's working on her technique to blow out the candles, which she did about ten times and kept saying more. My good friend Kimberly sent my this flower cake, your awesome Kim!

I'm showing Hailey the technique, which I should add it worked quite well!

Yummy breakfast Josh made! What a sweetie!

I had a great day on my birthday! Josh got up early, went to the store and bought food to make breakfast. He also had the kitchen all cleaned up for me, it was an awesome surprise. My friends Ashley and April also stopped by for a minute, how fun! I also enjoyed talking to my wonderful grandparents that called and Katie! We also got to celebrate with the Hakes last Sunday, with the other October birthdays! My Mother-in-law made a super yummy carrot cake for my Birthday that really hit the spot! (She also made a cake for Carrie so there was a lot of cake!) Thanks everyone!!

corn maze, Take 2!

I just love this picture of Hailey with my mom! This picture of me and Troy not so awesome but at least you can see we were there!

Luckily we got to go to the corn maze again, with my mom's school for a field trip! I'm still sad about the pictures I deleted but I also got some cute new ones! This is us on the hayride! Troy especially loved it, he fell asleep on the way back!

Another first

On Tuesday Troy rolled over for the first time and I happened to have my camera right there so I snapped a couple of pictures and I was so excited that I had captured that moment. Then that night I accidentally deleted all my pictures, scroll down for the complete story. So today I was hoping to get some new cute pictures of Troy and he immediately did another roll for me, in slow motion, so my not so awesome camera could catch the whole thing. I was super excited! Thanks Troy! I think I'd also like a camera upgrade! Any reccomendations?

Hailey's Slide!

I've been looking for one of these for the longest time! I've been trying to find a good deal on Craig's list but the ones that I had been finding were not quite what I wanted and usually gone super fast. So when I saw this one and it had just been posted I jumped all over it! It was exactly the one I had wanted. I feel like I paid probably a little more then I would have liked too but I still feel like I got a good deal. These retail for $499 and then there's $125 in shipping, not to mention the taxes so I'm feeling pretty good about it! Anyway Hailey loves it and just talks about it non stop. She says things like only Haileys can slide on it although she's willing to share with friends but it's not for mommys. These are some of the pictures I deleted that I was trying to make up and I think I got some cute ones.

Stupid move!

So I was preparing to do a new post of some things we did this weekend. Including the Corn Maze this weekend. I accidently deleted every single picture on my camera. I can't believe I did that, I could just cry. I got some of the cutest pictures of Troy today too. Luckily most of the pictures that I had on my camera I also had on my computer so at least I didn't lose that much. I'm still pretty upset with myself though cuz I'm pretty sure we won't be going back out to the corn maze with Josh. I probably won't ever attempt to delete a picture ever again, I'll just have a bunch on my camera. :(

Fun project! No sew TUTU!

Okay so as you can probably gather I usually have a project or two or three in mind or in progress all the time. This idea came from my friend April. If you like to do one too here is the link to her blog for the tutorial. http://craftsformykids.blogspot.com/ I loved this project and the tutu turned out so cute!! It's super easy and fun! I was honestly excited the whole time I was working on it. (You know some projects you feel like can I just get this over with already, not this one.) Thanks again April!! These pictures don't do it justice and my two-year-old was have a tough time cooperating as you can probably tell. We are going to use it as part of her Halloween costume. More on that later. I just snapped some quick pics from my phone that why there not the best quality, that along with her not holding still for a second.

cute comparison

Cute Picture of Troy at three months!

Hailey at 3 months! (Also cute!)

I thought it'd be cute to compare pictures of Hailey and Troy at the same age.

Hailey watching her show, Troy hanging out too! He's 3 months old and already in size three diapers. I'm pretty sure Hailey was like 6 months before she was in size three!

Family Picture

I'm always trying to get cute pictures of our little family because our kids are changing so fast espiecially Troy. It's really hard to find times though to take pictures when were all together, and looking presentable. Most of the time I'm sporting a mommy pony tail and Hailey's hair is messy and you get the idea! These turned out pretty cute although I should add that Josh is not feeling his best but hopefully he's almost over it! I LOVE MY FAMILY!

I need to play with my blog alot more sometime too so that I can figure a lot of things out, like roatating pictures and having the text more where I want it and easily moving pictures and so on! And a cuter back ground. We'll see...

Troy's special day!

Today we blessed our big baby Troy! We estimate he is close to fifteen pounds. This is a 3-6 month outfit and it barely fits. It depends on the brand but wow this kid is growing fast! He is so fun, he's starting to talk or gooing more and smiles alot. It surprises me how fun these mile stones are even with a second. I thought it might not be as exciting the second time around but I love it! I posted all of these pictures because we didn't have someone to take them so there's some one missing in every picture. And Grandpa Hakes, Grandpa Kohler, Carrie and Kimball had to leave early so we didn't get a picture of them! We'll try again soon it get a picture with everyone. A little side note, our sacerment meets a 8AM so I know that's a little bit of a sacerfice for everyone. We had a little dinner at our house in the afternoon with family! I tried to get at least one picture of every one but I realized that the only one I didn't get a picture of is my dad! Sorry dad! I love you!

(A little personal note: Lately I feel like I can get a lot of what I want to get done, accomplished but I'm usually not satisfied because I feel like I still have so many unfinished projects or errands. Like finishing Hailey's blanket, finishing Troy's room, work in progress, organizing the study, etc. That's kinda tough! I wish I was more on top of things.)

On a postive side, Hailey is potty trained! We put it off for the longest time but we finally did it and it has been awesome! I love it. I was expecting it to be really hard but it's been really rewarding. One cute thing that she says a lot is "I need a little bit privacy." It's so stinking cute!