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Soooo annoying . . . I tried putting this new background on to change things up a bit and it deleted all my page elements and widgets, so I no longer have a list of links to all of your blogs. If you could be so kind as to leave a comment so I can re-access your blog that would be awesome. Also, if your blog is private I may need to be re-invited. I'm not totally sure about that one yet. Anyway, hopefully I will be able to get things back up to sleep asap. Thanks!

The Blahs

So I've kinda been in a funk the last few days. I've sat down to blog twice and just couldn't think of anything fun, exciting or even really happy to write about. Life is just kind of slow and slightly depressing right now. Part of the problem is that I wake up in such a bad mood all the time. Davin sleeps ok at night but he always seems to wake up between 6 and 6:30 to eat and it's just such a crappy time for him to be up since it's earlier than I want to be awake, but too late to really go back to sleep after that feeding since Weston is up between 7 and 7:30. I don't do well without sleep. It just makes me so cranky and that's never a good way to start the day. Then I'm all snappy with Weston and that makes me feel even worse (mom guilt). Anyway, all in all it's a vicious little cycle. I truly have been trying to pull myself out of it. I've been exercising and reading my scriptures and playing with Weston when I feel really down, but it seems to just be welling in the background so quick to pop back up with small provocations.
Hopefully today will be better, but so far it's not shaping up that way. It's cloudy and gloomy outside and Davin was wide awake for an hour+ last night from 3:45-4:45ish.

I took a break since writing the above and went to Sams club to do some shopping. I was excited to find that they now sell the uncooked tortillas that you just cook right before on your stove. Yay. They are my favorite and until now I thought I had to make a special Costco run just to get them, but now they are right where I do my normal shopping so that's good news. Anyway, getting back into the swing of my day has improved my mood. Sorry if I was depressing anyone before, but I was just trying to be honest with myself mostly.
Anyway, I think that while Weston is watching Thomas I will tidy up and get the house ready to vacuum. Having a clean house always makes me feel better. :)

In the meantime, my friend, Brie, introduced me to this website with a ton of totally random e-cards. Here are a few samples that made me laugh today. Enjoy!

Davin's Blessing Weekend

This Sunday we blessed our baby Davin. We had family trickle in starting Friday afternoon beginning with Ian's parents, Grandma and Eli and Emilee. We had to take 2 cars to pick everyone up from the airport and get all their luggage! We had a nice evening catching up and eating pizza and playing. Ian and I went with Dad to see "Ironman" too after the kids were asleep. It was a fun movie and it was nice to get out of the house minus the children.

Saturday brought Brad and Mel and Aly from Rexburg along with a stop in by my dad to load up his truck with furniture which he then drove up to Rexburg for the Curnow's. What a crazy driving weekend Dad had! We grocery shopped and made soup and got things ready for the blessing all afternoon then went swimming at Ian's parents hotel. Also of note, Aly got engaged Saturday afternoon to her boyfriend, Payton. They will be getting married in September. So CONGRATS!

Our Sacrament meeting didn't start until 2:15pm so we had all morning to hang and get ready and visit. We had more family come just for the blessing too. It was a very nice blessing, but a slightly ridiculously large circle of guys. Oh well. After church we had a luncheon at our house with soups and bread and treats. It was a little crowded in our small house, but we had a wonderful time visiting and catching up with each other. Davin looked so adorable in his little white outfit and shoes and Weston looked just as cute in his little suit. It was a long day but very very nice.

The last of the family headed out this morning. The boys and I spent the day tidying up and relaxing a bit. Definitely a successful weekend. Check out the pictures from all the fun events!

All the family before the blessing.
Hanging out and being silly with Uncle Brad and Aunt Mel on Sunday morning.
Playing with Uncle Eli on Friday afternoon.
Our little family.My little angel baby.
You can see the whole outfit in this one.
Weston playing peekaboo in Grandma's new suitcase that we (and Aly) gave her for Mother's Day.
Weston giving Davin loves on Monday morning.
It was so fun seeing my sister and Brad. They are so much fun. :)
Great Grandma Bowles meeting Davin!
Us again.
Grandpa Bob with Davin pre-blessing. What handsome guys.
Uncle Eli and Aunt Emily with their newest nephew.
Swimming at the hotel on Saturday night.
The newly engaged couple.
Grandma loving her snuggles.

Booties

The title of this post has more than one meaning. I wanted to put up the pics of Davin wearing the adorable little booties that my cousin made for him, but I also want to lament the number of poopy booties I have changed in the last 24 hours. Wow. I literally have changed 6 of Weston and 8 of Davin. That equals 14 poopy diapers. Such is life with 2 in diapers, right?
Anyway, I dont have a whole lot to post about today, but it's been awhile. We have been in prep mode since we are having a LOT of family coming to town this weekend for Davin's blessing. I am cleaning a ton and doing lots of laundry and whatnot. I also caught yet another cold yesterday. Today is the first day it's really bad and I slept horribly last night. Hopefully I'll be able to shake this one a little quicker than the last one. We have played with friends a little bit this week too. Playdates are always fun and we have a great time visiting. I will be sad when I have to plan my days around Davin's 2 naps and Weston's 1 and we will only have a couple hours a day when no one should be sleeping. I am so excited to see all the family and we will post lots of pictures after the weekend. In the meantime enjoy these little booties of mine:

They are ready for their close-up!
Davin looking not overly happy to be mugging for the camera.
Davin got distracted just as the camera finally turned on. Blasted slow battery. Oh well, it's still fun to get the boys together.

Curious George

It's our 100th post!!! Woo hoo for lots of blogging. We have such a fun event to blog about in our 100th post too. Today we went to the Murray Library for Curious George storytime. George came to visit and we read the first Curious George book. It was seriously packed! So many little kids. We got there a few minutes early so managed to snag a couple chairs. Weston stood along the wall so he could see, but ended up standing on the chair next to me for the story.
He was so excited about this since we have been talking about going all week. When George came in Weston waved and got all wide-eyed and said "Hi George" for the following 10 minutes, including during the story. It was so adorable. So we listened to the story then Weston got to go up (along with the hundreds of other children) to get a hug and say HI for real to George. I managed to snap one picture of Weston smiling with George without someone's back blocking the shot. Go me. No mean feat, trust me.
We had a great time and after storytime we went to Murray Park to play and then out to lunch with Dawnie and Mason. It was a very fun outing. Weston is currently having a hard time unwinding and settling down for his nap. I'm so glad that we have such fun things to do nearby.

Weston's spot along the wall.
The monkey himself and his "handler" reading the first original Curious George book.
Weston up by George.

Dinnertime

First off, thanks for all of your comments and stories from my last post. It's good to know that I really did make everyone feel better about their parenting and I feel better about mine. It's a tough job and I'm glad that we are all doing our best, no matter how awesome or not as awesome that may be sometimes.
Anyway, I was doing some guilt about the fact that I honestly could not remember the last time Weston had actually chewed up AND swallowed a vegetable, so last night for dinner I made chicken stir fry and Weston actually ate baby corns, pea pods, broccoli, a couple pieces of chicken and one little carrot shred (which he said he didn't like). It helped that right before dinner we watched a Sesame Street DVD about eating healthy foods. :) So here are a few pics of what dinnertime looks like at our house:

Davin in the bouncer watching all the goings on and the ceiling fan.Weston "cooking" with the fridge magnets and a couple bowls and pans.
The finished product! Look at all those veggies. It really actually tasted great. I used the sauce that came with the frozen veggies and it was really yummy. Go us for eating healthy! :)

True Confessions of A Busy Mom

This post is prompted by my experience this afternoon. A friend and I took our kids (3 kids between us) to McDonalds for lunch and to play in the playplace this afternoon. We had a good time even though it was kinda hectic and my friend was feeling sick. So anyway we got ready to leave and Weston was crying hysterically because he didn't want to leave, so I was getting annoyed. We got to the car and I was like "Weston, stop crying. You need to say thank you when we go on a fun outing, not cry when we leave." Anyway, so I finally get him settled and realize he is actually crying because I had hustled him out without his little toy, so I told him I would run back in and get it. So I toss the keys over the seat and throw the diaper bag in the backseat with the 3 kids. My friends goes to get in the car and her door is locked. This happens as I close Weston's door. I try my door and it's locked too. So now Dawnie and I are locked out of the car and the 3 kids are all locked inside the car with my cell phone. Luckily Dawnie has her backpack out and has her phone, so I called Ian and he came over (in record time, I might add) to rescue the children. Dawnie and I did have a nice chat with no kids bugging us for 10 minutes while we waited outside the car. Anyway, we got rescued and home just in time to nap the toddlers. This incident got me thinking about all the things we do and don't do as parents and especially as Moms. Here goes:

-In all honesty, Weston watches at least 2 movies every single day. Usually a long Disney movie and a short Elmo movie, but sometimes more.
-Weston hasn't had a vegetable in I dont know how long (unless you count spaghetti sauce)
-In my defense, he eats lots of fruit.
-I have, on more than one occasion, but not more than five, discovered upon arriving somewhere that my child was in their carseat but not buckled.
-I often wonder if I spend enough time teaching my kids. I like to think they are learning and I think they are, but I have to give credit where credit is due: thanks Elmo for teaching Weston his ABC's.
-It's been a month and the batteries on Davin's swing are already running low (meaning he's in it a lot).
-I sometimes make a different meal for Weston than Ian and I are eating because I know he won't like what we are having and I'm not up for the battle of trying to get him to eat it.
-I wish I had the determination to be more consistent with my punishments with Weston. Sometimes I just have to let things slide or he'd be on time out all day long. :)
-I often use naptime to just sit and blog and read blogs and check email and facebook, etc. and do nothing productive. At this very moment there are 2 loads of laundry on my bed waiting to be folded.
-I get annoyed when Weston wants my attention all day long; can't he entertain himself already?!? ;)

Ok, well I think you get the idea. I could go on and on, but I can't tell you the really deep dark secrets. Kidding. There's nothing too terrible. Anyway, it was a long morning and I'm bushed so I think I'll go get on top of that laundry situation and call my sister. I hope that everyone feels better about their parenting skills after reading this.
Oh and shout out THANK YOU to Dawnie for bringing me fresh tortillas. I have totally been craving them. I am so making chicken quesadillas for dinner tonight!

Here is a picture that Ian snapped when he came to rescue me today. There really are 3 children under the age of three alone in that backseat and amazingly none of them were crying!