LONG Ago A Use to Blog!

Well not sure what exactly happened but my blogging days ended a while ago and that made me very sad. I think the darn FB saga got the better of me.... but that needs to change. I really enjoyed blogging and it was more of a journal for our family.
Well since my last blog a LOT has happened.... I guess that's what happens when you go 2 years down the road!
We move to Utah b/c Clinton got a job offer and to make this a short story we bought a business last fall and we are now working for ourselves. I run the company from our home and Clinton works a second job (more of a hobby). The company we bought is called Allure Carpet Care. So we are a carpet cleaning business! Clinton has had a passion for smoking jerky for a few years and this past year he got another itch. Another long story made short... while at a trade show for the company Clinton met a guy who owned a BBQ shop, they sell smokers, sauces, rubs and such. After a chatting they did a trade and next thing we know he offered Clinton a job at the shop. So now Clinton runs the place and LOVES it. We have a person who works for the carpet business and he does all the cleaning jobs. Clinton lives a breaths for smoking anything. Just recently he did his first back yard BBQ competition and placed 2nd over all and last week he did another and took home 1st place! He is really enjoying smoking meat and jerky.

As for the kids and myself. Reece is starting her 2nd year of preschool. Last year she went and absolutely loved it. she will be going back again and im so excited b/c she is learning so much and just has a blast. Reece is my sweet, smart, gentle, helpful and thoughtful girl. She is so good and so fun, she has a spunk and gets very hyper around company. She loves to sing, and is very loud while doing so! She LOVES animals just like her dad and is obsessed with pepper (we adopted pepper last summer and just fell in love with him). Reece loves playing with friends and asks just about every day if we are going to have friends over.

Turner is my sweet but fierce child! He has a personality a lot like his mother! He has a mind set out to do something and just get out of the way, and his determination is very strong. He has a temper but at the same time can just melt your heart. this boy is 100% BOY! He and Reece are the complete opposite, they couldn't be more black and white. He just had his 3rd birthday which just blows me away. Turner is a very smart boy but only when he wants to be! He love animals as well and is not afraid to be rough with them. He enjoys wrestling with his dad and play with other boys.
Recently his latest obsession is NOT getting dressed and wearing pjs ALL day EVERY day. which makes Sundays very difficult... and it usually means screaming, thrashing and having a complete melt down all the say into church while trying to undress himself. His biggest problem is not getting a good nap and that makes him very cranky, this boy loves his sleep.

As for me.... well im very busy, probably more busy than I like to be. I started a cleaning business last fall and it grew from 1 client to 6. Along with running the carpet business from home, taking care of the kids I offered to babysit for 3 extra kids for the school year. At the time I thought this is great then I can stay home... its working out but its busy when I have to juggle my answering the phones, doing the books and cleaning.
My biggest issue is saying NO to my clients and having to turn them down for a job. My mother tells me I need to buck and learn to say "no" or im going to burn myself out. She is 100% right and the day I hit the ground I vow to NOT call her!
This post was written a while ago and i somehow never hit post. So today Nov. 21, 2015 its going to hit my wall !

Long Update.....and a JOB

It's been a while since my last post. My typical excuse has always been not much to talk about but not really the case around here. A lot has happened in the last couple months but i want to focus on the positive!!
The kids are growing so much and Reece is turning into such a big girl. I started a weak attempt to potty training her and talked to my sister about it and got her advice on the 3 day potty training technique online that she used with her last child and it actually worked.I decied to buy the ebook and start my 3 days. Reece did awesome, the first day was brutal we had about 8 accidents but she told me everytime she had to go and by day 3 she was completly trained. It's been over a month now and she has wet the bed once and it happened at 6:30am just beofre she woke up and couldnt get to the bathroom fast enough. It's so nice to have only 1 child in diapers and a HUGE save each month.

 Reece LOVES to sing and comes home from church singing new songs every week. I just love listening to her, b/c the majority of the time she makes up her own words to songs she learned at church, so adorable. Her latest obsession is clothes.... she is a typical girl and it takes her about 10 min's to get dressed. She LOVES skirts and tutu's and only has 1 and wears it almost every day.

Turner is a cranky but a darn cute little boy. He just got his top 2 molars and was not to happy about it. Now his 2 bottom molars are moving in. He enjoys screaming and being really loud!! When he wants something he wants it now and will scream or bite out of frustration. He is addicted to MILK, after his 15 month check up i cracked down and took the bottle away. He was OBSESSED with his bottle and would throw a huge fit if he didnt get milk in the bottle. It took a couple days of sad cries but he is fine now. I love this boy he is so cute and always says with a big smile "tank you". His big issue right now is biting and its mostly when he gets mad about something, he will bite anything that is in his path. He is so funny and has a super cute personality in which saves me from selling him to the neighbors!!
Our latest illness was when T got "Roseola" it was horrible. I honestly can say that this was worse than when he had Influenza this winter. He woke up a little fussy and had a slight fever then it went up and down all day between 100-102. My first thought was another ear infection. The next day same thing he was really sad and had a fever, another sleepless night and fever again but nothing else. I thought i will give it another day and see what happens. Well by day 4 he woke up and i noticed little tiny spots on his check and back. As the day progressed the spots got darker and more pronounced and they started to spread. He was not a happy boy but was free from a fever. He wouldn't eat and just cried and wanted me to hold him. Day 5 he was covered from head to knees with a rash. My mom thought "Roseola" and sure enough the dots (no pun intended!) were connecting. The worst part was how erratic he got, i would try and feed him b/c i knew he was hungry but he would just get so upset and scream and smash the food in his face and then throw it. I think back and im sure he had sores in his mouth and that is why he didn't eat. He would walk to the fridge and scream for something but wanted nothing. I finally had to give him some Benadryl to help him calm down so he could sleep b/c he wasn't sleeping well at all. Most nights i was up with him for 2 hours and he would just cry while i held him, it was heartbreaking.

I am just keeping busy with my 2 kids, and let me say they older they get the bussier they are! Well thats just how i feel right now, their little minds are so curious. It seems that every day/week i find them getting into new things and some days its just none stop exploring!

The best news yet is Clinton's new job, he was actually offered the job on Oct 31st but b/c we didnt have a start day and they were still getting the contract with another company in order we didn't spread the news in fear something would go wrong. It look about 3 weeks to get a start date. We are moving to Eagle Mountain Ut and he will be working in Lehi at the Mycron building for a company called UTi. This company is HUGE 20,000 employees in several countries and so far we are very pleased. We then had to frantically try and find a place to live in 2 short days (which didn't happen).
Our trip to Lehi was unsuccessful but we came home and continued to look and got a condo that we had never looked at!!
Clinton left on Dec 3rd to Mesa, AZ for his training and will be there for 2 weeks. I have packed up what we have here at my parents and we are headed down next week and my dad will drive to Mesa with the trailer to pick up our other things and Clinton and drive back to UT..... we have stuff here in ML and a storage shed with our other belongings in Mesa and we need to be in the middle! I am just very excited and grateful to finally start this new chapter in our lives.

My Baby Turns 1

 

My little Turner is 1!! I can’t believe it, an entire year has passed since I had a baby and I’m NOT pregnant!!! People always say time goes by very quickly and this year has done just that. I look at T and think he is so little he is still my little baby; I just don’t want him to grow up.

I remember the day I went to the hospital to deliver. I was so ready and so excited to meet this little boy that we had been waiting 40 long weeks to meet. I remember the moment when he was placed into my arms, and I was overcome with this great love and happiness. Our family went from 2 to 4 in just 14 short months!! It was so hard to believe.

Turner is not like Reece by any means, he has a completely different personality and his first year of life was a lot harder than Reece’s. He cried a lot and doesn’t handle changes well. He is such a sweet boy, he loves to cuddle and his laugh is contagious.

 We are so blessed to have him as a part of our growing family. He is such a joy to have around. Although he is not the happiest little guy all the time he can really make me smile and realize that I have so much to be grateful for. He is a very smart little cookie and has advanced a lot having an older sister to show him new things.

Things you can do and love…

            Crawl everywhere, on anything as long as it can hold your weight!

            You started walking but don’t like the idea of walking completely.

            You love to wrestle and roll all over people and things

            You love to scream, especially when you are mad or frustrated or just because you can!

            You can and will eat just about anything even if it’s not edible!

            You have eaten bugs, bark, leaves, paper, cardboard and who knows what eles!!

            You love to sleep; you take 2 naps a day and sleep 12 hours a night!!

            You like to follow your big sister around and do what she does

            You LOVE the water, baths, swimming, or anything that has water in it!

            You have 8 teeth

You are a BITER (im going to have a difficult time with this); you will bite anything you can or anyone L

            You can say “uho, dada, mama, thank you, hello, Sasha, and cracker”

            You don’t like to wear bibs and ripe them off when you get mad

            You will NOT lay still for a changing, it’s almost impossible to change you sometimes

            You don’t like to be put in your car seat when you are tired

            You have a unique personality and it is super cute

When I get you out of your bed you love to snuggle, you will tuck your arms under you tummy and snuggle me, and it is one of my favorite moments.

            You love being outside, if you can’t go outside you will SCREAM and get mad

I will be honest and say that having 2 children 14 months apart was not planned and has been a challenge, but I wouldn’t change any of it. I am so blessed and have 2 beautiful children who are so special and, they are what make me want to do better and keep me going. I am always going like the energizer bunny, but not with as much energy! I have a very tough job but I wouldn’t change it for anything. Turner you bring a lot of life to our growing family, we love you and are excited to watch you grow and develop.

12 month stats

weight: 20.7lbs 16%

height: 29" 25%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summer fun

I felt my blog has been neglected so I decided to just overload with pictures! I did notice that i have way more pictures of Turner than Reece, i promise i don't have a favorite child.

Reece Turns 2 !

 

My big girl is 2! It's been almost a month since Reece turned 2. She is growing up really fast and changing a lot. In the past 6 months she has really turned into a toddler. She is talking in full sentences and can finally answer a question! She loves to be a big girl and do things all by herself. She has a lot of her mother in her "get out of my way I'm busy"!!

You love to wear skirts

You are very shy (just like your mommy when she was young)

You LOVE to eat eggs and yogurt

You love to sing songs

You are so sweet and caring

You can count to 10 and say your ABC's

You speak very well for your age

You are showing interest in the potty!

You like to take off your clothes while sleeping

Grandma and Grandpa are "Baka" and "Gacka"

You want Juice or milk ALL the time

You can't go to bed without a Tic Tac

Your favorite shows are Barney, and Doc Mcstuffens

You love going outside

You love to "Go" anywhere, if someone is leaving you HAVE to go

You like to color

You like to look at books, but you don't like mommy to read them

You LOVE animals (just like your daddy)

           

Reece can be a little spit fire but she makes me laugh and teaches me patience and a greater love. We are so proud of her and feel so blessed to have her part of our growing family.