Busy summer blog!

Hello Everyone!
This post is going to be very busy, just a warning. So, a lot has been going on at this house this month. We hosted a party up at my mom's house for everyone. A little background is needed to explain this: my sisters and I gave "parties", "get togethers" for christmas last year instead of gifts. These are what we have done so far, we have had Chinese New Year, Zoo Day, and mine was suppose to be ice blocking and ice cream, but when we found out no more big ice blocks were being made, I didn't want to have to half cheek it! So, we ended up doing BBQ, ice cream, volleyball, and fireworks, it was so much fun! I am so grateful that we did this, it has been good times with family all year, instead of a gift that we probably wouldn't have even used, how sad is that to say?
This weekend was my softball tournament, I guess we placed first! This was the only game that I missed, and it was the final one, I took one for the team, and we took a little vacation up to Bear Lake, it was a lot of fun. This was our little familys' first time up there. We went with my ENTIRE family cousins and all. Such good times. Thanks for all the fun, food and great company. Thanks to Mike for helping out with the kids all weekend and letting me play with Hailey in the lake. Mike was so awesome, Hailey and I also got to swim in the pool, and I got to go for a run alone, it was something that I never get to do, I found myself missing the kids.
Well if that isn't enough, we have upped my miles, we run 4 everyday. I love to run, and love how I feel after. The kids love the double stroller. Today I stopped and checked on the kiddos and Hailey was holding Rykers hand, soooo cute. I love my kids. They are the best.
Ryker is now 8 months old. He is saying daddadadda and sitting up all by himself. He is rolling and scooting everywhere. He and Hailey laugh sooo much together, it is so fun to listen to that. Hailey is doing awesome. She is pretty much potty trained accidents every now and then, but not too bad. She knows her whole alphabet, and can recognize her letters. She can write her name, and count to 20. she can recognize 1-5numbers, I am working really hard with her. She is such a beautiful little girl, and so sweet. We do have our bad days, but all in all she is such a fun little girl, and such a great big sister.
We are just busy with yard work and young womens now. We have a pond, and yes weeds grow, so that means me weeding. I have been in the pond this year at the beginning of the summer, and they are back, waders back on so soon? I love yard work so this is great. Mike watches the kids while I do what I love, mowing and weeding. Sometimes I weed with Ryker in the baby carrier, I know die hard, right? Tonight is yard work night, but tomorrow we will post pictures promise, I want you all to see what a beautiful place we were at.
I also got a retainer, I know I worry so much about my smile! I want my teeth to stay in place, and they would move with my other one. So, I got a top and a bottom one, they are the invisaline kind, they are awesome. My teeth are going to be straight before I know it. I have to wear them for two months straight, it has already been a week, so it is going great. I can't eat with them, so it is great on the diet situation also. This will be my last dental thing for awhile, I got my gums fixed also. They were too low on one side of my mouth, and they made my teeth look so not straight, so I got them burned and cut basically, it is called a gingivectomy. It is awesome, loving my smile now. I will have to post a before and after. Mike said he can't really tell, but I sure can. I have had retainers since I was 7 years old, I figure I have invested so much of my life on my smile, why let it go now? I will be satisfied soon. Now on to saving money for fixing the kids smiles, Mike and I had very crooked teeth. Haileys teeth came in crooked. Thank goodness for dentists, and dental insurance!!!
So big news for me, I made an apron! I know crazy as it sounds, yes Mikes mom helped me sew my apron. This week I will sew one for Hailey that matches. They turned out really cute. I was really proud of myself. I bought some fabric for a ruffle one also for little Hailey, it is going to be so cute. I even got some truck and safety cone fabric, I am going to make Ryker one. I have so many ideas and so little time to do it all. Thank you Nancy. It was fun working with her, and hanging out at her house. Hailey ran through the sprinklers with Collin and Ryker was an angel.
I need to go get dinner going, I have blogged too much today. Next post will be nothing but pictures! (so exciting)

It was about time!!

Well as you can see we have a new look. Mike and I (and of course the kids), were invited to a best friend/cousin dinner tonight. Well I got talking blogs, and Mandi was like I can help you....did she ever! Thank you for the well needed upgrade on our blog situation. The food was great and so was the company, thanks a bunch.
Thanks to Mandi I have blog buddies, cute pictures and can get from blog to blog without going to other peoples to do so, I cheated for so long, secrets out! I will hopefully be putting pictures on soon, I just need to sit down and concentrate, I know I can do it. Thanks for everything, you guys are awesome!
More to come, once I remember how to do things!!!

I can do it myself, MOM!

Well, it has been a bit wild at the palmer house lately. For the last week Ryker and I have had many of sleepless sleepovers, and crying nights. It started off with a fever and then the fever disappeared, but cranky baby did not. I was tired of getting up with Ryker for the 6th day in a row, so off to the doctor he went on Tuesday. I thought he was just teething, but I wanted a justified answer to why WE weren't sleeping. He ended up having a double ear infection, and a sore throat, and yes he is teething, he is getting his VAMIRE teethe first. So, off to the pharmacy, loving the drive thru thing at Walgreens. Then we gave him his first dose. Last night with two days worth of antibiotics in his system, he slept until almost 6 am, it was amazing. I am a much better mom, when I get some sleeep. So, I thought lets go for a run and go to the park, we all need a outside day. I love my rus, even on hot days like this. Ryker is a much happier baby today, he and Hailey woke up talking to eachother, well as best as Ryker can. It was so sweet.
Today, and most days lately, little "Bugsy" (Hailey) wants to do everything by herself. Well, we went to the park, she needed to go potty, so I was helping her on, we put her fold up potty seat we take everywhere with us, helps me with the whole germ thing. Everything good right? WRONG, she got off, by herself, rubbing on the seat, so being a good person, I wiped off the toilet seat, then to my surprise, she is on the floor bear butt and all, putting on her own panties and shorts. I got her up as quickly as possible, and washed hands. Then we had lunch, she took out her straw and dropped it and put it back in her mouth. Needless to say after the FUN day at the park, we left for home. I called my mom in a panic, and said what do I do? I said I need to bath her right? So I wiped off her bumb with a wipe, and got her in the tub, clean panties and dance outfit on, she is all good, but MAN, she throws me for a loop.
Is it time for a nap yet?

A LITTLE BOY crazy?

So, this is going to be a little post, but I think I should let you know. A couple of weeks ago we were getting ready for church, and Hailey said to me "mom lets bring my binoculars" (spelling?), and I said why? She said "I want them to look at boys in sacrament." I said we don't do that, and she said why? I changed the subject as fast as I could. It made me laugh, but we sit on the front row with the grandparents so I didn't think that would be very appropriate. Funny, but not good. This past saturday we had a young women breakfast, I serve in the beehives again, its the best calling, so fun. I was busy in the kitchen, and I come out to check on the family, and I hear Hailey "1, 2, 3, chase boys!" It made me laugh so hard. She chased these two boys the entire time, holding hands and all. This morning I was texting Mike and she grabbed my phone, and said "lets text boys mom," it made me think I need to post to let people know of all these funny times. Then I got thinking, how do I stop her? What am I teaching my kids?

Busy with Summer, how 'bout you?

Well I know I have not kept ANY promises, so I am not going to promise anything else, I will just do it when I get the chance. Sorry to all of you who are waiting for pictures of the kids. I feel bad, I just don't know how to do it, and when Mike is home well we just don't have time for it. I know excuses, excuses. I will try harder, it's not a promise I will just try.
Anyway to give you a quick update....
Ryker is growing and kind of sleeping at night now. He was having a hard time at the beginning of this week, but for the last two nights, he just woke up once. He is eating peaches, bananas, applesauce, sweet potatos,carrots, squash, pears, and I still nurse. He is starting to put his legs under his butt and scoot, it is so funny, he goes forward on his face. Hailey never crawled, she army crawled, remember? I have a lot of fun with him, he is a good little guy. He is so content, he just cries when he is hungry and at 3:00 in the morning!! He is starting to hug, and that makes me so happy, he just smiles and laughs, he is such a joy to me.
Hailey is loving the summer. We are part of a play group that gets together at different parks, in different cities every week, it is a lot of fun and we enjoy it. She is getting along with friends so well, I am happy about that. I worry about her, but I see the way she is around other little kids and I am very proud of her. It was so funny, this little girl pushed her and she turned around and said "hey you can't push me", then she came over to me and wanted a hug. She is doing excellent with the whole potty thing, to be very frank, it is about damn time!!! I cannot believe how hard she has been to potty train. I hope we have hit success, no accidents for like a week, and she tells me everytime she needs to go, even when we are out places, it's amazing. I keep a accident calender, I know what a nerd, but I got counting, 18 accidents in March, 12 in April, and 10 in May, and none so far in June. We will have to make another trip to Chuck E Cheeses. She is quite a little helper, a little mommy to all of her "Ryker" baby dolls, and she loves to cook, her specialty is "blue soup for Jesus", she loves her "spicies", she is so funny. I sure am glad that I get to stay home with my kids and see them grow, and raise them.
Mike and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary, at the end of the month. We are headed for a day trip with the kids, we are so excited to be a family out of the house, and shopping!!! I can't wait. We love each other so much, marriage is not always easy, but if you can get through the tough times, you can get through anything. In words of Dr. Phil "do you want to be right or do you want to be happy." I have to remember those words quite often. I am sure glad that he puts up with me, thanks for the good times we have had together, and thanks for growing with me. I am so grateful for the father he is to my kids, he is so great and I know that Hailey and Ryker adore him. Happy Anniversary and Happy Father's Day. I love you.

Facing my fears!

This is how the day started.....
So I woke up in a frantic last night because I had went to the softball game without a mitt. I was so embarrassed I did not go back and went to Home Depot and bought A LOT of tile..don't ask, this was my dream. I thought I was going to have softball stomach ache all day long, and then it happened, a distraction. I cleaned my whole house, bathrooms and all, before 9:30am, what was I going to do with the day, so many hours before the game. I decided to go for a run, I finished too fast, it was kind of hot today so I didn't want to go any further. We came home, and we went and saw the grandparents, then Ryker needed to eat, so downstairs we went. Then we had lunch and early naps, what, EARLY naps, seriously the kids were not cooperating, with my hopes of making the day go fast. Then it happened I decided to call the doctor because I was having some chest pain, and it hurt to even sleep last night. Well I got an appointment and moved Rykers well baby check to today, we both got checked over and we both are in pain. Ryker weighs 16 pounds and is 27 inches long plus he got shots, poor guy, he is so brave. When the nurse came back into the room, Hailey told her "don't poke my brother". It was so cute, she then told him "be brave". As for me, I have an infection, thank goodness, I was so worried that a big cancer lump had formed over night. It hurt so bad, I kept having Ryker eat on that side to hopefully feel some relief, none came. I thought for some reason I was engorged, but on only one side, never has happened like this before. The best thing is she prescribed me an antibiotic that is okay to still nurse, so awesome. So, that took up a lot of time right? It was great, a good distraction, for a scary night with a bat. Mike came home at 5:20pm, my hopes were to leave at 5:30pm, well not happening. We ate, well kind of, I didn't feel like eating, I was so nervous. We showed up at the game, and it all left me, I love the smell of the field, the running in the dirt, and putting your hands up to block the sun so you don't get hit with a fly ball or a line drive. Let's back up a minute, the reason I am so frightened is because while I was playing pitcher, I got a line drive in the face. I almost broke my nose, it hurt, and scarred me for life...well until tonight. I was playing outfield, and I LOVED it. I was sitting on the bench waiting for my turn to bat, and they yell she needs a runner, I said I can run, so I got to run the bases. Man, I love running. I got to bat twice, and well I walked the first time, good eye right? On that one, I ran the bases and I scored! Hailey was behind the fence, good job mom. I loved that. Mostly, because when we were leaving the house she said to me, better bring the camera this is going to be good. The second time I hit and they caught. MAN, but I got someone to third. I forgot the rules kinda, being right field I need to back up first base right, well I didn't and 2 runs came in, I felt so stupid, I just said "my bad, sorry", they didn't seem to care, but really I forgot that. Hopefully it will all come back soon. In the end we lost 13 to 6, but we played good. GO TEAM!!! I was so proud of myself for facing my fear, and getting back in the game. I hope I will continue to play sports, and be active. I love the feeling of being out there, and having something all my own. Did I ever mention that this is co-ed? The guys in the league are super supportive of us girls playing. Thanks for all your support.
Then I faced another fear, our theme for girls camp is "bootcamp", so we were to pick a certain boot that we wanted to be, we picked wonder women boots, so we wore red shirts, red capes, stars on our heads, and tin foil on our wrists, and of course red boot covers. We danced at the ward talent show. It was so funny. I am so glad that no one recognized me, anyway, that is not like me. We are wonderful women, right?
Mike and I don't have the grandparents this weekend so, we are going to the zoo tomorrow after we get our family photos taken. I will have him help me put probably photo overload on our blog. So check out the pictures on monday. I will do this, promise.
Here is to facing your fears, and no more weird dreams!!!

Little angels, that I love!!!

Well hello friends. It has been a long time since I have blogged, and posted pictures. I have the best intentions...sorry I am so bad.
We made it to Chuck E Cheeses! That was Haileys' prize for going potty, along with a laptop. She always wants to check her e-mu (email), so we did a sticker chart and she had to go 10 days with no accidents, it took her 15 but she did it. She has done sooo good. I sure love her. She now tells me, "my belly says, Hailey, you better get on the potty, it's coming out!" I sometimes ask her "what is your belly telling you", and she says nuffin! I don't know what made her want "Chuppy Cheeses", but that is all I heard about. Fun, Games, and Pizza, it truly is a place where a kid can be a kid! When she would have a accident, she would say "so I guess no chuppy cheeses, man," it drove me nuts, that went on for like 5 months, no joke. You see those kids that would feel so bad that they had a accident, well not Hailey, she would say "let's get in the tub, no toys, this is not a fun tub mom." Today her friend had a accident at our house, and she told her "don't worry things happen." She is such a sweetie, she always tells me that I am her best friend, I hope that never changes. When we get upset with each other, she says "mom I am a little person, be nice." She really is teaching me how to be a mommy.
Ryker is getting soooo big. He is rolling all over the place, and is just so flippin' cute. He is now eating rice cereal, and sweet potatos. He will try carrots tomorrow, I just love feeding him. I still nurse him, I hopefully will do that until he is 13 months, like I did Hailey. He is starting to laugh so much, and just talk to us. He is so funny. He is a great baby, I couldn't ask for a better baby, I just wish this amazing baby didn't want to see me at night anymore. He still wants to eat in the middle of the night, it drives me nuts. He is 6 months, he doesn't need to eat at night, and with how big he is, he certainly does not need to. I would let him cry it out, but we live with Mikes' grandparents, and well we have tried to let him cry, and I end up making breakfast for them because I feel so bad. Waffles anyone, just live above us!! Needless to say, I am still feeding him once in the night.
So, you wanna laugh? I am on a softball team again. I have not played in like 10 years, I am so scared. The first game that I will play in is on Friday night, I hope it rains!! I am so frightened that I will strike out, or get hit with the ball, but I feel that I need to face it again. I used to pitch on a recreation team, I played for 12 years. I feel I am in much better shape now than I was then. I am running 2 miles a day and doing pilates everyday. I am almost at my target weight, just if my coordination comes back. Keep me in your prayers!! Go ahead and laugh, my parents and sisters did. They couldn't believe I was on a team again. I said, thanks for the support! I think Mike and Hailey will laugh as well, Mike has never seen me actually play sports on a team, well this will be exciting for everyone.
I will try to post pictures, but really don't hold your breath. We are getting pictures taken this weekend, so I will try to put those on the computer, with Mikes' help. I am getting this family of four thing down, I actually don't feel stressed out every minute of every day, just some!!! Then dinner time comes, and everyone is hungry and mean, and then I remember, oh ya we are done!!!
So until next time, see ya!