Update

I keep writing a blog post in my head but it never makes it to the computer. I guess I just keep finding "better" things to do with my time. Maybe.

We'll start this update from the top. James has defended his masters thesis!! They really grilled him, asking lots of questions pushing him to the limit of his knowledge and I think he stood up well to the challenge. He really knew his stuff. He passed with revisions, which means that they liked it but he just needs to change or fix a few things so we're on the down hill down. The past few weekdays he's spent at school making the revisions so we can be done and play like crazy this summer. Even though he's been busy with school, he has really helped out a lot at home. I really appreciate how much time he spends with the kids and how often he cooks dinner for us. It's exactly what I need after long days at home with the kids. I'm such a lucky lady.


I have been busy with lots of little projects and basically NO cleaning of my house. I have to say I've done really well with having the dishes done but man, I just can't dig myself out of the pit called my house. And yet, life will go on. Oh well. I'm in the process of making a quilt for William. It's my first one and I want it to be good. I think I'm a little too hard on myself, demanding perfection, when I really don't have the skills to be "that good" yet. But I'm really enjoying the practice. I'm in the middle of deciding if i should tie it or quilt it but lately leaning toward tying or else I'm never going to finish it.

This is a prototype made in paint.

As I've been spending so much time sewing this quilt, I keep thinking about all the projects I bet I could learn to do. Last night I made some ripped pajama pants into shorts. Again, the sewing skills...a little iffy, but I have to start somewhere. There are a lot of other things I want to try that come from the Make it and Love it blog. I just have to get up the courage.
I've also been into making ice cream lately. The Summer heat is getting to me...and I really like to cook, not to mention eat ice cream. We made snicker doodle ice cream the other day but it had too much cinnamon for me. I did like the cookies in it though. I also made peanut butter fudge, one ingredient ice cream, and General Tso's Chicken

Edin is learning and talking up a storm. He's really taken on learning letters. I have to admit we haven't tried very hard, which is probably why I'm so impressed with what he does know. He is obsessed with bows and arrows, like in Disney's Robin Hood, and swords and guns. This kid is a natural born ninja! He has some serious skill. He can also tell really long stories. Sometimes they are made up events, other times he tells about his day. James usually gets the brunt of this new habit but James is a really good listener so he doesn't mind. And also, he tries to make me do everything for him. I think it's his way of adjusting to the "new baby," William. I'll ask him to go get some clothes and he'll tell me "No, I want you to do it." Pff, what a punk! He also spends a lot of his day harassing Lizzie. Not that she doesn't dish it out but I separate a lot of "disagreements" throughout the day. It's getting old...

Lizzie is also quite the chatter box, mostly when she's at home. But lately she's been really friendly with strangers. The other day, at a store, she walked up to a random woman and hugged her leg...uh, what? Then she hugged the legs of the other three girls this woman was with. It was really cute and quite hilarious. Quite unexpected. The girls were all smitten with Little Lizzie. She just soaked it up. Lizzie is a very fast runner and she tries to mimic everything Edin does, even when he doesn't want her to, haha. She has been quite sassy recently and I blame it on James' side of the family. You know the type--you say "don't do that" and they look at you and do it, like they are testing you. She certainly doesn't stay where I ask her to stay either. I think perhaps she's too much of a free spirit. And she's still only like, 21 lbs. Will this girl ever grow?

This is a pile of pads Lizzie used as stickers by pulling off the back of all of them.


Sir William is getting BIG! He's three months now and growing like a weed. At his two month check up he was 12 lbs. Let's be honest, Lizzie probably weighed 12 lbs at 6 or 8 months. It throws me off sometimes, having such a bigger baby compared with Edin and Lizzie. But he is such a sweet little thing. He has such an adorable smile. William has been trying to laugh lately and he can't stand to lay down anymore. He wants to sit up and see the world. The first two months were a piece of cake. He slept from like 7p-2a nearly every night, waking for a feeding, then a couple more times throughout the night. He "gets up" for the day around 8 and he's so happy. Nap times were insanely easy. He'd go down at noon with the other kids and sleep for three hours if I put him in the swing. Then the unfortunate happened. The batteries in the swing died and for two days he didn't get that nap in the swing. By the time I got more, he was kind of "over" sleeping in the swing and won't take that awesome nap anymore. What a rip off!! I'm so sad. Now he sleeps for maybe ten minutes in there and wakes up. His longest nap now is like an hour. Lame! I guess I got spoiled for awhile. He reminds me so much of Edin and Lizzie and I often feel like he "remembers them" from somewhere. He always gets quiet when Edin sings to him.



I have such a sweet and wonderful family. My life is so good. I'm looking forward to watching my beautiful children continue to grow up and learn. We'll be moving out of Wymount in August because of James' graduation and I'm excited to see where we end up. The possibilities are endless...especially because we have no prospects...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Go Utes!