and almost 400 days later...

We moved in with my parents over a year ago with the goal to save up a down payment for a home almost 400 days later here we are!!!! We broke ground in march and got our keys june 22nd we love our new house!!

mother nature is just being rude!!

Dear Journal,

My kids got up early today I tried giving Finley a sippy cup to help him go back to sleep but instead he somehow got the valve loose and spilled milk all over himself and his crib which then needed to be washed.

We went upstairs for breakfast and they threw their cereal all over the floor. While I was cleaning up their cereal Fin pulled a vase down on top of his head.

Fin went down for a nap and I spent 40 minutes explaining to Gracie that it was time for a 15 minute quiet time in her room which included explaining that she didn't need to watch another movie read 5 more stories, have a chocolate treat and that we didn't have any chocolate milk! finally giving up it took 5 minutes to find a screwdriver and switch her doornob so that I could lock her in her room from the outside, five minutes of crying and she decided to go ahead and take a little nap.

Fin woke up and while I was making him lunch he found that some of the windowsills have mud in them and decided to eat a bug and paint the wall with mud.

Gracie woke up and I fed the kids lunch which again was thrown on the ground (suggestions?) while I was cleaning up the floor the kids tore up one of my mom's fake plants while I was cleaning up the fake plant mess they emptied the paper shredder.

We had another talk with Gracie about if you are going to photo copy your face please close your eyes!

Please Please Please let good weather come soon my kids are ready to play outside!!!

hello cupcake

I finally have a hobby i have discovered that i really like to make cupcakes and birthday cakes who knew!!

a very busy few weeks

Finley's first time playing out in the snow and he loved it he played steady laughing the whole time for 45 minutes then i made him come inside and warm up i've never seen anything like it!

the other day I cought Gracie feeding Fin bouillon cubes telling him they were cany!

this was Fin's first time out he was being so naughty so i put him in time out while I cleaned up it wasn't a very good punishment he just laughed at me

she is playing bell and singing and saying "there's no pictures" a fort and movies make the perfect friday night for our little ones we had a blast

I always laugh to myself when peopel tell me that in a few months my kids will start playing together I have never seen two kids play so well together they are already best friends and I love watching them1

and this is what i've been up to the past few weeks!

Disneyland.....

So we were a little bit spontanious and decided to take our kiddos to disneyland and they were in HEAVEN Gracie loved the princesses and Finley loved being able to explore outside!!! It was amazing!

It poured and poured!!!

Happy birthday Fin

Everyone was counting down the days until Finley got here(and the days for my pregnancy complaints to end) and now I cannot believe that it has almost been a year so here is a little pre happy birthday post to the most amazing little boy ever!!

december maddness

this was the best christmas I remember having as an adult we had lots of family time, fun food and really got to enjoy teaching Gracie about baby Jesus. This has really been an incredible month and here is a massive update! For christmas my mother in law gave me a book "hello, cupcake" this was my first try to make cute cupcakes and i was pretty excited to show them off i don't very oftem doing creative baking so this was a blast!

Christmas was a blast we spent the day with my family doing a big "dinner" at 2:00 but the rest of the day the kids played with their toys we watched the barbie movie gracie got 3 times and just enjoyed family time it was amazing!!

Christmas this year was a blast christmas eve we spent playing in the snow then we came in to get ready to go to ryan's parents house for dinner then home to wait for santa!

Fin is crawling all over the house he loves his freedom but i am constantly chasing him trying to keep up with is curiousity is a full time job and yes he is eating the soap, what can i say at least he isn't a picky eater.... She loves the snow ans loves to play in it i am convinced that she just doesn't mind the cold at all (she definately gets that from her dad I am a huge wimp)

I love watching her get ready and with so many haloiday parties she was in girly heaven!!

Every year i want to try and get a picture in front of the tree this was our first year and i love it!

we celebrated ryan's 27th birthday this month is was so much fun and with Gracie going through such a princess phase she insisted on either this crown cake or a castle cake for his birthday and then was my big helper making it. Side note she is wearing her princess ariel dress that her grandma made her for halloween, she really wanted to be a mermaid so ry's mom made her this princess dress with a purple top and aqua bottom and she still wears it at least once everyday!!!