These are the days...

Aren't they? Having a 2 year old in the house sure is a trial some days, but other days it's so much fun. Isn't it funny how the good days somehow manage to cancel out the bad days and you always end up loving the little child who had you close to murder by the end of the day. I've found that on the days that I'm having the most difficulty and really wish Jeff would come home for lunch or get home from work on time to relieve me, he never does. By the time he does finally get home, I've usually cooled down and have come to my senses. I still usually need a bit of a break, but I'm not nearly as stressed as I otherwise would have been.
It always seems to help to say a prayer and hide in the kitchen for a while to focus my attention on something else for a while and just let the kids do whatever. Works like a charm. I used to hate cleaning the kitchen, but whenever I'm upset it seems the be the one place that I'm able to work through it and feel better afterwards. These really are the days :)

So Jeff bought a new card for the camera(yay) though he didn't even tell me about it until it came in the mail. He's always doing stuff like that and as much as it drives me nuts sometimes I'm really greatful. This is one of those times. Not only did he get a new one, he got a bigger one. It's twice the size so it hold a lot more pictures. On the downside, I probably won't upate my pictures as often. Anyways, since we got the new card I have taken some pictures that I've been meaning to take, but wasn't able to, so enjoy!

Owen and Jackson wrestling

 

 

Look! A tooth!!

Bathtime Fun: Isn't Owen's face hilarious?

What's wrong with this picture?

Don't you love it when kids learn how to dress themselves?

Lovin the new background :)

So I've been playing around with the background a bit, trying to find one that screams "me" but so far I've been having a hard time. I like the one I have currently, but there are several others that I loved more, but had some cosmetic errors that I couldn't figure out how to fix. So not tech savvy, but I do believe I'm slowly getting there :)

Owen has reached another first this week and this time it's a tooth! Yay! I didn't know he was even that close to getting one until I was feeling his gums on Friday night and found a little bud. It certainly explains why he's been so fussy and drooling so much lately! As soon as I get my camera up and running and you can actually see more tooth than drool, I'll get a picture on here for everyone to ooh and ahh at. He's getting so big, it's hard to believe he's not even 6 months old yet. He is growing so fast we're having a hard time keeping him dressed appropriately for the weather with all the hand-me-downs we have from Jackson. It was winter when Jackson was 6 months old, so many of the clothes are winter wear instead of summer wear. We've run out of PJ's that fit and have resorted to putting Owen in the few 12 month sleepers we have, which surprisingly aren't all that big on him. He's so big! Anyways, it's late and I'm tired, so I'm going to end this and go to bed. Till next time :)

Just to see if this works :)

So I've set up my blog to be able to post topics from my e-mail to see if it would help me to post more. This is the test to see if it will actually work and what I write from my e-mail will indeed become a blog post for me. My life seems to be so boring sometimes and I always forget to look at the big picture. We recently got back from a trip to Montana for a family reunion and we had a blast. Granted, it rained for a good part of the time we were there, but thankfully we were in cabins and had a lodge to hang out in instead of tents.
 
We took our camera with every intention of capturing our entire trip on film, but I think it stayed in the car until Friday night when the family talent show started. Jeff got it out and was taking pictures and filling up the memory card with memories when the card became full. We have 2 cards so he decided to switch out the bigger card for the littler card. I guess he forgot about the 2 year old who likes to chew on things and put the card full of memories on the table in reach of said 2 year old. Goodbye memories. Goodbye little memory card. Goodbye money spent on memory card. Oh well. I guess when you think about it, it could be funny, but I sure wasn't laughing at the time. So, to continue my story, I would love to add a few pictures, but unfortunatly I have none to share.
 
Anyways, after the reunion was over we went to my parents house in Fort Benton and continued to have a blast, but instead of rain, we dealt with wind. I think wind is almost worse than rain. At least with rain you can wear a raincoat or carry an umbrella and be mostly protected, but with wind, there really isn't much you can do to keep your perfectly styled hair from being completely ruined, causing you to look like you just took a ride standing up in a convertable. For this reason, I decided not to do my hair and just ended up looking like I'd just rolled out of bed and threw my hair in a ponytail, which I did indeed do. It's so much better to not try and not be disappointed than to try too hard and be deflated like a balloon with a hole in it. Well, in some cases at least.
 
In closing, I'd like to thank everyone who looks at this. I know I don't post often, but I am going to try to fix that. Hey, I did post 2 times in 2 months, so that's improvement already! Take care and keep the faith.

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