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Sydney sitting on her uncle's shoulders. She was so cute holding his hair with her finger tips to be more stable. I'm so glad she no longer has stranger anxiety! Too bad it didn't end until right after christmas and seeing family!


We broke out the paint brushes this morning(the kind that already have paint in them) for the first time in a while, and David had a great time. And when I wasn't paying attention he started painting his hands. When I noticed I didn't try to stop him because until now he's been very opposed to getting himself dirty. Things like smearing food all over himself, digging his hands in the sand or dirt. Things most boys seem to love to do he has never done. I was actually impressed that he was making a mess of himself like this if that makes sense! So he kept smiling at me sheepishly and doing it some more. That's right David! Get dirty! =)

I asked him to hold up his hands for the picture.

Counting to Ten

Well here's my adorable son counting. I had to set the camera down on the arm of the couch so I could lift my fingers as he counted. I'm amazed at how quickly he is catching on to things now. He is starting to do the hand motions and sing when I sing songs with him too. His favorite songs are "I Love to See the Temple"(he knows almost all the words to the first verse), and Popcorn Popping.

Progress!

Up until now I haven't done much in the way of potty training. If I thought about it I'd ask David if he wanted to sit on the toilet, and he'd usually say no. But today I decided to REALLY make an effort and he went "pee pee" in his little toilet finally! He actually suddenly started whining when Scott was putting a clean diaper on him(after he had just sat on the toilet) and, recognising that he was asking to sit on the toilet, we went ahead and let him try again. Well we both walked away for a minute and sure enough, he did it! We were so proud of him! I told him he would get a sticker if he went pee pee on the toilet and so he was very excited to receive his first one. Hopefully this is a step in the right direction and not just a fluke. Either way, I'm proud of my little boy, who doesn't feel quite so little anymore.

Spring is Here!

I know this might not be very interesting to some of you, but I just can't resist posting these pictures because it's the first time we've been able to walk outside in over 3 months! This was Wednesday on the BYU-I track, and today we walked to the park! Yay! I would've taken some pictures of David too but he was too busy loving running around.

Sydney with her friend Dallin. They are 5 days apart.

Here are David and Tanner's feet. We let them take their shoes off since they haven't been able to in so long! Can you guess which are David's feet?

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I know my sisters have probably been dying for some more stuff on my kids so here ya go!

David had fun playing with Scott's hat yesterday.

On Sunday David and Scott made a fort and had fun playing in it. Scott wanted to leave it up even though we were having company over but no. At least we got a picture!

David seems to enjoy books more and more. He's started looking at them all by himself, as well as having daily story time with Mommy in the morning, and daily story time with Daddy before bed.

Sydney has been showing a lot more personality since this month started. It is SO much fun! I have to say that she's a little goof ball! This video doesn't really show that but it's still cute. Sorry it's a little shaky. I was trying to make Sydney laugh by making faces. She is also now waving goodbye and clapping, and she's just started trying to cruise furniture!

I should also mention that David can now COUNT TO TEN!!! I just hold up my fingers and he goes all the way(sometimes needing encouragement to get past 4 because he's so excited). I'll have to get a video of it. I'm so proud of him!

OK I'll Explain Myself

So in the previous post I said that those are the movies I could watch over and over again. I meant that I could watch them over and over again through my life. There are some movies that I really like but don't have any need to see them ever again(like the Prestige or Deja Vu). These, however, are the movies I could watch rather regularly:
Bruce Almighty
Pirates of the Carribean series
Pride and Predjudice
Harry Potters 3-5
Bewitched
Hidalgo
However these movies don't have the extra something that the below ones do. Atleast for me.

I do need to add one more movie to the list below- "It's a Wonderful Life" This movie holds a special place in my heart.

My Favorite Movies

So it's really late and I really don't feel like going to bed, so I'm going to do a lame post. Yay! Anyways, I was just thinking today about my favorite movies and I thought that just maybe some of you care! It's too late for me to put them in any particular order. I am a huge movie fan(though not generally of the ones Oscar loves for best picture) and there are TONS of movies besides these I love, but these are ones that are at the top. The ones I could watch over and over, and that have touched me in one way or another(I know when some of you see some of these you're gonna wonder about that, but sorry, I don't want to explain myself over each one). So without anymore pointless remarks that you probably skipped anyway, here is the list:
1. The Sound of Music
2. Seabiscuit
3. Australia
4. A Little Princess
5. The Lord of the Rings series
6. Prince Caspian
7. Sense and Sensibility
8. Ever After
9. Anne of Green Gables series
10. Moulin Rouge
I'm sure I might've forgotten a couple. Now that I have it down I'm actually a little surprised. Way more chick flicks then I would have thought before. I am normally not a huge chick flick fan but, when they're good I guess they're really good. What are some of yours?

Another Month Gone

Sydney is 9 months old! I know I say this every time but I really can't believe how fast she is growing. Sometimes I look at her and think "She looks different than yesterday!" She is such a joy to us. Some things she's doing now:
-Pulling up on the couch
-Waking up every morning at 5am (she's been doing this since she got sick and I'm afraid it's now a habit!)
-Watching David's every move and following him around. Sometimes he plays with her and sometimes he gets annoyed and tries to push her away.
-Sleeping through noises during her naps(I don't have to be absolutely silent like I did for David).
-Picking up every little thing mommy doesn't see with her thumb and fore finger.
-Cuddling when she knows she's about to be put down to bed. I love it.
Here are just a few pictures from last week. She is now over being sick(hallelujah!) but in these pictures she still has a little runny nose.

David giving her a kiss. She had just woken up from her afternoon nap and David followed me in to get her and we ended up playing on the bed for a while.

Random Bits

So I think we are almost done being sick in our house. David is totally better, I feel totally better though I still have a stuffy nose, and Sydney I think has improved just a little bit today. She's still sick with what she had when we went to the doctors, but I think she's over the fever she got right after we went to the doctor. Let's hope so. With all the breathing treatments I've had to do with the kids I haven't been able to go on my walk since last Thursday. And I can't believe I'm not going crazy yet. Must be a blessing! I am sad though because the weather has been warming up a little and snow is melting, sun is shining, and I really want to take my kids outside! Hopefully I will be able to tomorrow. It all depends on the two 20 minute breathing treatments that are every 4 hours and nap times.

On Saturday night Hilary and I went to see "Australia" in the cheap seats. Man am I glad we did. That movie was soooo awesome! We both LOVED it! It is a long movie(about 2 hrs 40 min I think), but my own opinion about movies is, if it's good, who cares how long it is? I don't. I have to say this movie was totally snubbed by Oscar. It should have definitely received a best cinematography nod. It was beautiful. It was also funny, happy, exciting, sad. Also beautiful music, great acting by the lead roles Nicole Kidman(one of my favorite actresses), Hugh Jackman, and the little boy-Brandon Walters. It was AWESOME on a big screen. I hope I'm not building it up too much. I tend to do that when I see a movie I love. But it was so good! haha. Anyway, go rent it(or find it in a cheap theater like me!) and find out for yourselves. If you already saw it- what did you think?

Note: There is a little nudity on Nicole's part so when a scene like that is obviously imminent just close your eyes if you're not ok with that. It's not more than a few moments before the scene changes. I'm glad Scott can see it now with my editing skills. =)

Some of David's favorite phrases:

-"Sydney take it!"

-"Deener(dinner) so good!"

-"Story time uh yeah!" He'll say "uh yeah" basically at the end of anything we're about to do that he is excited about.

-He doesn't say "I see the bear(or whatever it is)" he says, "bear I see it!"

-"Help you!" he says this when he wants to help me make his sandwich

-"Tractor uh scary!" again he says this with MANY things, not just tractor. I don't know why he's so obsessed with saying everything is scary.

I'm sure there are more but my brain can't think anymore. More to come later!

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Rexburg Temple

On Sunday I really needed to get out of the house so we went for a little family drive up to the temple. David and I got out and walked around for a few minutes and then we went down a back road that has a nice view of the temple. That's where this picture is from. Though there was a huge snow pile on the side of the road so I wasn't sure we'd be able to see the temple over it. But we found a good spot. Anyway, I just thought the temple was so pretty with the snow and mountains behind it.

Bringing in March

I am sick now as well(though not as bad as the poor kids) so Scott stayed home from church to take care of all 3 of us.