as promised

Oh look at this face! She could not be sweeter! She's my golden child. She's 4 1/2 months now. She's 12.8lbs which is only the 20% and she's in the 90% for length. So it looks like she'll be repeating Alli's pattern of long and lean. Which they get from me, obviously.

I'm lucky I got this half smile out of her for the camera. She'll be smiling at me then I'll hold up the camera, and she goes blank. Probably cause a camera is such a foreign object to her since my picture taking has been less than adequate.

She loves her sisters, and watching them fight and play around her. Mostly fight though. Macie might love her the most. She is her "Sunni Bunny." I think I have 20 pics of my phone of Sunni and Macie laying together in my bed in the morning. Macie makes me take one almost everyday. And she gets mad if I fake it. Speaking of the little devil..

Okay so this picture was taken over Thanksgiving in St. George. But that little mischievous face is what I see everyday. She definitely tests my boundaries and patience. She's very "tech savy" unlike me, and will ask you for your phone to play games. Mostly Angry Birds. She's quite obsessed. In fact, she told me she "needed" an ipad for Christmas. This is thanks to my sweet cousin, Sam, who let Macie play with hers during our family Christmas party. Santa didn't come through this year. We teach disappointment at an early age.

I could not love this picture more. This was her first day of preschool. No it's not 8am and that's why her eyes are puffy, its 11:30am. She stopped crying just as we walked out the door, so I grabbed a quick pic. This picture captures everything about our morning from her not wanting to wear pants, to not finding the right back pack and having to settle with a secondary, her mad I wanted her to wear socks, her coat looking "too chubby," her words not mine and lastly her just not feeling like going today. Please feel free to share your own caption of this picture.

She started late because she wasn't potty trained back in August when school started. Turns out, she had a good time playing with the "beautiful kids" as Macie calls them. Macie likes to drop her off and have her alone time with me and Sunni. We go shopping, where she thinks she's getting an ipad or lots of chocolate. She's now requesting the amount of candy she wants. Or go to Grammy's, where normally she binges on chocolate. **My mom has candy bowls out around the house. and she keeps them out cause JD crafted them in pottery. But for Macie's sake, it's time to fill them with potpourri, Mom.

As for me and Jeff, Jeff's on the up and up with his ankle. He had surgery November 30 to fix something that may or may not have happened in the MTC. Either way, it seems like he's been whining about it for at least 5 years ;) and since we met our deductible with Bunny, he got it fixed. He had a scope and reconstruction of the outer ligaments. He's now just in an ankle brace and walking with a sexy little limp. And me, besides dealing with all of the above, have been sucked into the world known as Pinterest. Mostly for crafting and recipes, and all the recipes I have tried on my boards have been stellar. I've also been crafting up hair bows and headbands for the girls. It's become my hobby that's keeping me sane. And if things go well, I'll be adding photography and blogging to my growing list of hobbies. I'm also thinking about starting a new blog where I can just ramble/discuss things. I feel like a family one such as this, I need to keep it classy cause if I ever print a book for the kids, they won't care about my weekly review of Teen Mom 2 or what's for dinner that night. I don't know, it's up the in air at this point.

I don't blog because...

I feel like I'm technologically behind. As I look at various blogs I think to myself, "How did they do that with the font?" or "I wonder how you get the pictures to look like that?" or "How do you get words in pictures?" needless to say there's a lot of "How do they do that." Are they teaching blog editing courses in school these days? You know, I have been removed from high school for 9 years now. And college really didn't pan out for me. whoopsy.

Nothing really exciting happens when you've got 3 kids. I don't attempt a lot of activities.

Lately I feel people abuse blogs and various social media with information no one needs to hear. A lot of whining. So I was taking a stance of silence. No one knew though so that really didn't pan out either.

A good reason, our computer was on the fritz and we just got a new one a couple of days ago.

I haven't taken any pictures lately. When I look at other blogs, I just look at the pictures. I rarely read the fluff. Thus, I feel like everyone is the same with mine. No pictures to post, no need to.

So I'm trying to modivate myself that my little old blog should be frequently updated. Like with pictures of the 4 month old... or my 1st born starting preschool today... or the insanely funny stuff my 2 year old says/does. Stay tuned.

en.tou.rage [ahn-too-rahzh]

meet my entourage...

one month

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Well, we're coming off our potty training high. I'm not going to lie, it's pretty annoying sometimes. Taking Alli to the bathroom all the time. And it's a lot. I appreciate her commitment, and I'm pleased to announce we haven't had any "accidents." But that's cause she's going every hour. Oh well, I guess that's just me being selfish. But she's got a knack for picking the most inopportune times.
In other news, Sunni is one month old! I don't feel like she has changed much. She's starting to be more awake during the day, but still waking up every 3 hours at night. She's so calm. Which is quite refreshing. Yes, Alli and Macie are still crazy. Funny, but crazy. Either I'm dead inside and the constant fighting doesn't bother me as much or I'm mellowing out. Either way, I'm fine with it.
Not much else to report. I'm still mentally preparing for my first solo outing. I'm not quite there yet. I think the grocery store is out of the question still. Where would I even put my groceries? My cart would already be full of kids.

victory

One year ago we started the journey that is potty training with Alli. One year. And I can now post 365 days later, it is done. I now only have 2 children in diapers!

Also, I will be putting out a book about my unique and highly effective methods to getting your own child potty trained in one year. It'll be ground breaking. Look for it on Amazon.

one day at a time

This lady has spent a lot of time in her crib due to time outs. I don't think it's working.

My Special Helper

And our little angel mostly does this...luckily

Jeff went back to work after his two week paternity leave Thursday. It was so nice to have him home and to spend so much time as a family. He would keep the girls away in the mornings so I could sleep in and he would take them in afternoon to do a fun activity. The girls definitely were spoiled and are continuing request such activities. But unfortunately, I don't attempt to go anywhere before 5pm. Right now we're just focusing on brushing our teeth before noon. It's day two on my own and everyone has made it, especially Macie. Sure, Alli may have some bite marks from Macie and Macie's hair hasn't been done in two days, but we have made it to the weekend.

On another note, Sunni is now 2 weeks old and a whopping 7lbs 8oz and 21". The pictures from my previous post due make her look like a chub-o, but she's still quite small. She really is just the sweetest little thing. I could just snuggle with her all day. She loves watching 48 Hour Mystery with me.

week one