Springy Spring, Spring, Spring!!

I took these one sunday when we first moved here..I loved the pretty pink blossoms...

My Knox in April

My Inlaws sent these to me for my Birthday..gorgeous aren't they??

I got sooo homesick on my birthday, these made up for it ;)

I still think it's so weird that I have 3 kids, sometimes I forget about Knox..the other day my SIL texted me and asked what size clothes my kids are wearing, I told her Hallie and Owen's sizes and she asked, "What about Knox?" Oops.. He is wearing 9-12 months, now by the way.

My family came for a visit at the end of April. We went to a mexican buffet..had tons of fun!

My Dad being silly.

Then I saw this car..LOVE!

MiMi (Chad's Mom) sent this Easter basket to my kids..woah! They LOVED it! Thanks MIMI!!!!!

Then we went to the Atlanta Temple open house!

Decorating Easter Cookies

Owen's

Hallie's

Mine

Yum!

Easter Egg Hunt in our Yard..

Our House: The Outside

Like I mentioned before..it was extremely difficult to find a house to rent here. We found out later it is because there is a HUGE military base here and tons of people rent. Anyways, we had to choose between having lots of space or having something nicer. We chose SPACE! I did sacrifice my dishwasher..which has not been fun. Here is our house in the "country" we only call it that because it is on 2 acres of land, and it reminds me of my great aunt's house and she lived in the country. It is pretty old..we think it was built in the 50s or 60s.

Look at all this yard!!

I love the privacy, there are trees surrounding our entire yard, so we don't see anyone..it's nice.

The front yard

The gate leading to our big front porch.

The Florida Room

And it came with a barbeque pit..we have made lots of smore's and hotdogs on this thing Love it!

Doctor, My Niece, Knox vs. Owen, Moving Day, Chad's Packing Skills & Climbing Trees

Us waiting FOREVER at the Doctor's office ARGH!

My New Niece Kayleen!!! This was in December:

And this was in February:

Remember This:

That was Owen

This is Knox

My, how they grow!

We moved to Columbus at the beginning of April. It was not fun!

I opened a box to find this:

I thought it was cute how Chad packed his ties.

Meanwhile, the kids love their new home. In fact they climbed their first tree! We live on 2 acres so the kids just run and play all day (when it's not too hot). I love it as much as they do!

Up Next..My house!

Pool, Rock Wall, Strawberries, My babies, & Blessing Day

So Chad loves his job! Which is great! I know I've mentioned this before but he's the Aquatics director at CSU, at their brand new fitness center. The pool he is in charge of is amazing!!

This is the hot tub..it is huge!

It also has a lazy river...WHAT?! WHAT?!

A diving board, volleyball, basketball, lap pool etc...

He's also in charge of the rock wall...

This is me climbing it 6 weeks after Knox was born..I wanted to give up but Chad wouldn't let me down until I finished..I was so proud when I got to the top!

Hallie is allergic to Strawberries...she broke out into hives for about a week. We assumed it was strawberries, the Dr. told us to try and give her another strawberry a month after this breakout we did and she broke out again. Poor thing, she LOVES strawberries!

Look at my cute babies! This was at the end of January.

Knox's Blessing Day February 6, 2011

Where I've been

Gosh, I thought once I moved here, everything would get back to normal and I would be blogging on a regular basis again. Boy, was I wrong.

Knox cries most of the day. Unless I'm holding him and I certainly do not want to type one handed, that would take forever. And when he's napping. I need to clean, or watch my favorite shows on Hulu, or sleep, or clean. Because when he's awake...I can't.

What should I do? Just let him cry all day? It rips at my heart and tugs on my nerves. I can't handle it.

Hallie helps alot..but hearing her taking care of him trying to get him to stop crying- makes me feel sooo guilty. He's not her responsibility..but then I heard that in the "olden days" moms would have their 5 year old daughters take care of the babies all day while they got the house work done. 5 year olds? That's how old Hallie is?!!? I can't imagine her watching him all day like that. So I let her play with him while I cook dinner or run to the bathroom. Should I feel guilty about that? Or is it good for her?

blegh.

Life is good though. God is wonderful. We are so blessed and I'm still in love with that little boy..

Life Lately Part 2

So! We are in GA! We have been for 2 weeks!! We decided upon a house in the "country" with the outrageous utility bill, but we are going to try everything we can to cut back on our energy bill. In fact we haven't turned on the AC except for once, and that was because Knox was so hot he couldn't sleep. I must say, it is soo nice to sit down as a family every night for dinner!! It also very nice, extremely nice..Okay WONDERFUL to be together again as a family! It is soo worth the move. I do get homesick (the worst was my birthday). But so far I have been so busy unpacking that it really hasn't been that bad.

Knox is sleeping soo much better at night usually between 7-8 hours/night (with exception of the past 3 nights). It makes such a huge difference. He has become high maintenance again. haha. He wants to be held all day, if he isn't being held he is crying. I haven't spoiled him. I didn't have time to. Between trying to sell the house, moving and unpacking, when did I have time to? He is just a momma's boy. Any help or advice in this area would be greatly appreciated, as I have had many a stressful days trying to unpack my house.

Thanks for all the words of encouragement on the last post I was EXTREMELY stressed. I don't think I have ever been that stressed, things are much better now. I will try yo post more often, now that things aren't soo crazy!