Primary Songs

Tears of joy were brought to my eyes as I sang primary songs to Bekah at nap time. "I love to see the temple","teach me to walk in the light", "families can together forever", "I am a child of God", and  "love one another". I realized I am living the life I always dreamed of growing up. Not to say I don't have bumps in the road because I definitely do. I mean the essential things like having an eternal family, striving to keep the covenants I have made by trying to live righteously, having great friends that inspire me to be good, making temple visits a priority, and remembering my Heavenly Father and being grateful for all I have. I'm so thankful to my parents and the principles they taught me at a young age. I owe a lot of who I am today to them. I hope my children will feel the same way about me and Sean someday. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true. I know my Father in Heaven  loves me and knows me. I know that Jesus Christ died for me. I know the atonement is real and I can always repent and become one with God again. I know that my family is forever and I'm so grateful for that. I love my family :) 

Ears and big bed

I totally think I missed blogging about Bekah getting her ears pierced.  I Instagramed in but don't remember putting it on here. Sean and I had talked about it before and decided that we wanted to do it before she was too old and would remember it hurting. Also it was super easy to take care of and clean with her being so small. The earrings are super cute! And she looks darling with them. 

This was just before we got them pierced. I went with my mom and sister Amanda to get pedicures. This is how a mom does it haha. She fell asleep on my lap and stayed asleep til I had to get up. 

Noah is now an even bigger boy. He is officially in his big boy bed and he is doing so great about it. I think he just loves the freedom to wake up and get out of bed all on his own in the morning. He does a great job going to sleep and staying In at night. There has only been two difficult nights with putting him to bed since we started last week. I'm so proud of him :) 

The things my kids do

Seriously I am so blessed to be the mother to my beautiful sweet children. They do such cute caring silly things. I wanted to record all the things they have been doing lately. So here it is in the first installment of "things my kids do". 

Rebekah is a smiley little girly. She rolls over like a pro. She is so good at grabbing and holding her toys. 

Noah is so silly and says the funniest things. He likes to hold Bekah and give her hugs and kisses.

Noah sings "teach me to walk in the light" which is so special because I have sung that song to him every night since he was born. He sings so many songs now. His favorite is "ring around the poises ashes ashes Noah falls down!" 

Rebekah is fascinated with her hands and sucks on the all the time. She is holding toys now and bringing them to her mouth. 

She loves when daddy sings to her 

Noah gives her hand kisses 

She was squeezing his cheeks. 

I painted her baby nails. 

Hanging out during conference 

He helped me make meatloaf. He told me "messy meat. This is messy mommy" 

He is so pro at the ipad now 

Loves pushing her in the swing 

Bekah sucked on an apple. She said it was yummy. 

Noah bug likes to help. E with the laundry. Such a good helper 

This was adorable. He wanted to push the stroller all on his own so he did. He pushed from the front so he could look at Rebekah. So precious. 

This is a picture of my siblings (minus Andrea she is 3 years younger). I'm 3 months here. Doesn't Rebekah look exactly like me!? Noah is a mini Sean and Bekah is a mini me :)

He puts the pacifer in her mouth. 

He sees Rebekah suck on her hand so now he does it too haha

Eating her toys. 

Love the new hair bows I bought on amazon. 

One of Noah's favorite games is pretending to take a nap. He asks us to "cover me with a blanket. "

He loves his sister

President of Domestic Operations

I'm officially a stay at home mom ! Words can't describe my joy right now. Its so great to finally get to be home with my children. I have so many plans! Home school, trips to the park and museums, better lamed meals. I know I won't be perfect but it will be awesome. I'm so grateful for the opertunity to have worked at Cushman and Wakefield. I will miss the people and the fun times there. I learned so much being there.  My last day was so great. They surprised me with pizza, and a delicious cake! I usually don't like cake but this was amazing! It tasted like it had ice cream in it! The best part was the card they gave me. They wrote such sweet things in it. It was weird to see my desk so bare and to shut down my computer. I cried a little as I walked out at the end of the day for the last time. It was a fun 3 years. I'm so happy to move onto the next chapter in my life of staying home with the kids. Wahoo!! 

Bink in the trash

Last night I was telling Sean we need to have Noah throw it away himself so he knows its all done and he is a big boy. Noah heard us talking and ran to the kitchen and threw it in the trash. Then he immediately started crying after he realized what he had done. It was so sad. We didn't want to do it last night though cuz he was feeling sick so we were going to do it when he felt better. He has an ear infection and a cough. But he heard us talking and he is so obedient and he just did it. But once in the trash we can't just grab it out for him or he will never get off the bink. So I asked him to throw away the other one and he did but then cried harder. Poor guy. We told him that he is a big boy and doesn't need them and babies use them. He saw Bekah had hers and said "Bekah has a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink!!!!!!!!" Haha. He was crying but not so bad. We told him that babies get binks but big boys get lots of better things that babies can't have. Like fruit snacks and Popsicles. He got excited for that and we gave him a Popsicle as a reward for being a big boy. He went to sleep without it just fine at first. He didn't even cry. But then the rest if the night he woke up every hour to two hours til 4am when he slept til 7am. He wasn't crying for the bink he was just in pain from his ear and wanted to be cuddled. So he slept on the couch with Sean with a heating pack on his ear. I hope tonight is better for him. It will get easier as he feels better and as the nights go on without it. My little boy is growing up so much. He is such a sweetheart. 

Rollie Pollie

Rebekah rolled over for the first time today! We almost missed it too. Well indie miss it. But Sean caught her in the act right as she got to her back. She was in her crib sleeping (she sleeps on her tummy) and we heard her fussing so he went in to check on her. She had just rolled over! How fun. Our little girl is getting so big :) she also has been sucking on her fist a lot lately. Its pretty adorable. She sits up on her belly really well. She smiles all the time now. She is so beautiful. 

2 weeks is 14 days

It's official! I gave my two week notice this morning. It was actually not as bad as I thought it would be. In fact it wasn't bad at all. My boss was incredibly understanding and kind. We went to the conference room and I told him that i was giving my two weeks notice. I said i needed to be home with my children and that I am going to miss it here but that my priority is my family. I also told him about the anxiety I experience and that I think work adds to the stress. I couldn't help it and I cried a little. I love the people I work with and I'm going to miss them.  He said he completely understands and that I would be greatly missed. Then he surprised me when he said the door is always open should I ever decided to return to work. That was so nice to hear. He said that I do great work and that he appreciates it. Then he hugged me. I never knew quitting could be such a nice experience. Haha. Then he said I just need to submit the notice in writing for HR. I'm glad I was prepared for that and had written one last night. 

My coworker Tawna is also a massage client and friend so I will continue to see her weekly which is awesome. But Toni I won't really see unless I visit work. She has become like a work grandma to my kids. She is always asking about them and gets so excited to see pictures and hear stories. She is such a nice lady. I will definitely be sending her Christmas cards and visiting her when I can. Also Lorissa was a friend before work so I know we will keep in touch too. She is so awesome.  I will also miss Candace. She is pregnant right now and due at the end of October with her first child. She and I have bonded over the last 3 years and it will be sad to not see her everyday. She is always coming to me for pregnancy and child advice and I love to talk about it with her. She is so fun. But we will keep in touch too for sure. 

Basically I'm sad to leave everyone but I'm also so ecstatic to be home with my littles soon! I get to be a Stay at home mom! Well actually idk if that's really true. Cuz I will still be working doing massages but that's after they go to bed so I'm like a stay at home mom at day and a working mama at night. The best of both worlds. I get to love on my kids all day and I get to do what I love which is make people feel good with massage.