Buddy Guy

Macey has the most beautiful dark brown eyes. There is just something about the shape of my girl's eyes that are striking.

Our little buddy guy is not letting me nor Matt sleep so after hearing him grunt and fuss for 2 hours I decided I better relocate this little guy so the one that provides for our family can at least be coherent during the day. But I think the damage is already done. I have been a zombie this week and sorry for the few people that I haven't returned your phone calls. I haven't been in my right mind with lack of sleep. You know it's bad when you start putting your milk in the cupboard and the peanut butter in the fridge and don't end up realizing it until the next meal time.

But on to other stuff. My little beefcake had his 2 month appointment last week and he weighed in at a whopping 14.1 pounds, 27 inches long. He is a chubby chookins. It's a good thing we didn't buy that many newborn clothes because he was out of them within a few weeks. The doctor said with as much fat as he has you should be getting a good 8 hour stretch of sleep with him. I could only laugh. I've been lucky if I've been getting 6 hours out of him at night. That's the record so far and it was forced. Between all 3 kids getting up during the night for whatever reason it's amazing that adults are even nice to other people during the day. So far Mason has started smiling and giggling. Maryn can usually get him smiling the best with her little jingles she sings to him. She is so much like her Daddy in that respect. I think her and I were singing about him being Mason the tubby boy. Some of his nicknames are buddy guy, McDaniel, Danny boy, my-son, chunk, little man.

His blessing day is on Sunday and I'm excited to have family in town this weekend. Especially my beautiful niece that will be staying with me for the rest of the summer. This is the first time she has ever flown on an airplane and she's doing it alone.

The sun is coming up might as well enjoy the sunrise since this night is toast.

Experimenting

You know I must be feeling more like myself when these things start popping back up again.

I found this Rich Dark Chocolate Cake recipe that I've been wanting to try for sometime now and finally found the time to whip this baby up. I was never a fan of dark chocolate until just recently. It's funny how your tastes change when you get older. I made this cake keeping in mind a friend who is just about to deliver. I heard somewhere that chocolate cake will spur on labor. Let's see if it works unless she is in the hospital already. The cake fell in the middle but I think it was my fault so I'll have to make this again to see if it will fall again after I change what I did. So what do you do to hide a fallen cake??? Add more chocolate shavings in the middle. Not sure how it tastes yet so I need subjects to test. All you local people if you want a piece feel free to stop by. No guarantee's that it will be here after 8:00 tonight or that it will taste good. **Warning** I am in my cleaning clothes. No worries Erika I'll save you a piece this was for you in the first place and I do have to save a piece for my hubby. I got in trouble last time.

Got an Issue

I don't share a lot of what I'm thinking on views like this BUT I was watching a segment online of a model who was considered a plus size model and she was enraged that a photographer had air brushed her photo to seem skinnier. Now I'll tell you the issue that I have with his. The model was about my size. In fact she had the same measurements as me and wore the same dress size. My issue is with the fact of her thinking that she was a plus size model when in fact she just had a normal curvy body like most of the "normal" women out there. We're in society right now where a normal looking "healthy" girl thinks that she is bigger than the norm. She said she was comparing to the industry but why do we have to compare at all. People come in all shapes and sizes and have all different histories of why they are the way they are. People need to stop listening to what they think the norm is and just try to create as healthy of a body as possible. I'm tired of looking at emaciated women on magazine covers in the store. That's not reality! That's unhealthy...and unhealthy to our young girls who are trying to recreate an unsustainable image without ruining their body and health.

Happy Birthday Matty

Today is my Matty's birthday. Last night he asked me how old he was turning. I thought he was kidding so I asked him how old do you think you are. He said I'm 30 right now aren't I? Usually he jokes and I wait for him to have this smirk because he's always kidding around. I waited and the smirk was sorta there but I couldn't tell. He's getting good at masking it. Do you really think you're only 30??? He said yeah! I told him he was turning 32 and he didn't believe me. We're so thankful for all the things that Matt does for our family. Maryn is right here beside me so we're going to give you a run down why our Daddy/Husband is so special.

--He devotes all his time to his family. In every decision that he makes it's always focused on his family. He built with the help of a good friend a playhouse for the girls so they could have fun in the backyard and also to save my sanity.

--He reads to the girls almost every night and makes sure they get individual time as much as possible.

--He is the MacGyver of Mr. Fix It. Even if he doesn't have the right tools he'll make something miraculously work. I always know if we have a problem that needs to be fixed eventually he will come up with a solution.

--He gives us kisses and hugs when he leaves for work and when he comes home from work.

--He loves to help other people and doesn't like to see other people suffering.

--He's always willing to take the kids with him if he has to run errands. (This is HUGE)

--Plus, we think he's the cutest Daddy ever.

We love our Daddy and hope he has a good birthday today...even though he had to work. Someone will have to tell him to check the blog because he rarely does unless I leave it up.

Construction

It seemed like everywhere I went yesterday there was construction work. In Utah you'll be driving on any given day and you'll run into mounds of road work. And who needs to employ a stop sign person...they just close down the whole road going one way. So, you could imagine I felt like a little rat trying to find the light at the end of the maze. We were going down the road and they completely shut down the other side of the road and on our side we were driving in the ditch and in people's driveways. Maryn asked what they were doing and I had told her that I had know idea. Then she said they must be digging for gophers or something. I started laughing and said those must be some good size gophers.

Natural Botox

I just had to post these pictures. About 2 weeks ago Maryn woke up and she said her lip felt funny. Sometime during the night something bit the top and bottom lip...and this is the results instant natural Botox. Poor thing...I really felt for her. She told me she felt like a monster and didn't want to be seen in public like this. It took some conjoling but I finally got her to pose for me for some pics. She gave me some great facial expressions too.

Aftermath of Homemade Ice Cream

Ice Cream definitely leaves a smile on these girls faces!

My Big Sis

My older sister came to visit us the week before last. It was so great to see them. I don't think I have seen her in person other than webcam in 4 years. We always tease them they have to make their once a year "trip to Mecah". If you need me to explain, ask me. I couldn't believe how much my niece and nephews have grown. It was awesome being able to catch up with them. When I left Seattle the oldest was only about 7 if that. I haven't been that great with pictures lately but we went to In and Out Burger for dinner one of the nights and then swimming with the family. My sister's birthday was the day before we came so we celebrated with cake and homemade ice cream. Such a kick to be able to have fun with older kids. I'm looking forward to when my kids get older and we can branch out on our family outings. Matt also got to go with my bro-in-law to Cabela's and I think they were lost in gun land for a better part of a few hours. Thanks for finally giving in Bev and staying with us!!! We absolutely loved it!

Not Enough Hours in the Day

I have something to admit...and this one is a toughy for me because usually I have all my ducks in a row but I'm overwhelmed. Sometimes I wish I could duplicate myself so I could get done everything I need to and have enough hands to help everyone that's demanding my attention. So, people say going from 1 to 2 is hard...I'm thinking 2 to 3 kids is kicking my butt. A few things I've learned in the past couple weeks.

There is no point in buying anything nice because it's going to get destroyed anyway.

Don't take 3 kids to a decorating store because it will end up in shattered glass and peppers on the ground.

Probably going to the library will have to be a special thing for Maryn without Macey...going with 3 kids is impossible and ends in ripped books.

Never and I say NEVER AGAIN will I bring all three kids to a doctor appointment for me.

If you think something is high enough and out of reach of your 21 month old...you probably need to put it even higher.

My crafts and free time are a thing of the past.

But then there are the sweet moments...

Maryn telling me I'm the best mommy in the whole wide world.

Macey giving me a hug not asked(begged) for.

Mason making his first cooing.

I'll take the good with the frustrating. Just need to find a little bit of balance in this whole crazy mommy world.

p.s. Since I took that picture of Mason his cheeks have expanded further. Hard to believe I know, but seriously those things are huge! Gonna need a wheel barrow to tote those cheeks around.