Wow!

I know it has been forever since I have updated this blog. That usually just means that I am happy and don't have anything to complain about! :) Life has been super busy and having two kids is crazy! I don't know how my mom did it with SEVEN!

MEMPHIS:
Memphis is a fantastic baby. He is so mellow and easygoing. He endures all of the love that Wren gives to him. He loves to smile and laughs at everybody. He likes it when I "throw" him up in the air, that will almost always get a smile/laugh out of him. He has not yet rolled over. He just doesn't care!!! He is just as happy being laid on his tummy as he is on his back. He usually just falls asleep. Crazy kid! :) I lost my milk with him as well, at about the same time as I did with Wren. Happily he is doing well on formula and getting so big. I think he has more rolls on him than Wren ever has and I would say he is still on the small end. We are loving him a LOT and are very thankful that he is such a good natured kiddo! Memphis went trunk or treating as a monkey this year. We borrowed the costume from Aunt Valerie!

WREN:
Wren is getting so big and talks non-stop. It's usually really cute. She also loves to sing and sings to Memphis a lot of the time. She loves ANYTHING Disney Princess or Tinkerbell. She still loves bath time and likes it when I put Memphis in the bath with her so she can "help". She has started to say that she is "scary" which means that she is scared. She is to the point that she wants to do everything by her self. She always tells me "MY TURN". On one hand, it's so nice... on the other hand, she gets frustrated when she can't do it but she doesn't want help even when she can't do it. Sometimes there is a lot of yelling on both sides for that reason! Wren LOVES waffles for breakfast. Sometimes we have frozen waffles and sometimes we have microwaved eggs that I put peanut butter and syrup on and she calls both of them waffles! She's so funny! She likes to tell you what all kinds of animals say. She will also tell you that Elmo says "lalalala, Elmo's World" and that Papa (Mike) says "kisses". I'm trying to teach her that mommy says "NO,NO!" but she hasn't caught on to that one yet! The other day I asked her if she was a starvin marvin and she said "No, I'm starving Wren!" She's way to smart for her own good! Wren went trunk or treating as a ladybug this year. I made her tutu and borrowed a ladybug print jacket from my mom.

I have put Memphis and Wren in the same room and they are doing so good together. Wren doesn't even wake up anymore when I go in to feed him before I go to bed at night (usually between 2 and 4 a.m.) and they sleep until between 9:30 and 11 a.m. so I would say that is pretty darn good! Wren has not yet tried to crawl into the crib with him so I would say that is another large accomplishment. The front of the crib curves out (like a sleigh bed) so that deters her from that direction, but I think she could get in from the side if she really tried. I think she just remembers that I used to put her in there as a punishment so there's no way she is getting in there voluntarily! :) I love that girl!

JEREMIAH AND ME:
Jeremiah got a job driving water truck in the oil fields of North Dakota with a company called North Fork Oil. He will be gone for 4 weeks at a time, then home for 1 week. He left on 10/16 and will be gone for 7 weeks this time. 3 for training and 4 "regular" weeks. It is so hard here without him. Wren misses him like crazy and there aren't enough words to describe how much I need him. Today is our anniversary. Our TEN year anniversary. I can't believe that it has been that long. It seems so short a time and yet looking back, we have grown so much both as a couple and as individuals. So, today is already a rough day and it hasn't even officially started! I don't want to be alone today, of all days :( but I am trying to be strong! I am even going to try not to cry in front of Wren! I am trudging along being a mom and loving that I get to be at home to raise my kids. They are my greatest joy even though raising them is my greatest trial at times also! The good times are definitely worth the trying times though so I'll take it!

I'll try to do better on my blog!

3 Weeks 2 Days Old

Seriously! How cute is this kid! I LOVE this picture!

Memphis is such a good baby. He slept 6 straight hours last night and that is pretty normal for him! He rarely cries unless he is hungry or has gas :(

Wren in the Water

Wren loves bathtime!

Wren loves to take baths! The other day I put her in the bathtub and then was unloading the dishwasher. I heard her singing and came back into the bathroom. This is what she was doing! Of course, when I want to rinse her hair she is violently opposed to laying down but when it is her idea... I love this girl!

Emmalee and Memphis

Wow, Memphis looks really really tiny next to this kid! It's amazing to me that babies always look so small until you put them up next to a newborn.

Getting Ready to Go Home

If I Were a Girl....

awww, how cute... thanks AUNT VAL!

Our Visitors at the Hospital

Grandma Dixie Martin

Grandpa Clyde Martin

Uncle Kevin Hathaway (I look a lot like him and this is our "first presidency" pose!

Mercedez Eames, she wanted to take Memphis home with her! :) Isn't she a cutie?

Aunt Valerie Hendricks, she was there for EVERYTHING!

Isabella Hendricks

Isaac Hendricks

Ethan Hendricks

Aunt Kathryn Hathaway, she showed up right after Memphis was born!

Grandpa Mike Hathaway and Grandma Lorraine Hathaway, they were also there for the whole thing!

Grandpa Mike Hathaway, he REALLY likes this kid!

Daddy's Boy

I love the look on his face... Really?

No, Really??!?

Can you tell they're related?

Proud Dada!

The Baby Has Arrived

So Alert:

Mommy FINALLY gets to hold her boy:

So Handsome!

I love this baby!

The proud parents:

Such a good baby

Before the Birth In Pictures

The epidural kicking in:

Jeremiah eating my lunch!

Just waiting....

resting...

excited parents!

are we ready yet?

Rough Day...

Yesterday was a very rough day for Wren and I. It started out pretty good with Wren climbing into bed with me at 7:30, cuddling up with me and falling asleep. I had a Dr's appointment at 10:50 so I finally woke Wren up at 10:30 and we made it (only 5 minutes late). After the appointment we went to Target and got a couple of things that we needed for the baby and then we came home and had a nap. After naps things just went down hill! I went downstairs to change the laundry and when I came back upstairs Wren had gone into the bathroom, climbed up on the toilet and got my eye makeup remover. She then proceeded to climb into my red recliner and dump it out ALL OVER IT! Luckily it was Mary Kay and oil free and so came out of the material. I had not taken my meds that morning because we were in such a hurry to get out the door so I'm sure that I overreacted a little bit but it made me so angry. After that pretty much everything that she did just made me more and more angry. She got into the pantry and ate a bunch of cookies creating a crumby mess. Then, I'm sure because she could sense how stressed and upset I was, she just wanted me to hold her and hug on her. I was NOT in the mood! It took over 2 hours to clean the chair! I had lots of other plans for yesterday. I kept trying to remind myself that this too shall pass and that I would regret staying angry for as long as I was. Also that Wren probably really didn't remember why she was in trouble and why I was so angry after that amount of time!

Today has been much better! Wren did wake up at 7 this morning, which is fine with me... I just wish that she would be more consistent in the time of awakening each morning! She was sick about a month ago and was waking up in the night needing medicine and milk. It became a habit and now I don't know how to break her of it. She wakes up at the same time every night and she is old enough that I know she doesn't need to be! I am thinking about putting her back in the crib for a week or two to break her of the habit. That way she cannot go wandering around the house and will be confined to her bed...

NAUGHTY!

There is a reason that this girl has the nickname "Naughty"

The other day I was talking to mom on the phone for about 20-30 min. During this time Wren was in and out of the room and being fairly quiet (never a good sign). After we hung up I went to see what she was up to and this is what I found:



I love that she looks so proud of herself! This was all of the junk food she could reach out of the cupboards while standing on the stool that she is currently sitting on! I have since had to move all of the junk to higher shelves, apparently she is not so interested in canned food or even cereal!

She did clean up the mess all by herself, put all the cupcakes in the correct boxes and "helped" me rearrange the shelves!