Guess who's Potty trained!

Well mostly :) MD has succesfully transitioned to "go pee-pee in da toy-lat!" YAY Michael Dunn!!! I had NOTHING to do with it-he was trained by his daddy (Thank you Michael!) He still needs a diaper though because he wont go poo in the toilet though he informs us everytime he goes in his diaper that he should have gone in the toilet :)

This is what the floor in front of the bathroom looks like-both are dry diapers!

He is well trained :) Here he is cleaning the urine out of his potty
And this grimacing little boy is showing us his happy face because he was so excited!

And I snapped some pics of the boys today per request from my mother.

The boys are helping daddy take out the trash-a job the LOVE because they get to go outside.
My handsome boys! Cute cute Cute!
Haha-don't look too closely at his nose-the cold makes his nose run like crazy!

I am a mother

I have had these thoughts in my head for awhile and I debated about blogging about it but I decided that I wanted my opinion on this subject out there.

I want a big family- I wish I could have a huge family like my parents. I love having two children so close and age and I wish I could have had another one by now so that there wouldn't be such an age gap between Hyrum and the next one. We are not pregnant now but I wish we were and I am NOT going to apologize for wanting to have children. I think that having children is a VERY personal matter and I think that those who wait have their reasons but I should not be judged or labeled irresponsible when I decide I DON'T want to wait. So my husband was deployed when I had Hyrum, so we still have years of school ahead of us, so we are not well off-none of those are reasons for me to wait. We are not in debt, we are not dependent on the government-but if we were it still would be ok. I WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN!!!! Motherhood is the MOST important calling there is and I LOVE being a mother-and If I could be HALF the mother my own mom was then my kids will be greatly blessed. There is no other job that takes more skill, requires more patience and turns out a better child then being a mother does. I am not ignorant for this choice-I CHOSE it and I RELISH it and I feel sorry for those who look upon motherhood as a lesser calling.

More fun with the Michael Dunners

A couple of days ago I was sitting on the couch and MD crawls up beside me and starts lovingly (I think) patting my face. I start to feel all emotional when MD informs me that "Mommy you have bug on you face! right der!" pointing at the mole on my chin.

And today after fixing dinner which had olives in it MD sits at the table and refuses to take a bite. When questioned why he informs me that "There is poop in food" right...Let me remove those olives for you :)

And while changing his diaper MD passed gas right in my face then laughed at me and informed me that "It was barking spiders mommy!" Yeah he learned that quote from his dad :)

Oh the innocence of youth :)

Scrapped

My cousin Emily tagged me with an Honest Scrap award which I think translates into something where I am meant to be completely honest about myself to all the blog world people. The rules state that I now have to tell ten brutally honest things about myself.


1) I always feel the need to look put together-I never like looking like I need help. Even when Michael was deployed I had the hardest time asking for help, and I seldom did. (Except for family-they got a big chunk of it)

2) I LOVE to eat! and I love to cook so it goes pretty well hand in hand!

3) I am not a social butterfly-I prefer sitting at home surrounded by my family doing things with them as opposed to going to a party.

4) I love to read but for some reason I get turned off to books that the majority of the population seems to love-except for Harry Potter.

5) I don't enjoy doing crafty things- I have given it a try and completely lack the cute gene that allows me to put things together in a pretty way. My home will never be a show home because I lack the interest or the ability to decorate more then a couple of pictures on the wall! However If I see something I like at a Friends home I usually copy it at some point :)

6) When I accomplish anything I have to tell my Husband and sometimes my mother what I did. I need others to know so it validates all the time and energy I put into it!

7) I love playing games and get addicted really quickly to any that I spend any time on. However I am not any good at any of them (Especially since my second pregnancy completely made me lose my capacity to remember anything!)

8) I am a hard worker-It used to embarrass me when people would ask my dad to lend some of their children to do manual labor (like lay sod or clear out branches) and my dad would send me with the boys. I remember thinking "I'm a GIRL!" and being pretty angry but I do think it helped my work ethic. I like staying busy and usually I have a list of things for me to work on.

9) I wish I was better at most things. I feel so boring and wish I was more outgoing or talented or crafty. I am not charismatic or funny but I respect those talents in others.

10) I am pretty emotional (Also blame that one on my second pregnancy) And cry over silly things but I seldom get really mad. When I do I usually gripe about it to my husband or mother then go run. For some reason running helps me clear my head and work through my problems.

And I get to end this by tagging 10 others! MEG, MEG, MEG! (Meg you better do this!) Callie, Shannon, Marie, Lydia, Rachel, Ashleigh and Crystal

When daddy is in charge of dinner:

Hey I'm just glad there are some carrots on these plates :)

My cute little monkey!

Our Happy Halloween!

This year we went to my In-Laws for the Halloween weekend and I think this was hands down the Best Halloween we have had! (Once again having kids has REALLY increased my enjoyment of this holiday)

Halloween day we took the Michaels to go flying with Michaels brother Andrew who is working on getting his pilots license. MD had SO much fun climbing in the airplane and fiddling with all the buttons. He even was able to ride in it for a milli-second before he started screaming and that ended his ride but even after that he was so excited everytime he saw an airplane fly by and he started saying "Goodbye daddy on airplane" since Michael went on a ride and MD was able to see them take off

MD playing pilot!
Excited as they strap him down for his turn to ride
their short lived ride (The only moved about a foot before MD decided he was done)
When we got home we dressed the boys in their Halloween outfits

Then headed off to The Heritage Farm! (It's a place where my father-in law volunteers so we got in free!)

This place was SO much fun- They offered so many things: 2 corn mazes (One for kids the other for adults) a Slide, a train ride and pony rides, a huge pirate ship made out of hay bales, a little petting zoo-and more that we weren't able to see due to lack of time! The boys had a blast and Michael and I did too :)

In the corn maze the boys would run ahead and try to lose us-too bad they kept following the trail!
Hyrum would keep getting distracted with the pieces of corn on the side of the trail


These little goats are actually full grown!


After the Farm we went out trick or treating! MD didn't have such a good time so we cut it short (though Hyrum got excited when he realized people were giving him free candy) And came back to our in-laws home where my children quickly overdosed on candy and ran around laughing and giggling for the rest of the evening.