The Martin Family

A long overdue update.....

2010-03-18T23:42:00.000-07:00

So i have ben a total slacker keeping up with our blog. Hopefully it gets better not worse with the arrival of a new baby. Just so i dont miss anything, ill start with Christmas. (yes i know its the middle of march)

- Deccember was a pretty busy month for our little family. Were able to spend time with both families and got the annual year awaited visit from my brother Skyler and his wife Kassie. (Who are expecting thier own bundle of joy the end of May we cant wait to find out what theyre having!!)
Bobby mason and I spent Christmas evening in the ER. Mason had been coughing for a few days and it took a turn for the worst Christmas day. He couldnt catch his breath and was weezing. So we decided to take him in. Turned out he had Pnemonia. They released him that night with antibiotics and he was over it in a week. I turned a year older the last day of December which stinks but hey it part of life.

- January was a busy month full of doctors visits and another trip to the er.(this time for Bobby) He had a stubborn kidney stone that wouldnt pass and required scans and doctor appt to decide what to do about it. It was still a passible size but was not going anywhere and causing him alot of pain. He couldnt go to work on pain meds but the pain was so bad that he couldnt function without the pain meds. So he was stuck at home for about 3 weeks waiting for the stinking thing to pass.
We took the boys to Monster Truck Ralley for the second year in a row. I think its become a tradition. Its still a topic of conversation with Jarrin about every other day.

-February brought another year older for Bobby and kidney stone surgery on his birthday. Some would say thats not the best gift but by this point he had dealt with it for about 3 weeks and just wanted it gone. He had to be put under for the proceedure and we spent the day in the hospital waiting for his proceedure. They were able to break it up with a laser and he was realeased that night.
I took wedding pictures the following weekend in the valley and had a great time doing it. It was a busy weekend but so much fun. The rest of our month was spent just getting thing around the house done.
Bobby and I started a building project together. (our living room entertainment center.) I love it. He came up with the base plan and I put the designer details into it. We make a great team. He did all the building. I wish I could have been more a part of that process but being 33 weeks pregnant and about to go on bed rest didnt permitt me to help much.
My totally AWESOME friends, Marcie and Cassie threw a baby shower for me at the end of February. We have all the big stuff from having the boys, but we were lacking in the girl clothing department. It was so fun to open PINK stuff. Thanks Marcie and Cassie. Youre the best!! And thanks to all who came and gave gifts. I feel so much more ready now.

-March- Bobby started the construction process for the play set we bought the boys for thier birthdays. He thought it would take him at least two days doing it by himself but being the handy man that he is, it took him less than ten hours start to finish. Its so nice having a hubby who likes to build stuff and whos Awesome at it too. (hes been building shelves in all our bedroom closets. I LOVE the extra storage)
March 4th my not so little man Jarrin turned 4. I cant believe that he is that old already. Seems like just yesterday he was the one in my belly waiting to come out and join our family. we love him so much and cant imagine our lives without him. He makes us all laugh and smile everyday.
I went on bed rest the day after his birthday, at 34 weeks to try and keep this little girl in here til at least 37 weeks.I went into pre term labor with both boys and had to go on bed rest with Mason. So they put me on bed rest to be safe and let her gain more wieght. I have still been having some contractions but nothing too serious. One more week and she can come whenever she wants. And I cant WAIT!!!

So thats what we have been up to in a nut shell. We have been staying pretty busy and anticipating the arrival of a new family member. I will try to do better about keeping up with our blog. I need to be better about posting the cute little things the boys do too, not just the highlights for each month.
Speaking of cute little things, this is a picture of Mason I just had to add. Its his first time in time out. He knew right where to go after watching his brother be put there several times. He cried for about a minute then sat there quietly with his arms folded til he was told to go say sorry to Jarrin for biting him.

This is just a cute picture of the way you can usually find Mason day to day. No pants because he takes them off. Some sort of hat on and at least one shoe. He steals shoes from all of us and wears them around all day.

Boutiques

2009-12-03T09:55:00.000-08:00

I will be doing two botiquies this weekend. First one is at the big old church in Taylor on center street. It starts today. Thurs. 10-7 Fri. 10-7 and Sat. 9-6. The second one is at my friends house out at the golf course just follow the signs. It starts tomorrow Fri. 1-6 and Sat. 8-3. There will be lots of great handmade gifts and my photography at both. Go take a look:)

Its a..............

2009-11-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

GIRL

We are so excited that we will be welcoming a sweet baby girl sometime in april!! Everything looks good and healthy. She is growing just how she should be. i will try and put some ultrasound pictures up later, but it has been one exciting and exhausting day so im am off to bed. Time to start dreaming PINK!!

Whats your guess?

2009-11-10T10:30:00.000-08:00

Hopefully sometime this week we should get our first glimpse of our little one. What do you think it will be? Boy or Girl? Leave me a comment. Just curious what everyone thinks:)

2009-10-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

Just posted some sneek peeks on my Photog Blog

Just a reminder

2009-09-23T20:46:00.000-07:00

SCENTSY OPEN HOUSE PARTY TOMORROW AT MY HOUSE 7PM. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

Scentsy Party

2009-09-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

I will be having a Scentsy open house at my house on the 24th of this month @7pm. They just came out with new warmers and lots of new scents. I will draw for some prizes, we will have some yummy food and just have fun. If you cant make it but still want to smell scents or look at a catalouge, let me know. Thanks!!

Suprise!!

2009-09-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

So im not sure how many of you noticed that we slipped a baby counter onto our blog, But its true! Baby #3 will be here April 17th. We were a little suprised cuz we wanted to wait 6 more months but I guess thats not our choice. Someone else had other plans. Were excited and cant wait to find out what were having. Jarrin thinks its a little sister and wants to send it back if its another boy lol. We dont mind either one as long as its healthy.

Playing in the rain is hard work

2009-08-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

Jarrin and Mason had so much fun playing in the rain and the aftermath on Saturday afternoon. But it sure did wear them out. We came inside, cleaned up and they both crashed.

You might be a Red Neck if.....

2009-08-22T00:09:00.000-07:00

You husband uses your bathtub to check for leaks in his truck tire. Thats all im going to say........ except p.s. the ring around the tub is from the tire.

Check my blog for the winner.......

2009-08-02T21:50:00.001-07:00

Last day to enter my drawing for a free Photo Session

2009-08-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

www.agirlnhercamera.blogspot.com

Check it out!!

2009-07-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

Go check out my Photography blog I am doing a giveaway for a free photo session

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Cute!!

2009-07-26T00:43:00.000-07:00

Anyone want a really old window with a custom memory board and chalk board made just for you? Let me know I am taking orders. The paint on the bottom is splotchy cuz it was still drying. I made this one for a wedding coming up next weekend. They are using it to hang in the reception and display pictures and a message. Makes a great gift too!!
ALSO: for those of you who were disapointed that I havent been updating my photog blog I just put new pics on there.

5 Years

2009-07-23T00:51:00.000-07:00

This post is a little late because we havent had internet for awhile, but I justed wanted to let my sweetie know how much I love him. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary on the 9th of this month. I am so thankful he has put up with me for so long. I know a Whole five years, thats a long time. I love you so much and cant wait to spend many many many more years growing old with you. Weve grown so much together and I am so thankful we have Eternity together. You are my best friend, and I love you so very much! Happy 5 year anniversay Baby!!

I survived my first dentist appt!!!

2009-07-01T23:06:00.000-07:00

Jarrin was such a good boy and we had no problems what so ever. His teeth are perfect and he was a great patient. When we got home he asked if we could go again tomorrow. Silly boy!! Thanks Aunt Molly and Dr. L for making it a good experience. Good job little man!!

Lovin this summer weather

2009-06-30T02:17:00.001-07:00

I love the storm clouds that usually come in with the summer months and I ecspecially love the way the sunset makes them look. This is the sunset Jarrin was talking about in his prayer.

Get better Mommy and Blue carpet roads

2009-06-30T01:57:00.001-07:00

I was lucky enough to have all four of my wisdom teeth pulled two weeks ago. My mom watched the kids while bobby went with me. When he brought the kids home, jarrin had a big hug, some beautiful roses and a card he had colored just for me. He is such a sweet boy and so aware of peoples feelings around him. He always wants to know why Mason is crying and will put his arm around him and say "whats the matter bubba, Its ok." Today he got woke up from his nap because Mason was crying and he walked out of his room asking if bubba was ok.

Jarrin was outside playing saturday and when I went to check on him he was in the garage on the other side of the truck. When I walked around the truck this is what I saw, He had taken his dads roll of shop towels and rolled out a road for his bike. Silly boy. I love his little imagination.

Funny man!!

2009-06-30T01:41:00.000-07:00

Mason has been funny lately wanting daddys socks on and wanting to wear things he sees jarrin or anyone else wear. I also have to keep him away from the laundry because he is obsessed with tags and will find a shirt or anything with a tag, hold onto the tag and drag it around for awhile and then find something else with a tag. Funny Boy!! And look at his mouth full of teeth he only has two more that need to come in all the way and he will have everything but his three year old molars.

flag and blocks

2009-06-30T01:34:00.000-07:00

Anyone want a rustic flag or some cute hand painted blocks?

Jarrin

2009-06-30T01:04:00.000-07:00

We all got ready to eat dinner sunday night and Jarrin reminded us we needed to say the prayer and that he would say it. it was the first time he said it without any prompting. It was so sweet.

"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the food. Thank you we could look at the sunset. Thank you we could look at the waterfalls. Thank you for my Mason and Mommy and Daddy. Amen. He is growing up so fast right before my eyes. I wish I could freeze time and keep him little forever.

THE WINNER!! and my new bench

2009-06-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

My very handy husband built me a bench in the corner of our kitchen where our table goes. the whole thing is storage. Awesome right?.... yeah I thought so too! Now all it needs is some paint and cushions. Anyone handy with a sewing machine? Wanna help me make a cushion? Stay tuned in the next few weeks for pictures of the finished product.

And drum roll please...... the winner of the mini photo session is......

Oh and my hubby was at work and jarrin was asleep on the couch so I

let Mason choose the winner.

Ladies who left me a comment if you didnt win this time, and you still want some pictures

I will give you a 15% discount so let me know or you can wait for the

next giveaway.

Mud Monster, looking at the rain and a GIVEAWAY!!!

2009-06-05T23:42:00.000-07:00

My little Mason is def all boy. I was outside spray painting something so I took him out with me after his nap. I walked into the garage to get a diff color and came back outside to this cute mess. He wanted me to hold him and there was no way so then he started chasing me and growling. such a funny and cute mess. How come they are always so cute when they are messy. And from the look of things I am pretty sure he was eating it too. BOYS- Gotta love thier cute messy faces.

My Boys love looking out the window. This is how I found them one sunday afternoon enjoying an afternoon shower.

Ok and now for the Giveaway part.... This is my 50th post. I know most people do this for 100 but it has taken me awhile to post this many so I thought id do it at 50. So heres the deal. I have a new photography blog and things have really been taking off with photography for me. And im loving it. So I am going to give a free mini session for the winner of this drawing. So heres how its going to work. If you live out of state or town you are still eligible you just have to be willing to meet me in my hometown or in Mesa somewhere for the shoot. I will randomly pick the winner on wednesday. You can get up to four entries in the drawing....

#1 leave me a comment here

#2 Go to my new blog, ( www.agirlnhercamera.blogspot.com )check out the pictures and come back here and tell me which pic is your favorite and why.

#3 and #4 post about my giveaway on your blog, come back here and let me know you did so that I can give you credit for it.

well what are you waiting for.... someones gotta win.... could be you!!!

NeW pHoToGrApHy BlOg

2009-04-28T00:37:00.000-07:00

I decided to make a new photography blog. I wanted to keep photography seperate from my crafts and such. I just posted a sneek peek on my new blog from a newborn photoshoot I did on friday. You can get there the same way you got to the old one. Just click on the picture of the Adorable little girl in the tea cup.

Brothers and friends

2009-04-21T20:40:00.000-07:00

It was oh so nice outside today so we hung out as a family for awhile. Mason has never had a ride on the four wheeler and Jarrin was a very nice brother to give him a ride and go very slow and make sure he was holding on tight. I love my two little men and the relationship they have. Mason loved his ride and we loved spending time together.

Custom order wood blocks for my friend....

2009-04-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

Masons Birthday

2009-04-14T23:56:00.000-07:00

My little Mason is ONE!! Cant believe it. We celebrated his birthday just the four of us with some cake (well he was the only on e who had cake We all just watched him make a mess). It was a pretty quiet day spent at home just enjoying each other. He loved the chocolate cake although at first he wasnt quite sure if it was just to play in or to eat too. He figured it out though and loved it. Bobby was getting impatient though and decided he wasnt making enough of a mess so he stuck his face in it. Mason didnt mind one bit just started grabbing frosting and eating it off his face. Then on monday we had a family party with Bobbys family. My parents had to be somewhere and were greatly missed. So I made the fondant cake for that and another one for him to make a mess out of. We had a great time and he got way too many presents. We love you Mason and cant believe how fast you are growing.

(I started a post all about Mason on his birthday but it was so windy the computer wasnt working and kept kicking me off. So its still coming as soon as I get some time to finish it.)

Adventures in Cake Decorating

2009-03-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know, if there is something that has to do with crafts decorating ect. ect. I have to try it at least once. So for awhile now I have really wanted to try making Fondant and then decorating a cake with it. Well I tried last night and am pretty happy with the outcome. Mason will be turning one on friday and I really wanted to make his cake with fondant but have never done it before so I decide I shold try it out at least once before attempting to do his. i loved it so much I cant wait to do it again. Since this one was practice I let Jarrin help pick the colors and this is what we came up with. I cant wait to do Masons and attempt a layered cake. so stay tuned for more cake pictures. I think I have found another hobby much to my husbands dismay;)

Love those big blues eyes!!

2009-03-26T19:52:00.000-07:00

Mother Nature

2009-03-23T00:33:00.001-07:00

Im sure alot of you will agree with me when I say that I hate the wind. It seems ike it has been really bad this year. I hope it passes soon. Well a crazy thing happened today while we were all inside enjoying our windy day of rest. The panels on the side of our house that make up the fence have blown down before, well one of them. Well today we lost I think four. One of the panels, when it fell had some pieces break off. We have our new truck in the garage and since thats monstrous thing takes up most of the space the car and Bobbys cop car got tossed to the curb (literally). Well our nieghbors noticed that the fence was blowing down again and called Bobby and told him he might want to move his car because it was directly in the path of the panels if they broke of and the wind caught them. He moved it to our driveway and not very long after had to stop another panel from hitting his car to where he had moved it. One more gust of wind and it would have taken out the whole passenger side of his car. Well our nieghbors came to borrow our ice cream maker and he asked if we had seen Bobbys car. I immediatley thought that the pannel had caught enough wind and smashed into the side. But one of those pieces that had broke off had caught enough wind and broke out the glass in the back passenger window. Crazy weather this wind. Hope it ends soon and with no more broken windows. Oh and sorry no picture, I wasnt about to take my new camera out in that nasty weather. Maybe tommorow.

New Camera + Practice = New Pictures

2009-03-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

Well the Last two weeks with my camera have been a lot of fun. Just waiting for an actual photo shoot to see what this baby can really do. CANT WAIT. so here are some of the pics i have taken over the past few weeks. Some are just for fun and others actually had a purpose. Enjoy!! Hopefully lots more where these came from soon. ps I have tried and tried to get the captions abve the pictures. Dont know what Im doing wrong sorry.

Masons First time on the slide. He loved It!!

Bobby doing a back a flip. By the way thats our

new truck in the back ground. I keep meaning

to post about it. We love it. Know anyone who

needs a good little family car?

Just a fun picture of the DP I was drinkng.

Maybe I will blow this one up and put it in

my kitchen. What do you think?

This camera is AWESOME at capturing movement.

My crazy Husband Popping birthday balloons with

a steak knife.

Another one

Practicing my Manual focus. I love

playing with the lens.

I didnt enhance the colors of this sunset at

all. it was so gorgeous I just had to take a pic

Rings from the wedding I took pictures at

The couple had a favor table for the guests and one

of the bowls was full of rock candy. Again LOVE

the Manual focus

My Favorite Picture of the whole night!!!

Just a little update

2009-03-18T11:23:00.001-07:00

Well it hasnt been that long since I posted but ts seems we have been crazy busy. I know spring is here because it always seems like life gets busier when it gets warmer.
The day after I got my camera, I was the second shooter at a family friends wedding. It was so much fun though i felt so inadequate being that I had had my camera for less than 24 hrs. I welcomed the oppurtunity though and it was great to spend the evening with my parents kid free! That never happens. And youll just have to trust me when I say the bride was G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S because we dont have the correct card reader for my new camera so no pictures today sorry. Then the week following was just all the normal house wife, stay at home mommy stuff that would keep anyone busy. And then this last saturday we all went to another wedding for one of Bobbys co-workers. I didnt take my camera to this wedding. My camera is so monstrous now that its not something you can haul around and pretend to just be taking snap shots, and there was a possibility that I would end up left there with both kids and no hubby (bobby was still on duty) and the possibility happened. He missed the wedding but made it back for the reception. So I wasnt about to haul ll three around. Then later that afternoon Jarrin had been invited to a birthday party for one of his little girl friends. He hadnt had nap yet because the wedding was right during nap time but fell asleep on the way home from the church so he missed the Birthday cake presents and basically everything else but wanted to go over anyways after he woke up so he stayed for awhile and had a great time. Thanks Sandy and Isabelle. then we had an impromptu dinner with our good friends and nieghbors across the street. We had Tri tip to share And she had made some really good tortellini soup and homemade bread so we combinded it all and had a last minute dinner together. I wasnt so sure when we started building in this nieghborhood if I would like having nieghbors so close. But it has been so fun to have nieghbors that close. Our boys are only four months apart and get along so well and there have been many times we are both fixing dinner and are lacking an item to complete dinner and we can borrow it from eachother.
Sunday was a lazy day. I wasnt feeling well and so we all just stayed home for the day except that bobby had to go to work at two. Bobby had monday off so he went golfing with his his dad and brother and then met us later for lunch and then we took the boys to the park for awhile. Mason loved the slide and Jarrin loved playing catch with his dad. I think we will be spending many more days off there.
Yesterday was a crazy day. It started off by me trying to get the car cleaned up so we could sell it. (we have upgraded to a truck. More on that later.) i got it all vacumed out and was headed to get some soloution at bobbys moms house to get the sippy cup stains out. I had only been there two minutes when bobby pulls into hr drive way. i knew something was wrong because Mason was asleep when I left and he would have just called if he needed something so my heart skipped a beat. Jarrin had been playing at the nieghbors and they were playing in her car. She came outside and asked them to get out of the car. As Jarrin was getting out, he shut his finger in the door. She immediatly brought him to Bobby. She offered to keep an eye on Mason so that he could bring him to me. He thought that Jarrin had broken it. His poor little finger looked horrible when I saw it. Bobby said it looked ten times worse just minutes before. It was smashed flat to the bone when Bobby first saw it. He was able to bend it but I was afraid that it was still broken so we took him to the doctor just to be sure. It wasnt!!! I am not a queasy person, but when i saw his finger I started to get sick to my stomach. Jarrin has never been hurt worse than that. It made me hurt to know that he was hurting. Today it looks so much better. If you didnt know he had smashed it yesterday his finger wouldnt look any different to you. Well after that whole ordeal I still had some cleaning on the car to do and a dinner party to get ready for. The dinner went well and we had a great relaxing night after a hectic afternoon.
So lets hope that today is a much calmer and relaxing day with no incidents.

My new BABY!!

2009-03-06T16:52:00.001-08:00

My sweet husband let me buy a new camera!! I have wanted this camera for awhile now (Nikon D300) I was sick to my stomach after I clicked the buy button but when the ups man pulled up today my heart was pounding in my chest. I was so excited and still am. It was love at first sight. Now its PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. So much to learn with this new camera. The technology is 20xs better than my old one. Thank you Babe for believeing in me enough to let me make this big of an investment! Love you!! Now its off to practice!! Wish me luck!!

Birthday Cake And Gourmet Dinner (part 2)

2009-03-04T21:03:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl we would get to choose what we wanted to eat for our birthday dinner. So i decided that Jarrin was old enough to start that this year. I aked him a few days ago what he wanted and he just kept telling me cake. I would then reply AND? well this morning I asked him again and he said mac and cheese. We got the easy mac bowls about a week ago and thats all hes wanted to eat since then. So it was no suprise that even though he could have whatever he wanted he would choose Mac n Cheese. Even Mason had his own version of mac n cheese. Daddy missed out because sadly he had to work today, but he did make it home in time for cake and ice cream. And we all were lucky enough to get a picture with the celebrity birthday boy himself. Thanks for having a birthday today buddy boy so mommy had an excuse to eat cake and ice cream and not feel guilty. I love you so much little boy!! You make everyday brighter!! I love waking up to your smiling face in the morning when you come ask us to turn on cartoons for you. I love all the kisses and hugs you give me without asking. I love how great of a big brother you are, Mason adores you. I love that several times throughout the day you randomly tell me "I love you Mommy!" I love how much you look up to your daddy and want to be just like him. I love it when you come home from nursery and have to sing me the latest and greatest song you just learned. I love that the only letter of the alphabet you dont sing is the one that starts your own name. I love how happy you are to see me when I get home from somewhere even if I was only gone 10 mins. I love how you kiss and sing to Mason when he cries or is sad and how quick you are to say sorry and hug him if you hurt him. I love that you still ask me to hold you. I love your cheesy little grin. I love your Zest for life and I hope you never loose it. I love you Jarrin McKay Martin!! Happy Third Birthday!! (sorry Im too lame and lazy to flip my pictures)

Happy Birthday to a very special boy!! (picture overload sorry)

2009-03-04T08:58:00.000-08:00

My little baby is 3 today!! I can hardly believe it! time has gone by so fast. He is such a joy in our lives and makes everyday so much fun. He is always saying and doing the funniest things. He loves spending time with his little brother and mommy and daddy. He is quite the little comedian and loves to make people laugh. We love this funny little boy. He is so smart and has known how to say his alphabet for awhile now. He Loves to count to ten and cant wait to start pre-school this year. He loves being outsie playing with his best friend Justin or following his daddy around. He loves riding his bike and is quite the little dare devil. I looked outside the other day and he was riding his bike down our nieghbors driveway by laying down on the seat on his tummy with his legs straight out behind him. I can still remember the day we brought our little Jarrin home from the hospital. He was so tiny. Now he is my big three year old. We love you Jarrin!! Hope you have a Great birthday Buddy Boy!!

11 months old today

2009-03-03T18:04:00.000-08:00

The littlest Martin is 11 months old today!! He is now trying to walk and he stands all the time by himself without holding onto anything. He can take about 6 steps sometimes more before he falls on his bum. He has two new teeth and many more faces for me when I get the camera out. He loves to say dadda and momma all the time even though hes been able to say them for quite awhile now. I think they are his new favorite words! We love you Mason and cant belive how fast you are growing.Sorry some of the pics are blurry, Mason touched my lens on one of them.

5 New posts

2009-02-11T00:13:00.000-08:00

I have fallen behind again and wanted to catch up. Sorry there are so many.

Pay It Forward

2009-02-11T00:07:00.000-08:00

Got this off one of my friends blogs and wanted to play. SO--Here's how it works-the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point, a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Remember that only the first 3 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick! Also please leave your email address so I can email you to get your mailing address and I will have a few other questions for you! Thanks and have fun paying it forward.

Martin Family Birthday Party

2009-02-10T23:53:00.000-08:00

Bobbys birthday was the fifth of this month, his brother Billys is the sixth and so is their cousin Rugers. We always have a family birthday party to celebrate all three. This year we rented the showlo pool for a few hours. It was alot of fun and something diiferent from the normal dinner cake and ice cream at someones house.

Happy Birthday Baby!!

2009-02-10T23:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Baby!! I hope you had a great birthday even though you wouldnt let me give you your birthday kisses. we love you so much and hope you know how much!! Thanks for all you do for the three of us!! You are an amazing husband and daddy!! Love you!!

Mason is 2 months shy of 1

2009-02-10T22:50:00.000-08:00

My sweet little Mason with his six tooth grin makes me fall more and more in love with him each and everyday. He has become quite the little ham and loves to smile now for the camera. (wonder how long that will last) I know in my 9 month post i said he would probably be walking by now but hes not. Im kind of relieved. Hes content with crawling for now and thats just fine with me. He gets into enough as it is. He hasnt gotten anymore teeth either. They come down for a few days and get swollen and then go back up. He thinks hes all that and a bag of potatoe chips now that he can sit on brothers bike. He can only make it go backwards. He loves to push Jarrin around the kitchen on it though and I think Jarrin loves it too. Mason doesnt know what hes getting himself into being willing like that. Funny story about the picture of the two boys together. Jarrin has always been a kid who loves to eat dirt and mud (no I did not crave it when I was pregnant nor did I eat it) even now I can find him some days sitting by the front door picking dirt off his shoes and eating it. Wierd kid I know. Well it must be jeans or something that Mason has just picked upon because now he does it too. So the other night I was folding clothes and couldnt hear the boys playing anymore so I went looking for them, and where do you think I found them?! Both sitting by the door eating mud off the shoes. Jarrin was picking it off and feeding it to Mason and then picking some off for himself. Of course they stopped before i could grab the camera though so I made them sit together and show me thier mud faces And Mason really did. (sorry its blurry) BOYS BOYS BOYS!!! Well I cant believe it, one more month and I will have a three year old and the month after that a one year old. Where has the time gone?

Monster Truck Rally 2009

2009-02-10T22:20:00.000-08:00

The last weekend in January Bobbys dad got us all tickets to the monster truck rally in phoenix. We also got tickets to the pre party. So we got to go down on the field and take pictures by the monster trucks and just check things out. We stayed in a really nice hotel for cheap. Jarrin was so excited all week long and thats all we heard about for days. It was alot of fun. I think my favorite part was getting to play with my camera and get some awesome pics,( the flash on my camera kept bouncing off peoples heads in front of me though so they turned out a little blurry) and of course spending time with my hubby and boys. Jarrin wasnt as impressed and i think we thought he would be. It was really loud and I mean really loud. We all had ear plugs, but Jarrin couldnt get his to stay in so he just plugged his ears and then he slept through about the last 30 mins (while still managing to plug his ears). Mason slept through all of it except for about 45 mins. All in all we had a great time. Not sure that its something i would want to go to every year but it would be fun to take the boys again when they get bigger and I have a better camera. Thanks Grandpa for the fun weekend.

Christmas, My birthday, New Years oh and Thanksgiving too

2009-01-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

My gorgeous sister in law and Mason
Skyler and Jarrin

Skyler Kassie and the kids
Jarrins new fav Game

The boys sawing logs after a late night

The fam still in our pjs Christmas night

Jarrin so happy he got Hungry Hippos Thanks aunt tot

Jarrin trying to open gifts with his new toy saw

my parents living room after jarrin got ahold of the gifts

apparently "Santa" would rather have mint oreos and a Dr. Pepper than Chocolate chip cookies and milk

The carrots were for the reindeer

I even talked Santa into leaving a note

Jarrin was Joseph at Bobbys grandmas in the Christmas story. He is feeding baby Jesus "num nums"

(M&Ms)

The boys in thier new pjs from

Grandma Kelly

I feel like we have been so busy since halloween, getting ready for everything else that comes after. We enjoyed spending alot of time with both of our families for all the holidays. Thanksgiving day was spent in the valley with my moms side of the family who we hardly ever get to see and the same day we got to go spend time with my dads side of the family as well who we dont see too often either. We had to come home thursday night so that Bobby could work the next day at 6am. Then Saturday was spent with his family having a late Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone else including us were going to be gone thursday so they postponed dinner until saturday and it worked out perfect. We got to spend time with everyone without feeling guilty for not being with the other family. Christmas Eve we went and had an early dinner with my parents, My little brother Kyle, and the Texans aka Skyler and Kassie. It was so great to see them. We only get to see them once a year and we sure do miss them. After dinner we headed over to Bobbys grandmas house for the annual Christmas Eve dinner and night of games gifts and lots of food. It was great to see Sandy and her kids who we also only get to see at Christmas. We headed home around 1am with full bellies, tired kids, sore stomaches from laughing soo much and things to complete before santa could come. Christmas morning we woke up in our new house and opened presents with the kids. The first time that has happened in our five Christmases together. Jarrin was so excited that santa had come and brought him the things he asked for for himself and "his Mason". We then headed to my parents for the tradition of Dad making Christmas breakfast and opened gifts from all of them. We hung out for awhile and then it was over to Bobbys parents house to open gifts from them and to eat lunch. After lunch we hung out for awhile and then all four of us came back home to take a much needed nap. Then it was back to Bobbys parents house to pick up our gifts we had left there and to say goodbye to his cousins. We then went back to my parents house for a few more hours to spend some more time with Skyler and Kassie before they headed over to her families festivities. So it was alot of back and forth but it was a great two days and we loved spending time with family. Jarrin was so fun this year. We wrote a letter to Santa. Santa wrote two letters back. We saw santa twice and watched the grinch a million times. Mason just wanted all the wrapping paper, he wasnt very interested in anything else.

My birthday was New Years Eve. I turned the big two-three. I know Im old. We went to lunch with some of Bobbys family at evas and then our friends the sipes had a birthday party just for me, not really but I like to think so. We got to hang out with great friends, make some new ones. There was way too much good food and we played the newly wed game which consisted of lots of laughs, revealing secrets, gasps, and almost a few divorces. Bobby and I won one of the rounds. It was a fun night all except for Jarrin falling out of one of the chairs and smacking his head on the hard wood floor at 10 mins before midnight and then throwing up right at midnight from crying so hard. 2008 was a GREAT year with lots of changes and new things. Bring it on 2009! Hope you all had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Baby Kiss

2009-01-06T15:33:00.000-08:00

Mason was making the silliest faces the other night and everytime he would make the "KISS" face Bobby and I would laugh so hard that we were crying. He loved the attention and just kept doing it to make us laugh. I cant believe how long his tongue is.

Do I look pretty like you Mama?!

2009-01-06T15:20:00.000-08:00

I came back the other day from running some errands to Jarrin with some mysterious back smudges on his eye. Bobby said that Jarrin went in the bathroom to pee and was taking too long so he went in there to check on him and he was putting on my mascara. Guess we should have the talk again about makeup being for girls and maybe he shouldnt watch me anymore. So when I asked him his side of the story, he flashed me this giant grin and asked, "Do I look pretty like you Mama?" He actually did manage to get some on his already dark and gorgeous eyelashes. Silly Boy Makeup is for girls!!

Dancing Mason

2009-01-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is sideways, Im not sure how to flip it. This is Mason dancing. He doesnt really dance til the very end so keep watching.

Mason is 9 months old

2009-01-05T23:10:00.000-08:00

My little boy is only three months away from turning one! Time goes by so fast. He has so many new and cute faces he makes at us on a daily basis. He loves to wrestle with Jarrin and thinks he is such a big boy when Jarrin pretends to fall over.He loves to dance and sing (bounce and yell). He has been crawling for awhile now and pulling himself up to furniture and walking along it. He will probably be walking before he is ten months old. He loves food and will give you his best and cutest smile ever so you will share with him. He has had six teeth for awhile( I know I am a slacker with the blog thing, holiday updates coming soon) four ontop and two on the bottom soon to be four. He is such a fun little boy to be around. He is starting to look like a little boy and not a baby anymore. We love this silly little boy who makes us laugh everyday.

Jarrin left a cookie out and Mason
found it. And it just happened to be
his favorite, OREO!!

Yummy Oreo Truffles!!

2008-11-21T22:52:00.000-08:00

I found a really yummy recipe for oreo truffles on Bakerellas blog and just had to try them. Bobby had a work party this week and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity. Let me tell you they are to die for. So yummy!! And so easy too. I decided to use mint oreos instead of plain ones and I think it was a good choice. So all you do is smash 22 cookies out of your package with the middle and all. Smash another 10 without the middle. Add an 8 oz package of cream cheese. Mix well. Roll into balls (they are yummy just like that) I would suggest freezing them for at least twenty mins so they dont fall apart in the next step. Then I dipped them in melted white chocolate. Let them dry and then I melted some milk chocolate, put in the corner of a ziploc back, cut the tip and added to the top for looks and taste.(you can never have enough chocolate:) Bobby is not really a chocolate fan but I kept catching him out of the corner of my eye stealing them off the platter. Oh and after you are done you can refrigerate or freeze them. If theres any left. and if you have any cookies left they make for a great photo shoot!!:) ENJOY!!

My not so little big boy!!

2008-11-13T21:19:00.000-08:00

No your eyes do not decieve you. My barely seven month old baby is standing in his crib and walking behind a walker. Its a sitting walker that changes into a walk behind. He has been pulling himself up to our couch and walking along it, So Bobby got the bright idea to change the walker over and see if he could walk behind it, (much to my dismay) and he can. A little slow right now but it wont be long til hes at full speed. I really dont want him to grow up this fast. He shouldnt even be crawling let alone pulling himself up and walking along things. He is doing things even faster than Jarrin did. At this rate the next kid will be crawling at 3 months and walking by 5. The last picture is a funny one from the other day, he had a cheerio stuck to his forehead for like 20 mins. He didnt even know it was there.

Amazing Quilt GIVEAWAY!!

2008-11-11T11:18:00.000-08:00

I just found this blog through another I follow. She has the most gorgeous quilts and patterns. She is having a giveaway for one of her quilts right now. I love giveaways!! Go check her out!!
camilleroskelley.typepad.com/simplify/

Another give away and a late post.....

2008-11-08T23:36:00.000-08:00

About a month agao we went to Naschitti New Mexico (dont say that one wrong) to see my brother Skyler and his wife Kassie. They live in Texas and we only get to see them once a year whhen they come for Christmas. My Dads family does a cattle sale there every year for the people there. It was only a two and a half hour drive so we decided to take an overnight trip to see them. They hadnt met Mason yet and Jarrin has gotten so big since last December. It was so cold there. The wind was awful and Jarrin hates the wind. I do too but he crys if he has to be in the wind. My parents let all four of us stay in their living quarters trailer with them (thanks Mom and Dad). the boys really like to sleep at thier own house so it was a long night. Good thing my parents brought thier earplugs. It sounds like I am complaining but I am so glad I got to see Skyler and Kassie. We sure do miss them and wished they lived closer. See you guys soon. Love Ya!! Heres some pictures of the fun. I tried to get a picture of my mom and she wouldnt let me.

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Its time for another GIVE AWAY!! Go take a look at my other blog and leave me a comment so you can be entered in the drawaing!! Good luck!!

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New post on my craft blog and my first ever give away!!!

2008-11-04T00:10:00.000-08:00

I just put a new post on my craft blog for a cute little pre-cut kit for a Tag book that I designed. Take a look. Leave me a comment even if you dont want to buy one you can be put in a drawing to win one. I know its after Halloween (its a Halloween book) but I figured everyone would need something to put thier pics in. Tell all your friends. I will be drawing the winner on friday. Good luck!!

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Halloween and My favorite seven month old little boy!!

2008-11-03T20:22:00.000-08:00

We had alot of fun this year for Halloween. We went to a Trunk or' Treat, carved pumpkins twice, went to a Halloween/Birthday party and took the boys Trick or Treating. Jarrin was a Skunk (Bobby was trying to convince me to let him make Jarrin a road kill skunk. Sorry Babe, maybe next year) and Mason was a Puppy, complete with a bone on his costume that he loved to chew on. Jarrin loved going to peoples doors, flashing his oh-so-cute smile and getting free candy. He wasnt so sure about the scary part of Halloween though. Bobbys brother had a little haunted house set up in thier garage that the Trick or Treaters had to walk through to get candy and he wanted absolutley nothing to do with it. Other than that I think He has become a big fan of the "free candy holiday." Trunk or Treat

My three handsome boys Halloween night

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I honestly can not believe how fast my little boy is growing up. Time goes by so fast. Before I know it he will be graduating. This sweet little boy makes my heart skip a beat everytime he flashes his two toothed grin at me. He is such a good baby and has such a sweet spirit. I love to watch him sleep. He is so tolerent of his big brother who can be a little rough when they are playing. But I can tell already that they are going to be great friends. The other morning Jarrin was laying on the floor with his pillow watching cartoons and Mason crawled over to him pulled his hair and then gave him a slobbery kiss. Gotta love Brotherly love. We love you so much Mason!! (but quit growing so fast)

Things Mason has learned or can do since last month:

He can crawl like nobodys business ( hes super fast)
He can pull himself up on funiture
He can say Papa
He has cut 4 more teeth (all on the top)
Likes to wrestle with Jarrin
Wont nurse ( yup I guess he decided hes done)
Turns on his own night light music player in his crib
Loves Honey Teddy grahams
Has found a very loud screaming and yelling voice

Sleeping with his favorite "taggie" that Hallie made him

He is never stingie with his slober kisses for Momma

I love those soft chubby baby cheeks

This grin could melt anyones heart

Tag x2 by Jillian

2008-11-01T18:52:00.000-07:00

4 Random things I love about Bobby
1. He is such a great Dad and Husband. Just a few minutes ago, He and Jarrin were having "Butt Kick Time" (wrestling)
2. He is a very hard worker, And works extra so I can stay home with our boys
3. He still loves to tickle torture me
4. He can be romantic when he wants to be

4 Jobs Ive had
1. Ace Hardware (Bobby got me his job whe he left on his mission)
2. El Cupidos
3. Enzos
4. Navapache Regional Medical Center

4 Movies I have seen more than once
1. The Notebook
2. Saharrah
3. Monster In Law
4. After the Sunset

4 Shows I Watch
1. Friends
2. Rate My Space
3. So You Think You Can Dance
4. Dirty Jobs (well its on in the background)

4 Places I have been
1. California
2. Naschitti New Mexico
3. Boise Idaho
4. Mexico

4 Favorite Foods
1. Mexican food
2. Chips and salsa
3. Homemade chicken noodle soup (just made it tonight)
4. Dr. Pepper

4 Places I would like to visit
1. England
2. New Zealand
3. Australlia
4. Mexico

4 People I tag
1. Marci
2. Cassie
3. Molly
4. Hallie and anyone else who wants to
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Go to the fourth folder and post the fourth picture. Tell a little about it.

This is a picture of Jarrin when he was little. He had a sore on his nose and he kept picking at it, so we put a bandaid on his nose. I think he was about four months old.

I Tag the same people as above.

TAG I'm it!!

2008-10-30T00:02:00.000-07:00

My friend Marci tagged me......

8 things I am passionate about....
1. My handsome husband
2. My two cute boys
3. The gospel
4. Letting my family know how much I love them
5. Photography
6. Decorating
7. Scrapbooking
8. My family's happiness

8 words or phrases I use all the time
1. Are you kidding me? (picked this one up from Marci)
2. Go to your room (sad but true)
3. Sad
4. That's so funny
5. Be nice to your brother
6. I love you
7. What do you say?
8. Dont jump on the couch ( man I am a nagging mom) lol

8 things I want to do before I die
1. Go back to New Zealand with Bobby
2. Have lots of Grandkids
3. Live a long time
4. Go on a mission with my hubby
5. Raise righteous children
6. Be a professional Photographer
7. Be a professional Interior Designer
8. Build my dream home

8 things I want or need
1. For my husband to come home safe from work everyday
2. A giant Dr. Pepper with crushed ice from sonic
3. Money
4. To be skinny
5. Self confidence
6. A foot rub (my fave)
7. A bigger car
8. For these questions to only go to seven ( cant ever think of an eighth one)

8 places I would like to visit
1. New Zealand (again)
2. Australlia (again)
3. Hawaii (again)
4. England (Bobby's mission)
5. Texas (where my older brother lives)
6. New York
7. The Church Tour
8. Alaska

8 restraunts I love
1. Licanos
2. Olive garden
3. Red Lobster
4. Kabuki (a new found love)
5. Chilis (love the chips and salsa)
6. Subway
7. El Cupidos
8. Bahama Bucks

8 shows I like to watch
1. CSI (all of them)
2. Rate my space
3. HGTV in general
4. We watch alot of nick jr.
5. We watch alot of disney as well
6. Chick Flicks
7..............
8.............

8 people I tag
1. Cassie S.
2. Marti C.
3. Tiffany C.
4. Hallie T.
5. Evie T.
6. Megan C.
7. Allison H.
8. Jill Q.

Pumpkins!!

2008-10-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins a week ago I just havent posted them yet. We went to Bobby's cousin Brandon's house for his birthday and they had pumpkins there for all of us to carve. It was alot of fun. t Thanks Brandon and Frannie for the fun and the yummy food.

I think Mason is a little confused as to why he
is the one wearing the devil horns

Bobby carving his pumpkin

Daddy helping Jarrin get the "yucky" stuff out

I had scraped all the "yucky" stuff out and put

it back in there so it would come out when Jarrin

pulled on it. Well smart little guy that he is decided

to just dump it out.

Momma and Jarrins pumpkin

Daddys pumpkin

New Blog!!

2008-10-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

I finally got a blog for my Photography and crafts. The Website is www.polkadotsngiggles.blogspot.com I will be posting photography sessions and crafts on there. Thanks for looking and keep checking back for new things.

My Baby Is 6 months old!!

2008-10-04T20:50:00.000-07:00

I really can't believe my baby boy is six months old. I say that and yet sometimes it seems that this sweet little spirit has always been here. He is such a blessing to our family and I love him so much! He is now on the fast down slope to being one. Its crazy how fast time just flies by. You wait forever for them to get here and when they finally do, times goes so fast.
Things Mason can do or has accomplished at six months old:
~ He has two bottom teeth
~ He is a professional army crawler
~ He says Momma ( I know this sounds crazy but I have witnesses)
~ He can feed himself snacks
~ He loves to eat cheerios and fruit loops
~ He can roll over both ways
~ He likes to blow razberries with his tongue out
~ He is a giggle box
~ He has the cutest grin
~ He knows what you are saying when you ask for kisses and he will glady give you some
~ He sleeps through the night (has been for awhile, except when hes teething)
~ He can suck on both feet at the same time (very talented)
~ He can mimick the puppy when she has her tongue hanging out
~ He can hold his own bottle (amazingly he has done that since he was three months)

Mason we are so happy that you chose us to be your parents. We love watching you grow and
learn. Its so fun to watch you and Jarrin play together. Happy six months!! We love you Mason!!

A few teeth and some new haircuts!!

2008-10-02T23:43:00.002-07:00

Needless to say things have been a little cranky around our house for a few days. Mason now has two teeth!! They are both on the bottom. The right one broke through on Saturday and the left one broke through Monday. I feel bad for the little guy, teething is no fun but I am just glad that something finally came of it this time. He has been through this many times and they always seem to go back down. He looks so cute with two bottom teeth. They are still trying to come up all the way so he is still cranky but we are coping. Jarrin is also teething at the same time (yeah I know lucky me) He is getting his three year old molars a little early. So things have been whiney and cranky since about thursday of last week. Bobby being the great husband that he is gave me a break yesterday and I got to go spend some girl time with my mom scrapbooking. Thank you honey!! You're the best. As the heading said the boys also got new haircuts. I have been wanting to do it for awhile but wanted to wait til after powell so thier heads wouldnt burn. So on monday we got out the clippers and finally did it. They both look so cute!! Jarrin looks like a completely different kid and Mason looks so grown up. I also got a haircut. (not with the clippers lol) Kristy cut my hair the weekend before powell. She cut quite a bit off. It was taking too long to style and I was always wearing it in a ponytail and when it was down it was Masons favorite thing to grab, so i chopped it off and I love it. Thanks again Kristy. Sorry no pics of my hair. I will try and post some later. So we are hanging in there and hopefully the cranky days will pass soon.

BEFORE He had a nice mohawk going on but thats all i could do with it.

AFTER He looks so grown up now= ( but very handsome!!
BEFORE Such a cute boy but it was time for a change.

DURING This picture cracks me up!! He could have a nice mullet! lol

AFTER Yes those are tears. Hes not mad that his hair is gone. He was mad his sucker had hair on it and that he had to sit there and be still for so long. (sorry im being lazy and not flipping pictures. When his hair is short like this the first thing you notice are his stunning blue eyes and long eyelashes. I love my little mans eyes. Just like his dads.

Okay they are kinda hard to see but they are there look closely.

Lake Powell

2008-10-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

Ok well I havent posted in awhile so i am goging to do several posts to catch up. the middle of last month, our family went to Lake Powell with my parents and some friends for five days. It was nice to get away for awhile and enjoy life. We rented a house boat and a speed boat and our friends brought another speed boat. There was alot of skiing going on and some tube riding. In fact one of the last days we were there some of the group had to go home a day early. we were all sitting around eating breakfast when my dad bet olivia lewis, (who is a great skiier for those of you who dont know her) that she couldnt ski from the camp site to the dock. the other guys got in on the bet which started out as a joke at first. Well Olivia is very athletic and she made it back to the dock. A total of about 16 miles. they told her she was aloud to wreck twice but she didnt even wreck once. What a TROOPER! You are amazing Olivia. Well we had alot of fun and cant wait to go back next year. thanks for making it fun all of you who were there and those of you that couldnt be there we really missed you and hope you will come next year. Sorry for the overload of pictures=) Q ball as Jarrin calls him was so good to Jarrin and loved holding Mason

Bobby had the biggest purple welt on his stomach after going off the slide like this.

Jarrin finding one of many sea shells

My handsome little boy slathered in sun screen enjoying the water

My dads awesome beach attire

My dad with his long skinny white legs skiing. And you all thought he was just a cowboy.

Daddy's little flag boy

Bobby skiing like a pro. He had never been and He got up right away

No surprises there

Dan on the knee board

My dad and kent in the tube. They were sceaming like a bunch of little girls. They were catching some good air too. Don't have a picture for this story but Bobby took my mom and dad out in the tube, he was driving the boat. He started crossing back over thier wake and he said the tube flew in the air about five feet and my mom flew in the air another three feet above that and landed back in the tube. when he got back i asked how it was and he said i almost killed your mom. He was a little shook up. she thought it was fun and wanted to go again. wish I had been there with the camera.

Bobby caught the biggest fish there. lol No he really did have a pretty big fish. he hollared at me and as i jumped up camera in hand to get the pic the dang fish came off the hook fell onto the back of the house boat and jumped back into the water. I was so bummed. It was a pretty big fish. True story. We have witnesses. ( sorry i am to lazy to flip the pic)

Jarrin had fun playing with the sparklers. He even got a little brave and started doing circles with it.

Fireworks were frowned upon but our good friend Dan, whose last name shall remain anonymous provided us with a fireworks show! Thanks for sharing with us .

Jarrin enjoying the good life on the boat ride back in to the dock.

The nasty carp fish eating our left over pringles. They were at the dock where we were re-fueling the boat. I swear these fish would eat anything.

Yummy Summer Treats!!

2008-08-28T23:47:00.000-07:00

We went grocery shopping today and bought some yummy fruit.The pediatrcian said Mason could start eating fruits and veggies. Do you think this is what he had in mind? Mason just kept eyeing our watermelon while I was cutting it up so this was the end result. Mom gave in. It made for some pretty cute pictures and he really enjoyed sucking the juice out of it and his bath he had to have afterwards:)

Jarrin enjoyed the watermelon too, even though I made him eat it over the garbage can so he wouldnt get the floor sticky.

My sweet, silly, goofy little boy

2008-08-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I asked Jarrin if he wanted to go see Gigi and he said to me, "Yeah, she's so pretty." So I told him back, "Jarrin youre so nice." And he says, "Momma youre so cute, oh and Mason is cute too." As he is saying this he had the cheesiest cutest grin on his little face.
I was getting ready to go run some errands today and I came out of our bathroom all ready to go, make up done hair done feeling pretty cute with my new jewelry on and Jarrin the sweet little boy that he is says to me, " Mamma you're so pretty." It almost made me cry. Not sure where he learned it from but some days that little boy just knows how to melt my heart. So he is into saying everything is cute or pretty now. He will even tell me that my crafts or scrapbook pages are cute. I don't mind though, Hes getting major brownie points in my book.
Yesterday we were hanging out at my parents house and Jarrin was sitting on my dads lap and he says to Jarrin, " What three words does Papa like to hear? Tell me three words Jarrin."
Jarrin to Papa, "Three words." (He was supposed to say I love you.) Such a funny little boy. So thats their new thing now, " Three Words."

My little boys!!

2008-08-20T19:32:00.000-07:00

I love how much Jarrin loves his little brother and cares for him. And I am pretty sure Mason loves him just as much. I hope they always love eachother this much.

On another note Mason is already tring to crawl. He gets his little stink bug bum up in the air and runs his forehead along on the floor. He hasn't quite figured out how to use his arms but once he does it wont be long. He actually got up on his hands and knees yesterday and was rocking back and forth. He is only 4 and a half months old and I thought Jarrin did everything too fast. They just keep getting faster and faster. I tried to get a picture of him in the act but of coarse he wouldn't do it. Little stinker!

2008-08-20T19:09:00.000-07:00

All About Jarrin

Meaning behind his name: Jarrin Mckay Martin

Bobby and I had his name picked out long before we were married. Bobby picked Jarrin and I picked Mckay.

Age: 2 1/2

Birthdate: March 4th

Nicknames: Bug-a-boo, J- mac, or monkey

Favorite activities: Wrestling with Dadda, going golfing with his Dadda, cooking with mamma, riding his power wheels four wheeler, playing in the water, just being outside and riding his horse at Papa's.

Favorite Food: PIZZA, tomatoes, pretty much all of the veggies

Least favorite food: He doesnt have one, he will try everything at least once

Favorite music: Anything with a good beat he can dance to and primary songs

Favorite toys: He has a room full of toys and loves them all

Favorite book: Whatever one of us will read to him, or books with puppies

Favorite item of clothing: he loves his snow mittens (he pretends they are his golf glubes)

What makes him happy: spending time with Dadda

What makes me sad: Getting told no

We tag Brittney Packer and Jace Chlarson

My Husband is sooooo AMAZING!!

2008-08-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm sorry if it seems like I have been bragging on my husband alot but I cant help it. I started working at the Medical Center about three weeks ago, I havent been working very many hours. But I have been working on all three of Bobby's days off and between Scentsy, Avon, photography, the billing job and just being a mom and wife I have been a little stressed and tired. Bobby could tell that I was feelinga little overwhelmed so he offered to put in more hours at the PD so I could stay home and be a mom. What a sweet Husband!! He is such a hard worker and I am thankful he belongs to me. The Lord has blessed me emensley with the husband and two boys he has sent me. Some days I dont feel I deserve them. Bobby keeps saying its no big deal, its only a couple of hours more. But I cant explain how happy it makes me to be able to stay home with the boys and be a mom. Thank you Babe! I Love You!!

7 Years ago today!!

2008-08-11T20:22:00.000-07:00

7 Years ago today Bobby and I had our first date and our first kiss! Its so crazy how fast time goes by. We were young teenage kids madly in love and now we are old farts with 2 kids a house and a dog living the American Dream!! Just thought Id let my honey know how much I love him.

I am so thankful for you babe and the hard worker you are. You are such a Great husband and father. I couldnt ask for a better man to be married to. I am so thankful for everyday that I get to wake up to you next to me. I hope you know how much I love you!! Thanks for the fantastic 4 years of marriage. I can't wait for many more years to come. Thanks for being there and supporting the kids and I. I love you!!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

2008-08-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

Jarrin's version:

Twinkle star
What you are?
Way up high
Dinasar (Dinosaur) in the sky.

I have sung this one to him since he was a baby but he just barely started singing it back to me.

One day after we came home from church Jarrin kept singing "Popcorn in my eyes." i asked what he was singing and he said popcorn pauing way ober der ober der. he was pointing to the trees on the side of our house. He had just learned popcorn popping on the apricot tree. He makes me laugh. Last sunday he justlearned the clean up song or just started singing it. He now sings rain rain go away. I love my little guy. He loves to sing "twinkle star" to Mason if he starts crying. What a sweet big brother.

Finally an UPDATE!!

2008-07-27T03:15:00.000-07:00

Everyone keeps buggin me to update our blog and we have not had internet until now. Are you happy Amber and Allison? It's 3:20 in the morning and I'm updating my blog. Bobby is working and I cant sleep. lol Well we went camping with Bobby's family in june and had a blst fishing and just being out doors with our boys. I thought it wouldnt be very fun. Mason was only 11 weeks old. We had a blast though. we got back on a wednesday and moved into our house the following monday. Man it was a crazy couple of days!! We have been moved in for almost 5 weeks now and loving life. It's so nice to have that feeling of belonging somewhere and finally feeling settled after so long. Jarrin loves our new house and his new room. He is the official tour guide when someone comes over, weather they have seen it before or not he has to give the whole tour. It didnt take him long to adjust at all. We are at the end of a dead end street and he loves the fact that he can ride his little four wheeler around without Bobby and I yelling at him to get out of the road. In fact the other day we put Mason in the stroller and we all walked to Bobby's moms house, well except Jarrin, he rode his four wheeler.

Mason is now 4 months old. I cant believe how big he is getting. He is such a fun baby. He is so happy most of the time and always has a big grin for anyone who pays attention to him. He can rool over and is already doing the swimming thing. dont think it will be long before he starts army crawling. He tries to push up off the floor on his hands and feet. Both he and Jarrin have been teething lately so things have been a little cranky around here! lol But i think they are both just about done for now.

I just started a new job at the medical center in the billing office and I also work the walk in clinic at night. I dont have very many hours and most of the time Bobby is home with the boys. so its working out nice. I also just started selling scentsy wickless candles. ( if anyone wants to host a party let me know) so I am staying pretty busy taking care of our little family and all of the other fun stuff.

Bobby is almost done working the night shift and I couldnt be happier. I feel like we dont see eachother at all for the four days he works. But soon we will get to see him more and he wont be so tired all the time. He is loving his job, and has already had some pretty interesting stories to tell me when he gets home from work. well for now thats really all thats going on. Just staying busy with our little family and loving life. I will try and get on here more often so the updates arent so broad.

Mason is here!!

2008-04-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

Mason Konnor Martin is finally here!! He was born Thursday April 3rd. He was born in Show low at 1044 am. He weighed 8 lbs and was 20.5 inches. He has a ton of hair as you can see from the pics and its already showing signs of being curly unlike Jarrins whose took 3 months to be curly. Jarrin Is so good with him. He is always asking to hold him and loves helping mommy take care of him.

Yesterday i went into the bedroom for something and i heard Mason start crying and then he suddenly stopped. When I got back into the living room Jarrin was feeding Mason his bottle, " Him hungy momma." He already tells Mason to come play with him. He cant wait for him to stop laying around and start doing something. It is so fun to watch him interact with his little brother. You can tell he loves him so much already. He loves to kiss him and give him "Smoe" kisses. (eskimo kisses) We were on the way to show low today to get some things for the house and the boys were in the back... Mason started to cry and Jarrins reply was, " Nont cry Mace. I share my toy." He had put his toy in Masons carseat so he would stop crying and was holding his hand. Its moments like these that make me feel so blessed and happy to be a mommy. I wake up in the morning and cant believe how lucky I am to be blessed with two special little boys and a loving husband. Life is Great!!

update

2008-03-11T21:31:00.000-07:00

Not sure how good I will be at keeping this blog updated, we have alot of things going on in our lives right now but I guess that will give me things to blog about. So I figured now is as good a time as any to start the Martin family blog.

Well for starters we are back in good ol Snowflake.Bobby completed the police accademy December 14th. There couldnt have been a happier wife that day... (Bobby had to stay on campus at the accademy during the week and was able to visit us on the weekends.) Bobby now works for the Snowflake/Taylor Police department. He loves his new job and we are happy to be back in Snowflake with family and friends.

We are living in an apartment in Taylor right now while we are building our first house. After all the moving around that Bobby and I have done since we have been married we are excited to finally settle down somwhere and have a place of our own. The house should be completed sometime in June. It has been fun to pick out and customize things to our liking. I cant wait to have my own house to paint and decorate.

Jarrin just turned two on the 4th. He is a busy and energetic little boy and so much fun to be around. He always keeps us laughing. He loves all things boy.... dirt, riding his new four wheeler, marbles (its a sure bet that you can find a few of them in his pocket) and wrestling with his dad. He talks quite a bit for his age and loves to be outside. We are so excited that with the new house there will be a back yard and a fence so that Jarrin can be outside and run around like little boys should.

We just completed the task of potty training Jarrin right before his second birthday and it couldnt have come at a better time because we are expecting another little boy april 11th. He thinks he wants to come early though. I have been having pre term labor for the last two weeks and have been put on bed rest to keep him from coming too early. Only two more days though and I will be 36 weeks so they will take me off bed rest and when he comes he comes. Jarrin is excited to be getting a little brother. He talks and asks about him all the time and is always kissing and hugging my belly. It will be fun to have two little boys so close together.

So as you can see between Bobby's new job, building our first house, chasing around a two year old and preparing for a new baby we have been staying pretty busy.