D and K

A couple nights ago, we had the grand pleasure of having Mr. K come play with us.

We seriously had to beg his Mamma into letting him come play. 

Miss Jo wasn't too sure what to do with little mister!

Whenever Jaxie comes over, the two girls usually fight over the same toy but with little Kazzer, Jo was more than willing to let him play with all her toys.

First she brought him her favorite horse, then another and another. Then she read him a book and then by the end of the night Kaz had every one of Jo's stuffed animals, books, horses, and hats gathered around him. Jo said, "Mom him play!" 

 

He would reach for her and she would lean in and he would give her a kiss, then she would give him a kiss... too cute! 

This is a big step for Dallie, she even let him look at her favorite book! 

Cute kids!

We loved having Kazden. Jo was so careful with him and he liked us until after his nap, then he was ready for his Mamma. He would look at Jo and laugh then look at me and cry, (I choose to think its because I'm not his Mom, not cuz he doesn't like me. Ha ha) Then he would cuddle into my shoulder and play with my hair for a bit then look at me and cry. We had to call him Mamma to come and get him.

And the little turkey was just A-Okay when Quincee came to get him....

I really like this pic, Jo would let him grab her and pull on her and cuddle her. She was so soft with him. Its pretty surprising to me that she knows when she needs to be soft (Well most of the time)

I hope he will want to come and play more!

Pehrson Lately...

This girl is changing so much lately.

I used to see so much of me in her and now she is looking... and acting(she's a wild women!) like her dad. 

Here are some Jo lately's that make me laugh:

-A few weeks ago, Cody and I decided we wanted to skip out of church early after sacrament. Well on the way out she started screaming, "Me play! Nussey!" I guess we have a little Molly Mormon on our hands! ha ha.

-She loves her panties with the kitties on them. While purchasing them from walmart she started striping in the shopping cart so she could put them on.

-She's definitely a 2 year old. She become more and more independent everyday. Some days its good and others it drives me nuts!

-She's really into books... books that have animals in that is. While at the library we will go looking for a book to bring home and she will look at the pics until she finds a horse and if she can't find one she put it back.

-Seriously, Jo is a horse freak! And we have Grandma Angie to blame for this horse madness! When ever we pull up to Gma and Gpa Mathews' house she immediately asks them to ride harses...! Every. Time.

These pics are of when we had to put the horse away after taking pics.... She was so sad! 

-My mom and I attempted once again to try and take some pics of Jo. Out of a possible 100 pics we got probably 2 of her smiling (at the horses not the camera). But needless to say, we did get a few of her little cute personality and love for horses.

-She loves babies. My neighbors have a 3 month old who is just starting to focus and smile at you and she loves to make him smile. In church on Sunday she yells over to Nicole and says, "Baby Cole, he's chute!"
-Also last week in church, I was in the middle of my YW lesson when the nursery leaders bring me Jo with a stinky diaper. I quickly change her and during this whole time she is just whimpering, I ask her whats wrong and she said, "I no go home, I go to nussey!" Too funny!

AND some US lately:

-Cody has been working an insanely amount of hours lately. Seriously 24 hours one day, then he helped my grandpa move cows all day, come home and get a few hours of sleep then head back to work at 5 the next morning! I don't know who he can do it, I would be a walking zombie! AND the last two nights he's been working nights: 5pm to 9am....
-Our house is coming along slow but sure! They are getting the dirt, rocks moved and filling in the dirt around the basement walls and they almost have the water line and culvert put in. The house spot went from looking like an oil well location, to a war zone and now it actually looks like a house location. They had the lumber delivered today and the floors of the basement are being pored soon..... Hopefully with in the next week they will start framing! How exciting!
-As for me, I'm staying busying trying to pick all the house stuff out. Seriously I thought it would be so much fun but really there is too much to pick from and I decided my husband is way toooooooo picky! He says its me who is changing my mind but its him. He will tell me to keep picking stuff out until I find what he likes.
-And of course trying to keep up with Jo is a chore all in its self. We are still doing the potty training thing... JUST SHOOT ME! This parenting thing just keeps getting harder! ha ha but I sure enjoy this wonderful, wild, crazy, loving journey I'm on!

The Wise Man built his house upon the Rock(s)...

Lets just hope this saying it true, cuz our hill is nothing but rocks!

As of August 6 we officially started our house. We now have footers, basement walls and roughed in plumbing. 

Pump truck pouring the concrete 

It was like little Mexico up there for a few days,

The concrete men stayed there for 5 days and worked their little hearts out. Seriously they had the forms up so fast. The only problem was they had to wait for a concrete truck for over an hour, which caused some problems but hopefully that will all get resolved. 

I just love going up and seeing all the progress coming along! I would probably go up everyday if gas prices weren't so high... Dang that 30 min drive from Roosevelt to Altonah!

JUST IMAGINE, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE TO CALL OUR OWN!

Birthday girl!

2 already? What is this... My little lady can't really be 2?!

Yesterday was such a great day. Jo is figuring this birthday stuff out and she really likes it. We went swimming yesterday, decorated cupcakes and had a little family party. She loved every minute!

Right before we headed over to her birthday party, she was skipping from room to room saying, "birthday, me, birthday, birthday, me!"

Jo and I had such a fun time decorating these little animal cupcakes. They aren't professional but Jo loved putting the marshmallows on the lambs and the chocolate chips for eyes.

Daddy's girl

Kazer man loved the chocolate horse.

Thanks to Uncle Cody, he had his first cupcake.

And he loved it!

He was practicing for his birthday!

Jaxie and Jo

Best friends (most of the time)

Jo was on cloud nine when we sang Happy Birthday to her.

She thought it was pretty special that everyone was singing to her.

Our little Saloon Girl!

Birthday barn from Mom and Dad!

Poor Wamma had to stay and play horse the whole party. She seriously loved her barn... we finally found a toy that she will actually play with! Score one for mom and dad! 

Daddy says I can't date until I'm 30!

So true.. But Cod usually says 35-40. 

Rope from Great grandpa Brent 

Rylan wrote on the tag, Don't rope too many little cowboys!

Got him! 

Get him girls! 

All in all we had great time. Last night we let her stay up and play with her barn until 11pm while we watched the Olympics and she was up at 5am ready to play with her harses again...

PS today was Jo's 2 yr checkup and shots. She weighed 29 lbs (75%) and was 36 inches tall (90%). The doc says she's probably not going to be an Olympic gymnast with her height and weight but she's very healthy!

Happy Birthday Baby! I mean Toddler!

Dear Jo,

Happy birthday to my favorite little girl! You are seriously the cutest and funniest little person I know. Your dad and I love you more than words can describe and we are so proud and privileged to by your parents. That's right, you're the center of our universe!
Right now, you are talking so well. You copy cat just about everything we do and say. (Not always good!) You have the cutest curls and your eyes are still that perfect shade of blue. You've learned how to throw a pretty good temper tantrum and know exactly what to do to get your way.
You are our little cowgirl through and through! You can't get enough of animals and we are constantly following you around Grandma's house making sure your not climbing the fence to get in with the HARSES! (which you usually are!) Your poor rocking horse are just about worn out from you riding, roping and dragging them all though the house!
Although you love being outside and rolling in the dirt, you love wearing your Rella jammies and looking like a princess. You try to wear my heels through the house and some days all you want to wear is a dress.
You are the best little mommy to your babies. Just the other night, you were pretending to put your babies down for bed and you were saying a prayer with them: "Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father, Amen!" Seriously it melted my heart.
And your are always looking after your cousin Jaxie and Kazden. Always sharing treats with them, your still getting better about sharing toys. You make Jax hold your hand (even though she usually doesnt want to) and you lead her around like she's your child. You try to read books to her and Mr Kaz loves you! You try to carry Mr. K but he's just about as big as you.
Just like me, you have a very tender heart. Almost every time you watch Homeward Bound, you cry for the puppies; those poor puppies that get left behind. And when they found their owners you started laughing then broke out in sobs because you were so happy!
I always what you to remember how much your mom and dad love you and what we are trying to teach you is for your own good/safety. We will always be here for you and no matter what, we will always love you.
Two years ago, my world was turned upside down but I wouldn't want it any other way! I wouldn't want to do anything else other than be your Mom! Your the best Daughter I could ask for!

Love you so much! "Love you much," is what you always say!

Love, Mom!

Rella pease!

So....

Jo loves her 'Rella' jammies. She seriously wears them every.other.night! She'd wear them all day, every day if I'd let her.  And just about every time she wears them I have a fight on my hands trying to get her out of them, and this morning showed no difference.

She had a HUGE break down when I tried to take them off her... she threw herself on the floor, kicked, screamed, and when she found the chance, she took off her other clothes and tried to put those darn jammies back on!

So people of the UB, don't judge us if you see me walking through town with a daughter wearing jammies in the middle of the day. I do wash her clothes, I do style her hair and she does have other clothes, she just chooses to love these!

Is it just a little girl thing or do boys do the same thing?

With this whole house planning process, I've been pretty excited about picking out flooring, wall colors, cabinets, etc... while Cody hasn't been to into it. I want everything picked out right then so when we leave we know exactly what we want.

Needless to say, the salesman have a little less selling to do with me, while Cody is harder to satisfy....

But this all changed on Saturday when we stopped at the tub place. Yes, of all the things we've had to pick out, this was the thing Cody is most excited about! He was wide eyed and bushy tail to go sit in him custom tub. Seriously?!

When we left the TUBZZ place, he was grinning ear to ear and said, "I can not wait to try that thing out!"

Hmmm my big strong man has a sensitive side!