More snow

March is one of the funnier months in Colorado. Its said that we get the most snow of the winter in that month. But it is also trying to be spring. The weather is so unpredictable.

Example: Last Tuesday it started raining around 1:30pm. By 5:30pm it had turned into a blizzard that you could barely drive in.

By 7:00 that night we already had 3 inches on our back deck

By the morning we had a foot of snow!

So we played...

DVR'ers Anonymous

Lately we have had conflicts with DVR recording in my house. I find more and more that my shows are not being recorded. Seems as though I have a few too many shows that I want to record. Part of if is that I really don't have time to watch them at the time that they air. The other part is that I love having the power to fast forward through commercials. Who doesn't? So I made a list of the shows that I record... in no particular order

I think I have a problem

Spring time

Since day light savings time I have found myself to be a little happier. Just having the sun out a little longer during the day makes me feel like I have more time to actually enjoy the day. For the past 2 days it has been 70 degrees here. We've been to the park and made sure to play in the backyard every chance we get. I even laid out yesterday and attempted to tan my white legs. (In my back yard of course. They are still too white to display in public).

Then at midnight it started snowing. (Or so I was told. I was in bed at 9:00 last night. YES!) The weather man out here said we were expected to have 4 inches by this morning and get another 7 inches by midnight! Gotta love Colorado. If the weather man can give an accurate prediction of the weather in this state, he deserves a raise.

Update of the kiddos

Thomas:

2 words: Terrible Twos. Yep, thats right, its started. How do I know you ask? Because I deal with things like this on a daily basis:

Its like he woke up one day and said "I' do what I want". And he does. I've always been pretty proud of him for being such a good listener and well behaved. Now I guess I'll have to be proud of him for different reasons. Like how creative he is with the designs he makes with food on the floor or something. He has started noticing Kenzie a lot more. Which has its pros and cons. Its been nice cause he plays with her sometimes when she is in her exersaucer or bouncer. But on the other hand, he is starting to notice that she takes up my time and he has been having some jealous moments. The other day he hit her for the first time. Its all perfectly normal but these days tantrums are coming more then the quiet peaceful moments once were. He finally has all of his teeth on the bottom and is currently working on the canines up top. He has mastered the names of most of the shapes so we are trying to work on colors, numbers and letters. His favorite movie is now Toy Story 2 and would watch it all day long if I let him. I've been looking into different day cares around here preparing for the inevitable and I think I've found a couple good ones. As hard as its going to be to leave them I really think it will benefit Thomas. He is not very sociable and has a hard time adjusting to new people and places. I think it will be good to be in an environment with structured learning and lots of friends. The transitions should happen in the next few weeks so wish us luck.

Finger painting

Eating a snow ball

helping me bake a cake for Aunt Kristin's birthday

Mackenzie:

Her hair is just now long enough to do pig tails! Check it out:

She has developed quite the list of nicknames. Here goes: Mack, Mack-a-doodle, Mack Truck, Mackaroon, Kenzie, Kenz, Kenzington, Kenzer, Kenzer Kenzington, Mama and Lady Bug...I think thats all. Her latest good news is that she rolled over from her back to her stomach...but I missed it. I was holding her on the couch and I put her down on the floor to play. I was watching a movie and a couple seconds went by and I heard her talking a lot. When I looked down she was on her stomach! ugh! She hasn't done it since. Trust me I would know, I've been watching her like a hawk. She really enjoys playing in her exersaucer and the door jumper. She does not like sitting in the Bumbo. She laughs when you tickle her tummy or when Thomas is acting like a goof. She loves watching Thomas and I'm sure she can't wait till they can play together. She can hold onto things pretty well now. I started putting rice cereal in her bottle a couple of weeks ago. She has slept through the night a handful of times since which is great. She will be 5 months on Friday. I have a dr. appt for her this week so I'll update you with her stats soon.

Thank you Starbucks

Its hard to believe that its already the 3rd month of the year! I find as you get older the months and then years start to fly by. It makes every opportunity that much sweeter though. Recently Leslie picked up a book at Starbucks. She said she thought of me when she saw it so she gave it to me. The book is called FIVE. On the front it says:

"The greatest day of your life

is the one on which you decide

your life is your own.

The gift of life is yours.

It is an amazing journey

and you get to determine the quality of it.

Live the next five years on purpose.

Now is the time. Imagine the possibilities.

Go places, have adventures,

make a real difference, do what you love.

Follow your dreams, they know the way."

This book asks questions you haven't asked yourself in a long time and helps prioritize your goals, beliefs and dreams. I've felt very motivated reading this book and just wanted to share a few of my favorites quotes I've found scattered in the pages.

"Live your life on purpose"

"If you don't have a dream, how can you have a dream come true?"

"If you aim at nothing you'll hit it every time."

"Most people don't aim to high and miss, they aim to low and hit"

"Forgive everyone, especially yourself"

"When was the last time you did something for the first time?"

"Don't go through life - grow through life"

"You are the hero of your own story"

"Be the answer to someones prayers"

"You will never have more time then you do right now"

"Close you eyes for a few minutes and imagine that today is you 100th birthday. Your children and grandchildren are throwing a party - and a new paper reporter has come to interview you. What do you want to tell the reporter about your life? Your accomplishments? Your regrets? Now, open your eyes. It's not too late - you have a fresh start on life!"

And this is my favorite:

"This may be the turning point your grandchildren will tell stories about years from now: the time you leap over the abyss to the other side of the Great divide and begin your life in earnest. On the other hand, this moment of truth may end up being nothing more than a brief awakening when you glimpse what's possible on the other side of the Great Divide, but then you tell yourself, "Nah, that's waayyy too far to jump." In that case, your grandchildren will have to be content talking about what delicious cookies you used to back or what your favorite sports team was. It will all depend on how brave you'll be.

My lucky break

I've been searching for some sort of career. I thought that school would be a good route. Maybe become a dental hygienist or a medical biller. Online school seemed like the best idea but everything costs thousands of dollars and takes at least a year. Nothing seemed to fit and I don't commit unless everything feels just right. So needless to say I've bee a little frustrated.

So I called the beauty school I attended 8 years ago for Esthetic's. 8 years ago I completed school but never got my license. Don't ask me why. They told me that all I need to do is complete 50 more hours of class and work on clients and that someone would help me prepare for my Boards Exam! AWESOME! The even better news...they aren't going to charge me for it. I can't believe it!

I plan of starting when I can find a decent daycare for the kiddos...

A new life has started...

Jesus take the wheel

You've heard people talk about the moment when your life flashes before your eyes. Sounds incredibly dramatic and the idea of even being in a situation to make you think of that seems so far away. I was on my way to a friends house the other night. I was driving on the highway going about 50mph. It wasn't snowing too bad but it had been cold all week so the roads were already cold and it was a pretty icy night. As I was driving I hit an icy part in the road and immediately lost control. My car started fishtailing. Not too bad at first. But as I tried to correct it, the car started heading fast to the guardrail on the left. I remember at that moment that I didn't try to control anything. Because at that point it was totally out of my control. Ideas of how bad things could end up flashed through my head. In that moment my life didn't flash before my eyes. It was the life of my daughter's in the back seat that did. I wanted so bad to protect her but knew that I couldn't do anything at this point. So I started repeating over and over, out loud "Lord please protect us!" I braced for the impact. When my car hit the guardrail it spun my car 180 degrees and stopped. I remember thinking that the impact wasn't hard at all. I could see my bumper on the other side of the guardrail so I knew the damage was worse then what it actually felt like. To my utter surprise Mackenzie didn't even make a peep. She just continued to coo. So of course immediately I said "Thank You!!" over and over again. I knew that He had protected us and a million thank you's just weren't enough. The accident could have been worse but at that moment it could have gotten worse. The way that my car spun around I was now half in the median and part way in the left lane of the highway...and facing oncoming traffic. My car wouldn't start so I couldn't move it. There were a couple a really close calls. People fishtailing themselves and almost hitting me. I don't even want to think of how bad it could have been. I learned that if you have enough faith and you ask with all your heart, He will help you. Thats some powerful stuff.

Update on the kiddos

Thomas:

He is being such a trooper for all that he is going through right now. He just got 2 teeth in this past month and I can see 4 more coming in now. Poor thing. He is also sick right now with a runny nose and nasty cough. Lucky for us he has high spirits and is a pretty happy kid for the most part. We've been Skyping with our family in California and he is getting more and more excited each time we do it. He can't communicate quite yet but he is getting more entertaining :) We haven't had an opportunity to go out and play in the snow yet cause the weather has been great! But the next time it snows hopefully he won't be sick and I can get him out there and build a snowman or something. We've really just been laying low this month. But we've met lots of people with kids so this next month should be jam packed with play dates.

Mackenzie:

She is getting SOOOOO BIG! She has rolls on her rolls. And as you can see she has some very

squeezable cheeks. Her hands are her favorite toy. She will sit there and chew on them, look at

them and she is even getting good at grabbing things with them. She is finding her voice which

means she will scream and talk very loudly. She usually does it when she wants attention or

when she wants me to wake up around 5am. I put her in the door jumper and her exersaucer for

the first time. She is still a little small for them but the way shes growing she'll be ready for them

next week!

Romp 'n Roll

So I took Thomas to a kids gym. We had a play date with my friend's daughter, Ashlynn. They have open gym on Thursdays from 9am to 7pm. You can stay all day and its only $7. He loved it! We will definetely be back!!! I can't tell you how nice it is to find something else to do!