House Update

Baby's room

Master bath with tub!

Kitchen

Living room

Front of house

We are the proud new owners of a new (well new to us the house was built in the 50s) house in Carlsbad. It has it's quirks, but it is home and we are trying to move in while Mason works 10-12 hour days and I handle 2 babies who need a lot of attention. In other words, it is a SLOW process. We might be moved in over the course of a year or so! These are pics of the new house before furniture was moved in and as we paint and move in I will update photos. Be patient, as previously mentioned, this may take a while!

New Toys!

Long before Mason and I got pregnant, we had decided that baby toys were overrated and that minimal was best. I honestly haven't bought any toys or stuffed animals for the babies. All we have have been given to us by various family members. I have bought books, because I believe you can never have too many books, hence the 5 bookcases of books in our house (currently in storage). Anyway, back to toys, I broke down and bought 3 toys for the babies that seem to be necessary:
1. Baby Glow Sea Horse to sleep with. Clara has never liked noises, but after staying with Karen, Jared and the 7 boys, she has gotten used to it and now falls asleep to noise! Small blessings and well worth the $12 spent on this toy!
2. Bumbo Chair for keeping the babies next to me but not always on their backs. The babies are not quite strong enough to sit in it for long, but Dallin enjoyed it! PS They only had purple and I decided I only needed one, so purple it is! Dallin doesn't mind!
3. Play Gym to keep Dallin from watching TV. I noticed the other day that Dallin kept wanting to watch TV. This is not okay with me, so I bought him and his sister the play gym to keep them from getting bored. Clara seems to like it the best as it has a big octopus that she has been having conversations with today!

"You can call me flower if you want to!"

Dallin, Clara, Aunt Helen and I went to the Mesa Temple today to walk around and take pictures. This wasn't exactly planned, but when babies need to eat, they need to eat. Enjoy!

Various Cute Pictures

I smile in my sleep!

Not liking my "fluffy" pillow

This pillow moves!

Can you believe my blue eyes?

Clara loves the camera!



Just had to post these cute pictures of our activities the past couple of days. We are still in Phoenix and we have been hanging out with Aunt Helen at her house and trying to relax before the big move next week! Aren't my babies cute? I may be a little prejudice!

"I'm beginning to lose my sense of humor!"

Daddy made this saying famous on our vacation. Here is a list of things we, as a family, have begun to lose our sense of humor about:
1. not having someplace to live
***Update: we bought a house and will post pics later!
2. being apart (Mason in Carlsbad and Marissa in Phoenix)
3. having our belongings in various locations (Utah, New Mexico and Phoenix)
4. the babies are tired of the car
I am sure there are more things we are tired of, but there is light at the end of the tunnel (not according to Annette! HaHa!). We are moving next week and hopefully our lives will reach some sort of semblance soon!

Cute Sunday Clothes

I had to post these pictures of the babies smiling and looking their best in their Sunday clothes. They are getting so big and animated!

Busy weekend with our favorite people!

We had a couple of surprises this weekend. Granee came to visit the babies and Daddy showed up late Saturday night to kiss his babies and his wife! We also visited our Great Aunt Roxie and reat Uncle Willie. We will be in Arizona for 1 more week and hopefully by then our Daddy will find us a home in Carlsbad, NM. We are getting closer. Here is a poll for you readers: should we live in a 5th Wheel or a House? Too many pros and cons for each option.