Its one of THOSE Mommy posts

She is potty training people. 

The most stubborn Strong-willed almost 3yr old child. on. the. planet. Has decided that wearing panties and peeing in "da-tolet" is pretty cool. 

Its pretty cool guys. Just ask Makenna.

They have to be princess panties though. Hello Kitty panties are for the birds.

Did I mention stubborn strong-willed?

Life Lately

These past three weeks our lives have been totally turned around as we adjust to life as a family of 5.

Its all about Rudger lately.

Who gets to hold him, kiss him, rock him, feed him (me) and when/if its gonna happen.

There has been a lot of lounging in jammies, a lot of playing with all the fun toys the girls got for Christmas and a lot of cuddling.

 (he loves to stare at the tree with its lights on. i don't think i am ever going to be able to take it down)

We are loving every minute of it.

Hair Cut and Sucker

So, this little girl has been needing her hair cut for a while. She is 2 1/2 after all but I kept putting it off because I just couldn't bear the thought of cutting off her curly blond newborn hairs. It always made me sad thinking about it.

but when it looked like this everyday.....

I decided enough was enough! Her "bangs" were always getting in her face and itching her nose and again, it always looked somewhat like this...

I let my fear go and took her little neglected head to get her hair cut!

She was really nervous at first and then it turned into an all out fit!

So sad... 

But then the hair stylist offered her a sucker and it was smooth sailing!

That lady could have done whatever she wanted with that girls hair and she wouldn't have cared a bit!

Though, she still looked at me as if I was gonna pay for making her go through this later.

And boy did I pay. We had a rough afternoon her and I...

( Although it was probably more from her lack of nap than actual revenge but I guess I will never know)

But it was worth it!

The cut is PERFECT! It looks so cute on her! 

Even if it does make her look less like my "baby" and more like a little grown-up.

I am okay with it (no I'm not) because it just fits her so well!

Hopefully as it grown out i will start to see some curls again... Wishful thinking I guess.

Well Played, Child

Me- Kenna what does a fishy say?

Makenna- Water, water, water!

Wouldn't have thought of that... 

She definitely keeps me laughing!

Halloween

Our Halloween went a little like this.

A parade on Friday morning for the K-3rd graders at Bugs school!

She looked so cute and had lots of fun!

 Then last night as soon as Dale got home from work we ran out the door to make it to Mom and Dad Whipples ward Halloween party.

Mak could not have been more excited to get into her Dorothy Dress!

She has been telling us everyday for a couple weeks that she was gonna be "Dorofy"

Too cute!

She asked to open every piece of candy the second she got it! There was no way she wanted to wait....

Too bad for her!

 Riley was excited to get back in her costume for some more fun and trick-or-treating!

We trick-or-treated around Mom and Dad Whipples neighborhood then went to see my parents.

By the end of the night Makenna was as awake and hyper as could be and Riley was so exhausted and grumpy and we went home fast and the girls were asleep faster than ever!

Thanks Halloween!

Never Were There Such Devoted Sisters

These two girls are so fun to watch.

They are best friends and it couldn't make me happier.

They can make each other laugh like no one else can and they can make each other scream like no one else can.

I am so glad they have each other.

Mak is getting old enough that they are able to have conversations and tease and joke and sing it also means they can fight and scream and tattle and stay up way too late talking in their room when they are supposed to be sleeping.

Tonight while we were in the car on our way home Makenna tooted and and when they both groaned and laughed about it Mak turned to Riley and said "You're distusting (disgusting) Wiwey" Dale and I were laughing so hard. She has learned to put the blame for totting on her sister. Cracks me up!

I am so happy that I get to watch them grow up together.

Lately

Lately I have not been great at this blogging thing.

Lets be honest I haven't been great at much lately.

Besides growing a human. 

I am doing AWESOME at that. 

But being awesome at that makes me way less awesome with other things.

WAY less awesome....

So I just decided that Since I haven't posted about anything, really, that we have been up to the past couple months (which hasn't been much) I would just post a ton of pictures. I am not great at capturing moments but I do have some that I have been wanting to share. 

So here we go.

My awesome sister Jamie took some pictures of us on the land behind our uncles farm in Utah.

I LOVE THEM.

It was short and sweet. Which was perfect because we were all exhausted from the road trips we had taken to get there. Jamie was way more exhausted so we made it quick!

MY FAVORITE!!

We had fun, while we were staying at my uncles house, going back and forth from one of his chicken coops to the other having so much fun experiencing something totally different than they were used to.

We were able to take the girls to my Grandpa Dents house and visit. Riley had a lot of fun teasing him. He loved it just as much!

We attempted a 4 generation picture...

And more loving on Great Grandpa Dent.

I caught a candid of my brother, who LOVES to hide from the camera unless he has to and if he cant then you will most likely not get him to smile. Especially this naturally, and especially not in a white shirt and tie! Haha If he finds this out he will kill me! I am risking my life.

We were able to visit the Logan Temple.

The temple my parents were married in.

This temple is gorgeous!

We were only able to walk the grounds but now I am dying to go in.

 Then we came home and Riley started kindergarten. 

Then Mak had her second Birthday.

Lots of presents and fun with grandparents.

Oh and Cake.

And playing mommy with her new baby doll.

And cake...

Then in September my sister- in- law Lana Came home from her mission In Chile! We have had fun Catching up and Shopping!

No pictures.. Cause I stink at it But we have had fun!

Now its October! I cant believe it. I am so glad the end of the year is getting closer and going by so fast! I Just want to have my little boy and hold him and watch him grow up with his sisters! Also I so just want to not be pregnant anymore. haha