Temple square lights

We took the kids to see the Temple lights at Temple square on 12/9/11. We wrapped them all up in warm clothes and blankets. They loved to see all the pretty lights. They liked to see the statue of the Christus. London cried when we walked away from the water feature. She LOVES water. I think she liked it more than the lights. When we got home London was freezing and Teagan was warm. He is our little heater just like Daddy. Here is a picture of one of my favorite places on earth....

Playing with cousins

Teagan playing with his cousin Jarrett.

Gingerbread house

Our amazing nanny Chelsey made a really cute gingerbread house with the kids.

Toy show and tell

London and Teagan brought me and Derek each one toy for about an hour. We were sitting at the table and they just kept brining them in and stand them up so that they looked really good. We would ask them what they were and get all sorts of responses.

Trying to get comfy

London taking a nap under her princess table.

Uh....okay...guess this is like a waterbed in a way.

Watching Lullaby time while holding mommies hand.

He decided to spend his time out sleeping. I guess that works.

Its Buzz and Woody!!!

Its Buzz and Woody!!! oh wait its just my little babies! We bought Teagan a pair of woody and buzz jammies so he could have some to wear besides his super cozy ones. London saw the woody ones and wanted to wear them to bed; and Teagan wanted to wear LULU...which is buzz. I love how the kids are so close and love each other so much.

Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!!

This year we went down to Spingville and had Thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family. It was a lot of fun to see family that we do not see very often. We had the party at the school my Aunt teaches at. We had fun thanksgiving coloring pages and the funnest part for the kids was decorating an apple with toothpicks and gumdrops. London loved hanging around with Grandma even though she was not feeing super good. She was kinda sick. Teagan liked to run around and play with Jayden. I am so thankful for so many things in my life. I am so thankful that my babies are growing up healthy and strong and that they do not suffer anything serious from being born so early. I also am so thankful for having an amazing husband. I love to know that he is there for me and will never leave me or abuse me. I know that sounds silly but knowing that I am in love with someone who respects me enough not to abuse me is huge!! I love my family and how close to them I am. I am thankful for friends that listen and help me through tough times and laugh at all the good times.

Letter from Santa

I sent a letter to the kids from a santa website online. We watched it at my moms house. They were so mesmerized, it was so cute. They showed pictures of the kids and other personal things in the message. I love that London is at an age where she understands and likes Santa.

Dad got me ready!

London went shopping with daddy today and he did such a good job getting ready....

Hats and more hats...

Little tissue please...

London has a stuffy nose due to her wonderful year round allergies and asthma (lovely preemie side effect), so her nose was bothering her so she asked for a tissue and I asked her to get a baby tissue. (This meant a small one because she had a habit of getting a ton of tissue and clogging the toilet with it.) So she went into the restroom and grabbed a tissue and came back and said "Mommy I got a baby one!" It was a peice no bigger than my pinky nail..HAHA! I was laughing so hard. I obviously couldnt help her with her nose troubles with that so I asked her to go get a bigger one and she brought back one square. She is so hillarious! I love my kids!

You say WHAT!!!

Friday morning me and Derek woke up around 7am and decided to watch some TV together because it is almost the only time we have alone. We started watching TV and all of a sudden around the corner comes little Teagan. I looked at Derek and asked "Did you get him out of bed?" He said "No" So our sweet little Teagan got up and out of his crib, opened his door (which sticks and is hard to open) and came out to say "Good Morning!" It was so funny we couldnt stop laughing.

Buzz lightyear

Teagan calls Buzz Lightyear "lou, lou." We have no idea where he got it from but thats what he calls it....so.....Buzz is now "Lou, Lou"

Yo Gabba Gabba

YO GABBA GABBA!!! Me and Derek took the kids to see Yo Gabba Gabba live last night (11/9/11) at Kingsbury Hall. It was so much fun. The hole place was full of energy; kids dancing and singing everywhere. London and Teagan were both in awe the entire time. Teagan got into it by clapping all the time. As they were singing their good bye song London put her hand out in front of her and said "Wait! Wait!" She did not want them to leave. She loved it so much. The whole car ride home she said "Gabba come back?" She wants Gabba to come back and watch them again. The kids loved it and I am so glad we were able to take them.

Here are the kids with their cute Gabba Gabba toys they got at the show.

Our miniature princess....

So London is so miniature she fit in a small box that had a shipment of TUTU's in it.....

It was a small box. Probably 2 feet by 1 foot. We could even close the lid. She is SOOOO SMALL!!!

MOVIE NIGHT!!

We had movie night with the kids one Sunday night. It was so much fun. We popped popcorn, got in our PJ's, got chocolate milk and watched Cars 2. It was so much fun. The kids loved it (and we did too)!!!

New carpet...

Our lovely basement flooded due to a broken sprinkler head outside the movie room window. Instead of paying a disaster company to come and clean up we decided to get new carpet....we were really sad to see the royal blue carpet leave but we had to let it go :) Here are some pictures of the movie room with our new beautiful carpet!

Scary moments....

We had some really scary moments right before Halloween this year. Little Teagan had Croup and went to the doctor and they gave him a dose of steroids. They then sent 2 additional doses home; one for that night and one for the next morning. We gave him the dose at night because he was still breathing labored and then when I got to my moms the next monrning I gave him the second dose. About an hour later he would not stop crying, it was a horrible sad crying and he wouldnt open his eyes. I was so worried but did not know what to do. Finally around 4:00 I gave in and took him to the Instacare (I didnt go earlier because I thought, what will they say all I can say is my son wont stop crying). Once we got there they took us right back becuase he was crying so hard it was disrupting the poeple in the waiting room. The nurse was checking us in and the doctor was in the hall either passing by or on the computer. When he heard me tell the nurse how much steroid he had the doctor ran in and said "What!" I clarified what I had said and he came in and shut the door and immediatly started asking me more questions and searching things on line. He said that the doctor overdosed him and he had Steroid phycosis. It is where the patient literally goes crazy. He said when adults have it they literally get locked up until it wears off. Poor Teagan was having migraine headaches and halucinations. He couldnt tell that his arms and legs were actually arms and legs. When I heard this I was furious at the other doctor! Then I tried everything in my power not to break down. I was so sad that my baby was suffering like this. I thought to myself..."why didnt i know not to give him all those meds." Then the doctor wanted to take blood work to make sure it wasnt another serious disease he was missing. The nurses came in to draw blood and couldnt get it the first time or the second time. They put the needle in and fished around. Teagan looked in my eyes and cried so hard, it was like he was saying "Help mom!" I was so helpless! I hurt so much. I started to cry and the nurses asked me if I was going to be okay, then the doctor commented and said "Of course she is not okay!" I backed up so that I did not cry in front of Teagan. I did not want Teagan to see the pain in my eyes. They gave him some benedryl to calm him down but it didnt work. I was at the office for about 40 minutes after the blood was drawn. The doctor came in and said we were good to go but if he didnt calm down to go to the ER immediatly. I was so scared. I said a little prayer in my heart and as soon as we got to my moms house he had stopped crying. I know the lord was doing everything he could do to help but it was just going to take time. He wanted to be snuggled and cuddled all night which i was glad to do. I am so thankful that he is okay now and thriving. I am so thankful that I have a Father in Heaven that watches over me and my family at all times. I love you baby Teagan.