We have been going full force since last week! Lots to catch up on!

Friday night we took the boys to Santaland. Rylann loved it!! For yall not from around here, Santaland is in this big park and they decorate it all up in cartoon characters, like most of the disney characters, cars, handy manny, winnie the pooh, etc. Lots of colors, lots of lights, lots of fun, especially for a 2 year old. He was all over the place, everything was HOTT... hot is his favorite word. Everything is hot, the stove, dishwasher, any kind of lights, the food that is at most, lukewarm that he doesnt want to eat. But anyways, we stood in line to meet Santa for a good 20 minutes, me and Laramie took turns chasing Rylann around. But it just got too cold for us to wait, and the line didnt move one inch!!! So Saturday we FINALLY went and met Santa. The boys did SOO good!!! Rylann surprisingly did wonderful, and was very excited about him!! We have been talking him up for about a month now!

My wonderful, hard working husband won cowboy football tickets at work! So Sunday we woke up (almost 2 hours late, thanks Pierce for choosing that morning to sleep through the night!) dropped the kids off at Laramies moms, and speed to Dallas!! We met my parents for lunch and did some shopping before we headed to the game! It was awesome. That stadium is amazing. I had so much fun!!! It was a very short trip, we had to come Monday. But it was a very very fun day away. Way to go hubby for working so hard!! Thank you.

I missed my babies soo much. It was really hard leaving them. Being a mom is seriously the best thing that has ever happened to me. You really dont know what love really is until you have a child. Its so hard to explain but makes so much sense all at the same time.

Today was Rylanns school Christmas play. I was so excited, I just knew I had the star of the show. Well I will start off by saying, my babies are scheduled babies. If they are off their schedule by one minute, they are just off. Well they had to adjust their nap times, because of the party. No nap= a very frustrated Rylann. During the whole play Rylann managed to scream over all of the singing. All the kids were adorable though, oh well theres always next year!

I have no idea why I was so worried about Rylann not talking. Somebody turned his switch on!!! He wont shush up now!!! He is so funny! Half the time he calls me Sarah. When he does call me mommmy, its usually because hes in trouble and usually that gets him out. (I know, not very good displining, but you have got to hear him say it! its so cute!) Well this afternoon we were coloring, a firetruck goes by our street, and Rylann goes "I love you fire truck" then turns to his brother and says "I love you Piece" (we dont say r's very well). My heart melted!! Not only did we remember what a fire truck was, we love our brother!!!! That will make a mommys day right there!

Ill end on some pics!

The Keiths as elfs!

Merry Christmas!

This week has been wonderful!!! We had a very rough monday, but its been all uphill since then!!

Monday, Rylann was playing and he fell, well usually he pops right up, and starts going again. This time he just layed there. I was in the middle of feeding Pierce carrots, well I heard the fall, looked over and FREAKED out!! I jumped up, throwing the carrots all over Pierce, ran over to Rylann. He finally popped open his eyes after I (what felt like hours) yelled for couple seconds. It was the scariest thing I have ever expierenced! He was fine 5 seconds after it happened! He was either scared he was going to get in trouble, or was just shocked. But reguardless I was a mess(emotionally) and poor Pierce was covered in carrots!

Wednesday, we had a playdate at a friends. I am so impressed on how Rylann plays with kids. He has gotten SO much better about communicating and playing with kids his age. He makes me one proud momma! Speaking of mamma, Rylanns new thing is to continuously say mamma when he gets in trouble. Guess hes pretty smart, because usually it gets him out of trouble! :)

Rylanns first Christmas play is next week! I am beyond excited!!!! IT should be very very entertaining! I will be recording it, and definately posting everything that happens!!!

Pierce had his 4 month wellness check this week also. He is such a big healthy boy!!! He weighs 16 lbs!!! He did awesome with his shots, and he is way ahead of what 4 months are supposed to be doing!! Again, one proud momma!!

Today was my 8 year anniversary at work. I can not believe I have been there that long! I have the best job ever! I love what I do, I love most of patients!!! I am pretty proud of myself for sticking through the good and bad! NOt many 26 year olds can say they have been working at the same office for 8 years!!

We are going to get Santa picture this weekend! Wish me luck!

almost monday already????

This weekend was a blast!

Friday was my work Christmas party. It was so nice to eat a delicious meal without having to entertain 2 kids! I think that was the best part! Then Saturday night we had some old friends over for dinner. We fried a turkey, and had all the sides. We had so much amazing food! We are so lucky to have such great friends that can cook!! It was so fun catching up with everyone. Rylann loved being the center of attention, and at times, he was competiting for time with daddy! Betcha cant guess who won :) Just wanted to say thank you to my amazing sister Bailey, for helping out with Pierce while I did the cooking, theres no way I could have done it without you girl!!! One of our best couple friends have a little girl a month younger then Rylann. They were at our Christmas party, they played so good together this time!! Most of the time my little guy acts like a bully or doesnt share, but they had such a great time and were adorable!! We have already arranged their marriage, lol. Rylann had such a great time I didnt want to force him to go to bed, so he stayed up until everyone left! At about 11, he was so worn out he went and got his pillow and blanket, brought it in the living room and plopped down right in the middle of the room. He wasnt going to miss a thing! He was worn out, he slept in until 11!!! Then today we stayed in most of the day. I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband and 2 fun easy going kids(most of time anyway).

We started reading the Grinch to the boys tonight. I love reading to Rylann, he loves pointing out things in the pictures. The first thing he always points out is if theres a moon, and then if theres an animal he will make the animal noise. Its pretty amusing!

I want to attempt to take Santa pictures this week! I know its going to be miserable taking them!!! So does anybody know of any free ones going on?? Or does anyone want to volunteer dressing up???

On the go!

Whew! Almost Friday!!! This week has been sooo busy, but so good too. Pierce is offically mobile. He started inch worming last weekend, but Monday night we were playing in the living room, I stepped out of the room for just 10 seconds and when I came back he was almost off his blanket!! I am so excited that he is entering his next stage, its personally my favorite baby stage! But at the same time I am SOOOO not ready for 2 mobile babies!!

I also got to meet up with a girl from high school. I haven't seen her in probably 10 years!!! It was so nice to have lunch and catch up with her!! It made me miss high school times. It was so much easier back then. But I had a great time, and I hope that we get to do it again soon!! I wish I lived closer to some of the girls that I went to school with, alot of them have babies around the same age as mine. But I guess until either we move or they do I will just have to stay happy with catching up through facebook!

We also had a fun couple over last night for dinner! They also have 2 under 2, so its always nice to know you arent the only one going crazy trying to keep everything together!!

So for some crazy reason, I decided to get on the scale! I am only 4 lbs away from my goal! It was a very very pleasant surprise. My goal is to be at my ideal weight by Christmas, so I have 23 more days, hopefully it wont be too tough! I have a feeling it will be! I am still exclusively breastfeeding Pierce, so I still have to eat so he will get all the nutrition he needs, and we are always so busy that I feel like I never have time to go to the gym, maybe it will get easier after the holidays. Any motivation or help is welcomed!

Ill finish with 2 pictures of the cutest 2 kids in the whole world!

Guess whos 20 months!

As of yesterday, my little baby is already 20 months. Rylann Joe is the funniest little boy. He is sooo full of personality! There has never been a dull moment! He is the most dramatic thing too, which he totally gets from his daddy! For example, yesterday we had a girls night with my mom and 2 sisters, we went to dinner, I ordered him a burrito, the food came, I cut it for him and at best it was warm when it got put on his plate. He shoves the first bite in his mouth and you would have thought it was hot as fire by his face. He shrieked HOTTTT and spit it out. We had to blow on it until it became ice cold for him to eat it! He is such a hoot!

At 20 months Rylann
is a very picky eater, but what he loves he eats TONNNNNS of!
his favorite person is my grandpa, or as he says PAAAA, and his Gripey.
his favorite thing to play with is his toy kitchen, he will "cook" for hours.
has a bit of a biting problem. He has biten a couple kids in his class.
loves school, when you drop him off he will march right in and say BYE.
loves to read, we will read 15 books on average EVERY NIGHT.
such a helper with his little brother.
Loves chocolate, he definately has a sugar tooth!
sits at the table like a big boy
no where close to potty training
can say about 30 words "WHEN" he wants, he is very stubborn and will only preform when he wants.
he knows who and how to say all of his family members names.
loves to give kisses and love on his family.

I love my little Rylann Joe more than words can say. They say theres such a special bond between a mother and her son, Rylann is definately my best friend :)

Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for! Last year, Thanksgiving Day we found out we were pregnant with Pierce. I am so blessed to have my two healthy and happy boys!

This year for Thanksgiving we went to my Grandmas for lunch. It was so good seeing everyone! Rylann always has so much fun with his older cousins! He loved the turkey and all the food!!! Then after lunch we drove to Laramies sisters house for the big Keith Thanksgiving! This year was insane! There were 9 adults, 8 kids, and 6 of those 8 were 2 years or younger! Like I said, it was insane. It was so good seeing everyone, all of Laramies family live out of town, so we dont get to see them as often as we like! It was so much fun talking to the girls, watching all of the brothers catch up outside (crazy guys it was freezing!!) and all the kids play and of course fight! The food and company was amazing! I am soo lucky to have such wonderful inlaws!!! Even though the cowboys lost this Thanksgivng was the best!!

Fam(ILY)

♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫They're a world my world revolves around
My sacred piece of solid ground
The flesh and bone that gives me strength to stand
They are a fire in my driving on
The drive behind my coming home
The living, breathing, reason that I am ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫


I heard a new song on the radio today. Those lyrics pretty much sum up how I feel about my children! Being a mommy is the best job in the whole entire world!!! Children are the most challenging and yet rewarding things in the world! Rylann completely made my month tonight. We were cooking and playing in his room while Daddy and Pierce played. He looked right at me and said i love you too! I have been really worried about his talking lately. Last week, we had a biting problem at school, and his teacher told me she thinks he bites because hes frustated because he doesnt talk in school. So I have really really worked with him over the past week in talking, and telling us what he wants. Its been a very frustrating struggle for both me and him. But his sentence tonight has completely made feel better!!! I now think he is just a stubborn little boy!!!

Today

"Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, frustration, anger, and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you.
**The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day..."**

So I pretty much had a crappy day! Monday was typical work day. The mornings are ALWAYS so hard! I am having such a hard time dealing with the lack of sleep I get! Pierce decided he needed some mommy time 4 times last night! I am right on the border of should I let him cry it out, or should I go comfort him?!! I do believe in letting the baby self soothe, but on the other hand I work 35-40 hours a week, and the night time I do get he has to a. share with his daddy and his big brother (who are both very needy boys) and b. share with the housework. I just feel guility. He is my baby and possibly my last baby (but only if I dont get my way, and honestly when does that ever happen! :)) So I have been getting up with him. Well he does his best sleep right before my alarm clock goes off, so i struggle to peel myself from bed to get ready and to pack up half my house so we all have what we need throughout the workday!!

Well the bad part of the day started when I was pumping at work. I am pumping, and all of a sudden I notice that something very warm is running down my leg, I look down and notice that my milk is leaking from the bottle and not only is my scrub bottoms pretty much soaked, they are soaked from breast milk! Breast milk that my baby is needing! He is going through a growth spurt and is a very hungry boy lately! Well anyways my only thought is the one who made up that stupid quote "no use
in crying over spilled milk" well they obviously never breastfed!

Nothing really went right since then! I took the kids to the grocery store to pick up a couple things, I thought we would be in and out and no big deal. Well what was I thinking! What in the world would taking 2 under 2 (not to mention 2 hungry under 2!) into the grocery store be quick and easy!! I will learn one day just to send Daddy!

I want to at least put one picture in every post!



Heres an old picture of me and Grant! When life was easy!!!!!

My Hero!

Hero- a : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability, a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities, one who shows great courage, the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work, an object of extreme admiration and devotion : idol

Hands down my Dad is my hero. I am so thankful to have him so involved in my familys life! He is my husbands best friend, my kids favorite person, and my hero. I have never met anybody who doesnt love my dad after meeting him. I am pretty sure my dad could fix any problem, whether it be mechanical or emotional! Not sure if I tell him how much I appreciate everything he does for us, but I LOVE YOU DAD!!!

New at this!

I have read a few friends blogs and they seem really fun! So here we go!!

November 20, the day my sweet little Pierce turns 4 months young! At four months Pierce is:
taking 2 naps a day
still getting up 1-2 times a night
eating and loving banannas, carrots, and green beans
eating and hating sweet peas and sweet potatoes
knows and responds to his name
loves dogs and laughs when they get excited and run around
loves to jump
rolls over tummy to back and back to tummy
very very close to sitting up by himself

I really can not believe how fast the past four months have blown by!! Two under two is the most challenging yet amazing thing I have ever expierenced! When I had Rylann everything was so new and scary, and I dont know if Pierce is just an easier baby or if its because we were JUST doing this stuff 15 months ago!! Having two little babies is so hard, we never have enough time in the day to do anything!! It feels like between me and the hubs we are constantly changing diapers, hopefully their decisions in wanting to eat, be changed or played with at the exact same time means they will be super super close.

Today I had the brillant idea to take both the boys to the Tech game! My parents had extra tickets and a parking pass (which was actually the deal maker!) It turned out to be pretty fun! My parents ended up taking Pierce to their seats, so it was just me and Rybo! I was a little nervous about taking a 20 month old wild child that had not taken a nap to a football game, but he had a ball! He loved watching the band and the cheerleaders, and the game and surprisingly the people (who obviously had grandchildren) we sat by thought he was a hoot! He has perfected his guns up, which makes his momma verrrry happy!! We made it to almost half time and had to leave!

We also went to the polar express this weekend! It was really cute!. My boys really dont have a clue who santa is Last year Rylann did not like him. This year he gave him a high five, so we are headed in the right direction :) It was really fun to dress them up in matching pajamas and drink hot chocolate and see how much our niece and nephews got into it.