Fallowfield Family

4th Place...

2012-02-01T18:10:00.000-08:00

Knox wrestled in his 2nd real tournament of his wrestling season. We don't wrestle every weekend because 1. He is 4 ( therefore winning is a stretch) 2. The tournaments last FOREVER and 3. We like to do things on the weekends :). He wrestled in the Tot 2006/2007 , 45 lb weight class. He actually only weighs 41 lbs so he was on the low end of his weight class and the younger end as well since he is a 2007. He wrestled his first match and WON 11-5 ! I was so nervous and excited I was shaking for a while after the match...Oh how I dread it when he is older :). He lost his next 3 matches but did so good. Just by winning the first match he placed 4th. Not sure how that bracket was set up, but I don't care, he placed. Knox always asks when he is going to get his medal. One of the reasons he likes to wrestle is for the hope of a trophy. So when he heard that he was going to get a medal our boy was so excited. So they call his name and they gave him a yellow ribbon. Really ?! He turned to me and asked "what is this?" "Where is my medal?" He was heartbroken and not the least bit thrilled about placing anymore. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd got medals. Luckily I know the guy running the tournament and and quickly ask him if there are any extra could knox have a Medal instead of a ribbon and he quickly took Knox over and put the Medal over his head :) I think the pictures speak for themselves...taken only 1 minute a part :)

Date night...

2011-11-09T10:23:00.000-08:00

Since the kids have started school this year it seems as though we don't get to spend much time with them, especially individual time. By the time I have picked up Presley and Knox in the afternoon it is almost 4pm by the time we get home. Then we have snack, homework, sometimes ball practice, dinner, bath, and reading all to get done before 7. So we started doing date nights with them on Friday night. We don't tell them what the activity is going to be and we let them choose where they would like to eat. It started I take Pres, the next week Bry takes Knox, then we would switch to opposite parent, Bry take Pres, the next week I take Knox. Okay so Maryn hasn't moved into the rotation yet. She gets time with me all day so when she starts Pre-K she will move into the rotation. Here is a run down of our dates so far and pictures to follow :)

Week 1: Presley and I went to mellowmushroom for pizza, Ben and Jerrys for Ice cream and then to see Dolphin Tale. We had so much fun

Week 2: Bryan took Knox to dinner at Checkers and then to the Race track to watch some loud cars. Knox was a little anxious due to the noise but ended up loving it !

Week 3: Bryan took Presley to a Hibachi grill and then to a gooney golf place. She loved playing mini putt it was her first time and loved the time she spent with her daddy.

Week 4: I took Knox to chuckecheese for dinner and games. I got him 50 tokens and he had a hard time using them all :) He just wanted to go pick a prize. We went to chik fil a for ice cream after and he fell asleep on the way home.

Week 5: I took Presley to dinner at Chik-fil-a. Then we headed to River city pottery where we painted a soup cup and a bowl. They are being fired and we will pick them up this Friday. Then we headed over to Brusters and got a dinosaur cookie sundae :)

Halloween 2011

2011-10-31T19:03:00.001-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN From- SNOW WHITE, OPTIMUS PRIME,and THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER :)

Kiddos and cute Callie :)

Blessed...

2011-10-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

I want to post an update on our sweet Presley's hair :). We just met with a new dermatologist (our 5th since Presley was diagnosed with monilethrix) By far she is the best we have ever dealt with. I love it when we get a Dr. that makes all the rest look like idiots. She looked at Presley's hair again and said she is text book monilethrix and that we are so fortunate to have as much hair as we do. Presley is so tickled to be able to reach her mouth with her hair, have it hang while wet, blow in the wind. Things most girls take for granted. So I took a picture to show her hair growth.

Smart Boy !

2011-10-15T18:51:00.000-07:00

Our sweet Knox is the smartest boy in his Pre-K. (GLOAT) And I say that with so much pride :) He is testing as an above average kindergartener :) Our boy loves to learn. He loves to watch the letter factory and is eager to practice the things that he has learned. We sure do love this boy :)

A House divided

2011-10-08T18:32:00.000-07:00

I love football season !! I love college football ! I we are teaching our kids early to get excited about big games as well. Knox dressed himself and just happened to put on a UT vols shirt given from his cousin, and it just happened to be the day of the UT vs. UGA game. Enjoy our sweet babies...

Funny Baby

2011-09-11T19:48:00.000-07:00

Maryn, while looking at a motorcycle.

"Bike, Bike, Bike, Bike"...Yes maryn I see the bike.

"vrooooooooooommmmmm"

so funny, defenitely gets her love of motorcylce gene from her daddy :)

9/11

2011-09-11T19:37:00.000-07:00

Reliving 9/11 is painful. It hurts my heart so much to think of those who lost their lives. Especially when given a glimpse into individual lives. Children who lost parents, parents who lost children, wives who lost husbands, husbands who lost wives. So painful to think of not knowing for a period of time whether your loved one was ok or not. Bry and I had only been married for 3 months when 9/11 occured. we were living in Utah and I was going to school at BYU. My sister had actually called and told us to turn on the news. We turned it on, only one tower had been hit and I was on my way out the door to go to class. I walked so Bry could stay and watch the news. By the time I got to campus the other tower had been hit and I walked into my class and my professor told us that class was cancelled. I was starting to get anxious. I called Bry and I went and found a bench on campus to have a seat and while on the phone the 1st tower hit had just fallen. I noticed how quiet the sky was. Provo has a lot of air traffic that lands in SLC. It was so eerie. I was getting a little frantic and hurried home. It was devastating. And still is. It is painful for me to see pictures. Painful to hear stories of loved ones lost. Causes even a little anxiety to relive it. It changed our world. Im grateful for the many servicemen who lost their lives trying to save the people in the building and my heartbreaks that they never made it out.

Maryn Jane

2011-09-01T19:31:00.000-07:00

Maryn Jane is 2 ! Our sweet baby girl is 2! Maryn is such a joy, she is such a social butterfly and loves to gives hugs and kisses. She is such a fun baby. She is up for anything and loves to play with Presley and Knox. She is really starting to talk well. She loves her cousin Callie she calls her coco. We did a minnie mouse theme because that is the only character she seems to have an association with since we went to Disney world. She calls her momo. She is always full of surprises and lots of expression on her little face. We sure do love you Maryn Jane.

Brotherly love...

2011-06-02T20:00:00.000-07:00

I often wonder what types of relationships our children will have with each other. We really try to teach them to love one another and to be kind, but sadly this isn't always how they treat each other. We do however get glimpses of love for their siblings in some of the weirdest moments. Like the one I am going to post about. I love Knox he is such a sweet, kind, giving boy. This is not always the case with his interaction with Presley :) They tend to knock heads ALOT :). This morning though Bryan had this conversation with him...

Knox: I don't like sissy's fake hair.

Bry: It's real hair it is just made from other peoples hair for sissy to wear.

Knox: I don't like it, it stinks. I don't like the smell of it. Its made from lots of peoples hair and it stinks. Why does sissy have that hair. I like her normal hair. She is beautiful. That hair stinks and I don't like it.

Love our boy :) and he loves his sissy !

Student of the Month !

2011-02-03T19:26:00.000-08:00

I can't begin to tell you how proud we are of our sweet girl. Presley was awarded student of the month for the whole kindergarten (8 kindergarten classes) at her school. The character trait of the month was "self discipline". I asked her what she had to do to earn that award and she told me "I just do a good job of keeping my hands to myself"...lol. We sure do love this peanut and she is growing up too fast.

Knox's new hair cut...

2011-01-16T17:49:00.000-08:00

Knox's hair was getting rather wild so I decided I would try and trim it up. Not such a good idea, but I stopped before it would be really bad and we would have to shave it. So friday I was home with all the kids and my car had a flat tire so I called a good friend to see if she would take Knox to get his hair cut at the barber that her husband goes to. I wanted it fixed before church on sunday. He came back looking so handsome, though looking like a mini me of my friends husband with the same haircut...lol. So funny. So yesterday knox went to the bathroom and took a little longer than usual. I wasn't concerned until I went in to have a shower and saw hair on the floor. After I got out he came in and had "added" to his hair cut...lol. He had climbed up and gotten Bry's beard trimmer and hacked away. Love that kid :)

The handsome before :)

And the addition...

Snow Storm 2011 !

2011-01-16T17:44:00.000-08:00

We had out first snow fall of 2011. It was actually a significant snow fall for the south. We got about 8 inches ! Everyone was excited about the snow and we did lots of sledding and 4 wheeling. Presley was out of school for the whole week...which was fun but hard to find things to entertain her. We did lots of reading stuff for school :). Maryn really enjoyed the snow. She was tiny last winter in Utah so this is the first one that she has been able to enjoy.

Presley did this all by herself...

Our snow angel...haha

Aunt Stacy's house

Happy New Year !

2011-01-01T18:53:00.000-08:00

Well we didn't do much this new years eve. We wanted to do something with the kids so we stayed in. We had gotten some party things for them and let them stay up as late as they wanted. They lasted until 10:30 :). Its okay though since we went to a New Years party at the Creative Discovery Museum with them at noon to have an early party with a bunch of other kids. It was too packed so we left early and went and had lunch at the Mellow mushroom, ice cream from coldstone, and played on a play ground by the river. They had lots of fun and so did we :)

The Craziness at the Creative Discovery Museum...

New Sweaters...

2010-12-30T19:11:00.000-08:00

The kids did Christmas at my good friend Shelly's house this year on the 23rd. She was so sweet and got them a ton of stuff. They were so happy. So here they are modeling their new sweaters from "Aunt" Shelly :).

Oh Knox !

2010-12-30T11:43:00.000-08:00

What are we going to do with this wild man ?! He makes us laugh everyday ! I had told him no candy for today. he hadn't complained, my niece was over and busy playing school with Pres in the other room and Knox was missing from my sight for about 10 minutes. I assumed he was playig school. He walked back into the living room and had chocolate all over his face. I mean nose to chin all over :)

Me "Knox is that chocolate all over your face ?"

Knox " What this chocolate ?" (pointing to his face)..."oh this is from a longtime ago"

I could not stop laughing. He is crazy !

30 !

2010-12-30T11:39:00.000-08:00

WHAT ! I turned 30 ! I am surprisingly not as depressed as I thought I would be :)...I am super optimistic of what I can accomplish in my 30's and have no regrets of the things that I did in my

20's. So here's to a new decade full of fun and maturity...lol...ok ok maybe not the maturity part but lots of fun :) Love you all !

Christmas 2010 !

2010-12-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so fun this year! Im really sad that it has come to an end. Presley and Knlx were in full Santa mode the whole month. They learned lots of christmas songs and sang them EVERY day :). I think that is what I am going to miss the most. Especially Knox's version of Frosty the snowman..."Frosty the snowman was a lovely, lovely guy". Presley really loved Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer. Presley asked Santa for an easy bake oven. Knox asked for a batman batcave, and Maryn couldn't care less. She thinks all of the toys are hers anyway :). Presley woke up at 5:28 and woke knox up who came running down the hall with his eyes closed because he still wasn't awake...lol. We sure do love that crazy boy :). I surprised Bry sooooo good. He is so hard to surprise, but I used my moms credit card and paid her cash to buy Bry a new ipod touch. No paper trail :) and he had no idea. I even wrapped it in a box with old socks and a shirt to hide the shape of the little ipod box. We only bought each child 5 things. We wanted it to be a small, but for them to get quality gifts. With so much extended family they still got spoiled. So next year we might knock it down to 3. I sure do love Christmas and I am so grateful for our sweet babies ! Merry Christmas !

Our white Christmas morning :)
Maryn's Christmas
Knox's Christmas
Presley's Christmas
Our Christmas Bumbles on Christmas Eve...

Rock City Lights...

2010-12-23T19:20:00.000-08:00

As a family we went to see the lights on a lookout mountain at Rock city. It was freezing but the kids had fun. Plus it was free ! We used Stacy and Danny's family pass, can't beat that.

Some were not so happy as we waited to get hot chocolate... :)

Sweet baby :)

Garth Brooks Concert....

2010-12-22T19:16:00.000-08:00

Garth Brooks did a series of benefit concerts in Nashville. I got tickets for my sister and her husband and our friends Brad and shelly. It was soooooo FUN ! We had awesome seats about 15-20 feet from the stage on the floor.

Ready for Santa...

2010-12-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

Presley and Knox have been all about Santa and the elves. They are super excited about Santa coming and trying really hard to be good. The "elves" actually brought them a present early :). We got a wooden swing set that is usually $400 at Walmart for $50 on clearance !! Super steal. We have yet to put it together yet since it has been so cold. Presley had asked why her cousins have an elf and she doesn't so here is my wonderful answer :)..."Well sometimes Pres when kids are really naughty during the year santa needs to send them an elf to remind them that Christmas is close and they need to be good". Presley says, "ya, I have been really good this year". And I can't disagree. After the first few weeks of school she got into the swing of things and has been doing great. She had all blue marks for the month of November so we took a trip to Vegas for Toddlers...you know, chuck e cheese. She earned it and they had a blast.

What ?!?!

2010-12-10T17:39:00.000-08:00

Wow...these kids can say the funniest stuff...

Knox: "Dad can I have a mint" (Holding a hand full of spaghetti noodles)

Bry "No"

Knox " Give me a mint right now dad or I will kill all of these noodles " (squeeze)

Christmas Gifts

2010-12-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Every year we have done a charitable act/gift with our children at christmas time. This year I came across "Operation Christmas Child". First you choose a boy or girl and then the age you are willing to buy gifts for. We chose children the same age range as Knox and Pres. Boy 2-4. Girl 5-7. You fill a shoebox with age appropriate toys and a few hygiene items. The boxes are then shipped to 3rd world countries. The kids had so much fun picking out the gifts to go into the box. Knox really wanted to keep the toy tractor but with some explaining he was happy to see it go to a little boy who would love to have it

Thanksgiving...

2010-12-08T17:37:00.000-08:00

This year we were finally able to have a Thanksgiving with my family :) Bry and I have always been on our own when it comes to the big holidays with the kids since we have lived so far away. Well the last one we shared with fam I was pregnant with Knox. We had fun up at my sisters house and my grandparents came in town. It was a beautiful fall day that we enjoyed with too much food.

I made this yummy looking Ginger Bread Triffle...too bad I didnt add the spices in the making of the ginger bread. It looked yummy but didn't taste so good :(

Sweet baby Janes...

2010-11-12T12:08:00.001-08:00

Here is another post about our sweet baby Maryn Jane. It seems as though she is getting a lot of her own posts lately. Maryn was really sick for 9 days. 9 days of a fever 102 +, she was so miserable. So here is the run down of the last 2 weeks. I took Maryn in for a follow up with the Dr. for her pinkie nail on monday Nov. 1st. While we were there she noticed that Maryn had thrush in her mouth and around her mouth. Weird since she is 14 months and not nursing. She started the Nystatin and it was helping a ton. On tuesday she started running a fever and wasn't sleeping through the night so I took her back on thursday and found out that she also had developed an ear infection. She started Amoxil on thursday night. She ran her fever all through the weekend and I took her back to the Dr. on Monday morning and her ear infection had cleared but she still had thrush. The Dr. sent us over to the hospital to have some blood work done. They called that evening and told us that we needed to take Maryn to the ER and get a Rocefin shot since her white blood cell count was pretty elevated, just in case it was a bacterial infection that could get in her blood. So off we went at 6:45 and while we were there they did chest x-rays, flu test, uti test, a rocefin shot, and lots of poking and prodding of baby Janes. She was miserable. While we were there her fever was 102.6. We left a little after 2:00am. On tuesday she still had the fever but it was down a little. We started on Omnicef. We called the Dr. back on wednesday when she was still running a fever and the other Dr. called Bry back and said that the mono test had come back negative but that Maryn's SED count was throught the roof...106- when normal is 20. So she def had something going on that on thursday they needed to do another blood draw and if her WBC and SED were still high that we would need to meet with a disease specialist. So now we were starting to freak out ! On thursday morning her normal Dr. called and Maryn's fever had subsided so she didn't feel it was necessary to do the blood work until monday. She think maybe a really bad sinus infection ?! WHAT ?!?! Well if that is all it was thank goodness, but wow ! What a miserable week and a half for our baby girl !

Maryn's Costume

2010-10-29T06:42:00.000-07:00

I haven't sewn a costume in 2 years. And I really wanted Maryn to be the Queen of Hearts since Presley was going as Alice in Wonderland. The project started off okay, the fabric I chose frayed quiet a bit so that was really annoying to deal with and then putting in the zipper was such a pain to do with this fabric. I ended up sewing the zipper in by hand. I used double sided interfacing to adhere hearts. I think it turned out okay and she LOVES it. It is so funny to watch her strut around in it :) I will post full Halloween pics soon. I took a lot with my sisters camera and I just need to download them.

Don't mind the drool hanging off her chin :)

Have you noticed that Maryn has a toothbrush in several of my recent posts ? This girl loves to brush :)

Pumpkins

2010-10-28T06:36:00.000-07:00

We are only days away from Halloween and I forgot all about pumpkin carving ! Thank goodness Presley is on the ball :). Presley drew her pumpkin face all by herself and Bry cut it for her and I helped Knox make a "scary" pumpkin.

Pickles and Tomatoes...

2010-10-27T06:25:00.000-07:00

Epitome of (cute) Mischief

Alright so this is more of a Journaling post for some of the funny things Presley and Knox have said lately. The other day Presley got out of school early due to really bad weather. The thunderstorms were going to include tornadoes and they wanted all the kids and parents to be able to get home safely. So with all the talk about thunderstorms and tornadoes the kids were very concerned. We were leaving Walgreens and Knox says to me "Mom we better hurry and get home before the pickles come." "Pickles?" I said....He said "Ya the scary pickles"...."You mean tornadoes ?", "Ya" he says "Before the tomatoes come". I was rolling ! He is so funny so then his daddy get home and Knox greets him with "Hurry daddy before the pickles and tomatoes come !"

ER visit...

2010-10-23T06:19:00.000-07:00

Maryn and her cousin William get into everything ! So together they can cause quiet a mess. On Saturday morning she and William were playing with a bread maker that was on the floor waiting to be put away. They were both playing with the lid and unfortunately Maryn got her fingers squished. So much so that we had our first ER visit. We left with 2 stitches and a missing pinky nail. She was such a trooper. She only cried right when the incident happened and she was all smiles at the hospital. Thank goodness there wasn't a wait or we would have been seen for a long time since she was so happy and it didn't seem urgent. I didn't take a pick of the before but here she is when we got home from the hospital.

Fall soccer

2010-10-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

We signed the kids up for Fall soccer at the YMCA. It was about $30 cheaper per kid than most of the recreation teams around town. The only downside to it was that it was indoors and the court that they played on was pretty small. Knox learned not to tackle and not to pick the ball up with his hands. Presley learned to rough it up with the boys a little being one of the only girls in the 5-6 age group. Getting Knox to stay on the court and Presley to pay attention wore me out ! We pulled out every trick, money, toys, candy...but they did whatever and I had to swallow my competitive spirit and be happy for the spurts of determination that made them run after the ball. They were so cute. I wish I would have gotten more action shots but I was too busy yelling :) We are really proud of our little soccer stars.

Halloween Party

2010-10-15T18:19:00.000-07:00

We are members at the children's discovery museum here in Chattanooga and they threw a party for the member families the other night and since we had cousins in town we all dressed up and went. Karen is in town with her kids because dad had major surgery on tuesday and she wanted to be able to spend some time with him. The kids had fun dressing up and were super excited to do something fun with their cousins :)

Our little Alice in Wonderland

"Captain and America "says Knox, Presley, and Teagan as Belle
Spooky faces and little William as Robin :)
Playing in the Yard
Here he is muscles himself...
Love these girls
So Teagan and Pres have on matching shirts and so do Knox and William...not really planned, but cute :)

He climbed up all by himself

The Circus !

2010-10-08T18:10:00.000-07:00

The circus came to town and the kids were so excited. We went on friday night and took my niece mallory with us. It was lots of fun. The kids were excited to see the lions, tigers, and elephants. It was Bryan and Maryn's first trip to the circus and the 2nd for Presley and Knox. I will have to say though that the highlight was the cotton candy :)

Tight rope walkers...

Knox and Bry
Knox with his blue cotton candy
Maryn eating Presley's and Knox's cotton candy !
Look at those lips :)

Knox's new Bike

2010-10-04T18:06:00.000-07:00

Knox got a new Bike. It took a day to figure out how to pedal :). He looks like he's been doing it for years. He loves it !

Out of the mouth of a 3 year old :)

2010-09-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

Knox had on Christmas pajamas the other night and we asked him who was on them, it was an outline of santa clause and his answer "oh it's the christmas guy". A few days later with Christmas still on his mind "Mom I just saw a reigngoat and you missed it". I asked what a reigngoat was and he says "It flies with Santa so he can deliever all of the presents while we are sleeping". Another day while waiting for Presley to get out of school he says "Mom, I have someone inside of me. i think it is daddy. I think I am turning into daddy because I am getting hairs on my arms. I think I will be daddy when I grow up and not a superhero". He calls slushies "flushies", so does Presley. And he says freakin all the time "why won't those freakin cars move"...ya and a few freakin's that have sounded a little questionable :) Not sure where he would have picked that one up but it is pretty funny. He still points with his middle finger and thinks its funny to call people "losers", thanks to his wonderful cousins and Aunt :) Just a little update for our boy who is also playing soccer and still realizing that he can't tackle people when they get the ball :) LOVE HIM !

Rain Rain go away...

2010-09-09T09:38:00.000-07:00

Rain, Rain, go away, come a DAY, another DAY...Knox's version of the song :)

Happy Birthday Maryn Jane !

2010-09-09T09:07:00.000-07:00

Our sweet baby girl turned 1 on Sept. 1st. She is such a fun baby. She loves her brother and sister and wants to be involved in all that they do. She is a pretty mello baby unless she wants something. She started walking when she was almost 11 months and so after a little over a month of practice she can run :). She says "momma", "dada", "ba (bye)", "hi", and "bot" for bottle. She is my one baby who is hooked on the pacifier. She still pulls the blanket over head when she is going to sleep. Her nickname is "baby janes" ( thanks to Knox). She is a professional pointer , she points at everything . She has 2 teeth on bottom and one has broken through on the top left, far left :). Maryn is 19 lbs at 1 year and we have already turned her around and she is not a big fan, Im guessing since she can't see Pres and Knox.

Here she is getting weighed just after she was born...look how puffy !

We had a birthday party for her with family and a few friends on the Sunday before her birthday. She was sick at her party but had enough motrin in her to make her feel ok.

My sister Stacy made her cute cakes :)

Here she is on her birthday ! Sept 1, 2010 :)

Presley's 1st Day of School...

2010-08-12T06:13:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that my sweet baby girl is old enough to start school !! Pre-K last year broke us in a little and I got teary eyed dropping her off for her first day of Pre-K. Today I didn't get teary just had a knot in my stomach and feeling anxious for her. She was so cute and so excited this morning. She was ready to go. She chose her clothes last night, a yellow polo shirt and a navy skirt. I had bought some ribbon the other day to make some ruffle socks and a matching hairbow for her, so I made those last night to go with her outfit. She is so precious. We sure do love our Presley. Knox is a little confused this morning as to where his sister has gone and since she is at school has asked to go to his "soccer game". Meaning he wants us to go ahead and sign him up for soccer. I will do another post soon of how her 1st phase in day of kindergarten has gone. She won't have school again until next thursday which will then be a full day. Today is only until noon. So here she is..

Maryn Jane...

2010-08-12T05:54:00.000-07:00

I haven't taken many bath pics of this sweet baby girl who loves the water. So I took a few the other night and here is a video of her walking. The video is from last week. I should do a new one this week to show how quick she has gotten. She can change directions and run without falling.

Maryn is walking !

2010-07-31T17:04:00.000-07:00

On monday July 25th Maryn took a step. I even questioned myself if it really was a step until I saw her do it again later in the day. It was just a tiny little step with her right foot. On tuesday it was the same thing, one here, one there, and just a lot of standing. By friday she was taking 5 steps and dancing before she fell. Today saturday July 3oth, Maryn is walking across the floor :) So funny how fast she started walking :) We sure do love this baby :)

Dog Days of Summer...

2010-07-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

So I am quickly running out of creative ways to keep my kids busy and entertained. The weather has been super hot the last 2 weeks and we have pretty much worn out the pool, gym, zoo, and aquarium for the summer. Last week I was bored so I just picked up and drove to Florida to see my sister. I mean I must have been really bored because who just decides to pack up 3 kids and go on a 8 hour car ride ? It went great though, my kids are super travelers. I only stopped once for lunch and gas. We went swimming at her pool and to the beach. We bought Presley's backpack too while we were down there. So needless to say we are ready for school to start for Presley. Knox, Maryn and I will be busy working out a new schedule for them during the day, but I think I can find a fun class for Knox to do. Bryan has been working crazy hours for this collision place driving a rollback. It's a job and we are grateful. We are just a little disappointed that he hasn't found a great job with his degree. So it looks like we will be back in school in the Fall to try and wait out the recession just a little longer. We will see, but I really want him to be able to do something that he loves. I have been busy trying to get pitching lessons off the ground. I have 4 people that I see on a weekly basis. It has been harder than I thought getting my name back out there to get things started. Hope everyone is doing well. I will post pics of the trip when I load them.

Presley's New Hair

2010-07-11T18:28:00.001-07:00

So I know this has been a much anticipated post. It has taken a while to post because we haven't been too happy with the way things turned out with the wig. It took 6 1/2 hours to make the wig for Pres. She was such a patient girl. Her hairstylist hastily cut the bangs so Pres could see before she finished the wig and it ruined the whole hair piece. A normal wig is made out of about 1 1/2 wefts of hair and to make Presley's she used 4 ( by using so many she made it seamless, you can run your hand down the back of her head you can't feel a thing and you can part it and not see the seams )!! So it was soooooooooo thick and she started the bangs that she cut at the top of her head...UGH ! So needless to say we are very dissappointed, but Pres is so happy. She was so cute with just the first wefts being glued on she was stroking the hair. She has loved tossing it around. So we took her back in on friday and got it thinned again and cut by a different stylist. She tried to fix it, but the bangs overwhelm her little face. We still prefer her with short hair. Anyway- here are the pics :)

Rockin and Rollin Ready for her Pony Tail and so happy :)...

Watching a movie while Ms. Jackie is gluing her wefts to the cap...

LOL :)...This was her after 6 1/2 hours :) she was giving everyone dirty looks, and all of the stylists were excited for her and wanting to see her...

A good shot of the over powering bangs and too much hair...

Friday ager getting it thinned and some of the bangs pulled back into topsy tails...

Okay- still modeling the hair, but I didn't place it right so her ears are sticking out a little, and she is standing like that cause she thinks its pretty :)

2 Pig tails on sunday afternoon...

HAPPY 4th of JULY !

2010-07-07T10:45:00.001-07:00

We always have fun on the 4th of July :) ! We are in a different state this year with the kids and we still found a great venue for fireworks and music. We went our good friends Brad and Shelly to a park down on the river. We ate hotdogs and had soda to kick off our American evening. Knox is still afraid of fireworks, not like a kicking and screaming scared but a cover his ears and face and he was good. he didn't even want to look at them. Pres and Maryn enjoyed them though and the weather was unbelievable for a summer evening in Tennessee. Hope you all are doing well and that you all had a wonderful 4th.

Maryn is 10 months :)

2010-07-07T10:44:00.002-07:00

Maryn is 10 months old :) ! She is such a sweet baby. She can say "momma, dada, and hi". She can clap her hands, fold her arms, and wave. She is a crawlin professional and has started standing on her own and cruising all of the furniture. She loves to poke her tongue out and blow raspberries. She def has the attitude of being the baby in the family. Her sister loves to cater to her every need. She still only has the 2 bottom teeth and loves to scrunch her nose when she smiles. We sure do love this bumble bee.

Florida

2010-07-07T10:44:00.001-07:00

We were fortunate enough to hop in with my sister and her family on a trip to Pensacola (June 18-June 22). I mean really, who goes on vacation when they don't have a job...ummm , we do :)! So thanks to Randy and Steph for the ride down and Grandma and Granpa for a place to stay and a van to drive :) It was a beautiful weekend to go to Florida. The water was so clear. My sister Karen and her family were over from Jacksonville for a wedding so it was nice to also have their pool to use if we wanted. The first day Knox was scared to death of the waves and didn't even get in the water except for the time that Bry and I took him in trying to show him he would be okay. It was so stinkin hot I don't know how he managed not to get in the water. The next day the water was super calm and clear so he got brave and ended up loving the beach. Pres was a waterbug and Maryn slept under the umbrella most of the time. We managed not to have anyone overly burned, and that was a miracle since Pres will fry so easy.

Happy 9 Years !

2010-06-24T12:39:00.000-07:00

A little late to post about but I still wanted to say a little something about us reaching our 9th wedding anniversary. I can't believe that 9 years have passed since Bry and I got married. I love you Bry, thank you so much for being so wonderful....Here are some stats :)

All in 9 years :)

-3 kids

-5 international cities visited

-1 cat

- 2 birds (RIP sadie and sam :)

-2 dogs

-1 owned house

-5 apts rented

-4 mazda's owned

-2 BYU degrees

-TOO many jobs to mention while in school

-4 cross country moves

-0 times bryan has won at our "chop" game

-Too much fun to tally.

Rain...

2010-06-10T20:49:00.001-07:00

The kids had the opportunity to experience a good ole southern thunderstorm last week. It rained so hard for about 20 minutes it flooded in the front of my moms yard. After the lightning had passed we sent them out to do what I used to do in the huge puddles...they loved it :)

Love his pose with the backward underwear :)

Love their cousins...
Some thumbs up :)

The pool...

2010-06-09T12:39:00.000-07:00

My moms neighbors have a pool. They have been kind enough to tell us to come swim whenever we want. So on Monday we decided to go up for an hour and swim. I hadn't bought the kids floaties or floats yet, just wanted to see how they liked the idea of swimming. Maryn was home asleep so it was just Presley, Knox and I. They both did great. They clung to me super tight. I sat them both on the ladder and told them to stay there while I got this gigantic wasp out of the water. So I went about 10 feet from them scooped the wasp up on a pool brush and placed it on the side of the pool. While I was looking at it and deciding to squish it with the brush Presley yells "mommy, mommy Knox jumped in". I turn to see just a foot in front of the stairs two little hands frantically waving above the water. He was completely submerged and only from his wrists up were above the water. I swam over and pulled out my screaming Knox. He was terrified and luckily held his breath under the water. He was super shaken up and kept telling me "That I don't like to die". He was only under maybe 7 seconds. It happened so quick and the time it took for me to get to him felt like forever. It really made me think about how quickly we can lose them. That in every instance of drowning accidents you always hear how quickly it happened. He wanted to swim and so he just jumped in. He is now much more cautious, we got life jackets and floaties. We sure do love this sweet boy. While putting him to sleep last night ( which we never do but he wanted to snuggle) he closed his eyes and stroked my face until he fell asleep. So sweet, it is going to make it hard when he gets big and is a big butt head :)

Lately...

2010-05-26T19:57:00.000-07:00

So since the move we really haven't been up to too much. Bry has been looking for a job but in the mean time doing odd jobs for people to make some cash. Pres and Knox have really enjoyed having their cousins close. I FINALLY got my hair cut, I'll take pictures soon. Presley and Knox have had a hard time adjusting to being at Gigi's house and no kids to play with 24/7. Their cousins will be out of school for summer in just a couple days, so I am hoping that will help alleviate some of the boredom. Maryn has reached several milestones in the last 2 weeks. She got her first tooth 4 days ago and the 2nd broke through the gums today. She has also started crawling...haha, well I guess I should say scooting on the floor, but either way she is mobile. Here are some pics of what we have been up to lately.

The zoo

The Zoo with baby Callie
Trying to stay busy and go on a walk...Maryn really does like the stroller despite the look on her face :)
Aunt Stacy got a new pacifier for Callie, we let Maryn test it out :)
Thinks she is a big kid :)
Fishing with Uncle Chas and cousin Anna...Knox was the only one to catch a fish. He was so proud and made sure everyone knew that it was a "boy fish".
Taking a break on Gigi's porch.
Mom's good friend made this outfit for maryn, she is so talented !

Finally, last but not least....our 8 1/2 month old crawling :)

On the road again...

2010-05-07T16:52:00.001-07:00

So we have made the cross country move yet again. We have safely made it to Chattanooga from Utah. Now what ? Well that is what we are trying to figure out. Bry graduated but wants to pursue more school, but our predicament is in how to fund more schooling. Law school is ridiculously exspensive and the same in pursuing his PhD. So we are here in Chattanooga trying to figure things out from home base. The kids did great on the drive. We had recieved a $100 gift card for the kids birthdays from our wonderful friends in SC. We used that to buy the kids a dual screen DVD player for the car. It was a life saver. We actually took our time and did the trip over 4 days. Mom had flown out last week and we went to BYU's women's confrence and she rode with me on the drive to help with the kiddies. Bryan drove the truck that he bought for $500 and it did amazing :) You know Bry he couldn't imagine wasting the money on a Uhaul. We were sad to leave our home. As tiny as 750 sq ft can feel with 3 kids, we still miss it. It was our home. We miss our friends but we are glad to have made lasting relationships with those families. It was a wonderful experience to live where we did. I miss Utah's drier climate and cool spring. I am sure things will soon feel like they fit here too.

Presley can Read !!

2010-04-22T20:29:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of her ! Her Pre-k teacher at BYU had suggested getting the scholastic BOB books. They are inexpensive and great starter books. Presley was able to read book 1 and 2 out of the 12 on day one. She is rockin and rollin and ready for kindergarten. She also just got her kindergarten check up and shots. We sure do love this girl !

Birthday parties...

2010-04-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

Knox had his party on his birthday. I didn't get great pictures. I was too busy with the party. He had a superhero party and all the little boys dressed up in their superhero costumes it was so cute. I wish I would have gotten a group shot ! He wanted a spiderman cake but Costco doesn't do character cakes so we ordered a plain white cake and made the spiderman on the cake.

The cake...

Knox and his spiderman pinata...

waiting patiently for the pinata to break :)
Singing happy birthday !
Our sweet boy !

We did presley's birthday party back on April 10th. We wanted to do it before her Pre-K graduation on April 14th so that the girls from school could come to her party. We threw a fairy party for Presley. It was her idea to give each girl a tutu. I agreed and made 18 tutu's (thanks suze for helping to cut and Leah for helping to tie :) It was such a fun little party presley was so excited. We had a princess cake, tinkerbell pinata, played limbo, and fed the kids sandwiches , quesadillas, and chocolate covered strawberries.

Presley and her friends from school...
Limbo...
Birthday girl...
Cute little ones eating...

Maryn's 1st shoes...

2010-04-19T18:35:00.000-07:00

Maryn will have a ton of hand me down shoes from her older sister but I couldn't resist these. we love Pediped shoes. We have ordered from them before so they sent a survey for me to fill out and if I did I got a $15 coupon to either the pediped site or another new site they just came out with. I chose to use it towards pediped. So I found these shoes for Maryn on sale for $17 because they only the XS size left. So with them on sale and my coupon I got the shoes for $2 ! We think they are super cute and Maryn likes them too :)

Happy 5th Birthday Presley !

2010-04-19T18:23:00.001-07:00

Wow ! I can't believe that 5 years have passed since my sweet Presley Ann was born. We are so proud of her. She has really blossomed into such a sweet and kind little lady. She is our little momma. She has such a nurturing spirit. She helps out with her little brother and sister so much. Not to mention all of the other moms in the quad she helps by chasing their children and bringing them back into the quad :). She has just graduated from Pre-K at BYU. She did so well. She was a little behind the other kids in the beginning but caught right up and has gotten her self to a point where she is learning to read. Here is a little about where she is right now. She loves Hannah Montana music. She loves to ride her bike. Play pretend with her friends. Hug and kiss on her baby sister. She loves sweets ! She is enjoying playing soccer. She is still really into clothes and likes to pick her own outfits. She still sleeps with her green carebear. Her bestfriend is Debbe. She likes to be outside. She is still very artistic. We sure do love this girl. She keeps us on her toes with her wit and attitude. Happy Birthday sweet girl !

Happy 3rd Birthday Knox !!

2010-04-17T20:54:00.000-07:00

Today is my sweet boys birthday ! He is 3 years old. Knox has been such a blessing in our lives. Today he had a superhero birthday party out in the quad with all of his friends. He got so much cool stuff. Then we had a picnic in the park with our friends the the Clark's and then he went with me tonight to the BYU mens volleyball game. He is such a cool kid. He makes friends easily and loves to talk to everyone. Words are insufficient to describe how much we love him. He is a snuggler. He loves to be helpful. He loves his sisters and most of all he loves his mommy and daddy so much. He is all about super heros and race cars. He loves to eat hummus. He will clean a dorito of all of the cheese and stick it back in the bag. He runs everywhere. He has an awesome sense of humor. He will wrestle anyone :). He loves "puncher movies" (batman, spiderman) He likes to be witty. He loves to go on truck rides with his daddy and when sitting in the truck he is so proud to be up front. When he wakes up in the morning he says "it's good morning time". He loves riding his bike. He loves nuts ( he could go through a bag of pistachios in no time). He likes to put on daddy deodorant in the morning. He is the most handsome 3 year old I have ever seen ! Like I said , we sure do love this kid ! Happy Birthday sweet Boy !

Oh April...

2010-04-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

April is a busy month for the Fallowfield family. Presley and Knox both have birthdays this month, Bryan is graduating, and we are moving across the country. So I will start with what has been going on the end of March and first part of April. Maryn turned 7 months on the 1st. She is growing way too fast. She weighed 15 lbs 12oz, she was 25 1/2 inches tall. She is in the 25% for weight at 45% for height. You wouldn't know that she is a little below average on weight, this girl is turning out to be a chunker ! She has really blossomed and is a fiesty little booger. She is starting to get a little clingy, but she is still so sweet. Presley is still doing great in soccer. She graduates from Pre-K next week which makes me really sad. I have loved BYU Pre-K program. They have helped her grow in so many aspects and I feel more confident about kindergarten. Knox is still in gymnastics and loves to just run and play more than anything. He is such a social boy and plays well with all of his friends. Bryan is busy with final projects and preparing for tests. I am still doing pitching lessons and have actually gotten several more people, which is great since we need money to get to TN :) Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.

Presley as a Bunny holding her sweet baby sister :)

Love Spring soccer in the Snow !

Knox loved his new spiderman shoes...he slept with them on :)
Our little handsome ready for church...
Presley and Maryn
7 months ! Her first lollipop...she was NOT happy when we took it away :)
7 month princess

Too much Info...

2010-03-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

So don't continue to read if you get grossed out easily. This is just one of those posts to have as a journal entry for our kiddos. Knox has had the scoots today. Maybe because he had 2 fiberone granola bars. So early while with his daddy Knox went and sat on the potty and kept telling Bry "it's gonna be a patty daddy."...Haha...and then with Me tonight "ugh my poop is broken, my bum keeps spitting mom"....sorry that last one was pretty gross, but he always says something about his poop like "it's a rainbow" or "it's a snake". Love how as a mother we talk about poop...sorry if I have made you sick, but I wanted to document this for Knox. :)

Presley's Soccer...

2010-03-25T19:21:00.001-07:00

So Bry and I can't believe that our little girl is old enough for organized sports !! She has grown up so fast. She loved soccer ! It took her a little bit to get the hang of the sport. She didn't realize that she needed to compete with the other kids for the ball. Once she got the hang of it she did great. She broke away from the group several times and dribbled the ball down field. Now we are talking about my child, so obviously NOT a speedster but for a 4 year old she held her own. We were so proud of her and she was beaming when the game was over. Oh ya and not that anyone was counting goals but being the competitive type...we won 3-0 :)

I love that the park is right at the foot of the Canyon and only 3 minutes from our house :)
Throwing the ball in...
Getting some instruction from her coach...
What a sweet Brother ! Sorry it is sideways...I was too distracted by the game :)

Knox's Gymnastics

2010-03-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Well it is time for Knox to start having activities just for him. I enrolled him in a tumbling tots class through Provo city rec. I have enjoyed having this one on one time with him twice a week. He is such a fun kid and he loves having a place to get some of his wiggles out. His teacher is great and the kids just run and play and tumble. I can't believe that my baby boy will be 3 next month !

I'm an AUNT...

2010-03-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

Thurs March 18, 2010

Well actually I'm an aunt for the 7th time :) Today my sister Stacy and her husband Danny welcomed their sweet little Callie Elizabeth into the world. She was born at 9:50pm and had some complications so she has been put into the NICU. My sister had an emergency c-section and thank goodness because little Callie was 10 lbs 3oz and 22 inches long !! We hope that both of them recover quickly and can go home together soon.

Rex Lee 5K

2010-03-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

Sat March 13, 2010

Bryan and I signed up for a 5k run here at BYU. We thought it would be fun for the kiddos to be part of it too, so we let Pres and Knox run quiet a bit of the race. Maryn was great and Knox and Pres were in and out of the stroller taking breaks. I am so proud of them. Presley loved the attention she got for being such a good runner and Knox was a little confused when getting ready to run across the finish line when everyone was cheering for him. He actually stopped and looked around to see what all the fuss was about :)

So I really stink and didn't take any pictures but they did great and we are so Proud of them :)

Disney on Ice...

2010-03-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

March 10, 2010

We took a family night to Disney on Ice on wednesday. We didn't tell the kids where we were going. When we parked and started to walk into the Energy Solutions Arena we told them where we were going. Knox was super excited and so was Presley. We got the kids the $10 cotton candy and Presley's came with a flower hat and Knox's came with a Tow Mater hat. The show started with Cars. Knox loved it ! He was so cute to watch as he saw each of the cars come out onto the ice. Then came the little mermaid section and he was not impressed. He kept saying "I done watching this", he wanted more cars. Presley enjoyed it though and love the Tinkerbell part. Maryn just sat on my lap and bounced with excitement. I was really proud of all of them for how well they behaved. What a fun family night :)

Creativity...

2010-03-06T16:33:00.001-08:00

I love being creative. I just wish I had some better sewing skills. I am learning though, and have had fun making some new things. Here are some things that I have made recently

I made a tutu and the Flower hair bow for Maryn...

This is a carseat cover that I made for my friend...I made burp cloths to match but I haven't taken any pics of them yet...
Carseat cover I made for my sister
Hairbows for Maryn and Presley...

Too close for comfort...

2010-02-28T15:51:00.000-08:00

This morning Knox decided to be a little adventurous and tried something new. He was in Presleys room with Pres playing and Bryan was feeding Maryn and I was in our room. We heard a pop and the power went out. Bryan thought the TV had just blown out. He walked into Presley's room with our little boy looking nervous and keys hanging out of the outlet. UGH !! I thought we would be past the stage where they are interested in the outlets, but I guess he is just now getting curious. I think this scared him good enough that he won't try again. Anyway- one key went in the outlet and the other touched the stainless steel outlet plate and completed the circuit. Pres asked later what the blue light was that came out of the wall. We are greatful that little Knox is not hurt, we love him so much, hopefully we can keep his curiosity in check with things that won't kill him :)

A burn on his thumb...

And a melted keyring and keys..

FunZo...

2010-02-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

We are big "The Simpson's" fans. This is from one of their episodes. Hopefully I don't scar her for life...

The difference a month can make...

2010-02-25T19:09:00.000-08:00

I took Maryn in today to get her 4 months shots. We are on an alternate immunization schedule so we spread them out a bit. It has been almost a month exactly since we took her for her 4 month check( where she was almost 5 months). So today we are only days away from her turning 6 months. At 5 months she weighed 11 lbs 7oz, today she weighed 14 lbs 9oz !! She has chunked up so well. The first week in a half after her visit when we implemented just one bottle of formula a day she put on 1 lb 5 oz. So after seeing that we started add more bottles a day and I have been done breastfeeding now for about 5 days. She is such a sweet baby. She is sitting up on her own well. She started doing that about a week and a half ago. She has started on solid foods...bananas, sweet potatoes, peas, and green beans. She gets the shivers with the peas and green beans :). Her little personality has really started to blossom. She is a very cautious baby. She doesn't give smiles easily to people she doesn't know. Presley can get her to laugh at anything. Alright now on to Presley. Presley is still doing so well in school and has learned to write pretty good. She knows how to write all of the letters and has become interested in learning to read. She is such a smart little one. She over heard a conversation between myself and my Dr.'s office. I was having a little bit of postpartum and had said to the Dr. that I just really wanted to be nice to my children again. Anyway, so fastforward about 3 weeks and we are having an awful day. She turns to me, in only a way Presley can with her hands on her hips and her head cocked, " I thought you got medicine from the Dr. so you would be nice to your kids, it is NOT working." I couldn't help but laugh. I love her so much and sometime forget that she is only 4. Knox is fast approaching 3. He has started throwing some awesome fits. I mean the kind that last 40 minutes +. He has such a sense of humor for a 2 year old. He is in a stage where when anyone leaves he gets upset and says "Im gonna miss (whoever)... Alright well enjoy the pics :)

Maryn @ 5 months

Maryn @ 6 months :)

valentines day

2010-02-14T01:37:00.000-08:00

another valentines day to mark off the list! we seem to be able to make up as many excuses as we can to support our capitalist corporate society. i guess it is our way of contributing to bringing us out of the financial depression that we are in and perpetually lining the pockets of the %6 that own everything.

well - all of that aside - i am glad that there is another day in our calendar year that i can affirm my love for my wife and my children. i am the happiest man in the world. i may be in debt up to my eyeballs, unemployed etc etc etc - but i am the happiest man in the world - even happier than the %6 - because...

i have a beautiful wife and wonderful children.

i love my life.

i love my wife.

i love my children.

life certainly has its twists and turns and ups and downs, but in spit of all of the down times i am filled with joy as i contemplate the beauty of family life. so, on this day i want to express my gratitude for a beautiful woman who has changed my world and continues to change it.

i love you cynthia ann. i love you. it astounds me that your body created the beautiful children that light up our lives. isn't that amazing - your body created our beautiful children!!! thank you. i love you. what else can i say? when could words ever be sufficient to express my love for you and for the wonderful children that you have created?

i hope that you all have a wonderful valentines day.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Superbowl Sunday...

2010-02-07T20:01:00.001-08:00

Superbowl sunday today. We went to the Pratt's for a little party. The kids had so much fun. So nice to get out of our tiny apartment and enjoy a house. We all took snacks, and the kids helped make oatmeal cookies. While pouring the brown sugar in the measuring cup Knox says "is that dog poop mom?" Um, yes Knox I always bake with dog poop :)! I love that kid.

presley's hair, maryn's meals.

2010-01-27T11:18:00.000-08:00

Presley loves it when her mom fixes her hair with a roll brush.

maryn is too petite for this family, so we are having to feed her big kid food.

Maryn Jane...

2010-01-26T20:25:00.000-08:00

Alright so for those of you who have children, you can understand how we worry about everything when it comes to our babies. Maryn had her 4 month well check today, which for her is actually only days away from her turning 5 months. She weighs a whopping 11 lbs 7 oz !! She is in the 3rd percentile for weight and 20th for height. What in the world !! I have never had a tiny baby ! Knox and Pres were always in the 90th when they were infants. She did grow almost 2 inches so the Dr. said he would be more concerned if she hadn't grown as much length wise. I was wanting to stop nursing soon and it seems she isn't getting what she needs from me anyway. The Dr. suggested that we supplement at least one bottle a day and start giving her rice cereal twice a day just for calories, this girl needs to beef up ! And since she only poops every 7-8 days he said its probably because her little body is using everything that she gets from me and has very little waste product. Any way- here are some pics of all of my babies at 4-5 months.

So this is a 3 month onsie on our 5 month old baby :)

Sweet knox having an oatmeal bath...
Our Peanut :)

Happy New Year !!

2010-01-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

HA ! Happy New Year ! Even though it is the 19th of January this is my first post of 2010. We spent New Year Eve with our friends from the quad in the basement and let the kids run. They did great, no melt downs and they all stayed awake. Bryan is in his LAST semester of his undergrad degree. We are super excited to be done !! Presley is back in school too and she is still doing so well. She is writing so well. Knox is my big boy, he is such a smart kid. Maryn started rolling over today, belly to back. I guess the days of laying her on the couch are coming to an end. Bry and I are doing well sticking to our marathon training program. It has been really difficult to find time to do it though. I ran at 9pm tonight and Bry at 10:15pm, makes for long days. Anyway- nothing has really been going on so here are some fun pics....Enjoy !

Maryn Jane on her 4 month birthday !!

Our boy being a monster in his boots and big boy underwear....this is a daily occurance :)
Family movie night on the floor in the living room...Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs.
She loves to eat her toes :)
Cute Presley ready to go back to school, and Knox who just wanted to jump in.
Daddy making Maryn Smile.

SO cute, and yes she is wearing a christmas sleeper after christmas :)...she is #3 what do you expect !
Presley went to a birthday party and they did hair, I was a little worried, but they curled what she has and it made her so happy.

Merry Christmas !

2009-12-28T19:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas came and went way too fast this year. We really enjoyed getting the kids all hyped up about it since they are both old enough to understand what is going on. Maryn could have cared less of course and woke up about 2 hours after the opening of presents :). Presley got the baby whoopsie doo from Santa that she asked for and Knox got a sword. His favorite present was his handy manny tools. Presley's favorite was her baby doll, and the camera from aunt stacy, although she really likes the jaguar purse from Gigi. Anyway- the kids got up at 6:45, not too bad. We had christmas Eve dinner with our friends from the quad and we just took it easy on christmas relaxing and watching the kids enjoy their new toys. Knox's gift to us is that he is potty trained !!! WooHoo ! I can't believe it only took a week ! I guess he was ready. Oh ya- and I had a birthday 29 ! What in the world !

So here we go...Our tree before the chaos began :)

Their cute little stockings our good friend made for the Kids this year...
Presley filling her Jaguar purse from Gigi...
Knox getting his spike Jr....which he pretends to slay with the sword that santa brought. It is so funny to watch him pretend especially if he is just in his underwear and snow boots :)
Reversible batman/spiderman cape and hood
Santa gift...
Knox helped decorate the tree...gotta love little boys :)
Sweet Maryn ready to party on my birthday...
The wild things...

Potty Training...Take #3

2009-12-20T19:02:00.000-08:00

Only pic I have of him in his underwear...Aug 2009

Alright....So I finally decided to stick to it. We started on Thursday afternoon thanks to my 2 sisters giving me a hard time about the fact that he is 2 1/2 and it is time. Alright- so I know it doesn't really matter until the kid is ready, anywhere up until 4, but Im a sucker for peer pressure :)...j/k. He has shown signs of being ready for a while, but I have been lazy. So anyway- since we started he has only had 2 accidents. Luckily enough they were pee accidents on the kitchen floor. Easy clean up. Knox is a crazy pooper, due to intestinal issues, so today he pooped 5 times in the potty !! We are so proud of him and a little dumbfounded and how well he has taken to it. Keep your fingers crossed that it continues to go well. We have already surpassed the period where every 5 seconds I ask if he needs to go, or put him on the potty. He can now tell us when he needs to go and has done great ! We love you Knox you are such an awesome little boy !

BOYCOTTING SANTA....

2009-12-13T18:46:00.000-08:00

Me- "Presley you know that Santa knows that you are being mean to Knox and not listening to your mom and dad" "And if you continue to be naughty he will not bring you any toys !"

Presley- "Thats ok I have lots of toys anyway"

Me- "Well you will be super sad on Christmas when he doesn't bring you any presents"

Then I left it at that. and about an hour later our sweet little 4 year old says....

" Well if Santa doesn't bring me a present I am going to put a sign outside on the porch that says "NO SANTA"...

Thanksgiving...

2009-12-06T20:35:00.001-08:00

So it is obviously well after Thanksgiving, but I am just now getting around to blogging about it. Thanksgiving was fun for our family. It was low key and just us. We cooked way too much, but we enjoyed our meal. We organized a Family Turkey Trot for thanksgiving morning and invited a couple families in our quad to join in and it was so much fun. We decided to make it a family tradition to do it every thanksgiving. I had promised Presley that we would do a turkey trot and she would get a shirt and a medal, but the one that we were gonna do was $18 for her to run 1/4 mile !!! Ugh ! So we made our own shirts and I went and bought medals for all of the participants :). She was super happy. Friday after thanksgiving we went on the UTA trax train to Salt Lake. We drove up to Sandy with our friends and hopped on the train. This was a treat for Knox. He loves trains. So instead of it only taking us about 15-20 minutes from Sandy to get to down town SLC, the train took about 45 minutes, but the kids loved every minute of it. Maryn is doing well, still growing so fast ! Here are some pics of our bumbles ! Baby weight is stuck on good. Im having such a hard time dropping it this time around. I have lots of excuses, I just need to exercise !!! So no pics of me :)

Pres and Knox at Temple Square

Knox on the Trax Train
Thanksgiving day with 2 happy girls ! Maryn loves to be naked, she cracks us up. She can be screaming her head off when you change her diaper, but as soon as you get it off and she is naked she is all smiles :)

She thinks she is so big :)
My 2 litle race runners and one very proud of his medal !
Running Knox
Running Presley
We went to get family pictures organized by our relief society at church. They got some photogs to come and do family pics for free and they turned out not so good, the lady cropped them awful ( that is why Presley's top half of her head is missing). Maryn is 8 weeks and just kind of slouchy, Bry and I look gigantor...yada yada- so here are the best ones out of the 8, yes 8 that we got. Some families got more than 100, and we got 8 !! I guess that is what you get for free :)

Presley's Big Fall

2009-11-24T21:26:00.001-08:00

So last night I had a huge headache and stayed home while Bry and the kids went to eat at a friends house. I put Maryn to bed and came out in the living room and sat on the couch. As I was sitting there I heard Presley crying outside and I figured she tripped on her way home. Bryan walked in the door holding this inconsolable 4 year old. He laid her on the couch and showed me her back. It took everything I had not to freak out. I immediately called the after hours nurse at her Dr.'s office and told the what had happened and asked what I need to look for if she had done internal damage. Bry was at the dinner table so we only know what happened by what she has told us. She said she was climbing down off a bunk bed and fell onto a wooden drawer on the floor. She said she was so scared because she couldn't talk or breathe, so it had knocked the wind out of her. Bry didn't even recognize her cry when she came out of the room because she still hadn't caught her breath. Poor thing was soooo upset. We iced her and cuddled her and I was a little paranoid so I had her sleep in my bed so I could check on her frequently. Anyway- she couldn't wait to show her teacher at school today her big owie. She is such a funny kid. And this has nothing to do with it, but I want to document it. Bry made fudge and Presley loved it but she could remember what it was called so all day today she has called it something different....Fidge, Bidge, Budge, chocolate stuff :) Here are pics of her back about an hour after the fall.

Presley's BIG surprise !!

2009-11-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

So I was probably way more excited about this event than she was, well not really, she was really excited too. Last week I saw an advertisement on TV for Disney Princesses on Ice to be at the Energy Solutions Arena in SLC. I went online and tried to get tickets with no luck. I call a couple of ladies in our quad that have girls around Presley's age that would enjoy going too. So Saturday morning Leah and I ran down to Smith's grocery and bought tickets for thursday night. We decided not to tell the girls and to keep it a surprise. I didn't even hint about anything until 30 minutes before we were going to leave I told Presley to go pick a princess dress to wear that she and I were going on a date. She chose her Cinderella dress. We got in the car with Leah and her daughter Debbie and we drove to SLC. We stood all the girls outside and then told them where we were going. They were all so excited, Presley however was the only one screaming and jumping up and down with excitement. We had awesome seats, which were actually for the handicapped patrons but they sold us tickets to this platform and the girls had a ton of room to move around and wiggle. So here are some pics from our night.

This is supposed to be the last pic...they were worn out

Presley with her Crown that came on her $10 cotton candy...
My Sweet Princess
The beauties...Daisy, Mindy, Michaela, Pres, and Debbie
Presley and Debbie

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October...

2009-11-09T19:56:00.000-08:00

Alright I have been a super blog slacker. Presley has been doing great in school. She has learned to write her name and some of her numbers. She fell on the playground and hit her nose pretty good. The teacher said it bled pretty good and it was swollen for several days. We took her to the ENT to have it checked out and make sure it wasn't broken, not broken just pretty bruised. Knox is a wild thing. He cracks us up daily. He has been climbing up in our lap and hugging us and saying " I love you too mom (or dad)". Maryn has been growing too quickly. She is now 2 months old and getting to be a pretty smiley baby. She is pretty mellow unless she is hungry or hasn't pooped in a couple days. So weird, I have never had a baby not poop all day everyday. She weighed 10lbs 1oz at her 2 month well baby. Bry has registered to take the LSAT in Dec so we are getting ready to start the application process for law school. My pitching lessons start up this week and I will be working out of a new warehouse, so we will see how that goes. Thursday this week I am taking Pres on a mommy/daughter date to Disney Princess' on Ice. She has no idea and I am soooo excited!! I am going to pick her up from school on thursday and bring her home and tell her to pick out a princess dress that we are going somewhere special. When we go out in the quad 3 of her good friends with their mommies will be ready to go to with their little girls not know where we are going either. I can hear the excited giggles already !! I told Bry to take Knox to Monster Truck next time it is in town for his special date :). Alright- Here are some photos-

Halloween we went Trick or Treating at the single student dorms...We knocked on a door and a girl held out a bowl of lollipops, and Knox says "I already got one of those" so he wasn't going to take one, but the sweet girl dug thru it and found him a piece of chocolate, He was winning everyone over ! And one of the latest Presley ism's- Bry and I were cleaning out our storage closet and the kids were into everything ! Finally I say "Ugh, we can't get anything done with you guys under our feet and into everything !" Presley says..."Well maybe fercause you shouldn't have had kids mom". What a Nut and what do you say to that ? Really ?! Alright really here are some pics :)

My 2 little bonnet heads :)

Maryn's Crazy hair after a bath...
2 month Birthday Eve...Halloween
Our little Pirate...Arrrrggg!
Little Mermaid and Pirate

obama kid

2009-10-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

Knox is saying...I won a prize, I want my prize

Maryn's 1 month Birthday....

2009-10-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

Maryn is one month old. It has flown ! Being busy with the 2 older bumbles has made life a little hectic. She is doing well and we have a weight check on monday since she wasn't back up to birth weight at her 2 week. Presley is doing well with her earrings. She is anxious to start changing them out. Knox got a spiderman costume from DI the other day for $5. He loves it. You should have seen his face when he saw it hanging there, it was priceless. Oh and for all of my BYU softball Alum...our old navy uniform pants are now on sale at DI for $5....haha, cracked me up to see them there. So here is spiderman and my little BYU fans...

Oh where to begin...

2009-09-23T20:46:00.000-07:00

This will not contain too much text. We have had so much going on lately so this is a combo post. Presley started riding her bike without training wheels about 2 months ago, but I have yet to post about it. Presley has started Pre-K at BYU and absolutely loves it. Maryn had her first bath. Knox is starting to Potty train ( hopefully for real this time ). Presley got her ears pierced today. Bryan has started the fall semester. Maryn got her toungue clipped for being tongue tied. Alright I think that is where we are. Here are some pics of some of these events. Hope you are all doing well. Life with 3 is a little chaotic while we learn to juggle the madness :)

Our girl with her new earrings...

Her new earrings...her first choice was a huge cz it would have taken up her whole earlobe :)

Here Maryn is on her 3 week birthday :)

Our Bumbles ready for BYU game...

Maryn's first bath...
Presley's first day of school...
She is so dang cute...

Maryn Jane Fallowfield...

2009-09-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

We are now officially a family of 5 ! That sounds so crazy to me. Maryn Jane was born on Tuesday morning September 1, 2009 at 9:55am. She weighed 7 lbs 11oz and is 20 inches long. She is healthy and doing well. We are so excited to have her join our family. She is such a sweet baby. She looks a lot like her big sister and her mommy :). Presley and Knox were super excited to get to meet her and the first time they came to the hospital to meet her I was in the middle of breastfeeding her and Knox said to her " Not eat my mommy !" We will be able to leave the hospital tomorrow and I am sure I will be in for a big adjustment dealing with 2 kiddos that just want to run and play and one that just wants to eat and sleep. Here are a few pictures of our new addition. I will post new ones soon.

August Fun...

2009-08-18T19:34:00.001-07:00

Bry had the great idea to take the kids to the Farm up in Lehi, UT last tuesday. We went last year with some friends and haven't been since. Presley hadn't forgotten about it though and was so excited about the thought of getting to ride a pony. She was so brave and hopped right on up on the pony about 2 loops around she started looking over her shoulder at the horse behind her and every time she looked back her expression was more and more concerned. Finally she started crying and Bry walked beside her and asked her what was going on. Here is her reply "That horse is making a mad face at me". She got super worried that the horse was mad, so he reassured and the ride was soon over and she was fine. Knox didn't care to ride and he really enjoyed the animals as long as he didn't have to touch them and they didn't touch him. So here are some pics from out eventful evening.

Pres on the Pony before the meltdown...

Having fun pretending to milk a cow...or should I say watering, that is what they had in there.

9 months Preggo !

2009-08-08T18:17:00.000-07:00

Alright so before you get into this I have a warning...this post will contain a lot of self pity and whining...So here we are on the 8th day of August and I have been absolutely miserable for about 3 weeks. The hot weather has not helped me out with my swelling at all. I have been to the hospital 3 times with false labor stuff. The last time I was sure we were gonna have a baby, but no I was sent home and given a lecture the next day by my not so wonderful OB. I am now 36 weeks and have met my Dr. a total of 3 times. The practice I go to is so busy. He is always delivering babies. I can't stand the head nurse. Everytime I talk with them about my concerns they think I am an idiot. I mean really I am on my 3rd kid and I kind of know what is going on with my body, but whatever. I started the pregnancy with a blood pressure of 90/60. I hit 138/93 the other day, which was really high but have consistantly been sitting at about 138/82...still high right, but I am an idiot for being concerned. I have now put on 62 lbs ! I know I am no skinny, cute belly preggo, but come on ! And if I go to the c-section date of 9-1-09...I will be 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I have never been pregnant longer than 38 weeks ! Plus the Dr. thinks that she will be 9lbs !! Suggestions please on how to get things moving ! I know the usuals, but anyone had anything that worked for them ?

Knox's surgery

2009-07-17T10:29:00.001-07:00

Here Knox is Pre surgery. He was freaking out, he was begging to go home. I am assuming that the memory of tubes was still fresh in his mind. The nurse came in and gave him a medicine that is part of the Valium family and in about 5 minutes the tears had subsided and a new relaxed Knox had appeared. When the Dr. came in I voiced my concerns over the tonsil removal and together we decided not to do them today. And hopefully we won't have to do them ever. He doesn't have tonsillitis, or anything else wrong with the tonsils except for their gigantic size. After the surgery Dr. Beus came in and said that his adenoids were huge and were blocking pretty much everything in his sinus passage to his throat. So even with the swelling that will occur over the next couple of days he is still much better off than he was with the adenoids in. Anyway- there was our run down. Here are some pics from this morning.

Knox pitching a fit before the surgery

So sad, he was terrified....
Ahhhh.....drugs
Yeah and happy again thanks to the drugs

Summer Fun !

2009-07-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

Uhhh, this wasn't supposed to be the first pic, but I can't move. So here I am at just about 33 weeks.

Our sweet babies checking out some ground hogs in Wyoming...

Bandaid fun on the road trip

He was so excited to ride his Harley...it was in storage in TN and we brought it back to UT with us.

Slip n slide fun at my moms house...it was really hot and they loved playing in the water

So here we are again a month since my last post. I have been in a blogging lull and it has been hard for me to get back at it. So we finished our fun trip to Tennessee on the 25th of June. We all really enjoyed our trip and the kids love their cousins so much. I was glad that we were able to share the kiddos with the family. The kids were great on the 1,945 miles it took for us to drive home. We did it over 3 days, and had fun seeing some new places.

Presley is very perceptive, as are most children, but a little too much for comfort. She asked my oldest sister one day ...mind you presley has very expresive body language, so she said this with her hands on her hips and her head tilted..."Aunt Stacy, you really look like you have a baby in your belly"...ya- shes not pregnant. Then to my dads wife, Beth, who she has only visited with a handful of times...Beth came down stairs to visit and Presley immediately noted "I really like your slippers", and Beth said thank you...then Presley proceeded to say something to Beth and repeated it 3 times, Beth couldn't understand her so she looked at Bryan and asked "What is she saying" so Bryan looked at Presley and asked her what she was saying and Presley with hands on hips again "I said her teeth are a little bit yellow"...haha. So what cracks me up even more is that my sweet husband had to look at Beth and say "she said your teeth are a little bit yellow". Lovely I know. But you never know what you are going to get when she starts talking.

Knox is our sweet boy. He loves anything spiderman, motorcycle, or train. He has decided that he wants to play baseball and anything is turned into a bat. He is scheduled to have his tonsils and adenoids out this friday. With the tubes we have still had 4 ear infections. His tonsils are big enough that they are causing apnea, they are gigantic. I am dreading the surgery, but hoping it will help him out a little. He is talking so much 7 word sentences sometimes. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when he has a sister that won't stop talking.

Bryan is starting a new job on Monday. He will be working for the power company doing AC repairs. Sounds like it will be a good deal, pray for us that it will be. I am 33 weeks along as of tuesday and ready to be done...only 4 more weeks until she is full term ! 6 more until the c-section date. She is doing great. We had a non stress test done this past week and she is doing super well for a baby as young as she is. She is going to be a fiesty little one and we are anxious to meet her. Well I hope you are all doing well and I know this blog didn't really say too much about what we have been up to the last month, but hey its something new. Love to you all !

Update...

2009-06-19T08:47:00.000-07:00

Welll seeing as how it has been over a month since I have updated I think that it is time to do so. We are in TN. The kids and I headed out with our good friend talena and her 3 kiddos for a cross country road trip. Talena's husband and Bryan were working together in Nashville so we tagged along so we could see Bryan. Time has flown since we have been here. The kids were super excited to get to see their daddy and have absolutely loved spending time with their cousins. The weather has been super hot and we have done lots of FREE activities. Chattanooga has some great parks for kids. I have just rolled over 30 weeks...so of course I am huge and getting more swollen everyday, but happy our baby girl is continuing to grow and be healthy. Bryan has quit working with the pest control company in Nashville. We are headed back to UT next week to find a full time job until school starts and get back on schedule. Hope you are doing well- we will post some pics when we get home and I get more regular computer time :).

Knox's Tubes...

2009-05-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

So dang cute in his hospital gown and pants...

Knox got tubes put in his ears today. We have been battling ear infections now for about 3 months and he has had fluid on his ears for who knows how long. So on monday he had another infection so we called the ENT and we went ahead and scheduled tubes for today. The infection was in his right ear and he has had fluid on his left for sometime and his eardrum actually ruptured yesterday and relieved that pressure, but in doing the tubes this morning the doctor said that the drainage had glued the eardrum closed again and it had already begun accumulating more fluid. So thank goodness for modern medicine :) He did great. I wasn't worried about the procedure itself, seeing as how it isn't very invasive and is very quick, but having him put under was a little nerve racking. He was a champ though, in pain when he woke up, but feeling like a normal 2 year old who could actually hear out of both ears today.

Mothers Day...

2009-05-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all of you ! Even if you don't have children yet. Motherhood has been such a growing experience for me. I have learned things through being a mother that could not have learned any other way. I love how having sweet babies that they make me strive to do better and be better, even in dealing with the trials that come with being a parent. They truly make me happy and bless my life everyday ! I love you Presley, Knox, and baby Maryn ( who is still in my tummy :)
This years mothers day celebration was in full tilt at the Fallowfield household starting at 1:40am. Knox woke up, probably with a night terror, screaming bloody murder that there were bugs in his room. He was freaking out and scared to death of his crib. I got him out and laid him with me, but he doesn't know how to sleep with us so he was everywhere. Finally at 2:30am he woke his sister up and she was bright eyed. They played in the living room Knox with his new tractor (thanks lauren) and Presley with her new plastic scissors cutting paper until 4am. I was wiped out so I got the glass bottle that has been put away for a week and put chocolate milk and gave it to Knox and put him back in bed. I know, no bottle in a week ! But I was desperate. Thank goodness he hasn't asked for one all day and took a sippy like a pro ! When we got home from church Presley picke a bouquet of flowers for me. That is the picture above. I loved it ! Nothing like flowers from a 4 year old. Happy Mothers Day.

Lately...

2009-05-01T17:32:00.000-07:00

The kids and I have been on our own for the last week. Bry has started work in Nashville and we have been here adjusting to our new schedule. We will be goinng to visit him soon. It is amazing how demanding 2 little bodies can be when there is only one person to cater to their every demand. Bry has been a super dad and always very helpful and that is even more evident with his helping being gone. Knox is doing well and growing so fast. We went to the ENT this week to have his ears checked and after 2 1/2 months of and ear infection and a ton of antibiotics he still has enough fluid on his left ear that the Audiologist said he woul fail a hearing test on that side. I was glad the Dr. wasn't too anxious to push for tubes, but we are going back in in 3 weeks for a follow up and if he still has fluid or another infection before then we are getting tubes. The other night he was cryig in his bed and I went in and he said "I want daddy". Both the kiddos are missing their daddy and manifest it in different ways. Presley has been super easy to deal with this past week. We have also started 123 magic, thank you tara and Leah for the book., The only really hard part has been me "shutting up" ! Ugh I talk way to much when dealing with her and paying attention to that has helped me keep my cool with her. well here are a few pics of what we have been up to lately.
Presley had a Princess Tea party today but by the time I got the camera out she had already taken her tinkerbell dress off.

Her friends Avonlea and paige
Knox wouldn't take a nap so here he is crashing the party...
This was after Bry left and they were having so much fun playing mom and baby...

Happy Birthday Presley...

2009-04-19T20:39:00.000-07:00

Today my sweet baby girl tunred 4 years old. I can't believe how quickly 4 years has gone. She is wonderful. We love everything about her. Presley loves to dance. She loves to ride her bike outsid and play with her friends. She is super social and will talk to anyone. She loves polly pockets and Barbie. She loves to wear hairbows. She changes outfits an average of 3x a day ( no fun for us). She loves shoes, especially flip flops and sandals. She is a summer girl, we have a hard time keeping her clothed in the winter :). She doesn't like her freckles and has been trying to wear long sleeves so she doesn't see freckles on her arm. She is into layering her outfits which may include at least one piece of pajamas. She love to laugh and be silly. She loves her little brother. She loves to have a bath and put on pretty pajamas. She sleeps with a green carebear. She sleeps with a lamp on and a tent over her bed. If she could have pancakes for every meal she would. She loves to give high fives. She asks for at least one bandaid a day. She is a sugar nut !! She is an awesome little artist, but heaven forbid you call her an "artist" she freaks out". She never stops talking ! She is as strongwilled and stubborn as they come. She loves to sing the alphabet but leaves out the letter "t", and instead of "s" we get "x". She is very busy and has a hard time sitting for any length of time. She is a snuggle bug and loves to give hugs and kisses. She absolutely loves her cousins, who we only see once or tiwce a year, but talks about them year round. We love you Presley and are very proud to be your parents !

Happy Birthday Knox !

2009-04-18T20:34:00.000-07:00

Well I am a slacker...Knox Bryan Fallowfield turned 2 yesterday April 17th. He is the most awesome little boy ever. He is a ball of energy and runs everywhere, climbs anything, and will jump until his legs fall off. He loves the wiggles. He can say anything ! One of our favorites is chocolate "chalate" is how he pronounces it. He loves his big sister and does everything she does. He loves to throw things, at people most of the time :(. He thinks he is a big kid on the play ground and plays with the older kids. His favorite book is Goodnight Gorilla. He loves to eat toast. He loves anything that moves...trains, planes, cars, boats. He loves to dance. His favorite song is the Monkey Dance by the Wiggles. He has a "night night". He loves bath time and trys to take one any chance he gets. If he sees someone leaving he runs to get his jacket even if he is just in a diaper he thinks putting on a jacket will mean that he is ready to go too. Every color is "blue". He loves animals. When he apologizes for something he rubs your back or arm. If someone is crying or even sneezes he asks "okay ?" He loves to fold his arms for prayer and usually stays reverent for the entire prayer. He loves to hide behind a bush by our apartment and jump out and say boo... We love you Knox so much ! You are such a wonderful kiddo and so eager to please. Thank you for being such a helper and good example for your sister.

Catching up...

2009-04-16T18:13:00.001-07:00

So I have slacked a little in the blogging department. We really haven't been too busy but I gues with 2 kiddos and being pregnant my energy has run out by the evening and I just want to veg out. Knox turns 2 tomorrow and has his 4th ear infection since mid February. He has been constantly sick this year and we are ready for him to feel better. We made an appointment with an ENT for the end of the month. The pregnancy is going well. We have reached our 20 week mark and I am feeling like I am 8 months prego ! Oh well- not much longer. Bry has just finished regular classes and is on to finals this week. He heads off to Nashville in a week. So here we go with some pics to document what has been going on with us lately. We will start with today and move backward.

This is what we woke up to this morning...April 16th !!

Yesterday the kids and I playing in the snow and yes Knox has on pink snow pants...That happens when you have an older sister and get hand me downs.

Our Quad Boys trying to be good for an Easter Hunt picture...They are all so cute !
Knox showing that he loves Chocolate...or as he says "Cholate"
Some of the beautiful girls from our Quad on the Easter egg hunt...
It looks nice but it was chilly !
Easter sunday morning
loves to pose !
The grocery store out here is so family friendly. They had put together an Easter hunt for the kiddos on saturday morning and we went. She had so much fun and she got her face painted.
Bryan bought a tatoo sleeve, obiviously fake, and left it for our 3 year to wear as tights :) And this is a good pic to document that she is in to tucking in everything !! Whatever right...pick your battles :)
Lovely face his sister taught him to make...
The mentor herself
He lacks a little style but those are dang cute legs :)
Hope you are all doing well !!

Joy of Parenthood...

2009-03-31T12:16:00.000-07:00

Well today I have been having a nice little pity party for myself. Presley is really struggling in her dance class. Not because she doesn't enjoy it or doesn't want to dance but because she has entered into a battle of wills with the teacher. We deal with her strong willed personality everyday and I can't say that it is easy. She is a child who will do something she knows she isn't supposed to and you give her a discipline of some sort,spanking, time out, priveledges taken, whatever...she will cry and then turn right around and do it again to see if you still have the same resolve to discipline her again. You can see the wheels turning in her head as she is contemplating the concequences. So there is a little back ground of where we are with her. She has boundaries in dance class for good reason. it is a class full of 3 year olds who would run crazy with out rules. Presley has learned to push those boundaries and test her teacher. So now she has to leave early when she starts causing problems. I haven't discussed the issues that we deal with at home with her and it was funny that the teacher told me on the phone the other day " I can see in Presley's eyes when she walks in and looks at me...she is saying , ready, set, here we go ". Lovely !! Why in the world do I have the only testy child in that whole class...15 kids and Presley is the issue...Ugh. So I have been feeling bad today that Bry and I are not doing our jobs...why won't she mind ? Why won't she listen ? Why isn't she eager to please like most children her age ? I said pity party...just having a hard day dealing with the fact that we have a super strong willed child.

It's a .....

2009-03-27T18:50:00.000-07:00

So we went to have an ultrasound this morning. This was just to check the bleed on my uterus. Which has healed beautifully, thank goodness :). Anyway- we took Presley with us to have her ask the ultrasound tech "is that my baby brother or baby sister?", just in case they weren't going to check. No need though, the tech asked if we wanted to know and we said yes. So....Presley is going to have her wish granted and have a baby sister. It's a girl ! We are excited to have another sweet baby girl join our family. Everything looks good and we will have another ultra sound in 3 weeks. It was really neat to see her move around and see her little profile. She was laying on her back with her legs folded to where her toes were touching her head. Now begins the name game ! We knew with Presley before we were through our first trimester that if it was a girl her name would be Presley, and if a boy Knox. So now what...this should be interesting for us :)

Where to start...

2009-03-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

Presley and her friend Debbie
Knox with his friends Debbie, David, and Isaac
Isaac, Presley, and Debbie
Alright so it has been a while since I have blogged, not because there hasn't been much to blog about, but I have just been lazy. Lets see where do we start...First I want to talk about my first experience having children stare and tease Presley because of her hair. We were at McDonald's in the play place and she was eating her lunch. Two kindergarten age children walked up behind her literally about a foot away and were pointing at her head saying "she looks like a boy". Presley didn't notice but I turned to them and said "Can I help you with something", trying to scare them away and my friend said to them "you need to go play". Presley was oblivious to the situation but i wanted to rip the little girls pigtails off ! I was really bugged because her mother was right behind us and didn't say a thing about what had just happened. So that instance just showed me I have a long way to dealing with other kids when they are purposely trying to hurt her feelings. 2nd on the list...Presley being disruptive and disturbing all the kids in her dance class. She is super strong willed and likes to test anyone when they tell her not to do something, so she has been breaking rules in dance class and the other kids are following so we got a special call from her teacher to figure out what to do about it. So hopefully she has learned her lesson. 3rd- Knox is starting to throw tantrums, the kind where he will roll around on the ground and cry, but since I am not a very....um I guess patient parent, I just ignore him and they seem to be getting better. He is such a good talker. He can say 4 word sentences and is still very lovey and sweet. We have been enjoying the 70 degree weather this past week and have spent all day everyday outside. Bry is still crazy busy with the end of the semester quickly approaching and papers coming due. I am 4 months along in the pregnancy and still have the subchorionic bleeding. I have a Dr's appt this week and they are going to send me to a perioneantologist (?). Ya I can't say it either to check the bleed. I have been really frustrated with the Dr.'s office since they won't do an ultrasound to check the bleed. I just want some peace of mind that it is resolving and not getting bigger. A bigger separation will cause an abruption and a miscarriage. Anyway- I am sure everything is fine but to see it would make me feel a ton better. Knox loves to talk into my belly button and say "hello baby". Next, I took Presley on a mommy daughter date with a couple other friends and their daughters to the BYU vs. Utah gymnastics meet last week. She loved it. Mostly because we get popcorn and treats when we go to sporting events. well I guess that about catches us up on what we have been up to. Hope you are all doing well.

I'm an Aunt !!

2009-03-09T20:04:00.000-07:00

Well actually I am an aunt for the 6th time ! My sister Karen and her husband welcomed their 2nd child into the world this morning. William Norell Privett was born at 11:59am, 7lbs even, and 20 inches long. Everything went smoothly and mom and baby are doing well. We are excited for his big sister now that she has a little brother although, when she was going to the hospital to meet him for the first time she told my mom "lets kick him". Haha, she was serious. Karen and Jason are going to have their hands full acclimating this little lady to another baby biding for her parents attention. So we are excited to see our new nephew and Presley is anxious to meet her new cousin. Hopefully he won't be too big by the time we get to Florida.

A little Boring...

2009-03-02T20:44:00.000-08:00

Alright, like I start most posts, not much has been going on. We have been stuck inside for a while. The weather is just starting to turn and we are getting a chance to be outdoors. Presley and Knox both had ear infections, Knox in both ears and Presley in one, they got the Antibiotic shot. So much more convenient than the 10 day doses. A little painful for the bumbles but temporary. Bryan is still busy with school, Im anxious for him to have a break for the summer. I am still doing pitching lessons and busy chasing 2 toddlers at home while dealing with the fatigue of pregnancy. Presley asks me everyday if that is the day her baby sister is going to come out of my belly. I can tell I am feeling better, my house is staying clean and my kids are being entertained. Presley is doing well in Primary at church and Knox is starting to get a little anxious about nursery, he doesn't cry but clings to my leg for a little bit before he gets comfortable. Alright- enough rambling, Im sure something will come up that I can blog about soon :). Hope all is well with everyone !

Pay it Forward..

2009-02-20T15:49:00.001-08:00

Okay I have seen a couple of these and I got this off my friend Hannah's Blog, so sounds like fun...Remember I am no Martha Stewart but the gift will be fun :)

Here are the official rules:I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment on this post requesting to join the PIFexchange. All the gifts will be made and sent out (sometime within the next year). How exciting to not know when your surprise package will arrive!What you need to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. This exchange is only open to those with active websites or blogs. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO POST THIS SAME 'PAY IT FORWARD' MESSAGE ONTO YOUR BLOG, WHICH MUST BE ACTIVE IN ORDER TO PLAY. YOU WILL PAY IT FORWARD TO THREE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG.
Recap:1. The first three people who comment commit to the PIF thing.2. Then, from all the other comments, I will randomly chose a winner and send that person a gift too. That person isn't in the PIF, that person is just a winner of the giveaway.
3. You can enter for the giveaway 2 times if you subscribe to my blog or tell me that I'm in your google reader.
I will randomly pick the winner on February 28. Good luck and be sure to Pay It Forward.

Baby #3

2009-02-11T16:27:00.000-08:00

Alright- so I guess it is time that we let everyone know that we are pregnant with baby #3. It is so different sharing the news on our 3rd than it was for 1 and 2, not sure why, but probably the fact that no one really cares. Since we already have a girl and a boy we really don't care about the sex, although Presley is going to be heart broken if it isn't a girl !! She wants a baby sister so bad. We were planning on waiting a little longer to have #3 but with Bry's schooling and not wanting to have a baby during his first year of law school this works out best for our family. It's gonna be wild and crazy ! We had our first ultra sound today- when I scan it I'll post it on here, but like most early ultrasounds it just looks like a peanut. It moved alot and waved at Bryan during the scan. he was super excited. Hope you are all doing well.

You look terrible!

2009-02-09T11:56:00.000-08:00

Presley had a few words of advice for her momma yesterday -

"mom, can you put a hat on?"

-no response from mom

"mom, you need to put a hat on."

-no response from mom

"mom, you really need to put a hat on."

-still no response

"mom, will you please put a hat on... You Look Terrible!"