Happy Easter!

I know I'm a little late but here it is. Our Easter.

We started on Thursday by making Easter sugar cookies. Ava helped me decorate by putting on the sprinkles.....and then licking them off!
Aaww! So cute!
Friday was Easter Egg Dying. Ava is still a little young to do it on her own so mostly she just put stickers on after I did the dying (am I spelling that right? You know which kind of dye I mean, right?)
She looks so proud!

Saturday I was hoping for an Easter egg hunt but because of General Conference (a mormon thing) the Primary didn't do one. So on to Sunday.

I, I mean the Easter Bunny, put Ava's basket on the nightstand by her bed so she would find it when she woke up. I listened on the monitor hoping to hear her playing with it but a few minutes after she woke up I still didn't hear much so I went in to her room. I found her sitting on her bed staring at the basket and when I walked in she pointed to the basket and said "I want to play with that." It was so cute. So we brought it downstairs and I let her have at it!

She likes to show her food these days.

Sadie is still too young to get a basket but she had fun trying to take Ava's.

Happy Easter!!

P.S. If you haven't heard the news check out my post below!

have you heard the news?!

That's right. Another pregnancy!

No, not mine! My brother Keith and his wife Natalie are expecting their first! We are so excited for them!

Baby Morgan is due August 29th!

Surviving

The winter of endless colds and being sick finally got us in the hospital.

Sadie has basically been sick all winter long but this past Thursday she started coughing pretty bad and each day it got worse. Finally on Sunday I called the doctor. They had us come down to the clinic and after an examination decided she needed to be hospitalized.

Sadie was diagnosed with RSV bronchiolitis. Her main issue was that she was so congested she wasn't getting enouch oxygen. She also had a fever (that took two days and several doses of tylenol/ibprofun to get rid of), an ear infection, a diaper rash, a rash on her leg, not to mention her 9th tooth coming in. It was not a fun time for her. We were in the hospital for two nights and released Tuesday morning under the condition that Sadie stay hooked up to oxygen.

This was by far the scariest thing thats happened to me as a parent. I am so happy to say that she is doing much better and after a follow up appointment today is now oxygen free. Still congested and coughing a little she is recoving nicely.

Sadie (not happy) in the hospital with her oxygen.

Sadie at home (still with oxygen) but SO much happier. As soon as we got home she was back to being her normal self. It feels so good to be home!!

life right now

For two weeks now the girls (including me) have been sick. A non stop cold with cough that we just can't seem to kick. My energy is zilch, my patience is nada and I am so tired! That is why today:

1.Ava had a St. Patrick's day Cupcake (courtesy of Ashley) for breakfast.

2.Sadie and Ava watched cartoons for a good two hours this morning while I spent all the energy I could muster putting away 2 day old clean clothes that were still on the couch, cleaning the bedrooms which had been severely neglected for days, and a bathroom that had been put aside for weeks (so gross!)!

3. Chris got Mac & Cheese for lunch.

4. He might just get Mac & Cheese for dinner too.

At least he didn't try to put it in the house

If your husband uses coyote skins to decorate......

.... he is a redneck you might be a redneck!!

not to mention the other animal parts on display!

Chris's Igloo

At the end of my giant snowman post I said that Chris's next project was going to be a snow fort. I expected something like a three sided half wall. Instead I got an igloo. He built it up taller than himself, put a roof on it and even gave it a door. I wish I had better pictures for you but these were taken late at night before Chris went to bed.

Yes, he slept in it!

Pretty cool, right?!

Ava's YouTube Debut

Check out Ava in her YouTube debut. I have trouble downloading videos to my blog so I tried youtube instead. This is one of my favorite videos. She loves her McDonalds milkshakes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iCE4MPO9XE

I'm a Genius!

I know I said it before, but I am really proud of my pacifier clips for boys. My genius idea was to turn legos into beads and I think they are awesome! I've finally been able to put them in my shop and one on my blog for your viewing pleasure. Check it out HERE.

For Keith

Keith:

You'd better do something about your neice!

It appears she has an aversion to BYU! It was honestly THIS close to being in my mouth! yuck!

Look At What We Made!

I had a cute little story and post to go along with these pictures and right as I was ready to post it something happened and I lost it all. I don't feel like typing it all again so here is the quick version:

Chris and Ava made a snowman.

It was big.