Temper Tantrums

Ok, so the myth about the terrible two's is so misleading. You think if I can only live through 2, I will be ok. Well, I am here to tell you that 3 is so much worse! This maybe a venting blog, so if you don't want your ears assaulted with whining, I would stop reading now:) Bailey turned 3 in November and I swear a switch flipped and her temper tantrums increased ten fold. Matt and I actually don't know what to do anymore. She whines or throws a fit about almost everything. Especially if she is told no, or that she has to be patient and wait a few minutes. It is like I shot her or something, the drama involved in these tantrums is almost hilarious if it weren't so annoying and frustrating. Please someone tell me that their child is as crazy as mine. It's so weird too, because they end as quickly as they began too. One minute she will be screaming in time out and the next she is laughing and talking about how cute Matt's cologne bottles are. Please, any advice would be appreciated.

Welcome Brady!

For those of you who haven't heard, Amanda had her sweet little boy on Thursaday January 15th. Brady was 6 pounds 6 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. I am so excited and proud of her for doing the best she could to bring this little guy into the world. She will be the best mother she can be, because it took so much to have him. It makes you appreciate you little ones so much when you have gone through great adversity to have them. I just want Amanda to know how much I love her and appreciate her faith. We have been through a lot together over the past 15 years. But we have come through it stronger more righteous people.

I wish I could be there to see this little miracle and be a bigger part of his life, but I will just have to watch him grow though pictures and occasional visits. I already love him so much though. Congratulations Amanda & Nick. I am so happy for you both!

Avalanch Game

So Matt got tickets from his company for the Colorado Avalanch Hockey Game. He was supposed to use them to take people from the properties he works with. He only got 4 tickets so he had to chose just one property. The property he picked has 3 leasing agents, so it would work out. Well, one of the guys couldn't go, so I got to go. These seat were in the front row, right on the ice. The retail value on these ticket was $198.00 per tiket. Crazy! It was so awesome. We were in the corner behind the goal, so all the fightd happened right in front of our faces. The puck got shot into the glass tons. It was actually a little scary at first. We had such a great time! It was one of the funnest times i am have ever had at a hockey game:)

Utah Trip

Matt and I decided that we would spend Christmas with my parents in Logan, UT this year.We had to leave a day early because of the weather. We didn't want to be pulling into Logan in a blizzard. The driving was fine except that it was really windy in some parts with blowing snow. We pretty much just hung out at my parents house because the weather was bad. Luckily, everyone was able to make it for Christmas Eve, except Matthew, who's car broke down in Salt Lake. We had tons of food, and kids running around. We just talked and sang carols. It was great being with everyone. Christmas morning was great too. We got up at about 7 am, not by my choice:) But Matthew's kids were so excited. Bailey was a little slow to wake too, I don't think she is old enough yet to get really excited about Christmas and Santa:)
Santa brought my mom a cat named Rascal. This is my mom reading the note from Santa:)
The kids went nuts when they saw the cat. Max was running around saying,"Santa is real, I knew it!" It was so fun to see their joy:)
Bailey and he tinker bell stuff. She loves the flash light.
She also got a bunch of Disney Princess stuff in he stocking:) My favorite thing was a portable DVD player that was a life saver on the car trip home:)
This is so funny! My parents got each other the exact same 2 movies. On Christmas Eve, Amy sat next to me and told me that my dad had asked her to wrap his gifts for mom. So she knew they got each other the same thing, and so did all of us kids, but no body told them. It was hilarious Christmas morning watching them open the same gifts!

The trip was really fun. The only regret is that we didn't go down to Salt Lake to visit the rest of my awesome family. The weather was just horrible that week. Oh well, next time I will see everyone:)

Pictures

Bailey and Savannah love Grandma Stephenson!
All dressed up for Christmas Eve.
Matt and I celebrated our 6 year Anniversary on Dec. 27th. We went out to dinner, then went and bought rootbeer for rootbeer floats back at my parents.
Bailey loved Rascal the cat. She was sad we had to leave him there.
We went straight to Matt's Grammy's house for his Dad's birthday party. Bailey and Rowyn love their Grammy Herman. It's good to be home but I still really miss my family. I loved spending Christmas with them:)