Kaden and Maddie get new beds!!

Lately Maddie has decided that she does not like her crib anymore. Kaden and her share a very small room and so our options have been limited on how to arrange things. We have had a twin on one wall for Kaden, the crib on the other wall and a dresser in between. We tried to have Kaden and Maddie share the twin bed and even had her sleeping on the floor, but that didn't really work out. To make a long story short I started to look for a bunk bed. I was hoping that I could find one for a good deal somewhere because we defiantly don't have the money to by one new. I found one on craigslist that didn't have a very good picture but it came with the mattresses. They wanted $200 which was out of my price range but I decided to call anyway. The man said that it was out of their vacation home and that it really had never been used, He then asked us if we had children and if so that he just wanted to give it to us. WOW!!! Talk about an answer to our prays!! We got it home and set up and just as the man said, it is practically brand new. We are so grateful to them and know that we could not say thank you enough. Kaden and Maddie LOVE their new beds!!

Fun with the Stuarts

*WARNING* Major picture overload!!!*
Last week John and Molly came for a Stuart family reunion and we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with them too. Kaden and Alice didn't miss a beat... they gave each other a hug and went right to playing. Everyday we did something fun, we went on a 4-wheeler ride/picnic, hung out at Grannies, went swimming, and just had a fun time.
My dad said,"Kaden has everything a teenage boy would want, a jeep and a cute girl to ride in it with him." They rode clear down to the melon field in it.
Rachel*Alice

Hiking on our picnic...
Maddie loved the ride!!!
Maddie*Ella
Sleepover ( I dont know why it turned like that)
Little Ella, I love those eyes!
Lunch at Red Robin

Best Buds!!
I LOVE this pic!





The last night Molly was here we decided last minute to go to dinner with the girls.
Molly*Rachel*Katie
Hanna*Bailey*Stetsy
John, Molly, Alice and Ella...WE LOVE YOU!!! Thanks for coming to visit!

Rock climbing at Whitney Pockets

This weekend Christopher and Keri came down to say goodbye to Nicholas who leaves on his mission next week. We went 4-wheeling at Whitney pockets. The weather was so nice we even got rained on and had to take cover in one of the little caves we found. Kaden and Maddie both had a blast climbing on the rocks. Later that night we went and tried out the roller skating ring in town. Kaden was so excited to go until we got there and then the noise , lights, and weird shoes with wheels on them freaked him out. Maddie fell asleep on the way there and slept the entire time. It was fun...I have only been 1 or 2 times before so I was a little shaky but I eventually got the hang of it.... at least I didn't fall that is. As always it was so fun to hang with the family.We had a great weekend.

Little Miss Maddie

Last week we decided that it was time to take the bottle away from Maddie. She was waking up way to many times in the night for it and Richard and I were tired of doing that. The first couple of days were awesome. She didn't even really ask for it and She slept through the night for 2 nights in a row. The next day however she got sick. She had a really high fever and the stomach flu and so after 2 days of not eating and then her asking for it I decided that it would be good to get something on her stomach so I gave it to her and she went right to sleep. She is over the flu thank goodness but she does not know how to go to sleep without the comfort of her bottle. I know that was bad thing on my part to let it get to this but now I don't know what to do. She cries practically all night. She doesn't ask for it but she just doesn't know how to go to sleep without it. Last night after she cried for 2 hours straight I decided to just give it to her so that I could get some sleep. With in 5 min of her having it she was sound asleep. HELP!!! I am going crazy. What do I do!! I know she doesn't really need it. But the crying it out thing isn't working I am sleep deprived and just want to give up. What do I do?!