Austen made my day :)

Today I woke up in a particularly depressed & gloomy mood (partly becuase I slept awful, our taxes still havent come, and I'm PMSing!) anyway, I'm sure I wasnt the most lovely wife in the world, and I was really just having a hard time pulling out of it? Well, I didn't even have to tell Austen, but he got back in bed with me, &just layed there & whispered in my ear all the good things there are to be grateful for, & to be happy about & to look forward to! (Some of them really made me laugh too! That's so Austen!) But it was just so sweet & genuine, and I really felt his love. Then, when we got up & I went to the kitchen & got on the computer to check my emails, there was this AMAZINGLY sweet email in there from him! It made me cry! THEN...by the time I was done, he had made me a yummy breakfast. How did I get so lucky? I am so thankful for such a loving, wonderful, handsome, caring husband that Austen is to me. He is my soul mate. I don't know what I would do without him. He makes life worth living-

Brendan loves his Aunt Nina!

So, today, Brendan didn't have his glasses on! Granted it was still morning, but he is always really good about wearing them. So, I said to him, "Brendan, where are your glasses?" He looked at me with the cutest face, (like hmmm...thinking) and then said "oh, Im just saving them for Nina's birthday!" (which he knows & has remembered is this Sunday!) It was SOO cute! He really loves his aunt Nina! Ever since he was a tiny baby, she & him have shared a really special bond! She is so good to him. I think it's so cute that he still thinks & talks of her every day, even though we live 12+ hrs away from her, and dont get to see her often like he used to! They do chat on the phone alot. It is such a sweet little bond. Something that I am especially thankful for as a mommy. We love u Nina ;)

Liamm's Head Wound

Oh the joys of BOYS! My relief society President warned me about this when I first moved into this ward & told her I had 3 boys!!! She has 3 boys as well (who are all teenagers now) but she said, "oh boys are wonderful! But get ready for lots of emergency room visits!!" Well, she was right! Yesterday Liamm was running around the big island in the kitchen, chasing Brendan, (which they do all the time!) when all of a sudden I hear a big bang & Liamm scream! I ran to see what happened, and poor little Liamm is laying on the ground! He is just the exact same height right now was the cutting board, which was pulled out a little ways, and he gouged his head on the corner of it! Well, I try not to panick, mostly becuase Austen is gone with the car giving Plasma, and he can't even pick up his phone during it! (I know...we need a 2nd vehicle!) I doctored it up as well as I could. I had to actually cut some of his hair away to actually get to it! Poor lil guy now has a bald spot there! Anyway, we took him in, and instead of one stitch, they glued it shut! GLUE?! Now why didn't they think of that when I was a kid! Stitches hurt! Anyway, Brendan did almost this exact same thing at this same age, only he got it on his eyebrow! We are just really glad that little Liamm is ok! I guess boys will be boys?!

"Eli likes smells"

Something really cute that I forgot to add about Eli. Right now he is starting eat solids (in addition to still nursing!) but he will not TOUCH baby food? Not ANY variety? I don't understand my PICKY boys. But...he will totally go for anything that I am eating! He is really smart too! If I am eating something while I am holding him, he will actually smell it, lean in really close to my mouth, give this curious (adorable!) look, and then gently press his mouth over mine!!! Its SO cute! I love it! :)

Oh the joys of a teething baby!

Poor little Eli...& poor mommy! Eli has been teething for months now, and he FINALLY cut some teeth! AS of now, he has 3 cut & one that is almost here! His CUTE 2 bottom teeth came in a while ago, and the last week he cut what I thought was his top right, but now that it's in more, it looks like it's his right canine?! How weird? And now his top left canine is coming in next? That didn't happen with either of my other boys? But oh well, they are super cute, (aside from being super bothersome to him AND me!) He hasn't really bit me yet, well, I guess he did once. But he didn't really mean to I don't think, becuase he was just as surprised as I was! I suddenly exclaimed "Ouch!" And he pulled away, looked up at me with this scared & mortified look & then started to cry!?! I felt so bad! (it was really cute though!) Anyway, as I type this he is crying for the ora-gel! Gotta go!!!!

WE ARE MOVING!

We will be in a new house by the first of March! We currently live in Hyrum, but now we are moving to Logan! (only about 10 miles away!) Moving will be so much easier this time than the last 2, becuase it's almost like just across town! Hyrum sits just south of Logan, but with the mileage & time it will be for Austen 2 times a day to go to school come May, we decided to move closer to campus! We found an awesome big house (4 bedrooms!) just TWO blocks from campus! Austen will be starting at USU come May, & so this will be better on the budget, car, family...just all the way around! We are excited! It's another brick house! (that's 3 now!) It has been remodeled on the inside, brand new almost everything! I am super excited about that! Especially since Eli will be crawling soon, and it won't be on top of everyone elses germs! It is only 1 block from a big park, the elementy school, and we also have a big garden plot across the driveway that is also a part of the property! Yeah! I will finally get to plant my "own" garden! The little boys are already excited about planting a garden! I already have seeds & everything! I will also have a sewing room!!! YEAH! I am SO looking forward to that! So, I will blog more about that later, and put some pics up once we get there! Packing...ready or not...here I come!!!

Wow, lots to blog about...

So, I have tons to blog about, but NOT tons of time to do so! So...I think I will just pick the few most important that I can find time to share. There have been several really cute things lately that my boys have been saying & doing, that I really have been wanting to post! So, here we go...!