Money money money money! (sing it it sounds better with a tune)

So recently u felt Korlen needed the opportunity to start understanding money and buying things with money. There is so much to be said about this too! First off he learns hard work and patience. His task was to throw away dirty diapers. I didn't want to pay him for chores such as cleaning up toys. Things he should be going anyways and not rewarded for except for the joy in his heart I know all 3 yr olds get when they clean up their shiz! He also had to wait till little by little he got more money. I mean we go through a lot of diapers but it still takes time to add up. Then there's self respect and pride because he himself accomplished this. And gets to choose his reward. And then of course everything that comes along with understanding that the whole world runs off money and money runs off the work you do. And it you don't have enough money well tough crap! Right? Anyways he finally got enough for a shopping trip and I was brilliant enough to document these precious moments so they will never be forgotten! He wanted a snottrod and a wingo and a boost car from the cars movie. Walmart didn't have any but he took it in stride and decided on a Francesco instead. Poor kid got ripped off because the one car was almost$8! Freaking Crazy! But anyways here are the fun photos. He was excited I was pleased and he's saving up more money to do it again. I'll never have to throw away a diaper again! Whoohoo!

Momma didn't raise no fool!

So I think Tahlae has motion sickness. The last two times we have traveled to st george he has projectile vomited all over the place! Über nasty! This last time most of it got all over his brand new car seat. And since he had been drinking milk the whole way down im sure you can just imagine what it was he threw up! The smell was atrocious! Anyways it needed to be cleaned and I figured I'd clean korlens 2 yr old car seat as well! This morning I got them put back on in the living room an the boys thought it was so funny to have their car seats in the house they insisted on being strapped in. And after that I insisted that I had forgotten how to unbuckle them! Needless to say! I got A LOT done this morning! Genius? Well yes I guess so!!!!

To nap or not to nap that is the question

Oh dear saints per service this learning never ends now does it. Once you get comfortable with one schedule your child up and changes and you must start all over again. And let's not even get started on figuring out the differences from one child to another!

Korlen, now 3, is going to be the death of me. Honestly the day he turned 3 my life changed! He instantly turned into a very defiant child! What is with this sudden challenge in/with authority! One day he was the most obedient child that I actually barged about the next he woke up, was officially 3, and is a different person lol!

With that said let turn to the issue at hand! NAPS! I mean really does it have to be so complicated. Here are my options. No naps means I don't get to nap either and I have to spend the entire day with him ( I'm sure that makes me sound like a terrible person but honestly every waking moment with one person let a lone a toddler that only wants to push my buttons is a little more then I can swallow at tis current point in my life) also if he doesn't have a nap he starts whining/ crying around 5:30 pm and doesn't stop till he's asleep! After spending the whole day with him fallowing me around anyways him now crying non stop for every little thing especially the fact that I'm not holding him puts me over the top. Only upside. He goes to bed early and when I put him down he stays there. Let now examine the other end of the spectrum and my only other option.
Nap time: he's really good when I put him down to stay in his bed and goes I sleep for maybe an hr. oh and sweet serenity! That he is just what I need to get through my day! Both he and Tahlae sleep at the same time so awesome for me I get a little me time! SO WORTH IT! Till night fall! We put him to bed around 8:30 usually closer to 9 and an hr and a half later at 10 when we're going to bed we have already put him back in his bed 4 times, taken him potty once, gotten him a drink, sang him 3 songs, and are about to loose our minds! And he's still not asleep! Granted this doesn't happen every single day! But man alive I'm about to loose it!
Is it honestly too much to ask for an hr during the day to just be me and just "do me" and an hr at night to have a little adult time with my husband! I'm not even asking in a sexual way but a way in which I can start and finish a conversation with him in which I don't have to be stopped 4 times to attend to kids! Sheesh!
So this is my temporary solution test sequence. I shall nap this little stinker every other day and hopefully this shall solve my present dilemma! I will keep you posted! Pray for me and pray for kor but mostly pray for me!

Lately

BAHAHAHA so i havent posted in exactly 2years and 8days! wow I SUCK !! hope there are still ppl out there that care! life just got a little crazy! so here are the last 2 years in a nut shell!

i got pregnant ... which if you know me well enough that kinda sums up about 4 months... its the same story really.. i wake up i puke i puke again and again.. about 30 times i go to sleep.. i cry and cry because i feel like such a bad mommy... korlen would beg me to get up off the couch and get him a snack and it was seriously so hard! He really learned how to fend for himself... lol times like these made me wish for family around to be at my beck and call!! seriously thoug! but we made it though.. i have an amazing husband that brought me breakfast in bed EVERY SINGLE DAY for the enitre pregnancy! what a life saver! I also had a lot better drugs this time! you know the kind they give to sick cancer patients of cemo! yup yup i took that and another drug every 3 hrs like clock work! serious drug addict... let alont that one pill cost $12.... A PILL !! sheesh ! I also had a standing order at the I.V. clinit to go get pumped full of fluids which i did requently!.. but life went on! i got feeling a lot better as long as i ate and took drugs.. i ended up in the end few months not throwing up at all!

But the time comes in everyones pregnancy that your done! the done done that makes you do crazy things. so i took caster oil.. walked almost 2 miles jogged up and down my stairs, cleaned my kitchen top to bottom scrubbing and scrubbing, did tie boe workout, lorenzo massaged the presure point that are supposed to put you into labor... and some other recreations that are supposed to put you into labor ;) hehe... and then i started bleeding! like gushing blood! so scary! went to the hospital and after sitting there about 5 hrs i my water broke i got and eppi and was in full labor... i went from a 5 to a 10 in less then 30 min and pushed 3 times! it was AWESOME! And It was Supper bowl Sunday LOL gotta love a football baby! but as i told you before i was gushing blood and it didnt stop! for 2 hrs after the baby was born it didnt stop! I was bleeding to death on the delivery table! i told lorenzo to make sure that little baby knew how much i loved him and to make sure Korlen never forgot what kind of mommy i was and that i loved him so much as well!

But Prayers are andswered and i pulled through! What a blessing! Korlen Loves his little brother! He has never shown any signs of jealousy at all just loVe! and what a blessing that is! he is seriously the best Big Brother this Little guy to ask for !

after a day of deciding we named him Tahlae Budd

we had a really fun summer playing outside a lot and going on vaca to vegas.. it was a fun year! we had a great christmas in Idaho... the boys had a lot of fun playing with cousin lilly! And as always they got really really spoiled!! just before christmas I partnered in opening a dance fitness gym called Sweat! i think it has a lot of potential.. if only we could get ppl in the door! our life has been busy and crazy and fun and exciting and stressful and rediculous and loud and ....... LIFE!! I just hope to be a little better at being on here and making more accessible to live it with us! Love you all

now here comes 2012

well i believe ive been away for far too long! my bad!! so i think i will get back in the swing of things! today is my day to commit! but its a short commit because this is it! i have a great life and i want to share it all with you :) love you all and im glad to say... ready or not here i come !

KORLEN'S FIRST B-DAY

birthday cake by great grandpa wade!

he got a balloon ... totally his fav!

he already knows what to do cuteboy!



HERES SOME VIDEOS

So i really cant believe my little baby is a year old. hes such a sweet smart little boy... it just seems like hes been getting bigger and older since the day he was born! and hes only going to get bigger from here!

christmas!!

oh christmas christmas we wait all year for you and then you sneak up on us and are gone too soon again!! how i love christmas.... this year we decided to have a all homemade christmas which i think went amazing....!! it helps that im married to such an amazing craftman! it almost felt like cheating lol... and i did cheat because i bought lorenzo a guitar and didnt make him something but it was on ebay and only cost 30 bucks so i felt it was still appropriate!! i really think we were all able to feel the spirit of christ a little more in our christmas too because we had to work so hard on all of our gifts and really show our love for the person we made it for... it really made a difference in trying to keep christ the center of our christmas holiday! anyways lorenzo made korlen a lawn mower because we got tired of him pushing everything around like our kitchen chairs... i made korlen a little wooden tool box with some tools ... fun fun.... lorenzo also made my mom a mantle and emily a rolling pin to go with my recipe box i made for her and he made austin a set of drum sticks... hes so cute i love him... we had such an amazing time too. korlen is just at the right age where his first christmas was really fun... he took it upon himself to help EVERYONE open their gifts esspecially lilly and showed her how to play with her toys lol


showing daddy how to strum a guitar



riding instead of pushing

helping lilly

christmas pjs a must must must

opening his fist christmas pjs so cute!!

i love you christmas come back soon and this time stay a little longer!!