Our kids are definitely cuter than yours, here's proof

See what I mean. They are stinking cute! It really doesn't get cuter than that. So maybe I'm biased, but still they are cute. And not only are they cute they are so sweet and fun. We just love being parents. I took these today before church, their Christmas outfits from Grandma Valenza.

Yes, those are earrings. We decided to get Marissa's ears pierced a few weeks ago and we love it. Isn't she so cute. Our little doll baby. I'm still hoping those eyes turn green. Wouldn't that be fun.

And we're already creating piano prodigies. They love playing together, sweet beautiful tunes. Well not yet, but don't worry, I'll teach them.

Our little penguin.


This is our rollie pollie girl. She is a mover. She isn't crawling yet, but she rolls all over and gets wherever she wants. It's so cute and fun, but I wish she would slow down. She's going to cause trouble. But she sure is cute!

My little helper. Collin won't leave our side. He hates to be alone. It is so sweet, sometimes. A lot of the time we just wish we could do something on our own, but if we leave for 2 seconds we hear, "wait for me". We'll definitely miss it when he outgrows it and never wants us around. Anyway, what I wanted to say is how wonderful of a helper he is. Again, sometimes it can be a little frustrating, but usually I don't care, I mean my 2 year old vacuums, sweeps, mops, rakes, he practically does it all. I love having a little helper. I am a lucky mom!

Isn't this cute. Marissa sure loves her Toby kitty. Whenever he comes near she smiles and giggles. She loves to pet him, even if it becomes more of a tug.

We had a fun snow storm a few weeks ago and of course had to go play in it. Collin didn't enjoy it quite as much as I thought he would. It was pretty cold and windy. We got to sled down our hill out back and build a snowman. It was a fun week. Collin's favorite part was just getting to have "hot (warm) chocolate". He asked for it every chance he got. He was more excited about the hot chocolate than the snow.

They are so cute together! Marissa adores Collin and Collin loves to entertain her. He is starting to talk to her and show her things. Today after Marissa's nap, I brought her out and he kissed her hand and said "good morning" Rissa (that's what Collin calls her). Pretty cute! He also turned on the Christmas lights on the tree today and turned and looked at Marissa and said, "look Rissa, lights". It was so sweet. How blessed to know that Families are Forever.

Our fun/vibrant bathroom

So here is our first painting project. I know the orange is a little out there, but I love it. It's the kids bathroom and I thought it should be fun, plus I love color and polka-dots, so why not. I even painted the canvases. I can't say they're amazing, but it was sure fun! Decorating and painting the house is taking so much longer than we had planned, but it is sure fun! We love our little home.

Motherhood:-An-Eternal-Partnership

It has been a rough few weeks lately with our wonderful, but tough two year old. I have been so frustrated and disappointed at how impatient and angry I get sometimes. I needed a little pick me up and came across this. To all you mothers out there who feel so frustrated and insufficient sometimes, this is for you. Just hang in there and remember you are raising God's children and he will send you help or strengthen you to meet your challenges, if you pray and work with him.

Motherhood:-An-Eternal-Partnership

Our sweet Marissa is 4 months!

Where does the time go? Well I guess things are a little crazier with 2. These two munchkins sure keep us on our toes. It's hard when they are both having a rough day, but we get through it and at night when we check on them our hearts melt. No matter how tough of a day it has been when we see those sleeping angels it is all worth it. How lucky that we all can be together forever! Well I thought I should post Marissa's 4 month stats since they are pretty awesome
Weight; 14.6 lbs (70%)
Height; 24.5 in (60%)
Personality; 100% sweet
She is as big at 4 months as Collin was at 8 months. She is so big and healthy, we just love it. We call her our little "doll baby". She is so calm and smiley. Marissa absolutely loves Collin. Even when he is in her face or climbing on her, she just smiles and loves it. We are so blessed to have our sweet little angel with us!

Good-bye Summer, hello Fall

Fall is in the air. Summer was pretty wet and rainy here, so that was a little disappointing, but hopefully next summer will be better. I'm a little nervous for all the rain, but I try to keep busy so that it doesn't get to me too much, and we are making some wonderful friends and really enjoying our little piece of heaven. We're definitely in Washington. The leaves are starting to change, the rain is coming back in full force and it is just gorgeous! I sure do love it here, don't tell Adam. We are keeping busy between painting the house, church callings, Adam's schooling/work, and of course our adorable and fun kids. Life is wonderful and things are going great. Here are a few pictures of our oh so adorable little ones. Now I just have to start thinking about Halloween costumes... help. I'm no good at that.





Oh and I just had to post our crazy/fun bathroom. I know it's bright, but it makes me happy. I'm not totally finished, I'm working on a polka dot painting. It's sure fun making this house ours.

Happiness

I am the luckiest momma in the world. I am so blessed and have so many good things in my life. I am so fortunate to be able to stay home with these beautiful, sweet children. Heavenly Father has so richly blessed us. How can I not be happy when I get to play, well maybe a little bit of work ;), but yes, play with these precious children all day long.



I just had to include these two pictures. Collin loves to read. We read every night and lately, if I want to shower or get ready, this is the best way to keep him out of trouble. I hope he keeps up his love for reading. I just love how intent he is.

Summertime

Well we sure love the summer. This summer has been low key, well besides having a baby. We haven't had a lot of vacations or done a ton, but we have sure enjoyed spending lots of time together. Adam has been getting home around 3:30 so there is lots of family time, which is the best. Collin is quite the character and we can never get him to be quiet now. His laughter fills the house and we love it. Marissa is our sweet little angel. She is just so mellow and sweet. She's only laughed once, but she smiles all the time and to anyone. She is just such a doll. Adam starts class for his test engineering next month so we are trying to get our fill of him before he goes back to school. And I am just loving my family. I am so lucky to have these beautiful children and a wonderful husband. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary last weekend. We are so lucky and life is so good. Here are a few pictures from our summer.