Lily 2 months

Lily had her 2 month check up last week and she is one plumpn girl. At 2 months Lily is 14 pounds and 23 inches long. Lily is starting to coo and smile more and more. When she smiles her eyes light up it is so adorable. She is a very sweet and content baby. I hate to say it because I might jinx myself but I think she may be my easiest baby thus far. Some of her favorite things are tummy time, having her head rubbed, and being sung to. She is such a Joy!

The Lincster

Lincoln hasn't been featured very much on the blog of late so I thought I would dedicate a post to him. Lincoln is definitely my most challenging child at the moment. He definitely is a master of pouting and throwing tantrums. Which I know every child does those things but what makes him more difficult is that he is hard to discipline. For example if he is acting up and we tell him he has to go to bed early he has been known to say things like "I like to go to bed early". What do you do with that? Despite the typical 2 year old behavior and some discipline issues we are having with him he really can be the sweetest kid. At Lily's 2 month check up he got protective of her. When the nurse was giving Lily her shots and she was crying he kept telling the nurse "Lily no like that" translation: stop hurting my sister. Also at the grocery store the other day Carson was upset because I didn't let him get some treat he wanted and so he kept complaining and saying he didn't like me today and Lincoln would say "no mama is a nice mommy Carson" it was so sweet. Lincoln continues to be a cuddler every afternoon at "quiet time" he wants me to lay with him in his bed for a few minutes and sing his favorite songs: Cars (Life is a highway), mission (I hope they call me on a mission,) and child God (I am a child of God). We sure love this spirited affectionate little boy!

Blessing Day

We blessed Lily on June 6th, which also happened to be Nate's birthday. We had a great weekend celebrating Nate's birthday and the birth of our Lily girl. As usual Nate gave a beautiful blessing, and I was emotional and felt overwhelmed by my many blessings and by the love and support of our family and friends. We had a ton of family support for Lily's blessing, which Nate and I appreciated more than we can say. One of our friends even suggested that we should have rented out the church because we took up so many benches (I think family filled about 4 of the long pews). The day was so busy that I didn't manage to get any pictures of the actual day, but Lily and I had a little photo shoot so we could remember how beautiful she looked in her dress. Thanks to everyone who came and supported our family.

Memorial Day

This memorial day although the weather wasn't great we decided to venture outdoors any way. We went fishing at a local fishing pond and although it rained some we were able to have a great time. Both the boys caught fish. Carson was so excited about his catch that the first thing he wanted to do when he got home was call Grandpa Pearce and tell him all about his fishing trip. Lincoln who likes fishing, but doesn't quite have the attention span or patience for it that Carson does spent a good portion of his time playing with worms. Lincoln would pick up a worm throw it in the dirt and then declare the "wormy dirty" and then throw him in the pond because "wormy needs a bath." Lincoln continued to get worms dirty and bathe them in the pond for some time. Many a worm didn't survive the bathing, but Lincoln had a great time. And Lily remained peaceful and sleeping through the whole event. We had a great time and it was a fun way to start off our summer.

Motherhood

Every year around mothers day I pull out my camera remote and try to get some pictures of me with my kids. This event requires quite a lot of bribery (an otter pop or two was demanded for cooperation in this endeavor). These pictures are always far from perfect but I love them. I love being a mother it is definitely the biggest challenge/joy of my life. The other day I was doing some house work after the kids had been put to bed and my boys were just laughing and laughing in their room. My first instinct was to go upstairs and tell them to be quite because it was late (and it had been a some what challenging day), but then I realized that these are the joyful moments I should take more time to appreciate. It made me realize that if I looked for the joyful moments more that the challenges would seem smaller and less daunting.

Preschool

At the end of May Carson had several preschool events. The first was a mothers tea. All the mothers were invited to come and the kids got dressed up (the boys wore a mans shirt and tie and the girls wore aprons) and served us a little lunch. The kids also sang songs and presented each mom with a little place mat with a picture of something that they love about their mom. Carson's place mat said "I love you Mom because you tuck me into bed." Needless to say I was a little bit choked up. Also Carson graduated from preschool. At the graduation the kids demonstrated things they had learned. For example, Carson and his class sang a song that covered all the sounds of the alphabet and each kids stood up and recited a nursery rhyme they had memorized. Carson stood up and recited his rhyme loud and clear he didn't seem a bit nervous. I was so proud of him. I guess it is on to Kindergarten. AHHHHHH I am not ready!