Home for the Holidays

Axton looking way cute!

Axton's blessing

Me and my birthday boy

Ayden's Cars cake

I feel like i haven't blogged in forever! A lot has happened this month. Ayden had his first birthday on the 2nd. He had an awesome cars themed party. We all had a lot of fun. Axton was also blessed on the 2nd. He looked so darn handsome. We have our house on the market through prudential real estate and we don't know where we are going once it sells. Sunday we are going to fly to florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I am way excited to see everyone and let them meet Axton. Holidays with my family are so much more fun and special than they are here. Well, enjoy some pictures from this month.

Picture Tag

I was tagged to post the 4th picture in my 4th folder so here it is...



This is Ayden sleeping. I think he was 6 months old here...just guessing by what pajamas he's wearing. He's so adorable when he's sleeping.


I tag whoever has not done this.

Homes, Schools and Babies

We are finally getting things rolling on selling our house. The buyers came by Thursday and were very happy with the condition of the house and are now in the process of getting their loan. This kind of happened quicker than we excpected seeing that we haven't heard from them in a month or two. It will be nice to get out of Provo. We are planning on staying with Eric's mom for a few months to save up a good down payment for our next house and to wait for our credit to get a little higher. I know it will be hard on us but it will also be so great to have some help with the boys.

I was just starting to think about going to school for nursing down here(Provo) when we found out that we were selling the house. The nursing program up there(Roy) is really hard to get into and very competitive. I might just go for something a little easier like medical assisting or billing and coding for now. People keep giving me their opinions on me going to school with 2 young babies but it's something i really want to do while they're young and i AM going to do it. Having the security to be able to give my kids what they need and even want is very important to me. I don't want them to miss out on things just because we can't afford it. I always put my kids needs and wants before mine and it kinda hurts when i see parents do the opposite. There are a lot of different types of nurses out there and they don't all require these crazy long hours like people keep telling me. I know what I'm doing and my job is not ever going to get in the way of spending time with my family.

Bridger, my one and only nephew, had his 1st birthday this weekend. It was a lot of fun. The party was a costume party. Bridger was dressed as a monkey and was just adorable. Ayden was a pumpkin and Axton was a dalmation puppy. Everyone looked great in there costumes. I wish my husband would have joined in and dressed up. After eating cake Bridger and Ayden both got in the bath. It was so cute watching them spash around in there together. I'm sure they'll be getting baths together a lot. Thats the fun part about being family. Ayden's 1st birthday party is next saturday and i am way excited for him. We are also getting Axton blessed on sunday, so we are looking at a pretty busy weekend this week.

This is the time of my life

So, I've been so busy with my 2 boys that I haven't really had the time to sit down and blog. Now that the boys are napping, I can just write a little bit to update you on my life.
Axton is now 4 weeks old is looking so healthy. He eats like a pig so that's really no surprise. Ayden is just over 11 months and is a handful!! He now has mastered the kitchen cabinets and the grab and run technique. ( this is where he grabs something he's not supposed to and takes off laughing and running as fast as he can.) It's a lot of work keeping up with him but i love every second of it.
I took Ayden to the duck pond at BYU today. Just so you know, finding parking at a university during homecoming is a pain!! Actually, it's still a pain even when it's not homecoming. Anyways, we had a lot of fun. He would giggle so hard when the ducks would fight each other for the bread. He didn't really understand that he was supposed to throw the bread. It was hard to get good pictures of him cause right when i put him down he'd take off after the ducks and almost land in the pond. It was so cute watching him smile and want to get close to the duckies.
Life with 2 kids isn't that much harder than 1 unless we leave the house, then it can be a little difficult. The constant feeding and changing diapers is exhausting. Sometimes i even forget to eat because i'm just too busy. I do get some free time during their naps, and i usually spend that time sitting in front of the tv. The cleaning and cooking i save for when Eric is home to help me. I wouldn't change any of this for the world. I love my family so much and am grateful for all that we have. It's so nice that we own a house, have a nice van, 2 wonderful sons, Eric's business, delicious food, and so much more that a lot of people don't have. I want to go back to church. I feel like not liking the college ward we're in isn't a just reason for not going. i've met 3 of the ladies in our ward in the past few weeks and i really would like to get to know them. It doesn't seem like the neighbor is serious about buying the house so we might as well make it work and get to know some people.

My new little angel

Axton James Wiggins decided he had it with being in mommy's tummy. He was born September 13 weighing 6lbs. 1oz. and 19in. long. He is a healthy little boy and the delivery went great. They wouldn't admit me till i dilated at least one cm. in an hour(since i was only 36 weeks) So it took 3 trips to the hospital friday and saturday before they realized this baby WAS coming. I was in so much pain. I was dilated 5cm. before i got my epidural. But once i was admited, it only took 3 hours and he was here. He is the total opposite of Ayden and such a cuddly little boy. I'll try to post pics soon. We are all doing great now that he's finally here!!

Feeling Crafty

The other day while shopping with a friend, i came across the cutest burp cloths. The crappy part was that they were $15 for just 3. I couldn't see myself spending that much on something that's going to be used for cleaning up after a newborn. I decided i could make my own. I went to the store and bought a pack of 12 pre-folded cloth diapers for $12 and a quarter of a yard of material for $1.50(will make 2 burp cloths). I also had more material at home. I went home, got to work, and this is what i came up with.

I think i did a pretty good job for it being my first time. They are not perfect but i sure do like them. I made some girly ones for my friends just because i love giving homemade gifts. Well, that's what I've been up to for the last 2 days.

1st Day Without Baby

Yesterday was the first day I've spent without my Ayden since he's been born. Grandma came down here to see her boyfriend who lives near us and offered to take Ayden along with them on a hike. I agreed, thinking it's time i let him go for a whole day. I woke up to Eric shampooing the carpet throughout the house, it needed it bad. I started packing Ayden's things and made sure he had plenty of food and diapers for the day. I fed him breakfast at 10 so that he wouldn't be hungry till after they got to their hiking destination. I said my goodbyes and he was gone for the day.
We decided since the baby was gone that we should go on a date. Something we really haven't done in 10 months. Eric took me to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. I loved it!! I could really use some girlfriends. Eric was the only guy in the theater. Haha. Afterwards, we went home and finished shampooing the carpet and moving the furniture and things back. Around 4, we went to Chili's for dinner. I was really craving one of their buttery steaks. Mmmmm.....It was so good. We then went to walmart and picked up a cheesecake for dessert.(much cheaper then the tiny piece we'd get from chili's)
I was worried about my baby. She said she'd try to be back by 5 and it was already 6. We couldn't get ahold of her....but i knew that he'd be ok. I didn't get to see my son till 9pm. At that time he was just too tired and had to go to bed. While putting away the things from his hike, i noticed that only one diaper out of the seven i had packed was gone. I had a feeling this had happened because when i changed him to put him to bed he was really wet and red. I never let my son go long with a wet diaper...he has really sensitive skin and gets rashes easily. I was a little upset. While continuing to clean out his bag, i noticed that only one bottle had been used. I told Eric to ask his mom how much he ate and she said 2 bottles, which i believed after seeing his formula container missing 2 servings. But, being gone for over 11 hours, i expected him to have at LEAST 3 bottles and a cup of juice. This kid doesn't let you know when he's hungry. He could go 6 hours without food and you'd never know. I told her that he needed to eat every 3 hours, but apparently that didn't happen.
Needless to say, i'm not to sure about leaving him for a day again. I know he got home safe and sound, but it just bothers me that he wasn't changed or fed properly. I'm having our second baby in just over a month and need someone to stay at our house with Ayden. I wanted it to be Eric's mom because i just don't want her in the delivery room again. With Ayden's delivery, she just stood at the end of the table like it was a free peak show, not helping at all. But after this experience with her watching Ayden for a day, I am having second thoughts. It's so hard to talk to her about things like this. She raised 6 boys and therefore she's "perfect" at taking care of baby boys. This is something that's going to offend her. I hope that she'll be able to get over this but knowing her that won't happen for a while. She threw a toddler like tantrum when my grandma bought Ayden's blessing outfit. She complains about never being able to buy him anything because my family has already bought it, but when it comes time that he needs something and we ask her about it, she can't help. I have gotten over that now. She's not the type to just go out and get something for anyone. Anyways, my time with Eric was really great yesterday. He constantly had to get me for thinking about Ayden. Haha. What can i say, I love my little man.