Aspen turns three today. She's very excited about it, especially about having a party. Tonight her grandparents, aunts, uncles, great-grandpa and Winston (he's her dog-cousin and they're very close) are coming over to celebrate. I don't even think she cares about the presents that much, just that she gets to have people come over and hang out with her.

Aspen loves to watch home movies of herself. She will sneak on the computer sometimes and if iphoto is up figure out how to play movies of herself when she was younger. When we're waiting for Eric to get home we'll often sit down and watch these for an hour at a time. The other day we watched one of her dancing in our living room when she was about 18 months old. She was in her jammies and she had her binky in her mouth; she looked so cute and plump and I realized how much she's thinned out. She's not a baby anymore. I really miss those stocky legs and fleshy cheeks.
However, we can have wonderful conversations now that we never had back then, and she gets excited about things like having her hair cut. And buying new shoes. And doing the dishes. And eating chocolate: all things we have in common (except for the dishes part).
Plus I have this chunk of adorable babyness now that I can squeeze. And I'm going to take advantage of it every chance I get!

The other day my friend and I were talking about those days when you are in your pajamas until right before your husband comes home (haha). Well, today was definitely one of those days, except that I was still in my p.j.'s when Eric got home from work, and I hadn't even gotten around to putting on a b_a (fill in the blank).

Ever since Oakley was born I can't believe how hard it's been for me to feel like I'm not constantly running behind. He's not the best sleeper at night, and I've been totally zapped of energy. I've always been up at 7ish, showered, etc. at least by noon, and finished the day exhausted from getting what I felt like was a lot accomplished. Well now I finish the day exhausted and all I've got to show from it are two kids who are still breathing (so far)!

Seriously, all I did today was try to nap. At least three times, with no success! Oh geez, I feel like a sack of potatoes.

I love love love my kids. They are the cutest things ever to me! And I love being their mother. I'm just hoping that tomorrow I find more energy and that it ends up being a bra kind of day.

This week my little sis Demri came out for a visit. It's been a long time since we've hung out together and thanks to grandparents and a great husband we had some girl time.

Thanks to Demri for letting me download these photos from her camera!!
Aspen fingerpainting with chocolate pudding. Demri and I put our pudding in crepes.
Demri will be living in Provo and starting BYU soon, so she won't be too far away. I'm looking forward to another visit from her...so is Aspen.

We just bought Oakley this little baby gym and he loves it. He's just getting to that point where he's noticed his hands and loves trying to grab things. It's crazy how fast infants start to change and discover things, and I can't believe how much I've forgotten that since I had Aspen.

Aspen loves having a younger brother, and calls him Oaks. (In case you didn't know, we're naming our children after trees. Yes, I really mean it). When Oaks was born Aspen digressed in a major way with her potty training, but is starting to get back on track. She's very helpful when it comes to giving Oakley his binky and helping to give him baths. I can't believe this month she'll be three!