It's a Golden Life

Halynd's Halloween costume! How the sweet girl loves to sleep. Chi with his cute cousins, Connor and Dominic (Chi and Dominic are only 3 months apart) Chi's favorite place to be! Outside in the bushes. So, I am a terrible mom! I remember posting every 2.5 hours about Malachi when he was Haly's age...I blame it on not having my camera. I feel like people mainly read the blog to get to the pictures! Well, this month has seriously blurred by. I can't imagine what life would be like with more than two children at this point. I give moms/dads with more than two kiddos a high five. Life just seems so much busier. We are all settled in by now-having received our electric and water bill for the month :) Surprisingly, the bills for this house have been cheaper compared to the other house in Bella Vista! The only thing left to do now is tackle the garage! Yikes. Halloween was interesting this year. Malachi was supposed to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but he wanted to be plai...

This is Halynd about 3 weeks ago! She has grown so much now! At her well check after her check up :) she weighed 11lb 4oz. She has some catching up to do! When Malachi was her age he was almost 16lbs. This is what Malachi does everytime the camera come out now. He runs, hides and covers his face! Well, still no pictures from Malachi's birthday party :( We recently moved! We decided one week to maybe look for a house, and that weekend, we were putting down a deposit. God's timing is amazing!! We just moved to the next town over-Rogers. Our new address is 608 E. Bonnie Ln. Rogers, AR 72758. We are still wrapping things up at the house in Bella Vista-so the garage is a mess! The first week of the daycare in my own house seemed to be a success! It felt much more laid back and I wasn't as high strung! It was definitely fun again. Malachi is in love with HIS room and wants to show everyone where the toys are as soon as they walk in the door.He is loving his trucks, ninja turtles...

So, Malachi's 2nd birthday was this past Friday! My sweet little baby boy is 2!! (And not SO sweet anymore :) ) I couldn't fathom what people meant when they said "terrible two's", but as much as I do not want to admit, Malachi is there. No matter how many fits he throws or how many times I have to dicipline him, my day still is encompassed by making him smile. His smile melts my heart. His happiness is so very important to me. I love him so much that I cannot remember what it was like in life without him. It seems like I've known him forever. I guess that's what true, unconditional love feels like. I am so blessed to be able to love my husband and children like this! Birthday festivities were held at Chuck E. Cheeses! We invited a lot of friends from the Metro and his friends from daycare. It was a smash and the kids all had a blast. Mom and dad were going crazy trying to make sure everything went as planned, but Malachi had a great time. The best word to...

I love the weekends again! For sometime now, Donovan and I have worked the weekends, so it never seemed special. Now that we both work during the week, the weekends are special again! We were able to go to the Frisco Festival is Rogers yesterday. Malachi rode a car, train and carousel ride. He loved them! Halynd is growing so fast. She is already 7 weeks old. She is so strong! When laying on her belly, she lifts up her head to check out what's around her. She also army crawls when you lay her on her belly too! We can't leave her on any piece of furniture unsupervised. She's holding her head up pretty well and loves to see what's going on around her. So, what's new with Chi? I can't believe Malachi will be two this month. Two whole years of this little guy. How come it seems like so much longer? I feel like I've known him forever! He's so fun and sweet. He's learning to go potty! We've still got a LONG way to go, but there is progress-he knows whe...

I can't believe I start work again, this coming Friday!! 5 weeks already approaching!? What did I do with that time! I had so many plans of organization, but they were let go! Two kids definately make it more hectic, twice as long to get ready to leave, twice as many baths, lovin's and attention division! And most of all Twice as less SLEEP! But I love them still the same and more everyday! So, what've we been up to? Malachi and Halynd are growing like crazy. It seems Malachi grows more everyday!! He is so big and such a sweet boy. Although, right now, the sweet times are running few and far between. He is becoming and independent man at the age of 2. He got the paper today and started looking for an apartment. He is refusing to take naps, sleep in his bed unaided, take baths, eat, sit still and just about anything he is told to do. What do you do? We are becoming inventive-time to bring forth the markers, finger paints, army men and nature walks! I think the no napping t...

It's been a whole week since a our little girl arrived. The time seemed to fly by this week. We came home on Sunday. Donovan started his new job on Monday. Donovan's family arrived on Friday and left yesterday! It seemed strange to be home all week! Chi and Haly are doing really well. He is starting to realize that this is our baby-we get to keep her. He loves holding her and kissing her, right on the lips. He's very sweet to her and makes sure she has her blankie. He has a weakness though-he is a red handed binky stealer. We've been trying to use a binky to soothe her when she gets fussy and Malachi doesn't care if it is pink, with flowers or even says "precious". He's not biased and doesn't care what it looks like-if it's a binky, he'll take it! Other than that, he's been doing very well. We've been very careful to pay attention when he needs someone, or when he just needs some loving. Haly is very sweet! She sleeps all the time! ...

So, some unexpected experiences this weekend! I went to my 38 week check up on Wednesday. He said we were about 4.5 centimeters and 80% effaced. I was prepared to go another 2 weeks, expecting what I did with Malachi. He didn't come until I was 4o weeks! Well, Thursday rolls around and I start feeling "strange". I was having pretty regular contractions every 7-12 minutes. Some felt crampy, and I was sure this was it. We decided to head to the hospital. I was going to wait until Donovan was off work at Youth Bridge at 10pm, but around 6:30 I told him that we may need to go a little sooner. So, he was able to get off work and meet me. We took Chi and his brother and sister to our house, where the Rambos very graciously watched them for us. I grabbed a tentative overnight bag with a change of clothes, toothbrush, hairbrush, deodorant and a couple outfits for the baby, "just in case". We went into the ER and they took us right up to Labor and Delivery. Before we kne...