6 year

we've been married for 6 years!

even though we've been married for 6 years and have 2 kids i still totally consider ourselves newlyweds.  our bishop back in rexburg said you're still newlyweds until you hit the 10 year mark.  i love that because it makes me feel young but man are we starting to cut it close!

6 years.  brett and i have been married for 6 years and life with 2 kids is stressful and tiring, yet so rewarding.  i was just looking through our wedding pictures and i kept thinking, "do these young newly married people know how much sleep and sanity they're gonna lose when they have kids one day??"

i bet these noobs didn't know that they're going to make 2 ADORABLE kids who will fill their lives with poop and happiness simultaneously.

i still love brett tremendously and i think it's safe to say he loves me that much too (at least he better!)

i'm SOO grateful i have him.  he's still the best teammate i have in this whole parenthood thang.  he's my anchor back to the world when life gets overwhelming.  he comforts me, makes me pancakes, is willing to change diapers, and is an excellent cuddler.  he's totally a keeper.

we didn't really have plans for our anniversary.  with me still nursing charlotte i figured that we wouldn't be able to do anything or go anywhere, at least for longer than 2 hours.  but brett and i decided last minute that we should at least go out to dinner or something but the friends i asked to babysit were busy.  we figured we'd just order in then watch a redbox when the kids were asleep.  then a dear friend showed up to our door while we were eating dinner and said, "give me your kids and go out!"  within 5 minutes after she left with our sweet babies we shot over to the theater to catch a guardians of the galaxy showing!  i ran into the theater with a huge smile on my face.  i miss going to the movies as often as before.  the movie was freaking fantastic and i got to spend time with my honey without a little being screaming in my face.  thanks again to my friend for giving us a little break! 

brett brought me breakfast in bed the next morning. blueberry pancakes with strawberry syrup, seriously, he makes the BEST pancakes!

life is great, life is grand.  my kids are cute, they make me tired, and i love them to death.  my husband is still sweet and i love the fact that i still have eternity to go with him.

don't fret dear old blog, i'm back

oh my goodness i haven't blogged since the beginning of may!

it's not like we've been busy or anything.

i'm just always in the  'taking care of two kids tires me out so freaking much so i'd rather eat my feelings in chocolate than do anything else' mode.

i feel like when we're just now getting into a schedule, one of the kids changes the schedule and everything's all thrown off.

i've at least been keeping up with charlotte's month by month pics but haven't blogged about them at all.

so here's my sweetheart's last 6 months! 

she's so squirmy and is trying so hard to get mobile.  the minute we lay her on her back in the crib, she immediately flips to her front.  she's been sleeping a lot better lately, giving me some more energy throughout the day.  she does wake up at around 4 so we'll drag our feet into her room, plop the pacifier back in her mouth, then we all go back to bed.  

she's been eating solids and i forgot when it comes to feeding babies how much ends up on their face instead of their mouth.

this little girl is too sweet she gives me cavities!

she's teeny for her age but she's got awesomely fat knees!

and those blue eyes!  where the heck did they come from?!  well, we think she got them from brett's mom, but really, how did i, myself produce this blue eyed beauty?  when she was born i told everyone that they'll totally change but seeing how light they are, i pray they never change!

now as for mr. everton,

HE'S BEEN DRIVING ME FREAKING CRAZY.

i call him my threenager.

yes, he's been potty trained for months now but heaven forbid he goes a week without peeing himself, his clothes, the floor, or on me.

sorry neighbors if you've heard me screaming bloody murder because it's most likely due to everton's loose bladder like a 90 year old!  seriously it's getting so annoying and i'm so tired of constantly cleaning his clothes, the floor, or my legs!

he doesn't talk but his favorite word is 'no' so that gives him the attitude of a teenager. 

BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS KID!

oh, how i love him so.

in other caldwell news,

pretty much the only major event that's happened this summer was Brett's family reunion up at bear lake.

it was a much needed vacation, where my awesome nieces took and watched the kids for most of the time and we were practically living outside.  we boated, beached, swam, and ate food the whole time.

i even attempted to wakeboard!  which, knowing me, that's a super adventurous thing for me to try.  but holy crap it was HAAAARD.  i did get up a few times but it honestly freaked me out being on top of the water so i let go.  yup, that's as brave as i get.

knowing it's august gets me bummed because that means summer's almost over.  everton goes back to preschool soon so he better get his bladder under control.  as much as he makes my blood boil i'm starting to get sad again knowing he'll be going back to school but yet having time with just my little charlotte and maybe time to take a nap or blog does thrill me.  and with him going the full year HOPEFULLY HE'LL START TALKING!

alyssa out.

time is my enemy

before i had kids i would go through life like, mehhhh i want high school to be over. mehhhhhh i'm so done with school, when will i be done with college?!

but ever since i got married, life just seems to shoot on by and having kids just seemed to make life shoot by even faster.

brett and i are going on 6 years of marriage this year and we have a 3 year old and a 3 month old!

while i never want to repeat high school, i do wish i could go back to everton's baby moments, i barely remember them anymore, and it's from past blog posts and pictures that the memories start coming back to me. 

so now that i have another baby i try so hard to cherish the times i have with my baby girl.

but it's so hard to do that cuz life is so crazy!

anywhos, time goes on whether we want it to or not.

everton and i just celebrated our birthday 2 weekends ago.

and we celebrated at chuck e. cheese!
(much to brett's dismay)

we went to the one in sandy but they didn't have a ball pit!

does anyone know where in utah a chuck e. cheese have one?

but we enjoyed cardboard cheese pizza and their variety of arcade games instead.

forget yearly family photog sessions.  i think we'll just get our portraits done here.

the top pic was from 2007 when we went to chuck e. cheese on a whim.

oh, how we've changed and i'm glad i don't dress like rainbow brite anymore.

i can't believe my baby boy is 3 now and i'm 26!

just some fun birthday facts about mr. E

he's obsessed with the justice league and the avengers (that's my boy)

his fav foods are chicken nuggets and strawberries.

he is currently 37.5 in. and weighs 32 lbs.

he still gives the best kisses and is still a good helper when it comes to charlotte.

we are also attempting to potty train him!  so far it hasn't been too bad, we've had minor accidents and more successes making it to the potty.  thank freaking goodness.  changing his diapers is becoming unnecessary and excessively stinky.

charlotte is the one that's allowed in diapers now.

so as of my last post everton's been to preschool twice now!

here's how his first day went.

i solemnly got him ready that morning and made sure he was nice and fed before he left. 

we saw the bus coming and i tearfully took his hand and we walked out to the bus together.

the bus comes pretty much right to our door so that's really awesome.

he was really apprehensive about getting on.

the bus helper lady allowed me to come on the bus so that everton would know it was ok.

she strapped him in and motioned for me to sit next to him.

that SLAUGHTERED me.  i bawled and bawled which made him bawl as well.  totally my fault for freaking him out.  i gave him a teary kiss and a hug goodbye and left.

i went over to jill's for a second for much needed hugs and comfort then i went home where i ate whatever i wanted, watched whatever i wanted, shnuggled charlotte, worked out, and what?  i even got to take a shower while charlotte napped.

i could totally get used to this.

everton's awesome teacher would text me pics as to how everton is doing and stuff.

i'm so grateful that he has this opportunity to go to school and am glad i'm used to that fact now. as much as he drives me nuts sometimes at home, I totally miss him when he's gone.

and today, once he got home he opened his backpack to show me his baggied aquarium thing they made.

love my schoolboy.

Easter tidbits and the need for hugs

i'll get to the hugs part in a moment but let me first share with you our Easter Sunday.

it was a lovely Easter Sunday and we had kyla and her little fam and erin over.

everton and hazel hunted for eggs.

and took some family pics...

this red headed 10 month old is starting to walk!

having a girl means adorable Easter dresses!!!!!!

i'm in love with the fact the charlotte's eyes are blue, they could change later but right now i'm cherishing the fact that i have a blue eyed baby.  i do hope they stay blue though!  there's a chance they could stay, i mean, look at kyla's baby boy, blue eyed and red haired!

and Easter means it's time to binge on peeps!  and it thrills me that they've come out with new awesome flavors!

and i just had to quickly throw this up on the blog.  my AWESOME friend jill got me jon bernthal's autograph from salt lake's most recent comic con for my early birthday present!!  if you don't know who he is, he was in the walking dead, which is a super gross show but with a really good storyline.  i didn't get to go this time to comic con because charlotte's nursing schedule wouldn't have made it very fun.  but thanks to jill for bringing me back a piece of comic con back!  (a might fine piece i might add ;-) jkjk brett, you know i know you hot!  p.s. i promise i'll take the picture down from the fridge.) 

then we dyed eggs.

note to self-using chunky glitter while decorating eggs will make peeling the eggs very tedious and messy.  clean off before EATING.

now, the reason why i need hugs-virtual and real....

EVERTON IS GOING TO PRESCHOOL!....

next week.

pretty much right after he turns 3, which is this sunday.

ask me about it and i could cry at the drop of a hat.

he'll be going to school at the early learning center for his speech delay.

i know i know, lots of people said to just wait and one day he'll just start talking.  but it was worrying me that kids his age have a vocabulary of over 100 words and everton has like, 10 words.  and even then he doesn't finish out the word.  as much as it KILLS me that he's going to school a lot earlier than i planned, i'm really hoping this will boost his talking so that we're all not frustrated as to what he needs and wants.  and it would be freaking nice if he called me mommy!  they ruled out autism so he's pretty much just taking his sweet time in speaking english.  but action, animal, minion, and random vehicle sounds?  he's got those in the bag.

and what kills me even more, is the fact that he'll be taking the bus.

is everton ready for school?

or is school ready for everton?