we are yogurt people...

logan and i both LOVE yogurt. We are always searching for it on sale because its starting to get expensive. Well the other day Albertsons had it for like 39cents each and if you spend 10dollars you get a couple bucks off so it was like 32cents each! so of course we went and stocked up. no worries on it going bad, we have already made a dent in our supply! lol

Kason had his 4 month check up yesterday
he is in the
30 percentile for weight
25 percentile for height
75 percentile for head (big brain people! lol)
dr. says he is doing fantastic!

Pictures!

So i finally uploaded pictures of Kason eating peas. It was pretty funny. He made the same faces that his daddy makes when he eats peas! lol Just like daddy i guess. After about 10 bites he started to like them and stop making horriable gagging faces! lol
First bite, doesnt he look impressed? lolThe result of the first bite. not too thrilled.
After about 10 bites. He started to show progress! lol
Our happy boy!! This was yesterday his offical 4 month mark! how cute is he? and he is a big boy in his highchair! insane!!

I gave him a ball to see if he would play with it. i didnt think he would, but after a few minutes Logan grabbed the camera, shoved it in my hands and said "look!"
He would hit it with his hands, sending it accross the tray and then laugh. then he would try to do it again!
He would try to pick it up.
Intense in play! i can already tell our little boy is going to love to have fun!!!

hope everyone is having a great day. no snow. which was nice to drive to work without having to deal with all the people on the road who have no idea what they are doing. thats prolly why they close school for an inch of snow here! lol

Snow Day

This morning as i am slowly getting ready for work i get a text message from Clara saying "ethan doesnt have school today, just to let you know" so im trying to run through my head thinking which holiday it is, and i realize it isnt one. so i text back saying "okay, why?" and i get the text back just saying "snow" i walk to Kason's room and look out the window, snow everywhere! i love snow, but this morning i was tired, lazy and already running late, why snow? lol. The roads weren't horriable, but they were a bit icy. I took the kids out this morning to play in the snow, they loved it. Kason was all bundled up in his snow clothes and in the stroller so i could keep chasing after miss Addie. here is a couple pictures.

also today is Kason's 4 MONTH MARK!!!! wow 4 months already?? INSANE!

how cute is kason??? he looked like the kid from the Christmas Story all bundled up.

when it started to melt away. weather man calls for more tonight, we will see.

Going Home...

Yesterday Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley passed away. He is finally home with his wife in Heaven. Prayers to his family. Click below for the news report from LDS.ORG

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/beloved-church-president-gordon-b-hinckley-dies-at-97

I hope everyone is having a great day. Snowed here. :) yay!

the biggest loser continues...

We have offically completed 3 full weeks!!! half way there! yay!! there have been many times i wanted to just give up, but im glad i havn't. I have lost 9 pounds total! yay go me!!! and all together we have all lost 38 pounds i think... as my sister said "thats a Maegan!" dang we are good!! im only 3 points from being in first!! Hopefully this week i can kick butt! lol.
well not too much else going on. Kason is yet again SICK! he was just getting over his congestion crap, brochulatis (spelling that totally wrong) and then yesterday he got the Flu. GREAT! There are days i think of putting him in a bubble for the rest of his life. He could be Kason the Bubble Boy! Hows that sound? yeah i know, i wont, thats no life to live.
Anywho.. we went to his doctors today to make sure it was anything worse because the nurse suggested it might be. No worries its not, but while we where there i talked to our doctor, who we love, about starting Kason on food. He is always eyeing our food, even has reached for it a few times. Making eating dinner with him on my lap alot harder now. Anywho we get to start him on VEGGIES!! yay! our little man is getting big!! the reason we are starting on Veggies and not ceral is because Kason has issues with pooping. He is severly constapated all the time. He is on a daily laxativ that helps, but he still has issues. A while back i tried a bit of Oatmeal in his formula to help him sleep, it did help him sleep but he got super constapated on just a little bit while he was on his laxativ!!! so she said to go ahead and just do the Veggies, start with green and work into orange, then do some fruits. NO BANANA'S since he has issues already. So hopefully he likes it and will start getting fuller and loving it.
Well not much else to say. No pictures sorry. i need to scan some scrap layouts and stuff from his baby books. will try to do that sooner or later.
well have a great day!

life in general

Time has really been going by quick. Kason will be four months on the 28th. seriously where has the time gone? It seems that i am so wrapped up in wordly things like movies, getting the house clean, scrapbooking, errands, etc. etc. that i miss all Kason's little moments. But really i dont. i am always there with him. Holding cuddeling, kissin, huggin, and encouraging him to grow and explore his little world. It just seems that time is going by so quickly that i am missing out on this with him, but in all honesty and when i sit and think about everything im not. Im just being a paranoid mommy.

things have been busy around here. Logan has started school and loves it, but hates all the homework. Seriously they give tons, but thats college i guess. I was always told that you should have an hour of homework a night from each class. Well he has 3 classes, but they sure are giving more than one hour of homework. He has essay's regularly from two classes and math everynight. He;s doing great though. makes time for his homework and Kason and myself. great guy!

Kason is yet again sick. i seriously think he has been NOT been sick maybe 3 weeks total since he was born. he just keeps getting nasty colds. Dude i have no idea why. we steralize his binky's, bottles, etc. maybe he is just a kid who gets sick alot. hopefully this will build up his immune system for when he gets older.

Updates on Kason:
As of last week:
he weighed: 13lbs 1oz.
Age: 3.5 months
Milestones:
he laughs
Smiles
FOUND HIS HANDS!! YAY!
rolls from tummy to back
almost rolls from back to tummy
DROLLS LIKES CRAZY!!!
tries to scoot. makes it about 6-12inches in about a couple minutes.
Sits for about 10 seconds by himself!! then he tips forward lol
He is just amazing!!

Im doing good on the biggest loser. lost 5lbs last week and a couple more this week, but as of this morning i am at the same weight as when i lost the 5lbs... dont know.. been eating the same and excerising.. oh well.
here are some pictures of kason!!

i wanna be...

THE BIGGEST LOSER!!!

yup thats right everyone. I wanna be the biggest loser.

We all know or atleast heard of the show "biggest loser" right? the one where overweight people try to win money by being the biggest loser-meaning losing the most weight but also having a healthy new way of living.
Well my sister Amy, told us all about the biggest loser, but doing it with family. So After a few weeks of talking about it, getting the rules, and pigging out, we have offically started the biggest loser as of this morning.

This is good. I need to lose weight, but not only that but gain a better life style. I wanna be able to keep up with Kason when he starts running around. I really just want to be healthy.

The biggest loser is not just about loosing weight. its also about eating better, getting sleep, exercising, and drinking water.

Now we all had to step on the scale this morning to get our offical weight. and our goal is to loose 7% of our totaly body weight. My goal looks good. I believe i can do this. I want to do this. I want to be healthy, but also i wanna win the money too.

Oh yah, theres money!! lol we are all putting in 10bucks each. the one at the end with the most points wins!!

I really would like the money to buy new clothes that fit!! :)

Now the funny thing... why is this image so scarey?

(NOTE: THAT IS NOT ME ON THE SCALE-IF I WEIGHED THAT MUCH I WOULDNT NEED TO DIET!!)
so why is that so scary? Standing there not wanting to look down to see how much you weigh. At least for me it sucks. oh well something to get over and hopefully the next few times i look down the numbers will be lower and lower!

Hey Everyone

hey everyone!! hope you are all doing well!! :)

Christmas was great!! Kason made out like a bandit and Logan and I got tons of things we are very excited and grateful for!

Not too much going on here. Tonight we are heading over to Chris and Kelly's house for a party and spending the night at Logan's brother's house then logan is off to play football in the morning. Kason will be bundled up and snug in his carseat as i will be in my jacket reading my book.

Speaking about books... my sister has been wanting me to read the Twilight Series for quiet some time and finally i finished my other book so i was able to read it. The first book is AMAZING!!! i read it in two days!! almost 500 pages!!! i LOVE IT!! i went out and bought the second one- New Moon, and the third one Eclispe. im already addicted!! :)

well here are some pictures for you from us!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

hey everyone!! Happy Holidays!!

Yes we are ALIVE! :)

sorry it has been FOREVER!!! life has just gotten super BUSY!!

not too much going on. Logan starts school in the very start of Janurary and is excited. He is happy to be starting a journey that will bring us a great future.

Kason is doing well. He is growing so much!! he is starting to laugh and loves to smile all the time. he squeals and makes little noises. LOVES to stick out his little tounge! :) he is such a great joy we are so blessed to have him in our lives.

I am doing well. We are getting our apartment finally unpacked. I have my scrapbook stuff almost all organized and we got a new desk/table for our computer and my scrapbooking! YAY!!!

well here are some pictures of Kason!

Kason's two month shots. He did really well. Only cried for a minute and then was just fine!!Me and Kason at two months!Our sleepy head. he loves that binky!!Kason at two monthsHe is always so alert i love it.Kason and Hannah asleep after going out to lunch one day. he is sure catching up to her and she is 6months older! lolLogan is one proud Papa. He has to show off that Kason is holding his own bottle. Okay this isnt a normal thing, but he does do it every once in a while, and will hold it the entire time he eats.Kason passed out on Grandma and Grandpa Chapells couch. he looks so comfy!

hey

its been a while sorry. we are doing well. Just enjoying Kason's baby days. i love that he is small and cuddley but i know that soon he will be all over the place causing mayham. lol anywho.. not too much going on. Kason went swimming for the first time lastnight at the YMCA here in town, he LOVED it. all calm and relaxed. we went with Adam and Carrie and Brinnon. I will have pictures up soon i have to develop them. i used a waterproof disposable camera.

Cabelas opened up here in Lacey, and its a madhouse. We went and walked a round for a bit, there were SO many people in there. But we got this cute picture of Kason. its funny!! :)

dont worry we didnt buy it lol. but it was funny!

once upon a design

my sister, Amy Grendell, has just started a new bussiness with a friend and its awesome. Have you guys heard or seen those vinal lettering thingy's??? they are awesome because you can make crafts with them, signs, etc. but what i think is awesome is that they can go straight on your wall and if you like us and rent an apartment you have PLAIN white walls. Well with the vinal designs you can decorate your walls and when you move out, they peel right off!! how awesome? Also they are having a drawing for a free bird doodle, gotta check it out.
website---- http://www.onceuponadesign.net/ ---- so neat. below are some examples of their work.
how cute are these birds?? getting some for Kason's room!!there is an example of one in her house.

yup getting these Too!
example of them on a car.these would be awesome on a board to make a sign.
you can custom order. Pick colors, sizes etc.

my mojo is BACK!

okay so i hadnt scrapped in like months, about 2-3!! insane! i totally lost my mojo and it sucked because i wanted to use some new kits i had gotten, but i just couldnt create anything. Well i finally broke that block and create some layouts of Kason!! some i cannot because the product is not out yet, but here is one that i can. so cute.

credits-- Kablamo by shawna clingerman

alot to think about.

so after debating, thinking, and discussing with Logan I have decided to stop designing digital scrapbooking products. It was fun, but then it became like a chore to me. I wasn't doing it because it was FUN to, i was now doing it because i felt like i had to. I was too worried about deadlines, and etc. that it just wasnt what i wanted to do anymore. so i have offically closed down my stores, cancled my designing blog.
One major reason i decided to do this was Family. With Kason here i have really thought about my life. About what is really important. I have taken so much for granted in my life. The main thing is Family. How important they are in ones life. I have grown up with a large family, i married into a large family, and we plan to one day have a large family of our own. I dont want to hussel and bussel of everyday life to take away the important little moments in everyday life, examples; cuddle time, reading books to children, baking because you like too, scrapbooking to keep memories alive, watching a movie with your hubby and baby, taking walks with your pup, talking to your hubby about nonsense, and just laying in bed on a weekend morning and just being relaxed.
So now i want to make sure i do those things, and ENJOY them. I want to weed out the "wants" in my life and make sure that the "needs" of myself and those around me are fulfilled first.

perfect

in everyway

took these pictures this weekend of Kason. i fall more in love with him each day. i never knew how much i could love until he came into our lives.

My Baby Genius

okay so maybe Kason is not a baby genius but id like to think so! lol. i was taking pictures of Kason and i happened to get this shot... its the ASL sign for I LOVE YOU. how cool is that? totally wish it was not blurry!!

i love how this turned out!! so cute. i ran out of nice light, so im going to shoot more tomorrow morning... little kason is offically
6 WEEKS OLD

hello there

hey everyone. soryy its been a while. we are doing good. tired. Kason and I both got colds. mine is almost gone, but still feel like yuck. poor Kason cant breathe. hopefully it will go away soon.

well here are some pictures from halloween and his blessing, he was a pirate :)

love having a large family

our first family picture. i would LOVE some professional ones done soon... hmm... i wonder if a certain lovely sister of mine would ever be so kind :) :) :).