Photo Shoot

Mike bought me an amazing camera for Christmas two years ago and I still have not figured out how to use the manual setting.  So, today I decided to give it a whirl and pose my girls for some photos.  Surprisingly Remee is the wiggly one!  The exposure isn't quite right but, I'll figure it out one day!  I still think I got some wonderful shots.  And how cute is Jade's blanket Grandma Sheri made!

Oh the faces!!

This happy little girl is so fun to talk to.  She makes the funniest faces and it melts my heart when she smiles!  Remee was a sweetie and posed for a picture too.  If that doesn't make you happy...something is wrong with you!!!

Finally an update!

I know it's taken me a while to get this post up and running, but I had no idea how tiring it was going to be, having two kids.  I run off of an average of 5 hours of sleep a day and then only get a 30 minute nap... if that!  So the last thing on my mind is blogging, or calling anyone back... sorry people!!  

Anyway, our Christmas was wonderful.  Remee loved her kitchen from Santa and all the fixings from grandmas and grandpas.  She makes me cookies everyday! 

 Jade is adorable.  She eats, poops, and sleeps. She's getting better at sleeping longer during the night.  I'm hoping Baby Wise will pull through for me once again and have this kid sleeping through the night in about a month or two.  Remee has been working on sleeping in her big girl panties, and so far, has done such a good job.  No accidents yet...we'll see how it goes.  It's been so darn cold here in Utah, but thanks to the low temps the snow we were blessed with is still on the ground...and it's beautiful!  I feel blessed.  Really tired, but very blessed!

Problem...

 

I have a huge problem.  Jade is a stinker when it comes to nursing.  I have had the hardest time with this child.  She takes forever to latch.  It's like the sight of my boobs makes her cringe or something.  I go to feed her and she turns away...constantly.  I have to wait til she screams or yawns to shove my boob in her mouth and then hope she actually takes it.  I am at a loss of what to do.  Does anyone have any good advise about this or has had the same problem? I feel like I have tried everything. I don't want to give up on nursing but getting frustrated and crying at every feeding is really wearing me down.  HELP!!!!

 

P.S  Did I mention I got another uterus infection?  Man, do I have bad luck!!!

Our little one has arrived!

Jade Avery Kowallis

Monday, November 26th

6 lbs. 3 oz. 19 inches long

 

She is so precious.  I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have two little girls in my life.  They both are so adorable and sweet.  Remee is a great big sister.  She's so concerned about Jade and worries when she cries.  Remee has been so great about the breastfeeding thing.  She completely understands what's going on.  When I'm feeding Jade, she tells me the Jade's eating milk from mommy's boobies.  It's just the cutest thing.  I feel so blessed and I am so grateful for another beautiful little girl.

5 years!!!

5 years ago today I was waking up to get married.  Today I'm waking up to get my 2 year old fed and pulling a sweatshirt over my big baby belly.  My, how time flies.  I can't believe it has already been 5 wonderful years since Mike and I got married.  It has been such a blessing to have Mike in my life.  What a comfort it is knowing that you love someone just as much as they love you.  I can't wait to spend eternity with my man. 

Now to the real interesting stuff.  This picture was taken about a year before we got married.  Only a month after dating Mike and I took a road trip down to Cali to visit my sister and her family and then on to Disneyland and visiting my grandparents.  We had so much fun, and who knew it would start our yearly Disneyland tradition?  Look at our hair!!!  Times have changed!!

The President Elect

Today was a sad day, but let us all keep in mind that whatever happened was meant to be.  Our prayers may have not been answered the way we wanted them to, but Heavenly Father has a plan.  It's our job now to prepare for the Last Days.  Pray for our President that he will make good decisions.  Love One Another!!!  God, bless these United States!!!

Another yummy recipe

These Asian Sloppy Joes were a huge hit. 

So easy and so good!  The best part?  This comes with a recipe of what to do with the left overs.  In fact it has you set aside some of everything you make to make a whole new meal the next night.  Genius?  Oh yeah!!!  Use this recipe to make the sloppy joes and rice and make sure you follow the directions to save some for the "round 2 recipe".

14 days of cooking!

I have started a challenge for myself. 

14 straight days of cooking dinner for our little family.  I know some of you are able to accomplish this with no sweat, but for me...I start out great and then get lazy and have Mike pick stuff up for dinner.  I have a right to be lazy, there's no doubt about that, but I also have a duty to feed my family a healthy meal.  So that's what I'm doing.  Not only are these meals home made and yummy, but they are all from my pinterest board.  I have almost 300 pins for food on pinterest and I think it's high time I start testing them out.  So everything I make will be new.  I can't wait to share some of the yummy recipes with you.  Here's what I made last night.  It was delish.  I paired it with a baked potato and some corn, and voila...an easy 15 minute meal!

Halloween

I just could not get enough of my little Remee in her skeleton costume.  Yes, they are pajamas, but I thought to myself, why would I buy a costume this year when all she really cares about is the candy!  Maybe next year she can pick out her own costume...or maybe not.  Ha ha!  Anyway, I made shirts for Mike and myself and it completed our skeleton family.  We ventured over to G-ma and G-pa's house and went trick of treating with all the cousins.  Remee had a blast, and of course Mike and I got a kick out of watching Remee wait patiently for her treats after a darling "trick r freat"!  She even remembered to say thank you a few times.  Can't wait til next year!