Santa Baby

On Saturday, Bryan and I took the kids to Bass Pro Shop to get a picture with Santa. The store was decorated so cute and I loved the stuffed reindeer. Sterling did good and had no problem with Santa. Cyndle on the other hand was a stinker because she got scared and wouldn't sit still. Oh well. Santa was really sweet with both kids. He was a really good Santa who was really jolly and even had a real beard.

Sterling


Cyndle

Halloween at Disneyland '09

For Christmas this year, Bryan and I decided to take the kids to Disneyland. So, we went to Disneyland for Halloween for Christmas. Confusing, huh? Well, Bryan's family and my mom and sister invited themselves for the trip. It was super fun and I'm really glad everybody came. I got all into it being the nerdy mom that I am. I made matching shirts for the kids. The girls had Minnie and the boys had Mickey. They turned out really cute! We did the Trick or Treat night at California Adventure on Thursday night. I wasn't sure what to expect but it was fun and the kids loved it. Cyndle went as Minnie and Sterling went as Mickey. I was so proud of myself because I sewed Cyndle's costume and it was my first big sewing project. Thank you everyone for making the trip such a blast!











On Saturday, Therena and my mom saw Scott MacIntire(forgive my spelling) on the train that goes all around Di9sneyland. Well, on the way to the Winnie the Pooh ride Bryan, Julie and I spotted him. Bryan asked if we could take a picture and him and his family were really sweet about. It was fun to run into him!




On another note, Cyndle turned 2 at the end of September and Sterling is already 6 months old. My babies are growing up way too fast! I have stopped nursing Sterling because he has 3 (almost 4) teeth and he would bite me really hard regardless of what I did. So, now he gets a bottle which doesn't seem to bother him.

Arizona Museum for Youth

On Tuesday my sisters and I decided to take the kids to the Arizona Museum for Youth to play. They have a really fun part with different rooms that have all sorts of toys for young kids to play with. Cyndle absolutely loved it! It is great during the summer when it is too hot to play outside. After, we went to McDonald's and they got to play there too. Cyndle couldn't quite figure out how to climb up, so she mostly just sat on the bottom of the slide.

Rolling Over

Sterling rolled over today for the first time. He was chilling on the floor and when I looked over at him, he was on his belly. Craziness! I can't believe how big my little man is getting. It has gone by so fast it makes me sad.

I love this little guy!

Wicked

Bryan and I went to see Wicked this past Tuesday. It was amazing! I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes musicals. It doesn't top my favorite (Les Miserables) but I'd rank it in my top 5.

4th of July

We went camping for the 4th with my family up by Flagstaff. The weather was great except that it rained everyday making everything muddy. It was so much fun. Cyndle loved it!

Sparklers at Grandma & Gramdpa Rudd's





Playing at the camp

Gotta love the dirty face!

A Rush of Thrush

A few days ago I started to have a really hard time nursing. Every time Sterling would latch on I wanted to die because it hurt so bad. I thought maybe I was hurting because he had been biting me so much. I called my friend Cheryl who is a lactation specialist to ask her what she thought. After talking to her, we concluded that Sterling has thrush. Thrush is a yeast infection that develops in the mouth and throat and on the tongue. So, I have to give Sterling some medicine and hopefully it won't take long for both of us to feel better.