Troy's 9 Months!!

I’m pretty sure this is my favorite baby age. Troy is so happy with himself and life right now. He plays and plays and plays; loves to be around on the ground with other children. He learned to wave. If he is playing and B and I are in the kitchen, Troy will often wave at us to make sure we are paying attention to him. He also likes to show/share what he is playing with or the food he is eating. He got roseola this month with a yukcy fever and slight rash. Troy loves to crawl up the stairs and thinks it is so funny when I come running after him to make him stop. If he sees me while he is crawling towards them he giggles and crawls faster. It is amazing how much he knows at this young age. On his 9 month birthday he looked at Chris, reached to him and said, “Da”. Troy is very agreeable and says, "yeah, yeah" all day long. He still loves his thumb and my hair. I've got to find something else for him to get hooked on, but so far nothing else will do. He stands most of the day, can walk along things, transfer himself to different objects, and loves to push his car walker around the room. He has stood alone for a few seconds a couple of times. He is always happy and has the hugest grin on his face. He loves to take baths with his big brother. They enjoy splashing one another and giggling when they get me wet. We love our little boy Troy!

Toddlers say the funniest things!

My little Brighton is probably the funniest person I know. I love spending the days with him; we just laugh and laugh. Here are some of our recent conversations:

Driving in the car

B: Mom, sometime I am going to sit up there and you will be back here with Troy

Me: Yes, you will get to drive someday

B: You better watch out mom! I'm a crazy driver!

Me: Yes you will be!!

B: Call dad and tell him that

(He is into having Chris and I tell each other things from him)

B looking at my wedding ring

B: Mama, sometime I will have a ring like that, but mine will be one like daddy's

Laying in bed after Chris had just been in

B: Mom sometime I am going to be HUGE!

Me: Yep, you are getting bigger everyday

B: Like as big as daddy! Mama, why are you not so big?

Watching The Incredibles

B: Mom, why does Mr. Incredible have boobies?

Me: Well, we all do, just sometimes boys' are small

B: Like mine? They are not big

Me: Nope, but see you still have some

Funny sayings he comes up with

-Ima mix you like hot chocolate milk

-I'ma change you like a diaper

-I'ma put you in the oven and cook you

-I'ma feed you like baby food

-I'ma scoop you like a spoon

He also tries to say things that he thinks will make me mad so he says, "Sucka" but its kinda cute and funny -he's not supposed to say suck. He also says things like peanuts and other such words trying to remember the name of his boy part :)

He loves to be silly and make me laugh

Happy New Year!

We had such a fun year and had so many wonderful things happen to our family

Here is our top 11 events in 2011 (Chronological Order)

v Chris started a car dealership, Velocity, in Lehi which sells an outrageous amount of cars each month. Its been a blessing and such a fun new opportunity

v Brighton turned 2: terrific and terrible at the same time. He has such a strong personality; and is so funny!

v Introduced baby Troy to the world! He came on his scheduled date, and is the cutest little baby. He quickly loved his brother and they are little trouble makers together already.

v Shani had her last day of teaching and became a full time Mommy. I am so lucky to have taught for 6 years and had such wonderful students. It is fun to keep up with them on Facebook. I will miss teaching greatly but love being with my boys all day long.

v Went to Newport Beach with the Albrights; Brighton had a blast playing in the waves and with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousin K, Troy had a little bit of a harder time with so many people around and no schedule but he will love it next year.

v Chris had his 10 year reunion in Washington. We were able to fly there and spent time with his parents as well; flying was so much nicer than the 11 hour drive and we got to enjoy time at their lake

v Chris got to drive a Lamborghini all around Vegas for his birthday, he is now even more obsessed with them and talks everyday about getting one.

v Halloween: Brighton was Spiderman (shot webs at everyone in his way) and Troy was a very adorable dinosaur

v Cooked our first Turkey for Thanksgiving-Chris did most of the work while I cheered him on giving instructions

v Cruised the Caribbean with Brighton and the Birds while Troy stayed with his Albright Grandparents; curing him of his Only Mommy ways. The cruise was amazing and it was fun to have some one on one time with Brighton

v Celebrated Christmas with the entire Albright clan! We saw Christmas lights, made gingerbread houses, went hot tubbing, and opened lots and lots of presents. It was so nice to have everyone there.

Happy Half Birthdays!

I can't believe that my little boys are so big already! Where does time go and why do children change so fast? Both boys are celebrating half birthdays around this time of year.

Troy: 6 Months

What? My baby has already been around for half of a year? That is just unbelievable to me, but the calendar says its true. Life with Troy is so much fun! He is such a smiley baby and loves people to pay attention and talk to him. He loves to scream with excitement, splash in the tub, and play toys. Brother is learning how to share and gets better everyday. Troy has learned to sit very well on his own. He is still learning to like eating; for some reason I can only get a few bites in before he starts crying about it and we give up. He is still learning to sleep at night (sad); he seemed like he would be a better sleeper than Brighton but has proven other wise. (He is also a thumb sucker, which I gave into thinking I would get a good sleeper out of it) I put him down for naps and bed time fully awake and he puts himself to sleep so we should not be having these problems. Naps last about 30 min, he has recently started getting better at longer ones, but it is hit and miss. Some nights he sleeps clear till 5 or 6, which is great, but some nights he is up at 2, 3, 4, and 5 and 6. He usually sleeps till about 830 or 9 which is nice. He is finally nursing well, unless distractions are around! Sadly I have to start weaning him because we have a cruise coming up in December that he is not coming to. Right when we get things right! And, he hates the bottle! Oh man!! He is the biggest momma's boy I have ever seen. If I'm in the room I am the only one he is happy with. He is great at reaching and grabbing and can hold his body up so high! He absolutely LOVES Brighton. He watches everything that Brighton does. I know he will quickly start to mimic him. The best is when Troy laughs while Brighton is throwing a tantrum, which just makes B madder :) Troy is such a little Rolly Poly. I can't put him down anywhere but carpet now cuz he will just roll off. He can also scoot in a circle, but not forward yet. He loves to sleep on his tummy and is just TOO cute. I love his blonde hair and curly cue in the middle of his hair line.

Brighton: 2 and a half years!!!

Wow! We have made it so far with this crazy Tot. He has one of the biggest personalities I have ever seen; and changes his mood quite quickly. He is so goofy; loves to dress up (esp in his spiderman outfit) but also loves hats, necklaces, belts, anything he can add to an outfit. He still loves his doggies but has added to the collection of things he needs in his bed to sleep: 2 Blinks, Winsten, Big Pooh Bear, Little Pooh Bear, Blue dog, Blue bear, froggies (corn feet warmer), 2 blankets, little blue pillow, car pillow, and monkey pillow. Oh I forgot Sully as well. He is very quick to know if something is missing. He is getting ready to potty train. Tells me when he is peeing, poohs on the potty, and can get the diaper off. He used to be a great napper but has recently been fighting me on it! He will stay and read in his bed for hours instead of sleeping, a good activity, but without his 3 hour nap he is SOOO cranky. He has become a master staller at nighttime and his routine is now over an hour long-we need to fix that. Brighton has a great imagination, he loves to run around the house punching, or shooting fake bad guys, or smashing pretend bugs. He has gotten a million times better at eating and will try every meal I make. Of course he still downs milk all day long. Brighton is so athletic. He loves to run and chase. He learned how to flip and loves to show everyone. Of course, he continues to show all who come over his new room, even if you have seen it a million times he will still ask. I'm glad all my hardwork paid off! He got in a phase where he liked to say mean things he was thinking (ex. I'm gonna punch and kick you, I'm gonna push you in the street...) so I taught him nice things to say and do. Now he tells me "Mamma, your so pretty" everyday haha! He loves his brother but does not like Troy to touch his stuff or worse: look out his car window. Why this bothers him, I have no idea! He gives him HUGE tight hugs and tries to pick him up. If Troy is not in sight he will ask for him. He loves to show off for his little brother and always talks about the things they will do together when he is bigger. Brighton is fascinated by the fact that he and everyone else used to be in someone's tummy. He says, "I was in your tummy mom, then I popped out! It was yuck!" He has been so excited about his new cousins baby Aliyah and Oaklei. His best friends are Kherrington and Tanner and Madison. He just LOVES to play with them as often as possible. I love this big kid. He makes me laugh every single day.

I love being a mommy!

Yellow Loves

Chris brings home a new car each night from the dealership for him to drive. He loves driving a different one everyday. Me, on the other hand, loves driving my truck. She has been my car for 10 years. Now that we have two kids we decided the time had come to sell my beauty and get me a mom car. She was on the lot for under a week. Everyone that came said that the truck was in such great condition still and couldn't believe it. I was so sad the day that the truck sold but am excited for my Acura MDX mom SUV. Thanks little yellow truck for all the good times!

Chris' favorite yellow car happens to be a lamborghini! He has been working so hard at his new dealership, and very long hours. They have paid off though! So we decided for his birthday he could splurge a little and rent the car of his dreams for a couple hours. Grandma Megan watched our two boys and we drove all over Vegas in this HOTT ride. Chris had the time of his life. The night before he was all giddy, told me he couldn't sleep and that it felt like CHristmas Eve when he was little. While driving he called all his friends so they could just listen to the noise. It was cute to see him so excited. He said he has to do this at least once a year from now on; we'll see.

Coupon Trip

So Nikki has been teaching me the world of couponing. She is so much better than I am at it but I feel very successful after today's trip. I am stalking up on my non food items by using double Tuesdays at Walmarts in Utah and was quite successful today. I would like to get better at price matching my food at walmart to bring down the grocery bill. I recently learned that you can buy coupons online and then you don't have to have a paper. That really helps with stalking up on certain items for cheap. I also print a lot of coupons from coupons.com and other sites like that.

Here is my loot from today: ( and my cute toddler)

10 Things of Season All seasoning salt

29 little packages of pantiliners

8 bags of cookie mix

2 travel fructis shampoo and conditioner

2 softsoap body washes

1 Visine

20 normal size aquafresh toothpaste

3 baby food jars

1 baby rice cereal

10 bags of brown rice

3 frechies fried onions

1 pack of 8 juice boxes

2 regular size shampoo and conditioner

15 boxes of dryer sheets

25 things of fabric softner

*Not pictured

8 kids yogurts

4 Greek yogurts

For a grand total of $25 which includes the price I paid for the coupons

And here is a cute little baby that I love so much!

Troy's Blessing

We blessed Troy last Sunday. We were a little worried about Troy crying through the blessing but he stuck his little thumb in his mouth and did great. Chris did a beautiful job on the blessing. It was so nice to have all of our families here for the blessing.