St George

My SIL blessed her twins and they live down in St. George so the whole Christensen side of the family went down (well almost, we missed Lisa:( ) We had tons of fun and unfortunately I suck at taking pics so I got one activity that we did and that was pretty much it! The boys LOVED their time; Shane went through serious withdrawals when we got home from all the constant fun he had. Brock had quite a few potty adventures and let's just say he ended up in pull-ups after the first few hours of being there! I will save his dignity but it wasn't too much fun for anyone!

When we got there we went to a place called (shoot I don't remember) but anyways it was a lot of fun! Shane went through this really thin slot a bunch of times and loved it. Thank goodness for good cousins cause I was too freaked out to do it. It is a TIGHT squeeze and I was a little claustrophobic!

Than we went to the sand dunes and let the kids play and help Uncle Brad dig a huge hole aka bunker. The boys were all taking off their shirts so Shane did too, than Brock had to take off his shirt, than his pants and started to take off the undies when I convinced him not to streak the sand dunes!!!

After we had a great dinner at Mara's condo/hotel room. The next days was probably the best! Dave called us so went and saw him, Lei and the kiddos (man how they have grown just after a few month of being gone!) and we all tanked up to Mara's again and swam all day. Brad and Kim came a little late and Cami and Shawn came too with Miss Mia. It was a ton of fun!!! The kids crashed so hard that night!

The next day was the blessing, it was so sweet! Those babies are so cute! We had A HUGE Hawaiian dinner after that was absolutely amazing! Those Hawaiians sure now how to cook and eat! Thanks Cami and Shawn!

Zoo Fun

So I was really bored and decided to take the kids to the zoo. Brock was in heaven. He was especialy excited to see the animals that were on Madagascar and so the zebras were Marty, ect. He was so funny, Shane on the other hand was dying to go play on the play ground and that was all I heard. Are we done yet...can I go play now.... it made the whole event loads of fun! Pictures coming soon...computer is freaking out!

Updates

I am so bad at updating and namimg my blog topics! It was super depressing to add the baby count down, I am so ready (yes I know ALREADY?) to be done with pregnancy! I HATE being pregnant. It is like being on an emotional roller coaster that someone else gets to steer. Dan called and said he was going to be home a little later one night, I was picking Shane up from his friends house and embarassingly enough, I broke down into tears over it. I don't know why but I did. I am 9 weeks pregnant and am already really showing and it is just way too much fun to watch the reaction of people and see on their face how they are trying so hard to be nice. I don't know why I get so big and this round why I am getting so big so fast (yes it is only one) so naturally I am just terrified that by the end of this my stomache will just split wide open. I don't know how much further it will be able to be pushed! So here is my onery complaint about being pregnant! I know I should be more grateful for my experiences and getting this opportunity, maybe I will be once it is all over!

Shane is SUPER excited for the baby to come. He talks about it constantly which is really fun. He is very wishwashy about the gender, one day he is SURE it's gonna be a girl than the next day he is SURE it is going to be a boy. He picks out quite silly names for it all the time also. He excitement is very contagious!

We are still struggling with Brock and potty training. We put him back into pull-ups and it made things worse so we have gone back to underwear. I am a week away from just putting him back into diapers and saying screw it! I just don't want to take such a huge step back, it seems to be better to move forward but what do I know??? One more week is my goal, I hope we can meet it!

Dan is looking for work so if anyone knows of anything let us know!!! His business didn't line up the way it was suppossed to making it impossible to work. So he is working construction with a friend adn searching for jobs. I hate being in this situation AGAIN, but are trying our best so what can you do?

Well thanks for letting me ramble, I partly don't update this very much because my life seems to be pretty depressing. I have my first baby appointment next Tuesday so that will be something fun!!!

Baby!

So baby #3 is on the way! We are pretty excited and crossing our fingers for a girl! Shane keeps saying it is going to be a girl and he wants to name her JoJo, I think this is after Mara's cat, who by the way is almost the most annoying cat in the world. Brock doesn't get it yet but he will soon enough! Brock really likes to be pampered so I think he will take it kind of hard. I know I have been such a slacker so I am trying to remember what has happened the last little bit.

We went to HAFB and it was such a blast! The boys loved it! Brock had a hard time understanding why he couldn't ride all of them and we had at least 4 fits over it, what do you do though, he's two.

Shane is doing really well in school. His preschool program has been so amazing for him! They are thinking he can go into regular kindergarten next year which was ideally our goal so YAY Shane! You have done so great! The kid is learning everything and super fast! He has the training wheels off of his bike and taught a friend how to ride without training wheels too; he ties his shoes, even double knotts them; he knows how to whistle; and he snaps his fingers. I feel slike he is learning all this stuff too soon but he probably isn't. He is turning 6 this year and I think I am freaking out a titch and trying to keep him little still, 6 seems like such a big number and I am not at all ready for it!

Brock has totally reverted on potty training and I have no idea what to do about it. He is pretty sick right now but I am pretty sure that yesterday he did not go potty once in the toilet. He has been pretty much perfect except for night time for two months now this. ANY advise would be greatly appreciated! He was having at least two or three accidents in his underwear so I officially moved him to pull-ups. I am feeling discouraged, I know why he is doing it but it is not going away (Istarted watching a 12 month old little boy named Blake full time) so I am pretty sure that is the core of the problem. Now I need a sollution! HELP!!!!!

Life is an adventure and I am a slacker about my blog! The boys are doing so great. They are really learning how to play together without constantly wanting to kill each other which really eases stress off of me! Shane is a very social butterfly. I think he has more friends than me now! Everyday he is off playing or we have someone over here. I love it most of the time but sometimes I feel selfish and want him to be with me.

Brock is my bundle of joy and whatever you want to call it. He is pretty much potty trained excpet at nights and whenever he feels like not going in the potty. He had a huge pee accident today and he has such a whatever attitude about it and really doesn't mind being disciplined over it. I am at a huge loss as of how to fix our problem. Hopefully he will just grow out of it and won't be peeing his pants in kindergarten.

Dan and I have started the adventure of being self employed. Pray for us! We are nervous but very confident at the same time. We have been up and running two days and already have one job lined up, that has to be a good sign, right? We are counting our blessings everyday and trying to stay super positive. It is scary not knowing where next months rent is going to come from but I have faith in the Lord and my awesome hubby!

Pictures galore!

Oops

So I am a slacker and have not updated my blog in a long time! So much has happened that I will just have to give a quick overview of it all!!! I will start with Halloween, it was so fun this year! We ended up spending it in Cali. and well poor Brock's costume was made for Utah weather. He was super hot and sweaty! Shane was Optimus Prime and LOVED to tramsform into a truck for everybody, it was super funny! Shane found that having to wait for us was such a pain, he wanted to just run to every house as fast as he could! Brock was a bear and a boy in a skeleton costume scared the life out of him and he spent the night in the stroller with his little paws covering his eyes. He couldn't be bribed to move them for most of the night. Near the end he started to relax and finally would walk up to the doors by himself. After about three houses he tripped on a small step and his nose broke his fall. Brock and I ended up rushing home to stop the blood. So it was eventful but fun!

Shane had his birthday while Dan was in Cali. Uncle Brad and Aunt Kim threw him a fiesta that Shane had so much fun at! He really loves all his cousins and family! I cannot believe he is 5 already! WHere did all that time go?

Let's see, Dan got a job here in Lehi at a company called DiVinci Doors as their GM and so far he really likes it. We are so grateful after all the turmoil we ended up with a good job because we are so aware that there are so many out there not as lucky as we were. We feel very blessed. On Dan's time off we did a lot of canning to pass the time. The poor guy was climbing the walls with boredom and we are both super excited to have things back to normal!

The absolute best news of all is that Brock is FREAKIN' FINALLY potty trained!!!! This has been the most frustrating experience of my life! We are not 100% perfect yet and night time is going to be a WHOLE different battle but at least we have started somewhere! I am feeling so relieved!

For right now I think that is about the main highlights! Shane is doing really well in school, they had a mock Thanksgiving Day meal at there preschool the I went to that was really cute. Shane was so excited to have me at school, he kept looking at me and blowing me kisses. What a sweet boy I have!