Easter

This year for Easter we were fun haters and just stayed home! It was hard being away from both our families festivities but it was also fun to stay home and enjoy the weekend here. On Saturday we went to navy Monroe's birthday party and they had an egg hunt there and pais was loving gettin the eggs and seeing what was in them 💰🍬🍭🐰. When we got home from there then we colored eggs and then she went on another hunt in our house to find her basket. She was so happy! She got a dump truck and net from nanna and pappa Dyreng and the some chalk, bubbles, necklace,chalk holder, new dress and shoes, and a wiggle car that hasn't arrived yet😢 Briggs got a book, new church shirt, toys for the beach and yard, and a hat from nanna and pappa. They both looked so cute in there new outfits for church!
On Sunday we went over to my Hoyt cousins house and had a nice Easter dinner there. We took grandma knott with us and she is just the greatest! It's been such a blessing living so close to her and being able to help her out with anything and really just get to know her better before its to late.. Hope everyone had a happy, enjoyable Easter !

Springtime

We have been loving this weather lately! It's so nice to have all the snow melted and to be able to work on our yard finally! I love doin yard work and I can't wait to get everything done...

Briggs man is 7 months old today! Time has passed by so quickly with him👎 but I am loving every second of this stage though.. He is the HAPPIEST baby ever! His smile literally melts me every time and I feel so so blessed to be his momma.. He has been eatin solids for about a month now and was skeptical at first but he loves it now.. His favorites are sweet potatoes, corn, peas, applesauce, and peaches. Bananas .... Not so much! He loves to be outside and entertains himself really well! He rolls around everywhere on the floor and it amazes me how fast he can roll from one place to the other.. I still get soooo many compliments on his eyes and lips.. His hair is really starting to fill in and is coming in quite blonde... The end of the summer he will most likely be a toe head.. He loves his sister to no end and gets the biggest smile and giggle when ever he sees her.. They are already the best of friends .. He takes good naps and sleeps for the majority of the night and only wakes up once to eat. I am still nursing him but just in the morning and at night and sometimes during the day mostly to get him down for his nap.. Love him so much!

As for miss pais.. Oh man I love this stage to.. Even though her whining and throwing fits get very old, jake and I are always laughin at her. She does and says some of the funniest things lately😜 she loves the movie pitch perfect.. Just the singing parts and she knows a lot of the dancing parts and songs.. So glad I have a million videos of her doin it. I started potty training today and its goin so so... Will see if she can really stick with it prof we will have to wait til she is a little older.. Maybe Briggs will be potty trained before her haha and he will to ably talk before her also lol.. She says more and more everyday and I know it's just a matter of time. She has been giving me lots of tight hugs lately and I love it.. She is so sweet and I love it when she gives me these big cheesy grins ... Both her and Briggs are growing up before our very eyes! We love them both so much and can't think of a more perfect place to be at in our Lives then where we are!

Trip to Arizona

Mckell had several days off so she invited me to get away from freezing utah and head to the warmness of surprise,az to visit Jennie and her family. I was a little worried at first cause I have never been on a trip that long with both kids ... I put myself to the test and before I knew it we were on our way... The kids did great but it helped that we left at 4 am so they would sleep a lot of the way! They really did great though... We got there bout noon on a Thursday and it was so nice to let pais loose outside to play where it was warm! We had so much fun goin to the park, feeding ducks, spring training game, celebrating mason and mckells birthdays, basketball games, piano recitals, trampoline place, and just enjoying Jennie's home and playing outside riding bikes . Jennie is always such a great hostess and its always so hard to leave a nice warm vacation like that but it was good to get back home to jake!

Life as of Late

Hello Blogging world! If there still is anymore! Its been bout a month since I have posted so here are a few of my favorite pics taken lately that i just cant forget about!

Life is a little crazy these days! Some days I am grateful if I can get my teeth brushed;) I feel like I can never get on top of things but I wouldnt trade my life for anything right now...Briggs and Pais are both at such fun ages so here is a little bout them that I most certainly dont wanna forget!

Briggs (almost 6 months)-- i am so in love with this baby boy of mine! i love my relationship that i have with him...not goin to lie but this boy LOVES HIS MAMA! When jake is holdin him and I'm walkin around coming in and out of the room he will just stare me down and watch my every move..i love it! He makes me feel like a million bucks! He is such a happy, pleasant baby..His smile just kills me...There is something bout his eyes and his lips that are unforgettable . He loves to be held but he is also good to just lay on the floor and play. He is really big into grabbing anything and everything in his reach. He can roll over really good from his stomach to back but hasnt quite mastered the back to belly yet. Its so funny having a second kid cause with Pais I was always excited for the next steps in her young life..but Im just enjoying Briggs instead of wishing away the days...Im in no hurry for him to sit up or crawl..but I will admit I was pretty excited to start solids with him. He absolutely hates it and I dont know what to do,,just feed him a little bit so he starts to like it and get use to it. As far as the night he goes to bed about 9- 9:30 and wakes up at 5 to eat then goes back to sleep until bout 8-9.. He loves to sleep in his belly which I know is a huge No No but he hates sleepin on his back so I just watch him like a hawk! His first little months of life were really hard.. its kinda a blur to me to be honest but he is so much better at night and I literally think Zantac saved my life and marriage haha..Briggs is soooooo much better having given it to him.. What would we do without modern medicine.. I will never know! Also.. briggs HATES his car seat! Which is soooo different from Pais.. the second we put her in she would sleep.. the whole way.. whether it be 1 hour of 7 hours! That unfortunately is not the case with Briggs.. the second we put him in he screams..I think he is gettin a slight little better but not much..but you think with as much driving as we do he would just buck up and take it like a man.. nope so sometimes he just has to cry.. its good for them right? I love my little buddy so much.. When Pais was around this age we were gettin ready to leave for a cruise... i can not imagine leaving him for that long now.. I thought it was suppose to get easier to leave your kids the more kids you have but thats not the case for me.. and maybe its because I nurse him and I didnt with pais so I don't know..crazy I tell ya!

Paisley ( 2 years + 4 months)
  Oh boy do I love this girl.. Yes we butt heads most of the time but I love her to pieces and cant imagine one second of my life without her in it... Jake and I are constantly laughing at the things shes doin and we know it will only get funnier from here on out. She is talkin a lot but most the time we have no idea what she is saying.. I have stressed out a lot over not being able to understand her cause alot of kids her age are sayin full on sentences but everyone tells me that she will wake up one day and I will wish that it didn't happen so fast.. They say that they are observing right now and they literally will just start talkin so I am not goin to worry anymore..She is starting to look and act alot more like me now (as I am told).. not sure if that is a good or bad thing. She loves to dance and sing.. tease.. tickle.. all of the above. She loves her daddy and when he leaves for work she will walk around the house saying "jake"....lookin for him and its the cutest thing ever!  In the morning we will be layin in bed and she will come skip/runnin into our bedroom and just gives us the biggest hugs ever.. When Im up before her (which almost never happens) she will run to me and give me one of those hugs where she wraps her whole arms around my neck like twice and I LOVE IT! also makes me feel like a million bucks. Man does this girl have a love for sweets.... anywhere we go she can sniff out sugar and crayons like I have never seen before.. for awhile there I had a really hard time with the stage she was in cause I feel like she didn't understand why she couldnt have more cookies and what not but she is starting to understand and things are alot better. I have really been wantin to potty train her but I just havent bitten the bullet yet.. whats the hurry right? haha My goal is before summer cause my parents said at Christmas that they are goin to take potty trained kids and up for a few days to the cabin so thats my goal so she can go:) She helps out alot with briggs and when she sees his bottle or blanket or toy she will stop what she is doin and run it over to him.. melts my heart! She has also been playin "Peek a boo" with him and that also makes me melt! They will laugh with each other in the car and entertain each other which I just love. They already have such a special bond!

As for us-- I am just busy tryin to keep these kids alive and have a nice, warm meal for jake when he gets home from work.. Those are my duties right now! I have been busy doin projects galore for the house and it feels so good to get them done. Jake has been so busy at work these days and has some exciting things coming his way. He got promoted to be the art director for the US and if things go really good then he will be in charge of all the other countries that the company is in also.. He is seriously the perfect person for it.. He is such a hard worker and is constantly thinking about the next project at work..I love the people he works with and they all get along so good and are all great, real members of the church! We are loving our new ward and house but not so much the snow.. we have got dumped on this year and the lake effect doesnt help us at all but I guess we better get use to it:) Also we just got called to teach the 4 year olds in primary. We switch with another couple so we still get to go to RS and Sunday school every other Sunday..and we have a small primary so we only have 2 girls and they are as cute as can be.. World Peace!

Briggs blessing

    Briggs blessing could not have been more perfect! Jake did an absolute amazing job!I immediately got emotional the moment we walked into the church.. I was really stressed out for Paisleys that i didnt invite the spirit so with briggs thats all i could think about..and man it was there!  I was so grateful for all the people that traveled far to be there..meant so much to me! After the blessing it was fast and testimony and so I went up and bore mine and pretty much just cried the whole time.. the spirit was so strong.
   Briggs was blessed on January 6, 2013 in the Bountiful Val Verda 4th ward. He was blessed as Briggs Jacob Dyreng by his daddy Jake Dyreng. Some of the things Jake blessed him with was..
   *That he would live a happy, healthy life
   *He would be an example to others and uplift others
   *He would serve an honorable mission
   *When the time comes that he may be able to find someone that he can take to the temple and be married in the temple.
   * That he will be wise and honest in all of his doings.

So grateful to have a husband who honors his preisthood and that he is able to bless our children.. not just with a name but as we go along with our lives and anytime that the kids may need a fathers blessing. I'm so greatful for this gospel and for the many blessing that the lord had blessed my own personal life and my families life. On a funnier note.. Jake said we wont be having another blessing for 5 more years haha.. will see.....

2 months old

I am so ashamed of my self! I have totally neglected my blog.. and its the thing that means the most cause its my journal! I havent been posting alot cause its just much easier to upload pics to instagram and facebook right from my phone.. even though I am like the only one in the world that doesn't have a smart phone! I am goin to try and be better though.. since this is the only thing that matters and not fb ha

I cant believe Briggs is almost 2 months old. I feel like he has been here forever and at the same time I cant believe he is already here and 2 MONTHS OLD! He hasn't been weighed in like a month and a half so I am anxious for his appointment next week to see how much he has grown. He has been a great baby for the most part but definetly has his days... he has been pretty colickly lately and doesn't sleep that much which is weird for a newborn but then he will have days where he wakes to eat and then goes back to sleep... i don't know whats goin on.. and it could just be that i am still tryin to get use to having a newborn! Usually at night he gets the worst but Jake has quite the little bounce goin on and it always calms him right down..Thank goodness for daddies:) It probably is just cause Briggs is with me all day and he just needs his daddy. He has been so so smiley and it just seriously melts my heart every time he smiles at me.. He makes me feel so so special when he does. He smiled for the 1st time( well an acknowledged smile anyways and not the ones in his sleep) when he was 3 weeks old at my sister Camille. She was so happy about that:) I cant complain though cause he really is so so sweet and just has the sweetest spirit to him.

Things have been a little crazy with 2 kids. I cant even explain it and you will only know unless you have 2 kids.. If we go anywhere it I have to start gettin ready like 2-3 hours before. I try to time it so I can nurse him right before we go to.. The days seem to go by alot faster now which I love.. and I'm not tryin to wish the days away but I just love it when Jake comes home from work and everyone is pretty much happier:) If we go out of town it takes me all day to pack and then when we come back it takes me like 4 days to un pack enough to pack up again for the weekend ha.. The hardest thing yet has been tryin to figure out nursing and everything that goes with it cause I didn't with Paisley and the 2nd hardest thing has been when I am nursing him and then Pais wants something right then but I cant cause I'm nursing briggs and she just bawls until she gets what she wants.. mostly her sippy filled... but I think its good for her.. to learn patience! Some times I have tried to be wonder mom and help her while I nurse.. man its quite the sight.. but you gotta do what you gotta do! As much as nursing has been a challenge I have absolutely LOVED it! I cant believe I never went further with pais.. I nursed her for about 2 weeks and then pumped and fed her that for another month and then my milk eventually tried up.. I could never relax with her though enough for my milk to stay cause I was so so busy with drill team and stressed.. I really could have made it work but I just gave up so with Briggs I had no excuse not to give it my all and it has been so worth it.. I hope my milk can stay solid until he is a year.

We recently got family pictures and after viewing them I told Jake that I look super old.. and hes like well you have 2 kids you are old.. haha.. I guess I should still feel like I'm 20.. haha even though i am just 24.  So just a funny thing that I want to remember is just this morning I was workin out.. nothin to intense just more of a toning work out I was doin and Pais was copying my every move.. can I just tell you how hard it is to be doin push ups and she is gruntin and tryin her hardest to do what i'm doin and all i can do is just laugh haha I guess I will just be flabby forever! hahaha I need to have Jake record it one of these times cause its hilarious.

So posted above are his announcements and I am so happy with how they turned out! The front picture was takin by my good friend Sammy and it was funny cause we were at the pool in Park city and he was just layin on my laugh and she wipped out her camera and was takin pics of him and she snapped the one of him smiling and it is the cutest ever! I just had to use in even though I hadn't planned his outfit or really done his hair but it worked! And the back pictures I found off pinterest so I just took those pics and then Jake put it all together for me.. One thing I forgot to put was how much he weighed which is almost a must on a birth announcement haha woops! Don't you just wanna kiss his cute face all day long?? Me and pais sure do:)