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Age: 26

Bed size: Queen Love the confined space and cuddling the hubbs

Chore that you hate: Cleaning toilets! And dishes and Laundry. I really don't like chores at all!

Dogs: My naughty dog Clarabelle. One day maybe she will be good

Essential start to your day: Contacts, I hate that I can't see without them and I hate wearing my glasses, they just get tugged off anyway

Favorite color: Yellow, or red

Gold or Silver: Definitely silver, although I am more into Gold lately than usual

Height: 5'7", I'm in the taller range for a woman but I am lucky that my hub is an awesome 6'5". I love that I can still wear heels!

Instruments you play: I did learn to play the violin, but I gave up due to a horribly mean teacher, I wish I hadn't though. I think it is a beautiful instrument

Job title: Bank teller, Wifey, mommy

Kids: Nixon Age 3 (Little spitfire)

Miss Gwenyth 4 Months

Live: Utah, my whole life. Beautiful state, love the mountains.

Mother’s name: Nancie, Corrie (Mom in law)

Nicknames: Trissy, Mommy, and Punkerbites (Love you dad)

Overnight hospital stays: Only when I had my babies. And I am going to count a trip to the ER where I was there for about 8 hrs for kidney stones.

Pet peeves: Bad Drivers, People who talk on the phone at the drive in/bank/anytime when someone is waiting for them,

Quote from a movie: "Sometimes we wear stretchy pants, just for fun" Nacho Libre, funny funny show! "Welp, see ya later" That one is used quite frequently at work.

Right or left handed: Right

Siblings: As follows

Brenden

Loren

Colten

and of course we can't forget these two hooligans. Tauna and Chad

Talent: My Grandma taught me how to paint. I love it but I haven't picked up a brush in a long time. I did win the talent title at a pageant a few years back. It was awesome!

Underwear: I used to have an addiction, now not so much

Vegetable you hate: I love veggies, can't think of one I hate

What makes you run late: Mornings, I don't know what it is. Even if I wake up earlier I can never get out the door when I want to. Maybe it's kids??

X-Rays you’ve had: Dental, ultrasounds (don't really count as "x-rays" but they are my favorite, when there is a cute baby to see!) and 2 CT scans when I had kidney stones (that they thought was appendicitis)

Yummy food that you make: Recently I made seafood alfreado that turned out delish! Also I made sweet and sour chicken and fried rice that was yum. And I have a recipe for killer Key Lime cheesecake

Zoo animal: I haven't been for a few years but I love to watch the monkeys swinging around

Leaping!

For Christmas Nixon got a Leap pad, it is probably the best $150 we have ever spent. Nixon absolutely loves it! He is also learning so much because he has the chance to work on writing letters, reading, drawing shapes and doing small math problems. It has been out of commission for the last couple weeks because the batteries were dead and we didn't have any other AA in the house. I finally decided to be a good mother and buy some more, from Cost-Co, 40 in the package. That is probably the best $13 that I have ever spent. He should be occupied for a few more days at least!

So cute past story about Nixon. His first day of school in September I was so nervous for him, and he didn't cry at all, but I did. Nixon is a very active and outgoing child, so at times he is hard to handle and can definitely wear a person out really fast. So I was kinda worried about his teachers and if he would be too much of a handful. When I went to pick him up from school I asked his teachers how he did and if he was good. They told me that he listened very good and didn't cry at all. But, he did have to go sit on time away for a little bit. I asked them what it was he did, because I could only imagine. They said that he "kept kissing the girls." Oh my, this kid is so funny! I seriously can't get enough of him. He is going to be a heartbreaker.

On Thursday, I decided to give Gwenyth a taste of "real" food. She had rice cereal for the first time. She wasn't really sure what to think at first. She had a little bit and did pretty good, but would push each bite out onto her lips.

Then she got mad about it. I guess she still needs to get used to the texture.

Then I found out a way to keep the food in her mouth, and her not screaming at the same time. Hit two birds with one stone as they say.

Plug it all in!

She actually liked it this way, she'd sit and suck the cereal off her binky and when it was all gone, she would spit the bink out and open up for more cereal. She is such a funny baby!

4 Months Old

Miss Gwenyth is 4 Months old today.

Her stats are as follows:

• Hight: 25 1/4 in 80%
• Weight: 13lbs 11oz 60%
• Head: (I don't have the exact measurment with me but it is the 25%

She is right on track and doing things just like she should be. We took some pictures of her tonight with her "4 Month" Sticker. She had so much fun and was flirting with the camera.

I even got a HUGE grin out of her. She is so close to laughing, I know she will start doing it any day now.

A few things about Gwenyth:

• She is such an easy going, sweet baby
• She absolutely loves taking baths, and getting a lotion rubdown afterwords
• She normally only wakes up once in the night to eat, and goes right back to sleep
• She loves her brother so much, every time he walks in the room her eyes light up and she smiles the biggest smile.
• She loves to be carried around. There have been a few times when I can only get housework done is if I am carrying her. She must want to learn all the cleaning tricks at an early age so she can start helping with chores!
• She also loves to be snuggled, especially by her daddy. She already has him wrapped right around her little tiny finger.

I also thought it would be kind of fun to take some pictures of her hair growth, or lack thereof! She has a few hairs on top that are overachievers and are seriously like 5 inches long. The rest of them are pathetic.

The back is just funny altogether. She has a really dark patch, her ducktail as I like to call it, and a really bald spot that she had rubbed off. Hopefully it will start to grow in nicely back there.

She also had her very first pedicure the other day. It didn't go so well. You can't really tell in this picture, but there was polish EVERYWHERE! Those are some dang cute baby toes though!

Week of January 29- February 4

So to get off on the right foot, I wanted to post one awesome thing that each of my kids did this week.

Miss Gweny

Learned how to roll! I can't believe that she is big enough to do that already. She was laying on her tummy, screaming because she didn't want to be there, and promptly rolled onto her back. I flipped her back on her tummy and she rolled right back over. I do have proof of all of this on my phone, but I can't figure out how to get it to download onto the computer, or do anything for that matter. I actually kind of feel like throwing it against the wall.

Another exciting thing about Miss Gwen is that she is going to be 4Months tomorrow. Oh my heavens where does time go, seriously!

More on that tomorrow including her "stats" after we visit the Dr for her well-check.

Nixon

Boy does this kid crack me up! He is always coming up with something funny or silly to say or do. Here is just one example in photos: that obviously didn't happen this week, I really don't still have my christmas tree up

He got this little policeman outfit thing that came with all the "tools" he would need to get the job done. He put it on and started strutting his stuff for the camera. He is such a ham! (I especially like the second photo, he is sizzling! ZZZZZ)

Also Nixon said the cutest thing to me the other day. He asked me "can I kiss baby sis", I of course answered with a yes and tipped her down where he could kiss her on her head. He then said "I love my sis, I love my mom, I love my dad, I love my dog, I LOVE MY FAMILY!" It was the sweetest thing ever. I told him how much we all love him too, and how glad we are to have him in our family. He is just the sweetest!

New Years Goals

Ok... So I know that it is like a month into the new year already. And quite honestly, I am not a fan of New Years "Resolutions." Mostly they are just stupid things that people want to accomplish throughout the year, with the main focus on weight loss/getting ready for suimsuit season. Well, I know that I'm not going to loose any weight, and I'm sure a bikini won't look any better on me in six months then it would now, so I'm not going to waste my time on silly resolutions.

Instead I wanted to make a goal for myself, one that I honestly think I can achieve. It's kinda silly really but here is the scoop.

• At least once a week, or more if my mood allows, I want to blog about something cute, funny, or just downright awesome that my kids do. And it can be anything!
• Read some form of scripture everynight, even if it is just a single verse. I really want to read the BOM again, I did it years ago when President Hinkley challenged everyone to do it, but it is by far time for me to do it again. Plus I got this beautiful new set of scriptures, I am officially a Tingey, here is proof!

Plus the pages look a little bit dull, they need some life to them.

• Another goal I have for myself is to be more patient, I am by nature a very impatient person. It is one of my biggest flaws, and I need to learn to be better at it. -Actually, I think I am doing a great job at this one at the moment, I have forgotten how many times I have walked Nixon back to his bedroom now. So help me, If Blake lets him nap until 7:00 one more time I'll have his neck! ;)

There, I think that is a great start. Some goals that are realistic and I know I can accomplish them.

Anyone else have any goals?? Share please!

Looking Back

At the beginning of September Nixon was able to start Preschool. Before School started there was an open house that the kids were able to attend so they could meet their teachers, some of their classmates, and get used to the classroom. Here are some pics of Nix before the Open House.

Nixon was so excited to meet his teacher.

When it was time to leave the open house, Nixon cried. He had so much fun playing with the toys and had already made a new friend. He was sad that he had to wait for a little while to go back to school.

This was the morning that school started. He was so excited to get ready to go.

Nixon is so lucky that his cousin Jaycie is in his class. They love each other so much, and it was so good for him to have her there with him to help teach him the ropes. Jaycie is one year older than Nixon so she has one more year until she starts Kindergarten so it was so fun that she had experience with the whole Preschool thing.

Here is Nixon getting ready to walk over to pick Jaycie up for school. He is such a gentleman!

Little Stud ready to go to school. He felt so big having a cool Spiderman Backpack.

Cute Miss Jaycie all ready to go. She is such a doll.

The two of them together. They are sure a handful when they are together, but they are also the best of friends.

Later that night after Nixon got home from school he was so sad and wanted to go back. I had to tell him that his teachers, Miss Julie and Miss Nicki weren't there that they had to go home to go to bed and he could go back soon. He was so sad that he couldn't go back yet.

Its amazing all the things that he has learned already. He is learning his letters and the sounds that go with each letter. He has learned how to glue and cut with scissors.

Just last week we got a progress report for Nixon from the fall semester of school. His teachers had really good things to say about him. Some of their comments included "Nixon is a great kid and we are glad to have him in our preschool. He has gotten better at listening and is participating in groups more independantly." He knows his full name and age, many of the shapes and all the colors, and can draw circles and is learning to trace letters. He can also recognize and spell his name when it is shown to him.

I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to raise this sweet little bundle of energy. He is such a mommas boy and I love it!

Two Months

Gwen is getting so big!

At her two month checkup here measurements were:

Weight: 12 lbs 6 oz 75%

Height 23 in 50% (I personally think they measured her hight wrong. I'm sure she grew more than 2 inches in two months)

Head 15.25 in 25%

Gwen loves her brother and adores her daddy. She is sleeping well through the night and has recently found the joys of fist sucking. She is a very well mannered baby and is always so happy in the morning. When I go get her from her bed in the morning she always gives me the biggest grin. She is also very attentive and always wants to be in the heat of the action.