Last one... i promise

Here's a few other things that happened this last week, in addition to the massive amounts of Easter pictures!!! enjoy!!

Last night We were all in the living room watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (its been like 10 years since i've seen that movie but i LOVE it!) Kaylee was playing on the floor. Warren and i looked over and saw this................... Such a cute picture and a sweet puppy! (when she isn't chewing, parking, digging or jumping!)

I decided that it was about time to start getting Kaylee back on a bottle and eating some cereal, since now when she's done eating she thinks its okay to chew on me... yeah, not so much. Luckily for her she has no teeth, still. I did really good this time around though. I strickly breasfed Kaylee for 6.5 months (go me!) and will start getting her on a bottle soon, i hope! Kaylee had her first taste of baby cereal this weekend. She wanted nothing to do with it at first and then would stick out her tongue for me to give her a taste and she made funny faces. So the first time didn't go quite as planned. I tried it the next day though and she snarfed the whole bowl down. She loved it. But the spit up the next day was awful! I forgot how bad it is with formula and cereal! Yuck!

While Warren was gone this weekend Susan wanted to see just how curly Landen's hair really is so she got it wet, put some gel in it and my oh my how the curls came out!! He looked so stinkin' cute but wasn't too happy about it!! But just look at all those curls!! Warren hates it but the women love it! So no hair cut for Landen just yet!! :-)

Landen got his very first helmet! He was so excited for it that he had to wear it everywhere, knee pads, elbow pads and all! He looks so cute in it too! We bought a bike seat for my bike to be able to take Kaylee because shes still too little for the bike jogger but i think Landen will be using it more! Now we just need to find a little helmet for miss Kaybear! I'm so excited for the warm weather to be able to go on bike rides after dinner again! Warren and i used to go for a walk every single day after dinner when Landen was on his way, and when he was just a baby! I love walking and can't wait to get out and do it again!

Listen....

Yesterday we met Warren for lunch after school and went to costco (yay!) after we were done eating i took Landen to the store to get some new crafty things to do during the day. I got out of the car, got landen out and started walking to the store. As i was walking into the store i thought, oh crap i forgot to lock my doors, so we went back to the car to lock the doors. We walked around for a bit, Landen told me he wanted this and that, and then some of those, checked out, walked to the car and i can't find my keys.... i basically dumped everything out of my purse and still couldn't find them. I FINALLY found them, only they were IN my car. Ya, nice! The back window was rolled down a little, tried everything i could to pry my hand in there but it wasn't happening. So i had to call my poor husband who had just driven home about 20 minutes prior, to drive all the way back to get us and then go back home. I felt so bad! But luckily i have a great husband who just laughed at me. The worst part of it was that i subconciously left the doors unlocked knowing my keys were in there, and then ignored it and went to lock them. Gosh darn it!! So Landen and i walked to Hastings next door and sat on the floor of the kid section while Landen brought me book after book to read to him. At least it was enjoyable while we waited for Dad! :-)

Easter, Easter, and some more Easter!

Landen and Kaylee got a couple easter baskets in the mail from Grandpa Rich and Great-Grandma Nina. They both were really excited and they loved them! Thanks Grandpa Rich and Nina they were wonderful!

We took the kids to see the Easter Bunny at the mall and Landen was so excited to go see him! He waited in line very patiently and still excited. Then we moved closer to the easter bunny when it was our turn and Landen ran out of there so fast we couldn't even see him! He screamed and wanted NOTHING to do with him! Kaylee on the other hand... didn't mind and we got an adorable picture of her. Maybe next year Landen?

Warren was gone in Utah for training, Easter weekend so on Saturday morning I took Landen to the city Easter Egg Hunt at the High School. We met up with Landen's best buddy Neilsen and Traci and waited, and waited, and waited.... til they were FINALLY able to GO! Landen was so in awe watching all the kids that he forgot what he was doing. He very slowly picked up eggs, found a sucker, opened it, ate it, picked up another egg, checked it out, walked around a bit... he was just very picky about which eggs he wanted. But he was super cute and enjoyed watching all the other kids! He came home with lots of candy, a bunny, a nerf dart, and lots of bubbles! It was his first easter egg hunt and he had a blast!

Sunday we got ready for church, dressed up the kids (oh how adorable they looked!) and after church we did our own easter egg hunt and opened Easter baskets that the easter bunny left at our house! Landen had seen a commerical for a baby elmo and really wanted it. So the Easter bunny got that for him and he loved it! He write away said elmo had a poopy diaper and made daddy change it. Then baby elmo was hungry so he made mommy go get a bottle of water for him to feed elmo. After that he burped baby elmo and wrapped him in his swaddling blanket and put him to sleep in Kaylee's crib. He's such a good lil mommy! :-)

We got the house!!!

It's been a fun but busy week for us at the Christensen (downstairs) household! :-) We got some exciting news this morning.... WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! YAY!!! We are FINALLY moving out!!! It's all coming so fast, that we're kind of dumbfounded! We

started looking at houses about 2 weeks ago, drove around our ward boundaries because we really wanted to stay in the ward, put an application in for one house, got it, found something different, put an app in, and found out this morning we got it! And we are moving in just 2 short weeks!! The official move in date is the 28th! I am SOOOO excited!! Our house in amazing!! Its big, it's bright, it's beautiful, its newer, its clean! It's just perfect for us! We loved EVERYTHING about it!! I had to drive by it on my way home this afternoon just to look at it and say, yay it's mine! We have been so blessed to be living with Susan and Larry but i'm SO ready to be on our own again! It will be kinda boring without having Susan and Tessa home during the days for when i need or break... or when Landen needs a break from Mom, but we'll manage! Larry keeps telling me we will miss the kids but we have to take the dogs. But, we are moving just over a mile away, and staying in the ward. Warren and I were called as CTR 6 teachers, and have a lot of friends in our ward so we really wanted to stay. I will start moving in on the 28th but Warren will be in school literally ALL day that day, so i'll go get some pictures and maybe head over with some toys and cleaning supplies and start cleaning before we start moving in! I am so excited i can't stand it! Now lets hope that Warren's new job goes as planned! :-)

I copied some pics from the management company of our house.

They're not very good ones but

they'll work for now!

Monthly, Weekly, Daily Update

So I(Warren) have decided to contribute to this awesome blog Brittaney has kept up and running so well. I know people want to hear from my view of things more often than they do (mainly Britt). So evidant of my title I will try to update as often as I need to. As long as life keeps moving forward their will always be something to brag about, question, laugh about, or be grateful for thats worth expressing..

It would be easy to just place a comment on Brittaney's update but this is more worth my time. Landen is definatly growing up too fast. His words, actions, and independance is hard to accept. He's still my little man but instead of living off mommy and daddy's demands he now lives off his own (at least he likes to think that). Trying to get him to do ANYTHING against his will is more difficult than I ever thought it could be. He knows what he wants when he wants it and isn't afraid to let you know. He turns 3 next month and brings so much joy to my life it is impossible to explain. Leaving for school everyday with a tug on my hand saying "daddy stay home" and then coming home to "DADDY'S HOME!" followed by a swift hug makes being a parent all the worth while.

Kaylee is growing up too fast too, she's almost 7 months already and leaving the newborn stage. She sits up on her own, grabs at everything, bites everything, and knows how to express what she wants through extreme loudness. It is beyond cute though. She is figuring out out to "talk" rather than just scream. The whole "blah blah, goo, gah, wah, eeeeeee, la la la, and a whole bunch of other things that include arm flailing, leg kicking, and laughs louder than should come out such a little body.

I am down to my final month of classes and I can't figure out if the work is getting harder or I my mind is shutting down knowing I will be DONE in 5 weeks. Regardless of what it is I will be graduating May 16 with my BBA in Finance. Something I didn't think I was capable of is now finally becoming a reality. 5.5 LOOOOOONG years in college will wear ya down. I've been hired as a Sales Manager and will be working long and hard this summer doing sales. It will be worth it though, finally being able to focus on making money rather than making grades.

Overall life is great, busy, and full of more ups than downs.

He's NOT a baby anymore!!

Last night i went to lay down with Landen as he was watching his night-time movie, just to snuggle with him. I walked in the room and he said, "Hi Mommy". I laid down, kissed his forehead and said, "Hi Sweet Baby." He looked at me and said, "No Mommy, i'm not a baby, i'm Landen." And then he started to sing his ABC's. It was a very funny yet sad moment for me. My little boy is growing up so fast, he's not a baby anymore, in fact he helps me take care of the our little baby. He is so smart and so much fun and just wants to play all day! It amazes me how much he is learning and literally watching his little sponge of a brain obsorb it all. He makes me laugh doing the silliest little things.

It's just not fair how fast kids grow, i don't know what i'm going to do when we decide to have our last baby. At this rate, we may end up having at least 8!!!

2 at a time?... i think not.

We have FINALLY got Landen on a pretty good schedule and he is going down for a MUCH needed nap in the afternoons, which also gives me a break. But why is that as soon as Landen lays down, Kaylee wakes up? And then once i lay down Kaylee for another nap, i look at the clock and realize that its time to wake up Landen! It'll never just work in my favor i guess. Maybe some day... my fingers remain crossed.

We took Landen to see Monsters Vs. Aliens yesterday. He had a blast. He had his own little popcorn and drink and sat for the entire movie, he loved it, he got scared a few times and we looked at him and his eyes were covered by his "B" but he did enjoy it. We went yesterday afternoon so it was us and one other elderly couple who would laugh everytime Landen said something funny. So that made it really nice. Kaylee came too. She's been to two movies with us and has always been really good but i think that may have been her last... :-( she has discovered her voice, and although its cute and playful, others may not have the opinion... i know i don't when we go out alone. She always manages to explode through her diaper while we're in the movie, and of course most theatres don't have a changing table, so i have to lay her down in the seat next to me, with one leg holding the seat down (since shes too light to hold the seat down herself) and trying to clean a poopy baby with poop all over her clothes, her legs, her back everywhere... almost blindfolded. It's definately difficult!! But it still just makes me laugh. Anyway, we had a good time and Landen was thrilled to meet Daddy along the way to go with us! It makes his day go by a little better.