week 33: nothing new

welp this week we finished off our swim classes.

i really enjoyed doing these with mads. she LOVES splashing

and the water doesn't phase her at all!

saturday we had easton's first birthday party at washington park and had fun.

other then that we pretty much just hung out all week and took it easy. 

one morning madyn was sleeping really funny so eric went to take a picture of her,

she woke up when he took the picture and this is what he got lol.

 part of mine and madyn's day is we watch the ellen show.

madyn is sooo funny to watch with. she always waves at the tv.

this week she really was into it and used one of her toys as a pillow when she snuggled down.

this girl seriously cracks me up...

this is her doing "the business" if you catch my drift...

poor girl.... but yet its sooo funny.

mads also got some good snuggle times in with her dad this week...

and snuggles led to madyn using his nose as a chew toy.

we love her!

and can't say it enough!!

mother's day

oh what a day it has been!

me and eric were up at 6, i was feeding mads and eric got called into work.

so we were able to have some quality time together before he had to leave.

after he left i was able to facetime with jamie and mom.

my heart completely melted when i was talking to my mom and abby was 

waking up and she sweetly told me happy mothers day.

i loved facetiming with my hysell girls.

maycie was a doll and kept saying I CANT SEE!

and little ryla bug kept pulling funny faces at me.

later me, brandy and the kiddos headed to church since the hubbies were working.

i enjoyed my meetings. they were honestly great.

for our primary class we decorated little 2 inch flower pots

and made pipe cleaner flowers.

they turned out sooo much cuter then i thought they would!

we came home to find eric had just gotten off work and had surprised me by

making me fett. alfredo!

we had mark, brandy, and easton over for lunch

and got to spend the afternoon enjoying each others company and 

watching the kiddos play together.

madyn thought easton was hilarious! it was cute.

we then spent the night talking to megan and skyping with the rest

of the gillies clan.

by the end of the night madyn was exhausted!

but my little turkey was fighting to go down so i stayed up with her for awhile.

my little girl that will NOT cuddle at all finally snuggled down

on my shoulder.

let me just tell you it was the perfect end to the perfect day!!!

i love her so much sometimes it makes my heart hurt!

she makes everything about being a mom worth it.

im also soo lucky to be blessed with such a wonderful mom.
i honestly dont know what i would do without her.
im so grateful for her and her example to me.
she learned from the best. cuz let me tell you im pretty sure grandma cliften
is the best around.
i also have one of the greatest mother in laws around.
im so grateful for her and how she raised my wonderful husband.
im also so grateful for my sisters and sister in laws that raise my sweet sweet babies.
they are some of the best mommas around!
i have been really blessed to be surrounded by such amazing women in my life.
talk about me being a lucky girl

week 32: the day to day

monday was a pretty chill day for us around the house.

it was sooo nice outside that we decided to 

go shoot some hoops and

mads also enjoyed reading her books!

tuesday and thursday we went to our swimming lessons!

after mads enjoys her bubble bath!

that girl LOVES the water!

she's my little fish

she also loves her toy grandma and grandpa gillies 

got her for christmas

that toy has been her go to toy the last little bit.

she is starting to wiggle her little body when any type of music comes on.

it's pretty cute!

she also LOVES the ipad!

saturday eric was flipping through the channels and stopped on wayne's world

and madyn was hooked! 

our week was pretty boring but this girl keeps 

me on my toes!

i love being with her all day!

week 31: BIRTHDAYS!

well Sunday we said goodbye to our company.

Tys, Tony and Carilyn took off pretty early and since

it was Stake Conference (which I consider a bye week) we took

the day off and decided to relax.

those are the best kind of days if you ask me.

the beginning of the week was a bit of a stress load around ol'

rainbow vista... but we are just going to avoid that topic of discussion...

Tuesday was my ryla bugs birthday!

look at how my little girl has grown!

she is the sweetest little girl and i love her to death!

Wednesday was my 24th birthday!

and it was a pretty lame day... Eric was CrAzY BUSY

with school stuff, so we really didn't do much.

but he did take me out to a delicious lunch at Corona Village 

and i spent most of the days in my sweat pants...

plus i got an AWESOME little, cordless vacuum.

so it was a pretty good day!

Thursday was little miss Locky Lou's birthday!

look how she has grown!

she is so full of spunk and sass. 

she makes me soo happy!

Saturday we headed down to Cheyenne to celebrate my birthday

since we couldn't do much together on my actual birthday.

we spent some time shopping, eating at Outback and playing mini golf.

we had a fun day being together!

i love my little family...

also, on a side note,  this week i learned that i need to be a little more careful

where i leave misses treats...

boy, this girl melts my heart.