#haventupdatedinforever

Why the hashtag? Because my smartphone has become my life. Today my brother texted me a picture, and I tried to "like" it. I miss the days of my old ghetto phone- I was able to text and that was it. I rarely had access to the Internet, maybe on the rare occasion Brian brought his laptop home. I have completely neglected my blog, because when there's a picture I want to post, I just quickly do it on Facebook or Instagram. My blog has become obsolete! And I never take the time to read other people's anymore... It makes me so sad:/ but today, we turned on the kids videos and it made me realize there's so much a picture can't get across. My kids are growing so quickly, and I know I am going to forget so much! So I will try to update as quick as possible:) Quincy is now 10 mos old! He is a crawling machine and always gets in SO MUCH TROUBLE!! He loves to get into everything, and loves to tease. Haha he has such an awesome personality. It is so cute to see him and Julia interact- they LOVE to play together and make each other laugh. He loves bananas, he's 100% a bottle baby now, and his absolute favorite treat is pizza crust haha. His nicknames are kincy, butt-butt, and bumblebee. All given to him of course by Julia. He weighs 20 lbs (39th%), his percentile for height is 74th, and head is 97th haha. Guess its all those big brains in there. He sleeps from 7-8 every night and only wakes up once at like 6-ish to eat. He's a good napper and a happy baby. He is sick quite a bit though- he catches everything!! So different than my julesies.
Julia is such a good sister. She really is so kind to him, and will do anything to make him happy. She is always there to comfort him. Sometimes she plays a little rough, but I'm sure before I know it, these roles will be reversed. She started preschool once a week with her friends, and loves learning. She loves to read books- her favorites right now are Pinkalicious and the little critter books. Her favorite movie right now is Despicable Me, and she goes around quoting it all the time. The other day at church, we used the small nursery potty and she said "ah look at you, little tiny toilet!" (Obviously a D.M. line:) She loves to cuddle with mom, and she constantly has me and Brian rolling over the things she says. She really is such a good girl. I take that for granted sometimes, until my friends remind me how easy I have it:) She just makes me smile, love that girl.
Seems like our lives just get busier and busier all the time.... We spent over a month in California for Christmas and my parents homecoming from their mission. We had such a great time there- it was hard to leave my family... Especially since my parents sold my childhood home recently. It was weird thinking "I'll never sleep here ever again!" But I'm sure I'll get over it when I'm able to visit them at the beach haha. We have been keeping ourselves busy with church, school, playdates, and of course lots of trips to Disney World. Brian is always telling me "there's just not enough hours in the day!" It's true- it's crazy how fast time seems to be flying by... Especially when I look at my kids. Julia was just a baby, and Quincy was born..... like yesterday. We're almost coming up on his first birthday! Aghhh! Where did the time go??
I seriously feel so lucky though- of course there are lots of times I wish I could just run away and have a "me" day. But I honestly just think I have been so blessed. I have two healthy, sweet babies who are so easy, and so fun to be around. I have an awesome husband who works his butt off for us, and always tries to be a good dad, husband, and priesthood holder. I have great friends who keep me sane, and always help me find ways to escape when I need a mom-break sometimes:) and of course, I'm blessed to have such awesome family who put up with me, and a Heavenly Father who I know cares about me. I'm sorry this post is so cheesy, but I'm just feeling really sentimental today:) alright, picture time!