Trimming the Tree

It is certainly a challenge learning to balance yourself between two kids!  The past two weeks have been hard, but rewarding as well.  First off, we got snow.  A ton of snow.  In fact, it still hasn't melted and it's been nearly two weeks since the first storm.  That's right, the FIRST storm.  And that snow didn't melt before we got hit with the next storm which basically put St. George in a panic.  Church was cancelled, nobody went out of their homes, and those that did slid around on all the snow and ice outside.  Which is still outside, by the way, a week later...  There are only two snow plows in our whole county, so all the streets are ice now...

But the good news is that Kylie got to play in the snow!  She just loves it and will let herself go numb with cold before coming inside.

Brandon even fashioned a sled for Kylie out of her kiddie pool.  He pulled her all over the neighborhood in it, and when I came outside to get it on video, she was done.  Go figure.

We also got Christmas set up in our house this past week.  Not as set up as I'd like, seeing as Kylie is a destructive two-year-old.  So our tree only has some tinsel and a star.  I tried putting a few ornaments on, but Kylie would of course take them off and chew on them and chuck them around the room.  But she had fun helping me decorate the tree!  She is also in this mode where she will 'pose' for the camera, each pose being sillier than the last...

Hayden loves our tree as well.  He will sit and stare at the lights for a bit.

The 'newness' of Hayden has worn off a bit now.  Kylie isn't as absorbed with him and loving on him anymore.  She does get concerned when he cries, and now instead of a hundred pictures of the carpet on my phone, she will take a hundred pictures of Hayden.  Which I don't mind in the least!  It's cute because she likes to play with the color tones when she takes pictures.

Hayden has been working out his neck muscles!  He always likes to try and hold up his head when we hold him, and Brandon likes to do tummy time with him, though he isn't as eager to work his muscles in that position.  It also requires Brandon to protect him from Kylie...

Hayden also had his first bath!  He is not a fan.

Something new that Kylie did this week:  she dressed herself!  I had a different outfit all picked out for her, but she decided that she wanted to wear this dress instead.  I was skeptical at first, thinking there was no way she could put it on by herself, but she did!!  Sadly, it isn't summer anymore, so I did have to add a few layers underneath it, but she was super excited that she put it on by herself.

I find it funny that by the time Kylie was two weeks old I had already taken hundreds of pictures of her, but I have maybe 30 of Hayden in the first two weeks (not counting the ones Kylie took).  He is still super cute and I love looking at him, but now I am just super busy with him and Kylie that I can't sit and take pictures of him all the time!  But I do manage to get a few cute ones!

He likes to sleep a lot.  Which is nice.  Although, lately he has decided to be awake for all of Kylie's nap, so I haven't had a chance to sleep at all during the day.  Too bad for me, but at least both of the kids sleep in until past 9 every morning!