update!

I just thought this picture was cute, Lola is cracking us up lately, she always has her hands on her hips, little poser!

LOLA-

Yesterday Lola said to me, "Mom I don't like your butt, because it's a little fat." I said, "well, that's not very nice!" Then she said, "Well, I still like it, it's just fuzzy and weird!" So there you have it, I have a little bit of a fat, fuzzy, weird butt!

Last night I was helping Lola in the bathroom she went potty and then farted, I asked her if she needed to poop, she paused for a moment, tilted her head towards her shoulder and said, " No, I asked my shoulder and I only have to pee!" So now I guess her shoulder is in charge!

RAY-

I just thought I would write down some of the things Ray is doing these days.

He can say:

Mom

Dad

No no

Yes

Wow

Uh oh

Ball

What?

Thank you

Cheese (when I get out the camera)

Meow

Moo

Ruff ruff

Monkey sounds

Gorilla sounds and beats on his cheast

Elephant sound and raises his arm like a trunk

Roars like a Lion

He-

gives high five

blows kisses

goes and gets a diaper for me when he is poopy

finally plays peek-a-boo by covering his eyes instead of his ears like he used to.

can point to his belly, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, and feet when asked.

loves to dance, usually while he is eating!

can't keep rocks out of his mouth, hands and pockets.

still loves to snuggle

loves babies

gives rasberries on any bare skin

is so tender-hearted

is a fast learner

is growing up way too fast!

Tony put him down for a nap, when I went into check on him, I laughed because he is so sneaky with his rocks, I thought it was cute that he was sleeping with it.

We have a Dr. In the House!

So Tony Graduated last weekend, such a exciting day for us! So if any of you out there are in need of some presciption drug help, I hope you will feel free to call Dr. Goulding! I can't believe I have a Doctor in the house, so nice!
Our family with a cute, happy Graduate!

Me and my Dr!

Tony's Parents, they helped us out so much while Tony was in school, thanks!

My Mom and Step Dad, so good to see them there!

Tony's Brother Zach and Sister Sally, we are so glad they came.

Future Pharmacists! Don't they look so smart in Grandma and Grandpa's glasses?!

Graduation Dinner

Just a few pictures from the Dinner. These are some of Tony's school buddies, I'm so glad he has good friends to study with and to hang out with him at school! I got to know their wives too, and I hope we will always be friends (keep in touch), I really love them! I can't believe that School is over for Tony, it really flew by, and life just keeps getting better for us. Tony has made this Pharmacy School thing seem like a piece of cake, he hardly ever showed that he was stressed and he did so well, while at same time he continued to fix up this old house and makes it more beautiful every weekend! I am really luck to have him in my life, and I am excited for him to have a schedule and be home more often and to spend time with him. I am so proud of all he has accomplished while we have been together, he is one of the most talented people I know, he REALLY can do ANYTHING! I LOVE YOU TONE x infinity +1!

Today Lola was sitting on the couch drinking some chocolate milk, she soon decided she didn't want anymore and wanted me to come in and get it from her and set it on the coffee table that is like 2 feet in front of her. I said, "no, I'm not going to get it, your a big girl and you can do it yourself!" Then I returned to the computer to download some pictures, and Lola starts yelling my name to get my attention, (I was trying to ignore her) and I finally turned to her and said, "What? Lola!" She said, "I want to be a baby!?" She is a smart girl! I want to be a baby sometimes too!

Tonight we went out to run some errands and when we got back I noticed that we had left out all the sidewalk chalk on the front porch, it was scattered everywhere. I said to Lola, "you need to clean up all of this chalk, it's a mess!" She said, "No, you clean it up, and I'll make some food o.k?!" While we were out I had said that I needed to fix dinner, so it made me laugh that she thought of that for an excuse, I wish I could have taken her up on it, I wonder what she would have made? hopefully soon I can have a little more help around the house, as of now Lola and Ray are really good at destroying the place!

Kiss them good bye!

She was really excited to get her toncils out!
Lots of family came to see her, but she wasn't feeling so good as you can see!
Fun in the sun!

About a month ago we discovered that Lola had Sleep Apnea and that she needed her tonsils and adenoids out We decided to get it done in Delta because we really like the doctor she goes to there, and I wanted some help giving her lots of attention (GRANDMAS!). She had them out last Wednesday, and she did wonderful! She Looked terrible when I first saw her, her face was really swoolen and her eyes were completley blood shot. I thought she wouldn't do very well, but after a few hours she started eating and as soon as we got to Grandma Goulding's she was asking for Maccaroni and Cheese, she had several servings, she was shoveling it in as fast as she could. She had a few bad moments where she couldn't control her slobber ,it was making her really upset, and she became a little more bossy from all the attention, and wanted lots more snuggling, but I didn't mind. By the time day two rolled around she was running around and dancing up a storm, thanks to cousin Sydney and her dance cd. Since Lola was doing so well we decided to go to the Resivoir for some sand and sun, the kids had a blast, I think Lola could have played in the sand all day, her swimsuit was new, and she really broke it in, I think the sand is permanently embedded in it. (SAD!) I am so thankful for all the help I got with Lola and Ray while we were there, it's so fun to have two sets of Grandparents and lots of cousins to play with everytime we are there. P.S. Lola sounds like a munchkin from the Wizard of Oz ever since she got her tonsils out, pretty funny and cute!

Fast Learner!

I realize more each day that I need to watch what I say around Lola. She picks up on everything! A couple of weeks ago while driving in the car Lola was being really whiny, Tony said to her, "Lola, Pipe it!" she replied, "Pipe yourself!" We both thought it was so funny! We are in for it in her teenage years for sure! Then tonight I was turning on a movie for her (Enchanted, her favorite movie) and I walked in front of the TV a couple of times picking up some toys and such off the floor and I was also talking, Lola turned to me and said, "Mom, will you pipe up yourself? I can't see my movie, I can't hear!" It made me laugh, she asked me in really nice voice.
Another thing she said the other day, I was giving her a bath and Ray was playing in the drawers and cabinets in the bathroom pulling everything out and I said to him, "Geez kid!" and Lola said, "Jesus, kid!" and I said, "Lola, we don't say that." she said, "Sorry Mom." I thought it was smart of her because they have the same sound. She for the most part tries really hard to please me and she is so sweet. Anytime I say my stomach or head aches she is always quick to rub it for me. Sometimes when she is making me upset, and I say, "Lola, you are not making me happy!" she gets really sad and sometimes tears up and says, "Mom will you be nice to me? and "do you love me?" and I always reply, "if you will listen, then I will be nice, and I will always love you." It then, she says, "I will listen!" (It really pulls on my heart, I know she really wants me to be happy with her, she really cares about what I think and feel, she is a good girl.) It lasts about 30 minutes then I have to go through it all again. (short attention span!)
Here are some pictures of my new short hair, Thanks Heidi I love it!
I couldn't resist throwing this silly one in of Ray in Grandpa Dick's hat and Glasses, he looks pretty awesome!

Lola

Yesterday we were in the car on our way home from a family party and Lola said, "Mom will you give me a favor?" I said, "what do you want me to give you?" she said, "I'm so sleepy and creepy!" I said, "Sleepy and creepy?" she said, "yeah, sleepy and creepy and all that!" I'm not sure what she means by creepy, or why she asked for a favor, but it makes me laugh! Then I was getting her into her jammies and I was commenting on how long her legs are getting (she is no longer my chubby little girl) and she said, "yeah, my legs are creepy long!"


You say apologize, Lola says, "pologize." A few days ago I had her help me wash the car and when we were finished, Lola insisted on carrying the sponges around and she said to me, "these are my pologize friends" (talking about the sponges) then Ray took one from her and she said, "give me back my pologize!" It makes me laugh that she uses words in the completly wrong context (she gets that from her momma!)

She makes me Laugh!

I have really been slacking about writing the things down that Lola says and does, I am going to try to do better. A while back I posted about Lola giving everything the name Sodyona, I don't know why, but it is still her favorite. Last week she was going to the bathroom and Tony was in helping her and she went poo, Tony was totally flabbergasted at what he saw, he said to her, "That is a monster poo Lola!" and she said, "I call that Monster Sodyona!"

She is so funny, lately she has been telling me what to say, EXAMPLE- I will be changing Ray's bum and she will say, "I'm going to get Ray a toy so he will hold still, tell Ray I am getting him a toy!" As if he can't hear her saying it when she is right there next to him. Another one- Ray will do something funny and Lola will start to Laugh, then she will say, "tell Ray I am laughing" It totally makes me laugh, does she think he can't hear her laughing and that he can only hear me telling him that she is laughing!?

She loves to dance and when I turn down the radio for any reason she promptly tells me to turn it back up. When we are in the car heading to a store and about to get out she will say, "can we stay in the car until this song is over" then she will ask me to dance with her in our seats, it is so funny to watch her dance in her car seat, she really can bust a move!

Today she was out heping me work in the yard, I was trying to soften up the dirt in our soon to e flower bed and each time I would stick the shovel in and pull out a clump of dirt she would get so excited and and run over to me and pick up a dirt claud and say, "look what I found, it's my magic, it's mine cuz I found it." She is so fun that way, she is always making up stories and she get so animated and excited about things, she is a fun funny girl!

P.S. Lola loves Dragons right now, we have to make up several dragon stories a day, she can't get enough of them!


Ray- just started to say uh-oh, and it is really cute.
also I cut his hair and I am really sad about it! I will post pictures later.

Somebody stop me!

Over the last ten years (pretty much) I have been trying to grow my hair out, with no success. I have one bad hair day and I can't contain myself, I grab the scissors and that's the end of it! So since last June I decided I needed to go to a professional hairstylist, lucky for me I have a great friend (Heidi-pants) who does hair so I have been going to her since then. I have only given myself a few small trims in between visits to her, and have felt pretty confident that I was finally going to have the long layered hairstyle that I have been waiting for all these years. Well, that all came to an end last week. I was packing all my things getting ready to head to Delta for a few days and I decided I needed a trim and thin my hair out a little bit, so I parted my hair off and carefully trimmed and thinned my hair layer by layer as I went, when I got to the top layer, I trimmed the ends off and then I grabbed a large section of hair on the back of my head that I was going to thin (while I was cutting my hair my kids were running around me pulling on my pant legs and asking for EVERYTHING!)and I grabbed the wrong scissors! I chopped it off and some of the pieces are only two inches long, I can't believe I did that! So I had to cut my hair back into an a-line (again!) and it is still really uneven, but I have scheduled an appointment with Heidi and I really hope Tony will hide my scissors!

Just making faces!

This was me the day I cut (chopped!) my hair, it was getting so long, sad! I will post pictures as soon as I get it cut, professionally that is!

Yada,yada, yada!

Our bathroom is coming right along, we have been taking strictly baths at our house for almost 2 months, we are so happy to finally have the tile in and the shower head back on, yeah for showers!

We are still using a towel for a bathroom door and I'm actually going to miss it, it has been really convienent for drying our hands on the way out, and also great for games of peek-a-boo with little Ray boy- good times!

Playing with Cousins is always a great time!

My little cheese-eaten posers!

Baby Time!

My good friend Jamie and her Husband are ready to adopt, I am so excited for them, they will be great parents! Please spread the Love , here is their profile link-
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I'm caught up!

Yesterday was so beautiful we went to the park and had a really good time. Can it be nice and stay nice please?! I love the summer because trips to the park lead to long naps and a big break fo me. While at the park I ran into an old friend (Shanda Sue) it was her son Conner's Birthday, it was really funny because I ran into her last year on the same day same place. So I will plan on seeing you there next year Shanda!

Here is what happens at my house when you leave to go Grocery shopping!

I left to Walmart for about an hour and came home to this! Tony completely gutted our bathroom. It has been a dusty mess around here for the last couple of weeks and our bathroom situation has been pretty interesing to say the least. We have a towel for a door (No privacy) and we don't have any knobs on the tub so we have to us a wrench to turn the water on and off, it is pretty sweet. Tony just put in our new tub last Friday, it is a deeper soaking tub and it has been really nice, I can't wait until it is all the way done, it is hard to live like this with kids. I love that I have a talented motivated husband to do this kind of stuff, it really has been fun fixing up this very very old house!

Easter Fun!

We had a really fun Easter this year. We left our house early Saturday Morning for the big Easter egg hunt in Marysvale, it is fun because they have all sorts of toys and candy spread all over the park. When we got there everything was pretty much gone, and we were two minutes early (small towns are funny like that) Lola got three pieces of candy and someone gave Jesse one of their stuffed animals. We drove almost 2 and a half hours on hardly any sleep (Tony ripped apart our bathroom the night before- pictures to come) for three hersheys kisses. But Grandma and Grandpa made up for it and had a really fun egg hunt with toys, candy and quarters, the kids loved it. We also had a fun Birthday party for Jesse he is now 4 and funny as ever, Happy Birthday Jesse!

Story time and hide and go seek with Grandma Jane.
Cute new Easter clothes and swimsuits from Grandma and Grandpa.
Coloring eggs and the egg hunt. I don't think Lola could carry one more thing!

Goofy egg head bands on some goofy kids! Lola and Jesse Blowing bubbles-serious concentration Lola and Jesse being silly!

Provo Half Marathon!

I know what you guys are thinking, "I didn't know that Carrie was a runner?" That is because, I am not! The last week of February my sister Chellese posted on her blog that she was going to do this half marathon the first week in April, well I decided that I wanted to do something like this that would force me to exercise, so I decided to do it and I paid the registration fee and ran that day (about 2 miles) and a couple days later I ran again (about 2 and 1/2 miles) keep in mind that I really haven't been exercising so I felt pretty good about making it that far. Then on the 5th of march I found out that I was pregnant, so I felt like I shouldn't push myself too hard. Then the following week on the 10th I ended up miscarrying which I was OK with, (bummed, but felt like it was supposed to happen) but then I couldn't run for about another week, so I ran a total of four times before the race, and the farthest I had ran was 4 miles. The day before the race my shoes were really bothering me and I also had a blister on the back of my heel so I decided to by new shoes the night before. I also had a wart on the ball of my foot that was really bugging me, but I couldn't get it removed because it was too close to race time and I wouldn't be able to run on it. Also, I NEVER get diarrhea and right before I did, (Seriously, what the H? the universe was working against me!) sorry for all the details. Anyway, the day of the race came (April 4th) it was snowing and freezing cold. My goal was to make it to the halfway point (6.55 miles) before I stopped to walk, I felt pretty good that I made it 7.5 miles before I stopped, my knee started to hurt at mile seven, but I walked only short periods. It was funny I kept singing songs in my head like, "I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it, I'm a survivor, keep on surviving, I'm not, gonna give up , I'm gonna work harder!" and I also sang the ABC"S and head shoulders knee's and toes ( I think I need to get an MP3 player!) This is also where old ladies and really heavy people started to pass me and I seriously couldn't keep up with them, it was pretty discouraging, and motivating at the same time. When I got to mile 11 I stopped to shake my leg, to see if I could make the pain go away in my knee and I made it worse I didn't think I was going to be able to walk, I was mad at myself, because I knew I wouldn't be able to make my goal of 2 hours and 15 min, but I didn't want to do any permanent damage so I took it easy and ran carefully and somehow was able to cross the finish line. I made it in 2 hours 33 mins and I felt okay with that considering I was VERY unprepared and I stopped for a bathroom break, dang poop, slowing me down! Now I am excited to try another one in August (hobble creek) it is supposed to be a good one to start out on because it is all downhill, so if anyone wants to do it with me, I would love it! P.S. Thanks Chellese for doing this with me, you rock (under 2 hours!) it was fun and painful, and I love you!

Family pictures -kinda (Collage, Minus Tony) Ha!

So If you guys know Tony then you know he refuses to do the whole"Family Picture" thing.
I am realizing that I am not getting any younger (especially this year, gray hair, wrinkles, etc...)
and that my kids won't have anything to look back on to see what I used to look like when they were young. So I have been attempting to take pictures of myself with them, which isn't very much fun, but until I can convince my better half to do some family pics this is what you get! A few Utah photographers have put out a challenge to take photos with your kids (one or all) once a week, and post them for the whole year, so this is what I am trying to do, and you all should do it too. I think it will be fun to look back on these when I am 80 and completely saggy, half blind/deaf, and gray-haired and see that I was young and silly once. My Mom has also commented to me on several occasions that I need to put pictures of Tony and I on here, since it is the Goulding family blog, so here you go Mommy! P.S. I took a side shot of myself (up in the top right corner) because I had a boyfriend once that told me I was beautiful from the side, I have always thought that was so funny, and he was always trying to get pictures of me from the side (it should be a Seinfeld episode or something) It makes me laugh out loud just thinking about it. I used to joke that if we got married we could send out announcements with a profile picture of me and a straight shot of him- kinda funny. I actually have to agree with him though, I think I look much better from the side ,but only my left side, the right not so good! Geez, will I ever feel comfortable in my own skin, can I just be a little kid again?!

Curly-Q!

I Really love putting Lola's hair in curlers even though it looks kinda crazy.

Lola the 3-year-old Lady!

Lola Turned 3 on March 27th, this was an exciting Birthday for us, her Birthday was the same day that Tony finished his last Pharmacy rotation, Yeah! His rotation ended at the Delta Hospital, so went down on Wednesday (March 25th) and stayed until Sunday. It was really fun to be able to spend time with our families. We had a couple of parties and they both turned out really fun (I wish I had all the pictures my sister took) Tony's family has a really big Karate Dojo it was perfect for the parties. We had a Princess pinata, that after one swing from my Nephew Kaden (he is 12?) it was headless, so it had to be hung by it's arms instead. We had all sorts of competitions like- Who could hang the longest (My sister Holly was the winner with over Two minutes) I didn't realize how hard that is, I barely did a minute and I felt like my fingers were going to burst! Then we did the stick pull, where you sit on the floor with someone and put your feet together and whoevers bum lifts off the floor first loses. Lola and Holden (my nephew that is ten days younger than Lola) were going against eachother, that was the highlight of the night they were both screaming and crying but they wouldn't let go of the stick, Lola ended up winning and Holden was very upset to have lost to a girl. I really wished I would have video taped it, so funny! Cousin Sydney (she is the one in all the pictures) got presents for Lola that she had ordered from the book fair at school, she picked them out all by herself and even went and paid for them without her Mom, she is such a funny girl. She made Lola a card with a picture of her and Lola in matching dresses, then she gave her a Popper, a big poster of two Kittens (classic book fair stuff) and the book "You are Special". Lola wore her new Birthday outfit from My Mom and I and she was so excited it had pockets, she was trying to stuff as many things as possible in them. It was a really fun party, my Mom couldn't quit talking about it, she really wants a big room like that for get togethers, Me TOO! Then the next day we partied with Tony's Family because they were out of town on her Birthday. We did another Pinata, except this time it was a Flip-Flop, and much harder to break (we only had Jesse 4, and Lola to hit it) Tony ended up just breaking it open. We ate good food and had lots of fun. Tony's Mom and Dad gave Lola a Camera, and she was glued to it the rest of the night (Thanks Dick and Jane, she loves it!) Thanks to everyone for coming, and making it so much fun for us and thanks for all the nice gifts.

Three things I DIG about Lola

1- She Loves to Dress up, make up stories, and is super animated- Free entertainment!

2- She always says I Love you, and she completly adores me.

3- She is full of personality and spunk!

One quick story about Lola that happened Yesterday, I had just given the kids a bath and then put Ray down for a nap, then I went in to take a shower and while I was getting out Lola had this bath toy watering can and she dumped the whole thing out on the floor when I noticed her doing it I quickly grabbed it from her and asked her why she did it, and she said, "Ray did it!" and I said, "No he didn't he is in his bed!" I asked her again and she again said that Ray did it, then I said, " you don't lie to me Lola!" then she said, with a very concerned look on her face, "No, I do Like you!" She thought I said, "you don't like me Lola!" (Like I was commanding her not to like me) I couldn't help but laugh, because she really wants to be my best friend, and lucky for me she is!

Lola's Stats

Weight- 31.6 pounds

Height- 3Ft, 1 inches

I'm almost caught up!

If you can't tell, I am REALLY behind on my blogging, I almost wanted to just give it up because I felt overwhelmed about getting caught up, but this is for posterity right?! I just thought these pictures were too funny to leave out. Lola is always trying to get Ray to be in pictures with her, it cracks me up she is totally wrestling him (notice the head-lock) and all the while still smiling for the camera. That's my girl!
I love her lens free glasses, she got them as a prize when she want to the Doctor, (in case you were wanting some!) I especially like that the one side does not even sit on her ear.

Lola's Birthday treats "practice run!"

I Saw these adorable Cupcake pops on Bakerella's website and
I thought they would be fun to make, then Lola walked in and saw
the Hello Kitty pops and said that was what she wanted for her
Birthday (NO PRESSURE!) So I searched high and low for all of the
makings and I first tried the little cupcakes, simple enough right? Well I
was all out of oil for the cake mix so I substituted applesauce instead
(BAD IDEA! It tasted great, but wrong consistency! I learned my
lesson - follow the directions!) The Cake worked fine for the mini cupcakes,
but when I attempted the Hello kitty pop, her whole kitty head fell off of the
stick and it was too squishy, and heavy (I blame the applesauce) when I tried to
retrieve it, it was totally munged up. It was supposed to look like the picture of the
clean white kitty's with the pick background, but instead I got a lop-sided lumpy
freaky kitty- But do you think Lola could tell the difference?..........Me neither, she was
so happy with it. I am really glad I did a practice run before the big day, they actually
turned out really cute (the Two that I made!) I wish that I had pictures, but my sister
was the one who took pictures of all the food, so this is all I have for now. So if anyone
wants to make these you should check out bakerella's website, I think they would be so
cute for a baby shower. Check ya later!

Ray had a Birthday Shout Hooray!

We didn't do much for Ray's 1st Birthday Just had some Family
over for food, cake and Ice cream. (Thanks for coming!) Poor Ray
had the worst cold and his little nose was so raw from all the wiping.
(He still has this over a month later, what is up with that!?)

He was totally different then his sister when it came to digging into
the cake, he didn't hardly eat a thing if it weren't for his cousins
and Lola I don't know if he would have even touched it, which is strange
because he gets into everything! Lola was a huge mess on her first
Birthday and we actually had to remove her from Ray's cake because
she couldn't keep her hands off of it.

It sure has been fun to see this little boys personality come out. He makes the
cutest little sounds, he is always jabbering. He has been able to do the
motorboat-thing with his mouth since the day he was born (seriously!)
and he does it all the time, especially while pushing things around.

He still isn't walking but I am happy about that, he is way more into things that he
shouldn't be into than Lola was (Like the toilet and anything poisonous or dangerous,
I think "Danger" should be his middle name) he is always into something.

He loves to help me unload the dishwasher, it's so funny because he really gets mad
if I don't take the dishes from him he doesn't want me to get them out on my own.
He really has a mind of his own, he knows what he wants and he lets you know it.

He is still such a cuddly boy and I love that. He also has a tender heart, he gets his feelings
hurt so easy, but it is the cutest thing to see his little lips curl under and see his eyes water.
I love this boy so much!

His Daddy is seriously Crazy about him, he thinks he is the cutest baby ever and would
like it if the rest of our kids were just like him. (I think he feels pretty cool that he got a boy
that he can teach all his manly stuff to)

Happy Birthday baby Chuggies! We are so blessed to have you in our family and we love you A-LOT!

P.S. His favorite present was his Little Elmo airplane (Thanks G-ma and G-pa Goulding!) he rides
it like a champion!

Picture Problems!

So I have a ton of stuff to catch up on like- Rays 1st Birthday, Him going to the Hospital (by Ambulance) for RSV and lots of other day to day happenings, but my computer is jacked! I can't get my pictures to upload, so I guess for now I will post some of the funny things Lola and Ray have been doing lately.

She calls Ray -Chuggies or Chugs- I love this because she came up with it all on her own.

She has been giving all of her dolls and toys the name - "Sodyonna" (I have no idea where she got this either, I mean it's not your average name!). I forgot to post that she named her doll that she got for Christmas "Princess Pony Toni" pretty cute, so if any of you pregnant girls out there are struggling to find the perfect unique name for your child you know who you can call!

She came into the bathroom the other day while I was getting ready and said, "Mom My bum is slammed!" I said, "your bum is slammed?" she replied, "Yeah, like my underwear are slammed!" She uses the best words to describe a snuggie, it kills me!

She loves to sing "I am a Child of God" She sings a few of the words wrong her version goes like this, "I am a child of god and he been sent me here, has given me an erf of home wis parents kind of dear, lead me duide me walk-side me and help me find da way, teach me all dat I must do to live wis him someday."

She loves to say "I love you" and I love to hear her say it.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Delta, while at my Moms house she was fixing food for everyone and all the grandkids were making lots of special requests to my Mom like, "Grandma can I have honey?" "I want Jam", " I want salt and pepper" etc..... and while this was going on Lola was following my Mom around the kitchen saying "Grandma, Grandma, I need to tell you something!" she did this over and over and finally my Mom was done with all the requests she turned and said, "Yes Lola" Lola said, " I love you Grandma!" It was so cute.

Almost every night (like at 4 in the morning)Lola will wake up and yell, "Carrie!" and as soon as I say, "what?" she replies, "I love you!" She does this several times in a row and it never gets old.

This is one of my favorites- Lola was sitting on my lap last week and she said, "Care, I love you, your my laugh!"

Last Sunday Lola was in Nursury I think they were talking about Temples or forever families(help me out Suzette if I'm telling it wrong) and one of the little girls said, "I'm going to the temple when I get big." Then Lola said, "When I'm big I'm going to get baptized and have a baby in my tummy!" (We hope Lola realizes when she is eight years old she will not big enough for babies in her tummy!) She is so fun I love all the new things she is learning and doing, but I am so sad that each stage goes by way too quickly!

RAY-

He isn't walking yet, he only takes a few steps inbetween furniture, but he is always thinking of ways to get on top of things like the coffee table or couch. He drags things around while crawling like shoes or anything really it doesn't matter the size and he will try to stand on it and get on top of whatever it is that he wants to be on. We were at my sisters a couple of days ago and Ray moved a tupperware lid over to the couch and stood on top (keep in mind that it was only like a 1/2 inch thick or less) and was able to get up on the couch, it's funny I think it is all in his mindset and it makes him feel so much bigger and more confident, but I'm sure he could have gotten on that couch without the lid!

He is such a boy we don't have any big trucks or anything for him to push around yet, but he gets our box that all of our Baby Einstein dvds go in and he pushes that around like it was a big truck or something. I think it is so interesting to see the difference between boys and girls, they really are so different, I am learning so much from them, and I'm thankful for all they teach me.

Ray-
blows kisses
puts his arms up when I say, "reach for the sky" then I tickle him and he laughs so cute!
claps his hands
dances
Nods yes
waves
covers his nose and lips instead of his eyes when we play peek-a-boo
gives the best hugs (he squeezes so tight)and kisses.
loves the bath and kicks and squeals everytime you take him out
knows what he wants and gets mad when he doesn't get it.
loves to bonk heads with Daddy.
Is a really good baby and so much fun.
he says-
"Ya" Yes
"Da" dance
"Dada "Dad
"Mama" Mom
"Lala" Lola

I sure am on lucky Mama!

P.S. Tony is done with his last Rotation for Pharmacy next Friday I am so excited and super proud of him!

Imagination!

These pictures are old (oct) this is when Lola's imagination started to show. She used her leftover star stickers background and made herself a crown.
Just stick it on.......
and wa-la it's a crown!
Pose like a princess,

and give a sweet smile and your a recycled princess!

Lola has had quite a large imagination lately, she pretends anything is her friend or cousin or anyone that she knows(crayons, pieces of paper or plastic, bags, etc.) She makes up songs and sings them all day long, she loves to have pretend conversations on the phone, and If you didn't know she was pretending you would really think someone was on the line with her- she is that good!(Scary) Well, today she went to the bathroom and when I went in to wipe her bum she said, "that's not my family!" I said, "what?" she replied, "that's not my family, that's poop!" (as she flushed and pointed to the toilet)So there you have it, we are not poop! I'm glad she doesn't resort to pretending her poop is us, phew! I can't wait to see what things she will come up with over the next few years. I hope that I can remember most of them.

Where does she come up with these things?

Today I made Lola a cheese taco (her favorite lately) for lunch and as she sat down to the table to eat it she turned to me and said, "Your my life Care!" I had to have her repeat it to me several times, and sure enough that was what she said. I laughed then said, "Your my life too Lola, and I love you" Then she said, "I love your whole life in the whole wide world!" I love her! One more thing she said the other day that cracked me up- I was sharing some of my food with Lola and she wanted to sit on my lap, but I didn't want her to spill food all over me so I told her to sit in Rays chair, she sat down and said, "I don't want you to buckle me, I'll be too restricted!" This was another one I had to have her repeat several times, I have no idea where she learned that one. I think at this rate she is going to have a better vocabulary than me by age five- scary! A few more things that she says that are cute- "I'm too Tie-red" (tired)"I'm tursty" (Thirsty) "My Best" (purple's my best, Ray's my Best, your my best) I love it! She also has been saying things backwards and opposite like, "I can't pick up my room, it's too easy!" "It's too bright, turn the light on!" or when she is holding something and I want her to do something for me, she will say, "I can't do it, I have two hands!" She sure is full of it, but I wouldn't change her for anything!