day 59

February 28

My side of the bed... on a good day. With no used tissues, or baby toys, or Caleb books, or bedtime ice water. But complete with a homemade snowflake from Caleb just because I love snow that much.
One day I will have the nightstand of my dreams. Until then...

day 58

February 27

For a lot of years, Hailey would only buy things that were bathed in pink, or glitter. Now, at seven she has entered a new phase: solid color tee shirts, plain. No glitter, no hearts, no flowers.... completely plain. We are just excited to loose the glitter; it was getting a little embarrassing for Brian to go to work with glitter infested clothes.

day 57

February 26

It's Friday night and it's 9:00pm.... and this is where I am headed. Yes, I live a life full of adventure. And if you had two sick boys up all night crying, you would welcome my adventure too.

day 56

february 25

This box contains liquid gold... okay maybe not, but it feels like it. Hailey's test strips come to us by mail and at $50.00 per box, we guard these little guys with our lives.

day 55

February 24

It's the end of the winter cold/flu. Created I believe just to make you realize, in case you are a giant imbecile and didn't see it before, that winter really, really sucks.

day 54

February 23

This picture is past and present. I look at this and cannot believe how old my little Jonas has become. It forces you me to see him as the almost 10 year old that he is, instead of the little stuttering 3 year old he once was. One of those bittersweet sorta things.

day 53

February 22

This little man has been around us for 9 months. I realized today that after nine months I had no bath pictures. Talk about disregarding my motherly duties! Better late than never....

day 52

February 21

Easter Candy kicks Valentine's candy hind quarters.

day 51

february 20

Melanie's deep thought for the day:

What is it that keeps some leaves on the trees throughout fall and most of winter?

Melanie's not so deep answer:

Fear of falling.


Any other suggestions?

day 50

february 19

Jonas' fortune cookie tonight:




He read it, lowered his head and said, "Please don't put this on your blog."

But I know he knows me better than that.

day 49

february 18

Have you ever wanted to be a kid again for a day?

To have no real worries, no real problems, no to do list...

Haven't you ever wanted that back for a day?

Haven't you ever wanted to just be able to run outside and play until you are too tired to do anything else?

Haven't you wanted to run around in the cold, Utah February weather throwing dirt at your cousins.... pantsless?

and wearing your snow boots?





No?

Well then you must not have ever been a two year old boy.

day 48

february 17

Our little baby Porter is blessed.

He has an adoring fan,

a faithful follower,

a fierce protector,

a gentle advocate,

a proud cheerleader,

and a tender teacher....



and that's just his big brother.

It's a pretty sweet deal being the baby.

day 47

febrary 16

Jonas has a little problem with lunch boxes. He can never seem to remember to bring them home. Last year, I gave up on lunch boxes and used paper sacks. He complained about his sandwich getting smushed and the dorky messages I would write on the bag to embarrass him... (Brian quit letting me make lunches for him for that exact reason), so he said he would be more careful with his lunchbox. Just to make sure he knew which one was his, I put his name in big red iron on letters on the front. And it has worked for the most part. He usually remembers to bring the lunchbox home. The only down side is that the big red letter J lasted about a week, and now Jonas has a new name around school:



But he's not complaining; it's way better than LOVE MUFFIN on a brown paper bag.

day 46

February 15


I'm serious, every single recipe I make contains cheese.
And for good reason: it is the tastiest thing on the planet.
It is essential.
If there was a fire, my block of cheese would be the first thing I grabbed.
Okay, maybe that was taking it a bit too far...
but honestly, where would the world be without cheese?



Thinner perhaps, but definitely missing something....

something essential and flavorful.

This is my ode to cheese.

day 45

February 14

Dear Sunshine,

We love you...
will you be our Valentine?

And stay for like, ever?

XOXOXO

- us

day 44

February 13

We love books.
We love Barnes and Noble.
We love getting books at Barnes at Noble for Valentine's Day.

I love having children that are book worms.

day 43

February 12

This is not your mama's Valentine box.

Jonas put lots of thought and effort into this box, sure that he would have the best box in the class. And while he won furriest box, his thunder was stolen by a ROBOTIC box with flashing lights. There was also one that meowed. This lead me to a realization:
we as parents must have WAY too much time on our hands.

day 42

February 11

Cookies & milk anyone?

Or should I say cookies, milk and insulin anyone?

day 41

february 10

One persons trash is another man's treasure...

Jonas takes that phrase literally.

Our trash have become pieces of artwork for Jonas lately.

I think we'll take him to the dump for his birthday and let him pick out WHATERVER he wants.

day 40

february 9

Proof that this child is the third child:



We are so over combing the hair for public trips to the store.