Watch out for Hunter! He is 1!!!!

Ok I have been having the hardest time sitting down and writing. I just can't concentrate. Life has thrown us a few bumps in the road and I have just been plane stressed. So I thought I would post some pictures that really say it all about Hunters personality and my life in a nutshell! The first is Hunter "helping" me with the dishes. Second is Hunter Getting into Samanthas desk. He loves to harrass her. You will notice a mark on the side of his mouth. That is from the marker that he ate. Third picture is him putting his PB&J in his hair. Happens quite often. And the last is Hunter with the head of a Rubber Ducky in his mouth while Samantha pushes him around the house in her Doll Stroller. They both thought it was like the coolest thing ever! Stay tuned for more post's. I just need to sleep!!! Oh yeah and I will post about his Birthday once I upload the photos!

Hunter the Crab (by Stephan)

Hope you enjoy this little video I shot with the camera. Sorry for the poor quality. This past weekend we ended up camping in the beautiful North Carolina Outer Banks with some friends of ours. It was quite eventful with the mosquitos! However, the kids had a good time and the beach was great, I mean just look at the pic above! I'm sure Amanda will have much more to say in a future blog so I will leave the rest to her!

Faces of innocence?

OK a few things out of the mouth of Samantha today.

Sam: Where did we get Hunter from? The doctors? I mean like they took him out of your tummy but where did he come from?
Me: He used to live with Heavenly Father and then Mom and Dad made a baby and we had Hunter. ( I know kind of vague)

So this is where I wish I could say she was all sweet etc.. Nope instead she said... Mom since you already have me as your kid... Why did Heavenly Father give us another one? I think maybe we should just give Hunter to someone that doesn't have any kids. I mean why do we need 2 kids? Does that sound good?

She has also been spending allot of time playing with her dolls. Well today I heard her say "You Idiot" my jaw dropped and i was like where did she hear that! I was double checking myself thinking did I say that? So I scolded her and said WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT? and her innocent answer "from the dog movie" aka 101 Dalmatians. And then I remembered that yep Corella Devil says it like twice. HELLO!!! A Disney Movie. UGG!

So Obviously Samantha's little mind has been working overtime. I am wondering what questions will be soon to come.

As for Hunter he has been growing by leaps and bounds! He is talking more pointing at things and saying something that sounds like "What's that." He also loves to pretend that he is talking on the telephone. Well we went to say Family Prayer this morning and he folded his arms and bowed his head. Not for the whole prayer of course but for a couple seconds and then tonight he did it again. I was the proudest Mom at that moment. It is truly an awesome feeling when you see your children learning from your example!

So yep that's my kids in a nut shell right now.

Samantha Camping

Sam has been begging to go camping and the opportunity finally arose so Sam and Stephan headed out to go camping. She came home a tired muddy mess but had a blast. I was eager to have a little break and a little respite from Samantha's constant talking. Hunter and I had a great early evening. As I thought when they got home Stephan said his ears were ringing from her constant banter. Three year old's sure can talk!
Stephan is the best Dad! He was just telling me the other day how important it is for him to build good memories with his kids and give them a good foundation and he is doing an awesome job. I sure am thankful for the good foundation the gospel has given us and the knowledge that we have of eternal families.

Going Banana's

Ok I think this new background is fitting. This 3 year old and almost 1 year old are driving me Banana's.

Sam: "Are all Mommie's as mean to there little girls as you are?"
Me aka MOM: "Sam you haven't seen mean! I will show you mean."
Sam: Starts laughing and thinking its the funniest thing ever! I'm so glad my kids take me seriously.

She really knows how to get my goat! And serioulsy she doesn't even know how good she has it! In regards to Hunter we call him Our "Little Monster" or our "Little Animal" because he is just all boy! He has taken to screaming at me when I am not paying attention to him. If I am talking to someone he will crawl up to me stand up and just holler as loud as he can. Many of my Carolina friends have heard this. It is crazy. And with all that I still LOVE LOVE LOVE being a Mom! It is the greatest thing in the whole world. I feel really blessed because my kids are snugglers and I just eat it up. I think Heavenly Father new I needed that to keep me going!

Sam's Antics!

Well Samantha has been in rare form lately. These 2 pictures are a good example. Ever since Hunter was born she has become a total Daddy's girl. So the first picture is of her and her dad getting ready to go on their hike. She said and I quote ' Um Mom yeah I Tink (Think) Daddy and I will go Hiking and you can stay home with Hunter. Yeah.. Ok Does that sound good to you Mom." Well she had a blast on her hike and came home with her first Tic.

Second picture just makes me laugh. She came to me the other morning and said Mom I really need my sunglasses." I said Why? "Well I need to get on my laptop and I can't see without them." I was slightly confused and then she cleared it up. "I need glasses just like my dad does when he is on his computer." She never fails to keep me laughing and I am always shocked at how observant she is.

A few more stories from the past week. We are at the park swinging and she says "Mom you do not fit on that swing! Your butt is hanging out all over the place. Be careful you don't break it." Wow talk about a jab to my self esteem :) Ok last one I found a kids desk in the garbage and brought it home cleaned it up and when Sam woke up in the morning she was beyond ecstatic. She said "WOW! You got a desk from the garbage just for me because you Love me SOOOOO Much." I was like YEAH! and she said " Oh thank you Mom I have a desk just like daddy now." And it now sits right next to his and she uses it all of the time. What a great find!

Family Walks!

These are two very happy kids! They love going on family walks. Sam put's on her "Super Fast Running Shoes" and we pop Hunter in the backpack. We have such a good time together. This is when we were getting ready to go on my Mothers Day walk it was a gorgeous evening. And Samantha and I had a blast chasing eachother.