5 months..

Miss Chloe is 5 months old today. We really love having her in our family. It seems like she has been part of our family forever. I couldn't of asked for a happier, better sleeping, sweet baby girl. She is still sleeping like a champ. She has had a few nights where she has woke up twice to eat, but she goes right back to sleep after. I am pretty sure she is getting her bottom two front teeth though. So she is allowed to be a little grumpier. :) She is loving eating rice cereal. This girl already thinks she can eat everything we are eating. We of course have given her tastes of some things. I gave her a sippy of water the other day just to see what she thought of it. I was for sure she wouldn't like it because she wont take a bottle of binky. She loves it. My kids are seriously so stubborn, but they know what they want. Chloe is rolling all over the place. She loves to watch her brother. I can imagine she will learn things faster then he did just because of his example. I have never cleaned up so many blowouts with Ian as I have with Chloe. Her favorite time to have them is when we are out and about too. Obviously the worst timing, and she has come home from things with just a diaper on as well. Chloe always has something to say. She is a true girl that's for sure. I love when she coo's back when I talk to her. We love our Miss Chloe to pieces, and are so thankful to have her in our family.

ER Visit

Today was our very first time taking Ian to the ER. I am actually surprised we have not been there before with him. He is a wild man.
Matthew had a shift at the Vet hospital, so the kids and I were going to church alone. Well we didn't make it to church. I just about had us all ready to get out the door. I was just getting Chloe dressed when Ian came running out of his room. He was completely purple and could not breathe. I instantly rushed to him and started smacking his back hard. That wasn't working. I tried to see if I could get whatever he swallowed out with my finger. Ian wouldn't let me get it, and bite me pretty hard. I decided it wasn't a good idea to do that anyways just in case I pushed it farther down. Next I starting doing the Heimlich on him. Ian had swallowed two glow in the dark stars about the size of nickels. After getting those out he through up quite a bit of blood. During all this I was freaking out and screaming Ian's name the whole time. This is the worst feeling to not really know what you are doing, and trying to save your kiddo. Heavenly Father was definitely watching over us this morning. I then decided to take him into the ER to have him checked out. I had no idea if he had swallowed any other stars or if there was any damage done from swallowing them.
I text my friend Josie to tell her I was not going to make it to church or primary. Then I called Matthew about 4 times before I got a hold of him. I picked him up and we headed in. Ian had ex-rays taken, and thank goodness there was nothing else wrong. He does have some pretty good scratches on his throat. They hurt him to swallow things, but we have kept on top of the Tylenol.
I feel so blessed to know what to do to help Ian. It was the so scary to see my baby boy sucking for air and so purple. I had to keep it together enough to save him. I give all the credit to my Heavenly Father for watching over us today.
As soon as we got home from the hospital I cleaned out Ian's room and through out all the toys I thought were small enough for him to swallow. Hopefully I have lowered the risk of him swallowing anymore toys. We love Ian so much and are so proud of him for being so brave at the hospital. Talk about scaring your Mom to death Ian boy.

I love this picture because Ian really was a happy boy during our ER visit. 

My battle wounds

We stopped and got Ian a milkshake after going to the ER. He totally deserved it. He was so brave.

All tuckered out after such a crazy morning. 

5 years....

5 years ago today Matthew and I were married for time and all eternity in the Billings, MT temple. I remember being extremely nervous the morning before I got to the temple. As soon as I arrive at the temple Matthew grabbed my hand and kissed me. He also told me he loved me, and was so excited to marry me. I was not nervous at all after this. I knew that this was my Heavenly Father reminding me of the most amazing guy I was about to marry in his temple.

Ever since then I have fallen more and more in love with my amazing husband. He is the best thing that has happened to me. We have shared so many happy, sad and exciting moments over the past 5 years. We have two beautiful children together. They are our life and we love them dearly. I am so happy I have Matthew do go through this life on earth together. I really couldn't do it without him. 

I am so thankful for how supportive, loving and caring Matthew is towards me. We always say, "I want what you want." This works so great for us because we both want to be happy, and happy we have been the whole entire time we have been married. 

I am so blessed to have a hard working, wonderful dad for our children, and dedicated to our Heavenly Father. Matthew is my dream come true. 

Thanks for the most amazing 5 years of my life Matthew. I still have the smile on my face you gave me that very day we were married. Together we truly have it all. Can't wait for another 5 amazing years. Love you lovey dovey.  

Pictures from my phone

I love having a smartphone these days. I never have my actual camera with me, so smartphones are nice and handy to catch those pictures moments when we need too. Yay for technology. 

Ian loves playing in the rocks at the playground. 

Our Chloe girl is getting so big. She holds her head up so well.

Ian sure does love his beaver.

The other day the kids and I were coming in from the car and this baby rabbit about gave me a heart attack. But I stayed calm so I wouldn't scare it away. I then showed it to Ian. Ian just laughed and laughed. He thought that bunny was so funny. 

Just a little after nap sensory play

We love our Popsicles and this sweet boy.

Ian's Occupational therapist suggested that we really ware Ian out just before we put him down for bed. Ian had a really hard time settling down once we put him in his bed at night. He will run, jump and jabber for hours before falling asleep. In this picture Ian and I are running up and down the hill in front of our apartment. Talk about ware mom out. :)

Chloe is loving rice cereal. She also loves to spit and blow raspberries lately. So sometimes the rice cereal is all over herself and mom.  

Ian likes to take things out of the fridge and line them up. I think he is practicing his drink ingredients. You aren't a true Asay if you don't like your drinks.  

Pretty girl. I love this polka dot headband. 

Sad Chloe was so tired

One of my favorite activities to do with Ian is sidewalk chalk. We could do this for hours and just have a blast. 

I love this bubble shirt on her.

On Sunday the kids and I went to church solo. Matthew had a ER shift at the hospital. I was nervous that Ian would not go to nursery without Matthew in there. ( Matthew is one of the teachers in nursery) Ian walked right in and started coloring. No crying nothing. I checked on him multiple times, and he was doing great. His teacher even said that he did pretty well for not having his dad there. He got a little sad once in a while, but did great. I think it's time to get Matthew out of nursery, so Ian can not be so dependent on him in nursery. I am so proud of our boy. 

Ian likes to sleep everywhere but his bed most nights and during naps. 

Sibling Love

Ian hasn't really paid much attention to Chloe since she has joined our family. He has given her a kiss like twice without being forced to. I think he still loves her despite that fact that he doesn't pay any attention to her. Chloe on the other hand loves to watch her big brother all day long. She loves to grab his hand or face when we lay her next to him. Ian on the other hand usually doesn't want her touching him lol. I love these pictures because clearly you can tell the love our children have for each other :)

July Has Come And Gone...

So where the heck has summer gone?? It's gone way too fast that's for sure. We have really enjoyed our summer here in Pullman. We usually are in Wyoming, so it has been a little different to be here at our own place. This week Chloe stated eating rice cereal. She likes it too. We had a couple days of rain. It was kind of nice to have it cool down a little bit. When we came back from Wyoming for the weekend I found my big hanging plant just about dead. I was pretty heart broken over it, but I have brought it back to life. All it needed was lots of water. Yay! During one of those rainy days I decided to let Ian play in the sink full of water. Well the sink full of water ended up being a floor covered in water. But he had fun doing it. That's all that matters right. :) I have had a few of my friends talk about going for a walk in the forest. Well we finally took this walk as a family the other night. We have pictures to prove up by the water tower. After we finished our family walk we headed to get some froyo. Here's to another busy, fun filled week.

My Mom got Ian this super cute Mickey bedding. He loves it. Thanks Grandma Bullinger!

Playing at our apartment playground. 

Chloe wearing blue jeans for the first time. I just love a baby in blue jeans. 

Look at that chubbiness... 

Oh hey look there is our apartment complex...

We couldn't get Chloe to look at the camera. She was to interested in her big brother. 

I took this earlier this week. Ian was suppose to be taking a nap. I guess he knew there was too much fun to be had.