So I voted this morning and so did TC since he is home sick with a nasty cough and cold. I hope he feels better tomorrow and can go back to work!! Anyway I am so nervous for the results tonight!!! I just can't wait to find out though. PLEASE DEFEAT OBAMA MITT!!!! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!!
I know I've missed a lot of the funny things this cute girl has said over the past month but here are a few I remember. She cracks us up. I love this girl!
So I'm usually pretty good at keeping my blog updated but I've gotten a bit behind with moving and everything. So here is kind of what we have been up to this past montb or so in pictures which are far overdue. I did not get pictures on the night I went to the Carrie Underwood concert though on October 10th. That was awesome! Anyway enjoy the pictures and I'll try to explain them a bit.
Ok so I totally need to update with some pictures but don't have much time tonight but we have moved and are getting settled into our new home! Moving has been exhausting to say the least and has not gone entirely smoothly but we do love our house and are grateful to be here.
Some of the fun suprises included the fridge valve leaking into the hall closet and soaking the carpet causing an awful smell. Thank goodness there was no damage and the smell was taken care of with the carpet cleaning. Unfortunately the carpet cleaning did not take care of the awful dog smell in the carpets. I don't know how we didn't notice it before but it was awful. I would gag in certain areas of the house and you could smell it everywhere. I don't know how I didn't notice it as much before. I think I just always assumed I was smelling the dogs. Anyway we decided to replace the carpets even though it wasn't something we were planning on doing and now the smell is completely gone. Thank goodness! Anyway but it was pretty chaotic for a few days trying to decide on carpet and having to move the furniture around and not really being able to totally move in. But hopefully the worst is over! My mom is here for awhile and is helping a lot! I really appreciate her!!! We also are grateful to our friends and family who helped us move as well! We are very lucky!!
So life moves along. Clark has continued to give me a hard time which has been really difficult. Anyway hopefully he gets over this phase soon!
So a couple months ago I remember telling a friend that Clark doesn't really throw tantrums..WRONG! Savanna was throwing some tantrums now she is being an angel and Clark is being a pill! I'm hoping it is just the move or him getting his molars but the last month Clark has been very difficult! He is whiny, demanding, throws a fit when he does not get what he wants, is particular, wants to be independent but gets upset when he can't do something on his own. He honestly is really testing my patience. Today he had the melt downs of all melt downs. I ran to the dollar store to get a card and some candy for my friend whose birthday is tomorrow. Well him and Savanna wanted to push a cart and I said they could as long as they weren't running into things. Maybe that was my first mistake. They were following me and were not running into anybody but then they were fighting over it and hitting each other with the carts. I gave them three warnings to stop and they didn't so I put the carts back. Clark had an absolute fit. He would not stay near me and kept running back to the carts to try to get them. So I scooped him up and wrestled with him while I hurried through the check out line to pay for my stuff. Maybe I should have just left but I really wanted to get this and knew I wouldn't have any time tomorrow because we have a very busy day. A nice lady let me in front of her while he continued to lash and scream. Then I carried him to the car where I had an extremely hard time getting him in his car seat because he kept throwing a fit. It is must harder for me to control him when I am pregnant because I'm not as strong and I try to be careful because I don't want him to be kicking me in the stomach and hurt the baby! I was getting very frustrated and was physically shaking as I struggled with him to get him in his car seat. It literally probably took me at least ten minutes to get him in. When I finally got him in a nice lady came and asked if she could help. She told me she had a son who threw fits all the time and to hang in there and take deep breaths. It is nice to see how understanding people are of children who are misbehaving because I feel like the idiot mom who can't control my kid! Then he screamed the whole way home. I decided to put him in his room because I was still super annoyed with him and he was still screaming and he wouldn't stay in his room so I held his door shut for 20 minutes until he calmed down. Seriously the whole fit lasted almost an hour. It was exhausting and ended with tears on my part as well!!
I really hope he gets out of this soon because it is really wearing on me! I think with being pregnant and us moving very soon it is just even more hard to handle. Then sometimes I lose my patience and yell at him and then I feel like terrible afterwards. In my defense I don't yell mean things to him or call him names it's usually "STOP IT!" "Mommy can't take this anymore!" "This is not acceptable!" "You can't act this way!" Still I think yelling is counterproductive and just infuses the situation more with conflict and I really don't like doing it. I picked up a book in Kid to Kid the other day and turned to a page that said Never yell at your children. It permanently scars them. Whisper instead. Great. So now on top of everything else I have to worry that I am permanently scarring my children? I really want to get through this life without ever having raised my voice to my kids but sadly I can't say that is true. I have to learn how to be easier on myself though. I really love my kids and I do my best but sometimes it feels like it is not good enough. Ugh. Sometimes this parenting thing is just plain HARD!!!
And I just open about my weaknesses. I think it helps us as moms to know when other moms struggle. Or if you have never had the same struggles I have had it just makes you feel better about yourself! So either way I feel like it is helpful. And if any of you have any great ideas on defusing tantrums or getting through them without losing your mind that would be great. Savanna never threw a lot of tantrums. I feel inexperienced!
So I thought I would just give a little update on our life right now. So we are moving in a week and a half. My angel mother-in-law has been here this week helping us move and has packed up so much for us. We are so grateful! Thank you!! I am excited but I really hate the process of moving. I am just done with it now. My mom is coming to help us move in as well and we have friends helping us move that day and taking our kids so we can pack up. We really appreciate all of you! I am also sentimental and it's a bit sad to move even though we will be so close.
Additionally TC's work has been super crazy and busy plus he is teaching extra classes this semester at SLCC so he has been working 60+ hours. I am pregnant but feeling pretty good despite getting the stomach flu a couple of weeks ago. Savanna's busy with preschool, dance and play groups. Clark is busy with gym and being much more emotional lately. He's usually a pretty laid back kid but he has been throwing more tantrums. He is getting his 2 year molars and maybe the fact that we are moving is getting to him. That's what we are hoping and that it'll pass soon.
Anyway but overall life is good and we have a lot to be grateful for.
TC grew up in Washington and Ashley grew up in Southern Florida. TC is the oldest and has three sisters and one brother. Ashley is the oldest and has two younger brothers. Both attended Brigham Young University-Ashley majoring in Psychology and TC in Biotechnology. Ashley received a Master's degree from the University of Utah in Social Work. Both enjoy bowling, tennis, racquetball, and watching movies. They also like music and both play the piano and sing. They enjoy spending time with friends and family.