"Shelby-Welby" is 4 months old!!

Shelby turned FOUR months old this week. It has been a long, crazy road. After four months of lots of crying and wondering what is going on with her...we find a solution. The doctor said she may be allergic to dairy. So me (being a lover of cheese) decided there was no way I could give up dairy...so I had to give up nursing :( It's funny how when they tell you that you can't do it anymore, you just want to do it more. So Wednesday we gave Shelby the 'special' formula the dr. gave us to try. SUCCESS! She doesn't cry and scream anymore. I am so glad for her AND our family because we don't have to be sad for her anymore. We are still quite busy, but just with a calmer baby that can be put down. It has been kinda nice. Besides the fact that the formula STINKS so incredibly bad. I'm serious!! Shelby stinks, I stink, everything smells of this nastiness. I'm hoping to find a different kind that will maybe not stink quite so bad. (I think it smells like dog food, Mike says it's like fertilizer, I'd have to say either one is real yucky) :) So besides having to stop nursing instantly, we are very content. We'll see how our holidays go with a 'calm' baby, 'potty-trained' toddler, and 'excited about christmas' four year old! We have some busy days planned but it should all be way fun!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I figured out the video thing...enjoy!!

My BIG girl...Kamree!!

Wow it has been a crazy 3 weeks!! The week of Thanksgiving I decided to give Kamree a chance at wearing some panties. She just turned 2 and I really didn't think much would come from it, little did I know this would start her success run of potty training! She turned into a big girl over night and when we came home from Jeremy's wedding she was pretty set. She tells us when she needs to go, sometimes she's already climb up to the big potty herself.
I made her wear a pull-up to church yesterday, scared of what may happen in nursery with me not there. But it stayed dry all day, only problem now is taking her potty and getting her to go BACK to nursery...yikes!
We are struggling with going #2. Kam has always been such a private person when it comes to this one, that going on the potty brings even more attention. She's gone twice on the potty without us even knowing until she's came and said "I pooped". But other times have been in her pull-up during sleep time, this is nothing new for her since this is her usual routine.
She throws a fit at nap time when I make her put on a pull-up, but I know she's not ready to wears panties through a nap yet, nor am I willing to clean up any of those mess, or do more laundry than I already do! :)
So with the potty training came another idea...Since she's been successful with going potty...we should move her to the toddler bed so she can get out to go potty. Success here as well!! yippee! Kamree has surprised us with how fast she's growing up. I really didn't want to let the crib go since this is my sanity time: caging my toddler! :) But she is doing so well. She naps and sleeps at night in her big bed. She doesn't even get out and wander around, she yells for us to come get her and take her potty.
I love this girl, she's so adorable and entertaining. I love how independent she is and how determined she is aswell. She has the cutest personality and I just want to squeeze her.

my brother's wedding

We went home to Preston for the weekend. Jeremy and Blair had their wedding on Saturday. The wedding turned out nice and decorated way cute, plus we had delicious chicken cordon bleu. Lexi was the only flower girl b/c Kamree wouldn't do it. I guess she's still too young :(
Lexi looked so cute standing up there, but a little boring for a 4year old I guess b/c she kept playing with her dress, her flower basket, her hands, and yawned a bunch. so funny and entertaining to watch! :)
All three girls looked cute in their dresses though. And I finally found a dress last minute, at Motherhood of all places! haha
Shelby cried alot during the dinner and Kam came down with a really bad fever, so Mike and I held them both all night...we were ready to go home and be in bed after a LONG day.
Thursday I went shopping with my mom and Shelby, who cried most the time that day as well. Mom and Rob took me out for my birthday to El Sols, one of my fav places to eat. We then had the rehersal later that night and AGAIN went to El Sols to eat. Kinda ironic that that is where Jer and Blair wanted to eat, but it gave me a chance to try something new and different on the menu b/c I always order the same thing! Friday Mike was able to tile Amber and Kelly's bathroom so they are a bit closer to being finished! We then played Guitar Hero and Rockband during any spare time including staying up late to fit it in!! It was soo much fun!! Shelby was a handful all weekend. I dont know what is up with her lately but she cries ALL the time. My patience was maxed out all weekend.
My birthday was yesterday, so we spent most of it traveling, which kinda sucked. But the girls and Mike made me a cake tonight, gave me a 'foot bath' and bought me roses! Plus I got a body massage and a hot bath tonight!! so nice!!
I got some great gifts from the family: braclet watch, Taylor Swift CD, money (Im still on the hunt for the right Hooker Boots), foot lotions, and a way cute gift from my dad that I can't mention b/c Amber is getting the same for her bday next month! :)
Mike and I will be going out for dinner later in the week to redeem my birthday burger from Red Robin, oh yeah baby!!

WALMART + SCREAMING BABY = BAD DAY

Okay, so here is my venting for today...usually Amber or Mike are the ones that get this, lucky you!
So I've been really needing to get to the store and keep putting it off. Finally today I go, yes with all three children! Shelby has been so sick and has now moved from the 'sleeping thru the sick' stage to 'crying all day long so mom can't get anything done' stage of being sick. She was acting fine so I put her in the carseat and loaded up for our venture to conquer WalMart. Shelby then cries most the way, I keep thinking she'll stop with the movement b/c I can't just turn around and go home. Well I stand at the deli counter for over 4 minutes. HELLO...stop talking to your friends and come attend to me, your customer with the screaming baby. Maybe she would have heard the service bell better if they had one. So this is the start of my quest, I have to finish and do so quickly. But then I discover that no one seems to work in the middle of the day on TUESDAY, because EVERYONE was at walmart. So I have Shelby in one arm, dragging the cart in the other. Kam is caged inside the cart with my groceries that are being sucked on and smashed and Lexi has been threatened with her life to stay behind the cart, holding to the bar. THis is how we toted around our train through the store. No one was helpful and seemed to love blocking any and all ways down the isle so we could not move anywhere. So I know that I have 3 children that I decided to bring to the store and that have worn my patience down to a zero, but come on! I'd hear people pass me "oh look at the cute little baby" and then Im sure they saw my angered face and went the other direction. Finally I get to a line to get the heck out of there...but wait, once again I have a poor judgement call and choose the WRONG checker. Okay kid, could you seriously scan ANY SLOWER!!! Do you really need to look at each and every product I bought? Whip those babies across and bag them. And if I had to watch him stop and move his hair out from his eyes one more time, I was gonna offer him a hair cut by ME personally and my razor! (and Mike will let you know how well those turn out!)
So during this llooonnggg process of checking out, I hear Lexi singing "turn that frown upside down and smile that frown away". okay, how cute. maybe I am being to hard on this guy. Minutes later: okay maybe not! So we finally get loaded in the burb and Shelby is crying again. Alright, I get to make a decision: sing primary songs with the girls or crank the radio. I chose the latter. great idea: turn music up loud, cant hear kids this way and I can release some anger. The whole time Lexi is yelling and crying in the back ground "I said I didn't like this song, I want the other song". If only we could all have our own way, good thing Im finally the mom.
Well there you have it...my vent fest! Thanks for listening. Now I'm going to try a Kelsie tactic and list some postive things about today (maybe it will make me feel better) :)

1. That I was able to have a sandwich for lunch today rather than mac-n-cheese. (thanks to my grocery trip)
2. That Kam still takes a nap.
3. Polly pockets (thats where lexi is right now)
4. That I have 3 beautiful little girls who are healthy.
5. My internet so I can blog
6. Im thankful that my husband has a job (so I can get these wonderful groceries that I enjoy shopping for so much)
7. That I was even able to walk around the store, thanks to my lovely fall I had Sunday.
8. Twilight, Im gonna go read it now since Shelby is finally sleeping

Thanks for reading, maybe my day will get better with a book!

A few photos from last week!

Lexi came home with this from church. She said she loves to spend time with her mom and dad. I thought this was cute! I kept it for blackmail when she turn 13...hehe!



My candy stash has been comprimised!! (by my TWO year old!) so funny story: the other day Mike saw Kamree standing on her stool in front of this drawer. He continued doing a few things and noticed she was still standing there. He thought it was kind of strange but kept going with things. Then he started to hear the banging of something (the drawer closing), he finally caught her in the act of sneaking licks on the lollipop! She had opened the lollipop and was sneaking licks when no one was looking!! Very clever little sneaky girl!! I loved it though, so funny!!

My brother, Burnsy

I have been thinking of my brother a lot lately. I love this boy so much. When he was gone on his mission, I missed him like crazy. I looked forward to every letter, email, and phone call. Jeremy made me want to try harder at everything and be a better person. He was such an example to me on his mission and I am better because of him. Jer came home in May and I was so excited to spend some time with him and catch up. Amber,Jer, and I had a wonderful time that first week off his mission. The 3 of us drove to Bear Lake to meet family and stay the night. We had the best talk there and back. Jeremy offered a prayer with me and Amber that night as siblings. It was the most memorable prayer I've had in a long time. I got up with tears in my eyes and remember thinking "wow, he is so spiritual and in-tune, I need to be more like him". Jeremy and I had a chance to catch up for a few days when everyone else was at work. I was able to hear many of his mission stories and read his weekly journal of reports to the President. He helped me on some advice and we even played some Guitar Hero. (I found ONE thing I could finally beat him at, of course it didn't last long! :) Then the summer got busy: I had to go back home, he had to work, and I had a baby. He is getting married in a few weeks, so I'm sure things will get even more crazy busy after that. We are growing up so fast and our lives are changing. I sure love those moments of just us 3 kids together reminiscing, we don't get too much of that anymore. But I just want to say that I love my brother (and my sister) very much. And I want to be able to help him and be there for him when he needs me, just like he has done for me. I love you Jer!!