Announcment

say hello to...
asher benjamin corey
6 lbs 10 oz
20 in long
born march 25, 2009
proud parents ben and kimby
and big sister samantha

Sweet Daddy

4th sleepover at Grandma's house

We have a sleepover at my Grandma's house every year on the 4th and it is so fun!

Pinata

Swimming

Fireworks

Grandma and pa on their golf cart

Samantha's Birthday

Mantha's 3!
We had a fun swiming party at our favorite pool in Orem. We were planning on getting there at noon when it opened then coming home for a nap at 2 or 3, then returning for the night swim at 5. But, she did NOT want to leave so she swam straight through from noon til 8 and LOVED it! She was one tired girl by the end of the day, fell asleep in the car before we left the parking lot. :)

**Sorry we don't have very many pics I will try to get more from everyone else's cameras.

St. George

We took a last minute trip to St. George last weekend and had so much fun! Ben's brother Mike is on a semi-pro football team, and they had their last season game down there. We went shopping and swimming and got our toe nails painted. Spent lots of money and had lots of fun! :)

Water, football, and bugs

Asher 2 Months

Well, I still haven't made it to the studio for pictures of the kids, so in fear that I won't I tried to take some here. Ug....I better go. He has already changed so much, I wish I would have gotten some newborn pics. I am such a slacker mom.

Mini-campout

We took a quick trip up the canyon for dinner and smores over the weekend. Mantha played so well with the cousins and it was beautiful up there. Can't wait for more camping trips this year!

Comics

I caught Samantha reading one of Ben's comic books the other day-she LOVES them almost as much as he does. She says stuff like "ahh scary part Mom", and "dee end, great story, nother one". She can pick out Batman, Spiderman, Superman, and Superwoman. Batman is her favorite. :)

Potty Training?

Don't let this fool you, she is in no way closer to potty training than she was 6 months ago. Everyone keeps telling me to 'wait until she's ready,' well..........she may never be ready. She does like to sit on 'Dora potty' before she gets in the tub though. :)

Any tips to help get her potty trained before she's 3? We have a month left and I'm getting sick of 2 kids in diapers!
P.S. Sorry the last 2 posts have shown lots of skin, I promise she usually has all her clothes on.

Classic Big Sister

Twinkle Star

Mantha has been starting to sing songs-usually she just listens and stays quiet, we didn't think she knew any words, then all of a sudden she knows all the words to tons of songs! It is so cute and fun!

Few pics from lately...

Asher is growing so fast and I feel so guilty that I haven't taken very many pictures of him and NONE in the studio yet. By this time in Mantha's life we had several albums filled and lots in the studio...seriously. He is sleeping pretty good (only wakes up once in the middle of the night and then early in the morning.) We are still trying to figure him out though. He cries most of the time that he's awake. He used to have REALLY bad, loud, explosive, painful gas before every feeding. Working with his Dr and a lactation consultant we have him on a few meds and me completely off dairy products and as of a few days ago the toots have slowed way down. (From like 30/feeding to like 5/feeding!) But, he is continuing to cry, spit, and vomit in between feedings which they now think is reflux, so we are starting him on prescription previcid (he has been on Maalox for a week or so and that isn't working). This may take a couple of weeks to work, but we are excited to see if it does. All I want right now is a happy baby.

So, life with 2 kids is pretty hectic for me. I am adjusting, but realizing life will never be the same. Kinda like the feeling I got when we had Mantha...only worse. I am now wondering why I ever thought one kid was hard. :) Those of you who have 3 or more kids are probably thinking that I'm crazy.

Too tired!

Daddy's shoes

Coloring Ester Eggs

Easter

I was pretty worried that Samantha was going to be left out of all the Easter festivities because I was still supposed to be taking it easy and not up to much, but she had a blast and Ben was wonderful to take her to egg hunts and such.

Here are the two kids (whoa that's weird to say) on Easter Sunday after church.

Samantha at an Easter egg hunt-not ours. Long story, Benj took her to Provo city one and they were a few minutes late and it was over, so they crashed Benj's brother Adam's in-law's egg hunt. :) ~Thanks Frisby family for letting them come.

She got a blue ring pop and was amazed that her tongue was blue and kept looking in the mirror and trying to wipe it off.

It ended up being a great holiday.