LIFE...is crazy!

The stupid tac, notice I wasn't talking about the little tacs? Read the story for details.

Madilyn saying "cheese"

I love Madilyn's hair, and it is getting SO long!

Eliza being happy, for some reason whenever I take pictures while she is smiling it doesn't really look like she is smiling...but honestly she is so happy!

3 Months Old!

Well...the last few days I have been looking at Madilyn and wondering when it was that she grew up?? I seriously can't believe my little girl is getting so big...it is so crazy how fast they change! And now Eliza is already 3 months old, and she rolled over for the first time the other day (she hasn't done it since). So it has really been hitting me lately how much I need to start enjoying NOW, and not waiting for the next stage when things might be easier or better. Some days are so frustrating that I can't wait for it to be bedtime for the girls because I just need a break...and I don't necessarily think it is a bad thing that I need time to myself, its just that I need to enjoy life and be patient through the temper tantrums and all the fun stuff that comes along with being a mom, because before I know it, my girls will be all grown up!

Another thing that has been on mind lately is how much I need to rely on the Lord. Because life never goes as you plan or expect it will, it seems like we keep getting tossed about, never knowing what will happen and where our family will be. But He knows all, and I need to put my complete trust and faith in Him, that He will take us wherever we need to go, even if it isn't the place or the time we expected it to be in.

I have the most amazing husband ever, I feel truly blessed to have in my life. I honestly think he is one of the MOST hard working people I know. He has amazing faith, and I am just so grateful for his example, and the blessing it is to have him as my eternal companion. Sorry about all this stuff, its just what has been on my mind!

So on another note, a pretty scary one for me. I was babysitting my niece Charlie yesterday. She was playing around Madilyn's closet, which was fine because our house is pretty well baby proofed. She then crawled over to me and was laying on her tummy for a min and then all of a sudden I look over and she is all red in the face and trying to catch her breath. I immediately grabbed her and looked in her mouth to see if I could swipe whatever it was out of her mouth. What it looked like was a cheerio or something, but I couldn't see too good because it was so far back. But I attempted swiping anyway, but could barely touch it with my finger. At this point I just start praying half out loud half in my head. I hurried and flipped her over and just start hitting her back with the palm of my hand. Nothing was happening. I was really starting to panic, and then I thought she was starting to catch her breath ( I thought she finally swallowed whatever it was) then she let out a scream and started choking again. I got up to run to my fridge because there was an infant CPR guide on there, and then I was going to head to the door to start screaming for help. Haha I know I am such an idiot that i didn't already know what to do. Anyway, I pick her up and start to run as I keep beating on her back in a upward thrusting motion. And all of a sudden I see something fly out of her mouth and it hits the floor with a cling noise. She immediately calmed down, and I bend down to pick up whatever it was...well it was a thumb tac. What the heck!!! I had no idea where it even came from, I have never in my life even bought thumb tacs, so it must have been from whoever previously lived there. My guess is that it was along the sliding track for the closet doors and that is where she found it. I have no idea how the tac didn't puncture her throat, I just feel extremely grateful that she was able to get it out!! I was in such a mess after, I just called Taylor bawling because it scared me so bad. I felt so stupid having to explain to Matt and Tarilyn that I let their little girl choke on a tac. So I am pretty sure no one will ever want me to babysit their children again, but I am grateful that they were understanding and not upset about it!

A month or so ago Tarilyn and I talked about how we wanted to take a CRP course, well I definitely want to take one now. So if anyone knows of a good place to take those kind of course that would be awesome!

One other thing, I seriously can't figure out how to up the pictures throughout the blog, or at the end of my blog. They always just come up the beginning of the blog...it is really frustrating me. So if anyone has any helpful hints of how I can fix my problem, that would be awesome!!

Labor Day weekend

So cute, they held hands everywhere!
Maren wanted a pic with her one true love...Chocolate
She loves dogs, and while we were on the walk she got to pet one
Pushing Ellie
I am so mad i cut off Taylor's head in this pic
Burnham Family walk1
Just playing around on the playground
All the boys and their mom!
Weenie Roast, Jax looks ticked!


Why yes I matched my girls...haha!


We were able to go down to Lacombe for Labor day weekend, as always it was a blast. It is always so fun getting together with all of Taylor's family in one house for a whole weekend, sometimes things get a little crazy with the kids, but this weekend it seem like everything went really smooth. One of the perks of course would be that we have Burnham family blessings on the Sunday of Labor day weekend, for the start of a new school year. We also went on walks, played at the park, had a weenie roast, talked, ate LOTS, and best of all we are starting a Burnham family Biggest Loser contest(there are 4 categories, strength, flexibility, Body Fat, Aerobic activity). The winner gets an all inclusive trip of their choice, we are super pumped about it. We all have 3 months to get in tip top shape! but here are just a few of the pics for our fun weekend! PS as you can tell from the pics, it was really cold...what else can I expect when I live in Canada!?

Early Morning Seminary

Well, we have made it through Taylor's first 2 days of teaching early morning seminary. Having come from a school that had seminary as a course during the day, I never thought I would have a husband who would have to teach seminary every morning at 6:30am!! Well the first day went like this...

4:40- Eliza wakes up to eat

5:15- I go back to bed

5:30- Taylor's alarm goes off

5:30-6:15- Taylor gets ready (which means no sleeping)

6:15- Madilyn wakes up crying, I go in to put her back down.

7:00- Madilyn wakes up for the day (I go into her room, and she is sitting there in only her diaper, with her sleeper next to her. And she keeps repeating..."coooold." I wonder why?)

So I was a little worried that this was going to be an everyday occurance. But thankfully Eliza didn't wake up until 7:15, and Madilyn didn't wake up until 7:45....that much I can handle! All in all we are excited about Taylor's new calling. He will be an amazing teacher, the youth are lucky to have him!

Other than Seminary, Eliza laughed for the first time 3 days ago...it was adorable to say the least. She hasn't laughed since, well she hasn't laughed that hard since.

I have been doing plenty of hair, but it is a good thing right now...because we can definately use the money right now. So I have been staying really busy raising two little girls, doing hair, and trying to keep our house in some kind of descent shape! So thats all for now!!

My girls!!

My Happy little girl!! This was taken a couple of weeks ago.

Madilyn's new thing she likes to do it help feed Eliza, it was so funny, and everything I tried to help, I got my hand slapped.

Madilyn:

Madilyn is a very high strong active two year old. She definitely keeps me on my toes, and there is never a dull moment when she is up and about. She doesn't let me put anything in her hair, she takes off her clothes all the time, she loves to get dirty, and she loves to play with cars, but at the same time she loves playing with her dolls and loves to put on my jewelry. So I am not so sure what exactly you would classify her as other than just a two year old. She honestly is so much fun, there is nothing better than to hear her laugh. She can throw a wicked tantrum, and when that happens it is best to just clear out and pray that it is not in public...which most of the time it is. Once Madilyn has made up her mind about something, nothing I mean NOTHING is going to stop her from getting whatever it is that she wants. (Just as I was typing, she came up to me to show me that she was eating a crayon, I am such a good mom haha)We can't imagine life without her, she is an amazing little girl!

Eliza:

Eliza so far has been an extremely easy baby, she is so calm and has a beautiful presence about her. She just started smiling a couple weeks ago, and I tell you what, it just melts my heart to see her smile. I honestly don't know if I have ever seen a more smiley baby, you will not even be looking at her and then you hear this coo and you look down and she just has the sweetest smile on her face. You can almost ALWAYS get her to smile. So I know I have gone on and on about her smiling, but you wouldn't believe me unless you held her and saw for yourself. So far we think she will be a very calm and happy little girl. She has been such a joy to have as our new addition to the family. We can't even imagine life without her either now.

So pretty much we think we have to most beautiful and best little girls ever. As I am sure every parent/grandparent think they have. But I truly do feel blest to have these two amazing little girls in my life, and that Heavenly Father has given me the blessing and opportunity to be there mother!

So here is a little video of my girls, Madilyn doesn't come in until the end of it, but just watch for this one part where she leans over and tells eliza a little secret, i have no idea what she says but it was pretty cute!!

Alone....

Well the week I have been dreading all summer has finally arrived....Taylor and all his brothers and dad are going for a week long fishing trip in Southern Alberta. I was so excited for him to be able to go, but at the same time I am absolutely petrified about being alone with my children for an entire week with absolutely no help or relief from anyone. Every time I started thinking about it i would get a pit in my stomach. Ya I know it sounds pretty dramatic, but I am so freaked out of staying in our house all alone at night...we have way too many windows for people to see in, and our house makes lots of scary noises, and my mind likes to play nasty little tricks on me. So after convincing Tarilyn to stay in Edmonton for the week, instead of going to southern Alberta as well to stay with her family...I feel a tad bit more comfortable staying in the house when I know Tarilyn and little Charlie are down stairs. Now its just the test of my patience with Madilyn this week, she has really been on one lately, and I sure hope I can endure this week!!! Ahhhhh...well here goes nothing, wish me luck I will need it!

Family Update

Just a few pictures that I took of Madilyn the other day! She looks so grown up!

Maren took all the pictures of Eliza, she did amazing...there are more pictures on facebook if you are interested in seeing more!

She started getting hungry in the middle of the shoot!

A few mommy daughter pics!

I was shocked that she was sleeping for this part.

She was able to kinda catch Eliza smiling...I will definately put up more pics to come of her smiling, it is so sweet!

This picture looks so much like my sister Cami did as a baby...at least I think so, and Cortni agrees with me!!

So I guess it is about that time again that I write. So Eliza is officially a 2 month old, it really is amazing how fast time flies. A few days ago Maren came over to hang out and she took some pictures of our beautiful little Eliza, I was so excited at how awesome they turned out...considering Eliza really isn't the most photogenic. She is also so full of smiles now, it is adorable!! Well, for those of you that have been wondering about Eliza and her eyes...we finally took her to the doctor, and we have been referred to a Pediatric Opthomologist. So now we just wait to hear from them to get an appointment. Our doctor said since we caught it so early, it should be a quick fix (not sure what exactly a quick fix is). And for those of you that have no idea what I am talking about, Eliza has what we like to call "googly eyes." She actually just goes cross eyed a lot, and I wasn't overly concerned about it, but it didn't seem to be getting any better so we thought we should get it checked out...probably a good thing we did.

As for news with our little bossy two year old....she is doing amazing as well. The last few weeks she has been acting up a bit, we would like to blame it on a growth spurt or something...but she is probably just being a typical 2 year old. But it has been more that just temper tantrums, she is tired all the time. She sleeps 12 hours a night, and then a 2-3 hour nap during the day. So if any of you have kids 2 years or older, is there some growth spurt or teething that happens around this time?

Taylor takes him MCAT today, I think we are both just ready for it to be over with. We not only have been praying that he does well, but that we will be able to accept whatever the outcome is, and follow with Faith whatever Heavenly Father wants us to do or where he wants us to go. So I will keep everyone updated . Thank you for all of your love and support!

One Month!

Cute little muffin!

One Month Old! In the deadly Swing.

Taylor cuddling Eliza!

Madilyn just being cute!

Giving kisses to Eliza...note this is the only time she has ever held her.

I can't believe our little Eliza is already one month old!!!! So crazy! Madilyn absolutely LOVES Eliza, probably a little too much. What they say about your toddler being the most danger for your baby is SO TRUE!!! We have already had some close calls. I had already learned my lesson about never leaving Eliza alone anywhere on the couch or ground while Madilyn is awake. So I had some housework to do, so I thought to myself, "I don't want her to have to sit in her crib all day, so I will put her in her swing." Well a few minutes later I hear Eliza screaming from her room. I go sprinting in to find Madilyn sitting on top of Eliza in her swing...not only that, Eliza was hanging over the side hitting the bar as it swung. Yes I know, I am failing at keeping my child safe. It is so hard because Madilyn just doesn't understand that she is hurting Eliza when she "loves" her sometimes!!

Well, Madilyn has a new love in life...."Banya"....translation....Peanut Butter. I have no idea where these words come from. Anyway, she has had 6 half sandwiches of peanut butter in the past 24 hours, and it is the only thing she will eat. Life is so good, I just love my husband and little girls so much, I feel so blessed!!