This is us...

Okay, so I figured it was about time to update my blog again. So as always I bet you could just guess what Taylor has been doing...thats right, studying! He has been working really hard in school, teaching early morning seminary, and thats pretty much what occupies most of his time. So I am next I guess, I have been trying really hard to stay busy doing little projects around the house, doing hair, watching my beautiful little girls, and I just started a photography class. And before you think to yourself, there are enough people in the world that are photographers, don't you worry...it is strickly for taking better pictures of my kids and family. My sister in law Tarilyn is actaully taking the course with me. we are in week 3, and I started getting really confused this week...so I guess I have some reading to do...all this whitebalance, aperture, and shutter speed stuff. i really am grateful that I have a nice camera to take lots of pictures of my girls, Taylor is the best!!

So that leaves Madilyn and Eliza. Madilyn did something really funny last night, well at least it sounded really funny. I was at my class, and Taylor was watching the girls. Madilyn decided she wanted to sit on her big girl potty. So Tay put her on, and said "okay, go potty Madilyn" and she gave a little toot. So he started praising her, then Eliza started crying in the other room. So he asked Madilyn if she was done, but she really wanted to stay on. So he left, and checked on her a couple of seconds later and she was still sitting on the toilet with a smile on her face. He had to leave the room again because Eliza was crying again. So after he finishes up with Eliza he goes into the bathroom and madilyn is standing there in a pool of pee and says "I go potty!" haha, so he told her that was good, but next time she needed to do it in the toilet. She hasn't gone on the toilet yet, but peeing on the ground I guess you could say was a break thru.

Okay, so the other day I saw madilyn playing with a bunch of my rings, and then they went missing. well today I was doing the wash and folding her pants and heard a little jingle in her pocket, thats right all my rings were in it! Then later today I gave Madilyn a bunch of grapes with her lunch...she seemed to really like them because they were gone next time I saw her plate, this was probably around 1:00pm. So around 6:30pm tonight I saw her tugging at her pocket, so I stick my hand in it to find all six grapes, some "monies" and a button!!! All in one pocket! I guess it shouldn't surprise me all that much since she always has money and buttons in her pockets, but the grapes took it to a whole new level. The best part is that she had a 2 1/2 hour nap with those in her pocket, and managed not to squish any of them!!

Eliza has pretty much mastered the back to tummy, and has been working on tummy to back! She is growing up so fast, for some reason it feels so much fasted than Madilyn. But anyway, she has her doc. apt. for her eyes in two weeks...FINALLY!! They have already gotten a ton better since we made the appointment, so hopefully there isn't really anything wrong anymore. So thats all for now, but I will post some pictures of our Thanksgiving weekend in Lacombe.

Our Artistic turkey!

This is all Madilyn wanted to do the entire time we were at the Lacombe cornmaze!!

This thing was so awesome!!

Family Pictures

I love this one of us on the tracks, and I love the one of Tay and Madilyn...I will definitely get them framed just in smaller ones!

Option 1 to be framed as our big family pic? (above)

Option 2? (above)

Option 3?

I can't decide if I like this one, or the other with the sun bursting thru?? Help me decide everyone!

Maren took our family pictures for us, and I love them! Of course it would be nice to get Eliza's fist out of her mouth, or if Madilyn would smile....but considering we were working with a 2 year old, and a 4 month old, I think they turned out pretty dang good! So thank you so much Maren, you are the BEST!! Okay, so if you guys could please tell me which you like the best that would be awesome, because I am a very indecisive person...and Taylor doesn't know either!! Thanks so much!

My Cute Girls!

So here are just a few recent pictures of my little beautiful girls...They are both at really fun ages right now, and here are just a few recent photos of the girls! This is mostly for my family who are probably the only ones that care to see these pics...but enjoy!

Eliza is getting so big, and those cheeks are the BEST!!! And you gotta love the drool...as I was taking the pictures, Madilyn came over and noticed she was drooling, so she took her blanket and wiped Eliza's face...it was so cute!

After the wipe...thanks Madilyn!

Is it bad that I think I have the cutest girls ever?...she looks like a little elf baby here!

Madilyn just hanging out with her baby sister. Note. Madilyn did her own make-up today while I got ready...apparently she really likes bronzer?

So the last few days I keep coming into Madilyn's room, and she is practically asleep in her play pen. She has been using her toy box to climb in. It is just really funny...P.S we are trying to get her off the soother, and we are down to her only have it during sleeping time...that would be why she has the soother in her mouth. Dang.

First time she has picked up a toy and chewed on it.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed. I sure love my girls. I would have more pics of Taylor, but he is never home...thus no pics. But don't worry, he is still very important in my life, and I love him so much!!!

Project #2

So my sister-in-law Maren had this super cute pin board in her little girl Ellie's room, and I thought it was so cute that I would make one for Madilyn's room. I was telling my other sister-in-law Tarilyn about it, and she showed me her good old Martha Stewart craft book. So I ended up just kinda winging it, and playing around with different ideas until I was happy with the end result. It is perfect for Madilyn's room, and adds a needed splash of color in there.

So this is the end result...it is hard to see all the colors because the camera flash.

So here is a close up off all the ribbons

And this is where I put the board for now!

And here is the other side of the room, all that we need now to complete it is to have base boards...but who knows when we will get around to doing that!

Project #1

So I have been busy lately working on some projects...I bought half of the things for my projects probably 2 months ago, and I finally went to the fabric store to get the rest of what I needed for it. Every time I do a little crafty project, I crave doing more!! So here is a little something I did today, I got the idea from my sister-in-law Maren. I got the frames from Michaels, and then covered them in fabric, ribbons and buttons and things. Also while I was making this, my hot glue gun decided to blow sparks at me, I had no idea they were capable of doing such things, but apparently they are...so just beware for your own safety while working with glue guns! So it isn't completely finished because it doesn't have the letters in them yet, but I will put up another picture once I have it up on the wall with the letters in it. By the way, it is for Eliza's room, so it will have the letters of her name in it. And the reason I chose the colors is because that is the colors of her room.

So this is the almost finished product...I am not all that crafty, so I was pleased with how it turned out!

And I thought this picture was really funny, Madilyn just watching a show before bed time with her dragon, it just looks like they are both enjoying the show!

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!?