Lemieux

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day

Tonight turned out to be a great night!

Ordered some Chinese take out

Grandma and Pa stopped by to bring Clate and Sawyer a Valentine and a cookie:)

Watched the Little Mermaid and hung out as a fam...

Although we didn't do anything extravagant today I feel very lucky! I love Marcus and our two little ones and the time we were able to spend together tonight.

Playing with the kiddos

Our Yummy cookies

Clate loves to have people try to "steal"
his binky (yes...he still has a binky, hopefully we'll get rid of it when he's 2)
he was even more excited when Sawyer would try to take it from him.
He loves it when Sawyer tries to play with him, it is so cute:)

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Crazy Clate

Yesterday Clate had quite an accidental day.

RoUnD 1: We went and Hadlee lunch at Grammy Ellie's class room and Clate had a little wipe out and skinned the tip of his nose.

RoUnD 2:Later we went to Grammy's house and he was being his crazy self and trying to walk on Grammy's table and well he fell off head first. Luckily he hit the wall first it kind of broke his fall and is definitley softer than the tile.

RoUnD 3: Later he was running around doing laps...when he runs he really concentrates on pumping his arm (yes, only one arm pumps) and is not always looking where he is going and ran right smack dab into the wall (and yes...this happens often). Goose egg

RoUnD 4: He was standing on a little step stool and was trying to get a cookie off the counter, the stool tipped and he went flying and hit his nose again! He then got a bloody nose.

RoUnD 5: And if you thought his poor nose hadn't taken a big of enough beating he fell of the bed and hit it again..with only minimal bleeding!

Here is a picture of him today the picture makes it look pretty good. Hopefully our little RuDoLpH has a little better day.

The following picture is the bathroom after Clate had decided to try and flood it by using the cup in the bath and dump it all over the floor all in a bout 60 seconds! I just had to put a diaper on Sawyer so she wouldn't pee on the floor, and I came back to find this. I think it took about 5 or 6 towels plus the rug in the bathroom to soak it all up;) I guess it taught be a valuable lesson...KEEP CUP AWAY FROM CLATE;)

Tupe and Rolls

So I thought I would post some picks to show off Sawyers Tupe and Rolls. The pictures don't quite do them justice, but the Tupe is quite awful and the rolls are getting rolly!

We love our Sawyer!

Here are her legs they really do have rolls, but I think She
was a little embarrassed to show them off!

Don't you love the Tupe?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Lately...

Lately, we have been enjoying the nice warm weather. We have been able to spend a lot of time outside. And most of all it is so nice to have Marcus working back in town. It has been about 9 months since has been here!

Clate shooting his gun. He has to take this everywhere and usually has to sleep with it too!

Clate really loves to jump on his new trampoline. And I am so happy it has a nice cage around it, and I think Clate is too. Clate likes to run full speed into it...thank goodness it has been sturdy so far, so he doesn't run right off the side. At first I really loved the cage. I could go put Clate outside, zip him in and I could come back inside and get dishes done and get my house cleaned. Sad new though...he has learned out to get out:( Clate has really been a joy to watch. He is out of control most of the time and he loves to run around, jump off of things and get into about everything. One of the funniest things are his facial expressions. He makes the funniest faces, but it is hard for me to get pictures of them.

Clate and Hadlee jumping on the tramp

Sawyer is doing great...she is the "Chub-ster" with a nice tupe! Her hair is quite hilarious...bald pretty much everywhere except for the top, that just keeps on growing. t really looks like a tupe. My dad likes to call it the "Hitler Hair" She is a definite girl, she likes to talk and talk and talk. We love her and are so glad she is a part of our family.

Sawyer such a happy little thing!!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

So cute...

On Saturday Clate woke up not feeling very well he had a fever, a yucky cough, and was SUPER whiny (later that day he was throwing up.) All he wanted was his mommy (and Marcus was out hunting.) I was having a hard time getting anything done between Clate and Sawyer crying.

I could tell Clate was tired so all 3 of us went and hopped in my bed to go watch some cartoons. Clate was all snuggled on one side of me just randomly fussing...you could just tell he didn't feel well at all. I had Sawyer sitting on my lap on the other side. After a while of trying to comfort Clate I noticed he was asleep. I was all excited thinking I did a great job of comforting him...but it was not me at all!!

I looked down and noticed that he had been holding Sawyers hand the whole time, and that they both had fallen asleep. I thought it was so cute, I wish I could have gotten a real picture o these two! I just know they will be such good friends when they are older.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Gingerbread Houses and Lemieux Christmas Party

Every year we go to the Lemieux's house to decorate gingerbread houses. This year was a lot of fun! Clate was only interested in eating all the candy and not decorating a house (imagine that a 20 month old only interested in candy:)! So instead of decorating with Clate I got to work with Avery...she was a fabulous decorator! We won the award for the most "original" and Britt and Jackson won the "best of show" award. Ha Ha there's looked just like the picture on the box.

Before we started to decorate...Avery making silly faces

Jackson making his silly face

Marcus making his silly face and Clate pouting (he wanted the candy)

Avery and I

Britt and Jackson

AJ was laughing at Clate and how much food he was eating.
AJ always tells Clate that the reason that he has an out-ee is becausese he eats so much...ha ha

Avery pretending to eat the house

Clate pretending to help

Avery and I's house

Every year we get to go to Grandma and Grandpa Lemieux's house for a family Christmas party full of BBQ, cookie decorating, crafts, a Nativity play, Santa, and pinata. It is a lot of fun and we are so lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa who work so hard to put this on and to let so many crazy Lemieux's gather in one place:)

I have to add a little story so that we can all remember the funny things Marcus does. So we were already on the list of families to be made of fun of because we ran out of gas on our way to Thanksgiving...but I'm pretty sure Marcus added more good times.

On the drive over Clate fell asleep in the car and he really needed to sleep so he could be somewhat nice, so we parked right in front of the house and Marcus cracked the window, and we left Clate asleep. For some odd reason Marcus locked the truck door. Normally this wouldn't be a problem because the window was down right?!

Wrong! Our truck has an anti-theft thing so it makes things a little complicated when it comes time to get your crying kid out. Marc had pressed the lock button on the door before he shut his door, so the only way to unlock it is to use the key. Normally this wouldn't be a problem...Right?!

Wrong again! Clate is crying wanting out and Marcus is no where to be found and he has the key. We call him and he left the house with his cousin Jake. Great!! Clate is crying, so we try to solve the problem another way.

We try sticking Hallee (one of the cousins) through the window to try and unbuckle Clate. She tries and tries but can't get it. Good thing Marc finally shows up and we get Clate out:) Ha Ha this will be a good story to remember one day. And I must say I am so thankful that it was winter and not 115 outside!

When we showed up at the party Marc's uncles thought it would be funny to name this years pinata. I thought it was hilarious, Marc not so much:)

Clate one of the Shepherds in the Nativity

Sawyer played baby Jesus...pony tail and all

I walked Clate out to his spot...pretty sure that as soon as I let go of his arm he ran off tripped and fell right on center stage and just stayed there smiling at everyone as they laughed at him. I guess you could say he stole the show...not in a good way

The whole cast (this year it was all great grandchildren)
Brittney did a great job putting it together

Sawyer and I

Sawyer and Santa

Clate and Santa
I thought for sure Clate wouldn't want to sit on his lap, but he loved him.
He just stared and stared at him.

I love this picture... we tried so hard to get a picture with all 4 grandkids
ha ha as you can see it went well;)
and I think I have like 7 more just like this:)

Our family photo didn't go so well either, I guess Marcus and I could smile for the camera

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sawyer's Blessing

Sawyer's Blessing Day...and a few thoughts

Over Thanksgiving weekend we were able to bless Sawyer. Marcus did such a great job. It is so amazing to me that we have the priesthood here and my husband holds it. It is such a great blessing:)

Today while in church President Matheson spoke to us and talked about the birth of his newest granddaughter, and he said something that really made me think about Sawyer and the day she was born, her blessing and the trust our Father in Heaven gives to us. He talked about how he was able to look at his new granddaughter and hold her when she was just 2 hours old...and how he could see the purity of her spirit and to know that she is a daughter of God.

This really made me think back to when Sawyer was born, and I remember how great it was to be able to hold her, her presence seemed to be overwhelming with the spirit (I can't really figure out how to say what I felt). During the blessing I was overwhelmed with the spirit and find it a privilage to know that Heavenly Father in trusted me with this beautiful daughter of God. That Marcus and I have the great responsibility to teach her to live the gospel. I am so Thankful that we have little Sawyer as well as Clate and I hope we can live up to our Heavenly Fathers expectations ans be great parents to the both of them:)

We had a lot of support from friends and family at the blessing, and we are so glad they were able to come share this special day with us. Thanks to all!!