Not a Newborn Anymore

I can't believe it, George is not a newborn anymore. I really do feel like I was just prego with him. He has been cooing and smiling at me for the last 5 days but I have yet to catch it on video. Here is a little clip of what I did catch...sorry the lighting isn't great. I can barely handle his cuteness (I know that I'm bias)! 

We went to the zoo today to enjoy this AMAZING Utah weather. I was too nervous to take the camera to the zoo because it was my first true outing (busy place) with the two boys and only two arms so the pic is from once we got home and before I scrubbed the boys head to toe!

Happy Easter

Here are a few pics from our Easter Weekend. We decided to go and meet the Easter Bunny so that Liam could ask him for the alligator puppet he was hoping to get. Two of my sisters were in town along with my niece Hailey so we had a ton of fun just hanging out. 

Thanks to my sisters for hold G-man a ton (and chasing L) so I could catch up on my sleep....I'm a new woman!! A special thanks to Ha for finding Foofa. I had all of the Yo Gabba Gabba Train Set except her so I had been holding on the them until I could get my hands on Foofa. Liam loves them!

Just Ask

So here is my new state of mind.....if you're going to break into my car to steal a diaper bag and child's portable DVD player, just come to my door and ask for $40 cuz you'll be lucky if you get that at the pawn shop. This way I don't have to spend money to buy these items plus $200 to get a new window. 

When it RAINS......

Its safe to say that when it rains it pours, right? Well here is our rainstorm.... George and I have a cold. Its one thing for me to feel like crap, but he is only 3 weeks old and too young to take any meds. So the humidifiers are going, my hands feel cracked from the constant sterilizing and bath time with vapor bath bubbles has become playtime for both boys. I actually just put Liam in the bath due to regular 2 yr old boy yuckiness and got the bathroom all steamy before the bath so George and I could all enjoy a little spa treatment while Liam bathed. 

Here's the kicker...our refrigerator just stopped cooling yesterday (we didn't notice until 7pm...oops) so all of our food is in bins in the snow in our backyard and I'm waiting for the repair man to get here. Matt thought he had fixed it last night but lets just say that this morning my kitchen floor (that I had actually just mopped that morning prior) was very colorful from the melted  Popsicles that oozed out during the night. Poor Matt even got up at 230am to make sure it was cooling and he thought it was. So all of the meat/pre-cooked meals that we had stored in our freezer (we actually prepared for the baby....way to be responsible) may or may not make it and I'm sick to think of the hundreds of dollars wasted!

Oh, and I can't find my bottom retainer. I know this is super petty, but I got braces to straighten my bottom teeth while I was prego with Liam and if I go more than a few nights without it, it looks like I never got braces in the first place. I think I wore it Friday night but after a sleepless night with George I didn't put it in its regular place and its now playing hide-an-go-seek with me and I'm losing MISERABLY!

One more thing....Matt's cell phone is broken so we have to buy him a new one. This month just got SUPER EXPENSIVE! 

Anywho, these are the things that just happen right. Life is good!! Here is a video clip of my boys from earlier in the week(before the colds)...I can't get enough of them (even when Liam trys to drive me nuts)!

I've also got an amazing hubby who is the best dad ever and treats me like a queen!

-for some reason the 1st paragraph is BOLD-don't know what happened, but I can't change it

What's Been Happening

We are now officially on our own. My mom left on the 13th, Judes left on the 17th, Kris left yesterday and Jer came in for a few days right after G was born. We have been super spoiled with TONS & TONS of help from family and are so grateful for their love & support.

Matt and I have decided that his parenting thing is CRAZY....it makes us completely nuts one minute 

(and I mean looney!) and then happier than we could have ever imagined the next. 

We are in absolute love with our boys and want to thank our family for being so Amazing!! Here are some recent pics:

& George makes 4

Our newest little monster has made his way into the world (all 9 lbs of him...Yikes) and we couldn't be happier. He came two days early and labor went super well. Liam is in absolute love with his little bro and is adjusting to our new life. My mom has been with us for over 3 weeks and to be honest we are a little nervous for her to go. Its been so nice to have someone to hold the baby during part of the 'night shift' have three meals a day and my house SPOTLESS (not to mention that Liam has the time of his life with her). I know....we are Absolutely Spoiled!

 We named him George Frederik: 

-named after my dad who is a third generation 'george' (my mom had all girls so she couldn't use the name)

-Frederik is after Matt's great-great-grandfather, the 1st to emigrate from Holland

-both namesakes are the first members of the church for each of our families 

Its crazy how you forget how bad 'the recovery' from birth and starting breastfeeding (even if you were a pro the 1st time around) SUCK! Anywho, Matt and I are just happy that we are all healthy and feel so blessed to add a new member to our crew. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes, phone calls and visits!

No Baby

I've put off blogging in hopes that we could post pics of the newest Steenblik, but he is loving my uterus and I'm wishing I didn't have one. I take that back, I know how lucky I am to be prego and have easy pregnancies. My mom is here with us and as she says, "if we clean the house one more time the finish will come off of the cabinets." I can honestly say that EVERY square inch of my house is clean and I LOVE IT! Liam is having the time of his life with his Nana and Gus (my mom's dog) so life is good....but we are honestly going stir crazy waiting for this baby. Who stays at a 3 for over a week??

Anywho, life is good and I've decided not talk about how miserable I feel. The other night while I layed in bed from 2-5am I came up with the 'top ten reasons' why nobody should be 39 weeks prego, but it got a little graphic and decided at that point I need to be grateful for the monster coming my way and that we are all healthy! As Liam sings, "think happy thoughts, happy thoughts, that's what you've got to do!" (we love yo gabba gabba)

Here is a pic of Liam reading himself "Goodnight Moon" during a morning/cleaning episode.