Quinn is basically living at the library so most nights I am just hanging around the house by my lonesome. My kids go to bed around 6:30 so with Quinn gone, it makes for some long evenings. Tonight I put the kids to bed and started finishing up laundry and whatnot. A few hours later I heard B crying so I went in to see what the problem was. She had thrown up all over her bed. This girl has the most sensitive gag reflect in the world! Anytime she gets a runny nose and she lays down she throws up...every time. So once I got her all cleaned up I decided to let her stay up for a while so we could have some one on one time. We very RARELY get any time with just the two of us so I thought we would live it up and have our first GIRLS NITE! It was such a blast playing with that little angel. She is just starting to walk so I was helping her walk all over the room and she was loving it. She took ONE step by herself today which was so cute. We played some peek a boo, read some books, and I sang and she danced. Bridge is a dancing machine!! Anytime she hears music she is bouncing all over the place and laughing while doing it, it's priceless. What a perfect little night. I am so grateful for that girl, she is always so happy and so content. I feel so blessed to have her sweet personality in our home, what a lucky mom I am.
GiRls NiTe!
Cancun! (SUPER long post!)
Snorkling! Triston was right out there in the water with me. Fish were swarming us, he wasn't a fan of that but he liked looking at the them.
The water was absolutely gorgeous. This was the party boat heading out to snorkle.
Missing Quinn terribly. 
This was the "Jungle Tour". A little misleading however. There was not so much jungle as there was a few bushes and tress but oh well. We each got to drive our own boat which was pretty fun and a little scary since they offered NO instruction on how to operate a boat.
This was the pool at the condo we stayed at. It over looked the ocean, it was so beautiful.
Triston in his snorkling gear.
The Tulum Ruins. 
The most humongous iguana I had ever seen. The guy that owned it charged me $5.00 for taking a picture with it!! He was shoving it at me and tell me to hold it and then once we got a picture he made us pay him, pretty clever. 
Me & my brothers, minus Chad
Iguanas were running around everywhere and they were so big!
Triston LOVED this pool and and the big slides, probably his favorite part of the trip.
Playa Del Carmen
My mom all ready to go on the Zip Line.
The Zip Line was definitely my favorite thing.
I love this picture of Bridget, she was such a trooper all week. This little lady is quite the water lover so that made the trip so fun.
I feel so blessed to be able to take so many fabulous trips with Quinn's family and with my fam. At least once a year we head to Rocky Point Mexico with Quinn's fam and it is always a blast (see old posts!). My family decided to take a trip to Cancun this year and it was so fun...my brother Chad and his family couldn't make it we REALLY missed them! It was really neat to see another part of Mexico. We had some crazy times...here it goes.
Few things we learned on the trip
We all started out pretty darn pasty as you can tell.
My mom cannot help speaking English with a Spanish accept ANYTIME she spoke to someone in Mexico. Some people were speaking FLUENT English and she continued on in her Spanish accent...hilarious!
Bridget, Triston, and I get motion sickness. Bridget and I both threw up on the boat when we went out to snorkle. We got some pretty dirty looks.
Triston got sick on our bus ride to the Tulum ruins and on our last flight home to TX. Both rides were pretty bumpy, poor guy.
Gchat saved us! We were able to talk to Quinn everyday and it was so fun that we could see him while we chatted. It made such a difference.
Could it really be true?
Two excellent things that I am so excited about.
Numero Uno:
Have we overcome the terrible TWO's??? Several people told me that it's really the terrible THREE's and not the two's. I was hesitant to post this in case I jinxed myself but I really think Triston has grown out of his crazy two year old phase. All of a sudden has really become more grown up and so much easier to deal with. I really didn't think I would make it if the three's were worse than the two's so I am so grateful for this turning point in our little man. If he does something wrong he has started just simply saying ,"sorry Mom.". Really? No tantrum on the floor? No clawing at my face? No throwing things against the wall and screaming?? What?! This is so wonderful I just can't help but scoop him up and hug him each time. Now don't get me wrong he still has his moments, as I am sure all kids do, but I have noticed a HUGE difference in the way he is reacting to things just in the last few weeks. Let's hope it's not just a phase!!
Secondly:
The Boozer has HAIR! So happy that our lady is finally getting some luscious locks. People have finally started recognizing her as a GIRL now that she has hair. I used to get a lot of, "Oh isn't HE darling." Yes, my little BOY in all pink and brown with a pink headband is quite darling. What can you do? I am just loving hair some hair on that sweet little head so that I can finally starting doing it!
The two gems. Triston showing off his great brothering skills and Boozer showing off that hair. ;)
Smiles, smiles and more smiles
Chirstmas was so fun this year...Triston is at such a fun age. He finally gets the whole "Santa" thing, though it took til Christmas day to convince him Santa is real. Triston was basically grinning from ear to ear all day on Christmas. He really enjoyed watching other people open presents as well which surprised me. Since we aren't in Utah anymore I was sure we would have a very mild Christmas but boy was I wrong. Ten inches of snow of Christmas Eve it was so much fun. Triston can't get enough of the snow. Bridge was her usual self, sweet as can be and happy all day. However, Bridget has developed quite the bad habit. Now when we put her to bed if we don't rock her or hold her til she is sleeping she makes herself throw up in her bed!! It's absolutely crazy! She is not sick at all and never throws up any other time but she has learned that if she throws up we get her out of bed and have to clean her and all that and she loves the attention. We can literally hear her trying to gab herself it is nuts and if we run in to stop her she is all smiles. Ah!! If anyone has any advice on how to get her to stop I would LOVE to hear it. I am getting a little tired of cleaning sheets, bumper pads and blankets EVERY night. 
