Doug & Kirii Jones Family

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In a Nutshell

March 18th, 2010 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

I realize it has been a long while since my last post. Shame on me! I am so behind that I will just sum up the last few months.

We had a nice Thanksgiving at my Uncle Tim and Aunt Lesa’s house with my side of the family. After we were finished eating we took off to the Festival of Trees with my parents. Mason loved it, and we enjoyed seeing his excitement. . It was really nostalgic for me too. We use to go to there about every year when I was a kid for dance recitals and such. I wouldn’t mind making it a new tradition for our family. It was a fun start to some much needed vacation time for Doug. He had been working like crazy all year while surviving two lay-offs.

The day after Thanksgiving we met Doug’s sister Jaime, and her little family for lunch, while they were quickly passing through to Oregon. They live in California, so it was a real treat for us to see them. On our way home we were rear-ended. After almost four months of chiropractic/physical therapy I am finaly feeling better. Doug just finished his treatment, and luckily the boys bounced back after several adjustments. I guess kids are really resilient. I could have never imagined how stressful and time consuming car accidents are. Thank goodness for my mom! She was there to baby-sit and help out countless times. We will be celebrating “Black Friday” in 2010 at home for sure.

Christmas was nice and quiet. Just what we needed. My parents joined us for dinner Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, along with Seth and Keli. Work started to normalize for Doug a little, and he had over a week off. You would think a week off would have been very relaxing, but no. With Doug working so much this last year many of our projects got pushed until later, like cleaning the carpets. We wanted to do this ourselves, so we could do a really good job. It proved to be a much bigger undertaking than we thought, especially with a 2 1/2 year old. I ended up taking the kids and spending two nights at my parents while the carpets dried. The carpets look brand new and I don’t hesitate to lay Myles down on them. It was comforting to see that they weren’t all that dirty either.

Sometimes I let my imagination go a little crazy when I think of everything that’s leaked or spilled on them. I’m learning to chill-out a little when it comes to cleanliness. I remember when Mason was a baby I would NEVER consider laying him on the floor without a blanket, and if his baby toys got fell on the floor they were thrown in the washing machine. One day my Mom told me all of the baby toys were totally tattered, because I washed them too much. It’s funny to see how much has changed with baby #2.

All I remember of New Years is that I went to bed at 9:00 p.m. I wasn’t even awakened by the fireworks. That’s how out of it I was. “Good Bye 2009. I will NOT miss you!” That weekend Doug’s parents came for Christmas #2. I must admit I do like celebrating Christmas twice! Along with being terrible about updating my blog I’ve been slacking on taking pictures too. I do have some pictures, but they are not the greatest, so I’m moving on…

February was my Birthday month. The highlight of our month was taking our first trip ever with two kids. We had wanted to wait to travel until Myles was a little older, and we had a bigger car. We went to eastern Idaho. Kade and Nicole were nice enough to let us crash at their house in Rigby, along with my parents. It was such a fun trip!  Nicole (my ultra-talented sister) started a professional dance company, and we were able to attend their first performance that weekend. We celebrated my Birthday and spent some time with Doug’s parents as well. The icing on the cake was both kids did really well with the drive, and with sleeping away from home. I was shocked.

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For my Birthday Nicole gave me a photography session. She took tons of other great pictures, but hasn’t had time to edit them. I edited this one, but I’ll post more when she gets done with them.

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The Face of Time-out

November 28th, 2009 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

Tis the season for thanks, and I’ve most recently caught myself being thankful for time-out. I’ve been using Supernanny Jo Frost’s technique and it works sooo well! It’s also comforting to watch the show and realize my child is really not abnormally wild. Doug even enjoys the show now, even though he previously insisted he could never watch it (although he may deny this if confronted).

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I wish I could add sound to this picture. It would be much more profound!

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Mr. Smarty Pants

November 28th, 2009 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

I never would have guessed foam letters and numbers could provide endless entertainment. Mason loves letters and numbers. A few weeks ago Grandma Bowen was over playing with Mason and his collection. Mason was trying to tell her something, but she didn’t understand what he was saying, and turned to me for my interpretation. Turns out he was playing with two number ones and was trying to tell Grandma that it was the number 11. He’s a little smarty pants… 

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The Three Amigos

November 28th, 2009 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

On this particular Sunday we had a little bit of time before church. I decided it was a good opportunity to do a little photo-shoot of Myles. Myles has been changing faster than I can take pictures. He’s going to be grown before I know it and wonder why he doesn’t have any baby pictures. 

Lately Mason has had an aversion to pictures, so I wasn’t even planning on trying to get his picture. I was pleasantly surprised when Mason and George jumped right in and wanted their pictures taken too. I’m so glad they did!

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Since Myles came to our family Mason has had some times where the change has been difficult. Mason still has his moments, but seems to be a little better adjusted. He has also become very good friends with his stuffed animals, including one of his favorites Curious George. George has been fed, watered, napped, sent to time-out, danced, “Gone fast!”, as Mason would say, and worn a diaper.

George also helps me keep Mason reigned in out in public. When we are out and about Mason refuses to hold my hand (must be a two-year-old thing).  But if we both hold George’s hands, Mason wouldn’t think of letting go. Thanks George!

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Myles’ Blessing

October 27th, 2009 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

Wow it’s seems like forever since my last post. Myles is now almost 11 weeks old. He is such a sweetheart! He now regularly delights us with his smiles, giggles and his crazy hair. It’s been fun to note the differences and similarities between Myles and Mason.   

We have been adjusting to two kids a little better now. It was sooo hard at first. I have never been so tired. I can’t believe I ever thought having one kid was hard! I think Mason has had the hardest time adjusting. Mason loves his little brother, but doesn’t really enjoy sharing Myles with Mommy or anyone else for that matter.  Here’s one scenario that happens frequently…

Myles: “Whaaaaa!”

Mason: “Baby crying!?!”

Mommy: “Oh, should we help him?”

Mason: “Nooo.” (he says this so matter of fact)

Mommy: (picks up Myles)

Mason: (reaction which will vary from a short whine to the dramatic)

Fortunately it seems we have moved on from Mason sucking my arm while I’m nursing Myles, Mason spitting when Myles spits up, or Mason crying when Myles cries. Well the last one still happens sometimes… Thankfully most of the time I can find humor in these antics.

Even with all the challenges I wouldn’t change being a Mommy to my little guys for anything. They bring so much purpose and joy into my life. There is nothing that could be more fulfilling for me! I just hope I do a good job!

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While Nicole and Kade were here for Myles’ blessing we got a family picture. Nicole headed up the photography operation and my dad helped with editing. Both Nicole and I have interests in photography and we just got new cameras. I think it turned out quite well, considering there were four children under four in the picture. While Nicole was here she took some awesome engagement shots of Seth and Keli! I’m taking my first photo shoot this week if the weather cooperates. I’m really nervous…

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We tried to get a family picture with just Doug, Mason, Myles, and I, but Mason had had enough.

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I just love this! Myles is so smiley! He smiled and giggled in his sleep right from the beginning.

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Myles’ maternal grandparents after the being blessed in church.

Doug gave a beautiful blessing, and we were very grateful for all of the Priesthood holders who stood in the circle. We also had a blast with many of our family members, some from far away, who shared in our special event. We are so lucky to have such an awesome family! Love you all!

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Myles’ maternal great-grandparents.

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Myles’ paternal grandparents.

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Part of the Jones side of the family who made a long quick trip for us. We miss you!

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The Great Debate

September 12th, 2009 Filed under: Daily Posts by Kirii

A few months ago we debated on whether or not to convert Mason’s crib to a toddler bed. Everyone I knew had their kids sleeping in a bed at this age. His pediatrician said he was okay staying in the crib as long as he didn’t climb out. He never has tried that. In fact Mason loves his bed so much that he even asks to get in sometimes. This is even more surprising considering we still use the crib for time-out (I’ve never gotten around to changing time-out to a chair).

I was kind of excited to see how he would like the change, but not excited for him to be able to get out when ever he wanted. We decided with the Myles coming it would be better for us to always know where Mason is, especially when we are sleeping. I’m so glad we didn’t make the change. Also, now that we’ve entered the terrible twos there have been some crazy tantrums. If we didn’t have the crib I would be worried about Mason hurting himself during some of those times. Ahh, the simple joys of parenting.

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Cheese! He looks so big here!

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The latest activity in the crib this little boy loves is putting all of his balls in the crib and bouncing with them.

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