A Week With the Nash Boys :)

So this week I am babysitting Jameson & Gregson in Lehi, Utah. Their parents left this morning, so Luke dropped me off last night after picking me up from the airport and crashed on the couch downstairs.

They go to bed at like 8:00, so that leaves me nothing to do except blog about it so here we go ;)

Day 1: [Saturday]

This morning I woke up at 8:30 and found the boys completely dressed and fed. Luke was sitting next to the younger one feeding him breakfast, then changing his diaper. He knew I was sick so he didn't wake me up when the kids woke him up at 7:00. [Reason number 291084901 why he is the most amazing guy in the entire world. :)] After breakfast, me & Jameson got in a sword fight. It failed. That is a giant bruise under my thumbnail if you cannot tell!

After recovering from my sword fight wound, we watched Toy Story 3 and I decided to let the dogs out to go to the bathroom while Luke and Gregson were taking a nap. I lost them. So fifteen minutes later I bundled up to go search for them in the 5 degree weather and I found them... "making babies" in front of the neighbors house... awkward.

Now they are only allowed out one at a time :) After we all woke up from our naps we went to Walmart. Gregson is the cutest kid in the world. He was running away from me at Walmart. It was the funniest thing ever. I couldn't catch him cause I was laughing so hard.

And the boys were so good that they got to ride in the Mickey car! I love these boys. I have a really hard time saying no to their cute faces and giant blue eyes!

After a delicious meal of corn dogs and turkey steaks, we sat on the couch and watched a movie. I had the three cutest boys snuggled up with me. Pretty sure I am one of the luckiest girls ever. Gregson made me laugh so hard tonight, with his hiccop attack and slipping so many times. What a cute boy!

I really don't think I would have made

it through this day without Luke.

I felt so miserable. He made me delicious dinner.

He changed Gregson every single time.

He fed Gregson. He played with the boys.

He put Gregson on a nap.

He got up from his nap so I could sleep and shower.

He even got dog pee all over his hand when

he was helping Jameson get to bed.

He basically did everything.

I love him so much. He is going to be the best

dad in the world :)

Day 2: [Sunday]

After four miserable hours of sleep, I woke up with the kids feeling like death. I made them breakfast then put those kiddos in the tub. Then, I was going to go to Logan to be saved by my amazing Aunt Barbi, but then instead, Luke came and saved the day. He got here

just in time to take the kids to church while I took a looooong nap.

After I woke up, we had a pizza party. Then, we went to get Luke's bike. Since Jameson was so good in the car, we had ice cream when we got back. They went to bed like angels. :)

Day 3: [Monday]

The kids slept until 8:00. It was a miracle. We woke up and had breakfast. Then the boys got dressed and brushed their teeth all by themselves...with a little help. Then we had a light saber battle. It didn't end bad this time. Gregson helped me make some delicious Mac & Cheese.

During Gregson's nap, Jameson got to play at his friends house.

After lunch and naptime, we went to Cabela's. They never wanted to leave.

When we got home, we had a dance party.

Then we watched Elmo's Potty Time......a very intense show.... After that interesting experience, we had Family Home Evening. We learned about obedience....it didn't quite sink in... We played Hide & Seek. Why do we say "ready or not, here I come"? If they aren't ready, they make you recount? Doesn't make sense. I guess we've never played it right. Then, we had a 10-second-tidy like in the Big Comfy Couch. And then we had ice cream :) Mmm.

Now the kids are in bed. Well, Gregson is, but he's screaming for his mom and dad. I am going to take a shower and some sleeping pills and actually get some sleep tonight.

Day 4: [Tuesday]

We are off to an interesting start... Luckily, I got almost eight hours of sleep last night and only got woken up twice. I want to take this time right now to apologize to my mom for ever going in her room in the night! It is so frightening to wake up with a child a half inch from your face!!! No matter how many times it happens, you are NEVER prepared!!!! After both boys were up, we went into the kitchen and made a smoothie. Gregson dumped his out...apparently mine aren't as good as his moms....darn. I'll have to work on that before tomorrow's smoothie!

After that incident, it was bath time.

Bath Time #1: Fail

Well last night we learned about woo woos and wee wees in Elmo's potty time. Apparently Gregson took those lessons to heart. Lucky me. As seen in the picture above, there is a big woo woo in the tub....Actually, no. There are 5 little woo woos....which is a lot worse than one big woo woo.... Well, that summarized bath time #1. Bath time #2 was in session for maybe a minute when the water began rising faster and turning yellow...hmmm... Luckily we hadn't put the bathtub cleaner away yet. Bath time #3 failed when Gregson threw his brothers shoes in the water.

After that, I did the dishes, started a load of laundry and packed the boys, their clothes, and toothbrushes, and dogs into the car. We set off on our journey to Logan. Aunt Barbi let us crash at her house for the night. Stephanie helped me get the kids and dogs in the house and settled in. Gregson slept and Jameson played with Owen and Ian (my cousins) the rest of the afternoon. Then we got to go to Uncle Scott's and hold the snakes.

Barbi made us delicious poppyseed chicken for dinner and now she's cleaning up the room for us to sleep in. Sydney helped Jameson eat all his dinner and now she's dancing and playing with Gregson. She's going to be the best mommy ever :)

I sat on the boy's floor and read to them until they fell asleep. Now I get to hang out with my love :)

Day 5/6: [Wednesday or Thursday or both---lost track of days :)]

Barbi is the best ever cause she is letting us stay all day today and another night! So Jameson and Gregson are having the time of their lives with Syd, Ian and Owen. (: Sydney has pretty much adopted Gregson for the week. She loves to read to him, feed him, lay with him and play with him. I don't know who wouldn't...just look at that face :)

Jameson has also found two new friends, Ian and Owen. They have been so nice sharing their toys and games...and beds this week. Jameson is Ian's shadow. He told me on the way home that when they grow up they are going to be next door neighbors....presh!

These are my boys... so adorable in their cute pajamas.

These are the five kids holding the five dogs. Elliot, Bambi, Kitty, Tyke & Bolt. Barbi is brave...she decided to give all 5 dogs a bath.

Barbi and I had a very productive day while the kids played. We finished all the laundry, all the dishes by hand and yesterday we took down Christmas. Barbi and I had lots of much needed bonding time and long, deep talks :) I love her to death. Now I get to read to the boys and hang out with Barbi and Luke :)

Day 7: [Friday]

We were supposed to leave today, but Barbi accidentally took my keys with her to work, so we got to stay one more night. While Barbi was at work and the kids were at school, it was very quiet in the house. I cleaned while Jameson and Owen played and Gregson slept. After the kids came home from school, The boys watched Cats and Dogs for like the 3rd time and acted like Cat and Dog detectives. We had 8 kids and 5 dogs at this point, so Barbi and I took the three youngest for a drive. I got clean clothes from my dorm and Farkle. We had nachos for dinner, then the small kids played while the adults and Gregson played Farkle. I won thanks to Gregson's lucky hands :) Then, Luke read to the boys and put them to bed.

Day 8: [Saturday]

We woke up early, got dressed, gave the boys some cereal and were off to Lehi. Luke followed behind me in his car. When we got to Lehi, we unloaded the dogs and the dirty clothes. I tackled the bedrooms and laundry and Luke vacuumed the front room and cleaned the kitchen. Then we loaded up fresh clothes and went on an adventure looking for the mailbox. 30 minutes later we found it. Then, we dropped the boys off in Salt Lake at their grandma's. Gregson ran after me crying when I left...it was really sad.

I love Jameson & Gregson Nash and I am definitely going to miss them.

Christmas Break (:

There's nothing like being home for the holidays. When you go off to school or move out, you forget how much the little things mean to you. Simple things like giggle outbreaks in family prayer, bathrooms you can walk in, full cupboards, a jug of milk that is not labeled...etc.

This break has been especially amazing because I've had Luke here with me to share it. There's nothing quite like a Falter family Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we have the Belnap Christmas, complete with the nativity scene and Christmas hymns till our throats are too sore. This is the night we remember why we are celebrating Christmas. We asked Emmalee: What is Christmas about? Emmalee: PRESENTS! Obviously she's been watching the Grinch too much, because last week she told us it was about Jesus, our Savior. She has to be the cutest, smartest five year old in the world. :) I am a tad biased though.

Then that night, we crunch into one room and wait patiently for Santa Clause. This year we went to bed a little later than usually because we went on a last minute shopping run for my dad. We felt bad for him because we thought my mom had more. Too bad he didn't appreciate any of it and now he's trying to take it all back. It's the thought that counts, right?

Well us three big girls were in the bed laughing and talking until Austin left to get sleep and Adam and Emma were in tears, scared that Santa wasn't going to come. And Luke was probably crying too...just quieter ;) No matter how old you are, Christmas Eve is definitely the hardest night in the world to sleep too, especially when your little sister kicks your face all night. You got to love the 6:30 AM wake up call from your little brothers and no matter how hard you try, you can't convince them to sleep any longer.

Then, we all line up on the stairs and listen to each child run down and find what Santa brought. That's the best part of Christmas morning. It's fun being the oldest cause you hear everyone else's happy screams while you wait. And this year, I wasn't the last one, so I didn't get lonely. Christmas morning was successful, we made my mom cry at least three times, my dad cry and I made Luke cry. That's the goal... get a gift that makes them cry. It's the best. Then we celebrate all together with a big Christmas breakfast and lay around watching movies the rest of the day.

On Sunday, our family was asked to sing in church. We were going to sing this amazing version of Silent Night, until the week before when the ward choir sang it... so we sang Angels We Have Heard On High because our family sings that amazingly together. Well, we sang the first two versus, messed up and laughed the entire third verse. It was a tad embarrassing and very awkward walking back to our seats. The entire congregation was laughing or trying really hard not too... but it was fun. I love my family, laughing and singing. Great combo :)

Christmas at the Falter's was great, as always. We had Luke's initiation...sitting with Uncle Eric. The Falter family is so funny!!! There is such a variety of personalities. All mixed together they are hilarious!

Grandma Falter: What's 90 feet long, green, bumpy and lives in the ocean?

(Punchline: Moby Pickle.)

Grandma Falter: (on accident) Pickle Dick.

It was a special treat having the Darin Belnap family with us this year. We had fun reminiscing on old times like throwing rocks at people's windows, sending old woman to the hospital, crashing into wood piles, learning new vocabulary (book), wearing face-paint to the reservation, backfired plans to scare our siblings and sleeping on our parents floor in a thunderstorm. We always have great times with DJ and Mckell. This year we watched a thousand and one movies, went bowling, had an "adventurous" night at Walmart, and made mud masks.

Kylee: *Saying Family Prayer*

Mom: *Whispers* Darin!

Kylee: Please bless Karen.

Mom: Darin!

Kylee: Please bless Garin....?

Mom: UNCLE DARIN!

Kylee: Please bless Uncle Darin!

Dad: MAREN!

This was definitely the best Christmas break I've ever had. Thank you to my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, best friend and fiance, for making it so amazing :)