Which she is me?

People have frequently commented that Kb and Lo look just like Bret and so I have started to feel sad that my kids have only small parts of me in them. However, once I obtained these baby pictures of me from my dad my confidence was rewed.


I knew I recognized Lo's chubby cheeks from somewhere. Look at those fatties!
Our smiles are one in the same. I see Lo smiling at me in this picture.

This is where I pig out {not much changes in 24 years} Sadly, Kingston has picked up on my habit for food and so you will recognize similar pictures of him chowing down on treats that toddlers should not be eating.

I still have a secret passion for Mcdonal's soft serve ice cream. {don't tell Rennai}

This is my bigger sister Missi holding me. I look happy don't I? Probably because I had just found out I had 4 older sister to love me and look out for me. I wish I could remember all the times they held me or played with me. {these sweet things have I over looked and taken for granted} I owe them so much for all they put up with because of me.
Here is where I am really impressed. Mom already has 6 kids and is pregnant with Twins yet my parents still had time to make the new babies (Brad and I) an exciting thing for the older kids. How lucky were we to have such fun and creative parents! Wish we could play again like we did back then.

My other half

Can you have more than 1 other half? I was born with a twin who has been my other half my whole life and then I married Bret who quickly became my other half (the responsible, logical, patient, good looking, smart and spiritual half) To answer my own question I would say "Yes!" and oh boy does that make me lucky!

I asked my dad for some baby pictures of me to compare to Lo and he sent me a whole bunch of treasures to behold. As I was looking through these pictures my breath caught as i thought of my twin brother Brad (or B*rad as I like to call him). He is pretty close to being the cutest little boy I ever did see (he's tied w/ Kingston)
He is so adorable, I look more like a boy than he does so in case you are wondering he is the one on the right. I like him a lot... enough to hold his hand even. I am so glad he is my friend.
so much I liked to be near him (or on him) Sorry brother but thanks for sharing with me.

{I am pretty sure Kingston looks like him in these pictures.}

I wish I was a little kid again. I wish we could be small and innocent and play together all day and make messes we don't have to clean up. On the other hand I didn't have hair or Bret back then so I guess I am ok with where I am at now.

What could I have possibly done to have 2 other halves! I Love them.

Where is it?

Bake Fest

When I am working I mean business. That's right you're looking at 100 hand made Whippy Cakes. I love my job.

Blue Crayon & Carrots

Yummmm

Feedback?

I wanted to start a new line of Twilight shirts using a new fabulous technique and then do away with my old felt applique Twilight shirts. Bret suggested I get some feedback first. I don't like that the applique shirts require hand washing and I love how crisp the newer styles are but what really matters is what you think. Which style would you prefer? Which design is your favorite? How do you feel about the silhouettes and the wording? Please share :)

Nice Work

Health Choice Arizona sent me this letter a while ago about how important prenatal care is blah blah blah along with a chart to be filled out by my OB. So the deal was if I went to a minimum of 6 prenatal visits and 1 follow up appointment and had the dates and my info recorded and signed by the physician then they would send me TWO $50 gift cards. I guess they weren't lying because I got the gift cards today. Yay for having other people sign a piece of paper and getting free stuff!

First smiles

Lo has started smiling more and more this week. It's still in the "I don't know how to do this yet so sometimes my smile looks funny" phase but she saves her sweetest smiles for daddy. I can't wait to see more and more of her personality but for now I am content with having a super easy baby.

Let the fun begin

Have I mentioned that Kingston is up to no good? If it's quiet at my house something is being ripped apart, squished, eaten, stepped on, chewed on, dumped out, dunked in the potty, spilled, slapped, stinkified, climbed on, or flying through the air. I am reading up on what the "experts" say is the best way to handle these situations but for the most part I just do my best not to laugh because most of the time I think it's hilarious! How can someone as cute and adorable as him be so messy and cranky? Ah well, I love him mess and all.
(I didn't want that protein bar anyways)
(ummm, CUTEST hat at Old Navy, so sad we couldn't take it home with us)

Little Golden Books

Hey all, I am looking for some Little Golden Books. I used to have them when I was little and I would love to get a collection going for my kids. Let me know if you have any to give away or sell. Thanks!

The Results are In!

The video says enough but you can imagine life here at the Crosby's has become blissful and happy with the great news we received on Friday. Saturday we had some friends over to celebrate this awesome mile stone in Bret's life. I am so proud of my husband for all his super duper hard work. He is so smart and determined! I love him!

Boot Camp

Attention Ladies: I received permission to use our stake center for working out. The first night will be this Tuesday after enrichment night (about 8:30pm) If you want to come you will need to bring work out clothes, your own set of weights (10 to 15lbs) and a medicine ball if you have one. Please leave a comment if you are for sure coming that way Rennai doesn't have to show up for no reason. If there is less than 4 of us we will just work out at my house. You can call or email if you have any questions.

Thank you Rennai for being such an awesome human being and helping us out.

Just stop it

London is my jolly sweet giant. At her 1 month check she was already up to 8 1/2lbs and 22 inches long. Kingston has always been tiny weeny but she is in a hurry to grow up. She is still under the 50th percentile but she just seems so much bigger to me compared to KB. She is smiling at me already and I can hardly stand how cute she is. Why oh why am I so stinkin' lucky!?!

Peanut baby and Travel

She looks like a doll

I think maybe dancing is in her future.

I call him punk face

He looks sweet I know but the truth is he is nothing but trouble. He likes to throw toys at his sleeping sister's head, dump things out... especially little tiny things that are hard to clean up and he likes to climb out of bed during nap time and sleep in front of the door. I always had a thing for bad boys though and I gotta admit I am totally in love with this one.

He likes to do what the grown ups do so when I work out he wants to also. (I let him play with the 3lb weights, watch your toes)
Speaking of working out, Rennai has offered to do a FREE boot camp for all those who were asking. We just need a place big enough and you will need your how pair of free weights. We usually meet together every evenings so if you really want to join the band wagon let me know and I will tell you times and location. Be prepared to hurt though.

10 things I hate about Rennai

Dear Rennai,
Thanks a lot for coming over tonight, I wish I could say it was fun but it WAS NOT! I never wanna see your face again actually. So I have compiled a list of 10 things I hate about you.

1. You look like this (see image below) and well... I do NOT. You suck!
   

2. "Cut down on your carbs" you say. That's like saying "and NO MORE happiness". (Bryan Regan plug.)
3. Medicine ball + back press = I hate you.
4. Can someone get me a bowl with some fruit to put the rest of my jello (legs) in.
5. For correcting me when I say that I can eat all the Mexican food I want since it is 95% protein. (I suppose there is no Easter Bunny either!)
6. Back Kicks! Next time you better watch out or I might back kick you in the face.
7. Thanks for the work out clothes (that are TOO BIG for YOU). They are a little (LOT) snug on me but with your help (ABUSE) they might fit how the designer intended (someday).
8. For making me drink that sick vanilla protein stuff. It tasted like poison.
9. For making me have a positive attitude and not letting me give up on the 5th rep (ok 2nd rep).
10. and finally I hate you already for coming back tomorrow and making me do it all again.

PS. I thought about it and I decided even though I don't like you right now I still LOVE YOU forever and ever for being my buddy and for helping me grow muscles. Please forgive me for reasons 1 through 10.

Vehicle Wrapping?

Do any of you bloggers know someone personally who does vehicle wrapping or Vehicle Magnets? I am looking into it and would love to talk to someone locally. Thanks!

So Blessed

I wanted to make something special for Lo for her to keep as a keepsake forever so when I realized she didn't have a blessing dress yet it became my project. I found myself a pattern and some material I love with all the right trimmings but it had been a few too many years since I've tried to do a pattern by myself. LUCKILY sweet Shelley was there to talk me through it. After 6hrs I can happily say I finished it and love love LOVE it! It's obviously a little big on her now but her blessing is not until May 10th (Mark your calendars!). I know it's not traditional but then again I've never been very traditional and BONUS, after my refresher course I am feeling anxious to make her some new dresses!

(she is so pretty, feel free to stare :)

My Sweet Lo

Her little black dress. (sassy!)
Look who found her thumb already!
Aunt Carli pierced her ears for me when she game to visit and made her the matching pearl bracelet. Sweet pretties.
First bath! (no privates pls)
Snuggle time with mommy.
Ahhh! I love her!

The King has been busy

This is Kingston's new restraint chair.
Learning how to dip and dunk.
We lost our remote to the DVD player two months ago.... I found it when I tried to use our VCR. Nice.
and loving on sister of course!

My sister sent Kingston a package with these shoes last week and we haven't stopped laughing since!

To find out more about these shoes and how to get some for yourself click HERE.

My Boy

Kingston told me he wanted to learn to fly the other day so we went to the little park in the back tonight and tried it out. He had lift-off for about 1.5 seconds so far. But I'm sure if we keep practicing we can get to like 1.8 or even 2 seconds of flight soon. It was so funny because he was obviously scared while he was in the air but then he would want me to keep doing it over and over. Becki snapped the pics right on time of course.

My awesome employer Infusionsoft hooked it up and I got free Suns tickets to Friday night's game against the Raptors. With a new baby in the house, the only stipulation was that I take Kingston with me. We threw Becki's Nash jersey on him to match mine and we had so much fun.

At halftime we went out to the concourse to stretch and Kingston very quickly won everyone's hearts that saw him. He even got requests for some pictures from the passers-by. He was chasing the moving light of an advertisement on the ground and was being so cute.

He was a good little boy for the whole game. For the first half he would clap along with everyone and would watch the game for the most part. Towards the end he got a little fussy. I just had to keep distracting him with a bag of tricks including fruit snacks, an apple, a finger puppet, his sippy cup, and Trey's beard kept him distracted for a good 15 minutes at least. By the end of the night he was one tuckered out little guy. Overall, he loved his first professional sporting event. He told me he was impressed with the way Shaq has been playing lately. The 45 points we witnessed was quite a feat. So King said that he wants to go back pretty soon. I said you got it buddy boy.