Things that I love lately...

**I love to listen to Beckham experimenting with his voice...going as high as he can possibly go.

**I love how Jane will randomly throw her arms around my neck and so sincerely say, "I love you mama."

**I love how Beckham holds my finger when I feed him a bottle and how every now and then, he will reach up and gently touch my face.

**I love to watch Jane's face as she excitedly watches Sleeping Beauty while wearing her Aurora dress.

**I love how Beckham gives me the biggest smile every single morning without fail.

**I love how Jane will break into song at least seven times a day, singing the songs of the Disney princesses, asking me to sing along with her.

**I love to hear Beckham laugh, though I have to look like a complete idiot to get it to happen and I love how Jane laughs hysterically at any tiny silly thing I do.
**I love how no matter how aweful the previous day may have been, I always look forward to seeing my sweet kids in the morning.

**I love being a mom!!

Another St. Patty's Day...

I love St. Patrick's Day for several reasons. One, it means that Spring is well on it's way. And Two, I come from an Irish Heritage and my family has always celebrated it!!

Here's a funny memory, my whole extended family used to have an entry in the Irish parade up in Salt Lake. We would ride on a trailer with a banner proudly displaying HORRIGAN (my gma's maiden name) pulled behind a truck. Sitting on bales of hay, and wearing oversized green hats, we would sing songs to the sound of my sweet grandma playing her accordian. A few of us rollerbladed along side handing out candy. Embarassing? Yes, but that has become a very fond memory and I will always have a love for St. Patty's day.

For the four years of St. Patrick's days I have had with my own little family, we have celebrated by having the traditional Irish dish, Cornned Beef and Caggabe Soup...sooo yummy. This year we started another St. Patrick's Day tradition... Jane and I made a leprechaun trap!! Jane had been hearing about and talking about how sneaky leprechauns are all week. So, she was very excited to finally try to catch one the night before St. Patrick's Day. Here is Jane with our trap! Obviously many long hours went into the making of this trap...as you can see!!

Here is our trap all set. Cute Jane thought it would be smart to put the picture of a leprechaun which had been hanging on our fridge inside the trap, so as to lure the leprechauns into it...what a genious!!

The next morning Jane was very excited to see if we had caught one... The leprechauns got away this year, but as evidence that we had almost caught one, we found gold coins inside our trap that the leprechaun had left behind...Oh how Jane loved it!

She loved it even more when she discovered that there was chocolate inside...:) Oh how I love my little family and making new memories together!!

Perhaps we'll catch a leperchaun next year :)

Cooking Curry and Eating Rice

Jane always HAS to help me cook. This used to be somewhat nerve racking and needless to say...annoying. However, lately it has become super fun because Jane is just such a doll :) Here's how the conversation went...

*As Jane is pulling a chair over- "Wanna help, wanna help mama cook!"

*I begin to put veggies into the pot and stir when Jane says, "Let me do it, Let me do it!"

*As I am cutting the onion- "Watcha doin mama?"

*I tell her I am cutting an onion for the curry. Jane excitedly says, "Good idea mama!!"

*As she stirs- "Sorry pot, hahah, I'm cookin ya!"

*The pot begins to sputter and sizzle- "Ahh, I'm getting sprinkled! Oh no!"

*As I am busily cooking away Jane says so sweetly, "Great cookin mama!"

I have never had so much fun cooking before!! What a sweet little gal I have :)

Beckham started rice cereal just a few days ago and just plain loved it! I can't believe how big he's getting and what a large appetite he has...

So I've got daughter who loves to cook and a son who loves to eat...my job is going to get very easy!!