Catching up.... on more than just laundry

Twice the kids, twice the load

I really carried him up the stairs like that...

ok so these pics were supposed to be taken at 12 mo. when he would have fit in these outfits, but I slacked... These used to be KC's clothes. Hillarious. Smith was not humored. He HATED the one below as you can tell... I thought he would have made a beautiful girl :)

striking a pose after his temper tantrum. I laughed the whole time. poor kid

Smith has been taking A LOT of baths because of...

this. We finally got sod though, so we should see cleaner days now. (we hope)

Thanks to our neighbors and Dave for the help. 

Another torturous moment presented by mom... I laugh every time I see this picture

and I saved the cutest for last.

Wow we have been sooo busy lately with the new baby and the new yard and the new jobless lifestyle. I have the best kids and husband in the world!

Jackson Hole

KC and I have a curse that anytime we travel a MILLION things go wrong, but it makes for quite an adventure. This trip didn't lack crazy mishaps, but overall we had a blast! We went to Jackson Hole for the weekend to watch KC's brother Alex finish his 200 mile bike race (no thats not a type-o... it really was 200 miles!) from Logan to Jackson. We are proud of him for this big accomplishment! The kids were AMAZING and I couldn't ask for two better little travelers.

It was so funny watching little Miles through this distorted mirror. 

Smith really loves to sleep with his hands in "kick back and relax" position

Crossing the finish line Go Alex!

I am in love with this picture of Smith.

We only managed to get 1 family picture. Miles looks dead, and Smith was being blown away by the wind

Seriously though, could my kids be any cuter??

Smiths first tram ride

He sure loved seeing the sights with Gramsy and neenew (grandma newton)

boys will be boys

I wash my windows... I promise

Its been one DIRTY month here at the Stayner home! Its impossible to keep my carpet clean. I figure if I keep having boys this is what Im in for the rest of my life. Smith is OBSESSED with our dirt pile out front. If I turn my head for one second he is climbing to the top of it. I cant wait for the back yard to be finished so I can turn the boys loose on the grass and let them make their messes.

People keep telling me NOT to cut his hair...

But seriously???

hard workin dad

KC has been working hard to get our yard done before the summer is over.  

Ive been doing a lot of watching, Smith has been doing a lot of playing, and Miles has been doing a lot of... 

sleeping

Smith loves to wear glasses and gloves like his dad

thanks to my hard working boys, I will have a yard soon!! :)

news about twos

So far having two kids has been easier than I thought... granted Miles is still sleeping most of the day, and giving me necessary time to adjust to the change and new schedule, but I kind of expected total chaos from the beginning. I will admit I am extremely sleep deprived, stressed about nursing, reflux and stressed about Smith's new over the top dramatic temper tantrums, but overall, I am really enjoying having two to love, feed and cuddle :) 

I tried napping today and in the first 15 min got woken up three times once by each of the boys and the third by the neighbors screaming baby coming through on MY baby monitor... yes, it was super annoying. (and she must be doing some sort of sleep training because the kid cried and screamed forever and I finally had enough sense to get up and turn the monitor off) Then in the second half hour I got a phone call, turned my phone off fell asleep for ten more min and then Smith woke up delusional searching for his blanket, and after laying in bed again only to hear the neighbors dogs start attacking each other sooooo I gave up on the nap. 

Miles Smiles

I finally got around to taking some more pictures of my new little one. He is the most gentle, wonderful, sleepy baby and never makes a peep. He even gave us a few gas smiles here and there!

I love love love his pointy little bum

KC hated the hat, but I thought it was cute... so there...

He's here! Miles Edison Stayner

When I left off my last post, I was dialated to 4cm... well, turns out when we thought my water broke it had only partially ruptured so we waited hours for nothin! When the doctor broke my water I went from 4cm to 10cm in an hour and pushed for 15 min and little Miles joined us at 7:55pm. I didnt feel an ounce of pain for the full 11 hours I was in Labor. How cool is that?! I love modern medicine! 

As you can see, we did decide on a name change, so sorry for those of you who were planning on meeting Knewton Cru... but meet MILES EDISON in all his smushed face glory! :)

We are a family of 4 now!

Gotta love that dark hair

This is when we first met... my favorite moment

Our fat faced munchkin man

Proud big brother Smith couldn't get enough

He loves his toes

What a proud dad