Halloween Preview

Last night we were invited to a Halloween party and the girls got to get into their costumes. I didn't get any good shots of them in their full get up, but here is a little preview of my Snow White and Belle :)

***NOTE*** I don't have my handy dandy laptop so I can't edit my pictures the way I normally do so these pictures look jacked up (grr!!) so click on each one to see the entire picture. ***

Mallina would NOT look at me for a picture...

Ode to the Paci

My girls are recovering Paci addicts. We have been going through paci detox for 36 hours now and it has been interesting.

I have put off taking away Mallina's paci for many reasons; a new baby sister, me abandoning the family for 12 days to go to Fiji and New Zealand, a big move, potty training, a long drive to Utah, etc. I finally decided that I have no more excuses and needed to get rid of the thing. However, Eva created a problem because if she was still using a paci Mallina could easily take one of hers, so I had to traumatize both of them at the same time. And of course I decide to do it right after their grandpa goes back to Fiji after a three month long stay, and right as their daddy takes a new job all the way in Utah. However I am happy to report that they are both doing so well!

Yesterday was so scary for me. I took their paci's after they woke up and cut off the tips so they couldn't suck on them anymore, but I kind of hid them, out of sight, out of mind right? I regretted it as soon as I did it. Then nap time came along...yikes! Mallina discovered that the paci was "broken" first, but I have been preparing her for this for a while. She wants the new Diamond Princess Barbie and I told her a while ago that she could have it if she gave up her paci's. She got pretty excited about that.

Then little Eva told me her paci had an "owie" she almost had me in tears with that one. But she is the lucky one who still nurses so she still was able to suck herself to sleep. Getting her to let go was interesting...but she went to sleep. Mallina on the other hand took 45 minutes to get to sleep! Grr! I was very annoyed, but so proud of her when she finally did it. That night was a lot worse, Eva decided she was done nursing so she just layed in my arms being a Chatty Kathy which provoked Mallina to do the same. They would not shut up! It took Eva 30 minutes to go to sleep and it took Mallina a good hour or so to go to sleep! But they did better today and we are paci free!

Today I got to go to the store without filling my bag up with as many paci's as I could find in case of an emergency, and I don't have to frantically look in every nook and cranny before nap time or bed time to find a paci! Woohoo! So I am feeling a little nostalgic, that paci kept Mallina my baby for the past three years, and now it is gone. So here are a few funny shots of the two paci addicts together, and there are slide shows of each of the girls and their paci's to follow.




Three cheers for the recovering additcts! Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-hooray!

(I bought them those barbies today and I will post pics of the girls and their new BFF's later!)

Mallina's Paci

Eva's Paci

This one's for you daddy!

It's official, my husband has left me. He accepted a job in Vernal Utah and left us here to fend for ourselves. Ok, it's not that bad. But we are staying in Arizona to ride out our lease, and to escape the cold as long as we can before we move over there. So I am flying solo and it hasn't been too bad so far. Of course it hasn't quite been a week yet. The good news is I will probably be more on top of keeping up my blog since Ieli whines if he doesn't get new pictures of the girls every day or so. The following pictures are kind of random...all taken with my iPhone so they aren't the best quality, but oh well.

Eva being studious in the red chair. It looks like she is asleep, but she blinked...

Cheesy face Eva.

Mallina found this doll hat and proceeded to put it on her head. I was laughing pretty hard, the smile just adds to the humor...

My little Hawaiian maiden. She is obsessed with slippers, she doesn't have any of her own so she wears everyone elses.

I had Mallina pose for a picture in her skull shirt for Auntie Aly, the bone lover. I am trying to work on her smile with her so she isn't so cheese-a-licious.


Eva wanted a picture taken of her too, but she wouldn't move out of the shadows. (Notice the giant slippers she is wearing :)


Then we headed to the park! Eva riding the sea horse.


Mallina climbing, she would get to the top and call out for me to come and get her.


Eva decided to climb too...


I couldn't believe how high Eva climbed!


While we were there the moon came up and I thought it looked so cool. Of course this picture doesn't do it justice...

The End

Ding dong, ding dong, wedding bells are ringing!

Jenny got married! Woohoo! Saturday was Chuck and Jenny's wedding and it was a wonderful day. (Jenny is my sister FYI). We had so many people come from out of town it was great seeing everyone. Mallina and Eva were flower girls and they looked quite adorable if I do say so myself :) So here are a few pictures from the day...I need to edit the rest of them, they were taken at night so they need to be lightened up. But here is what I have along with the slideshows below. Enjoy!

The happy couple coming out of the temple

The bride with the Ieli's

The Allen Family

Flower Girls

Cutting the cake

The First Dance