Witty Whitney Moment!!

So it was our second week of church at our new ward and I was asked to teach the lesson in Relief Society. We were running later than I would like to be, so I just dropped Whitney off at the nursery and forgot to introduce her to the workers. For not knowing any of the Adults she did very well. I was told by a man who sat behind us in sacrament meeting that she helped his little boy in nursery. His son was really having a hard time with his dad leaving him in there with other people, and Whitney went up to the little boy pointed to a picture of Jesus that was on the wall, gave him her "I'm a big girl look" and said "ok... Jesus!!" It helped the little boy and the dad thanked me for it. Yahoo!!! Its good to know that good things stick too. Considering that during Stake Conference she was hitting her doll up against the bench really violently, and when I asked her what she was doing she yelled, so even the speaker coulds hear, " I spank a BUTT!!!!". Ya, that one made me feel like mother of the year. We do the best we can and the Lord makes up for what we cant :)

Yes I had my baby!!!

So my life has been turned up side down!! In a good way! I finally had my little baby boy. And we finally closed on our house in Jerome. So I got a new baby and a new house for Christmas, I am so lucky!! Berny Lance Marquez was born on December 21st. He weighed 6pounds 13 ounces and was 20 in long. It was a really great experience, I went to church on Sunday and was having contractions all through sacrament meeting. Then during Sunday school we had a special Christmas lesson where we watched a movie about the birth of Jesus Christ, and I just cried as I watched poor Mary riding that donkey while she must have been in labor. I guess a pew is a lot better than a beast of burden to begin labor. The great thing is one of the lady's in my ward noticed that I was miserable at church and came to my house that afternoon with her daughter and pampered me. They rubbed and soaked my feet and hands, they even painted my nails. I will never forget them, it was exactly what I needed. These pictures are taken by Berny right before we left to the birth center, (I went with my Sunday dress on and everything) My husband is so sweet.

Happy Birthday Whitney

Whitney turned 2 years old on November 27. We had a party at Grandma and Grandpa Marquez's house. It was so fun, Berny cooked some meat on the bbq and I made a Elmo cake. Then Whitney fell asleep with Titan, Victor and Shyanne's dog.

Trick or Treat!!!! Happy Halloween!!

Whitney is a pretty princess and I am the princess's monkey. As you can see my monkey costume does not fit very well. It was supposed to be Whitney's costume but she made it quite clear that she wanted to be the princess.


Whitney at the trunk or Treat at the church.

Steph was a construction worker. The cute thing was that her belt was full of stuff for her new baby, like bottles and butt paste.


Joseph: Superman, Josh: Spiderman, Whitney: Pretty Princess.



This was before Halloween. We were carving pumpkins.

Whitney did not like the feel of the pumpkin gut's.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Yahoo for Aki and Mark

Aki had her baby!!!! It was a little boy. He weighed 5 and a half pounds, had a 12 and a half in head, and was 18 inches long. H was born at 12:45 on the 29th of oct. She labored for 13 and a half hours. They named him Tristen.

Happy Birthday Adaline!

Last Saturday Adaline had her first birthday. We all got together and had a party and than the boys watched the Boise State game. The party was so fun, we played a lot of fun little games like pin the jewel on the crown and musical squares. The best thing was that I had my two other pregnant sisters who were just as silly looking as me trying to play. Aki was due any day, Steph is due in November and I am due in December.

Its Potty Time!!

Well about 5 days ago I was getting Whitney ready to get in the shower and right when I had all of her cloths of got a phone call. Well, that was when Whitney realized that she had to go pee. So she open up the shower door stepped in went pee and than stepped back out. I was so surprised because she is only about 22 months, but I thought if she knows enough not to pee on the floor certainly she could understand that she can pee in the toilet. And to be honest I am really tired of changing diapers. So later that night when it looked like she was trying to push out a poop I took off her diaper and put her on the toilet. And sure enough there she went, the sound of a little poop hitting the water rang in my ear. I can not describe how happy and proud that little poop in the toilet made me. I could have been more proud than if I had just gotten drafted into the WNBA. I almost cried, OK maybe I did cry, a little. The next morning I put her in panties and we had a very intense morning of pee, poop and snacks. By that afternoon she came up to me with desperate eyes holding herself say "mommy poopy", so I scooped her up and ran her to the bathroom but her panties were still dry. As soon as that bum hit the seat I heard the little tickle. She has stayed completely dry for three days now, NIGHT and day. I am a proud momma. Now we just have to master the difference between toots and poops because now she tells me every time she has to toot that she needs to go potty. Yesterday we called grandma and Whitney told her, " ON NACK" (i GOT A SNACK), "I POOP", "ON NA PODI" (ON THE POTTY)