The Clayton Clan: Clayton Happenings

Time just seems to go by so fast! My kids are changing every day and I feel like I can't get enough of them at this stage before they move to the next. We've spent the last 2 weeks back and forth between Saint George and Brigham. Sorry to all those who have tried to get a hold of us, it can be a daunting task at times.
I have started a new diet! I have been wanting to get this baby weight off for a few months and I decided now is the time. It is the HCG diet, most of you probably know of it or have heard of it. Basically you give yourself an injection of HCG and B12 every morning then you only eat 500 calories all day long. These 500 calories come from meat veggies and fruit no sugar starches or fats. Luckily the HCG has a natural appetite suppressant in it so you are not starving all day long. In fact most the time I am not even hungry. Really the hard thing is that I love my treats, and I would give anything to eat a bag of oreos right now. But it WORKS! I have lost 12 lbs in the last 7 days. 7 days down 19 more to go. And then I have to do a maintenance phase for 3 weeks. The HCG kind of makes me emotional.. for example... today Chris and I were playing our U Dance game. I stepped on my foot wrong and rolled it pretty bad. Chris put his basketball brace on my foot to make it easier to walk on but first he had to put 2 of his huge thick socks on me so the brace would fit. At 9:30 he insisted I go to bed and get a good nights sleep. I didn't want to so I started making wah wah noised at him ( like how the adults talk on Charlie Brown) and I was making the talking gestures with my hands. He decided he would show me who was boss and picked me up and took me to bed. I was laughing pretty hard and still making the wah wah noises at him. He was taking the brace off my foot so I could go to bed and every time I would wah at him he would tug off my sock a little to put pressure on my ankle and say what was that? Anyway this continued on for a few seconds and Chris was getting a little more aggressive on his tugs. He tugged once that really hurt a little and I went instantly from gut laughing to crying. Of course he felt bad and apologized and then I thought about him tugging on my sock to make me stop wah-ing at him and I started gut laughing again. He proclaimed me phsycotic and deranged and walked out of the bedroom. - Just one example of the craziness that is us.
Chris is my super hero though because he fixed my washer for me. The spin cycle stopped working on it and our laundry was starting to pile up. Last Saturday he took the ENTIRE washer apart right down to the motor ( keep in mind he has never even attempted to take apart a washer.) Anyway after about 5 hours of fiddling kicking and a few silent curses ( I am sure) the washer is fixed and working perfectly!
Taycee is growing up so much she is on the verge of rolling over and she giggles all the time now. Her 4 month appointment is on Wednesday so we will see how much she really has grown.
Kaden is starting to be MUCH better with his sister. He comes and gives her kisses now and trys to help her when she is crying. The other day he was "helping" me unload the dishwasher and he found one of her bottles and nipples. He immediately put the nipple on top of the bottle and took of to find Taycee laying on the floor. He pulled the binki out of his mouth and said "der go" and tried to feed her the bottle. The nipple wasn't screwed on so the nipple fell off and bonked her on the head. He kept picking it up and trying to get it to stay on so he could feed sister.
He is also starting to be afraid of things. We took him through the car wash last week and it scared the bageebees out of him. Every time it would come past his window he would whimper and cover his eyes with both hands. It was sad but VERY cute.

While we were in Saint George we went to Jumpin Jacks its basically a glorified playground with lots of blow up toys. Kaden LOVED it, he especially loved the big huge slides he would go flying down spread eagle, tumble a few times at the bottom and then turn around laughing and wait for me to come down. When I would come down he would open his arms to catch me ( like we do when we catch him) and then give me a huge hug when I got down.

Here are the pictures from the last 2 weeks...

Cute Taycee