our little family

Christmas

2012-01-24T13:28:00.000-05:00

i was definitely not on the ball this year for taking pictures for the christmas card. mya is very hard to get a good picture of and i guess i wasn't up for the fight. this day was a disaster and why i never try to take family shots. i didn't even get one of mya and i or of all 3 of us.

but when i let her snag a present from under the tree she was instantly happy and ready to take some shots

i love this shot. we can get her to look at the camera but getting a smile out of her is next to impossible

christmas morning. christmas is really nice right now because mya doesn't really get it so we got to wake up at her usual time of 8am. i'm not really looking forward to the christmas' where the kids will get up at like 5 or 6. i loved it when i was a kid but i understand now why my parents hated it.

she loved the kitchen and didn't really care about opening any other presents. we sort of had to force her. she still gets excited to go in the play room and play with her kitchen.

once we got her away from her kitchen she did enjoy helping unwrap the presents.

it took a few days for her to understand the play food wasn't real (not a real cookie she's trying to eat)

she got a lot of mickey mouse clubhouse stuff. she is obsessed and loves all things mickey so her christmas was a success!

lucky for us church wasn't until 1, so we could take our time opening gifts. after presents we had a nice breakfast followed by some more playing with the kitchen. i have always loved christmas but it's so much better with kids.

still catching up.....thanksgiving

2012-01-12T16:50:00.003-05:00

thanksgiving this year was so nice. it was just our little family so there was no timeline of things to do. i cooked little by little with a lot of relaxing in between. we went for a walk and played outside and then after nap time we had dinner. we always have way too much food but it makes for fantastic leftovers!

we gave mya a sample of mashed potatoes and her reaction was.......

pure joy! which resulted in.........

this

and this:)

we have so many things to be grateful for, but i am so grateful for the opportunity to be mya's mother. she has brought so much joy to our home and we love watching her grow. i am also thankful for trent. i couldn't ask for a better husband and father, i am one lucky girl. happy thanksgiving! (belated)

halloween....i know i know

2012-01-10T13:41:00.000-05:00

halloween this year was so fun. mya really liked her witch costume and loved wearing her tutu but not her hat. we did so many fun things this year and on the last party (ward truck or treat) Mya learned to say trick or treat. it was so cute but she would say it in between cars so no one got to hear it but me:)

our neighbor's kids had a little party on the night of halloween and wanted us to come so of course we did! we couldn't keep mya away from frankenstein, she kept saying bye bye tein it was so cute!

ever since our neighbor got this basketball hoop its the first thing mya runs to when we go outside. for awhile she would stand just like the picture but now she crawls under it. it's good entertainment for her i guess:)

our cute neighbor. mya loves her and says her name over and over through the day. now that she's older she will go to the front door and say her name and point and i have to remind her that she is in school. she is the best helper and i'm so glad she is our neighbor. she comes over often and is always willing to help with anything especially mya, next summer she will be able to babysit, I can't wait!

daddy is certainly under her spell (it's what her shirt says) he will do anything for her:)

i forgot to tell her what her broom was really for, she loved to sweep the sidewalk

love this close up pic of my witch and i also love that it's nice enough outside here in texas to actually wear costumes and enjoy trick or treating. growing up i can remember no one ever knowing what anyone was because we all had our snow gear on and instead of parents proudly walking behind their children from house to house, they drove from house to house and us kids would jump in the car every so often to warm up. thumbs up for texas!

at first i thought she was just fishing around in the bowl (i was busy chatting it up) but then she has chocolate all over her face. she had actually taken a kit kat and bit through the wrapper:)

this clown nose came in a bag from the park trick or treat and she loves playing with it. she thinks she's hilarious with this nose on.

Sea World

2011-12-12T14:49:00.000-05:00

we finally took our first family trip and headed down to san antonio to the zoo and then we spent two days at sea world! it was a great vacation and i can't wait to go again.

mya had a rough drive down and got so worked up she threw up so she didn't care too much for the zoo, until we found the elephants. she has taken a liking to these beasts and we spend quit a bit of time at their enclosure. i'm not sure if the zoo was in between animals but they didn't have any bears or monkeys or tigers or any of the awesome animals you expect to see. they did have lots of birds

i have never been to sea world and since mya is a lover of animals we thought it would be the perfect thing to do. we waited until it cooled down so we didn't over heat (we went the weekend before Halloween) thanks sea world for not letting the creepy ghost and goblins come out until night when we were long gone:)

looking at the dolphins, i have never been that close and boy are they pretty. i could've watched them all day but we had to stick to our schedule.

we had a coupon that was adults at kid prices and the second day was free, so we got there right when it opened and stayed until afternoon then took mya back to the hotel for a nap. it was perfect! she loved the penguins and we had to go through the exhibit over and over until we just made her leave

it was really neat, you could either stand at the back or come to the front on a little moving sidewalk, like at the airport, we spent a lot of time on that thing

mya is obsessed with my phone and knows how to navigate it better than i do, i have downloaded apps of animals and the primary songs and she will watch and listen over and over

before the trip i was cleaning out her closet and ran across this newborn ducky towel and she wanted to bring it!

waiving to herself in the mirror or probably waiving to the ducky in the mirror

we thought her favorite part was the penguins but we were oh so wrong. to say she loved the seals would be an understatement. we spent majority of our time here and actually had to go back multiple times.

you could feed them at certain times of the day and we just so happen to be there during one of those times so i thought ok i'll buy one $5 tray, mya loved it so much we probably spent $50 on nasty fish, but it was worth it to see her so happy

there were 3 shows that i really wanted to go to but didn't know how mya would do. well she was in awe and sat through all the shows watching so intently. her faavorite was the seal show, surprise surprise:)

thank you trent for planning this trip and helping make some wonderful memories. i think next year we will get a season pass!

clear back in september

2011-12-12T10:13:00.000-05:00

i'm playing catch up and even contemplated blogging all of this but it's my journal and it will eventually turn into a photo book so here ya go. back in september i turned 28. we didn't do much but it was a great weekend. my birthday fell on a sunday so i got lots of birthday wishes at church and then we fed the missionaries that night. it's not fun getting closer to 30 and i am struggling with that a bit, but what can ya do.

trent always makes my favorite cake, confetti cake with sprinkles, i just love it!

i never told trent what i wanted for my birthday so i wasn't sure i would get anything. but he completely surprised me with a second monitor for the computer. we had talked about it like 8 months prior and i had told him it would be nice when i'm working on a kitchen to have one view on a screen and another view on a different screen. makes it so much easier! thanks babe for remember after all those months.

we also refinanced our house right in the middle of all our construction but the interest rate was too good to pass up, so here i am at midnight finally painting the area that we had that pole removed about 9 months prior, yeah i know i'm a little slow.

things never seem to be to dull around our house. two days before my birthday trent was out painting something in the lawn and while the first coat dried he thought he would be productive and pull a couple weeds, i was over at the other end of the lawn hand water our trees and all of the sudden i saw him jump up and scream run over to the water and put his had in it. i thought for sure he got bit by a snake or scorpion but nope just fire ants.

come to find out he is highly allergic to them and your reaction gets worse every time you get bit. his hand swelled up right away but it took about 15 hours for the red streaks to apprear. once i saw those we headed to instant care. the doc gave him a nice shot in the rear! so basically now trent has to be extra careful so who do you think the lawn care fell into the hands of.........me:(

mya being silly

one saturday afternoon trent was in the garage tiling and mya and i were playing in the front and trent filled his water bucket for the saw and next thing we knew mya was trying to get in so i took off her clothes and put her in it, she had a blast.

well that turned into my cute little neighbor bringing the hose over and playing with mya for a very long time. she would chase her and mya would run screaming it was the cutest thing ever!

this is by far my favorite shot. love that chubby bum!

i also painted mya's toenails for the first time. it actually worked out really well and she walked around the house pointing to her toes saying peeeeee (pretty) she loved it! well that catches me up for september!

Kitchen Remodel

2011-09-01T15:00:00.000-04:00

BEFORE

AFTER

This kitchen was so fun to remodel. I love when I am able to be as creative as I want to be and know the client trusts me. We kept the layout the same but that was about it. Obviously we changed the color from yellow oak to antique white with chocolate distressing and wormholes. We also added in a couple of antique black cabinets to really make a statement. I built in the fridge and made the cabinet above it deeper so it was actually usable. Every base cabinet has rollout cabinets in them and the drawers have soft close, AMAZING.

Not much changed along this wall other then the two black cabinets and I took the microwave cabinet all the way to the ceiling and made it deeper than the two on either side of it. Above the ovens are 4 tray dividers. my client is SUPER organized and an amazing baker.

If you look closely at the before picture you will notice a little bit to the left of the fridge there is a hanging picture and in the after picture there is actually a cabinet, YAY! more cabinet space is always a plus. We also added glass to the big cabinet (trent is adding lighting to it) and we put in a nice big 3 drawer cabinet. not only is nice for storage but it's really pretty too!

I love love love the Island. I made it a foot bigger and pulled it a foot farther from the fridge. So now they won't be pressed up against the Island every time they open the fridge, they might even be able to walk past if the fridge is open. I also really like how she went with a different material for the Island top. Maple butcher block. Makes it look like a piece of furniture instead of kitchen cabinets.

Oh the laundry room

my client is super organized as I said before and it was killing her that she had no storage space in the laundry/pantry, so again I built in the fridge and added some over head cabinets and she was set!

i really love what I do and am grateful for the opportunity to have my business and work with such great people. my client and I became great friends and Mya LOVES her! It's such a great feeling to be able to help people create their perfect kitchen and to see their reaction when it's all put together. LOVE IT!

positive

2011-08-09T14:00:00.000-04:00

My family has a blood disorder called hereditary spherocytosis. My mom is the carrier and gave it to (ha, you can't really give it) all of 5 of us children. Yes all 5. Our picture is up at the doctor's office of all our scars from surgery. We are famous, haha! So there is a 50/50 chance of passing it on, yeah not to shabby of odds but it turns out the our odds were high because Mya has it. Now it's not really a huge deal, but I started crying when the doctor told me the results. I just felt terrible for her and I wanted Mya to be able to live and not worry about getting sick or having surgery when the time comes, yes that time will come. Mya will still live a normal life and hopefully will never be affected other then surgery. But, it can be scary and even deadly if it's not treated right. Hereditary spherocytosis is a genetically-transmitted (autosomal dominant) form of spherocytosis, an auto-hemolytic anemia characterized by the production of red blood cells that are sphere-shaped rather than bi-concave disk shaped (Donut-Shaped), and therefore more prone to hemolysis. So what happens is, the spleen thinks the sphere-shaped blood cells are bad and gets rid of them and keeps the bad blood cells that are full of yuckiness and therefore donut-shaped. This leads to enlargement of the spleen which then drops below the rib cage and is exposed. So if we were ever hit and it ruptured we would die. Also, if we get sick the bone marrow sometimes can't keep up with making the blood cells and shuts down and we go into an a-plastic crisis and could die. It sounds very seriously and is but is pretty easily treated. Once we have been diagnosed the doctor will put us on folic acid and we have checkups a few times a year. The doctor will watch the spleen closely and then determine when it needs to come out. Usually it's just before kindergarten. This is actually why I started crying. I don't want my 5 year old to have surgery. I remember mine and although I had severe complications surgery is never fun especially for a little innocent child. Once the spleen is removed the liver takes over and life goes back to normal. The only effects are that when you get sick you are usually sicker than normal and it lasts longer. Nobody would ever know I have this disorder unless you saw my scar and asked how I got it. I am just feeling a lot of emotion today and sad for my little girl. I know it could be worse and it's really nothing to complain about but I'm still sad for her. It's interesting to me that the only grandkids who have it so far are two of my sisters kids and one of mine. I wonder if being the carrier of the disease and the carrier of the baby have anything to do with it?

swimming girl

2011-07-29T16:45:00.000-04:00

my sweet friend's (behind us) little boy turned 3 and had a pool party. i just love that every neighborhood in texas has a pool so pool parties can be FREE! i have been trying to take mya swimming a lot so she'll like the water like i did when i was a kid. it has taken her awhile but she loves going to the pool.

time to take a break and eat. i love that she is so interested in food and will eat anything. it's fun for me to be able to share food with her. she loves pizza!

she was ready for bed, love those chubby legs:)

i just had to throw this picture in because it's her first time having pigtails and i think they make her look so grown up. she is leaving the baby behind and bringing on the toddler. she is starting to walk on her own now but still prefers my finger most of the time.

the 4th

2011-07-17T22:11:00.000-04:00

i am experimenting with her hair because it's out of control long but oh so cute and this is what i came up with to celebrate the 4th. can you believe how red it looks?

so happy walking in circles around the house while holding onto mom's finger, please let go soon ok?

mommy i'll smile really big if you'll take me outside

one for me......

one for you, hurry before mom catches us!

i thought this picture was post worthy because well she's adorable but her hair looks so cute and i didn't even do it this is how she woke up:)

she is into head/hand stands lately and she usually does it while she's feeding the dog (of course on the hard tile) maybe it's because she is happiest when she gets to feed the dog so she feels it worthy of a head stand

sharing a shake with daddy

she is her daddy's child. trent eats pork n beans and eggs every morning for breakfast and so does mya. we had a great 4th of july weekend. we mostly stayed around the house but we went and got snow cones which mya loved and we ate out and went to a bbq with some friends then we put mya to bed and sat out on the deck. since we are in such a drought there is a huge burn ban and so all the cities except one decided to cancel the firework shows. i think this is the first in 28 years that i haven't seen or lit off fireworks. it was a sad day but we'll do it right next year!

quick trip

2011-07-06T23:13:00.000-04:00

we had a very sad and quick trip to utah. i won't share the entire story for privacy of trents' sisters' family, so i'll just say that his sister lost one of her twin babies and we flew out to utah as soon as we found out. mya has only met lashelle (trents sister) when she was 7 weeks old. but i honestly think she could feel that something was going on and immediately reached for her and didn't want to leave her. for me it was really special.

she LOVES real grass (the one downfall of texas is the grass)

love her toothy grin

here in texas she won't even touch the grass

she loves to feed the dog, at home weenie will patiently eat one piece at a time as she gives it to him, but bella wouldn't even acknowledge that she was there, she got really sad. we were so sad for her, but she quickly got over it.

she doesn't often give kisses to dadda so it's pretty amazing that i got this one on camera, but she does really love trent and gets really excited whenever she sees him

she loves books and especially loves to cuddle with grandpa. for some reason grandpa is the only male that she has never been scared of, she even reaches for him it melts my heart

grandmas are just the best. she prefers grandma instead of me

we got to see all our family that we hadn't seen since we moved to texas almost two years ago, it was so fun and man have the kids changed.

myas first time on the tramp and you can tell she loved it. if trent stopped bouncing she would start to bounce on her own. although the reason for the trip was terrible it was great to see family and get away from the daily routine. L-we love you and want you to know we think and pray for your family every day.

my baby is 1

2011-06-30T17:17:00.000-04:00

I can't believe my baby is 1

Born at 12:08pm

weight: 5 lb 12oz

height: 18 1/2 inches

12:08 pm 1 year later (she was supposed to be asleep)

weight: 19 lb 9 oz

height 28 inches

*yes i cried while taking this picture

my mom was able to come for a visit and it just so happened to be the weekend of Mya's birthday :) it didn't take long at all for Mya to reach for Grandma.

just because it was Mya's first birthday I didn't forget that it was also Trent's birthday too. He said he didn't care to have a celebration but I made it a big deal anyway. On their actual birthday we all went to Tokyo Steakhouse for dinner. They cook the entire meal in front of you and Mya was mesmerized. The cook was so cute with her. After dinner we went home and had Trent's cake and opened presents. We also lite off sparklers to celebrate. My mom bought Mya a sparkler that was in the shape of a one!

the next day we had a little party for Mya. *please don't mind the kitchen still under construction

trent's mom bought Mya's birthday outfit which had a cupcake on it so that's what I decided to theme her party. I LOVE etsy. I found these cookies and changed the colors to match her party and had them shipped from um...somewhere not in Texas. I thought that I might get a few broken but NOPE not a single one, yeah!

the lady that made the cupcake cookies also made the two cookies that have a 1 and say Happy Birthday Mya. I decided to put them on top of the cake.

my birthday girl

for some reason we can't get her to smile at the camera, it seriously is next to impossible. so I'll settle for her just looking at the camera.

our cute little family. trent is also wearing his birthday outfit his mom got him, cute! thanks grandma for the birthday outfits:)

she loved her cake but didn't really dive in, she liked it better when I cut it into little pieces she could pick up and eat. she did love the frosting and is trying to share with everybody

my birthday boy and girl

mya loves her daddy and insisted sitting on his lap even though the dog was already there

i got her to finally smile! up until this picture I couldn't see a trace of me in her, well I have a baby picture that is identical to this, I'm glad she looks a little like me:)

it was a little crazy planning two birthdays in one day but it ended up perfect, thanks to the help of my mom. it was so great to have her here to share this special milestone. I can't believe my baby is one and how quickly she is leaving the baby behind and bringing on the toddler. all she wants to do is walk around holding onto one finger. If she doesn't get her way she starts to scream and cry, the worst yet was in the airport security line but that's another story.

Mya you are still an awesome eater and we always get comments on how well you eat, please keep it up. daddy gave you a raw onion and you asked for more:) you now pretty much eat whatever we eat and FINALLY drink milk! You stopped nursing all on your own about two weeks before you turned 1 but it took a solid week to get you to drink milk.

Your favorite thing at nap/bedtime is to be sung to while you pat our backs. it's the only time you cuddle so we sing for as long as you let us. your favorite thing to do is feed the dog. he is so patient while you feed him one piece at a time.

you are the best little girl anyone could ever ask for and we are so glad you came to our family first. i know you'll be a great big sister (someday). we love you more than anything in this world.

love,

mom and dady

Happy Birthday

2011-06-17T17:53:00.000-04:00

Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby girl!

first road trip

2011-06-06T17:47:00.000-04:00

at the beginning of the month my best friend had a bridal shower so off to louisiana we went. lucky for us it's only a 5 hour drive. mya was so good in the car and if i sat back there with her she was happy and entertained herself pretty well.

cheese!

this is my best friends parents back yard, jealous? i totally am.

this was mya's first time in the pool and she only got her feet wet

she loved standing on the step and playing but wouldn't go any farther (love that little bum)

this is my best friend from high school, she moved to louisiana at the end of my sophomore year of high school but we never let that change anything. i just love her, she has always been there for me no matter what. i'm so glad that she found her happiness, congrats girl!

she loves to be outside. it doesn't matter what we do as long as we are outside she is a happy camper

kim & i before the shower

kims niece giving me some bling

best friends!

we left the dog home and the neighbors came over and fed him and let him out. we shut all the doors and put up anything we thought he could get into. well we forgot about the gate. we closed the gate to keep him from being naughty in the playroom. we forgot that he sleeps in our bed and it's upstairs so we think he started chewing through to get to his bed. poor guy. sorry little buddy. at least he didn't chew all the way through, it was an expensive gate. we had a great trip and now have our first road trip since the baby under our belt. i am excited to take our next road trip wherever that may be.

11 months

2011-05-17T17:29:00.002-04:00

i can't believe you are 11 months already, you are such a sweet little girl. each stage of your life gets better and better but i wish that time would slow down. you are my cutie little girl.

mya you are turning into such a daddy's girl and you know it. you know that you can get away with more when daddy's around. you will now let him put you down for a nap and you LOVE when he walks through the door after work. when daddy leaves for work before you are awake you stand at the balcony and say dadda over and over and reach for the phone and insist we call him. when he answers you get so excited and just hold the phone and jabber to him, i so wish i knew what you were saying.

you have learned many new things this month one of them is peek-a-boo. you crawl behind anything and pop your little head out and wait for us to say boo and you laugh and laugh. you moo on command and growl like a tiger. you are starting to say a lot of words that sound real but never repeat them when i try to get you to. you love popcorn popping on the apricot tree and will do the motions along with me as we sing. you love to have whatever we are having for dinner, which is really fun for me. you tried brisket and potato salad and LOVED it. you tried mandarin oranges and didn't like them until you saw me eat one then you liked them :) you love rice with soy sauce on them. you pretty much eat whatever i give you. you are such a good eater and i hope you always stay like that.

your top two teeth are coming in at the same time (sorry but you're going to end up with the stock gap)and again it hasn't affected you. the only thing that has changed is you want to be rocked to sleep which is just fine with me. you hum as i sing and pat my shoulder as i rub your back. i hope it never ends.

you love to swing and slide and because you are miss independent you like to slide without my help. good thing your feet stick to the slide (saves me from a heart attack) so you don't move very fast. i can't believe next month you will be 1 and will have your very first party. thank you for coming to our family and for being the best baby ever. your mom and dad love you so much baby girl!

a visit

2011-05-09T12:51:00.000-04:00

trents parents came to visit again!!!!! they got in late the friday before easter and first thing saturday morning i put the boys to work. a friend, who's kids are older, gave us this playscape so the boys had to go take it down haul it to our house and put it back up.

surprisingly the entire process only took a day and a half. trent was not so happy with me because he didn't think we needed it but mostly because he didn't want to spend the time getting it because he had other things planned for he and his dad to do.

as soon as it was done and mya was already swinging he changed his mind. i have ordered a baby swing and can't wait until it gets here. mya will sit in the swing for hours and lucky for me the back yard gets lots of shade in the afternoon. so i'm guessing we'll be spending lots of time outside!

my car needed a new.....well something (i can't remember what trent said) so he and his dad spent some time working on that. trent loves working on stuff with his dad because it's good one on one time and his dad is so knowledgeable about everything it seems.

this is why i don't work on cars.......he's filthy

they also took a shelf thing down in my laundry room and put some of the old cabinets from the kitchen in.

i really did try to help but i couldn't hold the cabinet in place long enough for it to get screwed in and i couldn't screw it in either so trent had to stop tiling to come help.

it's not totally done trent still has to put up the crown and i need to organize but i LOVE the laundry room now.

although we (the boys) did work a lot we did play too. we went to this great restaurant on the lake called iguana grill. the food was so good and the chips and salsa-best i've ever had! mya enjoyed the limes the most.

for some reason we picked the hottest day of the week to go eat outside, yep it was 96 degrees that day. we forget that just because we don't have to watch for snow or really cold weather, we still should watch for hot weather. but who doesn't like sweat dripping in their food right?

grandma helped mya cool off with some cold water, look how red her cheeks are, poor girl.

mya loves to read and read to. she will look at books for hours and then point and laugh it's so cute.

she LOVES animal books she will point to the animal until you tell her what it is and make the noise. grandma got her to moo, meow and play hide and seek.

i started playing indoor soccer a couple weeks ago. wow-there really is nothing like being in soccer shape. it has been so fun and a nice thing to do for myself.

my game was early enough that mya was able to come. trent said that she loved watching the game and watched very intently while enjoying her snacks. we always love when grandma and grandpa come to visit. we got more done on the house then i ever thought possible and we ate way more then we should have. but that's is what vacations are all about!

easter

2011-05-09T12:23:00.000-04:00

mya is so hard to get a still picture of. she won't sit for anything. i bought her onesie off etsy and it says chicks dig easter and then her name is below. this is the best shot i could get.

i thought this picture was really funny for some reason, it just looks crazy. we love you g!

this is the first egg that mya "found", it took a lot for her to even pay any attention to the eggs, but once she realized there were treats inside she went crazy!

she's discovering what's inside!

trying as hard as she can to get that egg open so she can get the treat inside

again she won't really sit still for a picture she kept trying to find more treats. even now she will find an egg and shake it to see if it rattles and if it doesn't she throws it and moves on.

grandma and grandpa christensen came for a visit (more pics to come)

this was easter right after church and she was ready for a nap

my sweet girl!

easter was very low key for us this year. we knew mya was still a little too young so we didn't go to any hunts in the neighborhood. but the easter bunny found us including trents parents who had just flown in the day before. holidays are so much more fun with children. HAPPY EASTER!

going private

2011-05-02T13:27:00.001-04:00

i know this is a hassle for everyone and i have sort of hated private blogs but i just keep having this feeling that it's time to keep our little girl safe from the internet crazies. i have had random comments from people i don't know and it has scared me a little. so if you want to keep checking out our blog leave me your email. i'll be going private in the next couple weeks.

10 months

2011-04-22T22:42:00.000-04:00

this is what happened when i sat her down to try and take my monthly picture......she wasn't thrilled

that is one of her favorite toys. she will push that shopping cart around all day, hence i know every little noise/song by heart and then some, but whatever keeps her happy

this is her other favorite toy, she will stand and play with this all day as well. she usually pushes the cart for a bit then plays with this for a bit and then goes back to the cart. they both sing and light up so that's probably why she loves them so much.

Mya you have changed so much even in just a month. you grew two adorable little teeth (at the same time)and love to chew your food with them. but growing those two little teeth didn't affect you at all. you still slept through the night, BIG THANKS! you are into eating everything yourself and love shoving it all in at the same time just to spit it out. you think it's a game, me on the other hand. you are more friendly and wave at people who pass you by, you love cheesing it up for everybody.

You are becoming quit the little pill in church and most times I end up leaving (whoever decided that one o'clock church was a good thing is CRAZY) I can't blame you because we wake you up to take you to church so you don't get lunch and then by 3 you are ready to nap again and you WON'T sleep anywhere but your crib. Life is really going to get hard when you go down to one afternoon nap because it will be right during church, so we'll see how that goes.

you finally signed "all done" this had been amazing because instead of throw a fit because you are done eating what I'm giving you, you sign! You say da (dog) mo (more) ti ti (thank you). you love to point to everything and look and me and wait for me to tell you what it is. which has led to you being more talkative, in your own gibberish. on the way to the store one day you clapped the entire way while talking to yourself in the mirror.

you got sick this past week (with thrush) so i took you to the doctor and when i sat you down so they could weigh you (which you weigh 18lb7oz), you cried and cried until we left. ALL the nurses came in to see if you were ok and all tried to cheer you up and failed. i felt bad for the doctor because she would talk to me in between cries, haha! i'm sure they've dealt with worse.

you continue to amaze us and bring us so much joy. we love your chubby little self!

enjoy this cute video, hope the song doesn't get stuck in your head day in and day out like it does mine!

the past couple weeks

2011-04-13T18:53:00.001-04:00

conference weekend was wonderful as usual. we don't have cable and so we don't get conference, which is ok because we can get it online. well we didn't want to drag the computer out and hook it up to the tv ( don't worry trent is figuring out a way to just always have internet hooked up to the tv) so we just pulled a chair over in front of the door and watched. it was perfect.

the time of the sessions worked out perfect because mya slept through all 4 sessions so i was able to listen and enjoy.

in between sessions and nap time we had some friends over and had fries and ice cream and cookies. it's so much fun to get the girls together because they actually play together, well sort of. They really were sharing in this picture even though it looks like Mya took it from her, but she didn't.

this is what she would do every time the dog came near her. she would go into this face down arms straight out stance, it was pretty hilarious.

H. is about 6 weeks older than Mya and we get together a lot now that the girls are easier to handle. they both love being outside so we frequently hit up the duck pond and go for a walk. before mya's change in nap schedule we used to get together around 3 or 4 and hang out until just before our husbands got home. it REALLY helped make that time of day easier.

last weekend trent stayed up late tiling and so i got up with mya (which has been extra early lately) and we stayed in her room so she wouldn't wake up trent. i was laying on the floor with my eyes closed talking back and forth with her and this is what i found when i opened my eyes........

i didn't mind too much because it's super easy to clean up and she had a blast.

lately mya has really been into being sung to. i have had to relearn a lot of primary songs. at the end of bath time she wanted me to sing so i sang itsy bitsy spider.

i have to sit in that chair/ledge thing while she baths otherwise she tries to stand and then climb out resulting in her falling and the tub is just so that if she is back there she is out of my reach.

every morning we go for a jog before it gets to hot and the other day she pointed to her water and grunted until i got it (new thing she does) and wanted to lay down and drank almost the whole sippy. apparently the jog made her thirsty.

a few posts ago i snapped a couple pictures of her napping crazy, well i finally got a shot of how she usually sleeps. if you can't tell her arms are tucked under her while clutching her lovey and her bum is high in the air. crazy girl. well that gets me up to speed. *sidenote-we really are almost done tiling and then i'll post pics of the new kitchen. i seriously never thought i would see more tile than cement in my kitchen!

i'm playing catch up

2011-04-05T16:53:00.000-04:00

in february we had our first non family visitor. and he will probably never come back. the day before he came i took mya to the doctor and she had an ear infection, poor girl. the day he was scheduled to arrive trent came home with a 103 fever. at this point i was the only one feeling good so i put trent and mya to bed and off i went to the airport. on the way back i started with the same symptoms. AHHHH. I felt so bad. we chatted for a bit and then went to bed (it was like 1am) the next morning trent and i felt like miserable. so miserable in fact that i made doctor appointments for that afternoon. it's not like trent to really take medication or even go to the doctor but i think he was desperate. come to find out we had influenza a. It was awful but because we caught it before 48 hours was up they gave us tamiflu. this is a miracle drug but took a good 36 hours to kick in. i wad petrified that mya was going to get it so i took her to the doc so they could just give us medication (i didn't want her to be that miserable) come to find out they can't do anything for the flu for anyone under 2. ok start real panic mode. so we had to be really careful and wash like crazy. the last couple days chris was here we felt better so we took him to un. of texas campus and then to oasis and of course the yummy places to eat here. the day after he left i took of for a week in cheyenne. for some reason i didn't take a single picture. but mya did great and we had a great time. *mya is signing more

mya got stuck and wasn't happy that i left her there to get the camera.

we had a snow day. it was awesome because trent's work was shut down and so he got the day off. we hung out and made homemade hot chocolate and by noon the snow was gone and we went shopping!

even though mya is almost 10 months and moves really well, i still go into check on her about 100 times. the last few times she has been sleeping pretty funny. she usually sleeps with her arms under her chest and her bum in the air but i haven't snapped a shot of that.

i love how she is holding onto the string. yep she knows how to untie it and plays with it for about an hour before she actually falls asleep for her nap.

her hair is getting really long and is super cute but she wakes up with some crazy hair most days.

one day we came home from the store and she pushed the diaper box around the room all afternoon so i went and searched (about 20 stores, ok so that's an exaggeration but you get the point) and finally found this cute little shopping cart. she LOVES this toy. although she pushes it sideways she's still getting really good at walking with it and i'm hoping she'll learn to walk for real soon.

this is her other favorite toy. she will stand and play with this all day long.

she is into EVERYTHING

she also loves to take all her clothes and put them in the box and then take them out one by one (maybe a little ocd?)

i think her all time favorite thing to do still is look our her window. especially in the afternoon because the neighbor kids are running around and she LOVES to watch them resulting in us eventually having to go outside for a walk.

her least favorite thing. the gate. she doesn't mind if i'm upstairs with her but if i run down to change the laundry or anything else and don't take her, it results in her crying while clinging to the gate. will she ever play alone?

and there's the last month and a half in a nut shell. i feel like time is just flying by and in just 2 short months mya will be 1. where has the time gone?

9 months

2011-03-22T12:45:00.000-04:00

stats:
weight: 16 lbs 5oz
height: 27 inches

This last month has been crazy. You are exploring and into EVERYTHING. I thought I had more time to baby proof but I was wrong. In a matter of seconds you broke a picture frame (the frame not the glass) and you also broke a big candle stick. The stairs are your favorite thing. You can go up them like a pro but when you are ready to come down you just arch your back and fall backwards. Needless to say someone has to be right there at all times. Until we got a gate I would put the stroller in front of the stairs and then a chair and it only took you about .25 seconds to maneuver and get through.

You finally figured out how to get out of the bumbo so we had to get you a high chair. But you decided that you no longer like to be fed and HAVE to feed yourself. You will not eat anything that you can't put in your mouth yourself. I have had to be very creative because you don't have any teeth yet. I found out that if you roll slippery things in mashed up cherrios then you can grasp them and it makes eating time VERY messy but doable. You LOVE LOVE LOVE yogurt and I have to save it for last otherwise you won't eat anything else. The sippy cup has become your new best friend. You think you are so big when you drink from it. Thanks for loving it and not making me get bottles.

You are finally sleeping like a champ (which will end when you decide to get teeth i'm sure) but for now we are loving it. As long as you have your lovey you are good to go. You don't like to be put to sleep, you like to roll around in your crib with your face smashed in your lovey until you fall asleep. you still take 2 naps and usually 2 hours each!!!!!

You finally learned who dadda is and say it all day long. you can also say momma and mo (more) and i swear you say da (dog) you've done it twice now so we'll see if it was just a fluke. Just the other day you rolled a ball back and forth with dad. he was very proud. you never cease to amaze me at all the things you can do. You have become so independent and I hate it. You still follow me around like a shadow but I cherish those moments because as soon as you are ok playing alone I know you won't follow me around anymore. you love all animals especially the duck, you get so excited every time you see one. we love you more then you will know mya and are so grateful for your happy spirit and presence in our home. you are our sweet baby girl!

after bath

2011-03-08T12:47:00.000-05:00

they say that when a baby falls asleep during feeding time to unwrap them and take their clothes off. i remember trying this in the hospital and it would put mya in a deeper sleep. this child LOVES to have her clothes off. so after bath time it's a struggle to get her dressed every night. she tries to escape the minute i lay her down to get her diaper on. but we don't mind because she is just happy crawling around naked. she loves when daddy reads to her, i'm not sure if it's his animal voices or just the fact that her daddy is reading to her that she loves more. i think it's both!

her favorite book is brown bear brown bear. she will sit and read this book all day long if i let her, but only if we make the sounds of the animals on the page. it's pretty hysterical to watch because she HAS to turn the page herself and then she looks at whoever is in the room to make sure they are making the animal sound. i don't know what i'm going to do when she doesn't care about this book anymore because it's the only way she'll let me comb her hair. look at that belly!

she is totally into pulling herself up on everything and then throwing whatever is in her reach on the ground. i need to baby proof big time! don't you just love her chubby little thighs!

for some reason she loves the wipes case. i'm not sure if it's because it has woody, jessie and buzz on it or if she just feels big. i hope soon she'll be able to bring me the diapers and wipes!

look at those baby blues! i'm so glad she kept her blue eyes. neither one of us have blue eyes. trent's dad and my mom do so thank you for donating some of your blue eye genetics to her!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T11:15:00.000-05:00

we sure love daddy

2011-01-31T16:38:00.000-05:00

mya is starting to really like trent. the time when she cares the most if he's around is bath time. she always peers around me to see if he's there and you can tell her disappointment if he's not. so now trent races home from work so he doesn't miss bath time.

this is how her hair looks after her bath. i have to comb it or it gets all ratty and she HATES it. great, i didn't want to start the "i don't want to comb my hair" phase this early.

she loves when daddy plays with her. he is so good with her and is good at getting her to laugh. she is even coming around to giving trent kisses but it's definitely on her terms.

he even shares with her. JUST KIDDING. he would if I would let him but we all know that she can't eat that kind of cereal yet.

i could not've asked for a better partner to raise our children. he is so helpful and always willing to do anything mya related. i'm so happy that mya is really starting to like trent. it's so fun to watch him play with her and feed her baby food, etc. we love you t!

7 months

2011-01-25T16:17:00.001-05:00

i know i say this every month but you have reached so many milestones. two days before you turned 7 months you left the army crawl behind and started crawling for real. this has turned my world upside down. everywhere i go you can get to me. you love chasing after me and get frustrated if i move before you reach me. i have had to move everything off the floor except your basket of toys. you still can't quit sit by yourself but you also don't care to. it's almost impossible to get you to sit.

you love crawling over to a picture of your mom and dad and you pat daddy's face. you have left the "i only want mommy" phase and now you want daddy too. you get so excited when trent comes home from work. it melts my heart every time we put you in the bath. as i put you in the tub feet first you peer around me to see if daddy's there and when he is you get SO excited. you still love bath time and especially love playing with your toys on your belly. this scares me to death. i get so nervous that you are going to put your face in the water, get scared and then hate bath time.

the day after you turned 7 months you learned to shake your head no. you don't know what it means (thankfully) because right now it's really cute. although when i asked if you wanted yogurt for lunch you shook your head no. you are a great eater. you love any kind of vegetable but you don't like fruit. the only thing i can get you to eat is pears. i am not complaining. you have become my big girl over night. you no longer sit in your carseat at the store. oh you have to be right in the middle of everything and you LOVE sitting in the seat of the cart. you also sit in a high chair at restaurants. right now you will actually stay there IF we keep your mouth stuffed with puffs or bread. you can actually pick up food from the palm of my hand and feed yourself. *tear

you love being outside and whenever we take a walk you don't make a peep but your head moves all over the place trying to see EVERYTHING. you are such a happy baby and i am so grateful for this. i don't know what i would do if you cried all day. you are growing into such a sweet beautiful girl. you babble non stop and can get quite loud.

your sleeping has become somewhat of an issue. you wake up several times a night, cry out just long enough for me to wake up and check on you and then you are back to sleep. you still get up really early to nurse but will usually go back to sleep. sometimes i can just hear you jabbering away in your crib as i'm drifting back to sleep. i still check on you a million times while you are napping or before i go to bed. you are one crazy sleeper. most times i find you on your belly, bum in the air shoved up in the corner of your crib.

mya, your mom and dad love you so much and are so proud of everything that you are accomplishing. i wish you could stay my little baby forever, i know you can't but just remember how much i love you.

first bonk

2011-01-19T13:14:00.000-05:00

the other day mya had her first head bonk. i think i was more upset than she was. she crawled over to her basket of toys and pulled it over and this toy that is a hard square box fell out and hit her right on the forehead. you can barely see the mark, but it was there nonetheless. she cried for like a second and then saw a binky (she never uses them) shoved it in her mouth and sucked it for about 2 minutes and then went on her way. i guess that was enough to comfort her, she didn't even want me to hold her. i was kind of hurt that she wanted the comfort of a binky rather then me, but i quickly got over it. maybe she'll be a tough little girl, just like her momma was. *i say was because i'm totally a wuss now, haha.

christmas

2011-01-19T13:05:00.000-05:00

i forgot to add this in the last post and since this is my journal i wanted to make sure this got documented. this was her christmas outfit and bow. i love how huge the bow is on her head. she cracks me up with her faces. we had a great first christmas with her. *coming up-7 month post!

christmas

2011-01-05T22:11:00.000-05:00

we had a great first christmas with mya. once mya woke up this is what we came down to. santa made it to our house and even left a stocking for trents parents since they came christmas night.

mya was definitely spoiled this year. *notice trents wrapping job in the background?

she didn't care too much for the presents, she knows whats good, she headed straight for the candy

she also loved the paper. trent let her get a hold of the paper towel roll and she went to town

i caught her red handed with the paper towel

trents parents flew in later christmas night and we saved their presents for that night. mya loved tearing off the paper and shoving it her mouth.

a little paper never hurt anybody right?

of course i was excited to go to church the next day to show of myas "grandma dress". my grandma always sent us a beautiful dress every christmas and my mom is carrying on the tradition and sent mya this gorgeous dress. hence it's the "grandma dress" because it comes from grandma.

mya absolutely loved trents dad. she would actually reach for him. she only does that for me. she even let him put her to sleep which she never lets anyone but me do that, not even trent. he just laid her in his arms and tickled her face and she fell right asleep. poopa you are the best!

she LOVES this toy. it also has a stand that mya can lay under and kick the pedal at the bottom and it plays songs. she just kicks and kicks and changes the song every couple notes. a little annoying for everybody but her.

trents mom said that mya needed to give us a fashion show of all her new clothes and so she dressed mya in everything, which resulted in mya finding every tag and shoving it into her mouth. i don't know what it is with kids and tags.

we had so much for over the last two weeks. trents parents decided two days before christmas that they were coming to visit. it was the first time in who knows that they didn't go anywhere and were alone, so they decided to come. we went out to eat almost every night because we are right in the middle of our kitchen remodel and didn't have counter tops, cook top or sink. trent and his dad worked really hard on the kitchen *pics to come* they put an electrical outlet in the island. dug in the cement to move the water line so we could push the fridge back. put in the new microwave and so many more things i'll wait until the next post. i am so sad christmas is over. we are now back to our same old routine. i loved having everybody here and relaxing and hanging out. i can't wait until next year!

6 months already

2010-12-19T21:39:00.000-05:00

stats: weight 15lb 2.5oz (25th percentil)
height 24 inches (5th percentile)

Wow, Mya you accomplished a lot this month. just before your 5 month mark you started army crawling and have never looked back. you now can get anywhere you want and pretty fast too. any day now you are going to crawl on all fours. nothing is safe anymore. you know what you want and are determined to get it. even if that means you grunt until you either crawl to it or someone gives you what you want. you don't like it when i take things from you and have started to throw little fits. right now they are cute but probably not for much longer. you are def. a momma's girl. if anyone tries to hold you, you start to cry until i take you back. we are working on this. you will go to daddy and love when he gets you out of bed in the morning. i decided when i was pregnant that i was going to make your baby food when the time came and well it's here ALREADY. we have tried sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots and just tried peas today. you LOVE everything except for the sweet potatoes. you are such a big girl. you know when you get in the bumbo it's time to eat and you can't contain your excitement.

You have started to sing, it's so dang adorable. you are discovering new things every day. you love to stick out your bottom lip and get mom and dad to laugh. your favorite is to fake cough. you do this A LOT because i laugh really hard every time. just yesterday you started to fake cry, you had your dad and i rolling on the ground. you have your daddy wrapped around your finger. he will gladly do anything for you. in the last few days you have actually been staying up later and you are in a happy mood. i love it! it's nice that you are still awake when daddy gets home and even better that you are not crying.

you still get up once a night (between 4-6). i know you probably don't need to eat but i actually love getting you and just holding you, which you won't let me do much anymore because you are constantly on the go. you have started to push off me when you are being held because you want to go go go.

one of my favorite things you have accomplished is drinking from a sippy cup. you would never take a bottle and always wanted my drinks so i got you a sippy cup and you have LOVED it. we are amazed that you can already suck from it. you are just a pro at everything you do. we love you so much mya bear!

i believe in santa

2010-12-14T12:56:00.000-05:00

first encounter with santa

we had our ward christmas party this past weekend and i wanted to see how mya would do on santa's lap. she actually played with his beard for a bit and then realized it wasn't me or trent and then made a sad face. she didn't cry, but she would have if i didn't scoop her up the minute she made her sad face.

santa had a microphone in his ear and a little "helper" who would tell him the child's name who was about to sit on his lap. the kids faces would just light up when he said their name. SO CLEVER

christmas tree o christmas tree

2010-12-10T13:15:00.000-05:00

i was so excited to finally be able to put up our tree. this pretty little number has been in a box since just after our first christmas together. oh how i missed it. i realized that this picture isn't up to date but i'm too lazy to take another one. I have a wreath hanging above the mantel on the wall and i have more snow flakes that my mom made me on the tree. i wanted something sparkly for my mantel so when trents mom was here i drug her to hobby lobby with me (spent way to much $) and ended up making the rejoice. it was so easy and fun, but i STILL have gold glitter everywhere. i love christmas, it's one of my favorite holidays. not because of the presents, but because family ALWAYS gets together, people are cheery ALL month long and i spend more time thinking of the savior.

on another note, mya is growing up way too fast. she never used a bottle and went straight for the sippy cup. she even holds it all by herself. this little girl just amazes me.

we are STILL under construction (approaching 1 year) and trent finally got the thinset up from the kitchen floor. i was vacuuming up all the dust. trent took a picture, not because i was vacuuming concrete but because i was wearing his shoes and he thought it was hilarious. notice our kitchen table? well my neighbor gave it to me for FREE! I was ecstatic, i have some major plans for that table. pics to come later.

mya has decided to eat her bib instead of her cereal. hopefully this is just a faze.

she is totally into the dog and tries to get to him any chance she can. she stares at him all day. he's still to fast for her, but not for long buddy.

nothing will stop her from getting what she wants. she is def. like her momma.

here is a sneak peak at our family pictures. i don't really like how most of them turned out so we are trying again this weekend and if they still don't turn out then i don't care. it's too hard.

mya always pushes trent away when he gives her kisses. i'm not sure why, maybe his face is too scratchy cuz she LOVES getting kisses from me. sorry babe.

we are in trouble

2010-12-01T17:58:00.000-05:00

mya is mobile. i can't believe how fast she learned to army crawl. i never expected to baby proof my house so soon. i have a feeling she is going to be crawling for real very soon. i can't leave her for a second or she makes her way over to something. i guess all my decor on the floor will have to be moved. look out world!

thanksgiving

2010-11-30T12:11:00.000-05:00

so my cute friend sewed this weenie dog onesie for mya and she FINALLY fits in it. the rest of the body and tail wrap around her side and onto the back. it is so adorable. thanks jamie! it's trents favorite piece of clothing and so he said she had to wear it for thanksgiving. thank goodness it was warm enough for her to wear just the onesie. as you can see we are having some difficulties with her hair. i'm not sure what to do with it, it's just growing very crazy.

*notice her mullet style hair*

for thanksgiving trent and i are always by ourselves. we sort of like the tradition but welcome anyone who wants to visit. this year some friends of ours weren't going anywhere either so we decided to get together. she made a turkey, we made a ham. yep we had both for 4 people. we also had sides for about 30 people. we are still eating leftovers. it was delicious. we broke up the cooking and it was so nice not to be in the kitchen ALL DAY. we actually went for a walk (in short sleeves) it was beautiful!

believe it or not hailey is actually 6 weeks older than mya.

not only is her hair growing at different lengths all over her head, it's about 3 different colors. her roots are coming in blonde, the middle of her hair is a reddish color and the ends are dark brown. we'll just say she's very stylish.

yes, i have had my christmas decorations up since the week BEFORE thanksgiving. i was just so excited to finally be able to put up our tree i couldn't wait and so trent's mom and i put it up while the boys put the doors in. we had a great thanksgiving and have so much to be thankful for. there isn't enough time to type it all so i'll just type a few. i am grateful for our "texas family" we have to best friends out here. i am grateful for a hardworking husband so i can stay home with mya (whom i'm also grateful for) and i am grateful for the great texas weather! i wouldn't mind if it never got cold!

I'm so EXCITED for Christmas........cards!

2010-11-29T16:14:00.004-05:00

I can't believe Christmas is here again. Every year I feel like I don't have enough time to get things done. Every year I say I'm going to be on top of it and every year I fail. Well this year I really am on top of it. I have all our shopping done and will finish our christmas cards really soon! Last year was my first year to actually do Christmas cards. We were always moving during Christmas and that was the last thing I wanted to worry about. Last year I did them and LOVED how they turned out. This year I can't wait to do them, well because Mya will be in them! It's funny how when you turn into a parent everything you do is for your child. I have the cutest dress picked out and Trent and I's outfits to match. I just want to be able to show Mya her childhood. So I am documenting it anyway that I can. I have a couple cards at shutterfly that I am going to choose from. I think I'm going to have to close my eyes and point because they are ALL so cute. But I'm leaning toward one that has a 2010 top 10.

I used shutterfly to make Mya a photobook of her blessing. I had a friend write her blessing down and I put it in her book. I plan on giving it to her when she's older so that she can always have that blessing from her dad and all the pictures from that special day. I cry everytime I read it. Now on to happier things. Here are some of the things I love about shutterfly!

Christmas photo cards - http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
wall calendars- http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars
baby announcements to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birth-announcements

Merry (early) Christmas EVERYONE!

busy busy busy

2010-11-26T16:32:00.000-05:00

there has been a lot going on in the christensen home. first, mya has totally become enamored with weenie. any chance she can she grabs at him. he really doesn't seem to mind. when he has had enough of her pestering him he just moves. she can't get him if he moves, yet!

second, trent's parents came to visit. well and to help us put some doors in. i wondered how mya would do with them since she has been having some stranger danger problems. but she LOVED them. pretty much the only time i ever had mya was when i was feeding her. she loved having grandma and grandpa around. and of course weenie loved it too.

mya is getting so big, she is into exploring and putting everything in her mouth. the sleeping issue at night is getting TONS better and she is pretty much back to her happy self.

grandpa tickling mya after a hard days work. she loved glen. he even got her to go to sleep for him. they stayed home with mya from church and let trent and i go in peace. i can honestly say i have no idea what was taught or said. i didn't know what to do with myself. i have NEVER left mya for that long or with anybody but trent. i was pretty nervous at first but i knew she was in good hands. i wish they lived closer i would leave mya with them ALL the time :)

so the "real" reason trent's parents came out was to help us replace some exterior doors. we have had some major issues with these stinkin doors and it was time they go. i was pretty nervous but over all it went really well. i love my new doors because they have the blinds inside the glass, so mya can never ruin them, nor do i have to dust them!

we replaced two doors/door frames and the door in the picture we kept but replaced the door frame. this door is only 28" wide (def. not up to code) and we decided not to replace it because since it's not standard it would cost a FORTUNE and we didn't want to pay that. the door isn't in too bad of shape, the door frame on the other hand.....

trent drilled out the holes free hand, i was super impressed.

good thing it was like 75 degrees outside. we had huge holes in our house during the day. luckily they got each door done each day. if we were to do this in wyoming or utah we would have FROZE.

once they took the old double doors off upstairs they just threw them off the deck. our backyard looked like a wreck yard for the better part of a week. if you can believe it, it did look worse than this.

grandpa was so good with mya, he even took her while we ate dinner. i have forgotten what it was like to be able to eat a meal all at one time. thanks grandpa!

don't you just love her chubby cheeks!

grandma even tried her hand at feeding mya cereal. let me tell you this is no small task. she insists on helping and you both end up covered in cereal by the time it's over. i used to get frustrated but i quickly got over it and figured it will get better.

again, look at those cheeks. trent told me to take lots of pictures with her chubby cheeks because soon enough they will be gone. so......we have MILLIONS of pictures of her chubby cheeks.

sometimes we had to cover her ears while they pounded the doors. she didn't seem to mind.

while trents parents were here we had to let her cry it out at night which resulted in her being really tired and she just fell asleep in trents arms during breakfast one morning.

weenie and mya are going to be great pals, i just know it!

we had such a good time with trents parents here. we ate about 3 gallons of blue bell ice cream. drank TONS of soda. went out to dinner which included a MASSIVE explosion from mya right when my food came out. resulting in mya having to wear a newborn onesie because i haven't changed out my emergency outfit yet, ha. mya also started scooting/army crawling (which threw me for a loop) she hasn't even learned to sit up yet. we calculated that trent's mom has been here every 2-3 months since we moved to texas, so we are expecting our next visit sometime in january or february. we are so grateful that they could come spend some time with us and help us put in our doors. next on our list, the kitchen!!!!!!!! our new kitchen will arrive in 2 weeks and we plan to be completely done with the cabinets and floors by the new year, wow we better get working. speaking of working, trent is chiseling out the thinset in the kitchen as we speak!

5 months

2010-11-24T15:28:00.000-05:00

mya you are not my tiny little baby anymore. you are growing up so fast. you have perfected rolling over and don't ever stop. you love to be on your belly and watch tv. you got your second cold but never seem to really let it affect your happy nature until night time. you like to wake up around 1:3o everynight and want to nurse to go back to sleep. so we had to start the "cry it out". i don't know who cried more me or you (or trent) it was torture, the first night you cried for 2 whole hours. it took everything we had to not scoop you up, but only lasted a few nights and you cried less each night. you still wake up but will sooth yourself back to sleep. you wake up around 4 or 5 to eat. we will slowly weed this feeding out. i mean you are still pretty tiny and i'm sure 9 hours is a long time to go without eating. you are so happy in the mornings and will just talk and talk in your crib and then when someone comes to get you, you squeal in delight and then start babbling some more.

you want to crawl so bad. when something is out of reach you get so mad and start grunting until i put it back in your reach. out of curiousity i didn't put a toy back in your reach and low and behold you scooted to get it. now you scoot to get to whatever you see. this is pretty scary for me, i can't leave you for a second. you love to be up on your hands and knees and just rock. you are just too cute!

you still love taking baths and are getting really good at splashing and getting mom all wet. you love to be tossed (never leaving our hands) in the air and going upside down. you discovered how to bounce in your bouncer and could stay in there all day. you are our sweet cheeks and we love you!

beware

2010-11-01T15:54:00.001-04:00

sorry there were just too many cute pictures, so this post is picture over load. mya spent pretty much the entire week celebrating halloween. her grandma sent her a package full of clothes, toys and treats. so what does any first time mother do? dress her child up in the cute clothes as much as possible!

mya is getting so much better around big crowds so i thought i would try my hand at the library halloween party. she did great. she didn't cry one time and even was a trooper and sat on the floor for pictures. yes she has started reaching for me. that's mya's friend hailey in the cat costume. we sure love our farm animals!


isn't she the cutest cow you have ever seen?

next we ventured off to the ward trunk or treat. man it was awesome. this little girl looks identical to the joker and of course won best costume and mya won sweetest costume.

this is just another outfit from grandma

now onto halloween. this is the only outfit that i actually bought her for her first halloween. family pictures never seem to turn out, we couldn't get her to stop looking at weenie, she is so fascinated with him these days.

her shirt says wickedly cute with a glittery cat on it. poor girl had glitter all over her face all day

she loves to be tossed in the air and daddy loves to be the one to toss her (only cuz he thinks she's laughing at him)

we can never keep her fingers out of her mouth

halloween night we had some friends over for dinner and they brought pumpkins, so we lit them up and took some pictures. i was super impressed that she sat there all by herself. i think the fluff of the costume helped keep her up.

we had lots of trick or treaters and even one kid from trents primary class. he was super excited to learn where trent lived (should i be scared?)

our first halloween as a family of 3. we had a great halloween and loved finally getting some trick or treaters. i think next year will be even more fun when mya will actually go trick or treating!

what else but mya

2010-10-28T12:33:00.001-04:00

we got this bouncer and mya loves it. it's adjustable and on the lowest setting she can touch the ground. she hasn't quit figured out how to bounce but she loves to grab the bar and then suck on the seat.

she is also quit the roller. i always lay a blanket down but now she rolls everywhere. i was cleaning the kitchen when i looked over and saw her like this. i went over and she was happy as can be sucking on fabric.

FHE my way

2010-10-21T11:08:00.001-04:00

mya didn't make it through the whole FHE but it worked out best because instead of working on the cars (like trent made me do last week) we made a haunted house!

she has started to give back kisses (sort of) she just opens her mouth and licks. only a mom would like her child licking her :)

i started doing this the very first halloween we were married so this tradition is on it's 5th year. trent doesn't really care too much so he just sits and watches me. and of course weenie is begging at my feet for some candy.

i'm not very crafty but this haunted house in a box sure makes me feel crafty

the finished product. every year when i start i think it's going to turn out stupid, but every year i am surprised at how much i really like it

as of late

2010-10-20T11:02:00.000-04:00

i just can't get enough of her chubby cheeks

last saturday we went to our neighbors flag football game. i was a nervous wreck the whole time thinking mya was going to get sunburnt. good thing for umbrellas.

mya loves her rice cereal. for only being 4 months she does a great job.

not sure what her hair is doing but look how chubby she is

i got this cute swimsuit at my shower and mya hasn't really used it so i wanted to get some use of it before she outgrows it, so we got in our tub and swam away.

after awhile i took her swimsuit off and gave her a bath, i love her little bum bum.

*more pics of what we've been up to are coming, this time we did FHE my way!

4 months

2010-10-17T16:55:00.000-04:00

stats: weight 12lb 7.5oz (25th) height 23 inches (25th) head 36cm (10)

mya is 4 months old today. mya you have started rolling everywhere. i can't leave you for a second. you recently started to roll onto your belly and lift your head up and watch tv. so we headed out and got you baby beethovan. you love it! you squeal everytime it comes on. you are laughing like crazy and think pretty much everything is funny. you had your first cold. it was pretty miserable and messed up your sleeping schedule so you are no longer sleeping through the night. you get up once and eat and go back to bed. hopefully you will go back to your good sleeping habits before too long. you are completely aware of your surroundings and don't like to miss out on anything. i have to nurse you in complete silence or you get distracted and then you won't eat. you started rice cereal and LOVE it. you get mad because i can't feed you fast enough. you have moved on up in the world and now sit in your stroller (some of the time) without your carseat. you love going for walks, but most of all you love to be held. you are very into stranger danger and cry when other people hold you (and sometimes with daddy). you grab everything and put it straight to your mouth. you have started sucking your thumb but you keep your other fingers open and fanned out. it's super cute. we love you more then you will ever know and love watching you learn and grow.

going for a walk

2010-10-12T15:21:00.000-04:00

the weather is finally cooling down a little bit here in texas so mya and i decided to go for a walk today. now that mya is a little older and can handle being outside better i have been trying to walk everyday. i think it's good for us to get out of the house even if it is for 10 minutes a day. i especially want to get walking for weenie, he is getting to be pretty fat and i don't want him to be unhealthy. mya is getting to be so alert and aware of her surroundings and is so happy to just watch any and everything (her fav is still the fan) her face doesn't really show it but she really liked sitting up (i usually put her in her car seat and attach it to the stroller) and seeing the world around her.

trents idea of FHE

2010-10-05T18:07:00.000-04:00

trent told me sunday night that he had FHE planned for monday night. i thought that was great until monday night came and he told me what it was. CHANGING SPARK PLUGS. trent bought deep well sockets for $3 at harbor freight and he couldn't wait to use them and what better time then for FHE. he made me do it all and surprisingly enough the car started after i was done. it actually was kind of fun and only took about 20 minutes. it was nice to spend time with him. next weeks FHE, doing the laundry, haha!

ding dong the floor is done! *sort of

2010-10-01T17:51:00.000-04:00

last saturday we finally finished laying the tile in the front of the house (we still have the kitchen to do) i just had to take a picture of the very last piece, yep it's that tiny little thing that you can barely see in trent's hand

we thought it was pretty funny that the last piece was so small but it was midnight so we were grateful it was small and easy to put in

trent will probably kill me for posting this. mind you it was midnight and we were both a little crazy, i love you babe

trent took this picture because this is what i did while he slaved away. not really, i helped when i could and then when mya went to bed, i was just taking a breather after putting mya to bed.

and here it is! we still have to seal it grout it and put the baseboards back on BUT at least it's laid and you don't have to walk on concrete!

shout out part 2

2010-09-27T13:32:00.001-04:00

my sister-in-law ashley is super talented. i went to her etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/LittleMissMomma and was daydreaming about a few things. little did i know she was going to surprise me for my birthday. i have been wearing the necklace non stop. seriously you have to go check her out, she makes the cutest things.

i just had to post these cute pictures of mya. she is just too cute but also because ashley (who i blogged about earlier) bought her this outfit and i have been patiently waiting for mya to fit into it. ashley also has the best momma blog littlemissmomma.blogspot.com with the best tutorials for everything you would want to make. thanks ashley for the awesome stuff for my birthday, love you!

shout out part 1

2010-09-23T10:49:00.001-04:00

my friend april makes these cute binky blankets among a lot of other adorable things. she sent mya a package with a few things and this has become her favorite "toy". she loves to feel it but especially loves to lick the silky side. the best part is (ok two parts) you can attach your binky AND the blanket is small so when mya is older she can carry it around and it won't drag on the floor! a few weeks ago mya started to cry every time i put her in her car seat. well the last few days i have put this blanket in with her and she hasn't made a peep. and every time i check on her she has it in her mouth. i just wanted to say thanks and give everyone a chance to go check her out. www.sweetrubyblankets.com

3 months

2010-09-17T15:33:00.000-04:00


1 month


2 months

3 months

i seriously can't believe how fast time goes by. it doesn't seem right that it has already been three months since mya was born. the summer flew by and was over before i even had time to blink. she is changing and growing up too fast. mya you started sleeping through the night at 9 weeks. occasionally you wake up in the middle of the night but all you want is your sucky and you go back to sleep. you have graduated from the little plastic tub to the big girl tub and you absolutely love it. you kick and splash with your arms and i come out soaking wet. you have discovered the fan and will have a conversation with it for hours. you rolled from your back to your belly on mama's birthday and then threw a fit because you didn't want to be on your belly. but as soon as we put you back on your back you rolled over again and again threw a fit. you finally figured out that you can roll back over from your belly to your back a few days later. a few nights ago your head was at one end of the crib when i put you to bed and a little while later when i went to check on you it was at the other end. scared me to death and so you no longer sleep with a blanket because you are such a mover. we made it through our first time alone while daddy took a business trip. you are such a happy baby and just like your mom you are much happier on a schedule. you still sleep a lot during the day but it's starting to become shorter naps. you are starting to reach for stuff but you don't have complete control of your arms yet. we love you and your chubby cheeks!

a visit from my parents and a birthday

2010-09-13T19:37:00.000-04:00

last weekend my parents came out for mya's blessing and trent and i took them out for a little sight seeing.

for those who know my dad we HAD to go to campus to wander around AND so that he could see the football stadium. notice he is in long sleeves and long pants. those are his casual clothes and he didn't seem to mind to texas HEAT.

after we wandered around campus we were all starving and were in the mood for some hamburgers, so off to mighty fine we went. oh man did it hit the spot.

we were all pooped by the end of the day so we headed home to watch some football and eat some blue bell ice cream (best in the world)

even my dad fell asleep watching the tv

all i wanted for my birthday was to spend the day with trent and mya. trent has been so busy working on the house that we haven't really spent much quality time together.

so we left the house work for another weekend and got ready and went SHOPPING all day.

our cute little family

mya was so good all day, we shopped at a few different stores and then headed to the mall to get some lunch
and then i got a makeover.

the best present of all was when we were just hanging out before dinner and mya rolled over. she rolled from her back to her belly which i've read is the hardest and so i am a very proud mama!

i forgot to take pictures at dinner but we went to olive garden and it was super yummy. we came home and had brownie cheesecake that my friend julie made just for me, man was it delicious. before we had cheesecake i put mya in her jammies and this was supposed to be daddy giving her kisses goodnight but mya of course found the fan and wouldn't do anything else but watch it. i pretended all day that i was turning 21. this was the first birthday that i was actually not excited about, but i had a great day and loved spending it with my two favorite people.

a forgotten post

2010-09-10T15:24:00.000-04:00

i was looking through pictures and stumbled across these pictures that i never posted about. the saturday before mya was born (unbeknown-st to us) trent decided to get the tile out of the kitchen because it's messy and loud. he wanted it done before the baby came. well that didn't happen.

our good friends mark and julie came over to help on their date night. mark helped trent while julie and i watched tv on the couch!

our roles are now reversed, i'm not pregnant but julie is!

little did we know 5 days later we were having a baby!

our house was under construction and i was planning a bbq for the weekend after trents birthday, but last minute i decided to have his basketball buddies over for a small celebration with a bigger one to follow. (good thing i did because we were in the hospital on his birthday) so he at least got some sort of celebration.

i'm glad that trent was able to have a few friends over and have a fun night because the only celebration on his actual birthday was the arrival of mya.

happy happy (late) bday honey, love you!

blessing day

2010-09-06T13:00:00.002-04:00

yesterday we blessed mya, we are getting her ready for her big day! it was neat to have my mom here because not only is she my mom but she bought mya the dress.

she wasn't too sure what to think about this very large dress

three generations

we were trying to hurry and get a good shot because she was getting very sleepy

my parents were able to fly out for a very short stay, but i was so glad they were here

i realized at the end of the day that we didn't get a daddy daughter shot, well you can tell she was not pleased.

she was so ready to be out of the dress and she was getting hungry, but being the mean mom i am i made her pose for a few more pictures. the blanket was made by trents grandma who passed away a few years ago. it was so special to be able to incorporate that blanket in such a special day.

trents mom gave her this bracelet. it has crystals and pearls on it. i was so glad when i tried it on and it finally fit. it was so perfect and matched her dress perfectly. yesterday was such a beautiful day and of course i cried from beginning to end. she was a perfect little baby and didn't make a peep. just before the blessing she woke up and i was worried she was going to cry the whole time, but i found out later that she just looked at trent the whole time. i was also worried that she would get dropped but trent and my dad made sure she was safe. i am so grateful for the gospel and for such a great husband and family.

bumbo baby

2010-08-31T16:33:00.000-04:00

i can't believe my baby is old enough/chubby enough to sit in the bumbo. i tried it out of curiosity and to my surprise she actually sat up and was pretty happy about it. she is growing up too fast.

what we've been up to

2010-08-25T09:42:00.000-04:00

my check engine light has been on for like 8 months. when it first came on trent ran a diagnostics test and found out that it had something to do with emissions but that it would not affect how the car ran so we decided not to mess with it just yet. well here in texas in order to renew your car registration you have to get your car inspected, so on saturday trent went to work and spent the entire day checking valves and taking my car apart. well he got it fixed and my car passed inspection!!!!!!

oh the things you do (or don't do) so your baby can sleep peacefully. we were going to a friends house for dinner and while trent was finishing my car i managed to shower, get dressed and do my hair before mya wanted to be held. she was so tired that she feel asleep in my arms and i didn't want to move her (she hadn't slept well all day) i had trent bring me my makeup so i didn't disturb her.

while i was putting mya in her car seat, trent sat down for a minute and weenie jumped up and fell asleep next to trent. (i think he tries to mimic mya so he can get our attention)

this lovely (yellow garden spider) thing decided to spin it's web right outside our back door. this is by far the biggest spider i have ever seen. i immediately got on the internet to figure out what it was and if it was dangerous. turns out it's not really dangerous to humans but i still didn't want it to get cozy that close to my house so i had trent kill it when he got home from work.

2 whole months

2010-08-19T22:25:00.001-04:00

i can't believe that mya is already 2 months old. time is just flying by. she was officially two months old on the 17th (which happened to be the date that trent started his new job last year) she is getting to be so chubby. she still eats like a champ, goes between 6-9 hours at night. will put herself back to sleep at night only. during the day i have to put her to sleep and then she will only sleep in my arms or the swing but not her crib, weird i know. if we are not in the car she doesn't like her car seat, she immediately wakes up as soon as i get her out. she is such a happy baby and smiles at me on purpose and she laughs out loud now. she lifts her head really well and will even push off me with her arms. she loves to stare at the fan if it's on or out the window during the day. i really don't want her to get any bigger but it's also really fun to see her reach the milestones. love you mya girl.
2 month stats:
weight: 9lbs 5.5oz (50th)
length: 22 inches (50th)
head: 37 (10th) she has a really small head

her room:

i made her name by buying paper and modge podged it over the letters. my friend made me tons of bows and i wanted them to be seen (cuz they are so adorable) so i took those matching frames i got at my shower and glued ribbon onto the back and then just hung my bows. -i still need to add pictures.

the quilt came with her bedding and the chair and ottoman i made in college for one of my classes. her room is actually the only room in our house that is put together and cute. someday i hope the rest of my house gets done.

one year ago today.....

2010-08-17T19:33:00.000-04:00

one year ago today trent started his new job in texas. on aug 11 of last year we said goodbye to utah, loaded up the uhaul and drove 3 days to get to texas.

a month later we found out we were going to have a baby!

a few momths later we bought a house

a few months after that we had our baby girl.

a couple months after mya arrived we celebrated 4 years together. it's pretty crazy how fast this year went by and all the things that happened in it. i wonder what this next year will bring?

grandma, auntie and cousin come to visit!

2010-08-04T13:58:00.000-04:00

this is my mom seeing mya for pretty much the first time. the first night she was here she put mya to bed and she slept 9 hours, i tried to get her to stay forever, but we all know my dad can't take care of himself.

mya and my sister sleeping! mya loves to be held while she is sleeping (as do all babies i'm sure) so she def. had an abundance of people wanting to hold her. my mom and sister literally fought over who got to hold her. my sister is 8 months pregnant with a little girl so she'll be doing the baby thing here shortly.

kinsee even got mya to sleep. kinsee is 9 and loved holding mya and making sure she was taken care of. i think she is excited to finally have a sister after having 3 brothers.

kinsee, weenie and i just relaxin' watching some tv (icarly on disney) pretty boring for adults but kinsee loved it.

mya sure loves her swing, she will only sleep in this during the day and her crib at night. she won't sleep in the pack'n'play anymore. she is already a pretty picky girl. i think trent and i are in for it.

i think this is the only time i held mya all weekend, everyone else was showering and getting ready. i'm pretty sure that someone took her from me as soon as they could.

mya is so fun to give a bath. she absolutely loves it and just smiles and relaxes the whole time.

love her chubby little face!

picture time!

2010-07-24T12:59:00.000-04:00

my friend and i decided to get together to take pictures of our babies in their matching outfits. we got together yesterday right after they both ate so they were awake and happy! haley is a month and a half older than mya so we are hoping these two will be the best of friends (especially since they live super close) mya is really starting to get chubby. her cheeks and her belly especially. soon that outfit will no longer fit her. maybe i should just have her wear that every day since it's the only thing that fits her right now, get some good use out of it!

wide awake

2010-07-22T13:30:00.000-04:00

here is just a short video of mya wide awake and trying to talk, hope you enjoy!

back to work

2010-07-20T11:35:00.000-04:00

we took some time off from working on the house when mya was born, but after a couple weeks trent started working on the floor (i was so excited i thought it was finally going to get done). well we had some crazy weather resulting in lots and lots of rain, which helped us to discover that a couple windows leak. for some reason houses here in texas don't have gutters. we are pretty lucky because the front of our house has them but not the back. so the saturday i thought the floor was going to get done, trent went off to home depot to get gutters. he and his mom spent the entire day working on the gutters.

this part wasn't so bad since trent was on the deck.

well we don't have a ladder tall enough and it's pretty dangerous to put up gutters with a ladder, so we rented scaffolding from home depot. i was nervous just taking the picture. that's a long way down.

it was so hot (well it is the middle of july) that trent took his shirt off. well trent can only be out in the sun for about 5 minutes before he burns and i wasn't out there to remind him or tell him to put sun screen on so his saturday in the sun resulted in this..........

this picture doesn't even due it justice, his back is so burnt, i feel bad for him. i guess i should have paid more attention and not let him be out there for so long without a shirt on. i think trent is going to pretend from now on that he is not handy, so he doesn't have to work so hard.

4 weeks

2010-07-15T18:50:00.000-04:00

stats at 3 days old: weight 5lbs 8oz (she only lost 4 oz in the hospital)
height 18 1/2 inches
*good baby, very rarely cries, eats really well, falls asleep during every feeding and is impossible to wake back up, sleeps pretty good, does not take a pacifier, doesn't cry when they take her blood, doesn't spit up.

stats at 4 weeks: weight 7lbs 8oz
height 20"
*still a good baby, cries if i let her, loves to be held and will sleep for hours if she is held, sleeps in her own crib, opens her eyes a lot and stays awake longer during the day, starting to want me over anyone else to go to sleep, lifts her head, smiles, and i swear she tries to roll over. she loves to stare out the window when i'm changing her diaper, loves bath time, is starting to go longer in between feedings at night! we love you mya!

visitors!

2010-07-13T17:11:00.000-04:00

my best friend from high school and her mom drove up from louisiana this past weekend to come see us. it was a great weekend! we miss them already and can't wait to see them again when kim gets married in november!!!!!

mya is staying awake longer during the day and is really alert. she has started to follow objects with her eyes. she doesn't quit move her head, just her eyes and it is really funny.

of course we both still do A LOT of napping.

while kim and her mom were here we did a lot of relaxing and watching tv. we watched a couple movies and had our usual cheese dip and dilly bars from dairy queen (a tradition since high school) i even left mya at home with trent and his mom and we went and picked out my dress for kim's wedding, went to hobby lobby and made a stop at jamba juice!

mya is starting to fit into newborn clothes now and it's so fun to dress her up. she wanted to wear this to tell my family she is ready for the beach! since my parents just came home, we are having a family reunion at a beach house in august. she also looks just like her daddy.

family picture, don't we both look really tired?

this outfit is way too big but still cute!

happy 4th of july!

2010-07-04T14:52:00.000-04:00

first time in real clothes

2010-07-03T15:02:00.000-04:00

since today is sort of a holiday we decided to go out for breakfast. this would be our first time really out of the house since we got home from the hospital. i decided to wear my new dress and so i decided mya should wear a dress too. mya has been too little to fit into anything but a couple of tiny onsies...i was so excited when the dress actually fit her.

she wasn't too happy that i was making her take pictures.........turns out she was just hungry.

so i fed her and we tried again.....this time she is happily sleeping.

yep she is totally out, her mouth is wide open and her eyes were rolling back in her head.

trent reluctantly got in the picture.....he said that he wasn't dressed up enough. well i have the cutest 4th of july dress for her and i'll have trent dress up a little bit tomorrow and we'll try to get a better family picture.

welcome home!!!!

2010-07-01T16:27:00.000-04:00

i can't believe 3 years has come and gone. my parents are enroute back to the states as i type this. they will land at the denver airport at 7 tonight. it's bittersweet for me because i am excited to have them home, but sad i can not greet them at the airport with the rest of my family. my parents have been living in leeds, england for the past 3 years as my dad has been a mission president. i know they have loved every minute of it and are very sad to leave their mission.

we went to visit them 2 years ago and had a blast. we had just been to the temple and stopped on the way home to see where pres. hinckley stayed while he served his mission. we are all standing looking at the window where he read the letter from his dad telling him to forget himself and get to work, it was so neat. i am so grateful for my parents and can not wait to see them. WELCOME HOME MOM AND DAD!!!!!

hungry?

2010-06-29T18:27:00.000-04:00

last night trent was cuddling mya and then all the sudden she grabbed his face and started sucking on his nose, i guess maybe she was a little too hungry!

1 week old

2010-06-24T18:54:00.000-04:00

mya the day we brought her home. her outfit is way too big and that bow takes over her head. the funny thing is, that is one of the smallest bows she has.

trent and i had wondered how weenie would react to mya. he loves her. he always wants to be by her and licking her. anytime i put her down and she makes a noise he rushes over to her and watches me to see if i'm going to come get her.

she is so tiny that nothing really fits her. she wears premie diapers and i still have to fold them under. i have a handfull of onsies that say they are nb but are rather small so she has been sporting those. thanks aunt ashley for the cutie onsie!

mya is such a good baby. she very rarely cries, eats like a champ and sleeps really well. we are not on a schedule yet but the past couple of nights she has been going 2 1/2-3 hours in between feedings at night. her orange color is slowly fading!

she is already a sunbather. because of her jaundice the doctor told us to put her by the window every day for about 15 mintues. she loves it, we just lay her in the bath and she falls right to sleep just basking in the sun!

I can't believe how fast time flies. I actually looked at the clock right at 12:08, which is exactly when she was born one week ago. We have already been to the doctor to check her jaundice and she has gained her birth weight back plus 6oz. trent and i have survived our first week as parents and have loved every minute. trent went back to work yesterday but luckily his mom is still here!

our little glow worm, Mya Ellen

2010-06-20T12:24:00.000-04:00

friday night (our last night in the hospital) or so we though, we opted to let the nursery take her and bring her to me for feedings. They came and got her at midnight to weigh her and do some tests. at 2:15am the nurse brought her back in and proceeded to tell me that her billy reuben went sky high and she had to be put on the light blankets as they call them. she then started to tell me all the reasons why this happens and what could be going on with her body. the whole time she was talking i was trying to interrupt her to tell her this is completely normal for my family. we have a blood disorder and so the baby has a 50/50 chance she'll get it. you can't truly test until 6 months after they are born but because i have it and my blood is still in her it causes her to become jaundice from high billy reuben. once i was able to tell her that she was like oh my gosh, no wonder you didn't start freaking out when i brought you the baby, haha.

i thought this picture was so cute of her with her grandma. she has to have a light blanket on her back and her tummy at all times and i think in this picture the cords make her look like she has alien legs.

i'm really surprised at how well she has handled the light blankets. i'm sure they have to be annoying but she never cries and actually seems quit cozy, i think it's because they keep her warm. she is like her momma and doesn't like to be cold.

trent calls this her stink face, it's so funny all the faces she pulls. it's hard to tell but this picture shows how orange she is.

this is before she had to go on the light blankets. she loves to keep her feet curled up and her arms above her head. this really shows how tiny she is. those are premie diapers and they are huge on her.

it looks like she has been out in the sun, her arms and face are still a little orange but her body and legs are a pretty normal pink color. she was striking a post for her dad. (i think she'll have her daddy's legs)

doesn't she seem so tiny in trents arms. i love this picture, happy fathers day!

we were scheduled to be discharged saturday at noon but because her billy reuben went high we have had to stay. they test her blood every 12 hours and so far it's going down a point everytime. i was discharged yesterday but they don't like the mothers to leave so we are rooming in. basically the baby has a room and we are just staying with her. the doc is going to come see her in a couple hours and hopefully we will get to go home today. i am SOOOOOO ready to go home!

happy birthday trent and baby girl!

2010-06-18T01:53:00.000-04:00

well our baby girl is here about a week and a half early. wed i went in for my weekly check up and the ultra sound showed that my fluid was too low. the doctor came right into the room and said ok emily we are going to get this baby born asap. i totally thought she was kidding, i mean i wasn't even dilated to a one yet. but with the fluid being so low there was a chance i could have a still born and my doctor wasn't willing to risk that. so she made me immediately go to the hospital. i was feeling a million different emotions, but mostly scared for our little girl. i called trent and told him to leave work right away and meet me at the hospital. once i got admitted they put cervadil on my cervix and we were to wait 12 hours and then they would start me on petocin, well about 10 minutes after they put in the cervadil the baby's heart rate dropped extremely low and they rushed in and pulled it out and put me on oxygen and hooked up the iv. the nurse told me that most likely i would have a c-section and that baby would be born that night. i was so upset because i didn't want a c-section but i would do whatever was best for the baby. the doctor came and checked on me and the new game plan was to start me on a small dose of petocin and see how the baby reacted to that. if the heart rate dropped again they would immediately take me in for a c-section. if it stayed normal then they would up my dose of petocin every hour and let my body go into labor. well thankfully the baby responded great and i was able to progress with the petocin. around 2am the contractions were so intense and hurt really bad. i felt like it was too early to get an epidural but about an hour later i was ready so i asked for the epidural. around 4 the wonderful man came and within minutes i was able to fall asleep. at ten the doctor told me i was ready to go, i was so excited and thought we would have a baby in no time. i was so wrong, after 2 hours of pushing the doctor told me that during the next contraction she would use the suction and if i didn't push the baby out we were headed for the OR. well needless to say i pushed with everything i had and out she came. she was born at 12:08pm. the coolest part is, is that it was also trents birthday. so trent turned 30 and became a dad all in the same day. he says it's the best birthday of his life.

she hardly cried when she came out, but when they took her from me to really clean her and weigh her she whaled. poor girl just wanted her mom.

opps forgot to flip the photo. well she is just so tiny. she only weighed in at 5lb 12 oz and has long black curly hair. she gets the curly part from trent!

our wonderful doctor, i just love her!

daddy and daughter on their birthday!

trent says it's time for an update

2010-06-06T16:18:00.000-04:00

lyndsi-this is for you! trent told me the other day that it had been too long since i had updated the blog, and my sister-in-law requested a picture of my belly. so here ya go. i am 37 weeks now and it seems like time is flying by. i sat through church today trying to keep a straight face as the contractions are starting to come on stronger. my last appointment the baby has completely dropped and the doctor doesn't think i'll make it to my due date, but i'm not getting my hopes up, ok yes i am!

this picture made me realize i haven't taken any pictures of the nursery so that is my next task. you can see the blanket that came with the bedding i hung on the wall and so those are the colors of the nursery. and as usual weenie snuck in the picture!

here are a few updated pictures of the floor. trent has worked so hard to get to this point. we are so close to being done, we just have one room left! it's been so fun to work on this project and see it turn out better then we thought, but we are ready for it to be done. soon enough i guess.

flooring progress

2010-05-27T17:37:00.000-04:00

the tiling is really coming along, this is the office and it is now done-for some reason i don't have a finished picture of it. it is really looking good!

i asked trent to go straight to the bathroom and get it tiled so we could put the toilet back on. being 36 weeks i have to pee a lot and i HATE going upstairs everytime, so we sort of skipped over the rest of the entry and went straight to the bathroom. *of course weenie has to be in all the action and wouldn't stop whining until trent gave him a little attention.

the first couple tiles laid in the bathroom. we actually changed the design going into the bathroom. we were just going to keep the tiles on the diagonal, but i decided i wanted the bathroom to be "separate" from the front portion of the house and so we decided to put the tiles in square and take out all the marble and put a cool design right in the doorway. and the toilet is no longer sitting in the shower, it's back in it's proper place!

if you make this picture big you can see the design we decided to lay. i was really in the working mood so i actually laid the tiles while trent started on the rest of the entry way. we are going to finish up the entry hopefully by tomorrow and then start the other big room on saturday, and if trent has monday off we are hoping to finish that room and then we are done laying tile-well in that area of the house. next we are doing the kitchen!

this is a random picture that trent took the other morning. he thought it was funny that weenie had taken his place in bed and that we were laying the same. trent also thinks it's crazy that i have three pillows for my head and then i wrap myself in a huge body pillow. BUT i get acid reflux so bad that i have to be propped up and the body pillow keeps me asleep. hopefully the next 4 weeks go by fast!!!!!

baby shower! warning...lots of pictures

2010-05-20T15:55:00.000-04:00

this past saturday was my baby shower and man it was the best baby shower ever! my friends julie and jenna and jenna's sister made this cake. not only was it super cute it was delicious, i have been eating it all week. sadly it is now gone.

they even made me a diaper cake!

they had a huge assortment of food. this was only one food table and it had fruit and dip, monkey bread, zucchini bread, muffin tops and more.

this is the same table with the diaper cake, isn't that the cutest idea! they had chocolate, strawberry and regular milk to drink. that is jenna pouring the milk and her sweet sister's back, haha.

they seriously went all out with the decorations.......

i got to keep all those frames, which match the nursery PERFECTLY!

i also got to keep this one too, soooooo darling!

this is where i got to sit for the party, it was embarrassing but also really fun being the center of attention for awhile.

we played a few games and jenna is showing off some wipes and we had to guess the correct price, whoever came the closest without going over got to pick a prize and i got all the baby stuff that we were guessing the price of! that's a win win situation right there!

here my friends have their mouths stuffed full of marshmallows and the game is they have to pick a card out of the bowl and "clearly" tell me the name of the celebrity mother written on it and i have to repeat it back. kristi-in the purple about puked and left the game, mindy-in the yellow couldn't stop laughing and jessica-in the middle WON!!!!!

this is the cute car seat cover blanket that jenna made me. i have pictures of all my presents but haven't uploaded them yet so i just had to add this to the baby shower portion because it was just too cute to leave out. thank you everyone for coming and bringing the best gifts. you made this day so special for me and i will never forget it.

relaxing sunday

2010-05-17T18:38:00.000-04:00

yesterday was filled with nothing but sleeping and relaxing with the dog. it was a great way to end a great weekend.

*more pictures of the floor and my baby shower to come!!!!

day 1 & 2

2010-05-10T16:17:00.000-04:00

we finally started laying the tile in the front section of our house. from this view i am standing in the family room. we are putting tile in the entry way, all the way to the family room, the two rooms off the entry and there is a bathroom to the left. this has been concrete for about 2 months now and i can't wait for it to be done! i am sure you are wondering why trent has a duct tape square, well you'll see a couple pictures down.

i had to capture this picture because this is the first piece of tile that was laid.

we designed a really cool design to go right as you walk in the front door. it was pretty hard to cut and lay but it was so worth it!

half done! this is the view from the second story. the entry is open to the second floor. the front door is behind trent.

the finished design in the entryway. surprisingly enough it only took like 2 1/2 hours to lay. we were pretty proud. of course no picture would be complete without weenie!

DAY 2

i am helping as much as i can so i am sitting/laying tearing off the tape and scraping the thin set out from between the grout lines. it's certainly not fun or easy but it's pretty much the only thing i can do to help.

trent is figuring out where to lay the first tile off the design in the entry so that we aren't left with like a 2 inch gap to fill at either end.

the half tile triangle looking piece is the first piece to be laid on the second day. it took about an hour or so to get the configuration right and then we were off and running.

those yellow things help keep the travertine level, we didn't know if they would really work, but they did and were really helpful. the thin set takes 24 hours to dry and so the tiles can move pretty easily. so trent laid all the tiles and put the levelers in and then i would tape the tiles together.

end of the second day. poor trent was on his knees for like 8 hours straight. it doesn't look like we got much done in 8 hours but it really takes a long time. we are hoping to finish that room this week and then it's off to the room i'm standing in to take the picture. maybe one day we will get this done.

32 weeks=8months, only 8 weeks left!

2010-05-03T15:25:00.000-04:00

this is the only picture i actually took of the crib before i painted it. our little girls nursery is bright pink, light pink, green and black. all the rest of her furniture is black so i decided to paint the crib black. this was a huge undertaking until a great friend of mine let me borrow their electric sander and i had it sanded and painted in no time.

it took a bit longer painting it because i did it outside so the fumes would go away quickly and it has been raining a lot here and then a bit breezy. so i to wait for "perfect" days to paint.

trents parents gave us this crib that his sister had used with her twins and so there were no instructions, it took us about 45 minutes on the phone with trents dad and another hour to put this thing together.

here it is almost put together. you can't really tell but trent is using is new birthday present that he bought himself one day while he was at harbor freight. he was so excited to be able to use is new ratchet. good work babe!

i found the bedding on the babiesRus website and LOVED it, when i ordered it i didn't realize that it came with all this stuff other then just the sheet and bumpers. it actually came with some pictures and a clean diaper holder, a mobile, and a valance. i thought this picture was adorable of trent putting up the mobile.

and here is the finished product and a picture of my belly at 32 weeks. her room is not quit ready so i'll take some pictures of that when i get it done. i seriously can't believe i only have 8 weeks left and our little girl will be here. i found myself just sitting in her room last night thinking about how different our lives are going to be soon. i can officially say now that we will have a baby NEXT MONTH.

a little taste of heaven

2010-04-23T16:15:00.000-04:00

when i was in elementary school some kid brought some candy to school and shared some with me. i remember how much i loved that candy (probably when i became such a huge candy freak). i asked my mom if she would ever so kindly buy me some bon bons from the store next time she went. well i came home from school one day and my ever so happy mom presented me with bon bons, all i could say was mom, those aren't it. little did i know that the treat that kid shared with me is only available over seas and all my many years of searching would be a waste of time until.......we went to visit my parents in england and i stumbled upon them at this beautiful castle. i thought i was going to die right there. my mouth started salivating and that amazing taste came racing back. stupid me only bought two bags of them and my dad and i had them gone before the days end. i found some more at this cute little candy store and bought like 2 lbs. yep.....they were gone before the plane landed back in the us. so for two years i have missed those little bon bons. i was telling this story to my brother and he was like, "i have that same memory." as he was probably jumping out of his chair at the thought of actually get to have those again. they ventured off to england a few weeks ago and nicely enough brought me home some bon bons. i had no idea i was going to get this many!!!!!!!! i have already eaten so many that i have made myself sick, but i just can't resist them and let's face it, i'm pregnant and can eat what i want! cheers to bon bons! thanks ben and ash for sending me this great treat!

now we can relax.....

2010-04-12T17:38:00.000-04:00

i think every time trents parents would talk to us on the phone they could sense that trent and i felt overwhelmed with stuff to get done on the house, so one night they called and told us they were coming for just over a week to help us out. they arrived on friday and we put them right to work. saturday we spent about 10 hours outside pulling weeds, working on the sprinklers, and weed n feeding the yard (sad part is,we only got the front yard done) i think we were all super happy that on sunday we could just relax all day and watch general conference.

weenie even played outside all day and was so tired he feel asleep like a baby on trent. it was the cutest thing, he slept there for 2 hours. soon trent will be holding weenie and the baby!

he woke up when we all started snacking and wanted in on his share, don't worry the bag is empty and he is only getting crumbs.

monday,while trent went to work, we went to work on the backyard. again we spent about 10 hours pulling weeds, working on the sprinklers, and weed n feeding the lawn. luckily the backyard gets good shade for most of the afternoon, the sun was a killer. we ended up with 3 trash cans and 9 trash bags full of weeds and dead grass. then on tuesday we went back to the front and pulled a few dead bushes and trimmed the rest. we went to lunch with trent that afternoon and came back and trents dad patched the hole in the garage ceiling.

we also put up two water beds and trent and his dad worked on the osmosis system for our water. weenie loved having trents parents here and followed lavaun everywhere she went. he also woke up every morning earlier than normal and would sit on the edge of the bed waiting to hear them in the other room, then he would race out of our room to go see them.

trent took friday off and so thursday night (after getting 60 cent wings and buffalo wild wings) trent and his dad went to work cutting tile. trent and i decided that we wanted to include some marble pieces and with marble being so fragile we wanted to cut that first so the blade was still nice and sharp. so the boys went to work cutting the marble. we had planned on getting started actually laying the tile while his parents were here, but that didn't quit happen.

it ended up taking them 2 full days to cut all the marble. i think they cut like 150 pieces of marble. trent designed this really cool design to go right in the entry way and it was pretty difficult, so cutting the marble for that took majority of the second day.

of course weenie had to be in all the action and even took a drink or two out of the water for the tile saw.

the boys at the end of the second day, very tired and sore, but happy to be done cutting-i think. we called it an early day (which was about 7) and cleaned up and went to eat at olive garden. it was so delicious, but i decided to ruin dinner by spilling half of trents water right onto his moms dinner. luckily she was able to just tip her plate and dump the water onto her salad plate. she said her dinner was still very good and the water didn't ruin it, but i still felt really bad. the rest of the night we just at snacks and watched a movie. trents parents got up pretty early on sunday and headed home.

i am so grateful that they were so willing to come and help us get things done. we would've never been able to get all the things done so quickly without them. we are so relieved and feel like we can actually finish the floor before the baby comes. i could list all the things we got done but, that would take too long and be pretty boring. thanks for coming out here and spending all your time working on our house, we can't thank you enough. we love you two!

9 months later.......

2010-03-15T14:01:00.000-04:00

last year for trents birthday i got him a nice tool chest. i knew that someday we would have a house and i wanted to keep all the tools in one place for a few reasons a)so they are not scattered all over the garage and the house b)so they are easily accessible and c)so we know what we have and don't end up buying multiples of tools because we can't find them. so 9 months after his birthday he actually got to pull it out of the box and put it together. he was like a kid in a candy store. we found all the tools and he neatly organized them and put them in their "right" place. we will see how long that lasts, but for now it's nice to know they are all in one place. i should have just made him wait and given it to him again in 3 months, haha!

this is at 25 weeks. the doctor says everything is looking good and the baby is growing and her heart beat is really steady and strong. i can't believe i only have 15 more weeks. that doesn't seem like very long, especially since i haven't done anything to prepare for this little girl. i'm trying not to panick. but now that the house stuff is settling down i can focus on her. i'm feeling great and loving this part of the pregnancy. i'm just super excited for her to get here.

moving day

2010-02-25T16:20:00.003-05:00

last saturday we moved out of the apartment and into the new home. i actually was a little sad to leave the apartment, we had been there for 6 months and it was cozy and already unpacked and livable. we don't have much stuff so we just had a few friends come over to help. i got some gatorade and yummy Round Rock donuts for everyone. trent wanted a specific cinnamon roll they have and so when i discovered they gave me the wrong one i had to go back in the store and correct it. man i'm an awesome wife :)

this is jaxon, our friends cutie little boy. julie came over with mark and helped me A TON carrying out little things. i was on baby duty (the easiest part) while everyone else worked away. ( i guess it pays off to be pregnant while you move) i gave him a little bowl of crunch berries to snack on and he grabbed weenies animal called him over and then proceeded to give weenie his crunch berries one by one. it was the cutest thing ever.

once it stopped raining jaxon wanted to be outside with the big boys. he kept trying to go up the ramp and i would have to run after him and grab him at the last second before he fell, the ramp was slippery from the rain. isn't he just the cutest?

so now that we are completely out of the apartment this is what i'm dealing with. a crazy zoo of a house and what seems like never ending boxes. i just keep telling myself, this too shall pass (as my mom would say)

if you don't know me very well, chaos and disorganization drive me bonkers. so it's killing me that there are boxes and miscellanious things EVERYWHERE. but i know it takes time and i'm actually starting to feel that i am getting somewhere.

of course weenie has to be into everything and "help out". i really think he is just searching for the boxes with food in them. thank you so much to everyone who helped us move. we could not have done it without you. it was so nice to be able to get moved in about 3 hours. maybe you guys need to come back and unpack for me. any takers? ok, well it was worth a try.

a couple days ago we actually got some snow that stuck to the ground, well the grass. the cement and roads were still too warm from the day before. this is a view from my front door. i actually wasn't too happy about this. it was FREEZING. and this was the day we discovered that our air was coming on with our heater and we had to shut the heater off. thank goodness we have a heater for upstairs and downstairs so we just stayed upstairs all night.

can you see how big the flakes are? this is the view from my back porch. of course i had to force weenie to go outside. he actually likes the snow and ran around for a bit once he went out.

a lot of hard work deserves some cheesecake

2010-02-15T17:29:00.005-05:00

friday night trent and i worked vigorously on the floor trying to get the thin set up and got like 2 sf done in an hour. (that's about 2 tiles worth) yeah i wasn't about to do that again-so we opted to rent this INCREDIBLE machine. it was an electric hammer chisel. from where i am standing to the front door took trent just about an hour. i was amazed. i actually felt like we would get it done. while trent took a break to eat the lunch i brought him, i wanted to take my turn. it was so empowering to be able to do hard labor. i couldn't go as fast as trent but i did get a lot done (and have the blisters and thigh bruise to prove it) so he only had the little bathroom left to do.

see all the dust? now you can understand why i hung all the plastic. my house would be a dusty disaster if i hadn't.

this is when trent and i called it quits. we were covered in dust from head to toe literally. if you look closely at my eyelashes they are totally white and trent looks like he has a whole head of gray hair. and yes if you noticed those are homemade toilet paper ear plugs, yep we are awesome!

we have tried really hard to not give weenie as much human food because he has gotten REALLY fat. but, yesterday was a special occasion and i just couldn't leave him out. ever since we have been married trent and i have this valentine's tradition of cooking a meal at home. to me that's more special than going out for dinner and getting presents. (although i do like presents) so trent cooks dinner while i sit back and relax. it was the best day ever.

weenie finished his in record time.

trent surprised me this year and made a cheesecake from scratch. his mom has a really good recipe and he knows how much i love cheesecake. what a sweet guy.

i really like plain cheesecake so i just put a little bit of the topping on-plus i don't really care that much for cherry. valentine's day was a great relaxing day. we just watched the olympics, ate lots of dinner and almost the entire cheesecake and cuddled on the couch as a little family. i have come to really cherish those moments because soon enough those will be few and far between.

i couldn't help but take this picture. it was 11 at night and we decided to head for bed, but not before trent could make a "treat". i was thinking what? we just ate almost an entire cheesecake and you are going for more? he told me was going to have a sandwich with "good stuff" on it. what's "good stuff" you ask? miracle whip, yep trent wanted a sandwich with miracle whip on it because he never puts it on his sandwiches for lunch because it's unhealthy. i thought i was going to die laughing. and to top it all off it was 11pm. i had to document this because he will deny that he ever did anything this unhealthy. i am so grateful for such a wonderful guy! happy v-day t!

20 weeks and it's a.................

2010-02-10T13:16:00.005-05:00

this is me at 20 weeks. i know i look nasty but we had just gotten home from working on the house and i wanted a picture-i'm crazy. i wasn't going to post any pictures of my belly but i keep getting requests, so here it is. i had my checkup today and got the ultra sound done and the baby looks great everything is in tack. we also found out it is a GIRL!!!!! big shocker to us, we totally thought it was a boy. i already had the nursery planned for a boy, we had a couple names picked out-so we are totally starting over. we are so excited to finally know and can't wait for her to get here. any help with names would be greatly appreciated.

the demo is coming along pretty quickly. we almost have the entire floor torn out and will work on the thin set next. we decided to hang plastic so the dust stays in a neutral area. so while trent worked on getting the tile out i hung the plastic. i feel like we have plastic everywhere, but i know i will be grateful when i don't have to clean the house all over again.

i am super crazy pregnant woman and don't want to harm the baby or myself so i bought masks and made trent wear one too. i didn't think it was very healthy to be breathing in all the dust and who knows what else during this demo.

trent hard at work. nothing like tearing out tile with a bar and a hammer.

i am standing in the entry way looking toward the living room. the stairs are open to the 2cd level as well as the entry way so i had to hang a lot of plastic, this isn't even all of it.

we have a HUGE pile of tile and aren't quit sure what to do with it. that is my next job to figure out how to dispose of it all.

i want a new camera.

2010-02-08T12:45:00.003-05:00

trent has been playing on a flag football team with some friends and i have tried and tried to get good pictures but NO SUCH LUCK. this is the best picture i could get. i tried with the flash, without the flash, sports shot, and night shot. i was getting so mad that i just gave up. i told trent he has about 4 months to get me a new camera (before the baby comes). i love going to the games and cheering for t. i am still in shock that it's feb. and he is wearing shorts. i love texas!

since all we do now is house stuff, that will probably be most of my posts for a while. *these posts will be more fore me so i can remember all the things we've done. saturday was beautiful and i took full advantage of being outside. i am not kidding when our yard has been taken over by thistle weeds. i bought some gloves a few weeks ago without thinking to try them on-they were WAY to big and i couldn't pull weeds. so i bought myself some new (pink) gloves and i pulled like crazy. that bed was FULL of weeds and i got them all pulled. in the background you can see the bushes that i trimmed the week before. that big bush has berries on it and weenie had a blast eating them all, i hope he doesn't get sick.

we started demolition on the floor. we first took the carpet out and then trent took the pad out, we are going to store the carpet in the attic until the stairs need to be replaced. trent got the baseboards off the two rooms (without breaking them) and now all we have to do is get the rest of the floor out so we can get started on the new floor.

i have a feeling this tile is going to be hard to get out because it's on the cement. we are going to hang plastic sheets so we can try to keep the dust in a central area (since i spent like 4 days cleaning the house) i'm just so anxious to get it done-but it will be a while.

the other night trents dad called and surprised us. he bought us a ladder!!!! i couldn't believe it. they said it was a house warming gift. i feel so blessed to have such wonderful inlaws. thank you so much for the gift, we are so excited and can't wait to use it-you guys are the best.

working hard?

2010-02-01T11:39:00.003-05:00

saturday we spent majority of the day at the house fixing things and cleaning things. when we bought the house there was a water spot on the ceiling in the garage. we figured it was the master shower because most of our bathroom sits atop the garage. last saturday trent cut a hole in the ceiling and we discovered that it was actually a hole in the pipe. we were actually relieved because this would be a pretty easy fix and we wouldn't have to mess with the shower. we don't have a ladder yet so trent took the pile of bricks in our garage and rigged himself a nice ladder.

you can see the mess he made the saturday before. we didn't have anything to clean it up with, but we made a trip to good old home depot and bought supplies so while he worked on the pipe i swept the garage.

sweeping the garage didn't take me very long and it was pretty nice outside so i decided to try my hand at clipping the bushes. the first two bushes i've started to trim the other three are from a year of just growing. i forgot to take a final picture so i will post that later. i was pretty proud of myself for never trimming before. it was pretty hard shaping the bushes and getting them all even. i have a lot more to do and hopefully the weather will be warm enough this week.

i am getting really anxious to get moved into the house. every time i go over there it feels more and more like home. i just can't wait until we actually move in!

our home

2010-01-21T10:43:00.002-05:00

yesterday at approximately 4pm we closed on our house. i can't tell you how excited, relieved, scared and happy we are. the process of finding a home was super hard for us for some reason. we put 4 different offers on 4 different houses and all but this one fell through. we do feel that it was for a reason and this is the perfect house for us. we should be getting the keys this afternoon and i can't wait. i feel so happy to have found this house at this time. we are going to be making improvements and will slowly move over for the next month. just enough time for me to continue to help without having a huge belly. i am so happy that our baby will have it's own room that i can decorate (right across from our room) and that our guests won't have to sleep in our living room on an air mattress. trent makes fun of me because i love a good excuse to clean and i can't wait to get my hands on this house. that's all i talked about on the way home from the closing. i was telling trent where i was going to start and how i was going to clean each room, he just looked at me and laughed. we finally feel settled and that we actually have a place to call home and that is such a peaceful feeling....now COME AND VISIT!

our little family

Christmas

still catching up.....thanksgiving

halloween....i know i know

Sea World

clear back in september

Kitchen Remodel

positive

swimming girl

the 4th

quick trip

my baby is 1

Happy Birthday

first road trip

11 months

a visit

easter

going private

10 months

the past couple weeks

i'm playing catch up

9 months

after bath

Happy Valentine's Day!

we sure love daddy

7 months

first bonk

christmas

christmas

6 months already

i believe in santa

christmas tree o christmas tree

we are in trouble

thanksgiving

I'm so EXCITED for Christmas........cards!

busy busy busy

5 months

beware

what else but mya

FHE my way

as of late

4 months

going for a walk

trents idea of FHE

ding dong the floor is done! *sort of

shout out part 2

shout out part 1

3 months

a visit from my parents and a birthday

a forgotten post

blessing day

bumbo baby

what we've been up to

2 whole months

one year ago today.....

grandma, auntie and cousin come to visit!

picture time!

wide awake

back to work

4 weeks

visitors!

happy 4th of july!

first time in real clothes

welcome home!!!!

hungry?

1 week old

our little glow worm, Mya Ellen

happy birthday trent and baby girl!

trent says it's time for an update

flooring progress

baby shower! *warning*...lots of pictures

relaxing sunday

day 1 & 2

32 weeks=8months, only 8 weeks left!

a little taste of heaven

now we can relax.....

9 months later.......

moving day

a lot of hard work deserves some cheesecake

20 weeks and it's a.................

baby shower! warning...lots of pictures