UPDATE: She's 7 months old!

7 MONTHS & COUNTING

I finally got around to downloading pictures off of my camera & discovered how terrible I have been about taking pictures! A week & 1/2 ago M turned 7 months old! I can hardly believe it! She has been sitting up entirely on her own now for over 3 weeks, on 9/13/09 she finally figured out how to roll from her back to her front as well as front to back (on the same day)! She had previously gone from front to back, but not with any consistency. Now she can do both & knows she can in order to get something she wants. In mid August she figured out that she could scoot while laying on her back. She puts her knees up & pushes off so she scoots upwards. This has not helped the bald spot on the back of her head! :) She is developing quite the little attitude as well. She knows what she wants & will tell you. She loves to chatter & making the sound "a-da, a-da". She absolutely adores her big brother & vice versa! Even if she is in the middle of a fit & C walks in, she will stop crying & start giggling & laughing at him! It is so cute to listen to the two of them giggling at each other. Once one of them starts in, the other gets going & they will just giggle & giggle & giggle. C is almost potty trained. He forgets to tell you he needs to go about 40% of the time, but if my husband & I remember to take him every hour, he stays dry. He still will not go #2 on the toilet though. However, he will hold it until he has a pull-up on for bedtime or nap time & go then. We haven't had a #2 accident (in big boy pants) in over 3 weeks! C also has a new friend. His new best friend is imaginary & is with him all the time. He is a robot. Yes, a robot! Anyone who knows my son will laugh at this. He used to be deathly afraid of robots. Now anytime he gets in trouble he blames it on his robot or says his robot made him do it. I even find him talking to his robot every once in a while. His new favorite movie is "Pete's Dragon" & "Scooby-doo." He is getting to be quite the little riot. Anywho... That is the update on us. Oh, yes, & today actually happens to be mine & my hubbys 10th anniversary! 10 years! I can hardly believe it! I would post pics of our wedding, but they are all in storage! Bummer! It's been a good 10 years with lots of fun, challenges, sad & happy times! I love you Babe!

Here are the pictures I took of M on her 7 month mark!

This picture I was messing around with my camera & used micro-burst. The blown up view of it is pretty cool. It would be a cool effect for sports or something like that.

POTTY TRAINING IN FULL SWING

Day #1: FINALLY gets the concept! (No accidents even).
Day #2: only 1 accident! He even actually took the incentive & took off his own underpants, climbed onto the toilet & went without being supervised! When he put his big boy pants back on however, they were on backwards. But this is HUGE progress folks!
Day #3: We will see how it goes today!

Another HUGE in the world of my son... He swam yesterday (with his lifejacket) WITHOUT anyone holding onto him (or him clinging onto my neck for dear life).

We are making big strides with that kid this week! YEAH!!!!

My daughter still is only rolling from front-to-back and not back-to-front yet. But she is getting better at getting off of her much dreaded tummy time & back onto her backside. She cracks me up cuz she lays on her back & gets both feet right up to her mouth & chews on her toes! They are her favorite toys! It works for my cuz I don't have to remember to pack them when we go out somewhere.

I also got my new car a week ago. We decided to get another Nissan Maxima. This one is a 2004, Silver in color & has all the bells & whistles. It does have 70,000 miles, but that's just getting the engine started with Nissan though.

OUR FABULOUS HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Anyone who knows me very well, knows that I LOVE the fourth of July! It's almost like Christmas for me, I mean as far as anticipation & excitement surrounding the holiday. I love the BBQs that accompany the fourth of July celebrations, the fireworks, the parades. You name it, I love it! This year was different however. We started our regular 4th activities by going to the Lehi Fire Departments annual 4th of July breakfast @ 7:30. We left there to head to the Freedom Festival Parade in Provo. My family has been going to the parade for as long as can remember. My Great Grandma owned a house on the parade route when I was a kid, so the parade was a kind of family reunion time. Well, when she passed away, one of my Dads cousins bought the house on center street & there is an open invitation to come & watch the parade without having to go the night before to find seating. It's quite a nice arrangement. We even have access to a bathroom if needed (rather than use one of the lovely outhouses provided by Provo City). So anywho... we were running a little late for the parade. & I mean only about 10 minutes late. We would have been early enough to see the opening cannon or whatever it was this year. Traffic was pretty bad once we got to BYU campus & my husband & I were debating which route to take. We finally decided on our route, had our game plan in place & were stopped in traffic when... WHAMMMMM! This guy behind us rammed into my beautiful, lovely, paid off, perfectly running Maxima! He admitted to me (albeit after I chewed him out) that he simply "was not looking up at the moment" so he didn't see that we were stopped for parade traffic. How much do you wanna bet he was texting?! He must have "looked up" at the last minute & tried to swerve to miss us, but no such luck. He hit us pretty darn hard! My husband was driving, my 3 1/2 yr old son was in the back passenger side & my 5 month old daughter the driver side. (I was in the passenger seat). Fortunately, we were all OK. Some bruising, mild concussions & whip lash, but otherwise fine. Here are some photos.

You can see the traffic ahead of the car in this photo. That was not traffic caused by us, it was the traffic we were stopped in.

My brand new Sit-n-Stand stroller was in the trunk. It came out of the accident pretty much unscathed. A small scratch to the manufacturer sticker & some scratches to the front foot rest, but otherwise fine.

So, you know how I said the stroller was fine? Well the Fire Department had to take the back seat out to get the stroller out of the trunk. I think they were pretty happy I gave them permission to tear out the seat!

My Mom & Dad were only about a block & a half in front of us when the accident occurred. They came back to pick us up. My Dad was pretty T.O.'d at the guy for hitting us with his two grand kids in the car! Here is my car being towed off. My husband was talking with my mom & sister (who happened to drive past the accident on her way to the parade & stopped) & apparently said "watch, she's gonna start crying when the tow truck drives away." He was right. I am such a sentimental fool. But I LOVED that car!

Here's the damage that occurred to the truck that hit us. Not much. He drove off & apparently went to the parade, cuz my mom saw him walk past my Dad's cousins house.

We also went to parade anyway. We only got to see about the last 30 minutes of it. But my son had fun playing with his cousins! What a cute kid!
My mom with my daughter! My daughter was so mellow. It was kinda funny, hence my moms expression.
The painting in the back is my Great-Great-Great Grandmothers picture. When a was kid & we would go visit my Great Grandma & she would tell me stories of her. She was a very strong willed woman & I always admired her. My daughter is named after her!

That my friends, was my 4th of July! We had a BBQ after the parade & watched some fireworks in Pleasant Grove that night with my in-laws. It was good other than the whole, wrecked my car crap. The insurance company has since declared the car totalled & so we are in the market for a new car. Probably gonna move up to a minivan. Hope others had a better 4th than us!! :)

Slacking...Again

I must be the all time WORST blogger! No, nevermind! My Sis & her kids haven't blogged for longer than me. :) My son just left this afternoon to go camping with Grandpa & my husband, so I have mostly free hands that I can post with! So here are some updated photos...

M's blessing day. It was clear back on March 29th, but here are some pics! Her dress is so pretty! It's now hanging as a decoration in her bedroom!

I had to show her cute fuzzy hair that's in this pic. She still has the little fuzz on top, but it is getting thinner as her "real hair" is growing in.

Aren't these shoes the sweetest! My mom got them for us.

A Slight little smile in this one!

This is her Easter dress, even though she still wasn't going to church on Easter Sunday, she still had to have a cute dress!

She had started smiling quite a bit by this time (April 12th)

I just had to take a pic in this cute outfit, plus it had been about a month since I had taken any pictures of her & she had changed so much...

...other than the fuzzy hair on top! :)

She'll hate me for this one later, but what a cute little Buddha belly! And what big eyes!

Yesterday (June 4th) my hubby decided to put M on C's bike.

She tried to sit up on it, but quickly gave up & rested her chin on the handle bars!

Then she got a shoulder ride from Dad. What cuties! You can still see the fuzzy hair on top, just thinner. I truly am blessed to have such a great little family. I'll have to take some pics of my two kids together & post them!

photo shoot

This has been a long time coming. I have been meaning to post this announcement & pictures for several weeks now. So here you have it...

These are the pictures that we had taken when my daughter was 4 weeks old. She is now 11 weeks old. Time has sure flown by! She has changed quite a bit since these were taken. She is now coo-ing and smiling. She has become a morning person & is extremely happy when she wakes up each morning. She is still not sleeping through the night though. :(

Her cute baby bling!

Cute little feet

My husband wouldn't touch my shirt because she had pee'd all over my sleeve! :)

I love this one!

Same one in color.

Not my favorite pic of myself, but I have a pic of my son & I in almost this same pose.

I love this one with Daddy & daughter!

She's even chubbier now!

This is the pose where she pee'd all over my sleeve!

What a good big brother! He still dotes on her!

Boy he loves her! She, on the other hand, is not so sure about his hugs!

Back to work!

Last night was my first night back to work after having my little baby girl. It was a nice night to start back with. While on my way in to work I figured that I would be working down in mother/baby because it would be my turn to float since I had been gone for 5 weeks. I was surprised that I wasn't lined up to float at the beginning of the shift. I actually got to work Labor & Delivery for the first half! It was good to get caught up with the girls at work! It is amazing how disconnected from adult life you become when you spend your entire day talking to a newborn or a 3 year old! From the sounds of it, things have been VERY crazy at work while I was gone. I am actually quite glad I missed a lot of the things that occured while I was off.
I got some decent sleep this morning, thanks to my mother-in-law for taking my daughter for a couple of hours between feeds! My husband tackled the task of keeping my 3 yr old son busy this morning so he wouldn't come wake me up. That was also very nice.
On another note, my husband is still in the process of applying for a full-time position with his Fire Department. Hopefully we will know more in about a month or so. Right now they are interviewing and will be hiring the new captains and engineers for the new station I guess. Then they will begin the process of interviewing and selecting the rest of the crews for the new station. Keep him in your prayers that he is on of the few to be selected for a full-time position! We really need it! Thanks!

Monthly Entry

I know. It's been a long time & pics of my baby girl are in need. I had a friend come over this morning & take some pictures for me. She did a really good job. Here are a few of the pictures that she took. I have a picture of my son & I in almost this exact same pose. I thought it would be cute to get on of me & my daughter like it as well.

Do you love the baby bling?!

Sleeping babies are the best!

What a cute grin! I love his little dimple!

He is such a good big brother! He loves on his sister & is very gentle.

I love how she is looking @ her big brother.

I think he is thinking "I LOVE the camera!"