Lunch

All because of Facebook this lunch took place, for the longest time I was hestitant about joining Facebook, but now I'm completely addicted! Its because of it I got to have lunch with these 2 lovely ladies! We grew up together in Bountiful....we all lived within the same block, our birthdays are all within days of each other, from the time I moved to Utah in first grade we walked to school everyday together, we were in Young Womens Together, and seriously the list could go on and on. And as I got thinking about it more, it blew my mind to think we have know each other for 20 years! Seriously am I that old already that I have friends that I have known for 20 years??? Anyways, it was SO good to catch up, and see where life has taken us!

8 months OLD!

My little peanut is now 8 Months old! It amazes me how much they change in just a month, she always seems to surprise me with doing something new everyday. So with that here are a few things about my little peanut at 8 months.....she is a MAJOR mama's girl, she loves playing patty cake and now when we say who's so big she raises her arms with me, she is not a fan of baby food.....any suggestions??? I have found if I mix her fruits and veggies with her rice cereal she'll eat it, but WILL NOT eat it alone, I guess its better than not eating it at all, but I wish she would. Also.....between her and Daniel they are so different with there eating, Daniel loved his baby food and hated table food and she well, despises baby food, and for the life of me I can't remember what kind of table food we started Daniel on....any suggestions what to start little Brielle on, I think she is ready for more table food, she has two little teeth and when I give her the little puffs she chews them up and doesn't have a problem, I just don't know what to start her on. She has been attempting to crawl but not quite there yet, she gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth then just plops right back to her belly, I just think she's to content with rolling everywhere to get to what she wants. She is a GRABBER, anything and everything and it doesn't matter what it is, she wants it! She loves to look at herself in the mirror, she just cracks up looking at herself. She has started screaming at the top of her lungs to get our attention or to let us know she is done with whatever she is doing, and you can forget about walking out of the room with her around, she has to have you in sight at all times or she SCREAMS, seriously she is the funniest little thing, one minute she'll be happy and giggling and 2 seconds later she will just be in tears. She really is all GIRL! She absolutely adores Daniel! I think that's the best part about her getting older, being able to see her and Daniel interacting and playing together! We just love this little girl and can't wait to see whats in store for us next month.
also.....any suggestion on helping this little girl sleep at night???? She was doing good for awhile, but has now started waking up every 2-3 hours again, she isn't hungry, she is just screaming at the top of her lungs. I have tried letting her cry it out, but if I let her go to long she ends up waking Daniel, and then I have 2 kids up and once Daniel is up it takes forever to get him to go back to sleep.



Just because he's so cute I had to add a picture of my favorite little boy! Can you imagine waking up to this smile everyday.....I feel like the luckiest mother in the world!

Disney on ice

Last Friday night Daniel and I got to have a little "Date Night"! And it was so much fun! We met up with my good friend Viv and her adorable little boy Britton for Disney on Ice. To start the night off we had Dinner at Rumbi for us Mommies and grabed some McDonalds for the boys. Then it was off to the show. All I can say is the boys had a blast, as well as we did, but I think what made my night was seeing how happy and excited Daniel was. As soon as the show started he was cheering and clapping along and just having the time of his life!

Daniel and Britton loved to stand between me and Viv and dance and cheer!

And our sweet little Brielle stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa for the night......still a little to young to take.

GOLF

Last weekend Jason took off Saturday afternoon with his buddy Bryce (now normally I don't use the word buddy, i'm more a friend type of gal, but considering this is for Jason, I'll use Buddy just for him!)Anyways...They took off last Saturday for St.George and spent all day Sunday Golfing! As you can see they had perfect weather, Jason even got a little burned, so while Jason is enjoying the sunny weather I'm here freezing my butt off. (can you tell I'm ready for spring.....seriously I'm tired of the cold!) Well, the boys had fun golfing, sitting in the jacuzzi and enjoying the sunny weather.

Army Strong!

I'm gonna get straight to the point.......Jason is going into the Army! This decision didn't come lightly and it didn't come easily, but at this time in our lives its the right step for us and our family! It seems lately we have hit some rocky areas in school and work, and with how unstable jobs are right now we have no idea what would be in store for us once Jason graduated a year from now. So after spending many days praying and hours on hours in the recruiting office, we have decided to give ourselves to the Army for the next 4 years! Jason had his physical and was sworn in as a Private First Class on Monday March 9Th. He is due to report on May 6th for reception week, then its off to Boot Camp at Fort Benning on the 11Th where he'll spend the next 9 weeks being whipped into top shape and transform himself from a civilian into a soldier. Once he has graduated from Boot Camp he'll then go on to his AIT training where he'll spend 21 weeks at Fort Gordon to be trained in his MOS (military occupation specialty) he will be training to be a Nodal Networks Systems Operator. So now we have less than two months to prepare and get ourselves ready for a whole new world we are about to be a apart of. But I am so proud of you Jason and all the sacrifices you are willing to make for our family, our country, and for yourself, I know this will make you stronger, more confident, and develop the skills you will be able to use for the rest of your life! We love you!

Crazy!

So this morning me and my Mom decided to check out the new Nordstroms at Fashion Place and apparently almost every other woman in the state decided to do the same thing. I worked at the opening when the Orem store first opened and I don't remember it being anything like this, I mean this was just plain crazy. It was like anniversary sale but no sale.....if that makes sense. Anyways, we had fun, we ran into a lot of old friends we use to work with and it was fun to check things out, and of course I couldn't leave empty handed, I came away with some marvelous black heels which I LOVE, now if I can only figure out how I'm gonna wear them chasing 2 little ones around....mmmmm, this could be interesting.

Seriously....is it to much to ask??

Okay, so lately I have realized I have been terrible at taking pictures of these two (I blame stress) so I decided I would attempt to get a cute pic to post of these two so all of you wouldn't forget what they looked like(ha ha) because I have been so terrible at blogging lately, and well, this is what I got. Seriously, not one turned out. Oh well, its them, and it shows how they really are. They don't like to sit still, they don't like to look at the camera, or if I do get them to look at me its because I'm making every funny face or noise I can think of. But regardless, I adore these two!