Beautiful Bule Moments

Drum Roll Please....

2012-01-22T10:30:00.013-07:00

I would like to unveil my new living room! But after a brief explanation.

I've been wanting to re-do my living room for a while now. We decided to do that as our Christmas present to each other. Around Thanksgiving, I told Marc's sister's that I wanted to re-decorate the room and they wanted to help. Then it turned into them just taking over. I was ecstatic! I am clueless when it comes to decorating. I let them choose the color scheme, I chose the paint color, then they did the rest. They shopped for everything and wouldn't show any of it to us. They kicked us out for a couple of hours then put the whole room together. The unveiling was last night and I was speechless. It was so different than anything I would have done (cuz I don't have the brain to choose anything cute!) and it looks awesome!! It was the best thing that has happened to me in my life. Next to Marc, Kenadie and Roman. :)

Here's before...

AND HERE'S AFTER!!!

On the wall with the bead board, a little bench will go there soon.

Gorgeous, right? I love it so much! I'm in awe everytime I look at it.
Thank you Giuliana and Laura!

5 months of Roman

2011-11-27T15:30:00.002-07:00

My little man is 5 months!

Getting stronger and ready to crawl!

He has started eating cereal....

....and doesn't like it.

But he loves this chair!

He is rolling over now and LOVES to sleep on his stomach. In fact, I think he sleeps better on his stomach.

I could not have asked for a better, happier guy! I am still so in love with him!

Kenadie is 3!

2011-11-09T14:42:00.011-07:00

Kenadie turned 3 today. But it's more like 16.

She is so full of personality and says the darndest things! She acts more like a grown up (sometimes) than a 3 year old.

In small ways we had celebrated her birthday nearly everyday for the last 6 months just because she said it was her birthday. So if we acted like today was just another day, she wouldn't have known the difference.

She is such a sweet girl most of the time. And she's the best helper I know.

She loves her little brother more than she loves me. But that's ok. And I hope it lasts her whole life.

Best doctor I know!

Our lives would be really boring without this firecracker of a girl. She was so meant to be here in our family and I love her with all my heart!

Roman at 3 months

2011-09-27T14:56:00.005-06:00

My little man sure is growing! I love his chubby cheeks!

Man, did I luck out with this one. He is such a laid back, happy boy.

With him being the second child, I don't get to hold him as much as I did with Kenadie and he is content to sit there in his bouncer or swing.

He sleeps really well at night. The last 2 nights have been from 8:30-5. He doesn't cry when I put him in bed. He'll just fall asleep. AAAAAAAAH. Sigh of relief!

His legs are getting stronger and he can stand up on them.

He smiles at me all the time. I just have a hard time getting the smile on camera.

I've noticed, though, that I haven't taken as many pictures of him (thus, the reason I only have 3 pictures of him at this age!).

He is close to giggling when I tickle him. It's like a grunt.

I can't tell you how much he weighs now but at 2 months, he was 11 lbs.

I am so in love with this boy it almost hurts!

An Evening at The Temple

2011-08-10T14:05:00.010-06:00

On Monday night, we took a walk around the temple grounds at Mt. Timp. It was a perfect night to go since the temple was closed. A few other families had the same idea we did. It was a gorgeous night!

Kenadie is excited to go there someday and get married!

My kidlets

2011-08-09T14:15:00.013-06:00

Not that I'm bias or anything, but my kids are the cutest kids in the world!

My friend Liz wants to get into photography and she wanted some practice on Roman. Here are a few she took. She did a great job!

My friend Ginnie, whom I've known my entire life, is a great photographer (see the link to her website to the right of my blog - Ginnie J Photography - or just click here!) and took some pics of my kids too. Here are my favorites. LOVE THEM!

Introducing Roman Marcus Bule

2011-07-14T14:47:00.023-06:00

This pregnancy went by so very fast for me. However, that last couple weeks went by so slowly. I scheduled my induction date for the 27th and since I knew that was the day I was going to have my little boy, those last weeks dragged. I knew I was getting a call from the hospital the day before my induction date to let me know what time to come in. I was dying that whole day, waiting for the phone to ring! I kept checking my phone, making sure it was working. I was so excited and anxious. Then I got the call that evening and they told me to be ready as early as 7 am but they would call me when they were ready for me. So on Monday the 27th, I was ready to go at 7 but was just waiting for the next phone call. Finally at 9 they called and told me to be there at 10. Whohoo! It's go time! We were so excited!
So we got to the hospital and I got all dressed in that sexy robe and got all hooked up ready to get pitossin and have the doctor break my water. I wanted to wait as long as I could to get the epidural. Around 2 that afternoon, I got it and I felt awesome! I was progressing very slowly and got stuck at a 4 all afternoon and evening. Sometime after 9 pm, the nurse checked me and I was dilated to a 9, finally! Then she left. All of a sudden I felt tons of pressure down there and knew it was time. I had to call the nurses desk to tell them to send my nurse back in; this baby is coming and I need to push! She came in and told me the doctor wasn't at the hospital but on his way back from Timpanogos Hospital. Oh crap, I thought! But then he walked in just then. Phew!
I pushed for 5 minutes and out came little Roman. I thought he looked just like Kenadie did when she was born. He wasn't really crying, but just kind of squaking. We were trying to get him to cry more so we knew he was breathing ok. He finally cried a little more, but as I've learned, he doesn't cry loud, mostly squaks and grunts. They set him on top of me and I was just lost in his little face. I was the happiest person at that moment. He was perfect! It was love at first sight! I looked up at Bule and he was teary eyed, so happy his little boy was here.
He was born at 9:42 pm...6 lbs 13 oz and 18 inches.

Right before we left home for the hosptial

At the hospital

I look bigger in this robe than I do in my clothes!

Just hangin' out

And here he is!

Cutest boy ever!

I was starving and actually felt good enough to eat!

The next day Kenadie was finally able to meet him. She was so excited and happy!

Ready to go home!

What a great experience I had and I feel so very blessed to have a healthy baby and a sweet little girl. Oh and one fabulous husband!

My baby shower!

2011-07-12T15:58:00.006-06:00

On June 4th, my friend Danielle was so kind enough to throw me a baby shower (after I asked her to!).
There was great food and lots of great people came. We had such a fun time!

Easter 2011

2011-07-12T13:19:00.016-06:00

It's been quite a while since I've updated my blog. I thought I'd better catch up!

Easter pics....

Saturday, April 23, we had an HOA Easter Egg Hunt. Kenadie had a great time!
Here she is with her friend Kaitlyn.

Later that night, we went to my sisters and colored eggs. I only got 2 good pics.

Sunday (Easter) Morning. Kenadie got this cute dress from Mimi.

Sunday evening at Mimi's house. With her cousins Maddi and Ava. Gorgeous girls!

Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard. She scored with the candy, money, cereal, juice, and crackers!

I'm not sure what the history of the egg hunt is and how it started, but the kids love it and it's so fun to see their faces when they find something. But I won't forget the true meaning of Easter. I'm so grateful for our Savior and that He died for us. And that He was resurrected on the 3rd day, giving us all the opportunity to do the same. What an amazing thing it is that we can all live with our families after this life!

New Closet

2011-04-04T16:05:00.008-06:00

Well, the next step in making the room "formerly known as the office" into Kenadie's room is done....shelving in the closet! Well, we have to paint it but it's put in and that makes me so happy! The awesome handyman who did this is my very own daddy! Next step, bead board!

Bedding for Kenadie

2011-03-02T15:15:00.008-07:00

I was at Target today and happened to make my way over to the girls' bedding, just wanting to see what they had for Kenadie's big girl bed we'll be getting in the next month or two, and this is the first thing I saw and I fell in love with it. So cute, right? I hope the green goes well with the green we have on the walls.

I wish shopping for boys' crib bedding was this easy! I am struggling with that one for sure! Bule would probably be all for me using Kenadie's crib bedding for the boy just so we don't have to spend any more money! I wish I was joking.

Lots To Do!

2011-03-01T21:29:00.005-07:00

There are a lot of things to do before our baby boy gets here this summer.

One thing is moving Kenadie into the room next to where she is now. Probably in the next month or two that will be a reality.

This is the first step to making the office, as it is now, into Kenadie's new room.

I LOVE the look of Vinyl but HATE the application process.

Can't wait for the other projects in her room to be done - new shelving in the closet, beadboard on the walls, new bed, etc. Yeay for fun projects!

We're Having A...

2011-02-28T14:27:00.004-07:00

(Warning! Some images my be inappropriate for children!)

If you can't guess from this picture, I'm not gonna tell you what we're having! :)

Sorry this one is a little crooked. My scanning abilities aren't all that great!

But isn't that the cutest picture of the profile!

I'm so excited for the arrival of our little one sometime around the end of June, beginning of July. Depends on what the baby has in mind for its debut!

Countin' Down The Days

2010-12-01T15:21:00.005-07:00

This is my advent calendar. But it doesn't look like a calendar, you say. I know. But it does the job! This cute advent calendar is from Stampin' Up!. It came with EVERYTHING...boxes, die-cut shapes, numbers, ribbon, string and clothes-pins. All I had to do was glue on the die-cuts and numbers, tie the ribbon and find somewhere to hang the thing. So easy and so cute!
My fillers are candy, every other day, toys for Dee's and activities like make cookies, make snowflake and decorate the window. I love this idea. And it will just get more fun each year as Kenadie gets older and understands what it means.

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-01T14:47:00.007-07:00

We got to have 2 Thanksgiving meals this year. The saturday before Thanksgiving, we got together with my family. That will be a tradition from now on. My siblings are gone on the actual holiday so we decided to do it the saturday before so we could all be together. Of course there was lots of food and I didn't get pictures. I wasn't feeling well that day thanks to a nasty cold so. sadly, I wasn't able to enjoy the food. But it was nice to spend time with family, as always.
I am so thankful for my parents and the hardwork they put into a wonderful meal. They are the best!!

On the actual Thanksgiving holiday, we went to Midway to Marc's sister's house and spent the day with his family. What a great day it was. I was feeling great that day and loved the food and ate too much!

Maddi & Enzo enjoying the yummy cheeseball

Mimi, Matteo and Enzo, again, enjoying the cheeseball!

Max and Ana (marc's sister and bro-in-law) Can you see that butter is in the shape of a turkey?

Marc's parents, Steve & Paula, and Ava (niece)

Me & Ava just chillin' on the couch, tummy's full!

Kenadie could not stop kissing Ava. So cute!

Surprise!! Marc plays the violin! At the end of the evening, Ana and Maddi played a couple of songs for us on their violins (sorry, no pics) and then we all encouraged Marc to get up and play. He's so funny about playing. He never does it at home and it's pretty disappointing. He's great at it, but I wish he would play more.

Pretty sexy if I say so myself! :)

We had such a great day with the family. Everyone worked so hard to prepare an awesome meal. I am lucky to be part of such a loving family. I'm grateful for a wonderful husband who works hard so I don't have to (outside the home). And most of all I'm grateful for the fun little person we call Dee's. She has brought such a joy to our home. We love life with that girl!

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. :)

Happy Birthday Kenadie!

2010-11-10T14:45:00.013-07:00

I can't believe my baby girl is 2 already! Time sure does fly when you're having fun. And fun I do have everyday with her. I love this age so much.

Kenadie is obsessed with Elmo and has been for about a year. Everyday after breakfast she begs to "watch Elmo downstairs on the TV." So I let her. That's when I get a shower in. She will sit still for an hour eyes glued to that TV. She's watched the same episodes of Sesame Street and Elmo's World so much, she knows exactly what's going to happen next. That doesn't make me a bad mom, does it?!

Kenadie can say her alphabet but skips a couple letters once in a while, although she really knows every single letter. She can count to 13, and can identify colors and numbers. One thing she really loves to do is color. Color in her coloring book, on the desk with pen, or on the carpet with crayons. Thankfully we have washable crayons.

We have a card game with drawn pictures of all the prophets there ever were. We've gone through all the pictures and told her who each one was once or twice then we asked her who everyone was and she knows who they all are. I think it's amazing because Isaiah, Abraham, and Lehi all look the same but she knows the difference. And there are so many Smith's and she knows who they are. I've "played cards" with her, as she likes to call it, so many times but I still don't know who they are just looking at the pictures. Genius, pure genius!

She is trying to be independent and wanting to do everything herself. And she wants to do everything I'm diong, like cook and stir the food. She's a great helper.

Kenadie is taking after her dad in the fact that she has to eat a bowl of cereal before she goes to bed, every night. I guess that's ok since she won't eat anything else.

Here are some pictures of birthday celebrations. Sunday we celebrated her b-day with my family. Yesterday, her actual birthday, we celebrated with Marc's family. PS. my camera takes horrible pictures!

At Oma and Pa's - my parents

That movie is Elmo's Potty Time. She's been begging me to get it for weeks!

Everyone intently watching Elmo's Potty Time

At our house on her b-day - opening the card from Mimi and Nonno (marc's parents)

Isn't this THE cutest coat you've ever seen??!

Daddy is bringing her big present out....

...a TRAMPOLINE!

McKinley needed to get in on the action, naturally.

This is suppose to be Elmo. This does not look like Elmo, thanks to the pencil thin mouth.

If I picked this up from the store, this would not have gone home with me looking like that, but Marc thought it was ok. Whatever.

Happy 2nd Birthday Kenadie! Love you girl!

Our October

2010-11-09T14:36:00.014-07:00

October was full of fun! It's summed up in pictures...

Gardner Village with my mom, sister and her two youngest

Jump on It - Kenadie's new favorite thing!

Carving Pumpkins

And of course Halloween - Party at Marc's sister house

Every other year craftiness

2010-10-11T17:10:00.006-06:00

Well, it's been about a year and a half since I did something crafy so I thought it was time to do it again. I made these two flower bow holders and gave one to my sweet friend Ginnie. They were so fun and easy to make. I can finally clean out the bathroom drawer and display all the flower bows quite nicely. Oh and I also made the flowers in the second picture. Oh and Ginnie took that picture so that's why it looks really good compared to the first picture I took. Oh and I'll make one for you if you want me to!

Day trip to SLC

2010-08-23T13:37:00.014-06:00

On Saturday, we went to downtown SLC and walked around Temple Square. There were quite a few weddings that day with lots of picture taking so we didn't stick around very long. We then went to the Church Office Building and went up to the Obervation Deck (no pics). I love going up there to see the whole valley. When we asked one of the workers there where the Salt Lake City Cemetary was, they told us and also told us where Brigham Young is buried. So we went to check that out next. It was just up a street east of the Church Office Building in a residential area. Totally random spot. We found this beautiful park right inbetween two apartment buildings. After that, we toured the roof of the Conference Center. As we were walking there, I tripped on a construction sign on the sidewalk and twisted my ankle. It hurt really bad right after but it was ok to walk on. But it did hurt pretty bad later. Luckily, it didn't swell or bruise. So I guess it wasn't that bad of a sprain. On our way home, we drove through the SLC Cemetary. That place is ridiculously HUGE! We were lucky to happen to drive by the headstones for President Hinkley and David O. McKay. I found out later that night that you could go to the office at the cemetary to get a map that shows where the other prophets are buried. We drove by a building on our way out but didn't know that was anything important, but it turned out that was the office. It was a fun but tiring day. Kenadie was really good the whole time and enjoyed being outside.

Kenadie's like...No more pictures, dad. Please!

Can you see that cute little family in the background? It was a family of 9 or 10 (7 or 8 kids, can't remember) and they all just got sealed together. They were so cute all dressed in white, running around while they got pictures taken. What an awesome day for them!

Here is the place where Brigham Young is buried, along with some wives and a child, I think. This is the view looking in. As you can see, there are some benches, one with a statue of Brigham and some kids. It was so quiet and peacful, we spent quite a while there.

Looking out

And here is where he's buried.

And here we are just hangin' out!

Showing off her teeth.

Here are the headstones for Hinkley and McKay. They are made from leftover stone from the Temple and Conference Center.

Battle Creek Trail

2010-06-26T17:09:00.013-06:00

This morning, Bule, Kenadie and I went on a hike to Battle Creek Falls in Pleasant Grove. A lot of my neighbors have been there and loved it so I wanted to try it out. It was a really simple, short hike with a waterfall at the end. Well, we could have gone further after the waterfall but I didn't want to and thought the waterfall was far enough.

This is a little pond on the way up that the waterfall runs into.

And the waterfall...not that great of a pic.

Kenadie did so good on the way up there.

She wanted to get out and hike, with a little help from her daddy.

Great little hike. I'm going to take my scouts there next month. Wish me luck! :)

The Zoo

2010-06-19T14:13:00.009-06:00

I took Kenadie to the Zoo on Friday. We went with my sister, Jonna, and her 5 kids.
We had a fun day seeing all the crazy animals.

Kenadie, Taylor, and McKinley

Me and Jonna

This tiger was HUGE!

Kenadie holding the hands of her

favorite cousins, Taylor and Kassidy

All the kids - Kassidy, Kenadie, Shaye, McKinley

Taylor and Jensen.

Kenadie's words

2010-03-21T12:11:00.018-06:00

I'm writing these down for my own sake.

These are the ones that I posted when she was 14 months....

No, Mama, Dada, Mimi (Bule's mom), Pa (my dad), Oma (my mom), up, down, cheese, more, peas (please), cacka (cracker), hat, sock, shoe, binky, ball, milk, pen, bye, hi, br (bread), ta tu (thank you), all done, nack (snack), buckon (button), baby, tie, ow, stinky, coke (coat), knee, cucka (cucka, as in yuck!), bum, pee.

Here are some recent ones and some she's been saying for a while but I forgot to write down....

Mommy, Daddy, open, hold you, help you, monkey, all gone, elbow, swing, car, ride, rice, bean, meat, nice, hug, pasta, peas, pretzel, gurt (yogurt), juice, bubble, balloon, elmo, dude, yes, yeah, bed, blanky, garbage, happy, body, heavy, eye, toes, hair, head, pretty, cute, owl, moon, cake, nana (banana), ong (orange), cado (avocado, her favorite snack these days!), duck, poo, toot, dance, bouncy, egg, cup, here you go (more like hedo), knee, back, rub rub (lotion), spin, almost, hand, walk, belt, dirty, puppy, almost, i do, bee, truck, bird. I think that's all but I'm sure there are more that I can't think of right now.

"Old" Moment

2010-02-26T10:21:00.003-07:00

The other day, I had an "old" moment. I was at my friends house and we decided to play the Wii. Bule and I don't have one and I've only played it a few times at my sisters and friends houses. And since we don't have one and don't play it often, I am not familiar with it that much. So, when I was playing it the other day, I couldn't get my controller to show up on the screen for the longest time. When I finally did, I couldn't hold it still enough to hit the button, and I couldn't do anything right. I felt like my mom at that moment (no offense, mom. I love you!). I just felt like I'm out of touch with the latest technology. Maybe we should get one and I can practice so I won't feel so "old" when I play it with other people.
Then we were playing Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. One of the games was to answer questions in 10 seconds. I was sitting on her couch and it was kind of far from the TV. From where I was sitting, I couldn't see the questions that well, so I missed answering half of them in the allotted time because it took me so long to read the question and the possible answers. I had to get closer to the tv and sit on the floor. My eyes have always been perfect but lately I can't see certain things from far away. It's really depressing. I thought I would have at least 10 more years till I had to deal with this.
That day was just a sad reminder to me that I'm not a teenager anymore and it's all downhill from here!!

14 Months!!

2010-01-09T06:00:00.000-07:00

Kenadie is 14 months going on teenager! She has quite the personality and is oh so dramatic! She is on the verge of starting tantrums. I've caught her a few times on the floor whining. Don't teenagers do that?!

She is the biggest mommie's girl you'll ever meet. She loves her daddy but only wants mommy every second of the day. I can't complain. :)

Here are a few highlights:

Her favortie thing to do right now is help me unload the dishwasher. She hands me every piece of silverware and says ta tu, which translates into thank you. When she hears me open the dishwasher to put dirty dishes in, she rushes over to it and wants to empty it. I tell her we can't empty it right now cuz the dishes are dirty and she gets mad. Or she'll randomly run over to the dishwasher and try to open it. When she can't get it open she grunts, begging me to open it.

She loves to eat cheese and could eat that all day if I let her. She is such a picky eater (i don't know where she got that from!) and doesn't like a lot of stuff. She used to eat everything when food wasn't her main source of nutrition. But now that she really needs to eat it, she doesn't. No wonder she's in the 8th percentile for her weight!
My favorite thing she does is imitate me when i get mad at her when she takes her bib off. She pulls it off when she's done eating, usually after 1 bite, and I get mad and say grrrrrr. She does the exact same noise, and her eyebrows draw together like she's mad too but she has a little smile on her face, knowing she shouldn't have done that, but she's so cute I can't help but smile at her!

She loves to say hi to everyone she sees. When we're at any type of store and someone walks by, she says hi to them and waves. Everyone loves it.

She is folding her arms when we pray at dinner time and says amen. She usually reminds me that we need to say the prayer when I put her in her highchair for breakfast or lunch by folding her arms.

She is a big chicken! She gets scared of a lot of things that are loud, especially the vacuum. When I open the door to where it is, she starts crying and will run away. Then she runs and hides in a corner, farthest away from it as possible, when I actually turn it on.

She talks sooooooo much! Here is a list of all the words she says:
NO - her favorite one, Mama, Dada, Mimi (Bule's mom), Pa (my dad), Oma (my mom), up, down, cheese, more, peas (please), cacka (cracker), hat, sock, shoe, binky, ball, milk, pen, bye, hi, br (bread), ta tu (thank you), all done, nack (snack), buckon (button), baby, tie, ow, stinky, coke (coat), knee. cucka (cucka, as in yuck!), bum, pee. And she knows exactly what each of those words mean! There are probably a few more I'm forgetting, but still, this is A LOT for a 14 month old and I'm quite proud!

Enjoy a few pics!

trying on her new hat

we haven't been out in the snow yet, but i had to try this on and make sure it fit.

showing off her new 'do. love the hair straight up!

she likes to play under the table

Christmas

2010-01-08T16:41:00.007-07:00

I guess I should write about our Christmas.

I was more excited about it this year than last because Kenadie is older now and can get more excited about things. We didn't even do anything for her last year cuz she was so little (7 weeks), she had no clue what was going on.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents. She liked her new toys and books but was really interested in climbing the stairs. After that, we went to Bule's parents house and had breakfast and opened more presents. Of course, I didn't have my camera.

Later that night we went to Bule's sister's in-law's house for dinner. Every year, the grandkids do The Navitity Story, complete with costumes, music, and narration from the scriptures. Last year, Kenadie was baby Jesus, this year she was a wiseman. Oh so cute!

I feel a little out of place

8 years

2009-12-21T13:17:00.013-07:00

Last Monday was our 8 year anniversary. I can't believe it's been 8 years already! But at the same time it feels like it's been forever!

We celebrated by staying one night at the Zermatt in Midway the friday before. That was the first time we left Kenadie overnight. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We saw a few little girls that were around Kenadie's age there and that's when I missed her a lot. Anyway, we went on a sleigh ride around the Homestead, ate a Seafood buffet at Schneitter's, and sat in the hot tub. The next day we at breakfast ate Matty's Bistro, played pool, then came home and saw a movie. It was a great weekend; we really needed some time to ourselves.

Some things I remember about our wedding day...

I froze my butt off.

Bule left me at the temple. After we took pictures and changed into our clothes to go home and get ready for the luncheon, I couldn't find him anywhere. Good job, babe.

We ate really good food for lunch.

I was really tired before the reception even started.

But it was a beautiful day and am thankful to have such a great husband who took me to the temple!

Seeing Santa

2009-12-20T09:01:00.004-07:00

Yesterday we went to see Santa. I knew Kenadie wouldn't like him because she's scared of everything. The second I put her on his lap, she reached for me and started crying. Bule only got one picture. This one....

The store we were at got a better one, you can at least see her face, but it's still not that great. They gave us a print out of it so I don't have it on my computer to upload.

I'm glad to know that at least half the kids in the world are scared of Santa too, and that their parents have pictures of their kids crying on his lap!

Ahh, the Dentist

2009-12-04T11:26:00.006-07:00

I love how everytime I go to the dentist (and I do go every 6 months. That is why I have prerfect check-ups every time, thank you very much!) the hygienist asks me questions when my mouth is wide open and I have a sharp instrument in there. Not sure how they expect me to answer. But I do my best and say, "ahabbl i isia ahal aya soao whoaoaoa ahalal aruhu uh."

While I make dinner...

2009-11-19T10:39:00.002-07:00

....this is how I keep my child entertained.

My Birthday

2009-11-17T08:19:00.007-07:00

This is what my birthday consisted of:

Aunt Flow
Arthritis
Awesome dinner at The Cheescake Factory

The older I get, the less exciting my birthday's are. But that's ok. Why do I want to celebrate me getting older?

Kenadie's 1st Birthday Party

2009-11-15T16:45:00.015-07:00

On Saturday, the 14th, we had a big party for Kenadie's first birthday.
We had our families and a few friends over. We ate food, she got a lot of presents, and she enjoyed the cake more than anything! Enjoy the pics!

My Mom and Dad

Getting ready to eat cake

Before....Albertson's made this and it's FREE for 1 year olds!

Loving the cake!

After

And Mimi giving her a bath!

She had such a fun day!

Our families are awesome! They helped out so much and gave her really great gifts! Love you guys!!

Happy 1st Birthday Kenadie!!

2009-11-09T16:29:00.019-07:00

It's hard to believe that one short year ago, this sweet little girl came down from Heaven to be my daughter. Can't same the same (short) about labor, though. Why don't you have a seat and listen to the long story of how Kenadie came to earth.

My due date was November 15th. At my doctors appt on the 7th, I had him strip my membranes hoping something would happen because I was SOOOOOOOO ready to have this baby out. Early Saturday morning (the 8th), around 2:30 am, I woke up having really terrible pains in my stomach. I wasn't sure if it was contractions but then figured it had to be. After a while, I woke Bule up to tell him what was going on and we timed the contractions. They were close enough for me to decide it was time to go to the hospital. We got there around 4:30 or so. I checked in, got dressed, got hooked up and they "checked" me. They said I was only dilated to a one so they would leave me there and come back in an hour and see if anything was different. I was still the same an hour later so they sent me home. We got home around 6:30 and tried to go back to sleep. My mom was throwing me a baby shower that day so I had to get some rest before I had to be up for that. While I was in bed I was thinking there was no way I can have the baby today, mom's giving me a shower and I can't miss it; she'll be so mad! About 7, I felt a weird pop kind of feeling in my lower stomach. I got up and went to the bathroom and sure enough, I was leaking everywhere. My water broke!! I was mad I was at home when that happened. We just came from the hospital and now had to go back so soon.

So we arrived at the hospital, again, around 8 am. They put me in the labor and delivery room. I remember getting undressed and getting into the gown. I was so nervous, not really believing this was actually happening. I get all hooked up and all that fun stuff and was just laying there waiting for something to happen. We decided it was a good idea to start calling our family to tell them the exciting news. I called my parents and told them. They were really excited but my mom had to call everyone who was invited to the shower and tell them NEVER MIND. A few hours later they showed up at the hospital and played the waiting game with me. Bule called his parents and told his dad, "we're having a baby today." His dad didn't believe him because Bule had joked with him once before. But Bule finally convinced him it was the real. The contractions were really painful and I didn't want to be hurting anymore so around 11 I got an epidural. Best thing ever. So all day long, everyone just sat there and we talked and waited, and talked and waited. I wasn't progressing one bit. They finally gave me some pitossin to get my contractions going stronger. Kenadie didn't like that and her heart rate dropped big time. The nurses came rushing in and gave me Tributaline (sp?) to stop all labor. They also gave me oxygen. Her heart rate became normal again and they said everything was just fine. I knew it was ok, but it still freaked me out and I was shaking so bad and started crying. Thank goodness for a wonderful husband and dad who hold the priesthood. They gave me a blessing of comfort and I calmed right down. After that, they decided to give me small doses of Pitossin, bits at a time, to get things moving cuz nothing was happening! That time, it went well. Finally, at 11 pm I was dilated to a 10 and could start pushing. I pushed for an hour and a half with no real progress. Kenadie just wasn't ready to come. All of a sudden, without warning, snip snip. The doctor needed some help if he was getting this child out. She still wouldn't budge. So he used the vacuum extractor and that worked. She was born at 12:51 am Sunday morning. She wasn't breathing that well so they had to give her oxygen then she was doing just fine. Bule and I were so happy to finally meet our baby, the most beautiful little girl ever!!

(I told you this wasn't a short story!)

Hours Old

1 year old

I love this face! I'm so glad she's here!

Kenadie walking

2009-11-04T18:33:00.002-07:00

Here are some videos of Kenadie walking. These were taken a few days ago and she's walking even better now than in the videos.

HALLOWEEN!

2009-11-01T13:34:00.010-07:00

This was Kenadie's first Halloween and she had pretty fun. Friday night, the 30th, we went to the Legacy Center where they had a lot of activities going on. They had trick-or-treating, a haunted house, games, food, and a movie. There wasn't much Kenadie could do since she is still young, but we just had to show up and see what it was like. It was a madhouse! There were so many people there it wasn't even funny. But we saw Kaitlyn and Liz there. And then I met up with my sister and her family. Kenadie dressed up as a chicken this year. We nick-named her Chicken Little when she was a baby and this costume was so fitting!

Kenadie before we left, trying on her costume.

Kenadie, Me, Kaitlyn, and Liz at the Legacy Center

Us, with my sister, Jo and her daughter, McKinley (as a pumpkin!)

Saturday night we went trick-or-treating. Well, really just around to a few houses to say hi. We didn't even plan to take her around but last minute we decided to. We used a Wal-Mart plastic bag as her candy bag. We had to visit Laura, Ruben and Seth. Seth and Kenadie love to play together. Seth was such a cute vampire!

After we got home, Kaitlyn came over to trick-or-treat. Kenadie only wanted her candy.

And getting undressed. She was SO glad to be out of that thing!

I had to throw this one in here. The week before Halloween, we went to a party. We dressed up as a Pink Lady and T-Bird.

This year was pretty fun, especially with a child. I just might get into it a little more each year.

First Steps

2009-10-28T11:46:00.002-06:00

Last night Kenadie took her first steps without mom and dad holding her hands. She was so excited that she could do it by herself. I kept trying to get her to do it some more but she kept falling down. We'll keep trying and hopefully get it on video next time. And that, of course, will be another blog post!

Tutu's

2009-10-15T06:00:00.005-06:00

I made some tutu's last week for Kenadie and her cousin, McKinley who is 4 weeks older than her. I thought it would be cute for them to get their pictures taken together in them. Haven't got their pictures done yet but here are the tutu's. I think they turned out very cute! And they were super easy to make.

Kenadie's

McKinley's

Whatever you think is comfortable, Kenadie

2009-10-14T12:41:00.003-06:00

Spilt Milk

2009-09-23T16:02:00.005-06:00

So, I had to pick up a few things at the store today.

I walked in the house with 2 gallons of milk in one hand and a huge box of diapers in the other.

I dropped one of the gallons of milk and it busted open and milk spilled everywhere in my front entry way.
I stood there in shock for a few seconds not knowing what the heck I should do.

Get some grahm crackers? Cereal? Oreos?

I opted for huge towels.

After the towels were sopping wet, I threw them outside and wiped up the rest of the mess with paper towels.

Then mopped.

Needless to say, that was disgusting!

10 months

2009-09-20T12:01:00.029-06:00

Kenadie is just 2 months away from turning 1. I can't believe it! I say this everyday...time goes by so fast!

Kenadie has quite the personality. She makes me laugh all the time. She does the funniest things at the most random times. Sometimes she'll hit her head or her cheeks. When she hits her cheeks, she makes the O face with her mouth and looks almost like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.

She's a pure genius! She can say quite a few words - Mama, Dada, book, duck(more like du) baby, uh-oh, ball(more like ba). She will point to her picture on the wall or a baby in a magazine and say baby. And she points to her books on the bookshelf and says book. I don't think a lot of 10 month old babies can do that! Oh yeah, she can say NO really well too, complete with the finger shaking! She'll crawl over to something that I've told her NO to before, and she'll say, "No, No, No No". And then she continues on and plays with what she's not suppose to!

She has been crawling like crazy and getting into everything. She loves it when you chase her. She'll book it down the hall, stop and look back to see where you are. She waits till you're close enough to tickle her then she'll take off again. She walks really well holding on to furniture. But just last night she started standing by herself. She saw how excited we were when she did that so she stood up over and over and over again, smiling as she fell. I'm sure in the next little while, after she's more comfortable standing alone, she'll take her first steps. Oh what a proud mom I'll be when that happens!

She just figured out how to open the box of wipes. We have the box that pops open. She sticks out her little finger and pushes down and it pops up and then she pulls out all the wipes one at at time. I've found a pile of wipes in her room a few times. Now I have to keep them on the top shelf so that doesn't keep happening.

She hates drinking her bottles. It's the biggest fight with her. But she loves eating food. She's pretty good at eating her baby food but she absolutely loves big people food. The other day, I had just finished feeding her so I started eating my lunch - leftover mashed potatoes with cheese. I put a small amount on the fork and started blowing on it. She saw me doing that and got the biggest smile on her face knowing that bite was for her. She LOVES mashed potatoes. Takes after her mom. She'll eat pretty much anything.

She loves to clap. She'll do it at the most random times. But she always does it whenever I say, "Yeay" or "Good girl". She's so proud of herself when she does something well, she just has to clap! If she hears someone laugh, she'll sometimes start laughing too. But it sounds more like a courtesy laugh.

Here are a few pics from the last little while.

The witches at Gardner's Village (well, only the one on the left!)

BUSTED!

With her cousin Matteo

Trying to get unstuck from under the exersaucer

Fell asleep playing with her toys while I showered

Loves her binky's. I have to keep at least 4 in her crib in case one gets thrown out or something!

The Green-eyed Monster

2009-09-11T12:13:00.009-06:00

I hate to admit this, but I must get it off my chest...

I am jealous of Kenadie.

Bule is smitten with her.
When he leaves for work she gets lots of hugs and kisses and "I'll miss you's".
Then he turns to me and says, "Bye Bec". That's all I get.
When get gets home, same thing. "Oh I missed you so much Kenadie." Blah Blah Blah.
Then he says to me, "Hi Bec."
He tells me she's his favorite girl in the world. I thought I was his favorite girl in the world.

I am so happy that he loves his daughter so much and I like seeing that.
But please, Bule, don't forget about me.

Old McWheeler Had a Farm

2009-09-08T12:45:00.009-06:00

On Labor Day we went to Wheeler Farm in Murray and got to see all the farm animals.

First we went to pick up Pa (my dad)

They're both thinking, "what are you looking at me for"?

This guy was a little over dressed to be at a farm

Kenadie's thinking, "boy, you taste good! can't wait till November"!

"You guys sure smell bad"!

Kenadie loves her Pa!

I just thought this was a cool old tractor

Dad had to get in on the action; feeding the goat a carrot

Kenadie was braver than I thought she would be petting the horse

Afterward, we went back to Pa's house and we listened to music on his phone...

...and he fed her chocolate cupcakes.

What a fun day!

2009-09-07T21:20:00.005-06:00

This is just a random picture of Kenadie. I went to check on her one day while she was napping and this is what I saw. Pretty funny!

Sick Baby

2009-09-02T15:21:00.003-06:00

So I just found out that Kenadie has an ear infection! She had a really high fever two nights in a row and I thought that was crazy so I took her to the doctor today. He looked at her ears and said she has "a whopper of an ear infection." I had no clue. She never showed any signs. He just prescribed an anti-biotic, bubble gum flavored of course, so I think she will feel a lot better by tomorrow. She's been sleeping a lot the last two days (which i love!) and I think that will help too. She's actually been pretty happy during the days so I'm glad about that.
This is Kenadie's first big illness and it's really not even a big deal. Now if she could just be immune to anything else that comes her way, then I'd be happy!

Kenadie's new 'do

2009-08-27T10:33:00.006-06:00

So Kenadie's hair is getting longer but I still can't do much with it. But I decided to see how it would look if I put gel in it. I got it wet and caked on the gel. It went pretty curly and it's super cute....until it dries. It actually stays kind of curly, at least wavy, when it dries, but at the end of the day, it's straight again. Here are some pics. She wouldn't hold still for me; she was too intersted in everything around her. But hopefully you get the idea of what it looks like. I have decided to her hair like this everyday.

Dinosaur Park

2009-08-18T16:44:00.010-06:00

On Monday, my sister and I took 8 kids to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. She has 5 of her own and babysits 2 boys; I have one. It was a really fun park. We had a blast!

9 months old!

2009-08-10T10:46:00.001-06:00

I can't beleive how fast the time has gone! Kenadie is really 9 months already?!

We just got back from the doctor for her 9 month well check-up. She weighs 16 lbs, 4 oz, which is the 10th percentile; and is 27 1/2 in tall, which is the 49th percentile. She's really small for her weight but she's growing consistently so there's nothing to worry about. All around, she looks really healthy. She had to get her foot pricked so they could test her blood to see if she's anemic. She didn't even cry. She's a tough girl! She has hit her head on so many things lately but she never cries.

This is such a fun age. She has quite the personality. She makes funny faces and funny noises. When she needs me, she'll crawl to me saying, "mama, mama, mama." And I love it!

She loves to eat about anything and everything. She whines big time if we're eating and she's not eating what we have. Suddenly the baby food isn't good enough for her. She just wants to be big like the rest of us. Oh yeah, and she has 2 teeth on the bottom. The top gums are swollen so I think those teeth will try to pop through pretty soon.

She can play patty-cake by herself now. She loves it when we do itsy-bitsy spider. She can now wave bye bye. Her favorite songs are The Wheels on the Bus and Old McDonald Had a Farm.

She's now crawling everywhere and getting into everything. She loves playing on the tile by the fireplace. That won't last much longer when it gets colder outside and we have that on. She also loves to stand on the couch. She will do this weird, almost psycho, sounding cough when she is standing there. Sometimes she'll "cruise" as they say, along the couch.

She loves to play in the bath. She plays with little rubber duckies while she's in there and loves them. I swear she can say duck. Oh and she can kind of say "uh oh" when something falls to the floor.

Here are some pics from the last few weeks.

Loves to sleep with her butt in the air.

Playing with her friend Kaitlyn

Crazy hair after getting out of the bath

I am so grateful I get to stay home with her. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this girl tons and we have so much fun together!

Wish I Was Here

2009-08-09T12:34:00.002-06:00

Pictures of Kenadie

2009-08-04T16:38:00.011-06:00

I just got some great pictures back of Kenadie. A girl in my ward, Skye, is an amazing photographer. One day she called me and told me she was teaching a friend about photography. She needed a baby to photograph and asked if she could borrow Kenadie. Skye wanted to take pictures of Kenadie?! Heck yes! I'm all over that!! So we jumped in the car and drove over there. Kenadie wasn't sure about the hats and bows we put on her head so she was mad and tried to pull them off. I didn't think they got any good pictures but apparently they did. Here are a few.

I Love My Brother!

2009-08-03T13:48:00.001-06:00

Saturday night we had a family get together at my grandma's house. We had lots of good food and homemade oreo icecream - a family favorite!

My sister and dad preparing the icecream

Everyone sitting around eating food

The girls racing across the yard (I came in second by the way! But hurt my knee.)

And the reason for the get together....my awesome, little brother, Brad

Brad is leaving for Duke (getting his PhD in Biochemisrty) next Wednesday so we had a "see ya later" party for him.

After dinner, everyone got a chance to tell Brad good luck at school and tell a memory about him. I was the first to get up. I told about when we were little and played together when we were off track (we went to year round school). We would just giggle and giggle and giggle and I don't remember at what. But we always had fun together. Even now when we get see eachother we giggle and giggle and act pretty immature. Bule looks at me sometimes and asks, "How old are you?!" But I LOVE being with Brad. He's got a great sense of humor. He's so incredibly smart, of course! He reminds me how incredibly smart I'm not. He's so in tune with the spirit. He knows that wherever he is, whatever he's doing, he's serving the Lord in some capacity. It's hard for him to make a sandwich and eat it but you'd never know that. He's never complained a day in his life. And I'm not exaggerating. A negative word has never come out of his mouth. He's such a great example to me and I look up to him in many ways (one, because he's taller than me!) He helps me put my life in perspective and to sit back and see how easy I really do have it. I wish him all the luck and success in his new calling at Duke University. I know he will be so happy there doing research. One day he will find the cure to Cerebal Palsy and then he'll be all better. I will miss him so much but am so happy for him.
I love you BJ!

Dad talking about Brad, trying to hold back tears

Mom talking about Brad. She's a proud mom!

Me and Brad being goofy. There are very few pictures where we're serious

Oh look, here's a serious one. He's a handsome boy!

Nap Time

2009-08-02T17:17:00.007-06:00

Well, it's suppose to be for Kenadie. But all she wants to do is play. About 2 weeks ago she learned how to sit up from lying down. And now she pulls herself up onto her knees.

So yesterday, I go in to check on her after I put her down and this is what she was doing. And this is what she does everytime now. It takes a few times for me to go in there and lay her back down and tell her it's time to take a nap. Usually after 3 times, she gets the idea.

A Week Full of Fun!

2009-07-27T16:25:00.048-06:00

Just a warning...this is a long post! You're getting a play by play of each day! :)

Last week, Marc's family - on his mom's side - came here from all over for an extended Family Reunion and 80th b-day party for his grandpa (we call him Nonno). His grandparents are from Michigan and drive out here every summer. They arrived here last Monday. Marc's cousin from Michigan, Nate, and his wife, Amanda, and their son, Hayden flew out on Tuesday and stayed with us all week. Thursday through Saturday were the fun adventures that Marc's mom planned with all the families but for 2 days it was mostly just the six of us.

Tuesday, we went to Cabella's to get a gift then stayed to look at the fish and the wildlife. Then we went to Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country and enjoyed the sounds and smells of farm animals. It was a hot day boys! When we left for Cabella's I didn't think we were going anywhere else so I didn't have my camera. But Amanda got a few pictures, thank goodness! That night we had a BBQ at the pavillion in the park across from our house.

Hayden with the mini horse at Thanksgiving Point

Kenadie letting a goat lick her feet

Amanda, Nate, Nonno, Marc and Kenadie.

It was a surprise for Nonno to see Nate.

BBQ at the pavillion across the street from our house

Wednesday we went to Adventure Land Park in American Fork and fed the ducks. Apprently ducks like tortillas as well as bread! Then we had lunch at JCW's, then headed to Boondocks! We rode the go-carts and the boys did the batting cages, then we played some arcade games. I am awesome when it comes to Ms. Pacman!

Kenadie enjoying a french fry

Thursday we went swimming at Legacy Center. Then that night we met up with Marc's parents. grandparents, sister Laura, his other cousin, Chad (Nate's brother), and Chad's girlfriend, Malinda. Chad and Malinda flew in that day from Philadelphia. We went to Salt Lake and had dinner at Settebello which is a true Italian Pizzeria. Yummy! Then we walked around Temple Square.

Friday, we had a yummy breakfast over at Steve and Paula's (Marc's parents) then drove up to Park City. Marc, Nate, Chad and Brad (Marc's brother-in-law) went golfing at Soldier Hollow. The rest of us went and rode the Alpine Coaster. I had never been on that. At first I was a little scared, cuz I'm a baby like that, but it was really fun. After that we went shopping at the Outlet Malls. Then had a BBQ at Marc's sister, Ana's, house. Hayden and Kenadie were really good, considering it was a long, hot day. Oh and Marc's Aunt, Uncle and cousins from Seattle came, and Uncle and cousins from California came too.

Just playing before we get to eat

Saturday afternoon we attempted to hike to Timp Cave. Kenadie wouldn't let us, so we made it half way up then turned around and went back down. She was pretty much crying the whole time. Marc's Uncle Gregg, from Tennessee, surprised everyone and showed up to the hike. He told everyone he couldn't come because he just got a new job and wouldn't be able to get the time off. He actually flew out on Friday night and stayed with his son, Chad. Marc was one of the first to see him. He, Nate and Chad went golfing that morning at Cedar Hills. Chad said that a buddy of his was going to meet them for golf that morning. But his "buddy" turned out to be his dad! Gregg surprised Nonno (his dad) on the trail. Nonno started walking down because he was a bit tired (can you blame him?! He's 8o years old!) Gregg was hiding behind a rock formation and as Nonno walked by, out stepped Gregg and put a pretty big smile on Nonno's face. That was awesome to see! That night was the big b-day party for Nonno! It was at Steve and Paula's in their backyard. Paula did such a great job planning and decorating for it. She is amazing! We had good food and fun entertainment. Paula put together a slide show full of pictures of Nonno growing up, up until now. I think Marc looks a lot like him when he was younger. Video of the grandkids saying something to Nonno, some fun memories about him, were also part of the slideshow. And of course, there was cake and icecream. Awesome night!

Amanda got the perfect picture of me about to kill over!

Going up the trail....

...then coming back down 5 minutes later

Gregg surprising Nonno!

Steve and Paula's backyard

slideshow and cake

All the grandkids

Paula, her brother Gregg, Grandma, Nonno, brother Brad, and sister Carla

We had such a fun week with the family. We don't get to see them that often so it was nice to have everyone together. Paula is an amazing woman! She did such an awesome job at planning everything. I love her so much and am so glad she's my mommy-in-law!!!

Nate, Amanda and Hayden left Sunday afternoon. It was sad to see them go cuz we had so much fun with them, but I know they were glad to be going home. Nothing like your own bed.

It was an exhausting week, especially for Kenadie and Hayden, but we had a blast!

First Tooth

2009-07-14T09:44:00.003-06:00

Well, it finally happened...Kenadie's bottom front tooth poked through her gums this morning! As exciting as that is, I can't say I'm glad it finally happened so that she won't be so ornery from the pain. Nope. Her other tooth is still trying to make its way to the surface. So we still have a while till she's happy again. Gosh, I make it sound like it's a terrible thing. But really, it's an exciting time for a first time mom to see her baby grow up and reach all these milestones.
Now, if she could just get crawling down...

First vacation with Kenadie

2009-06-17T21:44:00.008-06:00

Last week we went to Bear Lake with my family. We stayed at a condo that my parents neighbors own. They were very nice to let us borrow it for a few days. The car ride was about 3 hours and Kenadie did very well; she was asleep most of the time. And it was nice to have tons of people around to keep her entertained. And I was able to sleep in! The weather wasn't that great but we still had fun. We weren't able to lounge out by the lake but we did take a walk on the beach one of the days. There was an indoor pool so a lot of swimming was going on. And there was way too much food so there was a lot of pigging out going on. We were just pure lazy. It was great! Here are some pictures.

At the lake. Look how dark Kenadie's skin is compared to mine! I'm so jealous!

Back view of the condo we stayed at

Our friends who live down the street from us were there at the same time

Kenadie and her cousin McKinley who is 1 month older than her.

Practice makes perfect!

2009-05-30T13:04:00.007-06:00

We've been praciticing rolling over for a while now and last night Kenadie finally rolled over by herself. Of course I didn't see it for the first time. I was cleaning out cupboards in the kitchen and Bule was playing with her. But he yelled and made sure I knew that she had done it. So I ran in the other room with the camera and got her rolling over again on video.

You never really know how idiotic you sound when you talk to a baby until you hear yourself on video!

Just Because Kenadie is CUTE!!

2009-05-24T16:55:00.003-06:00

My baby is 6 months old!

2009-05-15T12:25:00.003-06:00

Holy crap, the time has flown by so fast!

Kenadie is such a fun baby at this stage in her life. Hard, but fun, if that's possible. She has such a cute personality. She's finally sleeping better, thank goodness. I thought I was gonna die a while back. She can sit up on her own and does really well. I'm feeding her solids and she loves everything I've given her so far. I don't think she'll be a picky eater like her mom. The other day my dad was holding her while he was eating lunch and she grabbed the Taquito right out of his hand and put it in her mouth. That was so funny. When she wants something, she does this funny face where she makes an O out of her mouth and puts her hands out to her side and kind of shakes, it is hilarious!

Here she is in action. Love it!

She loves to sleep on her side now. When I check on her at night or during her naps, she is either sideways or head on the opposite end of the crib. She just can't hold still.

She's always so intense and can't hold still and is so determined. I think she's fussy because she can't do anything on her own right now. I know she'll be so much happier when she can crawl. She wants to be so independent. Oh boy! My life will be harder when that happens. But it's fun to see her grow up and get her own personality.

I loved the moments when she was a newborn and would lay on my chest. She had no choice cuz she couldn't move on her own! But I don't miss the crying. She was so hard as a newborn so I'm glad that part is over. Now she will snuggle me for a mere 2 seconds when she is hungry or tired. She'll grab my neck and bury her head in my shoulder. I think that's her way of saying I love you mom, so I tell her, "I love you too". Or she could be telling me to whip out my boob and feed her!

Then there's Bule and Kenadie. Oh man, he is sooooooooo in love with that girl. I'm almost jealous! He'll say good morning to her before me. He'll kiss her all over, before me. He'll say goodbye and tell her he'll miss her then just say to me, Bye Bec. That's ok, though. I love seeing his face light up when he sees her. Especially when he gets home from work. I never knew a man's voice could go so high until we had a baby and he started talking to her! He is such a good dad and hubby. He's not home that often but when he is, he will play with her and sing to her and I love it. When he sings, he'll just make up his own words to songs. And I'm in the other room just laughing and what he says.

I love this face so much! I love being her mom!

My First Official Mother's Day

2009-05-12T16:30:00.012-06:00

This day was a long time coming and it was great...

Breakfast in bed
Sleeping in till 11
Bule taking care of Kenadie
Presents from Bule and Kenadie
BBQ with the family
And lots of love from everyone

This is what Kenadie gave me. How cute is that!?!

Kenadie is the reason that I'm so tired each day, my clothes are full of spit up, I have a garbage full of dirty diapers, my house is a mess with her toys, I smile and I'm a mommy. Not one day goes by that I don't thank my Heavenly Father for sending such a precious little spirit for me to play with everyday. You know, when you're young, you plan to grow up, get married, have kids and live happily ever after. Not being able to get pregnant was never in my plans. So when we found out a few years ago that we wouldn't be able to do it on our own, we were devestated. It felt like the world came to and end. But then we met a great doctor who could help us. I am SO grateful for modern day medicine and all the different ways it can help people like us. Being a mom is the hardest and best job in the world. I was so glad to stand up in church on Sunday and receive the Mother's Day gift from the Bishopric knowing that I actually deserved it. I AM A MOM! I am a mom to the most beautiful little girl on earth!

Kenadie and her Binky

2009-04-21T10:09:00.003-06:00

So Kenadie is napping right now and I just went in to check on her. And this is what I saw:

She loves to hold her binky when it's in her mouth and sometimes she will take it out and hold it. She obviously put it back in her mouth herself!

Kenadie's first words

2009-04-19T12:10:00.005-06:00

Last night, Kenadie said, "I love you."
Ok, that was in my dream.
But really, two days ago Kenadie started saying bababa and mamama. It's so cute! My little girl is growing up. AWWWW!
And look how cute she is in her new spring dress! She loves her tongue these days.

NOT sleeping through the night!

2009-04-03T13:33:00.003-06:00

Kenadie is almost 5 months old and is not sleeping through the night yet! I am so tired! She should be sleeping 9 hours straight at this age and should not be needing to eat in the middle of the night. She wakes up so many times! The only way I can get her to go back to sleep is if I feed her. We are kind of frustrated at this point. Any of you moms out there have any tricks to get your babies to sleep through the night? I need some help!

My bag is finished!

2009-03-30T10:25:00.005-06:00

I finally finished quilting my diaper bag! Well, I should say my mom finished it. I only did a few things with it here and there. She's the real genius so she knew exactly how to put it together.
I love it so much! Here's the finished product.

Here is one side of it - there are two pockets.

Here's the other side of it - one big pocket.

Here's the inside with a pocket on both sides.

And here is me and my mommy with the masterpiece! :)

First taste of cereal

2009-03-24T15:52:00.005-06:00

We fed Kenadie her first cereal on Saturday. Bule wished it was Coca Pebbles cereal and not rice cereal! She took the spoon pretty well but wasn't sure about the taste and wasn't quite sure how to swallow it. She got most of it on her face, of course! We'll keep trying every once in a while and see how she does.

Helmet, or no Helmet? That is the question.

2009-03-19T10:24:00.005-06:00

So, I have a nurse from the Utah County Health Department's Welcome Baby program come to my house every month. She just checks on Kenadie and makes sure she's developing well. Last month she was here and she looked at Kenadie's head and told me it was really flat and that I should look into getting a helmet for her to round it out. I was thinking, HECK NO! My child will not wear one of those things (Jonna, I know Jenzy wore one; nothing against him!) . I tell her, ok, thanks for the info. I'm not saying I wouldn't get a helmet for Kenadie if she absolutely needed it, I'm just saying, I'd rather her not look like a mini football player. I knew Kenadie's 4 month well check-up was coming up so I was just going to ask her doctor and see what he thought. We went last week and he looked at it and mentioned it was kind of flat but on a scale of 1-10 it was 2 and no helmet required. Thank goodness!

She's crafty...

2009-03-11T15:52:00.005-06:00

...or not so much.

I do not have one ounce of craftiness in my bones. But my mom sure does!

We went to Logan a few weeks ago to pick up my brother from school. On our way up there, we had to stop at a quilt shop in Brigham City. She loves to quilt and makes the most beautiful quilts for us. It's amazing what she can do. Anyway, as we were looking around the shop, I spotted a really cute quilted changing pad and wipes holder thing. See, I don't even know the right lingo for this kind of stuff; I call it a thing. It has two pockets - one to hold the changing pad (that was quilted) and one to hold the wipes, then it folds up. Then I saw a quilted bag (like a diaper bag) in the same material. I LOVED them both and got really excited. Somehow, I got the urge to make them and asked my mom to help me. She was kind enough to buy all the material for it and there was A LOT of material; I think there were seven or more different patterns. I had no idea quilting can be so expensive. Maybe I'm not crafty because things cost so much and I don't like to spend money. Or it could be that I don't have the patience. Or both. Back to the story. Last Friday, I went to her house and we started our "thing" and bag quilting project. We cut out some of the material and had to sew them together. Now, I don't sew. I think I've used a sewing machine once in my life when I felt the urge to make a pillow when I was younger. So when I sat at the sewing machine, I was very intimidated by it. Then my mom shows me what to do and it makes me feel even more intimidated because she sews all the time and can do it with her eyes closed. I could not sew straight and my mom had to un-pick a few spots and re-sew it. Fun stuff. So here we are cutting and sewing away. This is part of the inside and part of the outside of the bag. We aren't done yet, but should be in the next week or two. I can only go to her house once a week and can't work all day cuz of sweet little Kenadie (did you catch the sarcasm there? She's not so sweet when I want to put her down and work.). So when we have the finished product, I'll do another post. They will be super cute!!

The many faces of Kenadie

2009-02-24T11:20:00.013-07:00

Kenadie has such an eclectic personality. She could be crying, smiling and laughing all in one breath. I love it!

Here she is giving mom a huge smile.

Here she is trying to be mad and cry.

Here she is crying right after being mad.

But here's the best face of all - a sleeping angel face! Do all baby's sleep with their arms up like that? I think it's so cute!

Brother Love

2009-02-23T16:11:00.008-07:00

Let me tell you a story. There once (and still is) a boy named Brad. He was born into this world 26 years ago with a mild case of Cerebral Palsy. He grew up in a loving home and he adored his big sister Becky and she adored him back. They were best friends. During his teenage years he developed cervical dystonia; a neurological movement disorder that causes abnormal posture. However, he had a normal, awesome childhood and teen years. Then he grew up to be a smarty pants and attended college. He decided to go to USU and major in Biochemistry. Because he was so smart and awesome, he received scholarships and grants to pay for all of his college dues. He’s researched things like DNA, RNA, proteins, and many other things that I can’t begin to say, let alone spell. He has decided to further his education by getting his PhD in Biochemistry. He applied to Duke, Harvard, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of North Carolina, University of Pittsburgh, and State University of New York in Buffalo, and has interviewed at all of them except Harvard and UCLA. Today, he is waiting to hear if he’s been accepted to any of their programs. They’d be fools not to have him, absolute fools!! He’s also been invited to Washington DC in May to present his research to The National Council of Undergraduate Research. What an honor! He’s so smart and there’s so much in that brain of his, I’m surprised his head isn’t bigger than it is. He’s done so much in his short 26 years, living with CP and Cervical Dystonia but he’s done it with a positive attitude and never a complaint. There was one time when someone asked Becky to think of someone who had to overcome a challenge and how they handled it. Becky couldn’t think anyone. A few days later, this person gave a talk about overcoming challenges and they mentioned Brad and his history and all that he’s accomplished. Becky was a little surprised (because when thinking of challenges, Brad doesn't come to mind) and touched. The way Brad sails through life, you’d never notice his handicap or think of it as a challenge for him. Although Brad is Becky’s little brother, he’s so big in many ways that she looks up to him with so much love, respect, and admiration. She’s his biggest fan. I could go on and on about this incredible boy, but I don’t think there’s enough space in the computer to fit it all. I love you, Brad!

Props to my BFF

2009-02-21T12:11:00.001-07:00

My BFF Ginnie Johnson took that super cute picture of Kenadie that is on my very first post. Here are a few others she took. She is an amazing photographer! And it helps when your subject(s) are very photogenic. :) Check out her photography blog and you can see how really amazing she is! Click here!

Now, only I can claim her as my BFF because I've known her the longest; pretty much since we were born. Thanks Gin, love ya!

I welcome myself to the world of blogging!

2009-02-20T11:24:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally did it. I created a blog for our family. I think it will be a fun way to journal our fun moments of life. Speaking of life, here is the center of mine - Kenadie. She made her entrance into this world on November 9th, 2008. She was a very hard newborn with colic. But now that she's older, she's over it and a pretty happy baby. I love it that she gets so excited to see me in the mornings or anytime during the day. Could it be the fact that I have breasts? Was that inappropriate to say? Oh well.