In my last post (if you haven't checked it out yet, I posted it day before yesterday) I explained all the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN we had with Tianna's stomach bug... well, apparently the day before while Luke and I were at the wedding she was feeling fine. Well more than fine! Check out my sister-in-law's blog http://binghamsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/ to see how much fun she had!!! I loved the pictures and am just too lazy to copy and paste in my own post! hahaha
YAY!!!
PS- keep your eyes posted in the next few days when I post about our fun adventures in getting our house ready for baby and visitors! All i can say is, I'm so grateful for a husband who is a handy-man AND a night owl!!!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Where Have All the Peacock's Gone???
I've been asking myself the past few weeks the same question! The second half of the month was such a blur and I haven't felt like blogging because I had too much to blog about. We've been having great fun with traveling, sicknesses, and potty training....
So I just put it off and now you are going to get a VERY large update! I should learn my lesson!
Going back to the weekend of May 16th, we watched my brother Jason's daughter, Jocelyn, over night. We had so much fun with her! The next day after they picked her up we all went to the little zoo in Logan. I love that place!
That night, on a random passing by of Wilson Motor's in Logan, we took a liking of Nissan Pathfinders. We knew our little Passat wasn't going to cut it once we add another baby in the backseat AND try put anything else in the car too. Since we go out of town to visit family so much we debated what to do about our cramped situation.
So Monday we test drove and by Tuesday we were the proud new owners of an 06 Nissan Pathfinder. It was sad saying good bye to the Passat, but we felt very good about our decision and have not regretted yet (in the past 2 weeks anyway!)
Good bye little red Passat-- you were a good ride!
Out with the old....
And in with the new....
During the course of that week, another adventure began-- ILLNESSES in the Peacock home. For several weeks Tianna had had head congestion and it eventually turned into night-time coughing. I sort of think it began as allergies... or so I thought until Luke came down with a bad cold also. Those two battled out sickness all week and by Thursday when Tianna had a high fever I decided to take her in. As suspected, she had a sinus infection. Bring on the antibiotic!
(More on this issue later)
Meanwhile, we were still in the process of POTTY TRAINING. She had been doing impressively well! A potty-chart with prizes as well as Princess and Dora underwear seemed to be the golden ticket. Until...... one bad experience with numero 2 got her all freaked out and she decided she was no longer going to try in case it hurt her. This created a very VERY long trip down to Castle Dale. Between all the potty breaks (usually unsuccessful ones at that) and Memorial Day traffic, what usually takes us just over 3 1/2 hours took us 6 hours. Let's just say, potty training continued to go badly at grandma's house too.
Despite potty issues, we had a fun weekend anyway. We spent some time at the new swimming pool and Tianna had a blast with her cousin Aden and friend Lala. They played and played all weekend long with toys, the horses, and she even got to help make brownies with grandma Belinda.
Since it rained all weekend we didn't get as much outdoors action as we wanted to, but we still have a fun fishing trip on Memorial Day. Tianna (Luke) caught a few fish but she was much more interested in playing in the dirt with Aden. It made it nice for us parents who didn't have to keep them out of water the entire time. Independence can be great, can't it!
Luke had to return to Logan for a few days of work so I stayed with my mom for a couple of days. We also spent plenty of time with my sister and her kids too.
Luke came back to Price on Wednesday night because on Thursday we went to Manti to attend the wedding of one of our dearest friends, Blake, and his beautiful bride, Chantel. We are so happy we could be there for their special day!!! It was also really cool because Luke's other best friend, Robbie and his wife Sarah (whom I became good friends with at CEU) and Mindy, one of my best friends, and her husband, Jay were all there. It was a great reunion! Funny little tid bit-- we were sitting in the sealing room in the temple and we discovered that all of us were married in that exact same room! Go Room 2 AKA Needle Point Room!
It was a pretty busy day. We got to the temple at 9:00 and then after all the events there we drove to Spanish Fork for the luncheon... spent several hours after that killing time (Thanks for letting us visit Jay and Joy!) and then went to the reception. Following that, we drove back to Castle Dale.......... basically we just wanted to see how many miles we could put on our new car in one week!!!
The remainder of the weekend was when the REAL fun began. Ha. Ha. In the middle of Thursday night Tianna woke up with the worst stomach flu ever. That little girl was so sick. We spent all of Friday doing nothing but lying around. Luke still wasn't over his cold either and I had gotten it too. Tianna was still sick from her sinus infection and was now battling a horrible stomach virus on top of that. We were pretty pethetic all day.
We did venture out on a little drive Friday evening-- just to get out of the house! We drove out to the Little Grand Canyon (the Wedge) which is 30 minutes out of Castle Dale.
My goodness that place is beautiful!!! The only thing that could bring a smile to Tianna's face though was a flower in her ear. Good thing she's a girlie-girl or else little things like that might not do the trick!
Saturday we went to Price and basically spent our whole time there resting and recovering also. I did get to attend the bridal shower of my good friend, Annie though. That was a plus! :D
By Sunday we were all so ready to be home. It's hard being sick when you are away from the comforts of your own place. Thankfully we made it home without any potty stops or any puking stops! yay!!! Unfortunately that good luck only lasted until a half hour after Tianna was in bed. Then it was time for more laundry!
Luckily things are looking up for all of us this week. Oh, except for yesterday just when I thought she was about over everything, Tianna woke up with a rash all over her body! UGH! For a kid who is hardly ever sick she certainly decided to make it a good old round this time! Hopefully we will all get over everything and stay that way because we really need to get healthy before this baby makes her grand entrance into the world. ... .which by the way is most likely going to be on JUNE 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's really not far away and I'm sorta freaking out about it!! Don't get me wrong, I'm sick of being pregnant, but am I really to be Mommy of 2?!?!?!
After all the sleepless nights lately and extra loads of laundry due to potty training and stomach flu... I feel like I already have a newborn living with me, but I'm still not sure I'm quite ready for all this yet!!! Too late now though, right?
I guess that just means the adventures will continue! Stay tuned for more updates on the baby situation!
So I just put it off and now you are going to get a VERY large update! I should learn my lesson!
Going back to the weekend of May 16th, we watched my brother Jason's daughter, Jocelyn, over night. We had so much fun with her! The next day after they picked her up we all went to the little zoo in Logan. I love that place!
So Monday we test drove and by Tuesday we were the proud new owners of an 06 Nissan Pathfinder. It was sad saying good bye to the Passat, but we felt very good about our decision and have not regretted yet (in the past 2 weeks anyway!)
Good bye little red Passat-- you were a good ride!
Out with the old....
And in with the new....
(More on this issue later)
Meanwhile, we were still in the process of POTTY TRAINING. She had been doing impressively well! A potty-chart with prizes as well as Princess and Dora underwear seemed to be the golden ticket. Until...... one bad experience with numero 2 got her all freaked out and she decided she was no longer going to try in case it hurt her. This created a very VERY long trip down to Castle Dale. Between all the potty breaks (usually unsuccessful ones at that) and Memorial Day traffic, what usually takes us just over 3 1/2 hours took us 6 hours. Let's just say, potty training continued to go badly at grandma's house too.
Despite potty issues, we had a fun weekend anyway. We spent some time at the new swimming pool and Tianna had a blast with her cousin Aden and friend Lala. They played and played all weekend long with toys, the horses, and she even got to help make brownies with grandma Belinda.
Since it rained all weekend we didn't get as much outdoors action as we wanted to, but we still have a fun fishing trip on Memorial Day. Tianna (Luke) caught a few fish but she was much more interested in playing in the dirt with Aden. It made it nice for us parents who didn't have to keep them out of water the entire time. Independence can be great, can't it!
Luke had to return to Logan for a few days of work so I stayed with my mom for a couple of days. We also spent plenty of time with my sister and her kids too.
Luke came back to Price on Wednesday night because on Thursday we went to Manti to attend the wedding of one of our dearest friends, Blake, and his beautiful bride, Chantel. We are so happy we could be there for their special day!!! It was also really cool because Luke's other best friend, Robbie and his wife Sarah (whom I became good friends with at CEU) and Mindy, one of my best friends, and her husband, Jay were all there. It was a great reunion! Funny little tid bit-- we were sitting in the sealing room in the temple and we discovered that all of us were married in that exact same room! Go Room 2 AKA Needle Point Room!
It was a pretty busy day. We got to the temple at 9:00 and then after all the events there we drove to Spanish Fork for the luncheon... spent several hours after that killing time (Thanks for letting us visit Jay and Joy!) and then went to the reception. Following that, we drove back to Castle Dale.......... basically we just wanted to see how many miles we could put on our new car in one week!!!
The remainder of the weekend was when the REAL fun began. Ha. Ha. In the middle of Thursday night Tianna woke up with the worst stomach flu ever. That little girl was so sick. We spent all of Friday doing nothing but lying around. Luke still wasn't over his cold either and I had gotten it too. Tianna was still sick from her sinus infection and was now battling a horrible stomach virus on top of that. We were pretty pethetic all day.
We did venture out on a little drive Friday evening-- just to get out of the house! We drove out to the Little Grand Canyon (the Wedge) which is 30 minutes out of Castle Dale.
My goodness that place is beautiful!!! The only thing that could bring a smile to Tianna's face though was a flower in her ear. Good thing she's a girlie-girl or else little things like that might not do the trick!
Saturday we went to Price and basically spent our whole time there resting and recovering also. I did get to attend the bridal shower of my good friend, Annie though. That was a plus! :D
By Sunday we were all so ready to be home. It's hard being sick when you are away from the comforts of your own place. Thankfully we made it home without any potty stops or any puking stops! yay!!! Unfortunately that good luck only lasted until a half hour after Tianna was in bed. Then it was time for more laundry!
Luckily things are looking up for all of us this week. Oh, except for yesterday just when I thought she was about over everything, Tianna woke up with a rash all over her body! UGH! For a kid who is hardly ever sick she certainly decided to make it a good old round this time! Hopefully we will all get over everything and stay that way because we really need to get healthy before this baby makes her grand entrance into the world. ... .which by the way is most likely going to be on JUNE 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's really not far away and I'm sorta freaking out about it!! Don't get me wrong, I'm sick of being pregnant, but am I really to be Mommy of 2?!?!?!
After all the sleepless nights lately and extra loads of laundry due to potty training and stomach flu... I feel like I already have a newborn living with me, but I'm still not sure I'm quite ready for all this yet!!! Too late now though, right?
I guess that just means the adventures will continue! Stay tuned for more updates on the baby situation!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
MUM'S DAY!
So Happy late Mother's Day out there to all you fine women! I have such great examples of wonderful mother's. My mother and my mother in law are awesome... and of course so are our grandmothers!!! I also really appreciate the many things I learn from my sister and sister in laws. You are all such great mothers- you teach me so much! And not to be forgotten, all of you moms out there who's blogs I read-- I get such great ideas and inspirations from all of you. Most of the time I just end up realizing how many things I SHOULD be doing with Tianna, but I appreciate having some inspiration to be a better mother. So thank you all you mother's in my life!!! And thank you Tianna for being such a joy to mother!!!
Okay- back to business... we have had a busy few days so this post is going to be long... so read on only if you wish.
Friday evening we drove down to Salt Lake so that I could attend the graduation of my long time best friend, Janelle (Bruno) Robinson. She graduated from the MBA program at the U with a double Master's degree. Seriously, that girl is a genius! (hah- i had to use spell check to even spell genius correctly...) Anyway, it was awesome to celebrate this momentousness occasion with her.
On a side note- I also want to congratulate my brother Jason for his graduation from BYU in the Construction Management program a few weeks ago. He's also amazing and I'm so happy for him! You GO BRO!
Saturday we woke bright and early to get hackin' in the garden! We planted our garden.. which may be too early for Logan... so pray with us that our plants survive! It was really fun working together as a family. Tianna thought whatever we were doing was the greatest thing ever. She gets so excited about everything! The highlight of her day was planting the pumpkin seeds. She is such a determined little toad that while we were doing the tomatoes she kept burying the pumpkin seed packet in the ground next to the tomato plants because we weren't fast enough for her. She wanted the pumpkins in the ground and she wanted them NOW!
Anyway... we planted corn, peas, beans, cucumbers, peppers, carrots, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow zucchini (not squash-oops) and PUMPKINS! Hopefully more things grow than did last year. Basically out of last year's crop we got a half ear of corn, 2 orange pumpkins, several tomatoes, and a WHOOOOOOOOOOOOLE bunch of Zucchini. (and a whole lot of weeds. I hope to be better at keeping them at bay too)
Sunday was just plain awesome! I vote Mother's Day should be every Sunday! :) Luke was so cute-- he and Tianna made me breakfast in bed. The funny thing was, I was up before either of them so i could work on my lesson for YW's. He came up the stairs carrying a plate loaded with yummy food and said "Get back in bed!" So I obeyed.... then he realized I would end up eating alone, so he brought Tianna's high chair up and they ate in my room with me. Again, Tianna thought that was just the coolest thing.
Then it was off to church and that of course was good. When we got home we went on a little walk while our dinner cooked. It was followed by a delicious meal! Steak, baked potatoes, salad, steamed carrots.... can you say YUM?
When we were done eating, Tianna got her backpack on and informed us she was going to "Work/School." (I think she's seen her daddy leave the house a few times) She put her shoes on herself and then tried to go out the front door. Thankfully she' can't open it by herself, so she asked me to do it. I sent daddy out the door with her and he got some cute pictures.
Since we weren't really sure where her school and work are we decided we had better tag along. We made a second trip around our block. The heavy backpack slowed her down so preggo-mommy could keep up with her better!
The rest of the afternoon was really nice too. While Tianna napped, Luke did too, and I read. Then Luke's aunt and uncle came over for cake. His uncle raises lab puppies and with the mention of puppy's, Tianna decided she was going to their house to see the puppies. She got her shoes on and said "lets go!" Thankfully they were okay with that so we spent the rest of the day at their house. It's nice having some family up in the great north!
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Tangent time-- I give a HUUUUUUUUUUGe shout-out to any parent who has successfully potty trained children. I must say, it is a HARD job! Tianna has been sporadically using the potty since before she turned 2. She was all sorts of interested then, and it quickly dwindled until she had no desire. First I was sick, then busy, then tired, and just plain too lazy to push it when she wasn't even interested.
Well, last week a friend of mine was potty training her little girl and I felt inspired. So we bought the cute little princess undies and that was basically all it took for Tianna! That, and a potty chart with bribery!
Sunday before and after church was our first attempt. She did really well actually! It wasn't until our second walk right after dinner (and of course a drink) that we had an accident. Luckily it was on the grass in the backyard. If we had gone inside about 2 minutes sooner it wouldn't have even happend.
Monday........ she had an accident a half hour after getting her undies on but was good the whole rest of the day. Yesterday we made it clear until evening without any problems. She's doing so well I am just sooooooooo proud of her!
But, that doesn't mean it's easy. It's actually quite exhausting to ask them every half hour or so... and taking them every half hour or so. The worst part is in public.... especially when you are standing in the nasty, dirty, hot, cramped bathroom at Walmart when you know they SHOULD need to go and won't...for what feels like an eternity. Then as soon as you give up and get to the other end of the story and they decide they do need to go after all.
It will be worth it in the end though!
Monday, her reward for filling up the row on her chart was an icecream cone. She couldn't have been more excited!!!
Okay, enough potty stories. (sorry BTW, but this is like my journal so I gotta post things like that)
Monday we were also privileged to have my parents come stay at our house. My dad had a work-related thing to attend up here and so he of course brought my mom along with him. Monday night we went to the Old Barn theater and watched, "Peter Pan" together. It was a cute show!
Yesterday my mom helped me orgazine the baby things in the kid's room. They brought all the rest of our baby stuff up with them from Price and so we needed to find a place to put all of it! It feels good to be a little more organized and prepared.... In some ways i feel like we're jumping the gun on putting out all of the babies things but then I remember I am at week 35 out of 40 and the last 3 weeks we'll be busy. So if not now, then when, right?? When I get their room a little more put together I will post pictures so you can see the really cute crib set I got! YAY!
So the next question is-- our house is about ready for two kids, AM I?!?!?!
Okay- back to business... we have had a busy few days so this post is going to be long... so read on only if you wish.
Friday evening we drove down to Salt Lake so that I could attend the graduation of my long time best friend, Janelle (Bruno) Robinson. She graduated from the MBA program at the U with a double Master's degree. Seriously, that girl is a genius! (hah- i had to use spell check to even spell genius correctly...) Anyway, it was awesome to celebrate this momentousness occasion with her.
Saturday we woke bright and early to get hackin' in the garden! We planted our garden.. which may be too early for Logan... so pray with us that our plants survive! It was really fun working together as a family. Tianna thought whatever we were doing was the greatest thing ever. She gets so excited about everything! The highlight of her day was planting the pumpkin seeds. She is such a determined little toad that while we were doing the tomatoes she kept burying the pumpkin seed packet in the ground next to the tomato plants because we weren't fast enough for her. She wanted the pumpkins in the ground and she wanted them NOW!
Anyway... we planted corn, peas, beans, cucumbers, peppers, carrots, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow zucchini (not squash-oops) and PUMPKINS! Hopefully more things grow than did last year. Basically out of last year's crop we got a half ear of corn, 2 orange pumpkins, several tomatoes, and a WHOOOOOOOOOOOOLE bunch of Zucchini. (and a whole lot of weeds. I hope to be better at keeping them at bay too)
Sunday was just plain awesome! I vote Mother's Day should be every Sunday! :) Luke was so cute-- he and Tianna made me breakfast in bed. The funny thing was, I was up before either of them so i could work on my lesson for YW's. He came up the stairs carrying a plate loaded with yummy food and said "Get back in bed!" So I obeyed.... then he realized I would end up eating alone, so he brought Tianna's high chair up and they ate in my room with me. Again, Tianna thought that was just the coolest thing.
Then it was off to church and that of course was good. When we got home we went on a little walk while our dinner cooked. It was followed by a delicious meal! Steak, baked potatoes, salad, steamed carrots.... can you say YUM?
When we were done eating, Tianna got her backpack on and informed us she was going to "Work/School." (I think she's seen her daddy leave the house a few times) She put her shoes on herself and then tried to go out the front door. Thankfully she' can't open it by herself, so she asked me to do it. I sent daddy out the door with her and he got some cute pictures.
Since we weren't really sure where her school and work are we decided we had better tag along. We made a second trip around our block. The heavy backpack slowed her down so preggo-mommy could keep up with her better!
The rest of the afternoon was really nice too. While Tianna napped, Luke did too, and I read. Then Luke's aunt and uncle came over for cake. His uncle raises lab puppies and with the mention of puppy's, Tianna decided she was going to their house to see the puppies. She got her shoes on and said "lets go!" Thankfully they were okay with that so we spent the rest of the day at their house. It's nice having some family up in the great north!
****
Tangent time-- I give a HUUUUUUUUUUGe shout-out to any parent who has successfully potty trained children. I must say, it is a HARD job! Tianna has been sporadically using the potty since before she turned 2. She was all sorts of interested then, and it quickly dwindled until she had no desire. First I was sick, then busy, then tired, and just plain too lazy to push it when she wasn't even interested.
Well, last week a friend of mine was potty training her little girl and I felt inspired. So we bought the cute little princess undies and that was basically all it took for Tianna! That, and a potty chart with bribery!
Sunday before and after church was our first attempt. She did really well actually! It wasn't until our second walk right after dinner (and of course a drink) that we had an accident. Luckily it was on the grass in the backyard. If we had gone inside about 2 minutes sooner it wouldn't have even happend.
Monday........ she had an accident a half hour after getting her undies on but was good the whole rest of the day. Yesterday we made it clear until evening without any problems. She's doing so well I am just sooooooooo proud of her!
But, that doesn't mean it's easy. It's actually quite exhausting to ask them every half hour or so... and taking them every half hour or so. The worst part is in public.... especially when you are standing in the nasty, dirty, hot, cramped bathroom at Walmart when you know they SHOULD need to go and won't...for what feels like an eternity. Then as soon as you give up and get to the other end of the story and they decide they do need to go after all.
It will be worth it in the end though!
Monday, her reward for filling up the row on her chart was an icecream cone. She couldn't have been more excited!!!
Okay, enough potty stories. (sorry BTW, but this is like my journal so I gotta post things like that)
Monday we were also privileged to have my parents come stay at our house. My dad had a work-related thing to attend up here and so he of course brought my mom along with him. Monday night we went to the Old Barn theater and watched, "Peter Pan" together. It was a cute show!
Yesterday my mom helped me orgazine the baby things in the kid's room. They brought all the rest of our baby stuff up with them from Price and so we needed to find a place to put all of it! It feels good to be a little more organized and prepared.... In some ways i feel like we're jumping the gun on putting out all of the babies things but then I remember I am at week 35 out of 40 and the last 3 weeks we'll be busy. So if not now, then when, right?? When I get their room a little more put together I will post pictures so you can see the really cute crib set I got! YAY!
So the next question is-- our house is about ready for two kids, AM I?!?!?!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
All the Pretty Tulips!
Miracles do happen-- MOST of my tulips are still in tact. Last year the neighborhood "delinquents" as I unkindly refer to a hoard of little girls who live by us, clipped just about ever single tulip I had in my front yard. After some serious talkin' to's and threats... they have left them mostly alone. Funny story though-- the other day, we were taking off for the weekend and I told Luke I better go take a few pictures with his camera phone just in case I came back and they were all gone. As soon as I had gotten back in the car and we were backing out of the driveway we see one of them walking down the sidewalk with a handful of flowers and bent down next to the neighbors dafoldils. Luke jumped out of the car to go and stop her.... but upon a closer observation he realized her hands were just full of dandelions (by all means, TAKE THE DARN THINGS!!!) So again, he warned her not to take any flowers from other people's yards unless they are just dandelions. Okay.... so we're paronoid. But too bad! Muahahhahahhaaaa....
When we returned Monday I found that 5 had been picked, but I can live with that. Last year they only left with me with about that many.
So here's my gorgeous girl and our happy little flowers!
When we returned Monday I found that 5 had been picked, but I can live with that. Last year they only left with me with about that many.
So here's my gorgeous girl and our happy little flowers!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
And here comes May!
I love the month of May! I'm not sure if it's because school lets out... it's usually the perfect temperature, the flowers bloom.. or what. But I love it and so far, the month has not been disappointing!
This last weekend we went down to Price to attend my niece Natalia (Nati's) baptism. It was a great experience to witness her making those special covenants. We're so proud of you Nati!
One of the many perks of such events is getting to see family members that don't get to see as frequently as you would like. One of those is my ADORABLE nephew, Jacomo! I haven't seen this little guy since February and he's already turned into a little heart breaker!
That is definitely not the best picture of me... but what do ya do?
Anyway, I got a great picture of the rest of his family and my parents so you get to see that one too!
I also just couldn't help but take pictures of this little funny girl-- Harley, my sisters baby is getting to be quite the character. She posed and posed for me as I took pictures, but my camera was being dumb and most of them turned out a bit blurry. The one with her and her mommy is pretty cute though!
On Sunday we got to celebrate with Miss Camryn who turned the BIG 2!!! We were so happy to be available for the family get together. We usually miss out on those things.
I loved this picture because she had just woken up and was SO not in the mood for party'in yet.
She is such a fun little girl who loves loves loves her baby dolls. What a cutie! And oh does she have attitude!
It was sad to leave all of the fun, but unfortunately the weekend came to a close. At least Tianna got her first taste of a trampoline before we had to leave. She was a bit apprehensive about it at first but quickly learned that it was really fun to play ring-around-the-rosie with Rylie and Payton! The trick was getting a good shot-- so you'll have to settle for funny one's instead.
I just love how her pants are completely off her little bum.
And then there was Payton who was just being cute.
This last weekend we went down to Price to attend my niece Natalia (Nati's) baptism. It was a great experience to witness her making those special covenants. We're so proud of you Nati!
One of the many perks of such events is getting to see family members that don't get to see as frequently as you would like. One of those is my ADORABLE nephew, Jacomo! I haven't seen this little guy since February and he's already turned into a little heart breaker!
Anyway, I got a great picture of the rest of his family and my parents so you get to see that one too!
I also just couldn't help but take pictures of this little funny girl-- Harley, my sisters baby is getting to be quite the character. She posed and posed for me as I took pictures, but my camera was being dumb and most of them turned out a bit blurry. The one with her and her mommy is pretty cute though!
On Sunday we got to celebrate with Miss Camryn who turned the BIG 2!!! We were so happy to be available for the family get together. We usually miss out on those things.
I loved this picture because she had just woken up and was SO not in the mood for party'in yet.
It was sad to leave all of the fun, but unfortunately the weekend came to a close. At least Tianna got her first taste of a trampoline before we had to leave. She was a bit apprehensive about it at first but quickly learned that it was really fun to play ring-around-the-rosie with Rylie and Payton! The trick was getting a good shot-- so you'll have to settle for funny one's instead.
I just love how her pants are completely off her little bum.
And last, but certainly not least, when we got home... I only found 5 tulips had been picked out of our front yard-- so far sooooo good! For further explaination see posts from last May!
Since this is already long and full of pictures, I'll post my tulips in my next entry! Let's just hope they are actually still outside in a few more days! :D
Since this is already long and full of pictures, I'll post my tulips in my next entry! Let's just hope they are actually still outside in a few more days! :D
Monday, April 27, 2009
She Says the Funniest Things Sometimes
Since I don't have anything really exciting to blog about other than LUKE BEING DONE WITH SCHOOL FOR THE SEMESTER!!! (Minus an extra credit assignment he plans on doing this week) Although this is pretty exciting stuff, one can't really create a whole long post with just that.. I guess I could share the detail that he was at the school lab Saturday morning until almost 4 am finishing up his last lab project. Poor guy.
So I thought I'd just tell you a few of the funny things that Tianna has said lately.
Last week we were playing at the neighborhood playground when she started yelling "Moooooom!" from the top of the slide. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "I'm talking to a bee!" I said, "Oh yeah? What did the bee say?" She gave me a DUH look at said, "B." So... if you ever wanted to know what bees would say if you could understand them (and no I'm not having a Bee Movie moment) they would just say the letter B.
Today I was completely shocked by something that came out of her mouth. I have my Les Miserables music book sitting out and she brought it to me and said she wanted to go to Paris. HELLO!? Where did she learn about Paris? TV? I don't know. So I asked her for more info on this Paris stuff and she said she wanted to go to Paris to visit her friends. Well okay then. Since she probably would require a chaperone or two I guess Luke and I should take a vacay to France. Anyone want to pay for it?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Loving Stuff
I am totally LOVING THE WEATHER! Loving going outside a lot. Loving that Luke's school semester is about up, Loving having a funny, happy, adventurous and lively little girl to spend my time with, Loving being pregnant ... (okay not so much that part)... and Loving my new haircut.
I'm just in a good mood right now, can't ya tell!
I just mentioned a new haircut so to start things off, here are the before and after shots. The first pic is funny because these are all of the YW leaders in our ward who are preggo. There are only two others who aren't... so girls camp should be interesting! haha..
We stood in order of due-dates right to left. The one in purple is due tomorrow and I'm due June 17th and the one in black is due in July and the one in teal is due in August. It's been fun to be pregnant with all of these cute sisters! But... back to the point- see my hair (DIRE need of a new style) The picture doesn't show how bad it was... but trust me.
Next is the new version. It's shorter than I've ever had my hair... but I like it! Sometimes I think maybe I don't but when I fixed it today and saw how quickly it went from wet to finished.. I again REALLY liked it! What do you guys think?
Friday night was fun... Luke had to attend a Gallery Walk which is basically a bunch of different stores on Main Street featuring local artists work in their facility. It was fun just kickin' back and enjoying time with each other as we walked around. Then we came home and the whole household was in bed before 10:00! Anyone who knows Luke will be shocked!
Saturday I was lucky enough to have a "mommy's day off" as I attended my Stake Relief Society Enrichment. It was awesome! The first hour was a man who has written over 40 books on organizing, cleaning, and dejunking our homes. It was really cool! Then we got to choose two other classes to attend and was followed up by our Stake President speaking to us. I definitely needed some time off and I can't think of a better way to spend some free-time.
Meanwhile... poor Luke :) He and Tianna had to get some things done on the car so they had to wander around Logan for over 2 hours. They had fun though I think! They walked past Villiage Inn and Tianna pointed and said "Go there. Eat pancakes!" So they did! And no, we don't go there often to eat she just has an impecible memory.
After a leisurly afternoon we ended the day with some Mini-Golfing with our good friends and then played some games and ate strawberry shortcake. What a great day!
Tianna was SO funny as we golfed. She had her own little club and ball and she had the best time hitting the ball around, then running and picking it up (and occasionally moving all of our balls too....)
She's becoming such a fun little person! It's not even like having a baby with us anymore. She loves participating in almost everything we do and MOST of the time is well enough behaved that we can enjoy ourselves too. I am however grateful that we have some friends who although they dont have their own kids (yet), don't mind that we bring ours on all of our excursions.
I'm just in a good mood right now, can't ya tell!
I just mentioned a new haircut so to start things off, here are the before and after shots. The first pic is funny because these are all of the YW leaders in our ward who are preggo. There are only two others who aren't... so girls camp should be interesting! haha..
We stood in order of due-dates right to left. The one in purple is due tomorrow and I'm due June 17th and the one in black is due in July and the one in teal is due in August. It's been fun to be pregnant with all of these cute sisters! But... back to the point- see my hair (DIRE need of a new style) The picture doesn't show how bad it was... but trust me.
Next is the new version. It's shorter than I've ever had my hair... but I like it! Sometimes I think maybe I don't but when I fixed it today and saw how quickly it went from wet to finished.. I again REALLY liked it! What do you guys think?
Friday night was fun... Luke had to attend a Gallery Walk which is basically a bunch of different stores on Main Street featuring local artists work in their facility. It was fun just kickin' back and enjoying time with each other as we walked around. Then we came home and the whole household was in bed before 10:00! Anyone who knows Luke will be shocked!
Saturday I was lucky enough to have a "mommy's day off" as I attended my Stake Relief Society Enrichment. It was awesome! The first hour was a man who has written over 40 books on organizing, cleaning, and dejunking our homes. It was really cool! Then we got to choose two other classes to attend and was followed up by our Stake President speaking to us. I definitely needed some time off and I can't think of a better way to spend some free-time.
Meanwhile... poor Luke :) He and Tianna had to get some things done on the car so they had to wander around Logan for over 2 hours. They had fun though I think! They walked past Villiage Inn and Tianna pointed and said "Go there. Eat pancakes!" So they did! And no, we don't go there often to eat she just has an impecible memory.
After a leisurly afternoon we ended the day with some Mini-Golfing with our good friends and then played some games and ate strawberry shortcake. What a great day!
Tianna was SO funny as we golfed. She had her own little club and ball and she had the best time hitting the ball around, then running and picking it up (and occasionally moving all of our balls too....)
She's becoming such a fun little person! It's not even like having a baby with us anymore. She loves participating in almost everything we do and MOST of the time is well enough behaved that we can enjoy ourselves too. I am however grateful that we have some friends who although they dont have their own kids (yet), don't mind that we bring ours on all of our excursions.
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