Hair Do or Hair Dont

This is what happens when i get bored and spend too much time on my iPhone

Mother

A mother is someone who

loves her children

is a good cleaner

helps with homework and reads to you

teaches you

waits up late to hear about your dates

helps you clean your room

cleans up your scraped knee and takes care of you when you’re sick

drives you to your friends’ house

supports you at you school activities and wants to be involved

loves your dad and shows you what it means to love

teaches you to pray

teaches you to share with others

teaches you about feeling and hugs you when you cry

lets you help even know they know it’ll get done faster and better without your “help”

plays games with you

tucks you in at night

asks how your day was and makes sure you are not scared

helps you move and helps you move on

gets mad at you because they know you can do better

loves you no matter what

sacrifices sleep

takes you clothes shopping

does your hair

wants the best for you and is willing to do whatever it takes to help you get there

is forgiving and understanding

is called mama, mommy, MOM!

24th of July

Rodeo!!

 We had a fun night.
Juliette's first rodeo!

I loved the barrel races and horses best. 

Baby Shower Candy Bar Game

I went to my friend Jamie's shower last week and it was so adorable. I'm so excited for her to have a baby girl!

We played a fun game {baby sweets} where we had to write down the candy bars that we thought went with the pregnancy word. Or you could do a matching game with the candy bars.

Pregnancy
Conception..............Skore
Baby's Daddy..........Big Hunk
OBGYN..................Butterfingers
Ultra Sound..............Look
Choosing a Name....Whatchamacalit
Amount of sweets (eaten
      while pregnant)...Good & Plenty

Labor and Delivery
Contractions..............Rocky Road
Anesthesiologist........Mr. Goodbar
Epidural.....................Lifesaver
Preemie......................Runts
Aspirator....................Goobers (never heard of it...)
Hospital Bills..............100 Grand

Life with Baby
Engorgement..............Whoppers
Dirty Diaper................Tootsie Roll
Breastfeeding..............Milk dud
Baby Giggles..............Snickers
Our little family...........3 Muskateers
Nap for Mommy..........Take 5
Lullaby's.......................Symphony
Loving on Baby............Kisses

Isnt that adorable?! I only guessed 7 out of the 20 right, but it was fun and cracked us up.

Summer Movies

I ❤ summer movies! Matt and I saw SpiderMan and it is by far way better than the other Spiderman movies.

We also saw the new Batman and it was amazing. I love Matt- we went to the VIP theater at Jordan Commons and sat in recliners and it was so comfy and fun! We also ate dinner at Texas de Brazil at City Creek and it was freakin DEEElicious! I love our date nights!

Sound of Music

I had SUCH a fun night with my mom and sisters! For my moms birthday we had a girls night out at the Hale Centre Theatre and saw the Sound of Music (one of my mom's favorites!)

God Bless America

Hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July. 

We had a wonderful week! On the 3rd we went with the Romero's to Bountiful's fireworks with all the cousins. We had fun!

 We loved the fireworks!

Festive family!

the "sisters"- Katie, lauren, Lennyx, me and Juliette

 She loves this duck no matter if its in the bath or not.

 I made 4th of July pancakes for breakfast.

On the 4th we did fireworks with my parents and david. We had a yummy dinner and played games. I love the 4th of July. 

I'm thankful that we live in a free country! God Bless America!

Get Whale Soon

Matt had surgery on Thursday, July 5 and is still recovering. He's a trooper-

If you need to be on an all liquid diet here are a few ideas:
Cream of wheat cereal
chocolate milk
Fresh juice with lots of fruits and veggies in the juicer
Applesauce
Pudding
Ice cream
popsicles
Blended spaghettios
blended broccoli and cheese soup
rice
scrambled eggs
mashed potatoes
Gravy
Yogurt
spaghetti squash
sweet potatoes
jello
cottage cheese- with different things mixed in
cooked soft veggies

9 months WOW

Our baby girl is 9 months old!!

She's growing and SUCH a busy body, explorer, brave little girl.

She weighs 16.8 pounds (well thats what my scale says...but doctor scale said 14. last night so IDK)

She can stand up in her crib so i had to move the mattress down to the lowest setting.

She is starting to eat more normal food- like Cheerios, crackers, gold fish, string cheese, yogurt, applesauce, spaghetti O's, fruit, carrots, peas, bread, peperonis, tiny pieces of chicken, rice and the like

She is very good with those tiny fingers and hands. People always compliment and notice her pincer grasp.

She loves walking around furniture, pulling herself up, sitting back down

She wants to be wherever the action is and will follow you there

Clothes are weird- she still fits into size 3-6 month onsies, but wears mostly 6-9 month outfits and wears 9 month pajamas. She's a cutie pie no matter what she wears.

She likes shoes (mostly to eat) but at least they finally fit her.

I think she has great eyes and determination- she'll see something across the room that she wants and will make her way over to it.

I LOVE her laugh!

She is very fair skinned and still very bald (I think she'll be a blonde)

She loves to splash and play in water, pools and baths

She takes good naps at daycare (two 1 hour naps) but not for me...maybe one 30 minute nap...little stinker

She is the BEST at sleeping at night though (...most of the time.) I've been trying to put her down at 9 (normal is 10 or 11) and she sleeps til 8 or 9 if I let her, but normally wake her up at 7 to take her to daycare

I've tried to get her to drink from a sippy cup but she just naws on the stupid thing. I'm afriad she loves bottles too much.

She can wave and clap.

She likes patty-cake, peek-a-boo, when I whistle or sing, instrument toys and banging on anything (we have a little drummer on our hands)

She jabbers wordlike sounds but I'm not sure if she's really saying words yet.

Sometimes I think she is saying Hi, ya, dada, mama, baba, gaga.

I had to put safety things on my cuppords this week so that she wont get into medicine or cleaning supplies.

She's normally really friendly and talks to everyone. At the store she squeals at everyone and tries to climb out of the seat belted cart.

Sometimes when she is tired, hungry or scared she only wants mama.

She had a fever last night of 103 and that was scary. She has an ear infection, but is feeling much better today. Being a mom is hard work sometimes (ok all the time) but SO worth it.

We love you Jules!