6 month Photos

So I know that these are older, but I just got the disk of Adalyn's 6 month photo shoot from my sweet Aunt Heather and they were SO cute that I thought would share some of them. Adalyn was being a little pill (a cute one ofcourse) the day these were taken, fortunetely Heather was still able to capture some cute pictures. Thanks Heather we love them!

Don't you just love them! Especially the ones of her shoveling dirt into her mouth? yeah priceless :)

One Year

This is random... But we have now offically been Idaho residents for one year. McKay told me that that makes us old. oh man :P But then again nothing like having a baby and buying a house to make you feel old (or broke not sure which one...) We have enjoyed our time here and look forward to many more years of it. Though it is not the most exciting place on the planet it fits us really well and life is good. Though I do have to say I am glad the transition of moving to a new state is behind us. :) It was not very fun at times when you don't know anybody or where anything is. McKay and I also learned a lot about each other and ourselves (as we seemed to spend A LOT of time together those first few months) He is MUCH more outgoing than I am. But even with the trials at times we discovered once again that there are good people everywhere and we have enjoyed meeting new friends. I am really looking forward to the day when we have lived in one place for 5,6,10+ years, it will be awesome to know lots of people! So here's to many more wonderful years! Hope you are all having a fantastic/great weekend (ours is busy and I am ready for a nap, hope I get one tomorrow)!

9 Months Old

Happy nine Month birthday to Adalyn. Only 3 more months till you turn one (can't wait to watch you eat cake!) You were very busy this past month but with the help of a baby gate for the stairs and a fact that you aren't able to open cupboards or doors yet you stayed pretty much detained. Not TOO many messes yet. You did regress alittle bit in the sleeping department and I can no longer claim that you sleep through the night because you wake up once a night a couple times a week. You still only have two teeth, BUT you did learn some fun new tricks this past month. New Tricks: Learned to dance to music Undo your diaper when your clothes are off :P You started letting go of furniture and standing on your own Climbing up the stairs and over things (such as mommy's legs) Climb in the dishwasher Yell (she now goes around the house yelling all day long) give five Say mamma and is very close to saying dadda We love this new stage and can't believe how big you are. Something that mommy and daddy are really enjoying is that you are now to the age that we can leave you with a babysitter fairly easily. We are slowly finding young women in the ward and McKay's cousin that love playing with you and you loves playing with them. For the first few months after you were born we ONLY went to the temple once a month or on a rare date if we were in Salt Lake and grandma could watch you. I didn't realize how much I was craving a real date or just the freedom to get a babysitter if I needed one until AFTER we got one a few times. But I am sure loving the sense of freedom that it is giving us. You are SO busy and church is getting to be a weekly challenge to keep up with you. But as always you are SO social and love anytime that you can put on your charm. We love you Adalyn!

One of the activities that we enjoyed this past month was a family picnic at the park. It was Adalyn's first REAL time on a playground and though she can't do much I think she still enjoyed herself.

Also my dad came up for a quick visit a couple weekends ago to see his favorite (or his only) grandchild. While he was here we worked on the sprinkler system a tiny bit (it was FREEZING that weekend) and ate out. It was fun to see him, thanks dad for coming!

She obviously had tons of fun with him :) Well that is about it for today, hope you are all having a wonderful spring! Have a great day!

House Progress

Ok folks here are a few pictures of the house. It is definitely PROGRESS. Oh I have so much that I want to do still, but even with that being said I feel like it is much more live able than it was a month ago. First we will start with the living room. A few pieces of furniture are in need of paint and we are getting a new to us coffee table soon so there will be changes. Actually there have already been changes, I have recently added a old window with a wreath hanging over it above the piano. But these pics were already taken so we will have to show that later. This first picture was taken from the front door looking in. The living room is the first room after you walk in the small entry area.

Here are a few other shots...

Next up... the Kitchen. Nothing has really changed in this room besides the fact that we bought another bar stool, but I don't think I have posted any pictures of the kitchen yet so here you go. I am excited to get to it someday, thinking about painting my pantry door crazy?

I just realized that you can't even see the pantry in this photo, it is off by the fridge. Off of the kitchen is the dining room. This was my latest project and though it isn't completely done (at least needs some ribbons up to the rod) it is the closest thing to "done" in my entire house. Love that dresser. seriously.

Here is a quick picture of the Entry way. I don't think I will leave my cedar chest there because it takes up quite a bit of space in a high traffic area, but there isn't really anywhere else for it now so we will wait and see

The picture above the cedar chest is my FAVORITE picture in our whole house. A month or so before we decided to start having children I saw it at Desert Book and it spoke" to me. The caption under it reads "For this child I prayed" That was exactly how I felt about having children. It is the most important thing that I will do on this earth. I so desperately wanted to have the opportunity to be a mother and be a good example to my children. I prayed a lot before we had Adalyn to help me be ready to be a mother and to show me how to be a good one. It described my exact feelings towards the sacred responsibility of being a mother in a beautiful picture. I told McKay and about it and hinted like CRAZY and that Christmas (when I was finally pregnant with Adalyn) McKay surprised me and bought it for me. And I love it and am so happy to have it in my house! Here is a close up version of it from deseretbook.com

Now on with the house tour. Next I will show you Adalyn's room. The colors of her room will eventually be Aqua blue and Red. Things are getting there but I still need to get a new crib skirt, make a cute mobile, get a lamp, build book shelf, add frames,and add art above her bed. Thinking of painting a couple of canvas and adding vinal for the art above her bed... not 100% sure though. (sorry I am kind of being vague)

The last room on our house tour today (office isn't pretty these days) is our bedroom. Now this room is going to COMPLETELY change thanks to some friends that are generously going to give us their "old" stuff. King size bed is coming my way yay! It is only a couple of years old and is the best of the best. BUT we had made some progress on our bedroom as of late so I wanted to show you before we took it all down and put it away. Kinda sad because I was happy with the way things were turning out. But when a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a bed that you would never actually be able to afford for yourself comes along you gotta do what you gotta do right? Ok on with the pictures... We recently painted the walls Gray and then hung the canopy (all from Ikea) above the bed. Next were the nightstands and the lamps.

Oh those lamps have GOT to go, totally an eye sore. But for the sake of progress pictures I am going to show you a REAL eye sore. This is what the other side of our bedroom looks like.

Yep that is my ironing pile, the mirror that I LOVE but don't know where to put and three filing cabinets that will soon be the bottom half of our wall length desk for our "office" in the bedroom (romantic right) well the current office will probably one day be needed for kiddos so we are just planning ahead. (it will probably take us 5 years just to finish the projects we have) Well that is it everyone. Not very exciting, but we are working on it. Are any of you doing some household projects, or as embarrassed about parts of your house as I am about parts of mine? (don't even get me started on the basement) Well anyways, have a great day!

Easter 2012

This year was Adalyn's first Easter. We didn't do too many things, but it was a very nice weekend as a family. On Saturday night we colored Easter eggs. You can imagine that Adalyn participated a LOT in this activity...or not. :) She liked cracking the eggs with her teeth, does that count?

This is as close as we let her come to the dye... Maybe next year she can be more involved. Especially with the cool trick that I heard about this year, put the egg in a wire whisk and then let them dip the egg in the dye. Tons less mess and less eggs cracked :)

The finished product. mmmm...egg salad sandwiches

Oh how we love our sweet Adalyn :) Easter Sunday was pretty low key. Here is how our day went... Finding the Easter basket we the Easter Bunny hid Adalyn's Easter basket (under the table) Then we sent her out to find it. She got an Easter dress, sippy cup, toy purse with fake money (she loves the money...oh dear) Here she is checking out the goods (oh and the candy was for mommy and daddy, the Easter bunny was great at consolidating everything into ONE basket) Also here is a video of her finding it. Not a super exciting video but the first to the blog none the less.

After church we took a quick family photo on the porch, ate a lovely dinner and then went for a beautiful walk along the river.

This year Easter hit me hard, it caught me off guard and I felt a VERY deep feeling of gratitude for our savior and the beauty of the Atonement. We truly can live again and be with our families forever. The hope and goodness that that truth brings into my life in indescribable. I think this is now my favorite holiday. So much love, peace, and happiness are felt during this time of year. No pressure to do tons of commercial stuff, just to remember the love that our savior has for each one of us. Amazing. Have a good night!