Posts are coming

Hey guys, just letting you know that I haven't forgotten about the blog.  Our computer or internet or something isn't letting me upload any pictures to the blog right now.  :(  McKay told me to wait a few days and try it again so it will be awhile till we have an updated post.  I have actually already written 2 more posts, they just need the pictures to go with them.  So I will keep trying! 

 

 Hope life is going well for all of you.  Life here is getting back to normal.  We are in the middle of a few house projects, most of which involve the kids rooms.  Doing lots of yard sales and store clearance sections to find little boy clothes (so cute!) and still experimenting in the kitchen.  Thanks for reading, have a great day/weekend!   

Bad News and Good News

Well folks we just got back from our last weekend in Utah for this summer.  It was fun, Melanie's wedding was beautiful, and Adalyn's party was so sweet and relaxing.  I took lots of pictures and was really excited to tell/show you all about it and then I DELETED THEM on accident off my camera.  Yes sadly you read that right I (definitely not mother of the year moment) deleted ALL of the photos that I took at my first child's first Birthday party.  Man, I am so mad just writing this! 

On the positive side my mom did take some pictures of the party and someday when she gets a new camera cord she is going to email them to me and THEN I can show the cute little Tangled themed party that we had for Adalyn.  So for now you will have to wait...

But there is one thing that I can finally tell you, and that is that in December we will be having a bouncing baby BOY!!! We are SERIOUSLY thrilled about it and I have about 1 million emotions going on inside me right now that need to be addressed before he gets here.  I won't bore you with all of them (I save those for McKay lol) But the over lying theme is that I have this need/desire for everything to be perfect in my life and organized before he comes.  Right down to the kitchen sink (crazy I know).  In reality I know everything won't be, but that hasn't stopped these desires.  So we will start with one thing and see where we end up.  Hopefully I will at least be more organized than I am now.  :)  I have never had a boy before or any brothers so I am excited to see what he looks like and if he will be anything like his older sister as a baby.

Well I guess that is all for today, I am in a chatty mood and could probably sit here and tell you everything going on inside my head, but my bathrooms are calling me to come clean them and I should probably listen today since I have ignored them for the last week.  Hope you are all having a great day, sorry about no pictures we will get some soon! 

Bye Bye Binky

A couple weeks ago I took this picture of Adalyn.  I just wanted to capture every ounce of cuteness in it.  She was finally over being sick and life was beautiful for both of us.  You think I am exaggerating?  I kid you not we had SO much fun.  She was cuddly, sweet, smiley, and happy.  Our routine was perfect, she slept well, and we both felt good.  

Why am I telling you this today?  Because we took her binky away and started her on cow's milk on Monday... Life may never be the same (ok I am exaggerating now) But she is not adjusting well to either change (why in the world did I do them on the SAME day).  Life is hard for our sweet little girl these days and we hope that she will figure things out soon.  I think the no binky adjustment is going much better than the cow's milk (she really doesn't like that stuff)

So I showed you this picture tonight for my own sake really.  It helps me keep a better perspective.  Have a great day/night! 

Adalyn Turned 1 at Lava!

This past weekend we went to Lava Hot Springs for a family reunion.  McKay's stepmom's family goes there every year in August.  They camp right next to the river and the swimming pool so there is always plenty of water activities.  We did not go last year since I was in the hosptial having Adalyn (I say that is a pretty good excuse ;)  So this year Adalyn got to celebrate her birthday at Lava hot springs.

While there we ate plenty of yummy food (Lots of the aunts, uncles, and cousins are REALLY good cooks so everything was so delicious). Everyone also took lots of trips down the river on tubs. Since I am pregnant and Adalyn is still so young I didn't go down the river or go in the hot springs, but we still had fun at the pool and in the warm waterfall that flows into the river. McKay said his favorite part of the trip was spending time in the river (I liked that it was warm water).

Oh and if Adalyn looks annoyed in a few of these pictures it is because HER favorite part of the trip was running and exploring everything and she hated it when you tried to stop her and take a picture.  I am trying to just embrace this phase.  So I am promise that she had a great time even if the pictures tell another story.  :)


We also enjoyed the pool for a few hours on Friday.  We were going to go back after lunch that day, but it started raining and then there was lightning so they closed it and we never made it back.  But Adalyn still LOVES water.  These days she trys to jump out of our arms and swim.  silly girl.

To celebrate Adalyn's birthday I made some cupcakes and we sang to her after dinner on Friday.  She wouldn't blow out the candles, but she loved clapping after everyone sang to her.  She is a lucky girl to have so many people who love her and spoiled her on her birthday.  Maddie was SO excited to give Adalyn her birthday bubbles all day.  I am sad that I didn't get a picture of them playing with them.  Maddie was so cute with Adalyn the whole time and kept begging me to let her "play" with Adalyn.  I can't wait until Adalyn is actually interested in playing with Maddie, they will be such fun friends/cousins.  :)

Oh we love her so much!  It has been a very blessed year.

On the last day of the trip Mckay's immediate family all got up early and we hiked to the "L" on a near by hill (it stands for Lava obviously).  It was pretty steep and I wasn't so sure that my pregnant booty was going to make it all the way.  So when we were actually almost there I asked McKay how much farther and he told me that we were about 1/2 way.  I was pretty disappointed because I wasn't going to make it that much longer.  But then about 200 yards later we turned a corner and there it was.  Yay! I did make it. :)  So worth it in the end and it ended up being one of the best parts of the trip.  McKay carried Adalyn the whole way up and still wasn't out of breath, I need to get his secret because I was dying.  :P

It was a beautiful morning after the storm the night before.  For the rest of saturday we just dried out, packed up, and ofcourse played in the water some more.  Then we drove home that night so that we could be back for church the next day.

 It was such a fun trip, but I did tell Liz at the end that I was looking forward to going home so that I could "mentally" rest.  I know that sounds strange, but Adalyn is of course super busy these days exploring everything and now that she can walk around so fast you can't take your eyes off her for one minute.  So between making sure she didn't go in the road, the river, or someone elses camp site I was pretty drained by the end.  It made me very thankful for our baby proof house. (I know I am weird)  Well that is all for today, we have one more summer adventure this week and then we are pretty much home bound the rest of the summer.  Have a great day!  
  

Diana's Wedding 07-27-12

McKay's sister, Diana, got married a couple of weeks ago in the Logan Temple.  She married Chase, they are a darling couple, and we are excited to have him in the family.  It was a fast engagment (like one month) because Chase was going away to school and ofcourse Diana wanted to go with him. :) 

The wedding day was beautiful with a small wind that helped make it not so hot.  After the temple and pictures they had a luncheon at a near by resturant that was REALLY yummy (chicken cordon bleu and pasta are my kind of food). 

Diana's colors were black and white with purple accents.  It was a wonderful day spent with family and friends, and we already miss aunt Diana who now lives across the country :( 

Here are some pictures from the wedding...

The last one is Adalyn with her fun babysitter, who is also McKay's cousin that lives near us in Idaho.  It was nice that she was there so that she could watch Adalyn while we were in the temple.

After the wedding we headed to Salt Lake to see my family for a few days and watch lots of Olympics (we don't have cable so that was the only Olympics that we have watched this whole time...sad I know).  Then on Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Pace's church to listen to Preston (McKay's youngest brother) give his farewell talk.  He did great (he even had to speak in two different wards) and I am sure he is LOVING the MTC (missionary training center)  right now ;)  He will be spending the next two years in the Lancing, Michigan mission.  We know he will do great and bless the lives of many people there. 

After lunch that day we finally headed home from our great summer/utah adventure.  On the way home just for fun McKay and I came up with guesses on how many nieces or nephews will be born while Preston is gone (yes we get THAT creative on the drives between Utah and Idaho). But it will be fun to see if we are right, guess we will only know it two years. :)

Well folks that is all for today, we are off for some more family fun tomorrow!  Have a great weekend!

19 weeks

Well I am currently 19 weeks along, (for one more day at least).  We had our first glimpse at our sweet little bundle of joy on Monday.  So fun!  Like Christmas in July.  Everything is looking good and the baby is healthy and growing strong.  This pregnancy is still going fairly well.  I have had a few pains this week in my hips and I got Adalyn's lovely sickness so it has been a slow last few days.  But I am feeling much better today and I can eat so things are looking up.  I have a real doctor's appointment next week and I am anxious to hear the heart beat again to make sure everything is ok after all that my body has been through this week with being sick (weird pains in my stomach always make me nervous)

 Anyway here is a belly shot that I promised.  It is from Monday right before our appointment AND before I got sick.  We love this baby so much and are really getting excited/ready for its arrival.  I will be half way on Monday :)

And just for kicks and giggles here is a pregnancy picture from Adalyn's pregnancy.  I only had ones from 17 weeks and 21 weeks.  So we will go with 17 weeks this time. 

I am getting mentally prepped to start growing a lot in the next few weeks.  Should be fun right?

Other things that we are up to this week...
-Playing catch up.  We haven't been here a lot on the weekends the past few months and it has been fun today to get some things done that have been hanging over our heads 
-We are getting new tires today
-Finally start prepping for the new baby now that we know what it is (so excited to tell all of you in a couple of weeks)
-Reorganize the basement.  I guess we don't have THAT much stuff once it is all not spread all over the floor
-McKay has been helping a friend redo his sprinkler system and yard.  He has been loving it and so if anyone needs help with theirs you know where to find McKay :)

So life is feeling good today after a downer of a week.  Next week is Addie's first birthday, and we are SO excited for our baby to turn one.  What a fun learning experience this past year has been for us.  Hope you are all having a great saturday!

 

Snowbird in the Summer

This past week was a fun one with a few stressful moments (Adalyn got sick for the first time and these new parents were a little lost on what to do).  We spent most of the week circling Utah going to lots of fun events.  First we were able to go to the Logan temple with McKay's family.  It was Diana's first time going through and I was very grateful that we were able to be there with her.  Thanks James and Katlynne for watching Adalyn! 

After the temple we were going to spend the next two days with Michelle and Laron at their house before the wedding, but they were heading to Snowbird to stay at their Grandpa's condo so they invited us to come with them.  We had a great time hiking, playing, and swimming in the beautiful mountains.  It is fun as the kids get older that they can play and interact more together.  I am sure Bailey and Addie will be great friends in the years to come.  :) And even with all four kids and four adults in ONE room everyone slept great (such a blessing).  Here are a few pictures from the park...

While we were at the park, the daddys played tennis then in the afternoon we all went swimming.  Adalyn loved the water and enjoyed jumping in.  Hopefully this love of water will stay. :)

We had fun on our mini vacation, lots of yummy food, good company, and fun activities.  Thanks Laron and Michelle for inviting us. 

The rest of the week was spent at Diana's wedding and Preston's Farewell.  I will blog about those in a seperate post.  Hope you are all having a great day!