Friday, May 29, 2009

Getting Ready


Today was the official first day of packing, I think that I have started two full boxes and boy am I tired. Lizzie on the other hand is on a roll she packed four boxes and she said that she needed some more. She is ready to go to Grammy's but I also think that she is worried that we are going to leave something behind. Either way she is really getting into this packing thing. I really can't believe that we only have a week and a half left in AZ. I have already started to say some goodbyes, how sad is that?



Lizzie's boxes that she packed!



Here is a video of Lizzie packing her boxes full of her toys, it's awesome.

Monday, May 25, 2009

One Month and One Year


This past weekend was a weekend of endings. First, on Saturday Charlie was one month old if this month is any indication of how fast time is going to fly she will be grown before I know it. I can't believe that it really has been a whole month. Tomorrow we go to the doctor to find out how big she is getting and I will post that later.
Second, Brian finished another year of school, technically he still has to take his end of year exams but he is officially done with his rotations. Yeah another year down and only one more to go, it is kind of sad to see friends go and life changing we have kind of been in our little bubble here and now things are going to be different. I am not saying that it has been easy at all but it has been fun, we are lucky to get to spend our last year with family, but we are going to miss all of the friends that we have made.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Just hangin Out

We love Arizona this time of year, the weather is warm (100 plus) but it's great! This week Brian has been on nights and so our schedule was thrown off a little, but it has been great to have him around more during the day to help out with Lizzie. Lizzie loves her Dad and he is awesome at teaching her new things. I find since I am with her everyday we kind of get into a rut, but Brian loves to test her learning abilities and it's fun to see how much a little kid can actually learn. This week he has been teaching her to read, actually it's just sight recognition but she is doing excellent. I haven't gotten it on video yet but it's fun, she picks out what word she wants to learn and he puts it on a flash card and whenever she goes through her cards she gets a sticker after. She is up to around 10ish in just a week.
Lizzie's new obsession lately has been the hose, who knew that a hose could be so fun. Every day we have to go out back and squirt off the patio, we make foot prints, rainbows, give river a bath and multiple drinks and anything else she can come up with.
Charlie is a good baby and she made it through her first time at church today. She was excellent and slept through most of it, we had to go out more times for Lizzie than Charlie. I have a feeling that will change soon, but for now it is nice.
P.S. Thanks Jenny for the cute dress Charlie was the most fashionable baby there!



Just hanging out

Lizzie and River enjoying a little sprinkle

Lizzie is starting to pick out her own wardrobe, I have been giving her options and letting her pick, the other day she decided she wanted to wear her boots with shorts. I think Lizzie and Alex (my sister she used to wear cowboy boots with her dresses) are kindred spirits.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day

I want to say Happy Mother's Day to all of my mothers, and grandmothers. I am so lucky to have such great examples in my life, to help me be the best mother to my kids. Not only my mom but my grandmother's and aunts and cousins and friends. Thank you everyone, I don't know what I would do without you!
Also here are a few pics of baby for those of you who are in need of your baby fix, I'm not going to name any names, you know who you are.


Look at that hair I love it!

Baby's first bath she loved it till I took her out!



I also wanted to say thank you to our wonderful aunt Katie and Jon for thinking of both of my girls, look at how cute Lizzie looks in her new summer outfit (don't mind the face, she is defiantly two).

We really are so lucky to have great family, Lizzie is now in the dinosaur stage of her life and her favorite dino is the t-rex. Thank you Lee's for the wonderful t-rex jammies she wears them every night.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Good Times!

(Warning this is a long post)
I know it has been a little while since my last post but life is a little more hectic with two it takes a little adjustment, I give props to those moms with more than two. Still we have been enjoying life day by day. Grammy and Pappa came down this week and played, it was a big help I am not looking forward to Monday when I have to do it all by myself. We went to the park and the Zoo and just hung out I didn't take enough pictures but you get the idea. Lizzie is adjusting pretty well for a two year old, it is hard to learn to share your mom. Charlie is a good baby, she eats well and sleeps really well for only being a week old. She loves to cuddle, which is nice after having Lizzie who doesn't and never really did like it. Although it translates to wanting to be held all of the time, which makes things a little more difficult.
I know that I was vague on the last post about Charlie I was a little tired and I just wanted to get that post up, so here is the scoop for those of you who were wondering. Wednesday night the 22 I started to get a couple of contractions, I had just been to the doctor that day and I was only dialated to a 3. With Lizzie I had contractions for a couple of days before I actually delivered and even then I labored in the hospital for over 12 hours so I really wasn't planning on the baby coming any time soon. I went to sleep and woke up around 1 and I was having contractions about 6 mins apart but they weren't that strong so I just kind of put it off. But by 4 I decided that they weren't slowing down and Brian finally convinced me to call a friend and go in (thanks Juliann). We got to the hospital about quarter to five and by the time they checked me in and did all the things they needed to they finally checked me and I was dilated to a full 9. I was rushed up to the delivery room, litterally Brian said it was like in the movies they were running down the hall pushing me on a bed. We got there and basically I had her after one push at 5:55 it was crazy, and fast and really if I could garentee that all my deliveries would be that easy and fast I would do it the same every time. The doctor and nurses were great and really I feel good compared to my first delivery. I recovered a lot faster and didn't have near the pain, so that is my story of how little Charlie got here. Kind of funny side note neither one of my kids were delivered by my own doctor, go figure maybe it will be a trend for me.
This post is turning into a marathon post but bear with me I have one more thing then I will put pictures up. It is official we are moving back to UT for Brian's fourth year, I know that most of you already know this but I just wanted to say that we would like to find some renters for this house for our land lord. We are moving out the 13th of June and it is a decent place to live, it's in the Belair Ward and there are lots of students here. The rent is reasonable it's cheaper than an apartment and it is a 3 bedroom with a back yard. The land lord is way chill and easy to work with, if anyone is interested or knows anyone who might be please let us know it will be vacant as of June.
Here are some pictures in no particular order enjoy . . .


I had to take this picture to try to remember how long her hair was, I have this fear that it is going to fall out because Lizzie's did so I wanted to get proof that she had beautiful hair.


This is how she spent her first trip to the Zoo the only time she woke up was when I fed her then she went right back to sleep.

Lizzie wanted to hold her, she has these moments of love for her little sister then she remembers how boring she really is and she's done.

She can get Pappa to do anything for her, basically she has that effect on all of us.

Hanging out at the Zoo with Grammy and Pappa enjoying the giraffs what more could two girls want out of life?

Two out of three of my favorite people, Lizzie laughing with her dad, I loved this picture.