Springtime

 

Well we had a nice few days last week that actually made me feel like we were officially on our way to fabulous spring weather, and of course in Utah fashion I woke up to snow on Sunday morning. Seems to be pretty common every time general conference is going on that weekend inevitably has to be crummy, whats the deal with this???

   I had to snap a few pictures of our backyard, the snow is so beautiful to look at when no one has touched it, the trees looked so neat with all the heavy snow making all the branches sag. Jeremy had to go out and knock the snow off some of them as he was afraid the heaviness of the snow would break the limbs. Now of course every ones poor bulbs that had started to pop up and the flowers that bloomed must be a bit confused with this white stuff.

Easter is late in the month this year which seems so weird to have it at the end of April. I got what I thought was a great idea  a week ago to try my hand at making Presley a crocheted Easter basket. I thought it would be cute if I could make it look like an Easter bunny, the project came out just the way I had envisioned it. I put the finishing touches on it today, I am excited for all the holidays and to be able to teach Presley why we celebrate the holidays we do. I believe it is important for childrenEaster is to know the meaning behind holidays and that they have way more purpose and meaning than just getting "things" I really want Presley to not be selfish or greedy as she grows up. I hope that I will be able to be the mother to her that I know I want to be. I want to instill in her the values and characteristics of a kind, caring, loving woman.

It really is amazing how much life does change after having babies, all the things that seemed so big now mean nothing. I have learned that as moms we become very selfless. My most important job is to make sure that Presley gets all the time and attention that she deserves [they only stay little for a short period of time after all] And I must find time to devote to the amazing husband that I have been blessed to have. I wonder how I managed to not get overwhelmingly bored with so much free time before Presley made her way into our hearts and lives, I ALWAYS have something to do, and if I don't give me about 1 minute and I will think of something that needs to be taken care off. There really is not enough hours in the day to accomplish every thing. So that means sometimes the house is a bit messy, but like I said those things seem not to matter as much as the time I get to spend with this amazing little human being that God has blessed us with. Easter is a great holiday and really shows how amazing life is. I am thankful for the gospel, God, Jesus Christ, and family and friends in my life.

Being a mommy

 I have to admit that this whole being a mommy is GREAT! I had to chuckle earlier today, As I was changing Presley's diaper I had to inspect it to see if her poop looked normal or not since we are slowly adding in some dairy products to see if she can handle it. As I was "inspecting" it I thought to myself had someone told me that I would  "inspect" poop I would have laughed at them and said "that's just disgusting!" But here I find myself doing it on a regular basis. Gross, some may say yes, but I realize it just comes with the territory. In sharing this little story I must also say that her poop did look normal. So I believe there is a big YAY! to be had here for the 2 of us.

    Today I have been very busy in the kitchen. I have been making all of Presley's baby food, it's so much healthier for her and I think it's fun and I know what is going into everything that she eats. Today I made peach and mango puree, baked apples with raisins and cinnamon, brown rice risotto, and chicken and apple balls. I have so much more to make in the next few days. I am doing my best to make sure that she gets a taste of all things, since I don't want her to be a picky eater like me! So far she likes everything, with the exception of bananas recently. Oh and the verdict is still out on kiwi. She loves to self feed and make a mess of herself. This is really hard for me as I want to wipe off every crumb or smear as she eats. which most of you know babies are not fond of having their faces wiped every 30 seconds. So I just try and go with it. I am also living the fact that she is eating 3 meals a day and I have been able to cut out 2 nursing sessions! but at the same time it makes me sad knowing that in the near future I will be done nursing  :( (my goal was to nurse until she turns 1) I love the bonding time that we have when she nurses, but I cant see myself nursing too much past the year mark as that seem to awkward to me. So there you go there is a look into my life as a new mommy for now!

Happy St. Patty's Day

Today is St. Patty's day and as is custom we all put on our green so we didnt get pinched!

I love getting Presley all dolled up! it's one of the fun things about having alittle girl. Jeremy took the day off work to spend time with us since we dont get to see each other alot lately. Today Presley had her 9 month well check and is doing great! she is almost 17 pounds and is in the 17th percentile for weight, is 26 1/2 inches long, 19th percentile for height and her head is 16.6 inches, 40th percentile. Her Pedi said that she looks great. And some really BIG news here! I have been given the go ahead to start trying to introduce dairy into both of our diets! (fingers crossed that this goes over FANTASTIC). After her appointment we went and had lunch with Jeremy's mom at her work, and of coarse to show off our cute little thing!

In other news, I called to talk with my mom today and found out some horrible news. My step brother who is 12 was hit by a truck today on his way to school and was flown to Primary Childrens Hospital in critical condition. He has alot wrong at the moment...Broken arm, broken collar bone, broken pelvis, Broken ribs, fractured three vertebra, liver is 90% damaged, spleen is really messed up and bruised lungs.Hes on a respirator as well and last I talked to my mom he was undergoing a blood transfusion. I hope and pray that he will be alright! to read about the incident click here.

How time flies

Here in 6 days Presley will be 9 months old, I can't believe how fast time goes by after having a baby! She is growing and developing so fast, She is a super fast crawler now and has moved on to pulling herself up on lots of stationary things and some not so stationary things (such as Mollie) She loves to pull up on mom and dad. I think she knows that we are there to help her not fall so she prefers to use us to help her :)

 Yesturday while I was getting things together to take her to grandmas for the day I had her downstairs playing with her toys, I looked down to check on her and guess where the little stinker was??? She was on the first stair! She thought that she was pretty neat stuff to I must say! I love seeing her learn new things but at the same time it makes me a bit sad knowing that she wont be little forever. I just try to enjoy every minute I have with her and take lots of pictures to remember it all.



This pic was taken before she tried crawling up the stairs



This is how I found her awhile later in the morning

Jeremy had Presley in the evening after work since I was working a mid, She found some of her books on the table and knocked them off so she could read them. Below is a picture Jeremy took of her talking to the book and having a great time.

So Sweet!

Thankful

Since I found out that I was pregnant with Presley I started to follow a board for women due in June 2010, I have continued to follow it so when I have questions about Presley I can see what other mommas think or what their little ones are doing. Recently there is a family that is going through some mega stuff and I cant help but think how lucky we are to have a perfectly healthy child. Baby Kinley had to have brain surgery yesturday because she was suffering from severe seizures, they had to go in and disconnect the whole right side of her brain. Words cannot express how horrible this has to be for this family. My heart breaks for them. If you are as amazed with this familys strength and story as I am you can read her journal about it all here. But she did amazing through the hours long surgery yesturday and hopefully this will make her life so much better. Life is so precious! God has trusted us with his most amazing creation and I will make sure that Presley knows each and every day just how much she is loved by us and that she is perfect to us in every way. I just had to share this amazing story! So I leave you with a recent pic of our familys current fav.

Weekend News

Well this weekend was a great weekend to say it simply. I was fortunate enough to have 2 days off in a row and took full advantage of my time with Presley, I didnt leave the house for 2 days. Friday was a very exciting/sad day. Presley is now on the move!!! I was so happy that I didnt miss the first time that she actually crawled. I had told my mom that if she crawled while she was tending her and I hadn't said anything to her about crawling to not a say a word for fear that I would burst into tears as I had when I missed the first time she rolled over. (silly, I know) Jeremy got home about 10 minutes after her first time and was able to see her as well. She never did the whole army grunt crawl as most babies do she went from rolling all over the palce to crawling, although there was a lot of strength training to get to crawling [picture below]

 It was great to have all day Saturday with Presley as well. Jeremy had hunters safety all day, when he got home I was so stir crazy I wanted to go to dinner, we had a gift certificate to Outback, but he was too tired so I had to make dinner. :(

In other weekend news there is a lot of happiness in this house right now! Anyone who knows Jeremy knows he is a big Greenbay fan and they totally won the Super Bowl! We were invited over to Josh's house for a small get together and of course watch the game. Presley and daddy were so cute in their Greenbay gear (guess mom is the odd one out with no gear to sport) After the big win I just had to snap a few pictures of the 2 of them in their gear to share with everyone.

So there is our weekend in a nutshell.

Call me Mrs. bargain shopper!

If you know anything about me you know I have a really hard time passing up a good bargain, in fact when shopping I will gladly go look at the clearance first to see if there is anything real good for a way better price!
 Case in point...

            Presley has such a hard time keeping socks on her feet, the second that she notices them on her feet it is her ultimate goal to get them off as quickly as possible. So I thought that she needed some shoes, I went looking at Target and found some way cute ones but for 15.00 I thought they werent that cute [they grow out of them too fast for me to justify this price, some may say silly... I say whatever!] So off I went to payless and they were having the BOGO sale going on, right up my alley for sure! I found 2 really cute pair and thought to get one in her size now and one a size up for later. They were both on sale for 9.99 each and the second pair was 50% off, awesome right? well they didnt have one pair in her size so I had them call another location and they had them, they put them on hold for me and I went and exchanged the bigger pair for the correct size and since I had to go to another store for the right size they gave me 3 dollars back for the hassle. So I was able to get 2 pair of shoes for 11.00! I was a very happy girl last night! I sure do love a bargain.



baby girl shoes are too cute!!!