Two Handsome Cowboys

I went home for a week and I just loved it! I love driving over the hill and seeing the place where I grew up, especially in the summer because everything is so green and beautiful. I feel like it's a little piece of heaven that I get to call HOME! My parents take such pride, work so hard and it shows. Saul has been working for our family for about 20 years and it feels like he is apart of our family, he always works so hard. I was watching him and my dad plant the garden and I was thinking, "these may be the most handsome cowboys I know!". They sure work hard so our family can have fresh produce through out the year, so the cows and horses can be fed and the land can be irrigated and I'm sure...sooo much more! Thanks Saul for all you do for our family.

HELP

I need help! I have a sweet baby boy coming in 13 weeks and I still can't figure out what is cute and what my style is when it comes to BOYS. I want this sweet, simple, possibly vintage looking nursery with simple baby colors but to be honest...I don't even know what that means. I have no vision. What I do have is a white crib with a splash of pink on it and a pink chandelier. Its sad because I keep saying "it's just a boy and it doesn't really matter" but I would like to do a little something, nothing over the top. Doesn't it stink being the second child? I would know I am a second child! Just kidding mom! So...if you have any ideas or any great blogs or websites I should check out or if you just feel like coming over and doing it for me, that's okay too!

Peanut Butter

I've never seen a kid love P.B as much as this girl. I found Livvi sitting at her table helping herself to a little snack the other day.

Just the 3 of US

Our family...mainly me I'm sure LOVES Mexico! Phil took a guy golfing last month and he offered us his condo in Rocky Point for free, how nice is that! We were so excited to do a family trip where is was cheap, relaxing and so much fun! Livvi got to see the ocean for the first time and didn't appreciate getting her "hands dirty" when she was making pizza's and cakes in the sand. She loved getting to swim all day for four days. I swear this girl never stopped, I'm sure she jumped in the pool at least a thousand times! This is probably our last trip with just the three of us...we made so many great memories!

summer

Summer is finally here or at least it feels like it anyway! I envision our summers going a little like this...eating popsicles, laying out by the pool, taking naps and maybe eating another popsicle. Livvi is excited to say that she is going to be a "BIG SISTER" come the first of September and she is always pointing to my tummy showing me where baby brother is. Yes a BOY! I was freaking out a little when we found out it was a boy but it has grown on us and we are sooo excited. Pictures...that is not necessary or at least until baby boy arrives. Take my word for it or just ask Phil, I'm grouchy, very out spoken, the house is a wreck and I'm not getting a lot done these days! This time around has been a lot harder but will be sooo worth it in the end!

rsv

i think livvi partied way too hard on her birthday week because we ended up going to the urgent care a couple days later...we came home with an antibiotic for the ear infection and a machine to do breathing treatments because she has rsv. poor baby i feel bad for her but she is starting to feel sooo much better. since little averi (suni's sweet baby) is so brand new and rsv is highly contagious we decided it was best for me to take the week off of work so I could stay home and tend her. i'm always up for taking a week off of work but boy have i been going crazy! not sure what to do with myself but it's nice to be home and just relax.

march 2, 2011

our little livvi bug turned two on us and i must say it made me cry. i can't believe two years with this sweet little girl has gone by so fast. we decided to take her to to zoo and she could not stop talking about the cows, all she wanted to do was see the cows! that night we met up with her aunt "nunny, abby, ce-ce (gracie) and baby (averi)" at joes farm girl. oh how livvi loves her aunt and cousins! livvi's favorite food is bacon, fries and blueberries. her favorite show is mickey mouse. she l.o.v.e.s candy, she usually wakes up asking for gum or a sucker. she does not like cake (just like her dad when he was a kid) so that is why we had a rice crispy cake! some of the cute things she is saying is: swim soup, keen up keen up everyone, lub ya and she loves to play on the "puter". she woke up from her nap on her bday and said, "it's my birffday". she sings the cutest "tinkle tinkle star" song you have ever heard and she can never get enough of the "popcorn" song. she told suni the other morning "i naughty at night night" cute but soo true. this girl has no fear, she loves so swim but please make sure you give her her space because she wants no help, she loves to jump in the pool from about 5 feet high and she loves big slides. she is so dang sweet and rotten and we just love her to death! i ask her if she is a big girl or a baby, she still wants to be a "baby" and that is fine by me!

that weekend we threw her a big party and invited some of her little friends and family. we ate jersy mike's subs, drank slushies, heated the pool to 90 degrees and jumped in the bounce house. what a great way to celebrate this sweet little girl! happy 2nd birthday livvi i sure love that i get to be your mom!

just because

Grana's Christmas Party

Every year Grana plans a Christmas party for the entire family and we had so much fun this year, it's so cute to see all the cousins play. We had Mexican food catered which was so yum and lots of fun activities for the kids. I know Grana Great looks forward to this every year. She is so thoughtful and loves to be around all her grand kids. She is so kind to get each and every kid a gift for Christmas (I don't know how she does it) and I just hope she knows how much we love her. Now, I should know how old she is but I'm not exact, I think 83...what 83yo lets their grandson push them across a gym floor on this scooter. She is full of life and has more energy than I do! Grana thanks for such a great party!

Christmas

I was so excited for Christmas this year because it was our first Christmas together as a family and I was thinking Livvi would kind of be into it. Christmas Eve we went over to Suni's and had dinner and watched a movie about the Saviors birth. We had so much fun hanging out. Christmas morning Phil brought Liv down and the first thing she noticed was her baby doll. We had so much fun opening up presents and watching all her cute expressions. After that we rushed to S.L. and got to see my parents and then did dinner with Phil's family. We had so much fun and a yummy dinner. Livvi was totally spoiled by everyone and is loving all her new toys!

THANKSGIVING

If Suni looks stoned that's bc she is thx to the great pain meds due to her c-section j/k, and poor Sean he looks a little retarded here, lol!

Thanksgiving was nice, simple and sweet! No stress! We decided to do it at my house since Suni had just had Averi a few days before and we had such a good time. We missed Casi and her family but we all had a good time being together. My parents came over the day before and my mom and dad taught me how make pies...it was so much fun! My dad just started baking pies (don't ask my why) but we were laughing because you would of thought he had been baking pies his entire life they way he was questioning my mom! Anyways...lots of fun memories!

Averi has finally arrived!

I am sooo behind on my posts and it is probably because life has been so crazy. Suni was put on bed rest a few weeks before Averi arrived and we are happy to say everything turned out ok. I'm not sure how Suni did it emotionally and physically but she did and we are so excited that finally Averi was able to come home and join their cute little family. And as selfish as this sounds we are happy that Livvi can start going back over to "Nunny's" house when I go to work. I'm telling you it really threw Livvi off not being able to go to "Nunny's" for about two months boy was she rotten during that time. Her first day back she sobbed when she had to leave, I have a feeling she is spoiled rotten with lots of love and attention. I feel so bad I don't have any pictures of Averi but here is Abby and Gracie Nov 21, 2010 the morning Suni went in to have her c-section. They were so excited they could hardly stand it! They are goin to be the best BIG sisters ever!

Phil and I just got back from such a fun trip in Cancun, I love that place! Chips, guacamole, diet coke, a beautiful beach and finally a good, healthy husband...what more could a girl ask for! Phil started to get board but I came across "Cowboy Swagger" a book that was laying on an empty book case so I thought I'd give it a try! We did a lot of nothing but we had so much fun! For those of you that are afraid of Mexico I must say they were overly nice every where we went, we loved it! Thanks to my sweet Mom Livvi didn’t even know we were gone! She fell in love with “Butter” my moms dog named Cooper!

We had a bit of a SPOOK on HALLOWEEN

The night before Halloween we had my sisters and their families over for some yummy mexican food and then off to the ward party where we had live ponies, rock climb, haunted house, bounce house, a mechanical bull and lots of other activities. The kids had a blast and we sure thought Liv was such a cute Kitty Cat! Halloween night we got a sitter and off we went to see Lady Antebellum, at dinner I got a voice mail that the fire dept and police were at the house. The first thing that came to mind was that one of the kids had been hit by a car...lucky that wasn't the case. The babysitter and all the kids were locked out of the house with Livvi sleeping in the crib. Unfortunately they didn't reach us in time so they knocked the side garage door down so they could get inside. Poor Liv was awake and crying by that time but we are just glad everyone was safe! And I must say Lady A rocked, it was soo much fun!

The Month of October

Gosh it feels like the month of October went by way too fast! I love this time of year but I must say with it being so hot it still feels like it's July. Here are some cute pictures of what we were up to in October.

This little girl is in NURSERY...I can't believe it! It was kind of a sad day for me! You would of thought she had been going for months, she loved it! I was thinking "you could of at least acted a little sad just for my sake" but I was happy it was a good day for her. I hear the second week is actually harder because they know they are going to get left...we will see! It's sad how fast she is growing up on us. She is constantly hitting me on the knee with her hand saying "mom, mama, mom" I love it!