22 Months...

 Our girl is almost two! Just a few months and she will be. I haven't written about Daisy in a while so I thought I would just give an update on the world of Daisy.

She has curly hair. I love it. She also has a good vocabulary. She can say most everything and has started saying small sentences. He favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She knows all the characters, its fun her her say "TOODLES"... and "FOOFY". She finally likes to swing and play on the playground, I was worried for a while. She also knows most every major body part. She is good in nursery and has a few little friends in there. She likes to be around other kids, especially her cousins. She likes to clean up... lets hope that last forever. She eats most everything. She does have her picky days, but for the most part she eats well. She loves shoes. She also loves to head dive. Sometimes this isn't a great thing because she doesn't seem to get that the floor may not be the best thing to dive into head first. She has had her fair share of fat bloody lips, but that doesn't seem to deter her. She still has a pacifier which she call "pirer". I am ready for her to not want it, but have yet done much about it. She can be whiney. We spend lots of days learning how to say things in a happy way... no success yet. She wants to do big girl things and when she is around her cousin Laine, she usually does whatever Laine is doing. Sometime to the extent of folding her arms the same way or sitting the same way. She is just a fun girl! We love her so much!

Isn't she pretty?

She did have her nose squished up against the glass but wouldn't do it for camera.

And this is for you Mom. She played and played with her letter. Thanks for her mail!

28 Weeks...

So as every pregnant woman knows around 28 weeks comes the glucose test to see if you have gestational diabetes. I had mine on Tuesday and failed. Can I just say that it was a bummer. Anyway I had to go back in and take the three hour glucose test to make sure I was diabetes free. When you take a glucose test they draw your blood, you drink a sugary drink, wait an hour, and have your blood drawn again. I passed with Daisy and since I feel that my lifestyle isn't crazy unhealthy I would be fine the second time around. Not the case. So I had to fast, go in the early morning and do all of that but just for three hours more. They also have to draw your blood four separate times every hour on the hour. I actually think its pretty interesting to have blood drawn, and kind of like to watch. The above picture is just the little bruise left over from getting pricked a few times. Anyway I passed and do not have gestational diabetes. Thank heavens, that would have been no fun.

I am in my third trimester. Could be as soon as 8 to 11 weeks away now! Crazy how quickly this pregnancy has gone by and yet how slow too. I am feeling pretty chubby these days, its hard not to feel chubby when you can't see you toes : ) We still don't have a name picked out for this little guy. New names come and go but nothing seems to fit, I am hoping by the time he comes we will have a few solid names we like. He is also so wiggly. I thought Daisy was, but she just made more room for this kid to swim, kick, poke, and stretch. He hurts. I don't remember Daisy pushing so hard against my organs. Its such a strange feeling.

I like it though. As I have said before, seeing and feeling little movements is my favorite part about being pregnant.

Little Girl In a Big Girl Bed...

This post makes me kind of sad. My little girl is in a big bed! Maybe its because I am pregnant and a wee bit emotional sometimes? But it makes me kind of sad to see her in a big girl bed. Don't get me wrong, I am excited too. But this just means she is growing, which I love. Anyway  moving on with my little feel sorry moment, let me tell you about Daisy. She loves it! My original plan was to put up a bed in her room and keep her crib up. I thought having the bed in there but, no pressure to sleep in it would let her get used to it being there and if she wanted to sleep in it then she could. Well Aaron had Wednesday off so we decided it was a good day to put up her bed. So we bought a mattress and picked up the day bed from my friend Brenda, who is awesome and gave us this bed for free! We put it up and once Daisy realized it was hers she was super excited. She rolled, jumped, bounced, and screamed on it for a while, then we decided to try and let her sleep in it. She got up once or twice before she went to sleep. We were both wondering if it was going to be that smooth, but two hours later she woke up and had leaked through her diaper and didn't want back in it her big bed. So since it was late I just put her in her crib. But since then she has slept in it for two whole nights, and taken her naps on her bed! The day after we put it up I thought I would just put her in her crib as usual but she cried for her bed. So since then it has been the bed all the way. Hopefully she really is that smooth of a transitioner. And now I want the crib out of there as soon as possible, so she doesn't get confused.

September Memories...

I was reading my sister's blog tonight about past Septembers. Its funny how fast time goes by. She described her life six years ago. A labor day weekend in Pinetop. I remeber that weekend too. I remember her little kids and being just an aunt, I was only 16. I remember washing windows in their house and getting pizza for lunch. Jill I am food motivated too : ) Six years is not that long a period of time on the grand scale, but man life changes fast in six years, at least for me is has. That labor day weekend I was a junior, my only concern was volleyball. Oh volleyball how I miss you! I can remember the clothes I had in my closet, the CD I had in my Jeep, picking apples with my mom, taking a drive with my parents while listening to the Invinsible soundtrack. I miss those days. I wouldn't go back if I had the chance but I do miss them.

My junior year volleyball team.

The next September I was a senior. I liked my senior year. I liked playing volleyball. Just a side note, whenever I am in a conversation about past boyfriends and dating experiences with friends I have aquired outside of high school, I always feel like "man what was I doing that I did not really date like these women?" then I remember "Oh yeah I played volleyball". I wouldn't change that. Since September was always a volleyball month in my world I don't remember much else.  I remember the girls on my team and how much fun they were. I remember ditching class to go hit volleyballs in the gym. I remember ditching class to get strawberry smoothies with my friend Ashley. I remember being bummed that my good friend Hannah had moved. I also remember reading the third Twilight book.

See how could you not have fun with these girls, playing volleyball, at the beach?

Can I just say that the next September was kind of horrible, at least the begining.  I won't go into too much detail because its pretty boring and makes me sound like a wimp... I had just moved down to the valley to play volleyball. It was hard. My life as usual had was just about volleyball, but I had to learn the hard lesson that too much volleyball with nothing else is unhealthy. And want to guess how I learned that lesson....

This guy!

We started dating in September. I don't think Aaron will ever get how much he brought balance to my life and still does. So that September went from a very hard and discouraging time to one of my best memories.

I remember our first date, being impressed that he opened the door for me, and that he was goofy when he swung gold club (sorry babe). I remember the feeling of this is where I am suppose to be.

By the next September we were married and newly weds. Both going to school, working, and I was of course playing ball. What I remember the most from that time was getting in a fight over a dog. Aaron wanted a basset hound. I did not. I like dogs, but that poor little guy would have never seen us with our schedules. I also remember coming home from a game and Aaron had made a chocolate cake with marshmellows on top. Very random.

So September of 2010 I was 8 months preggers with Daisy. Aaron and I went to our ward campout that month. It was fun to go camping with him. I got killer heartburn in the middle of the night. And I remember when we were driving home, we hit a bumpy patch of road and my thighs were jiggling all over the place. You may be thinking why did I write that? Well my thighs hadn't jiggle really before then and now they did, made us laugh.

If you want to know about last September just look at my blog post from last year. Aaron was gone, thats all you need to know.

And now its 2012 and I am pregnant again! But with a boy this time. It is amazing how much life changes with the passing of time. I don't have much too deep to say now, just that I am thankful for my past Septembers.

25 Weeks...

I am now 25 weeks along. It feels like it has taken forever to even get this far, yet this pregnancy is going by so fast! I think my butt sticks out as far as my belly... Oh well. I am doing better on my weight gain this time around, but last time most of my weight was muscle, now its just fat : ) I wish I could say I was one of those women who just love being pregnant, but I am not. I am already ready for this little boy to be here so one, we can meet him and two so I don't have to be pregnant anymore. I have all the usual pregnancy symptoms, but they haven't been front and center. When I was pregnant with Daisy every little thing was a huge deal. I guess the second time around I haven't been as aware. That is probably due to the fact that the result of my first pregnancy preoccupies my time and thoughts : ). I am happy to have a real belly. I do love knowing that this little boy is growing and so far everything has been smooth. He moves constantly, its the weirdest feeling, but I love it.

Labor Day 2012

This year for Labor day weekend Aaron was sweet and gave up his favorite weekend of the year to go camping with my side of the family. We usually go to his family reunion in Strawberry since that is a huge family tradition on his side, but since Aaron has never been camping in my mountains we did a trade. And can I just say how excited I was! I haven't been camping with my family since I was in high school. It was so much fun to camp in the places where I grew up camping with my family ( missed you Jill!), to feel cool air, and to eat camping food. I was also happy to have Aaron with me. This time last year he was in the thick of boot camp and I remember missing him so much. This was also Daisy's first real camping trip. We did camp last Labor Day, but she was so little it doesn't count. Aaron even got an extra day off of work so we got to  spend and entire extra day away from this oven called the valley.

There are a lot of pictures below and they are mostly of Daisy. Shocking I know. They also uploaded out of order and my computer is too slow to put them in a sensible order. So here they are randomly.

Aaron surveying a spot to put up our tent.

Our little family at Sheep's Crossing.

( I never realize how round my face gets until I see it in pictures)

Daisy was not a fan of the cold water or the mud. Makes me laugh, hopefully someday she will see how fun they are!

She did love the four wheelers though. She would say "ride" and then just smile and giggle the whole time.

Playing with Grandma and cousin Abbey... Or trying to play.

Grandma was sweet and helped her pick flowers.

I love dirty little camping faces. I didn't take any of my nieces and nephews but there were definitely some dirty little faces at this camp.

Daisy and her cousin Ben. They are the closest in age about 9 months.

Cousins.

She actually was not a bad sleeper. I was curious to see how night time would go. I think I woke up more than her, I kept worrying she was cold.

Cute couple...

I am so thankful for my parents. I could list all the reasons why but that would be a long list. So I am just going to say how much I love their cooking. I am so glad my Dad is an awesome dutch oven cook. Some of my favorite memories of camping are eating dutch oven meals. So tasty.