So Happy Together..

Halloween & a Birthday!

2012-01-11T23:39:00.000-07:00

Phoebe's Birthday and Halloween were so much fun! October is probably my favorite month of all. The weather is usually good, Phoebe has her Birthday, Cornbelly's is at Thanksgiving Point, and Halloween! So much fun in one month. It really shouldn't be legal to have this much fun.

Zoe seeing the witches at Gardner Village

Snow White and her little..Chick.

Funny little Chick crawling all about!

Princess Snow White.

Love this little shrimp!

Zoe and Phoebe in their Halloween shirts. Zoe's was a glow in the dark shirt and she thought that was a pretty cook feature.

Special Birthday pancakes on Phoebe's Birthday.

She was in Birthday heaven.

Presents!!

It looks like there were 3 little girls who were more excited than Phoebe about the gifts.

I guess I'll give it a try...

Then again I just might need Daddy's help.

We had so much fun! The girls were so cute on Halloween and they both had so much fun dressing up. I made donuts as usual. This year they were a bit better than ever before and I took the easy way making them. I made them using canned Pillsbury dough. They were surprisingly good. Next year I'll have another chance to make some amazing donuts. I'll eventually figure them out..right?

Oh baby baby!

2011-10-11T00:42:00.002-06:00

Where has time gone? My baby turned one today and I just can't believe how fast this past year has gone. Phoebe is such a fun little girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. Here are some of my favorite things:

1. She hisses. Cory calls it her Slestak noise.
2. She loves being naked. After I change her diaper I give her naked baby time.
3. She snuggles me when I do naked baby time with her. I lay down on my bed and she sits on my chest and just snuggles me.
4. She has 4 1/2 teeth out and her smile makes my heart so happy.
5. She loves to eat but forgets to chew. She always ends up with giant food stuffed cheeks and Mommy has to dig the food out so she doesn't choke.
6. She gets so mad at me when I dig the food out of her mouth so she doesn't choke.
7. She idolizes Zoe and giggles like crazy whenever her big sister plays with her.
8. She is learning to wave "Bye bye" but the way she holds her hand she is really waving to herself.
9. Her hair has just a hint of red in it and I didn't notice until she was 8 months old or so.
10. Sometimes she gets really shy and hugs me so hard.
11. She climbs up on everything and likes to help me type when I am working.
12. She gets so mad at me when I sit down to nurse her and am not ready to go instantly.
13. She loves her Daddy so much and gets so mad when he doesn't say "hi" to her immediately when he comes in the door from work.
14. She loves having a bath or shower. If I get in the shower without her she gets so mad at me. Or if Cory has me hold her after the bath water is ready while he grabs some supplies she gets so angry.
15. She loves it when I blow on her hands and feet.
16. She loves to play with her tongue and makes funny noises with it.
17. She squeals with delight and it is so perfect.

Oct 2010

A year sure can fly by! Now for some pictures in totally random order.

Nov 2010

Dec 2010

Jan 2011

Feb 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

June 2011

Sept 2011

March 2011

October 2011

Happy Birthday to my baby!

Tail end of Summer

2011-09-25T22:52:00.001-06:00

We have been having such a fun summer and I am very sad to see it go. Phoebe is almost a year old!! I can't even imagine where the time has gone. She is such a fun baby and we are having so much fun with her. She is a crawling master and goes all over the place. She is pulling herself up on everything but hasn't dared to stand up on her own or take a step yet. She makes the best demon noises ever. I've tried to get them on video and just haven't been able to yet. She loves playing with her tongue and making tongue noises. She wiggles like crazy and tries to roll over and get away as soon as you try to change her diaper. But if you wiggle your tongue and make tongue noises you will usually distract her enough to do the job. Funny kid!

Zoe will be 4 before I know it and she is growing into a big kid more and more every day. Cory was feeling sad the other day because Zoe didn't want to play with him. I guess she didn't like the way he was playing dolls so she wanted to play alone. She always wants to play with her cousin Cora and especially her big cousin Pammy. She is very interested in playing dress-ups and especially loves all things princess. She has several phone toys and she loves playing with the cell phones. Her favorite food is Macaroni and Cheese and she asks for it constantly! For breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Her favorite color is pink. She is a little sweetheart. Enjoy the pictures that I've taken over the last couple months.

Phoebe getting love from Great Grandpa Ralph.

Mom and Zoe climbed a mountain side while playing in the canyon.

Zoe's friend Stella had a fantastic Princess party! What a cute Tea Party!

Then the girls got a makeover with REAL makeup!

Zoe was so excited to wear the real stuff!

Playing in the Gateway fountains.

Isn't this kid cute!

Phoebe wanted to get in on the action so she crawled all over the place.

Trying not to get too wet.

Phoebe just enjoying the fun.

First day of pre-school!!

I'm not excited for summer to be over but I am excited for all of the fun adventures that we have coming up. This fall is going to be fantastic!

Million picture update!!

2011-08-12T23:59:00.000-06:00

It's been months and months since I last posted and so much has happened. Here are some pictures in random order..enjoy :)

Zoe as a sad little Princess.

Zoe helping Mommy cook dinner.

Happy Easter!

Cul-de-sac of Fire!!

Daddy and Phoebe enjoying the firewords.

A sudden summer rain storm caught Zoe by surprise..but she was so excited because I let her play with my umbrella. All fun and games till the scary thunder started to roll.

I made a little bed out of pillows and blankets for Zoe and Cora to lay on while watching one of their favorite shows "Retangled" (really "Tangled" Zoe calls it Retangled and it makes me laugh).

More Cul-de-sac of Fire pictures..I don't know how these got so out of order.

Zoe painting rocks. Best activity for toddlers.

Her face when she was done painting rocks.

Picture of my Mom with all of her Grandchildren.

Super muscles!

Mommy & Zoe

Mommy & Phoebe

Mom and Zoe trying not to get eaten by the T-Rex

Zoe getting a little nervous when we went to feed the Ducks. They were a bit aggressive.

Princess Zoe

Princess Zoe and Phoebe in her Blessing dress

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Zoe's Aunt Shanna has two weiner Dogs named Chili and Willie. This is Zoe's Chili/Willie shirt. She also has a Chili/Willie toy dog.

Phoebe in my favorite dress at Grandma Carolyn & Grandpa Dee's house

Mommy and Phoebe dancing at cousin Tara's wedding.

Zoe loved every part of her cousin Tara's wedding. But she was very broken hearted when she couldn't go into the castle (temple). But it almost made up for it when she got to dance with Princess Tara.

Zoe and her first cousin once removed Savannah playing with Giant Easter Eggs on their heads.

Zoe riding on Grandpa Dee's red digger. Still a bit scary..maybe next year she will actually like it.

Zoe & Phoebe on the 4th of July

Family on the 4th of July at the family reunion

Mommy and Phoebe playing in the river

The family sitting on a rock that is on the very edge of Fowler Falls.

Fowler Falls behind us.

Phoebe and Grandma Carolyn at the family reunion

Grandpa Dee and Phoebe camping is fun.

This girl loves a good warm bath.

My child crying while I was making dinner!! No, not crying..screaming her guts out.

Who would guess this sweet thing was screaming her guts out in the previous picture.

She's a keeper.

Phoebe loves her Lucius and he loves her.

Supper face!

This kid loves to eat!

Summer time is the coolest..or warmest.

Phoebe in her cute ballerina suit.

Phoebe in the cutest bundle suit. We put this on her to go out and fly a kite.

Beautiful little critter.

Such a cute Blessing dress.

Uncle Al and Grandma Carolyn out for Phoebe's blessing.

Great Grandmother Evelyn

Grandma's little girl!

Mommy & Phoebe with Grandpa Dee in the background playing ball with Zoe.

Mommy and her girls. True love!

Playing in the awesome fountain at the Library

A girl can really get soggy in a fountain like this.

Summer is the best.

There you have it. The last 5 months in a quick and picture loaded adventure.

Yipee, Zoe is Three!

2011-02-23T21:45:00.004-07:00

Zoe just celebrated her third Birthday! I can't believe I brought my first child into this world 3 years ago! Where has the time gone? Zoe is such a fun and amazing child. From the day we brought her home I just knew we had won the child lottery. She has such a fun and vivacious personality. She loves to play dress-ups, play doh, paint, color, watch "Zoe shows" on tv, dress her dolly's up, and bounce. Pretty much every day is filled with these favorite activities.

Shortly after Phoebe was born my Aunt gave me some used clothes that I could use for Phoebe or give to charity. A lot of the clothes were the wrong season so they really didn't work for Phoebe. I decided to donate them to charity..but Zoe just couldn't let that happen. We had to slowly take away the clothes from her because they had become her dolly's new outfits. We were almost able to get rid of everything..but there are still a few outfits here and there. Zoe actually loves to wear them as her own clothes. It cracks me up because she will be wearing a 3-6 month dress and bummie and just think she looks fantastic. It's pretty hilarious!

She is such a feminine thing! She loves to wear dresses and always wants to wear her pretty Sunday dresses. Every time we go to Costco we pass their pretty dresses and she has a fit that I won't buy her one. If that girl only wore dresses she would be a happy camper.

For her Birthday we invited all of her little friends to go swimming at our favorite indoor pool. We all had a really fun time swimming and playing. Even Phoebe got to dangle her feet in the water and had a nice time. I think she found the loud water sounds to be very soothing.

At one point I noticed that Zoe was holding her bottom and I figured she had to go to the bathroom. So we hurried to the family bathroom that is right by the pool..and of course it was occupied. So we started to hustle to the bathrooms in the locker room. Well the dang bathrooms are all the way through the locker room, past the dressing rooms, through a door and in another area. Sadly we didn't make it to the bathrooms. Zoe pooped a little right before we entered the locker room. I didn't notice it but my friend pointed it out to me as I was rushing Zoe into the locker room. A little piece of poop landed on the ground. I didn't know what to do because Zoe hadn't finished and the bathrooms were all the way on the other side of the locker room. So I rushed Zoe to the toilet, grabbed some TP, and rushed back to clean up the mess. My sweet friend Kristin met me in the locker room and took the TP and cleaned it up for me (that's how you know you've got a good friend!). What an event!

After swimming we invited everyone back to our house for cupcakes and gifts. Zoe had so much fun with her cupcakes, and even blew out the candles by herself. In the past the fire has scared her. She got lots of help from her friends and cousins opening all the fun gifts! It was an excellent party and such a fun day!

Happy Birthday Zoe, I love you so much!
Working hard
Decorating Valentines Day cookies
My Cute little Valentines <3

Christmas 2010

2010-12-29T21:57:00.006-07:00

Christmas 2010 has now come and gone. It was such a special Christmas for so many reasons. Our Phoebe was with us this year and it was so nice having her there to celebrate with us. Zoe mostly understands who Santa is and how he brings special presents to the nice girls and boys.

We went to our Ward Christmas party and Zoe was really excited to see Santa and tell him that she wanted paint for Christmas. We had explained that she didn't want to be on the naughty list so she had to be a nice girl. When it was time to put her coat on and leave the party she starting fussing and being naughty, saying she didn't want to leave. I told her that she either had to put her coat on or go tell Santa that she was being naughty and to put her on the naughty list. The little rascal turned away from me and started walking toward Santa to tell him to put her on the naughty list. I finally convinced her to be nice and put her coat on. Silly girl!

Christmas Eve we packed up all of our gifts and took everything to Grandma Pam and Grandpa Larry's house to spend the night. We had a tasty Chinese food supper and came home to open our Christmas jammies. Zoe got Dora the Explorer jammies and she was thrilled!! I got Cory a Nightshirt and it was so much fun!!! It was so goofy but so awesome! We had an eventful night because we tried to put Zoe, Pammy, and Cora all in the same room. Zoe and Cora just wanted to play and be silly so finally Heather took Cora into their room. Zoe woke up about 1 am and wasn't feeling very good. So Cory stayed up with her and took care of her all night. He said his nightshirt was like an awesome snuggie..he just had to pull his legs up into it and he was warm and cozy on the couch all night.

Christmas morning we were all awakened by Pammy yelling "A PILLOW PET!!! I got a PILLOW PET!!" I was surprised that Heather and Ryan went down before waking me up. So I got up out of bed to check and it turns out that Pammy had gotten scared during the night and wandered down to Grandma and Grandpas room. Grandma tried to entertain her by watching tv in the front room, but Zoe and Cory were snoozing there after a tough night. So she took Pammy back to her room and read stories. But Pammy eventually wandered into the living room and saw all the Santa glory. It was a fun way to wake up.
Phoebe is wondering why she isn't snoozing or nursing. Christmas is so confusing when you are so little.

Zoe loved her Christmas!! She got everything a little almost 3 year old dreams of! The very best gift this year would have to be her princess dress-ups. She is a dress-up lover and now has her very own dresses to love and cherish. It was an amazing Christmas and we have been so very blessed in every aspect of our lives.
This year we had 3 Dogs with us to celebrate Christmas! Heather's family got Ginger the cute little Beagle from Santa.

Loving on my ladies!

October fun!

2010-11-06T23:27:00.004-06:00

October is a favorite month of mine..and now even more so because it's little Phoebe's birth month. I love the fall weather, the leaves changing colors, Halloween, Cornbelly's, the Witches at Gardener Village, and pumpkin desserts! What could be better?

We went to Cornbelly's which is seriously one of my favorite things to do during the fall. It's at Thanksgiving Point and it is a load of fun for kids! We took little Phoebe out to play even though I am afraid of germs. I figured if we were outside the germs couldn't be too bad..and it was a nice evening for some fun. Zoe loved it this year! She got to dress up like a princess and play with the Pumpkin Princess, bounce on the crazy big bouncy pillows, go on a corn maze hay ride, play on a giant slide thingy, and much more. It was so much fun!!
Halloween this year was so great! Zoe dressed up as Raggedy Anne and she looked so cute. Whenever anyone would ask her what her name was she would say "Raggedy Anne"! Hilarious..and I didn't even prompt her to say that. She loves playing pretend. Phoebe dressed up in a little pumpkin suit. Where she was so little this year not many costumes are made to fit her so she didn't dress up too much. We went to our Ward Trunk-or-treat which ended up inside due to inclement weather. We had practiced saying "trick-or-treat" but when the time came to say it Zoe would say "candy please" it was funny! So much fun this year. Hopefully next year we will actually get to go door to door and have some real fun.

Phoebe!!

2010-10-19T16:59:00.004-06:00

The new addition to our family has finally arrived and we couldn't be any happier! Phoebe was born at 3:05 pm on 10/10/10! I had planned her arrival for that date and was thrilled that all my planning worked out in the end!

The birth was so different than when Zoe was born. I think when Zoe was born there was so much unknown and it was shocking. We went in on the 9th at 10 pm to start my induction. They just started me on a really low dose of pitocin and had me go through the night and just let the drug do it's job. The nurse who placed my IV did an awesome job..thinking back to Zoe's birth the IV was one of the worst parts for me. It made me feel sick and they had to do it a couple times to get the IV in right.I didn't sleep a wink the whole night..they had a heart rate monitor on my belly to track the baby's heart. They also had a blood pressure cuff on my arm that went off every hour. The one time I almost fell asleep the dang cuff went off and woke me up.
At about 5 am I just gave up and Cory and I watched "6 Days 7 Nights" on the VCR in the room. They didn't have a DVD player and that bummed me out because I had packed some of my favorite movies. Luckily they had a library of Tapes to choose from and they had a few interesting choices. They actually had some horror movies and some really heavy murder type movies. I was surprised because the last thing I want to watch while in labor is a horror!!

About this time they decided to up the pitocin to start my labor really going.Around 10:00 am a Doctor came in to break my water and I was only dilated to a 2. She had a hard time breaking the water and had to come back a little later to try again. Once my water broke things started to speed up a little. Around Noon I was feeling strong contractions and I was very uncomfortable sitting in the bed so I asked if I could walk around. They let me walk around with portable heart rate and contraction monitors. With each contraction I had to stop walking because it was best for me to concentrate on them than try to walk through them. I walked around for about an hour and then decided to go back to my room.

They checked me again and I was dilated to a 5. I decided at that point to get the epidural.The anesthesiologist gave me the epidural and at first it didn't take very well. The nurses told me to wait 20 min and if it still wasn't working they could give me a stronger dose of meds. Well it still wasn't working and I was feeling some STRONG contractions. So the anesthesiologist came back and gave me more meds. This time the meds worked amazingly, I could hardly feel a thing! They checked me again and I was dilated to a 10 so they called my Doctor to come deliver the baby.
While I was waiting I was feeling so tired..no sleep the night before plus labor had me tuckered. With the epidural I was finally comfortable and I almost fell asleep! I couldn't believe that at the height of labor I was feeling good enough to take a nap!! The Doctor got there and he had me start pushing. I guess they thought it would take a while for me to deliver the baby but at one point while I was pushing they told me to stop. The Doctor and his helper had to get their gear on so they could deliver the baby. When they were ready I started pushing again and had the baby out in two contractions! I'm an excellent pusher I guess.
Phoebe was brought to my chest so we could have some skin to skin time. She scored a 9 on the APGAR and was doing really well. Her blood sugar was a little low but with nursing it came back up and it wasn't a problem. It's so amazing experiencing child birth!
Phoebe is now a week old and she is doing excellent! She is sleeping and nursing like a champ. Zoe is adjusting really well to having a new sister. The first couple of days she would act out a little and get upset quickly but she has been nothing but sweet towards her baby sister. She just wants to kiss and rub Phoebe. We are so pleased that she has joined our family and we can't wait to watch her grow up!

Long overdue update :)

2010-08-12T09:55:00.006-06:00

It has been far too long since I last blogged! Zoe is getting so big and she is so much fun! We have been potty training and so far it is going really well. Last night she mentioned to Cory that she had to go poop. I thought she was with him but it turns out that she was in the backyard pooping on the grass. She came back in and had poop on her hands and legs and told me that she had pooped on the grass. Gross!! Hopefully this will be the only grass situation we have!

Zoe is talking really well and she loves to read stories and sing songs. Almost every day she takes all of her stories from one room to another so she can read them. They usually get shuffled up on my bed and then get lugged downstairs to the couch and finally back to Zoe's room at bedtime. It makes me laugh to see her going back and forth moving all her stories. We are talking over 30 stories that are moved around on a daily basis. She likes to read them to her baby doll while sitting on her dolly's bed.

If you don't already know I am pregnant with my second child. The baby is due 10/14/10 but I've asked my Doctor to induce me on 10/10/10 because it would make a fun birth date. My Doctor agreed to induce me where it is so close to my due date. So unless I have the baby early I will be welcoming daughter #2 on October 10th. I am excited and nervous to welcome new baby. Hopefully things will go as smoothly as having a new baby can go. All name suggestions are welcome!

We just got back from a family reunion at Hat Creek Hereford Ranch in Hat Creek California. We had a really nice time and got to relax a lot. Everyone was camping but I knew I couldn't do it seeing as I am 7 months pregnant. Luckily Cory's brother and his family live pretty close to the campground and they were kind enough to let us sleep at their home while they camped. I cannot describe how wonderful it was to go to their home each night and have a cozy bed to sleep in, toilets that don't require a trek, and nice clean showers.

Grandma and Grandpa have a Golf Cart that we got to ride around a little. Zoe called it Grandpa's "digger" and we would go on a daily (at least) drive to find critters. There were lots of squirrels and birds in the campground and cows near the entrance. We really enjoyed our critter trips!!

Around the camp there was a lot of dirt/sand ...and luckily Grandma thought ahead to bring shovels and buckets for the kids to play with. Zoe loved playing in the dirt and called it "making sandcastles" and never wanted to stop playing. I have never seen my child dirtier than she was making sandcastles each day. But she was having so much fun so I didn't mind her dirtiness.One night we rented out the local movie theater and watched "Despicable Me" which was so much fun! This was the first movie Zoe has seen in the theater and she did surprisingly well. She loved the movie and was good through the whole thing. We loved visiting with Cory's family and relaxing for a whole week. Below are some pictures of our fun trip!

Zoe loving on the Digger!
Swinging with cousin Ashley
Our family
Swinging is so fun!
Sprinklers!!!

Thankfully this is the only bear we saw!
Super wet and happy!

Thank you Easter Bunny!

2010-04-11T13:12:00.003-06:00

We hope everyone had a really nice Easter. We had a really great day! Zoe loved Easter and had so much fun playing with her Easter Basket.
The Easter Bunny brought Zoe a new swim suit with a rash guard top and flip flops for our upcoming trip to Hawaii. She got a fun pink ball that hopefully the dog won't be able to ruin. It's a hard plastic ball that bounces pretty good. The dog has killed all other balls this poor child has had. She got some candies, a new coloring book, and some markers.
Zoe had an Easter Egg hunt in our living room with her cousins Cora and Pamela. Zoe didn't get it at first so Pamela got off to a good start. But then Zoe realized that the eggs were fun to get. Then she realized that the eggs had treats in them!! She had so much fun.
After the Easter adventures we had a really tasty brunch at my sisters house. We had such a fun day and were happy to get to spend it with my sister and her family. Although we were a little jealous that we had to miss out on the fun Petersen festivities. We hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

Happy #2 Zoe!!

2010-02-07T13:38:00.006-07:00

Zoe is 2!! I can't believe my baby is such a big girl! I don't even feel like I can call her the baby anymore. I should start calling her my big girl. We celebrated her Birthday yesterday and it was so much fun! We went to a really great indoor swimming pool at Murray Park. The pool has a pretty big water slide that they let take little kids down with you. She just loved the slide and her expression is the best when you watch her coming to the bottom. So much fun! The pool also has a lazy river and a little kiddie playground that has a slide and lots of water squirting everywhere. It was such a great way to celebrate!

After the pool we came back home for gifts and cake and ice cream. Zoe got some serious loot!! a Buckin' bronco, baby doll, stroller for baby doll, dog in a bag, crochet wiener dog, crochet Lucius look-a-like dog, and much much more!! We are so thankful to have such fun friends and want to thank everyone for coming!

I bought Zoe a book about Birthdays and in the book is a cake with candles on it. So we always pretend to blow out the candles when we get to that page. She loves to do it for pretend..but when I walked towards her with a cupcake with 2 lit candles she was terrified! Pammy and I blew the candles out and Zoe was much happier. She had watched me decorate the cupcakes and the whole time she was saying "Zoe cupcake". So she was pretty thrilled to finally get to eat a cupcake. I made the cupcakes so fun!! They were rainbow and let me just say..they tasted delicious!!

Happy Birthday Zoe!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

2009-12-28T19:58:00.007-07:00

After talking about Santa for months Zoe still cried when she sat on his lap.

The mall has a Choo Choo train that goes around the stores and we saw it when while waiting for Santa. We finally found it and turns out it cost $3.00 per person and I only had $2.00 in cash. Well the train guy decided that we could all ride for the $2.00 :)

Cory thinks they wanted the train to look full and fun so they would get more customers. Lucky us!!

Carousel fun..Zoe was on a Reindeer first but decided she wanted to be on the Dragon instead. Who can blame her the Dragon is pretty cool.

Christmas Eve she just opened her Christmas jammies..they have Owls on them.

Christmas morning..just what she wanted..a potty! Trying it out for the first time. I guess we'll have to teach her that the pants come down when using the potty.

Christmas is lots of work! A girl gets tired..time for a rest.

Rest over..back to work opening her Christmas Stocking!

Zoe got a shopping cart with "real" food (aka empty boxes with pictures on them)to put in it. She also got a baby doll that she likes to cart around the house. The Baby doll is by far the favorite present this year.

Zoe lucked out and got one of the most desired gifts this year a Zhu Zhu pet hamsters!! It's really cute and runs around all crazy. I'm sure the dog will eat it within the week.

Zoe finally gave up on opening gifts and decided to play with her baby doll. Daddy was given the task of opening the rest of her gifts. Spoons..just what she needed :)

Family Christmas picture..Cory wasn't feeling so well in this first picture. Don't worry..we have our Christmas cracker hats on so I'm sure he'll be feeling better in no time.

Excellent..Cory is back to being his usual holly jolly self.

Such a fun Christmas!

Sledding the day after Christmas! So much fun :)

Hope you all had a great Christmas and wishing you a supreme New Year!

Halloween Happiness!

2009-11-04T14:42:00.009-07:00

This October has been loads of fun!! We went to a pumpkin patch, Cornbelly's, Grandma and Grandpa's house in California, and we Trick-or-Treated!! Whew..what a month!

Here are lots of fun pictures from our adventures..

Pumpkin Patch

Cornbelly's!!!

Visiting Granparents

Halloween Pics

Lazy Jullee over the summer

2009-10-04T22:13:00.006-06:00

Wow..no update since August! So so sad! We are doing good and really really enjoyed the summer. I found out that I am a lousy gardener! I planted 3 zucchini plants, 2 yellow squash plants, and 5 tomato plants. To this date I have grown 3 zucchini's, one yellow squash, and a handful of tomatoes. Pretty lame! In fact snails ate my first 2 zucchini plants! I hate snails!

In August we went to Yellowstone with our good friends Angie, Erich, and Owen. It was a fantastic vacay! Angie's Aunt and Uncle have a cabin in Island Park that we got to stay at. It was a very inexpensive and super fun trip and we hope they will invite us to do it again next year (hint hint). As a souvenir Zoe got a special Buffalo stuffed toy and she loves it so much! And it is hilarious listening to her say Buffalo..which sounds suspiciously similar to marshmallow.

Zoe had her pictures taken for 18 months old and they turned out pretty darn cute! She is such a sweet girl! I got her a cute little flower bow for her hair. But where she still doesn't have much hair and enjoyed playing with it it was hard to keep the bow in place. In fact I think it is in a different position in each picture.

We have now been in our house for a year!! And the day before our home warranty ran out we called about our finicky hot water heater and it was replaced for a small fee compared to what it would have cost us to replace it on our own! Nice!

We got another dog..this time a puppy and he is an all black Standard Poodle pup. He has been such a joy..now if only we can get him fully potty trained. We had a tough time naming him..it took about a week to finally come up with a name that both Cory and I could agree on. Where he is all black I thought a dark name would be good so we named him Lucius after Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter. Great dog!

That's about it..I hope I post more coming up cause my blog is pretty boring right now.

Super Duper Summer

2009-08-17T22:22:00.005-06:00

Summer is just whizzing by and I haven't found the time to blog much. I guess twice in summer 2009 will have to be good enough. And who knows...there still might be time to get one more in before August is over. We have been having a very fun summer. Zoe is so big now (18 months!!) that it makes everything so much more fun. There is way too many pictures to show so here we go!!

Zoe and Cory playing in the Gateway Fountains

Zoe loves playing in the fountains!!

Us at the 4th of July Parade

4th of July cousins

Zoe lucked out and caught a delicious taffy. After this the parade became a lot more fun to this child. Did I mention that Cory handed the baby one of those pop's that you throw at the ground and they pop. Well being a baby the first thing she did was stick it in her mouth. That wasn't my favorite moment of the day.

Zoe's first sparklers!!

Zoe loves to play with her Belly Button, it is basically her comfort item. Here she is playing with her Button in "Hawaii" our kiddie water toy.

Zoe loves "Hawaii" in the summertime!

Zoe at a petting zoo loving on a goat. She had so much fun..playing with pigs, goats, sheep, geese, ducks, and even got a pony ride.

Zoe and Pammy watching ducks at Gardner Village.

Zoe roaming around at Gardner Village.

Grandma Pam and Zoe at the Rodeo!! Zoe loved it and can't wait till she gets a chance to do some serious mutton bustin!!

And finally..Cory playing drums in a recent rock'n'roll show.

Big ouchie and random goings on

2009-06-02T11:33:00.008-06:00

It's been a little while since I last blogged. We've had a few adventures that I wanted to write about. Early in May we went to the park to feed ducks with some stale bread. The bread had gone a little moldy but I figured the ducks would still like it. When we got to the park we were excited to see lots of soft, fuzzy, yellow goslings! They were so darn cute! We had lots of fun feeding the animals and when I gave Zoe some bread to throw out she decided that she needed to snack on it. So gross! She was just loving on the stale slightly moldy bread. What a funny little girl.

Also during May we had a contractor come to our house to add insulation to our attic. It was supposed to be a really quick thing. He would come and add the insulation which would take a couple hours and be done. Well, things didn't go so smoothly...he ended up stepping through the ceiling in my bedroom while I was in there working. He didn't fall through but his leg came clear through and made a giant hole! It scared me so bad that I'm sure I yelled out in surprise. So what should have taken a couple of hours ended up taking almost a week! The guy, Ron, was so nice but for some reason he worked so slowly. He eventually finished and the patch looks mostly good.

I turned 28 on May 8 and am sad that my twenties are almost over! I'm not ready to be 30 so I better enjoy my last 2 years! For my Birthday Cory let me get a dog. I've been wanting a dog for a while now so I was very excited to look at dogs. We decided to go check at the pound and see what they had. They had a few cute dogs to choose from. Cory had his eye on a Pit Bull and I had my eye on a Bichon Frise mix. Cory's choice was huge and beautiful and strong..while my choice was small, white, and fuzzy. Because it was my Birthday gift and we have a small baby we decided to go for the Bichon Frise mix named Pierre he is about 5 years old. He is a sweet Dog but he has some bad habits that we are going to try to train out of him. He loves to eat garbage which we don't like. But other than that he is a great dog so far.

On Memorial Day we had an interesting day. It started out with us shopping and having a little fun with my sister and her family. Then we went to a park in Draper where we watched the Air Force Band play. It was such a nice concert and Zoe had so much fun walking around and listening to the music. We saw the show with Zoe's Great Grandparents who we love spending time with.

That evening we decided to go visit Zoe's Grandma Pam. We were outside playing with Pierre and Kona, Grandpa Larry's dog. Grandma Pam, the Great grandparents, and Cory were all sitting on a brick planter that my Mom has Snap Dragons planted in. Little Zoe was walking around and just having a great time. She started to walk towards my Mom with a big old grin on her face and just as she was about to reach my Mom she tripped and plunged right into the brick planter with her little head. She hit right between her eyes at the top of her nose and it was the most awful sound I have ever heard! I had been playing with the Dogs so I ran over to where my Mom was holding the baby and saw that my Mom's shirt was covered in blood!

I ran into the house and got a wet cloth to put on the baby's head and we hussled to the local clini because the hospital was much further away. So we get to the clinic and the baby was so upset and crying. I tried to calm her down by singing her favorite song, The ABC's, over and over. We had to wait a while and she eventually started to calm down. About that time the Doctor was ready to stitch the baby up. It was the most horrible thing ever! They swaddled her up and turned a big light on her head which made her so upset. Then we had myself, my Mom, Cory, and the nurse all trying to hold the baby down while the Doctor did the stitches. That Zoe is a fighter! She didn't want to be part of any of that and she was using all her force to try and stop us. I started to get very nauseous and thought I was going to pass out and vomit at the same time so I had to leave the room. But then I felt really bad that I had left my baby when she was so upset and having such a traumatic moment. So I went back in the room but got sick again and had to leave again. I laid down on the nasty clinic's bathroom floor and just tried to calm down. It was weird I broke out in a cold sweat and was just feeling awful. But I got things together and was able to go back in and help hold the baby for the last stitches. Zoe ended up getting 2 or 3 deep stitches and 3 surface stitches. Cory and I are going today to get the stitches out and hopefully there will only be a little scar if any. Zoe has been such a trooper with this whole thing. I just hope this is the only experience we'll ever have with her and stitches or anything traumatic!

Enjoy the video of her new trick and you can see her stitches again.

California Trip!!

2009-04-29T12:42:00.011-06:00

So we have been back from Anaheim for a little while and I figure it's time to blog about our trip. We had so much fun!! The end.

Ha ha! Just teasing..well we did have so much fun but kidding about the "the end" part. We flew to LA and I was scared that Zoe would be a menace on the airplane. Where she is under 2 we were able to have her sit on our laps which saved us some dinero but we were a little nervous to see if we would have another person sharing our seats who would be mean or grumpy about the baby. Luckily the plane wasn't full and the guy who was supposed to sit by us was able to move to another seat. Zoe was pretty good just a little fussy because she had limited space to move around. I really wanted her to take a nap and she finally fell asleep..when we landed. So she snoozed until we got to the rental car place. We got the car and rode to Anaheim..a funny story about the rental car. We shared a mini van with my sister and her family which meant we were good and squished in. Cory and I sat in the back seat and when I was all situated I noticed that the previous individual who sat in that seat had used the back of the headrest in front of them as a place to wipe boogers!! It was so gross! They had also colored all over the cup holder/arm rest space with crayon. So as we checked out we told the car rental people and they basically told us that they are only worried about dents so no problem with boogers! So gross!

Our first park to visit was California Adventure Park and we loved it so much!! We went to the super cute Bugs Life section and had a blast going on rides with Zoe. She loved all the rides and just giggled and had a blast. Then Cory and I went on Tower of Terror with my brother Matt while everyone else watched the kids. That ride was lots and lots of fun!! Cory was very scared and me, I just loved it all. The story was neat, the ride was scary/ awesome, and the employees were fun. Good ride!My Aunt Sherrie Meeting and loving Woody!
She was so excited to meet him!

Then we found a little play spot and spent most of the day there. Zoe went on slides and played all around. It was the perfect place to let her get down and just play off some energy. I think in all we went on 3 adult rides (Tower of Terror, Soarin over California, and a swing ride in an orange) but we had lots of fun.

The next day we went to Disneyland and loved it! Before going to the park we ate breakfast at Goofy's kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel. There were a few characters roaming around and they did some fun things where kids could come up and bang pots with Goofy. Zoe had fun meeting the characters..and Goofy even enjoyed a sip from her sippy cup! Very fun.
Pammy and Zoe in their adorable matching Minnie dresses.

Then we went to the park and had a day full of fun. Zoe loved every ride she went on. We went on Pirates of the Carribean several times and she wasn't scared at all. I got Cory a really cute Peter Pan hat that came with a cute red feather. He looked very dapper in the hat. One sad thing about Disneyland is that Disney characters don't roam around to meet people! You have to stand in line at a designated spot to get a picture with any of them. We wanted some princess pictures but the line was over 2 hours long!! But we did get a picture of Zoe in her cute Minnie Mouse dress with Miss Minnie!
Zoe fell asleep like this!! What a funny girl!

The next day we went to the Beach with my brother and Zoe LOVED the beach!!! She is such a little beach bum..and she was so darn cute in her alligator swimsuit. She is such a riot! It was a warm day but the water was pretty cold. Despite the water being chilly Zoe just wanted to play play play. It was so much fun watching her laugh and frolic on the beach.

Our last day we went back to Disneyland and played in Fantasyland a lot more. Zoe got to go on more rides this day but it was the hottest day of the trip. We had to go sit in the saloon for an hour and a half which was good cause we got to see the funny Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. We decided to wait in the princess picture line while Zoe was napping which was okay because it was in the shade and by the time we got to the front Zoe had a pretty decent nap. We met Cinderella, Aurora, and Ariel. I really wanted to see Snow White but we didn't get that lucky. It was a fun last day in Cali.

The flight home was really good..Zoe fell asleep about the time the flight took off and woke up just after we landed. Talk about an easy breezy flight.

All in all it was such a great trip!! We can't wait for our next family Vacation!!

Easter Adventures

2009-04-22T22:14:00.011-06:00

I know it's a little late to be posting about Easter..but we've had a busy couple weeks. Easter was so much fun! Zoe is such a cute, fun little girl. She has taken her first steps by the way..she hasn't moved beyond a couple steps and standing on her own yet but I feel like it will happen soon! Back to Easter..after church we had a nice brunch with my sister's family and my parents. Zoe loves playing at her Auntie Ho Ho's house, so eating brunch there was even better than usual. We had some tasty food and we all ate way too much.

After brunch we had an Easter egg hunt for Zoe with eggs full of mini Nilla wafers, Bee graham cookies, mini fig newtons, and froot loops cereal. Zoe didn't really get a chance to search for the eggs because her trusty sidekick Pamela ran around and scooped them all up. But Zoe still enjoyed the eggs and being outside. Pamela got a slide and I helped Zoe go down and she just loved that! She was giggling and having so much fun. It was such a great Easter!Us with my Dad's dog, Kona.

These last pictures are of Zoe terorizing my office..she pretty much trashes the room each day before her nap while I work. She loves it so I don't mind at all..plus it keeps her happy and busy so I can get some work done.

Blog Slacker

2009-04-01T23:42:00.010-06:00

So I have been a big time blog slacker. Life gets busy with baby, work, husband, cooking, pretending to clean, sleeping, and watching tv. It's hard to find time to blog. But I am here now and hoping you will all forgive me.

Not much has been going on in our neck of the woods. No exciting news or adventures in the past month or so. We are gearing up to go on vacation later this month..Disneyland here we come!! We are pretty excited little monkeys. Zoe doesn't even know the fun we have in store for her. I just hope she has fun..being as young as she is I'm not sure that she'll truly appreciate all the princess glory that So Cal has in store for her. Cory is darn excited because Disneyland doesn't have any scary rides that I'll make him go on with me. One time we went to an amusement park called "Great America " and Cory had his friend Brandon come be my ride partner so Cory didn't have to go on the scary rides. Cory is a super ride chicken..he gets scared going on the trolley ride at Lagoon that takes you from one side of the park to the next. So with rides like "It's a Small World" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" Cory will be safe.

Last month Zoe was a sick little lady. We had to go to the Doctors a few times which made me sad. She had a pretty nasty cold and we went to the Doctor and it turns out she had an ear infection also. So we got her on an antibiotic and things were looking up...

Until one morning we woke up to a Polka Dot baby!! Zoe had a rash all over and of course it was a Sunday morning! So I called my Doctors office and talked to an on call nurse who said not to worry about it just to stop the antibiotic and come in the next morning. Well easy for her to say.. she didn't have to watch a miserable baby all day. She was so upset and miserable that I called again and they had us come in to a special Sunday night clinic where they have an on call Doctor come in and see all patients that are terribly ill that day. Well we get in to the Doctor and it turns out that Zoe is allergic to the Penicillin. We had already stopped giving her the drugs so we now just had to wait while the rash cleared up.

It was a rough few days...Poor Zoe was so miserable, fussy, and upset. I gave her some itching medicine and a special oatmeal bath to try and help her. It ended up taking 3 days to clear up so at least it didn't last TOO long. Heather was sure it was a horrible, incurable rash that would spread to her house and children so she wouldn't let us visit for a whole week after the rash cleared up. But now she's back to her happy self again and we know next time no penicillin for Zoe.

Oh...another thing that happened was that my favorite singer and gem sweater lover, Leslie and the Ly's came to town for a concert. It was excellent. I read on a website that it started at 10:00 pm so I wasn't worried about time. The singer really does love gem sweaters so Heather and I sat and bedazzled sweaters for me and Cory (Heather made a really sweet one for herself with a horse on it) for three hours. Well while I was bedazzling I got a message from my friend who was coming along saying that the show started at 7 not 10:00!!! It was 7:30 and I freaked out. I was sure we were going to miss the show. So we threw on our sweaters and hustled it to the show and ended up making it just in time for Leslies lady jams. It was a great show!!! After the show we got to visit with Leslie and she loved the sweaters. It was an excellent night!

Visiting Great Grandparents

2009-03-01T14:00:00.010-07:00

Cute cousins in the tub at Great Grandma's house!

Last weekend we went to St. George to visit my Grandparents and go to the St. George home show. We went out for a Girls weekend with my Mom, Heather and her girls, and Zoe and I. It was a really nice weekend and I saw the most perfect house ever! It was the classy cowboy home of my dreams!! If I had 3.5 million dollars for a house I'd buy that one for sure. But it would have to come fully furnished cause otherwise it wouldn't be as perfect. On the way to the classy cowboy house we saw a family of polygamists!! My sister stopped them and asked them how they got to the house because there wasn't a clear path. It was so great and it really made my day. They chatted with her for a second and then went on their merry way. Such a great moment!Picture I took of myself in a weird surveillance thingy while walking through a home.

Zoe just loves to stick her finger up her nose. She just likes that there is a place for fingers on her face.

My Aunt Sherrie with Zoe and Cora..Zoe's finger up her nose again!

Great Grandparents with cute Great Granddaughters.

When our little trip was over and we were set to leave St. George and drive back to SLC we had a little bump in our journey. Somehow my sisters car keys went missing. I had driven up with my Mom in her car so we weren't all doomed to stay in St. George forever. We looked and looked for about an hour and a half and those keys were nowhere to be found!! We think little Pamela was playing with them and nobody will ever know where they ended up. Poor Ryan had to drive the 5-6 hours to St. George with the spare set of car keys to rescue his wife and kids. My Mom and I didn't wait around for Ryan. None of us felt awesome and where we were sick-ish we decided to head home. The drive went pretty well and we only made one stop for lunch in Fillmore. It was funny cause there was a table of young single folks and they were teasing a girl who had gone to Vegas or Mesquite for the first time and had said she only wanted to play either "BlackJack" or "21" not knowing they were the same game. They teased her the whole time we were there. After the trip we all got really sick so we are now just working on getting rid of sick and being healthy again.
Funny carpte in my Grandparents Garage.
Zoe in a Giant chair at a furniture store.
Zoe playing in the tub with bubbles

Happy Birthday Zoe!!

2009-02-09T23:42:00.022-07:00

Zoe is One!! She is such a big girl and it amazes me to look back on the past year and see how much she has changed. She has the cutest little personality and it's funny that this sassy little girl emerged from the grumpy newborn that we brought home last winter. Here are a few of my favorite pics of her during the past year.

For Zoe's Birthday party we invited some of her friends (aka Cory and my friends) and had a fun little afternoon. I decorated the house really cute with the help of Cory and our friend Dave who was visiting from PA with his wife Shawnee and their adorable little girl Taya. Unfortunately they couldn't stay for the big party..they had a plane to catch. It was great having them visit and really great having them help hang the streamers. Although the streamers were a bit hay wire so I had to get in there and fix them. It's part of my OCD-ness.

I found a really cute Birthday shirt on the internet and thought I could make it by Zoe's birthday. Well it turns out that if you leave it to the last night you don't have time...so my super excellent sister made it for me and it turned out AWESOME!

I made some cute cupcakes for the party and Zoe although timid at first really dug into the thing after I helped her have a taste. It was pretty funny watching her try to eat it after she had smashed it to bits!!

"Ohhh fire!!"

"I want the fire soooo bad!!!!"

She got some really great presents from our really great friends and luckily she had some excellent helpers to open most of the gifts for her. Zoe got to help open a few and she got to play with some really fun tissue paper.

It was a bunch of fun and we can't wait till next year when our funny little girl turns 2!

Toy trouble!! Ack!

2009-01-26T22:19:00.002-07:00

I am in love with a website called www.etsy.com it is a site you can go to buy homemade goods. I especially like to look at what is for sell for Zoe. I have gotten so many good ideas and have bought some really cool stuff on Etsy. Well now there is a new law that could ruin my etsy shopping days forever!!

I don't know if anyone has heard about the new law that was passed to make toys safer. It's basically in regards to all the toy recalls last year due to unsafe toys that were made in China. It's a good law..however I think it has some flaws and I'm trying to do my part to fix it. If you check out this website http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/ you will see what they are trying to do.

Basically I went to the website and I used their sample letter and I sent it out to our Utah Senators and Congressman in hopes that they will exclude the small time folks from having to pay these big fees to make safe and fun toys for our children. Basically I want a choice and if I prefer a cute handmade toy or outfit I should have that option. I'm afraid they will cause all these small timers to stop making their goods and I will be stuck buying more expensive things that are made in China and don't really even benefit the USA working folks! So I urge you all to send letters out and help get this law fixed!! Wow..I've never seen myself so political before!

On the Move

2009-01-20T23:22:00.020-07:00

Well it's finally official! Zoe has figured out how to crawl and she is LOVING it!! She is all over the place and getting into trouble everywhere she goes! I swear I can't leave her on the bathroom floor while I take a shower cause she plays in the bathroom cabinet, plays in the trash, with the plunger, with the toilet brush, with the TP, with the towel hanging up...etc. I seriously have to clear the bathroom of everything to be able to take a shower without yelling "no-no" or getting out and rescuing her. Oh..and the best part is that my shower door is a glass door so we aren't talking about about just a shower curtain here. Well Miss Zoe crawled over to the shower door so she could see me and when I was all ready to get out she was blocking the door and I couldn't get out!! So there I was stuck in the shower soaking wet with a baby blocking my exit! She is such a funny girl! I actually had to distract her by throwing a little bottle out in hopes that she would crawl after it..luckily my plan worked and I was freed from the shower! Even though it's a bit of a hassle to have her crawling she is just so darn cute doing it! She is also starting to try and pull up..she hasn't made it to her feet yet but she pulls up to her knees.

We went to Sacramento for Claire's blessing day and had an excellent, but short trip. It's always so great to get together with the Cali family!! The drive out wasn't too bad...we left at night so Zoe would sleep. We were tired cause we left on New Years Day after a late night partying at my sisters house (two doors down). We made it to Reno and decided to get a hotel room around 3:00 am local time (4am our time). Well lucky us Zoe decided that after her long night of sleeping in the car she was good and ready to play!!! So being a mean and nasty person I let Cory stay up with her while I slept! She eventually tired out but it took a little over 2 hours!!! The next morning we departed on what should have been a 2 hour drive but ended up spending about 5 hours maybe more stuck in the Donner pass in the weeniest snow storm I have ever seen!!! I mean come on people...you don't need chains if the snow ain't sticking! So looooong trip out but a great time seeing everyone!
Zoe with Uncle Tim, Noah, and Joseph
Cory's little sister Tiffany

Some of my beautiful nieces

Corbin..the fiesty big brother to sweet baby Claire

Baby Claire
Cory with his Dad and 3 of his Brothers

We have had lots of snow so Cory has had to shovel the driveway a lot. Well it made a bit of a hill so my sister came over with her girls and we had the kids go sledding on the "hill". It was so funny and Zoe just loved it until she reached her little hand out and grabbed a bunch of snow. Then we decided it was time to snuggle her and call it a day.

Cory had his 32nd Birthday on the 16th and now he is an oldie moldie for sure!! For a special night we went out for Indian food (Cory's fave..well top 10 at least) with a group of our friends and had a great time. I decided to do a little something special for him and had the coolest cake made special just for him!! Let's just say Cory had a very Hammy Birthday!!! Ha ha!!

And on a last note...what is with kids these days?? I swear celebrities get funnier looking every year!! When I was a teen we had all the hottest guys..

Justin Timberlake (NSYNC),

Hanson,

Jonathan Taylor Thomas,

James Van Der Beek,

Elijah Wood and many many more!

So what is the deal with the Jonas Brothers?? I just don't get it! the Jo Bro's are nerds!! Mega nerds!! I'm so glad I'm not a teen now-a-days! Crummy idols!

Blech!! Shiny silver pants..Tight tight jeans (girl pants), funny hair, weird facial expressions..etc!
Well at least they have Archie.And...last but not least Zoe in the tub!

CHRISTMAS!!!!

2008-12-26T12:58:00.012-07:00

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! This is such a special time of year and we hope it finds everyone happy and healthy! We had such a beautiful white Christmas here in Utah! So much snow!! We spent Christmas eve night at my parents house and per a family tradition we watched a movie. Before we all had babies we would go out to see the movie at a theater but with babies we just watch it at my parents home. We watched "Mama Mia" which I LOVED! The music was so fun what a nice way to spend Christmas eve. Zoe had a rough night she must have been super excited for Santa! She ended up sleeping most of the night in bed with Cory and I!

We got up around 7:00 to open presents but my niece Pamela was too tired to wake up..but she finally decided it would be a good idea to wake up! My Dad got a standard Poodle for Christmas named Kona and she is a sweet but rambunctious pup! Zoe just loved Christmas!! She loved all the wrapping paper, ribbons, and presents. My mom bought her the best little "gear" present that she just laughed every time we turned it on! It was so cute! Cory and I got a new dishwasher (this is a picture of the old one right before the plumber installed the new one!) and some other great stuff.

Ever since Cory and I were married we have decorated a Christmas stocking for each other. This year we still decorated each others and we shared decorating Zoe's. Did you notice the Christmas pickle I drew on Cory's stalking?!

After Christmas we watched some movies and enjoyed each others company! Zoe and Pammy got to have a fun Christmas bath in Grandmas big tub with Bubbles! Yay! It was an excellent holiday!

We hope you all have a very fun and exciting new year!

Christmas trees and Cookies

2008-12-26T12:39:00.006-07:00

We had so much fun decorating our Christmas tree this year! All 4 artificial feet of it! We bought this tree last year thinking we would be apartment dwellers for a few years to come. So we plan to use it for at least a couple years. Plus it's pre-lit and it doesn't take long to put up ornaments. Oh...and guess who got her Pickle ornament this year!!! Me!!! I was so excited to find this one..and I also convinced my sister that she needed a Pickle on her tree! I love my pickle! The house looked so cute all Christmasy and Zoe just loved all the decorations.

We also had a really fun Cookie exchange Christmas party to go to this year! I love this kind of party it makes me so excited. I had been trying to find the perfect cookie recipe this year and I even made 2 trial recipes just to try and find the most tasty of all. But in the end I decided to try and make gingerbread cookies from scratch. I bought a rolling pin and some super cute cookie cutters and gave it a whirl! I think they turned out so darn cute and they were delicious. However if I make them again I will roll the dough a bit thicker for softer cookies. These ones were pretty crispy and I had wanted more of a sugar cookie type cookie.

Temple Square Lights

2008-12-26T10:35:00.009-07:00

I was having some nasty computer issues for a couple of weeks..we got some virus/viruses that were making it really tricky to get online for any length of time. But Cory is a handsome computer genius and he fixed it up real good!

We went to Temple Square a few weeks ago and it was so much fun! The baby loved the lights and wasn't bothered by the cold at all. It probably helped that we had her bundled up so much that she kind of resembled the kid in "A Christmas Story" who can't put his arms down in his snow suit. Check out the pictures..her arms are basically in the same position the whole time!!! We had her in a pair of pants with jeans over those..a turtleneck with a sweater over it and a warm coat on top...mittens, a knit hat, and the hat on her coat. Then we had her bundled with 3 blankets!! I wasn't taking any chances! The lights were so pretty and we even went into the visitors center and listened to some caroling. I love Christmas songs! It was such a fun night!

Christmas Tag

2008-12-03T12:47:00.004-07:00

Christmas Tag
1. Egg Nog or Hot chocolate? Egg Nog is soooo gross!! My vote is Hot Chocolate ALL the way!!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? A little of both! That way the kids can have instant fun with the gifts left open and also have fun unwrapping the others.

3. Colored lights on a tree/house or white? We haven't pulled out our tree yet (it's a pre-lit fake one) but I think it might be white lights. However I think both types are lots of fun!

4. Do I hang mistletoe? Nope... isn't Mistletoe poisonous? I have a small baby to think about here!

5. When do I put up my decorations? Whenever I get the chance. Hopefully this week..but we'll see...

6. What is my favorite holiday dish? Nacho biscuits!! So tasty! I also love my Grandmas Chicken Noodle soup with orange rolls.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? I have way too many favorite holiday memories!! Here is one that I really love...Every year in the Highland house we would tie pretty red bows on everyone in the neighborhoods mail box. It always turned out so pretty the red bows surrounded by fresh white snow!

8. When and how did I learn the truth about Santa? I am pretty sure I was in Sixth grade...sad story! My teacher had us write letters from Santa to the younger children (1st and 2nd graders) and I was really confused about why we would write letters back and not Santa...then someone made fun of me and told me the sad truth!

9. Do we open a Christmas gift on Christmas Eve? Yeah and according to tradition it's usually new Pajamas..so much fun to wear that night!

10. How do I decorate our tree? Lights and ornaments..this year I want a Pickle ornament. It's supposed to be lucky for whoever finds the pickle or something like that. It just sounds funny to have a pickle on my tree.

11. Can I ice skate? Kinda...well at least I used to kinda be able to.

12. Can I remember my favorite gift? They have all been so awesome!! My parents have always been so generous! When I was 19 my parents got me a cell phone and they had it ring so I could hear funny noises in the box! It was very exciting because cell phones were still new and fancy back then.

13. What is the most important thing about he holidays for me? Enjoying the Magic of the season. There is just something about Decmeber that makes my heart feel happier. I can't wait to experience Zoe's first Christmas!!

14. What is my favorite holiday dessert? I don't know about a specific holiday dessert...but my mom makes these wicked delicious cinnamon rolls where the top secret recipe was handed down from my Great Great Great Grandmother. Soooo delish!

15. What is my favorite holiday tradition? We would always watch a movie on Christmas Eve! It was so fun and it probably helped my parents get through the night without a bunch of Christmas crazy kids. I will continue this tradition with my kids...The other tradition I LOVE and Cory hates is after all the gift giving is finished we put the gifts on our beds so everyone can see what we got. This was always really exciting because my Grandparents would come and see our gifts!

16. What tops my tree? A star

17. What do I prefer - Giving or receiving? I love both..however finding the perfect gift for someone is priceless! Like last year for example..I found a really classy fake Llama with Alpaca fur for my sister and I was so excited for her to open it!!!

18. What is my favorite Christmas song? Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

19. Candy Canes? Yummy.

20. Do I feel Christmas is too commercialized? Nah..Christmas is perfect...okay maybe starting to put Christmas in the stores before Halloween is a bit exteme but...

I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!!

Arggghhh!

2008-11-03T17:42:00.008-07:00

Halloween was so much fun this year!! Who would have guessed how much fun it is to dress up your little baby! Zoe was a Pirate for Halloween! Cory and I really enjoyed dressing her up and taking pictures. I thought for sure the hat would drive her crazy. But as soon as Cory handed her the sword she stuck it right in her little mouth and was happy to just chew on the sword. For Halloween we mostly just stayed in and enjoyed an evening together. Cory got off work early so we could enjoy the night.

My sister Heather and I had decided to do a fun little Halloween dinner and dessert thing. She made chili and cornbread and I made doughnuts! Let me just tell you that making doughnuts is WAYYYY harder than I thought it would be!!! I didn't get any pictures I didn't think about it..but man those "treats" sure turned out UGLY! They tasted ok but they were soooo greasy and just not pretty. I had a hard time keeping the oil at a constant temperature and my sister tells me that according to Alton Brown that is why my doughnuts were so greasy. So maybe I'll try again next Halloween.

We hope everyone had a great time..and hope nobody (or their kids) came home with cavaties!

Here are a couple of cute pics of Zoe..I finally got a good shot of her teeth. And the other is her drinking water form a big girl cup. She LOVES drinking water from the cup..don't mind all the baby food mess everywhere. She also LOVES spitting her food out!

Autumn how we love you!

2008-10-27T23:24:00.018-06:00

Petersens at a Pumpkin Patch!

I LOVE October!! It is pretty much the best month of the year in my book. The weather is all Autumny, the leaves change colors, people put out the weirdest lawn decorations, and you get to dress up! I am so excited to see all the Trick-or-treaters this year at my new house! I bought some candy and told Cory that if he opened it he would be in BIG trouble..and he hasn't eaten any of it! What a good boy! Last year he opened it (and hid it in a cookie jar) and he ate it way too fast. He is so sneaky sometimes! I had a really hard time deciding what to dress Zoe up as for the festivities. I really didn't like anything I saw..so I considered making something. Which resulted in me waiting way too long and in the end realizing that I didn't have the time or creative streak to actually make a costume. So we went to the store and bought her like the last costume in her size (ok no really I'm just being dramatic) I don't want to spoil the secret so you'll just have to wait for pics.

Zoe checking the pumpkins for proper size.

Kind of a neat picture..Cory has skills.

Me and Pammy at the Pumpkin Patch

This child HAS to put everything in her mouth...sick!

Zoe is a happy camper at the Pumpkin Patch!

Someone (named Heather) forgot the stroller so she used what was available. Cousins

We are still trying to get the house put together..part of it is that we are so lazy and tired after a day of working and taking care of the kid..and the other part is we have soooo much stuff and I just need to decide where it goes. Maybe I'll just throw everything away and start over again?! Not really but sometimes I feel like that would be the best thing to do. It seems like we get it a little more put together every day..so maybe in 2 years it will be ready to have people over!

Zoe eating at the new house.

We got Zoe's pictures taken for her 8 month...I had wanted to do every 3 months but missed 6 due to pure laziness. So I'll probably get her pics taken again in December and then in February for her first B-day. We had to make two attempts to get good pictures because Zoe got really upset and just started crying..and there was no soothing that poor little girl. But between the two sessions we got some really cute pictures..but none of her new teeth..I'll work on getting pics of those guys.

First attempt...FAILED.

Second attempt..MUCH happier!

She got soooo excited about the raffia that she just HAD to put it in her mouth! Sick!

The days are getting colder.

2008-10-05T16:27:00.002-06:00

We are finally in our new house and it is great so far! We are just trying to find a place for all of our junk..it's amazing how much crap you keep over the years!! I found some hilarious notes from my friend Laura from High school! I read them all and laughed at the old memories! I'll post pictures eventually..I have been so busy (story of my life) between working, moving, and being a mommy.

Also Cory's car broke down and we have decided not to fix it. It would cost more money than it would be worth to fix the darn thing. So...the new plan is for us to be a one car family (oh the humanity) until we get our 2008 tax return. Then we will use the tax return which should be in the neighborhood of $8,000 to buy him a newish car. Basically being a one car family is the pitts! But we'll work through it. Maybe Cory would be willing to get a bus pass..hmmm..making him get a bus pass is sounding better by the minute.

Zoe is doing great! She is so funny right now because she now knows what she likes and doesn't like. And that girl doesn't like her toys aka: newspaper, boxes, wash cloth, Mommy's hair, Mommy's glasses, Daddy's hair (his hair is short so you know this girl is good), and anything else she can grab that she isn't supposed to. She pretty much has me trained to do everything she wants and I'm convinced that in about 18 years I might get control back. She still isn't crawling or scooting which makes me jealous that because my friend Lauren's little boy Eli is pulling himself around and he is about a month younger than miss Zoe. But I guess it will come when it does..and in the mean time I don't have to worry about baby gates!

State Fair and a swell party

2008-09-17T21:51:00.014-06:00

It is crazy how fast time flies by! Zoe is 7 months old now! She is sitting up all by herself and eating crackers and big girl puree food. My baby is getting so big! We have been having a pretty fun summer and are sad to see it slipping into autumn..even though I love the autumn it means winter is on it's way.

We recently went to the State Fair which is one of my favorite things to do. I love looking at all the animals, gourds, art projects, and weirdos. Last year we found a lost little girl and rescued her. This year I found a classy cowboy fireplace grate that I just couldn't pass up. Zoe loved the fair! She loved seeing all the animals..especially the lamb that was licking her hand (grossed me out but she was laughing and it was cute) and the lambs in jackets. Here are some pictures from our fair adventure. I had to put her up next to the big pumpkins so we could see how big she is compared to them. The biggest pumpkin weighed over 80 pounds..Zoe weighs about 18!

Me and Zoe watching the tiger show

Zoe's friend Stella (my friend Leslies adorable big girl) had her first Birthday party and it was so much fun. Leslie is such a cute Mommy and she planned one heck of a party! It was a cowgirl theme and Stella had the best outfit I have ever seen. I think Zoe won second place though with her cute cowgirl getup. It was a great party and we are so happy that Stella and Leslie invited us to party!

Oh...and my niece Pammy had to go to the Dentist recently. It turns out that she drinks too much juice and well...you'll see...

We're back!

2008-08-16T11:19:00.006-06:00

Life has been very busy again!! We had a very fun trip to California to visit Corys family. We spent a week at his parents house and enjoyed every minute. We were nervous for the car ride out but Zoe did really well and only had 2 fits where we had to stop the car and soothe her. We relaxed a lot while we were out there and I re-read the first 3 of the Twilight series. (I've finally started Breaking Dawn so no spoilers). We got to visit with family and see some good friends that we haven't seen in a long time. Cory got to go to a rock concert with some of his best pals and he had a great time.

Zoe with Grandma Petersen

Zoe with Grandpa Petersen

On Sunday we had a big family dinner and most of Cory's family was there. It was a lot of fun but seriously chaotic!! He has a pretty big family. I missed some of the fun action because I was nursing the baby in a bedroom and I missed the even of the trip. Cory's sisters husband Alan ate a HUGE garden spider for $25.00!!! I guess his daughter saw the spidey and it creeped her out and several of the guys there started offering $5 for him to eat it. And he did! I swear I wouldn't have touched the thing for $25 let alone eat it.

Alan eating the spider

Most of the Petersen family.

Our Petersen family

Me, Zoe, Andrea, and Mone't

For the trip home we left at night and drove while the baby was asleep which was great because she slept until we got to Wendover and she was so good!

On another note...we are going to buy a house!! It happened so quickly I am still in shock! We had been talking about purchasing for a few weeks and had even talked to a realtor. We were all set to go out with the realtor and check out some places for the 14th. Well my sister has a house that is 2 houses away from her that had been for sale for quite a while but the price was too high. Well it turns out they had just lowered the price so my sister talked to the lady to see if they would accept our ammount. She said yes! So we looked at the place and it is super cute so we made an offer and it was accepted! So we will soon be homeowners as long as everything goes smoothly! CRAZY!

Pammy

2008-08-01T23:28:00.004-06:00

My niece Pamela is so funny! The other day she walked into the bathroom while her daddy was going pee and she asked him in a serious voice "Daddy what are you squirting out of your belly?" Best story I have heard in weeks!!! That girl cracks me up!

Busy Busy!!

2008-07-27T16:07:00.014-06:00

We have been so busy lately! BBQ's, weddings, swimming, family visiting, rodeos, rice cereal and more! No time to do anything it seems..it feels like everything takes 10 times longer to do now that I have the baby. No more extended shopping trips..darn!

We have been having some great adventures...Zoe's uncle Matt (my brother) and his finacee visited from California, Mommy went to a rodeo and left Zoe with Ho Ho (my sister), we fed Zoe her very first Rice cereal, and we went to Cul-de-sac of FIRE!

My brother Matt finally got to see little Zoe which was fun..he thought she was adorable! we went to the Animal Planet expo which turned out to be a dud..it was TOO hot that day to be outside for too long. While Matt was in town we went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo which was a blast. Cory had to work and I didn't want to take the baby alone so my sister agreed to watch my baby and her newborn while we took her 2 1/2 year old to the rodeo. It was a good time! Poor little Zoe didn't have fun though she cried really hard for almost an hour and then finally fell asleep. I felt bad!

Little Zoe was so funny when we were trying to feed her the cereal. At first she was trying to "latch" onto the spoon and suckle which didn't work so good. Then she got really frustrated. And in the end she seemed to be okay with the cereal. We have been giving her cereal once a day and it seems to be going well. So we'll see when I dare to try something else..any advice on this from mommies who have been there would be appreciated!!

The last adventure we had was Cul-de-sac of FIRE..a friend of ours lives on a cul-de-sac (hence the name) and each year has a BBQ and fire cracker show. It started out really small just the friends but has now grown into a pretty big party. They charge $20 per adult and they do a really nice BBQ, buy the fire crackers, and make a shirt for everyone. This was Zoe's first fire cracker adventure and she LOVED it!!! It was so fun watching her because she would wave her arms all around and kind of jump on my lap. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! Summer is so much fun!

Tagged

2008-07-23T23:34:00.002-06:00

A)Four places I go over and over:
1. Heathers house..I might as well move in.
2. Cafe Rio..those Salads are tasty!
3. Kohls..I am addicted to shopping for Zoe.
4. Home..where I live, work, and play.

B)the last Four people who emailed me:
1. Brian..my boss
2. Heather..she is trying to help me in the home purchasing department
3. Amy..Cul-de-sac of fire is coming up!!
4. Carolyn -My Mother in Law..we are going to visit!

C)Four of my favorite foods:
1. Ice cream
2. Cafe Rio Salads
3. Pretty much anything my Mom makes
4. Lasagna

D)Four Places in which I would rather be right now:
1. Hawaii..sometimes I wonder why I left.
2. At Cul-de-sac of Fire
3. Somewhere in Mexico on a warm beach
4. Anywhere that would make it so I didn't have to work tomorrow..the 24th of July should be a mandatory holiday off!

E)Four people I'm tagging:
I tag anyone who wants to do this.

F)Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. North and South..so classy!
2. Pride and Predudice..Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy makes my heart sing.
3. Bridgette Jones Diary..so funny and kind of about Pride and Predudice.
4. Blades of Glory..talk about a laugh fest!

The Bees and not the baseball team

2008-07-13T16:05:00.002-06:00

Yesterday Zoe and I went to a BBQ at a friends parents house and had a ton of fun. They have a pool so it was a pool party and it was Zoe's first time in a swimming pool!! Poor Cory had to work so he had to miss the fun. It was a nice evening around 7 pm so I was kind of nervous that Zoe would get too cold in the water and hate it. I got into the pool and the baby got handed to me and I put her in a fancy baby tube thingy that lets them float and recline with their legs and bum in the water (super cool thing) at first she was a little freaked out and didn't know what to think but then she LOVED it! She was laughing and kicking her little legs, it was so much fun. We played in the pool for about 45 minutes until it started to get pretty cool. I handed Zoe out to a friend and he wraped her up in a towell and then I got out and started to dry her off and get her dressed. All of a sudden my toe started to hurt I thought I had stepped on one of those pokey weeds or something. But then the hurt started to hurt more so I looked down and I had a Bee sticking out of my toe!! I yelped and started kicking my leg to get the Bee off. Too bad the stinger stuck in my toe! So I got Stung!!! I haven't been stung since I was 6 and it hurt for a good hour before I could really walk normal. Darn Bee! But it was a good thing I got stung cause our friend Stewart was sitting in the next chair over and he is deathly allergic to Bees! Glad to take the bullet for Stewart! Sorry no pictures I forgot the camera..it was a crazy night!

Yay for the 4th!

2008-07-05T09:36:00.011-06:00

So yesterday was July 4th which is a stellar holiday! I get the day off to go to parades and watch fireworks! We went and watched Fireworks in West Jordan on the 3rd which was fun. They show a movie leading up to the fireworks show to keep people occupied until it gets dark. They were showing "Back to the Future" which I haven't seen in about a billion years. We got there about half way through and I just couldn't remember a lot of the story so I might have to watch it again to remind myself. I went with my sister and her family which is always a nice time. We were kind of worried about how the kids would react to the fireworks (we had a 2 1/2 year old, a 5 month old, and a newborn baby with us. Pamela the 2 1/2 year old seemed to love the show she might have gotten a little nervous at the loud noise but she did really good. Zoe just loved watching the lights in the sky, she didn't fuss just watched the sky. Cora just slept! I guess that's how newborns celebrate July 4th.

On July 4th we went to a parade in West Jorday on Redwood Road. It started out kind of overcast so the weather was perfect. This was really the first time I let Zoe outside out of her stroller (which has a sun cover) when it wasn't shady or dark out. I was so nervous that her soft baby skin would burn to a crisp so I lathered her up with sunscreen. The parade went so good, Zoe was such a sweet little girl and she just enjoyed being out with her cousins and mommy and daddy watching the parade. Eventually the sun came out and it got HOT! And Pamela got sick of being so hot at the parade so we left before it ended. All in all it was a fun 4th..after the parade we went shopping and it was back home for a good afternoon nap. Then Cory and I watched "The Hottie and the Nottie" a Paris Hilton movie (it sucked but not as much as I expected it to). We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday! Enjoy the pictures..some are from the 4th but some were just on the camera and they are cute!

Summertime and the living is easy!

2008-06-19T01:08:00.002-06:00

My sister is having a baby tomorrow..and it's my 4 year wedding anniversary. So..it's gonna be a big day!! My sister is scheduled for a planned c-sec tomorrow to have here little girl. They are planning to name her Cora Jean which is cute. Their other daughter is a ginger (aka red head) so we are curious if this one will look like mommy or daddy.

Cory and I are celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary which is exciting. 4 great years with the man I love. The man who makes me laugh every day. He has only made me cry 2 times..and one of those I was pregnant and intensely hormonal. Cory is planning something and he assures me it will be classy. However I am breast feeding so we can't do anything that doesn't involve our little Muffin. So we'll see what he comes up with.

I am getting excited for July. It seems like it is the month with all the fun!! Parades, 4th of July, 24th of July, cul-de-sac of fire!!! It's gonna be fun!!! Every year some of my friends put on cul-de-sac of fire which is the greatest BBQ and firework show in Utah! Who needs Hannah Montana to make a fun event?! This year is sure to be a blast as it has been every other year. Ahhhhhh. I love summer!

Happy Daddys Day!!

2008-06-15T23:30:00.003-06:00

So today was Cory's first Fathers Day and I had sooooo much fun doing his gift!!! I made him Father's Day coupons!!! The fun thing was that they were mean coupons cause I thought it was funny!! For example..one coupon entitles Cory to "Diaper Duty Day" and on the coupon I drew a particulary rad picture of the baby with green stink lines coming out from her diaper!! And, I did a caption saying "I've been working on this one 4 days now"!!! So funny!! I was laughing so hard while making it..and when he was reading the coupons I started to cry it was so funny! I hope he starts using the coupons soon! Ha ha ha! I also got him some fun gifts..a glider guy that flies like a kite, and a Dinosaur that he can build and paint.

So...Happy Father's Day Babe!

So Big. Part 2

2008-06-14T14:10:00.007-06:00

Zoe had her 4 month check up with her Pediatrician yesterday and she is doing so good! At her last check up (2 months) she was in the 5th percentile for both weight and head size and 25th for height. This time she was in the 20th for head, 65th for height, and drum roll please....40th for weight!!! I am so happy that she is growing so good! I was scared she was still going to be underweight even though I can see that she has gotten chubbier. Breast feeding is kinda scary because you don't see what they are eating and how can you tell if they are getting enough. Well it looks as though little Zoe is eating plenty and being healthy! Here are her stats:

head- 40 cm

weight- 13 lb 3 oz

height- 25 in

She is starting to be sooo much fun! Cory and I just have a ball playing with our little muffin top. She has started "yelling" which makes us laugh like crazy. In the morning she will wake us up by talking as loudly as she can. We imagine she is yelling something like this: "Hey! Mom and Dad! I am awake come play with me! Also I am hungry and I have a dirty diaper! Hey! Mom and Dad, didn't you hear me??! I am awake!!!"

It makes us laugh so hard to hear her yelling. Pretty often we try and imagin what she is trying to say to us. We are just happy she hasn't decided to yell at church yet!!

Here are some cute after bath pictures of our little girl! So darn cute!

I feel faint!!

2008-06-10T22:47:00.002-06:00

Wow! My heart is pitter pattering like crazy!!!

Guess who is coming to town!!! I was reading the City Weekly today and I almost died by falling off my kitchen chair. NKOTB is going to be here to rock my world! Heather went wen she was 12 or so and I was so jealous! If anyone wants to come swoon with me it will be so worth it. I even think I have a Jordan Knight barbie doll at home! Sweet!

So big!!

2008-06-03T23:09:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone who is interested in my Blog!!! So Zoe is a couple days shy of 4 months now (how did time go so fast?) and she is such a bundle of fun! I am so so so happy she is out of the newborn stage cause it really freaked me out! Newborns are just hard and almost 4 month olds are easier. She is getting so big though I don't know what happened to my little baby. She was so skinny when she was born and she is finally putting on some good baby fat. My Mom says she has some good chubb on her legs finally. She is talking a lot and she loves to grab things. Although when she grabs the front of Mommies shirt in public it isn't as cute as when she grabs her toys! She smiles all the time and she has giggled 3 times now! And...yesterday she rolled over for the first time! She is so big!! Then today she rolled over from tummy to right side and then from tummy to left side! She's an equal opportunity roller. So darn cute! I tried to get some of the rolling action on video but she decided she was done rolling by the time I started filming. Babies..they just do what they want!

First Pictures

2008-05-28T22:31:00.007-06:00

Zoe had her very first professional photos taken yesterday and it was so much fun! We dressed her up in her blessing dress and she was so adorable. I was scared that she wouldn't smile for the pictures but we lucked out and got a few pictures of our little one with a smile. She was such a sweet little girl. We get the pictures back 6/9 and I feel like I can't wait to see them. Luckily we can view them online and below are some of the cute pics. We also had a bit of a scary moment with my neice Pamela. She plays Doctor with her Mom and Dad and she got Zoes thermometer and was trying to take the baby's temp via the mouth. We were getting ready to go so we didn't notice it at first and when Cory saw this going on he got so scared! He kind of yelled at pammy and it scared her (not to mention freaking me and my sister out also). The baby is fine and Pammy isn't too scared of her Kunkle Cory even though he scared her. Enjoy the pics!

Zoe's blessing..and bye bye Bassie!

2008-05-06T23:50:00.009-06:00

We had a really exciting weekend..Zoe was blessed on Sunday! It was a very special event and some of Cory's family came out from Cali. Cory's Mom, Dad, all of his Brother's, sister Tiffany, and brothers wife Betsy and kids all came out. Chad, Betsy, Corbin and Anjulee stayed with us for a couple nights and that was so much fun. Corbin is a bundle of energy and I don't think Cory's fish tank will ever be the same :) !!

I was so stressed out trying to get everything ready..my sister was moving into a new house which is awesome for her and Ryan not so awesome for me and Cory. See we were using Heathers washer and dryer (and those with kids know they make LOTS of laundry) and they took it back this weekend. So we were washer/dryer less for a whole Weekend!!! But in the end everything went off beautifully.

We had a great turn out for the blessing and we are so blessed with great friends and family! Cory gave Zoe a beautiful blessing and I got all emotional. I bore my testimony and I swear I could only get out a few words I was so teary! I am usually not emotional at all.. in fact Cory cried when the baby was born not me. But the blessing made me emotional! Thank you so much to everyone who came out and helped us celebrate this special day!

Zoe is now 3 months old so we decided it was time to retire the bassinette and put her in her big crib. I was nervous last night that I wouldn't hear her cry in the other room so I slept bad last night. I'll try and calm down tonight. The baby did so good and she is so adorable in the big crib.

And...as a last note I start work tomorrow May 7 which is so sad to me. I am lucky though because I will be able to work from home and it's only 4 hours a day so it won't be too bad and the money will be so good. I don't like living off one income so this will be good.

I love this little outfit!

Super cute heart bum!

Zoe in her blessing dress.

Zoe with Cory and his parents.

Zoe with my Grandmother.

Zoe with her Mommy and Daddy

Much happier

2008-04-27T14:12:00.006-06:00

So things have been so much better than the last time I blogged! Zoe has been a much happier baby (except when she gets stuck in her car seat). Things are going really well for us and we are extra excited because we will be blessing Zoe next Sunday! If anyone wants to come Sacrament starts at 12:50 (it's our last meeting). The address is 2080 East 5165 South, SLC 84117. The easiest way to get to the church is from I-15 take the 45th S. Exit and head East until you hit Highland Drive and you will turn right (At an Albertsons) You will follow Highland Drive past Cottonwood Mall (which is being renovated and is getting torn down) until you see Donalson Street which is on the left side of the street and our church is there. It should be a fun time!!

Here are a couple of adorable Zoe pictures for you to enjoy!

Zoe loves to sleep in Corys arms like this and it is so funny!

Cory calls this Zoe's "cowgirl" outfit.. so darn cute by the way the shoes aren't shoes they are actually socks that are meant to look like shoes. Cleaver people make the millions right!

First smile caught on film!!

Tough day

2008-04-18T18:09:00.002-06:00

Today was a tough day with Zoe. I have been so frustrated with her pretty much all day. I think she is getting a cold and she is just so darn grumpy. She has basically cried ALL day and I just didn't think it would be this hard. I feel so frazzled...try and imagine me with all of my hair standing on end cause that's how I feel. How do the other parents handle the grumpy baby days. I swear I just want to stick her in her bassinet and let her cry until she sleeps. It's days like this when I really remember back to how nice it was to sleep a lot and go out and do whatever I wanted. I love my baby so much but today she is just making me crazy!

As a follow up to the cloth diapers thing I have decided to wait and let Heather try them!! I have heard some good things about them online but it seems that everyone I know who has seen them in action tells me to steer clear. So I'll stick with disposable...the whole cloth diaper world is a little confusing and intimidating anyway.

2 months!

2008-04-04T15:51:00.005-06:00

Zoe is 2 months old now and it is crazy how fast the time has gone! She is so adorable and we are so happy that she is part of our family. She is getting so big! She is finally starting to grow which is exciting. She is now 22 inches long and she weighs 8 lbs 2 oz!!! Our 2 month old is still the size of a newborn (and still wearing newborn clothes) but she is finally on her way and growing like crazy. The Doctor (who I think is the best Doctor ever) says that her weight and head are in the 5th percentile (which means 95% of babies have bigger heads and weigh more) and her height is in the 25th percentile.

She is doing so well and the Doctor is really happy with her progress. She ended up getting a bunch of shots yesterday..5 in total and she also had an oral med to take. It was so sad watching her get the shots cause she's just so sweet and little! She ran a fever of 99.3 which was kinda scary because it was her first fever. But she seems to be doing much better now and she was even smiling at me and enjoying some of her toys today. She is working really hard at lifting up her little head so I thought I'd post some cute pictures of Zoe using her neck.

Cloth Diapers?!

2008-04-01T00:55:00.002-06:00

So I am kind of thinking about using cloth diapers. Has anyone used them? Does anyone know anything about them. I have read a little (very little) about them and think it might be something to try. Because I don't know of anyone who has used them I feel afraid to try something new and scary. I don't want to be covered in pee or poops you know. Let me know if anyone knows about them cause I am curious!!

Easter FUN!!

2008-03-25T19:07:00.005-06:00

Easter was so much fun with little Zoe! We went to my Parents house and had a family adventure with my sister and her family and my grandparents. We went picture CRAZY so I decided to post a few. Here is a little first Easter pic of our family together.

Zoe was so cute in this picutre that I just had to post it of her in her super cute Easter dress.

We took a bunch of pictures of Pammy and Zoe together and it turns out that getting a good picture of an infant and a toddler is a tricky situation! Either one of them or the other was moving in almost all the shots!

Cutests cousins!

My sister made the cutest easter cake with peeps on it and Pammy LOVED it!! She just started eating it off the plate and it was the funniest thing I've ever seen!

Worst thing ever!!

2008-03-21T23:35:00.003-06:00

Zoe has been doing the most horrible thing ever! She has been choking on her spit up. It has happened 4 times now and it gets scarrier each time. The last time was Wed night and I was positive that she was going to die. I have never seen anything more awful than my child dying! Her little body gets stiff and she struggles trying to breathe and I die a little inside everytime it happens. I am crying as I type this because it is so awful! She's my baby and I don't know what I would do if she died.

We went to the Doctor on Thursday and it turns out that she has a case of Reflux. The Doctor (who I think is the greatest Doctor ever he totally reasured me and made me feel like I did everything right) prescribed Zoe some reflux medication so hopefully it will help and we won't have any more problems. The medication is in a liquid form and the Doctor assured me that it would be "pleasant" tasting. Well, as someone who has enjoyed different liquid meds (Nyquil anyone) I didn't really believe that it could taste pleasant. Well when I gave the baby her first dose yesterday she LOVED it! It smells really sweet so I'm sure it is excellent to a baby who has only ever eaten formula and breast milk. So we really really hope this works and the baby stops choking! Oh, and she has finally passed her birth weight!! She was 7 lbs 3 oz!!!

Leslie and the Ly's

2008-03-19T18:12:00.006-06:00

I went to a Leslie and the Ly's concert on Friday and it was soooo much fun! It is the silliest group and I had a blast. I went with my good friend Hilary and we rocked hard core. The singer is so funny she wears gem sweaters (remember the beadazzler!!) and gold spandex suits..it is so RAD! She sings crazy songs about Zombie killers and Willow. The show was so great and afterwards we got some really sweet picturess! I wore my gem sweater and also bought a t-shirt with Leslies head on it. It was great and the best part was seeing all the men in gem sweaters!

Zoe update

2008-03-03T00:17:00.003-07:00

Zoe is the most adorable baby ever! I am so in love with this little girl I can't even believe it. And, Cory is so smitten with her it is so sweet to see him taking care of his little girl. I can't believe how much our lives have changed..and almost every change has been for the best. We have been so blessed in our lives I can't believe how lucky we are!

Zoe had her first big bath about a week ago and it was so much fun! Well not so much fun for her but I had fun giving her the bath. She is just so sweet and for most of the bath she was such a good girl and didn't even fuss. But towards the end I think she started to get cold so she started to cry a little.

After she was born Zoe lost about 9 ounces which is pretty normal for babies to lose weight after birth. When we went to her 2 week follow up she hadn't gained anything so the Doctor wanted us to do a follow up visit. We went back to the Doctors on Friday and she gained 4 ounces so the Doctor was happy with that. We are going to do another weight check up in a week and hopefully she will continue to grow. It really freaks me out thinking that my baby isn't gaining weight. It makes me wonder if the boob food is not all it's cracked up to be. I have been giving her one feeding of formula and the rest are all boob food at the Doctors orders. Hopefully this will make her good!

The first

2008-02-23T17:56:00.000-07:00

So I had a couple friends tell me that I need to get into the whole Blogspot thing. I figured this would be a good way to keep a diary of sorts. I am 26 and I married my husband Cory 6/19/04 which was such a special day! We have really enjoyed our lives together. We recently lived in Honoluly Hawaii which was an amazing experience! We met some great people and tried all kinds of craz things!

We moved back to Utah May of 2007 and quickly became pregnant with our first child. The baby was born 2/7/08 which was a crazy adventure! We had a beautiful baby girl and we named her Zoe Abagail. Zoe is so amazing and we can't wait to see her grow and learn. She is pretty little she only weighs about 6 pounds right now so her clothes all look HUGE on her.