We're back!

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

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!!

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

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

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!

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!

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!