Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving this year was at my moms. All my sisters and their families came so it was fun having all the cousins around. My brother was supposed to come from Arizona with his wife and 3 boys but at the last minute something from work came up and he was unable to come. We missed him but we had fun anyway. Mandy and Matt brought Guitar Hero and Rock Band so we ended up staying late playing with everyone, while the little kids played in the playroom and played Wii.

Baby Brecken is growing so big and changing everytime I see him. He has the cutest smile and already has a little personality that is starting to shine through. He is such a happy baby. I think I have only heard him cry once or twice. We love him....

Sarah started walking this weekend, just a couple of steps but each day she gets a little more daring. I just know that by the time it's her birthday next weekend, she will be walking all over the place. You can already tell she gets a few more steps every day.

Sarah has taken to getting desert from her dad. Even if it's just a popcicle. She can totally tell when he is trying to hide some kind of treat from him and he always shares with her.
It's her favorite time at night, to share deseret with dad. That's where she gets her full figure from. She is so much fun to have around. I can't remember what it was like without her. We all love her so much....

Last weekend

I'm always a little slow to post things but I'm trying to be better at it. Last weekend my sister Trish gave Sarah the cutest hat that she made for her. She is so creative. It makes me feel like the creative family traits definitely skipped me. She made this hat, of course in one day and Sarah looks so cute in it. I love it.

Of course I had to intice Sarah with candy in order to get her to hold still for a picture. She is all over the place lately and never sits still. The older she gets the harder it is to get her to hold still for pictures...

Andrew and Sarah are so cute together. He is facinating to her still and the older she gets the more she wants his attention. She loves riding in the car with him because then she has someone to play with instead of being stuck in the backseat all by herself. Andrew is good with entertaining her also.

We got together for mom's birthday and got a picture with all the girls, I didn't get one with Brecken and Nick and Andrew but they were there. I think mom had fun with us just hanging out with her for her birthday. It's nice to get together and just talk. It seems like we haven't done that in a while, but with the holiday's coming I'm sure there will be lots more family time coming.....

I was tagged!

Tag..
1. How long have you been together? We have been together for 7-1/2 years.
2. How long did we date? Just over 1 year before we got married.
3. How old is he? 43
4. Who eats more? He does.
5. Who said, "I love you", first? He did. It took a little bit for me to admit I was in love. I was much more cautious.
6. Who is taller? He is but just barely, and with no shoes on. I tower over him with shoes.
7. Who does the laundry? I do. He will sometimes help fold and put away his own clothes but otherwise I do it all.
8. Who does the dishes? I do. He cooks and I do the cleaning.
9. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on which way you look at it, are you in the bed on the right or looking at the bed. In the bed it's me, looking at the bed it's him.
10. Who pays the bills? Me
11. Who mows the lawn? He does, and trims, blows, pulls weeds, plants flowers and the garden.
12. Who cooks dinner? He does usually, but I know how I just choose not to.
13. Who is more stubborn? Probably me but I think he is pretty stubborn.
14. Who kissed how first? It seems like we both kissed each other on the first date, but that's all I would do, until the second date.
15. Who asked who out? He did.
16. Who proposed? He did, on valentines day.
17. Who is more sensitive? Me.
18. Who has more siblings? Me, I have 4 and he has 2.
19. What were you doing ten years ago? I was single, working and partying and Jerald was married with 2 kids.
20. Five things on my to do list: 1. clean my house. 2. redo my master bathroom. 3. organize the spare room for Sarah's playroom. 4. get new carpet. 5. learn to be creative in the kitchen.
21. Things I would do if I was suddenly made a billionaire: Move to a brand new house, get a brand new car, get me my fifth wheel I've been wanting, and buy my husband a Harley so he can stop begging me.
22. Three of my bad habits: 1. I am a perfectionist to a fault. 2. Obsessive Compulsive. 3. Will fight to the death to get my way.
23. Five places I have lived: 1. Peoria, Il. 2. Mesa, AZ. 3. Sandy, Ut. 4. Salt Lake, Ut. 5. West Jordan, Ut.
24. Five jobs I have had: 1. Interstate Hydraulics-currently still there. 2. Morris Air Service- as a travel agent booking vacations 3. Don Blair Photography-worked for my grandpa in his studio 4. Orange Julius at the 49th street galleria. 5. Fred Meyer-for about 1 week to get Xmas money.
That's about all.

Sarah is 11 months old

Sarah is officially 11 months old and getting bigger every day. I can't believe how much she changes. She is crawling around like crazy and can really book it when she wants to. Gone is the military crawl. She has it all figured out and is now into everything.

We bought her a new toy because she loved the one at the babysitter. It lets her ride or she can push it and walk behind it. She loves it. She does get a little crazy because she will insist on being pushed around on it for ever so I have to solicit daddy and Andrew to help because it becomes hard. She never wants to quit.

She has 4 teeth now. Two on the top and two on the bottom and she chews everything. I was cooking and gave her a green onion and she actually started to chew on it like she liked it. Just like her daddy. Already loves onions and spicy foods....

Halloween 2008

Sarah's first halloween and she dressed up as a butterfly. She was so cute. Her cousin Stella was a Lady bug and came to my work Halloween party. Aunt Mandy picked Sarah up from the babysitter so she could be there. She didn't mind the hat as long as you showed her in the mirror how cute she looked. She was a real tropper with mom making her dress up and all.

Thanks to Aunt Mandy for picking up Sarah and bringing her to the party, and for dressing up with Stella for Halloween. It was fun.

The family at my work Halloween party. You can kind of pick out Brecken's car seat in the background. He slept through the whole party...

Mom looks so cute with the little babies for Halloween.

Little Baby Brecken on his 1st Halloween as Piglet. What a cutie!

Growing so fast.....

Sarah is growing so fast. She is turning into a little toddler right before our eyes. We can't believe it. Yesterday I lifted her out of the bath tub and tweeked my back... Yeah that felt great. I guess that means I'm officially old. Either that or she is really heavy, which she really isn't that heavy, only 20 lbs or so. I went to the doctor and they told me no heavy lifting for a week or so. Like that can happen. How do you not lift your 10 month old daugther who doesn't walk on her own yet? How do I even get her to daycare without lifting her in and out of the carseat? I guess my husband is just going to have to help a little more than usual. Ha Ha, like that will happen, but we'll see how it goes. He did help today so it's possible that he may help me. We'll just have to see....

Sarah is all over the place now. We put the gate over the stairs up at just the right time. Now she scoots to the gate, stands up and shakes the gate back and forth. Good thing daddy mounted that to the wall. Now if we can just get the boys to make sure they always close the gate behind them we will be all set. She still hasn't crawled on her hands and knees yet but she does the military crawl pretty fast. Once second she is in the bedroom, the next clear down the hall and into the family room. Little speed demon. She has 3 teeth that she pretty much got all at once and turned into a toddler overnight. She could slow down just a little, I won't mind in the least bit.

All the kids!!!

Last weekend, Nick came and stayed with us for the whole weekend, from Friday to Monday. It was so nice having him around again. We really had fun just being together again. I think he is really surprised at how much Sarah has grown. She gets bigger everyday and he still remembers her as an infant. She of course loves him to death because he pays so much attention to her and plays with her all the time. It's like having a new playmate.

I finally got a picture with all the men in my life. They look so good with their hair short, and by that I mean the boys. I love the short hair. They look a lot like their dad, who of course is handsome. He is a good dad and the boys love him so much.

Sarah is growing so much. She went from rolling all over the place to scooching ? everywhere. It's like a military crawl and she moves pretty fast. She can get anywhere she needs to and is starting to get into everything all the time. We finally put up the gate over the stairway because that is always the direction she wants to go in. Crazy... She had 2 teeth now and thinks she can eat everything we eat. Of course she is still putting everything in her mouth still. She is getting so big so fast. I try not to miss anything but it's hard when you have to work. Of course she is the bully at the babysitters, always picking on the littler kids...

She is just so cute I can't stand it. She talks all day long, mainly
"daddy" of course. She loves to dance to music and whenever she hears it she starts to move, baby dancing, but it's so cute. She is a happy baby and we are lucky to have her. Good thing she is as cute as she is, because that's all we are having. We get to spoil her all we can....