Drive In

First and foremost.... are these not THE most handsome boys you have ever seen?? I am the luckiest girl in the world!

Anyhow, this summer lots of great movies have come out and unfortunately we can't go to the movies anymore like normal people. However we have discovered that the drive in is AWESOME for William cause he just sleeps in the cozy car and we still get to see all the new and exciting movies. A couple weekends ago we went to see Harry Potter with Aunt Bri! It was a blast and I loved the movie. We have also seen Pirates and X Men at the drive in this summer.

Our Family:

Aunt Bri! Little William just loves her and we love it when she hangs out with us!

Not much else has been going on this summer. Today was the first time I have laid out at all....it is terrifying how white I am. And after all our outdoor time William and I were sitting in bed having a discussion that ended with him giving me some of these precious things:

How do you not love that face? I want to pinch and kiss those cheeks til I die. And that dimple??? I love him.

4th of July--Finally!

It's hard to believe that being a new stay at home mom vs. full-time dental assistant + full-time student leaves me with NO time to do extra things like blogging.... SO crazy. Anyway, I am finally getting around to our 4th of July extravaganza! We actually ended up doing quite a bit. Over the weekend we went down to Provo with my family and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks, which has been a family tradition for as long as I can remember. William slept the entire time.

Sunday night was a blast- some neighbors of ours through a little bash and invited us over. We ate food and yummy brownies and then sat on the grass to enjoy all the "legal" fireworks. It was a blast and I was surprised that William loved just chillin outside on his blanket in the grass. On Monday we went to our ward breakfast party- then spent the remainder of the morning fixing our fridge that broke the night before... fun stuff. Then we went out to Grantsville for the annual car show. The 4th of July is my brother-in-law's birthday as well. So we went back to Scott's parents for an awesome BBQ and cake!

Here is our little man in his "All American Baby" outfit. I love that all 3 of us had gray 4th of July shirts on- it so was not even planned!
And as always- my adorable nieces have to make an appearance! I just love all their matching outfits. This was outside throwing "pops" around.

Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! Happy Independence Day!!

Life as we now know it...

I have always heard people talk about "no sleep" once you have a baby and I have heard people talk about how difficult it is... I will tell you right now that you will never understand it until you have one of your own. These last few weeks have been the most difficult weeks of my entire life- but I just LOVE this little guy. How could you not love this sweet face??

Even though it has been a rough time adjusting to no work- no school- no social life... I do enjoy being a mom and watching William grow and change every day. We have been doing lots as well! Scott's grandma passed away a couple weeks ago and while it is a very sad time, it is a relief. She has been so sick the past few months and broke her hip and all sorts of other ailments. It was a gorgeous funeral for a gorgeous and loving woman... she was so sweet and she will be dearly missed. We love you Grandma!

Introducing...

Our precious baby has finally arrived! He is absolutely perfect. Life is completely insane right now trying to adjust to everything- I just wanted to show off our little William. I can't believe loving someone this much is possible!! We will update more when life calms down a little :)

Baby Showers!

As most of you know- we are expecting our first baby in just under a month! My sweet and fabulous family threw us a couple baby showers. My mom, sister and Nana threw us the first one and it was a blast. So many people showed up- lots of friends and family that I haven't seen in a while! I was overwhelmed with how sweet and generous everyone is. Our little man is so blessed to have such great family and support and love! He is so spoiled!!

Most of the crowd:

Me and my sis opening all the nice gifts!

One of the adorable diaper cakes that my sister and cousin Kylee put together for the party!

My mother and sisters-in-law threw my next shower up in Salt Lake City. The decorations were adorable!

My mother-in-law decorated this tree for the party. She copied a bunch of baby and toddler pictures of me and Scott and made them into ornaments and adorned the tree with all sorts of cute boy decorations, baby decorations and lights. It was adorable!!

My niece Lex was my helper for opening all the gifts- she did a great job!

A co-worker of my husbands- Sue- made this adorable diaper cake!! I just love these things!

I can't believe so many friends and family have gathered with us to celebrate this little guy:
He is all ready loved more than he can ever understand- and he's not even here yet!! Thank you to everyone for all your sweet thoughts, generous gifts, support, love and kindness! I don't know what we would do without you all!

Birthday Girls & A Trip to Disney!

At the beginning of February is my niece Ashley's birthday. I am terrible and totally forgot to take my camera to her party. She had a Tinkerbell theme and so we gave her the NEW Tinkerbell movie on DVD. She was pretty excited. I can't believe she is 4 years old. Happy Birthday my sweet Ashy!!

A couple of weeks ago was Ashley's sisters birthday! Little Lexi-pie is now 2. I remembered my camera for her party and got a pic of the cute Ariel/Little Mermaid cake! I love these girls! I have a video of Lexi blowing out her candles...it is the cutest thing I have ever seen. I love that she knows exactly what to do, she blew them out all by herself and so quickly!

Here is the birthday girl in her main present... a car! She loved being pushed around in that thing all night by her sisters and cousins. All the kids wanted to give her a ride. It was so cute.


Scott's brother's family has been wanting to go to Disneyland for some time now. And they finally decided to just do it and set a time up!! Scott and I of course invited ourselves along because we have been needing a vacation for quite some time now. Shawn and Ang were kind enough to allow us to tag along with them to California!


We spent 4 days in Disneyland and that was definitely enough time for me. We had a blast though and the girls loved every minute of it. Here they are in front of the Princess Castle. What a cute family right!?
I didn't ride every ride...but there were a few that I dared attempt. This is Scott and I on a Toy Story ride at California Adventure. It kind of made me sick, but you basically just ride in this car and shoot a bunch of targets to gain points. Scott beat me by FAR- but I had better accuracy!! ;)
Every day the girls had matching Disney outfits. This was the day they got their Mickey Ear hat that was Princess-style! They loved them and wore them for most of the remaining trip.

Needless to say Lex and I were hooked at the hip. Since she was too small to ride most of the rides I got to hang out with her and keep entertained. I seriously adore all these girls and it makes me so happy that they like me too! I love being their Aunt.

This is just at the bottom of Tarzan's tree house... the girls LOVED this part! We thought it was a good photo opportunity and honestly this picture is for Ari!! Here is my big belly! 7 months along! (Not the best idea to walk around Disneyland for 4 days when you are 7 months along...but at least I got some good exercise!)

I had so much fun on this trip and I am so glad we had family to go with us this time. The girls just crack me up and are so adorable I can't even stand it! After we got home I seriously missed them so much! The next time I saw the girls, Lex ran up to me and gave me a big hug. I hope they enjoyed Disneyland as much as we did!

Yay for LoVe!

I feel like I never have the time to blog anymore! We have been super busy, but enjoying life and having good times. Back at the beginning of February we went to Joy Luck with Scott's fam for Chinese New Year! We have done this every year for the last few years and it is a blast. We eat a great dinner and get to watch the dragon (that is really a lion) dance around the restaurant and "eat" the money that all the kids love to feed it. Every year one of our nieces is young enough to be terrified of the dancing dragon- this year it was poor Lex. I didn't get any good photos of her cause she was just screaming and crying the whole night. Poor thing!! The other girls all had a blast feeding the dragon and hanging out with their cousin Aria. We haven't seen her in months and I can't believe how much she has grown! What a cute girl!!!

Valentine's weekend was so much fun. February is the month of our 1 year anniversary of being sealed! So we combined the holidays and had one fabulous evening together.

Neither one of us felt like fighting the crowds to go to a nice restaurant...and to be honest, Scott and I are pretty good cooks and decided we could cook dinner together and make an awesome dinner and enjoy the evening at home. And it was the BEST. Honestly!! Scott grilled us up some fillet Mignon and I made us steamed asparagus with hollandaise, garlic mashed potatoes and bread pudding with chocolate sauce for dessert. It was the best dinner ever and it was easy to make and best of all- we didn't have to fight any crowds! I loved spending the night at home with my man. He is seriously the BEST husband. I don't know what I would do without him.

The cooks!!!

Our awesome set up and delicious dinner- plus dessert!

I hope everyone enjoyed Valentine's Day and did something romantic and fun!