Today I was in the mood to bake.. which has actually been happening more and more often these days which is very unlike me. But I've just been making easy things like cupcakes from a box or cookies where the dough is pre-made. But today I was feeling crazy.. I wanted to make something from scratch.. speaking of making something from scratch.. how cute is this girl?!?!
okay sorry, back to the baking... so yeah Curtis really likes snickerdoodles so I MADE THEM FROM SCRATCH! Whoop whoop! Go me! AND he actually liked them! So, I must say I am pretty proud of myself.
I haven't blogged in a while and I apologize for that. Here are a few updates to what has been going on here.
-Brooklynn is apparently teething again because it is the ONLY time she is ever fussy. And she has been a little bit more on the fussy side these past few days which really isn't even that fussy. But when you have a perfect baby a little fuss is not what you're used to.
-I've made some friends out here which is nice. Stephanie, Paityn, and Carley. I've been hanging out with them when I can and I really like them a lot. It would be a very lonely summer without them so I appreciate them inviting me to hang out with them.
-Speaking of friends. The 4 of us went to see Water For Elephant which was amazing minus the hurting of the elephant which clearly wasn't real but still REALLY hard to watch. BUT, I definitely would recommend seeing it because it was incredible.
-This diet I'm doing on my own is NOT working.. still trying to figure out how to eat healthy on a budget! If anyone has any suggestions PLEASE fill me with your knowledge!
-Curtis is just working away like he always does in the summer so not much news there.
-Brooklynn is really getting ready to crawl. She wants to be able to do it SO bad! She just keeps getting stronger and stronger every day! One of these days she is just going to take off! SO crazy that my baby girl is getting so big.
-I just ordered the book "The Help" which I am excited to start reading. But first I am reading "The Millionaire Next Door". Curtis bought me that one.. ;)
Anyway, that's pretty much it I feel like, Here is a video of Brooklynn working on her muscles trying to crawl.. I apologize that the video is really long but I just couldn't turn the camera off. There are some really cute parts so if you want to watch the whole thing be my guest. but the last couple minutes are the best. She gets really mobile at the end! :)
My little girl!
OH, and my mom sent us a package with some great toys for B that she absolutely loves and some PJ's for her as well. Here she is in one pair of her cute new PJ's!
CUTIE!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
All I have to say is this baby girl is so close to crawling...
We had an amazing Easter Sunday! Church was great as always then it was home to make dinner. Curtis has 8 technicians out here they are all single so I decided to make dinner for everyone. We had BBQ chicken, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and yummy dinner rolls. Then for dessert I made chocolate chip cookies. I grew up always getting a Easter gift or treat so I got each tech an Easter Bubble Tape.
It was fun to have everyone together and I was glad I didn't run out of food feeding all of those boys!
Today was a success, it was our first Easter together as a whole family and I loved every second of it!
When I moved to Utah I thought I moved into crazy weather! Turns out, Missouri has even CRAZIER weather! There have been about 4 tornado warnings since we got here. But nothing happened just crazy rain and thunder and lighting.
However, last night was different. There really was a tornado!!!! Curtis was out working and I was home alone with Brooklynn watching the news kind of freaking out. They said it was headed toward where we live. I was about to run down to my neighbor below me who i've never met and ask them if we could hide in their bathroom. BUT it went the other way an we were in the clear. It hit about 5 miles away from us. Which is NOT very far. It's so crazy that it was so close and I feel so bad for the people that it hit. It destroyed about 20 houses, a church, an airport, and an endless amount of cars. I am so thankful it didn't hit where we live or where Curtis was working! NUTS!
Here are a few photos I got off some news site to show you the damage. And like I said before, this is about 5 miles away from us.
I thought I would just take a moment and mention that Kaitlin has graduated college! I am so proud of her! Being friends since we were 7 this is huge. I still remember the first time we hung out and she was making these pet rocks we made have funny voices and I thought she was so funny. I wished I was as funny as she was. I knew then that we were meant for each other! Ha! We have had friends come in and out of our lives but she has always been there. We can go MONTHS without seeing each other and the second we get together it's like no time has passed. It's crazy that we've been friends for so long... We've been through SO much together.
I remember the first time that we decided we were going to be "best friends". We were sitting on my bed before a stake dance and I'm pretty sure I just said "Hey, want to be best friends?" and she said, "YES! i do!!" Sounds kind of like a wedding proposal but you know what? It kind of was. A wedding of amazing friendship! This girl has got me through so much and I do not know what I would do with out her!
I love the memory of her and I sitting at the airport waiting to fly to Utah to start our first year of college. Siting there with our brand new laptops ready to take on the world! I think we were in our dorm room for about an hour when we started to cry about how we had no friends and our curtains were ugly! We're a little dramatic. haha. We DID end up making friends. Not really with the girl that gave us a really dirty look after I jumped and fell in the elevator. HA. We were crazy. staying up all night and sleeping all day pretty much described our first 2 years of college. SO much fun.
We are both in very different places of our lives but I still always know that I can count on her!
I am so proud that she has graduated from BYU even though I am a Ute fan (I mean come on my daughter was born there!) I guess the one cool thing about BYU is that Kaitlin went there. So it can't be that bad right??
Anywho, I love this girl so much!
CONRATS KAITERZ!
I was going to post a bunch of pictures of us but then I remembered that Kaitlin made this totally super awesome slide show of photos of us!! So I'm going to repost that now so you better watch the whole thing! (Curtis even makes a small appearance! )
also, it takes a minute for it to get started so keep watching.
I cannot believe that I have a 6 month old baby! She is seriously the greatest baby ever. I know I always go on and on and on about how awesome she is but she really is dang awesome! Today she had her 6 month check up even though she turned 6 months yesterday. Here are the stats of our super awesomely huge baby girl.
Weight: 20lbs 8oz (97th percentile)
Length: 27.5" (90th percentile)
Head: 44 1/2 cm (95th percentile)
That's right people, we basically have a 6 month old baby the size of a 1 year old. And she is AWESOME!
She is the only thing that keeps me sane throughout the day!
Here she is eating her baby food which she LOVES.
I told you all about My Gym in an earlier post and I mentioned how much she love that little jumparoo thingy. So this week I filmed her in it for a minute. She wasn't jumping as constantly this week of course because I was filming but you get the picture. Also, one of the girls that works at My Gym is in the video and she is full of life. lol
