Pics, Pics and MORE Pics

K, so my mom just sent over several pics from their visit with us, as well as their trip to Alaska. Just thought I'd share!

Audrey having fun at Papa's expense:Daddy enjoying the sprinklers with the kiddos...
...although Audrey wasn't too sure about the whole experience. She didn't move from this spot!Turns out my kids are really nice when you give them frozen yogurt :)
Jammy time...
Like I said in my last post, a few weeks ago Wylie was JUST about to start walking...what happened?!
Looks like Audrey took over Wylie's new toy...
and someone wasn't too happy about it!
Grammy wanted to take a picture of us dancing, but obviously Audrey didn't want mommy to dance with her! Am I too old or something? I mean, look at that form!...like a swan!
We were able to get together with a lot of family while my parents were out. Here are Mema and Papa with all their grandkids (except Corey) and great-grandkids (including Jerry-Dog)My immediate fam (minus the hubby...he was working) Oh, and of course I put dad to work while he was visiting...but this time I was his assistant. I had come up with an idea for a project and...well, you'll have to check the next post to see how it turned out!

Since my last post...
- My parents left :( Although they didn't go straight back home. They took off on an Alaskan vacation (just a tad bit jealous)
- Wylie had his official 1st birthday
- Wylie stopped nursing (moment of silence please...Mommy is still adjusting to this one...I feel like they go from babies to kids when I'm done nursing :(
- I turned 28
- Wylie got ALL of his 1-year shots and I had to take him to get his blood drawn (on my birthday). Turns out he's slightly anemic.
- Wylie got sick (and Audrey got it a little bit too)
- They got me sick (UGH! Not fun!) We're hoping that dad can steer clear!
- Wylie bashed his lip on sister's bed. Blood went everywhere. Now he's fine but he looks like he got sucker-punched.

We're still waiting for little man to start walking. It seemed like he was SO close a couple of weeks ago but I guess he's decided that crawling suits him just fine for the time being. Same with talking...a while back he was saying Mama and Dada but now he has resorted to some sort of caveman-like grunt. Although he is waving, clapping and pointing a lot now. As soon as I got him up yesterday morning, he told me exactly where to go by pointing the entire way to the kitchen. Food is his #1 priority lately!

I've been really bad about taking pictures lately but here are a few that I haven't posted...and I actually have some on my other computer that I need to post too...put it on the to-do list!

Here's a pic of papa and Audrey when my parent's were here. We went out to lunch and Audrey decided to throw a major hissy-fit and my dad took her outside to give her a "talkin-to." It kinda gave me flash backs of being a little girl and getting in trouble...scary! (this picture is pre-hissy-fit)

All the little kids sang up on the stage at church 2 sundays ago...it was very cute. Audrey didn't really sing though...she just wanted to stand there and twirl her dress and pose for pictures...such a princess!

Here's a pic of Miss Nancy and the kids at the park last week. We met up on thursday morning and she did a cute little project with the kids and read them a story...she's just too wonderful!

And you can tell by the sweat on Audrey's head, it was a REALLY hot morning! I'm ready for cooler weather! (don't worry, the car wasn't in motion when I took this picture. she had just crawled in her seat and hadn't got all strapped in yet)

More party pics

Just got several more pictures from my mom-in-law :)

B-DAY BOY

Saturday was Wylie's first birthday party...FUN...FUN...FUN! We had tons of family and friends over to our house to celebrate our little man's big milestone. Thanks to all of you who drove from all over So Cal...it means so much that you came!
Here is our little man in the jumper. I was really surprised how much he loved it! I think he felt like one of the big kidsWylie's opening presents and reading one of his birthday cards with mamaHe got SO many fun new "boy toys" and we've been playing with them non-stop since the party...and by "we" I mean him and Audrey. There is definitely a "toy war" between the 2 of them. Why is it that as soon as one kids picks up a toy, that is the ONLY toy that the other kid wants. Can't we just all get along!
Here are our yummy cupcakes.
Wylie was kinda upset at first when we took him away from his new toys, stripped his shirt off and put him in his hi-chair, but as soon as he got that first little nibble of frosting, its like he was in another world. He polished that thing off within seconds...although half of it ended up in his lap...(cue the next picture)so we stripped the rest of his clothes off and threw him in the pool. He had a blast splashin around and showing off for his group of picture-taking spectators
Although it wasn't Audrey's bday party, she was still SO excited! She had been asking for days and day when Wylie's party was (probably cause thats when Grammy and Papa would get here too). She and all her little friends had fun playing in her room (it looked like a tornado had hit when everyone left)! Daddy had fun in the jumper with Wylie. In fact I think that Michael and uncle Dan enjoyed the jumper more that the kidsThanks Dan for all the beautiful pictures you took!

Baby Karleigh

Yesterday afternoon I took the kids over to our friends Zach and Kristi's house. They just had a precious little girl last week, and we just couldn't keep ourselves away any longer! Michael and I were able to go see them in the hospital (sans kids) so Audrey has been DYING to see baby Karleigh!
Once we got there, I put Wylie down for a nap in Karleigh's crib (hopefully he didn't feel too emasculated by the pink bedding...which was actually Audrey's bedding when she was a baby, handmade with love by Nana Kerry :) Then Audrey and I were able to give Kristi a break from baby duty to get some work done...and we had so much fun lovin' on this little lady! Audrey was definitely being a baby-hog in the beginning but then she finally let me have a turn.
Its hard to believe that just a year ago, Wylie was so tiny like this! Why does the first year have to fly by SO fast!?! I think holding her probably took care of any "baby itch" that I may be having...especially after hearing about all of the long sleepless nights...UGH, I DON'T MISS THOSE! Good luck, you guys!!

Oh, and here's the little print that I made last week for Karleigh's nursery

1 Year Pictures

My little boy is almost ONE! I can't believe it! We have Wylie's party coming up this saturday...and my parents and brother are coming out from New Mexico...yeah! We're very excited!
So...I've been putting it off since he was born, but this last weekend we went and had family pictures taken. Since Wylie's almost one, I knew it had to be done!
So here's a picture of my big boy! Isn't he just a doll!
And here are my cute kiddos together...
Wylie would NOT sit still! Every time we'd put in down next to Audrey, he'd crawl right away...and boy, is he quick! So, this is the best pic we got of the 2 of them, even though Wylie's not smiling (I think he has a piece of cereal in his mouth) and Audrey has her fake (I'm only smiling cause mom and dad keep barking at me to say "cheese") smile on.
And here is our family pic...its the best one we got. I think Audrey was just so distracted the whole time cause we were all trying to get Wylie to look at the camera.
The reason I've been putting off family pictures is kinda selfish but its because of my dumb bell's palsy. I really don't notice it much in my day to day life cause I try not to focus on it, but when I smile it is most obvious cause my facial muscles tighten up and it makes my eye squint and my smile crooked...and since I didn't want to be the only one frowning in our family pic, I knew it would show up a lot...which it did...until I photoshopped the picture (one of the perks of being a graphic designer). I didn't photoshop my smile at all...I left it crooked but I did "open up my eye" a little bit (yea for technology). I kinda feel like a cheater for doing this (maybe that's why I'm admitting to it in my blog) but I just didn't want to look like a freak. UGH...I am SOO ready for this to go away, although I'm coming to the realization that it might not...ever. I woke up with it the day before I delivered Wylie, so it was August 26th of last year. Most cases typically go away in a month or two...but here I am almost 12 months later. Maybe God is trying to teach me patience...or humility. I guess I should just be thankful for the progression that it has made...cause it was HORRIBLE in the beginning! Good thing I had a new baby to distract me and keep me busy!

Addie

I came across these pictures the other day while going through old boxes...and I just had to share.
These were taken the day we got our new dog, Addie. I had just finished my freshman year at PLNU and Sara (see first pic) and I had just returned from a missions trip to Africa. Anyway, I was home for the summer and had the idea to get my dad a new puppy for father's day. So my mom, Sara and I headed to the breader's house and picked out this adorable little ball of fluff.
The next morning my dad came home from the fire station and SURPRISE...he had a new puppy! As you can tell in the picture, it didn't take him too long to fall in love with her.
Little did I know, she would replace me as his favorite "daughter"...just kidding...i hope!