Baby Update!

Well, some of you may know I have been having a few complications with my pregnancy. On top of being sick and regular pregnancy stresses, we have ha d a lot to worry about. I went to another doctor's appointment yesterday and they doctor said the baby looks fine. Perfect, actually. The baby was moving around and it was GREAT to see!! We have been so blessed through all this worry. I know that my Heavenly Father has heard our prayers. So, so far so good. I am now 13 weeks so hopefully I'll be feeling much better soon. And things can settle down for a little while.
Here's baby yesterday at 13 weeks 2 days. Growing so much. It looks just like a baby instead of a bean!! So fun!

Easter

We spent Easter at my parent's house. The Easter Bunny visited our house a little early so we didn't have to drag all of that up with us :) We had a fun time. Dying eggs, egg hunts, good food, family, playing big bubbles outside. Makena always makes out with so much stuff. What a lucky girl! Here's a sample of the weekend fun. And no, I didn't eve take a picture of Makena in her Easter dress. How lame! I know.

The Bubble Blower

Makena's FAVORITE thing to do lately is blow bubbles. I think she'd do it all day long if someone would do it with her. She loves to play, but always needs a friend. Which can get old for me sometimes :) She loves to ask my brother as soon as they walk in the door and he is nice enough to play with her. She loves her Uncle Jeff. I took lots of pictures this day and had to narrow a lot. She is just getting too big too fast. She is a fun girl to be around!

ZOO!

We went to the zoo a few weekends ago because our passes expire soon. I have been feeling pretty sick still so we went just for a few hours. Makena loved it and it was a beautiful day. It made us miss living in San Diego!! We're sad our passes are going to expire, but we'll be making up for it with our Disneyland passes!

Disneyland!

I took Makena to Disneyland on St. Patrick's Day. We met my brother and his son Logan there. Since Makena is free I got a season pass and I am so excited to be able to use it. She loved it. She still talks about it every day. She loved the jungle cruise, dumbo, the carousel "horsey ride". She wasn't so sure about the pooh ride, and...it's a small world. That's really scary :)But overall, she loved it and we can't wait to go back and take Tyler with us.
On the Carousel- With her fake Cheesy smile

Holding Hands in Line for Small World-They totally did this on their own and it was SO cute!

DUMBO!!


After the Pooh ride-which she hid on the whole time :)

Thought We'd Join...

The PREGNANCY CLUB! We're excited to announce that we are having another baby! I am almost 8 weeks along and I saw the little bean this week with its strong heartbeat. I know TONS of people who are pregnant right now, so that should be fun to be part of the club, again. I have been feeling major nauseuos for a few weeks now and I can't stand it, but it's for a great little cause. And I tell myself every week that I am a week closer. We are a little scared about having a second baby, but know it's time. And Makena asks to see "the baby"- my belly-all the time and talks to it. It's too cute. She even told me the other night that it's a sister baby...so I guess we'll see. We are VERY excited and can't wait until OCTOBER to meet the little one. (That seems oh so far away!!)

Party People!!!!!!!

This last Saturday we had a family party for Makena's birthday. It was beach themed (since hopefully all of you know that Makena is a beautiful beach in Hawaii). We had great food and then we all headed to Huntington Beach to spend some time there. It was a BEAUTIFUL day. We couldn't have asked for better weather and it was just a fun time! I was WORN out from doing everything but it was a good time. We had yummy Mexican food and I made "ocean" cupcakes. Makena racked up ion the presents, and I decided that next year-Chuck E. Cheese it is :) So hear are some of the pictures from the partay!! Wish we could have invited everyone, but the little house doesn't constitute for a giant party. But we love you all!

Opening up the loot! She's a lucky girl and got some Great gifts-that are still ALL over my house!

Listening to Happy Birthday!



My cupcake creations-they looked better in person, I swear :)



Digging in like they were going out of style! She ate the whole cupcake like she was in a pie eating contest

Temple Trip

Two weeks ago we were able to go to the Redlands temple where my mother-in-law went through for the first time. It wsa a busy day at the temple, but it was great. Thanks to my mom for watching Makena all day so we could go. It was a beautiful day-I wish my wedding day there would have been so nice :) We are so happy for her and the choice to go there. It was a great day!

The Birthday Girl!!!

My beautiful little girl turned 2 today! I have no idea where the time has gone, but I know it's been fabulous-SO HARD, but SO rewarding. She is so smart and sensitive ( which can also be a bad thing). She loves learning new things and she is just the funnest little girl to be around. I have LOTS of pictures to post from her party, and all things going on, but I will do that soon as I am still trying to recover from the day :) I just want her to know that I LOVE HER SO MUCH and couldn't have picked a better girl for my daughter. She's the best. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NENNY!!!!!

Tour, Anyone??

Well-for me, this has been the longest blog break ever! My sister (who may be the only one who looks at this) kindly asked for a new post since she's looked at the last one for the last 3 weeks :) We've been really busy here lately! With the move-which like I was recently reminded-was not as stress free as I would have hoped. Even with all my planning. And just the stress of life and Makena being sick this last week...blah, blah. But we are here and we are finally getting adjusted and relieved of some of our stress. So I thought I'd take you on a little tour. Mind you my house is not really neat, I have had a sick child lately, and there may be a few boxes, but it is coming a long! So here it goes...

This is the living room (love my new chair)

This is another view of the living room through the dining room...don't pay attention to the mess and boxes, please :)

This is the kitchen

This is the master bathroom! I love the new shower curtain and yellow towels!

This is a close up of the pattern on my shower curtain!!

This is our bedroom. I hate having bare walls, but I just got the comforter (major steal at Kohl's) and haven't decided how I want to decorate everything else!

This is the material that I made the curtains out of for the kitchen and the entryway. Love it!

I wish these tulips would stay like this forever. They are so pretty! Thanks honey!!

And this is the little sickling. Today is the first day in a lot of days that she is actually playing! Hallelujah! I hate sick kids!!!


So, that's it for the moment. We've got lots going on in the next couple weeks with my mother-in-law going through the temple next weekend and then the next week is Makena's 2nd birthday! Lots to blog about! Hope everyone has been great! Thanks for still checking up on us to make sure we're still alive!!! Until next time!!