Advice for Bells

Through many situations and observing....one lesson we have decided to teach Bells is to be yourself. Many people need to read and understand this one. We love it....

Why waste all your time and energy trying to fit it,

When you were born to stand out!!

Holiday Cakes

We are really getting into the cake business, well fun of it anyway. We made some over the Christmas break. One was for a friends family reunion and the other was for the homeless shelter on Christmas Eve. Everything is edible. We made our own modeling chocolate and made the snowmen and penguins. We are so excited for Ellah's birthday cake....a 3D gumball machine, pictures will be posted, hopefully it turns out as expected.

The Twins

I babysit a little guy named Cache. His father is actually the missionary who taught me in North Dakota (saying with the accent). It is really cool that we both ended up here and our children just a few months apart. People often mistake them for each other because they are both usually naked, always tan and just CUTE!! They even act like siblings, fight over toys and then share!!

The Weiner in Weaning

The grass is always greener on the other side, right? Well my Nephrologist told me to have her weaned by December due to my kidneys but I really wanted to hold on to that and he knew it. So when we went in and I didn't have it done, he gave me the look and said by February! Well I am in the process of getting it done and well I thought it would be harder on Bells but nope, ughhhh. It is hard on me, so emotional. Then the stress of asking yourself, is she getting enough? She is. We made the decision to not use formula since she was a preemie and NO BOTTLES!! She is doing great so far, it is just me. I am not sure if the other mothers have this problem and it could just be that I won't get to breast feed again and she is growing up so fast! My baby is almost a year old! Funny because you want to be done with it and then when it comes that time, you want to hold on to it and well really it is so much easier at times. But both of us are doing great with it and soon enough, she will be a solid girl!!

Fat Girl on a Diet?

Ellah is a very voluptuous baby girl! She is tipping the scales at 26.4 lbs and to tell you the truth I am scared because she has grown out of size 5 diapers and the next step is 6 (toddler size) with less diapers for more money. I am ready to potty train this girl! Some people give me looks of shame because I have a very "healthy" baby and others love to just squeeze her chubs. Either way I am proud to have pure cream for milk! She is now eating EVERYTHING she can get her hands on and I love it! Here are some lovely chubby moment pictures and maybe if I didn't let her get into the fridge when she wanted, we might not have this problem, hahaha!!

Lucky I'm in Love With My Best Friend

Last December we celebrated our 2 year. Even though some days get hectic and I don't see him much due to school and running around with a little monster...I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband, one who I share so much interests with, what can I say, he is my best friend! Here is a poem he wrote to me and gave me.

The day we wed

Will always be

The one I love

my fondest memory

My favorite gift

I've had since then

Are all the days

With me you've been

The greatest thing

That I could see

Is you with me

On our Anniversary

Destined to play sports

Some might say how wrong it is to say SHE WILL play sports but really, with parents as active as us, she is destined to play sports. A good thing about Ellah going to be our only child is we can take her everywhere and do a lot of things. She has already spent a good amount of time on the basketball court, softball field, hiking, swimming, running and even at the bowling alley. Especially with a daddy like Jeremiah, he is always trying to get her to play with the basketball. She is not going to be a dainty princess that is for sure. We've seen proof of this. Some of daddy's favorite times with Bells!