a couple links

This past week I have been the biggest sack of lazy bones EVER. And its felt amazing. We are gearing up to go camping this weekend so I need to get my act in order!

I have a couple links to share today. The first is over at the West Valley Mom Blog. I am a contributing blogger over there, and this week they are doing birth stories that the moms are sharing. The first one is mine, so please go visit and read it!

Next, my work is featured on B H L D N's facebook page! B H L D N is anthropologies wedding line. They have gorgeous dresses and my most recent bride wore one of their gowns. Oh, I also did her hair! Go take a look! Click here to see it!

Our weekend

This past weekend we watched my 2 nephews and niece. It was a lot of fun! I hope they had fun and will have memories of it forever. I can remember several weekends with aunts/uncles and grandparents from when I was a kid and I hope we made some fun memories for them. I made Ellie some before bed ice cream and I found her hiding in my office with it! It was so cute, like she didnt want to share. I dont blame her.

Here are some photos of our weekend. Just some snap shots, no particular order. We had fun playing, eating, shopping, swimming, watching 3d movies, playing xBox, cooking pizza, baking cookies, playing legos, and so much more! 

 

 

 

Ellie was brave enough to "swim" with us! she'd do this over and over and say "I swimin'!"

a 14 month old.

 

 Everett is cracking me up lately. I wanted to take a minute to write some things down so I can remember them.
Today he is really taking initiative to walk everywhere. Its like all the sudden, it clicked and he is trying his hardest to walk anywhere he can.
He is so smart. I know probably every parent thinks this about their kid, but seriously he blows me away. If he wants me to open something (today it was a candy he found), he will take my hand, turn it palm side up and try to pry my fist open. I rarely brush his hair but he found my brush and he started using it on his head. He sees us washing our hands and starts pretending to wash his by rubbing his hands together. He can point to his eyes and ears when asked.
He is so chatty. He says so many things, but just this week he started saying: mama, na-night, banana, donut, and no-no-no-no-no!
He loves to dance and will start jumping at music.
He loves balls still. He like when sports are on tv and will yell "ball!" when they are on.
He loves sweets and donuts. I put our box of donuts in the microwave and he saw the orange box and yelled "donut!" and kept pointing to it wanting me to give him one. He will see any food and say "mmmmmmmm!" over and over til I give him some.
He gives the best hugs. He wraps his skinny arms around your neck and squeezes so hard. It's heart melting.

its fascinating to me that these little babies that we birth start changing right in front of our eyes. he is no longer a small baby but a toddler who is developing into his own person every second. its so fun getting to know him!

on the phone

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Some steps!

YAY WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS! sorry didnt mean to yell at ya. just so stoked over here.

finally using the walker to walk around.

he had enough! ha!