My new love. Charli Rose

Born May 28h at 3:26 PM.
Weighing in at 8 lbs. 6 oz. 21 1/2 inches.

Charli holds a special spot in my heart... why? Because she is my first niece. From the time I have laid eyes on her my heart melted.

She has the most amazing hair color. Its not blond. Not brown. Its like brown with blond highlights.  She is perfect !!

 Welcome to this crazy world Charli. You came into a family that will shower you with love your whole life!!

Charli and Uncle Chris

Im so in love with her hair

Seriously if this baby doesn't make you baby hungry.... I dont know what will. (Thank God my birth control is for 5 years :)     )

Mothers curse.

Its TRULY true what you do to your parents come back ten folds. Jayden the other day was not allowed to play with friends. Why? Because she was sick . As a mom my biggest pet peeve is when people bring their ill kids around my kids and get them sick. Out of respect for other mommies I chose to keep my kids away from other people while they recupe. With that being said... Yesterday I was taking an early evening siesta when I heard Chris and Jade having a little feud.

Me: (completely out of it as I'm just waking up): whats going on?
Chris: Jade popped her screen out of her window... ::: pause:: and she snuck her friends in the window.

What the hell. SHE IS FIVE!!! I have my hands full. 10 years from now Im up shit creek. Everyone pray for me :)

WE GOT APPROVED

Chris and I found out earlier this week our loan was approved for our house!!! I can not wait to move in! We are about two weeks from closing and moving in. Words can not express how excited I am for this. Its weird for me to think about the fact we will be home owners. It makes me feel truly grown up.

The Front of Our Home

Our Deck

Our kitchen that will obviously need matching appliances 

Master Bathroom.

What we have been up to

Once again I find myself catching up on the past MONTHS I have not blogged. Even worse is I think  " I need to Blog this" frequently. Hopefully I can figure how to incorporate blogging into my schedule. Seems as if I need to give up a little Facebook time and start WRITING. :)


Chris and I attended a costume party for my aunt's 50th birthday. We rocked our costume. I experienced my first sewing experience. with out anyone who knew what was going on- around to help. After a few temper tantrums the pants were complete :)

Jade sledding

We bought a zoo membership and took our first trip with a friend from work. Jade had a blast.

Jade on the Train

Lovin it!

Jade dressed her self. She wore the shirt because there are crocodiles at the zoo. 

Paisley on the train

My sweet baby and her first trip to the zoo

Successful day at the zoo.

Chris and I are also in the works to buy a new home. CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR US. We need our own home. We currently live with  Chris' mom and she is quite patient with us our time has come and we need to be on our own.  Home buying is the most STRESSFUL thing I have EVER done. We are currently in between an accepted offer and getting our loan settled. Its a perfect home for my family. I cant wait it get our keys and get in and start settling :)


I have also become a soccer mom and I LOVE it! It is great for Jade she is so athletic! We have completed spring soccer and are going to sign up for summer soccer. 
We have the coolest parents on our team - I swear some how we ended up on the rich team. Thank god the rich parents are not snoody! I met one mom that even though it hasnt happened yet I'm convinced we will be friends for a long time :)

Best team picture EVER.

Pais is the best cheerleader !

Jade is so funny with the things she says. We were a Khols and Jade saw these "animal skins" hanging on the hangers. 

This is the camel skin vest/ the black one in the back is gorilla skin according to Jade

Paisley turned 10 months this month. What the hell - time flies. She currently has 8 teeth. Crawls like shes been doing it for 10 months. Climbs up stairs with out falling backwards. She says "hi" and holds her hands out. She is the sweetest soul and is loved by everyone in our family. 

Paisleys first Easter

Thank you Uncle Sam for "saving" my money

First let me start off with.... I love taxes. Why? I love paying out of my ass all year to get a decent return. I feel like I take more then I need to out - and know how to live with out it. In turn - when our return came this year I was VERY exciting :)


So before the check for our return had even reached our mailbox I had already mentally spent it. 


Im going to buy new shoes, work out clothes, Paisley a car seat and pay off bills.


So today and yesterday is the day we put our return to use (and then banked the majority of it)


I always believe taxes are for the parents to reward themselves for a year of hard work well done.  Once we were at the store my thought process changed.


Our journey began yesterday. Paisley's little legs have out grown her infant car seat. I fell in love with this car seat one time while at a store- and mentally spent my tax returns on it. Paisley digs it. 

We got Paisley a fun toy to play with while in the car... 

...so here is where buying things for yourself turns into buying things for kids.

I though if Paisley is getting new things... Jade needs something too.

7 Barbie Princess'

Cool right? Jade and Paisley get a new toy... So then... I think its not fair for Jade to get a toy more expensive then Paisley... So she got another toy.

The balls pop up and go down the spiral.

Today we had a few more errands to run so I told Jade if you take a nap you can get ONE Barbie (you cant give all 7 at a time or she wont think they are as cool)

Our lunch at Crown Burger

Elmo in a booster

Jade 

Paisley :)

Grumpy 

...and me 

Jade refused to take a nap. She was NOT tired. 

A view from the top

a view from looking through the headrest.

"I need to blog about this"

So every now and then I find myself thinking "When I get home - Im going to blog about this" ... and then... it just never happens.


So I no particular order the things I have meant to blog about are about to be put in writing... Enjoy.


::Evan::


Chris and I have a lot a friends but few we hang out with. Why? We have two young kids and no baby sitter on call. SO that leaves us to hang out with friends that have kids.... We spend most of our time at my cousin's house. Jenny and I grew up together and we are BEST BUDS/ Sisters/ friends for ever/ TIGHT...
Naturally our kids are buds - which works well.


Anyway this isnt a post about how close we are but more how I adore her son. He is super sweet. A few examples.


- We were over there one night and I put Paisley to sleep in the guest room- which is across the hall from Evans room. I asked the kids to be quiet and he goes " Do I need to turn this down?" I had no clue what he was talking about until I saw the DS in his hands. (So that means it was not loud).  


-The second time was when we were over there and he kept asking if Jade could play his DS. (she was grounded for throwing the DS on the table during a melt down) . He kept saying "its oaky it dont mind if she plays" "can Jayden please play it". 


- One time he was looking at Paisley and said " I really like your baby, she is so cute"


I just adore him.

Jade and Ev are buds.

:: End of a legacy... ::

2*10*2011 Coach Sloan resigned ?!?! Are you serious???  I love that crazy old man. The night before they played the Bulls, we had talked about going to the game but never got tickets.  We wanted to go because we were playing the guys who used to be on our team - had I know it was Mr Sloan's last game I FOR SURE would have been there. I cried during the press conference. Some people are glad saying he needed to go. I agree with Karl " They brought back the old skool floor, they brought back the old skool jerseys now we need old skool players." Im not saying completely old school but some that respect their coach even if they "know" more then the coach.

Jerry will be missed. I liked him!

 I do think Ty will be good for us. He will bring some new zest to our team. I am already liking him up off the bench and moving.  It will be exciting to see where we are in a few years... GO JAZZ.

::Valentines day::

Im not a big valentines day fan. Its just an excuse to spend money. I would rather my husband come home and surprise me with a box of chocolates and roses then on a day i "expect " it. With that being said I bought my husband a car wash at Platinum car wash ( it includes a was, wipe down and tire clean). On Friday we decided why not - and we went to a Jazz game. We had killer seats and had a great time. I love spending time with my husband. I adore him.

We love our FLIP

Right before Paisley was born we were given a "Flip" camera to record our most favorite memories. Enjoy...

We went to Boise to visit some very special friends of ours. We were playing Kinect. Chris conquered a level and this was the dance he though of on the spot. The Kinect records it and then stores it in the Kinect. When the video plays back to us it is not Chris' body- it is Chris' sweet moves in the body of a T-rex .

During our stay we got to listen to Rochelle and her Papa sing. I wish she could sing me lullabies every night.

I love watching her try and grab her bubbles. <3