My Pretty Princess!

I can't wait to have TWO little princesses! It is going to be so much fun and it is approaching way too fast. This pregnancy is going well. I am feeling better now than I have for the last 15 weeks, which is nice. It's not painful to sleep anymore so I can't complain! Eden is already protective of the baby in my stomach, although she always answers NO when I ask her if she is excited to have a new sister. Interesting.

Eden is into everything girly right now. Ever since she was 8 months old, she HATED wearing bows in her hair. I struggled with it for a YEAR and just recently she has started asking me to put bows in her hair. it's crazy! I love it! She also loves wearing her bracelets (which she used to rip off as soon as I would put them on) and she throws a fit when I try to take off her necklace for naptime or bedtime.

She's talking like a champ. She's putting 2, 3 and even 4 words together now. She knows the sounds of all the animals, shapes (circle, heart and star), and she absolutely loves to color. She keeps herself entertained for hours with only a notebook and a pen. Her other obsession is her babies. She has 2 baby dolls that she takes care of all day long. She puts them down for naps, feeds them, wraps them up in their blankies and even wipes their butts with her baby wipes. Such a little nurturer. Her favorite time of the day is when Daddy comes home from work. She dances down the hallway and does this crazy little hopping/skipping thing. She has quite the personality.

Pictures!

A few weekends ago we went and stayed the night at a cabin up north with the Stewarts and Trey and Amber. We had tons of fun!


Exhausted!


messy face. Half dirt, half cheese.



Love him!



Eden's new friend she made

The kids

Eden got mad at me when I told her we had to go in the cabin. I got slapped.

having so much fun by the fire

Quick Trip to Utah

On Thursday night I was talking to Brooke on Facebook. She nicely reminded me that I hadn't been up to Utah to visit her and that I should come soon. I sent a text to my Dad that night that said, Want to go to Utah tomorrow? He called and said let's go! So, we were on our way early the next morning... just me, Eden, my dad and my little sister, Annie. We drove all day long (11 hours) and were in Provo, Utah just in time to meet Brooke and Sam for dinner on Friday night. Eden did SO good on the drive. She didn't cry once. I was so proud of her!

On Saturday, we went to this totally cute Farmer's Market down the street, had lunch at Five Guys (best burger ever), watched movies, made Annie a birthday cake, went to McGrath's Fish house for dinner, watched movies and played 5 crowns. It was such a fun day! On Sunday we all had breakfast together and drove the 11 hours back home again. It was a short trip, but totally worth it. I miss my sister!

Girl Trapped!

That's right, Craig is totally going to be girl trapped. (that's what my nephew, Max calls it). We're having another girl! I am so excited! I feel totally prepared since I have so much stuff from Eden. I spent so much money on her cute little clothes and I'm glad I get to use them again. I think Craig is still somewhat in shock by having 2 girls, but he'll get used to it. Needless to say, we are excited and can't wait to meet her in December.

Excited for her new sister!

What we've been up to...

It's officially Summer! That means lots and lots of swimming, watermelon and BBQ's! Nothing too exciting has been happening in our 'hood, just the same everyday stuff that makes our lives exciting.

I'm now almost 12 weeks pregnant and I'm feeling great! This pregnancy has been much, MUCH easier than Eden's and I'm so grateful! My morning sickness is almost completely gone and I don't have to worry about gagging and puking in public anymore. What a relief.

So far, this pregnancy has flown by. I know it's because I have Eden and she occupies 100% of my time. I don't have time to count how many weeks, days, hours I am pregnant anymore. I don't have the time to look up pictures of my growing baby every single day like I did the first time around. Don't get me wrong, I am just as excited for this little one, but it's not always the first thing on my mind. It's kind of nice though... it makes it go by fast.

Since it's been nice and warm outside we've been swimming a ton! Craig's parents have a beautiful pool that we've been taking advantage of as much as possible. Eden just loves the water... especially when her cousins are swimming with her. She loves using Floties and just floats all around the pool by herself while kicking her cute little feet.

Speaking of Eden... she is growing up so fast. I can't believe how smart she is! She has quite the vocabulary already... something I never expected this early. Even her doctor was impressed by her words and how clearly she says them. Her newest words are Jonah and Eli. I love how she says Eli... it's so cute! She loves those boys and they are so good with her. At her 15 month check up she weighed 23 pounds (50-60th percentile) and I can't remember her height but she was in the 90th percentile!! That came as such a shock because she has always been in the 30th percentile for her height. She had a major growth spurt! Her favorite words are baby, Nana, Papa (she LOVES her grandpas!), doggy, puppy, kitty, yucky, yummy, Jonah, Eli, cheese, tickle, mammy, daddy, shoes, cookie, yeah, no, eyes, and diaper.

Last weekend Craig and I got to go to California by ourselves... without Eden! It was the first time we have ever left her and we totally missed her the entire time but we had so much fun together. We went for Jared's (Craig's brother) graduation from Optometry School. Congratulations, Jared! We were able to see some of Craig's family and friends and we even had a little bit of time to ourselves... it was great! Eden had a blast staying with my parents and I'm sure she got endless amounts of attention from her aunts, uncles and grandparents. She wasn't even that excited to see us after we got home. She ran as fast as she could up to us, then as soon as she got within arms distance, she took off running the other way. Oh well... maybe one day she'll miss us when we leave!

Eden floating around in Nana's pool:

She loves laying on the raft to warm up a little bit:

Our date last night- the D-Back's game!

Eden hanging out at the Maxfield's:

Coming in December...

Water Baby

I love that Eden loves the water! I guess you have to love the water when you grow up in Arizona, right? Here are a few pictures of Eden having fun at Nonna and Papa's house in the water. She was so jealous that Jonah and Eli got to take a bath and I'm sure she guilted Joyce into putting her in the bath too, but look how happy it made her!

She also LOVED the Slip N' Slide! Why doesn't that surprise me? She loves everything! he's such a happy kid and thinks every day is the best day ever!