Friday, September 18, 2009

Bear Lake and Utah!

Well, so much for me doing better at blogging with the Internet at home! Oh well--too bad it will probably only get worse when Stetson arrives! 7 more weeks on that countdown by the way. I totally missed my 7 month pic, but I did capture an 8 month. Oh boy, the decrease in pics between the first and second child has begun already! Here is my fat self. I am SO ready for this last 7 weeks to go by. He is constantly up in my ribs and making them hurt. Haddyn did the same thing, but not for about 3 or 4 more weeks. Sleeping sucks and heartburn is my constant companion, but on an up note, all seems to be going well so I just hope he stays in there long enough to be a healthy and well developed little boy and not a SECOND longer :)First of all I'm going to put some stuff from our yearly trip to Bear Lake at the end of July. Yes, that was July. It was really fun, but we stayed 4 days and 5 nights this year and Haddyn had just lost her best friend (binky) the week before, so it was too long and a little stressful. We really did have a lot of fun though, but I guess we are getting old or something cause it just isn't the same with kid(s) and boy were we tired!
We'll start with Haddyn helping me pack. I went in the other room to get something and came back to find this.... Guess she wanted to make sure we didn't forget her!Haddyn really had a stressful trip as far as sleeping was concerned without her bink and she got this stomach bug that was no fun either. Poor girl! Anyway, sleeping was interesting to say the least and we were staying in my sister's trailer this year, so when she woke us up, she woke the entire family up! I bet they were ready to kick us out after night 1! I did manage to get a few "peaceful" shots of her though, at nap time however, not in the middle of the night when she should have been sleeping. I took these two at the same time, but obviously she and Scott were sleeping in different spots. This is a total Daddy photo of Haddyn and the only reason his doesn't look EXACTLY the same is because he is subconsciously aware that at any moment someone could walk in the door and see him. Observe.... Cute isn't it? I personally LOVE the farmer tan on BOTH my man and my girl! No but really, Haddyn loves to put her hand down her diaper at any time of the day when she's needing a little "comfort", but almost every night I check on her, hand down the diaper. HA!
Haddyn loves to watch us play a game on our phone she calls "balls". Scott loves that cause he gets to play and she sits quiet and watches, for about 5 seconds at least. Here is one of the few happy Daddy/daughter bonding moments of this trip. They were really cute love/hate kinda friends this trip with all of Haddyn's fits.Haddyn really enjoyed the beach this year. I swear she would have slept there if we would have let her. That poor girl had sand in more places than should ever occur, but it didn't slow her down any!Scott's favorite thing to do is bury his feet in the sand. Once again, like Daddy, like daughter...
Her bottoms kept falling down half way and showing her little swimmer. Good thing it wasn't her little crack! But once again, no bum, just like Daddy! Don't worry though, she has PLENTY of her Mama in her too.
We spent some time on the boat and Haddyn loved that too. She had so much fun watching Daddy and everyone else get in the water and play. Oh yah, and she loved the snacks!
Scott just before he dropped his ski. He LOVES to slalom, but can't get up on one ski so he drops one after he's up. It was way rough and he actually beat himself up pretty good that day, but had fun doing it!
These are 4 pretty stinkin' cute girls if you ask me! My bro-in-law Paul was taking Haddyn out on this huge tube to catch waves (wake on the beach) and my niece Morgan (front right) and her two little friends Haley and Cassie came along for the fun. Cassie is the other little girl in front and she is such a cheese! They had just hit a good little wave and all of them were a little caught off guard, but not her!
I love this pic. Haddyn is a funny, crazy little girl, but she is a thinker. This is a classic "thinking" face for her. She gets into this mode when she is doing something she is having fun with, but it's almost like she doesn't want to let anyone know it. Stinker.
We took Haddyn out on the wave runner for a little ride and she loved it! She loves fast, motorized things. It's so funny cause it's just like the four-wheeler...she yells "Fasser Daddy, Fasser!" P.S. check out my HOT white legs, YAH BABY!!
So my bro-in-law Paul has a big diesel truck with a pipe or chip or both or something, but anyway, it's REALLY loud. Every time Haddyn would hear it she would yell "Pow?" I'm sorry, but I have to spell it how she says it. So one day I watch her crawl up onto the ledge in the trailer and stare out the window looking for her Pow.
One last Bear Lake photo...Haddyn chillin' in her chair enjoying Cheetos and Gatorade. Isn't it funny how kids just BECOME your life??? I love being a Mommy---it is THE BEST THING EVER!!!
Okay, so as you can tell, we all had fun in Bear Lake, but we seriously went to Utah like 4 times in July for concerts and family reunions and such so I wanted to talk about a couple of those trips real quick too. The first concert we went to was The Fray. It was fun. We went with our friends Jake and Adele and met up with 2 of their friends too. It was Jake's birthday the day before so we made it a party and stayed in a hotel for a night. It was pretty funny though because all 3 of us girls were pregnant and far enough along it was totally obvious. We got so many funny looks, especially when we were at the restaurant and two of the boys left and we were all with just one of them....3 pregnant chics with one pimp daddy in Utah--what seems weird about that? ha,haMy man is the BEST man and for Mother's Day, well, actually he forgot Mother's Day-so it was more like for a redemption Mother's Day gift, he got us tickets to KENNY CHESNEY. Oh baby, oh baby. The concert was seriously amazing! There were actually supposed to be 4 bands there, but Sugarland cancelled so we saw Lady Antabellum, Miranda Lambert and Kenny Chesney. As much as we both enjoy Sugarland and would have loved seeing them, it was a super fun concert (minus the 104 degree temp with the bonus bun in the oven) and we had so much fun together. We rarely do dates just the two of us because Scott doesn't see Haddyn all day and two days a week I'm in Blackfoot working, so we do more family style dates usually, but it was really fun just being together the two of us. I have been holding out for my sis-in-law, who was right next to the stage, to get me some REALLY good pics of Kenny, but I'll post the ones we have and if I ever get those, I'll share them later. I do have to say that Kenny hasn't won the Entertainer of the Year award for like 5 years for no reason. He really gets into his concerts and it was way fun. There was one part where he was singing "Where I Come From" and they were showing pics on the big screen of Utah stuff and the Jazz got people cheering loud and then the temple got people cheering louder and then the Utes came on and I think people cheered louder for that than Kenny! It was cool though...not too bad for the eyes either lookin at Kenny for a couple of hours. ha,ha You'd think that would bother Scott, but first of all he's used to it with Kenny and second of all, he knows who the true hottie is in my life and that's all I gotta say! Thanks for such a good time babes...doing anything with you is fun, but that was SUPER fun!! LOVE YOU!!! A fan had thrown a U of U hat on stage earlier in the night and so he came back out wearing it. You can't really tell, but it is a red cap. : )We went to Utah again for a family reunion out in Tooele and stopped to see our friends Travis and Nicole's new house and have dinner. It was so much fun to see them. We used to live in the same apartment building when we were both in Poky and Nicole and I walked together while I was prego with Haddyn and she was prego with their little girl Kaydence and then until we moved really. We missed them already moving to Driggs, but then we came to Heyburn and they moved to Utah. Anyway, it was great to see them. It's funny how we're all growing up and getting lives and stuff, but we'll always have the memories and the good times!! Haddyn and Kaydence are about 3 weeks apart and besides the fact Haddyn doesn't like kids her own age, they have always been cute little pals. We loved hanging with them for the night and seeing their cute house and of course finding out they are having a little girl again the end of December. YAY! Too bad we live too far apart to walk together now, but I guess it's a good thing we both have 2 year olds to keep us busy instead!
I always do this, but once again I didn't get any pics of us as a group, but I got some cute ones of Haddyn and Kaydence. Like I said, Haddyn seriously dislikes kids her own age, or actually walking to about 3, but she was sharing her Cheetos so cute and she would say "Want some more Kaydence?" and Kaydence would reply "Yes, please" and Haddyn would give her one and say "There you go" and Kaydence would say "Thank you!" and Haddyn would say "Welcome" and then they would start all over again. It was so cute! I got a video, but it was on my camera and has to be modied and once again, I'm a retard and can't remember how to do it and Travis and Nicole no longer live downstairs to show me how so yah...just look at the pics and imagine it! By the way, Haddyn DOES eat things other than Cheetos, despite what this post has shown you :)Well, I think that is finally it. Not that I'm caught up by any means, but now at least I'm to August. Sounds a lot like my scrapbooking, hmmm. Oh well!

8 comments:

Ashley said...

FINALLY! I've been checking this thing every dang day!

So glad to hear you guys had a great summer! Sounds like a great time to be having before a new baby comes. :)

And LOVE those pictures with Kaydence! I hope you can load the video soon so we can see the cuteness there, too.

The J said...

I love your blog! How do you guys find the time, money and babysitting to do all that fun stuff!? Mat was looking at your blog drooling!

Dani said...

Sounds like a blast! I would love to see Kenny in concert - how fun! p.s. when did Kaydence's hair go so blonde?! She looks so different!

Mindee said...

I love it when you update...always so many fun pictures!!

I'm in the same boat with the constant heartburn. I guess we can whine together about it :)

I love the sleeping pictures, especially the one with Haddyn and Scott sleeping almost identically...we've got a similar situation in our family ;)

I'm glad you guys are finding so much time to enjoy yourselves with all the hard work you're doing!

Unknown said...

Your so awesome!!! It was so fun getting to see you guys and Haddyn always keeps me laughing with all the cute things she does, it is so fun to see her and Kaydence play together. She must tolerate Kaydence because she got to know her in the womb when we went on all those long walks (secretly trying to induce labor). I wish you were here to walk with so bad, I don't have a walking buddy and Kaydence doesn't really keep up the interesting conversation :) Thanks for coming to see us, we need to do it again and we need to get a full group shot! Hey just give me a call and I'll tell you how to load the video. I hope we get to see you guys soon, I CANNOT believe you are due in seven weeks, CRAZY! I feel like you just called me last week to tell me you were pregnant!
Sorry such a long comment but that concert sounds like such a BLAST! What a great mothers day present, my favorite gifts are things that we can do together like that. Bear Lake looked like such a blast, did it wear Haddyn or you guys out more?!?!

The Smaellies said...

That was quite the update! Your busy summer will make up or your fall, where you will spend all your time inside with a new baby! Missed you on Sunday!

Emily said...

Your belly button is hilarious. Mine was too cavernous to ever pop out. It's all those brownies.;)

Katharina said...

Nice adventures, busy bee. I miss Bear Lake time. Haddyn is a smart girl...I don't like kids my age either. ; )