Lately we have been going a mile a minute. We left on a week long vacation to Alaska (Alaska deserves its own post when life gets a little less hectic. Alaska was actually a Transportation Engineering Conference for Brandon, but I got to tag along with.) We spent a week in Fountain Green for Lamb Days (also deserves its own post). We have been avidly working on refinishing our baby grand piano, and it is looking so good. We took family pictures in Fairview with the Aagard family (pics to come). All in the past three weeks while Brandon finished his thesis, passed his defense committee, and has been applying and interviewing for jobs!!
~Breathe~ Thus blogging has been pushed to the back burner.
So this is just a quick post to keep you informed. Jobs are looking very promising! Now it is trying to figure out what will be the best move for Brandon's career and for our family. It seriously STRESSES me out, but it is so exciting for our family! I so afraid of accepting a job only to have our dream job be offered to us the next day. Ugh! I guess it will all work out, but our life could seriously go in so many different directions, because there are just SO many decisions! (... what job to take (anywhere from Alaska to Maine), rent vs. buy vs. build, commuting or relocating, school districts for our kids, city vs. small town, etc.) I know we will end up where we are suppose to be, but until decided I'm sure I'll continue to stress. Stay continued for the next chapter of our life!!!!!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Nail Polish!
I just started playing in a 7:30 am women's tennis league. (Which is SO much fun I might add.) However, upon returning home this is how I found Brooklyn!!
That's the last time I leave Brandon in charge! UGH! ........ No, I'm sure it could have happened on my watch too, but I just don't get how she got the lid off the nail polish, I mean I am usually prying at the lids with my teeth, so how does she manage to get it off?!
I had to put myself in a time out so that I wouldn't completely snap. I kept telling myself, "this will be funny... someday." She had tried so hard to paint her toe nails that her one whole foot was covered, as well as the carpet.
After much scrubbing it did come off the carpet, .... for the most part. It seriously took all day to scrub out. Now we are back to clean carpet and happy kids.
Kenzington was being such a cheese in the bumbo that I had to snap some pics.
Brooklyn has this natural flip and curl to her hair. I just love it!
We've also been having a lot of pool parties!! Here is Brooklyn with Tyce and Jacey Walker, Brittany Palmer Walker's kids.
Kenz just enjoyed watching.
First time Zumba-ing!! Ya Chana and I are pretty much the bomb-dot-com. I think we missed our callings in life as a dancers.
And lastly two kids make for a lot more laundry. I seriously feel like I can't keep up sometimes, but they are totally worth it.
That's the last time I leave Brandon in charge! UGH! ........ No, I'm sure it could have happened on my watch too, but I just don't get how she got the lid off the nail polish, I mean I am usually prying at the lids with my teeth, so how does she manage to get it off?!
I had to put myself in a time out so that I wouldn't completely snap. I kept telling myself, "this will be funny... someday." She had tried so hard to paint her toe nails that her one whole foot was covered, as well as the carpet.
After much scrubbing it did come off the carpet, .... for the most part. It seriously took all day to scrub out. Now we are back to clean carpet and happy kids.
Kenzington was being such a cheese in the bumbo that I had to snap some pics.
Brooklyn has this natural flip and curl to her hair. I just love it!
We've also been having a lot of pool parties!! Here is Brooklyn with Tyce and Jacey Walker, Brittany Palmer Walker's kids.
Kenz just enjoyed watching.
First time Zumba-ing!! Ya Chana and I are pretty much the bomb-dot-com. I think we missed our callings in life as a dancers.
And lastly two kids make for a lot more laundry. I seriously feel like I can't keep up sometimes, but they are totally worth it.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Kenzington's 4 month stats!
Weight = 18 lbs. 1 oz., OFF THE CHARTS - 100th percentile!
Height = 25.75 inches, 75th percentile.
Kenz is just growing up way too fast. She is always smiling and makes this funny little giggle/gasp for air when you try to tickle or tease her. She is reaching for everything and can roll considering her arms don't get in the way. She loves attention from anyone and will chat your ear off with cooing.
Me - "Um, doctor, should I be concerned that my baby is "OFF THE CHARTS"??"
Doctor - "No breastfeed babies tend to follow their own unique curves. At least you know she's eating well and healthy. It is really hard to over feed a breastfeed baby. Just must be giving her straight cream. Nothing to worry about that."
Yeah, Kenz has grown like exponentially in the past 2 months! We love our little chubbers!
Height = 25.75 inches, 75th percentile.
Kenz is just growing up way too fast. She is always smiling and makes this funny little giggle/gasp for air when you try to tickle or tease her. She is reaching for everything and can roll considering her arms don't get in the way. She loves attention from anyone and will chat your ear off with cooing.
Me - "Um, doctor, should I be concerned that my baby is "OFF THE CHARTS"??"
Doctor - "No breastfeed babies tend to follow their own unique curves. At least you know she's eating well and healthy. It is really hard to over feed a breastfeed baby. Just must be giving her straight cream. Nothing to worry about that."
Yeah, Kenz has grown like exponentially in the past 2 months! We love our little chubbers!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Grandpa's Surgery, cousins, trips, and family fun!
We have been on the go for the past couple of weeks. It all started out with a trip down to Fountain Green to our nephew Jared Strait's Baptism. We were able to spend a lot of quality time with Grandma and Grandpa, plus all of the cousins.
The little girl cousins had a tea party with Grandma Aagard. She can't seem to get enough of her Grandkids! Grandma spent a lot of time rocking with Kayson and Kenzington.
The three youngest cousins got together for some comparison pictures. We like to call them "Ketchup, Pepper, and Salt." Kayson has reddish hair and fair skin, Kenzington has brown hair and dark skin, and Christian has blonde hair and a medium skin tone.
They may be way different in skin tone and hair color, but they are all such chubbers. (7 months, 6 months, and 3 months.)
We not only came down for Jared's Baptism, but for my dad's brain surgery as well. This is how we spent the evening before Grandpa's surgery. Brooklyn loves dancing with Grandpa.
The girls and I decide to stay for the rest of the week in Fountain Green just to be around throughout the surgery. The last surgery dad had quite the recovery, but this time he came out remarkably well.
He was racing around the halls of the hospital with in an hour after his surgery. We sure love our Grandpa! He's such a strong fighter.
And there is no place that we would rather be than with family during times like these. (Only wish we lived closer.)
All the kids zonked out at the hospital.
When we finally got back to Logan, Brandon was done with finals (Yay! His last class of forever!) and we then went to SLC for my Software and System Technology Conference. After the conference we went down to Green River and spent time with the Brady family. (No pictures because Brandon had the camera with him in Moab for a mancation.) Green River is always a blast. Late night games with the family are my favorite!
When we got back to Logan I decided to do something drastic. I've needed a little pick me up since having Kenz so ....
yep, I dyed it BLONDE!!
Brooklyn loved taking these pictures with me, so we had to take like a zillion. I'm really liking the change so far, but don't worry it won't be a forever thing.
Have I mentioned how much I love my little girls?!! I seriously couldn't ask for better girls.
We always have so much fun together as a family. Like this Memorial Weekend for example. We took off on a drive to Clarkston, Utah. (the place that we would likely move to if we stay permanently in Logan) We ended up in the cemetary because it's memorial day, and low and behold Martin Harris is buried there. That was a very neat church historical site to stumble upon.
We had so much fun with this new discovery that we decided, why not go discover some new areas of Northern Utah that we have never been to. So off we went.
We ended up at the Golden Spike National Historic Site. It was super interesting and way fun for both kids and adults. Kenz loved the stroller ride, Brooklyn loved the "chew chew tains," Brandon loved the engineering of it all, and I simply loved just being with my family.
Family time is seriously the best!
The little girl cousins had a tea party with Grandma Aagard. She can't seem to get enough of her Grandkids! Grandma spent a lot of time rocking with Kayson and Kenzington.
The three youngest cousins got together for some comparison pictures. We like to call them "Ketchup, Pepper, and Salt." Kayson has reddish hair and fair skin, Kenzington has brown hair and dark skin, and Christian has blonde hair and a medium skin tone.
They may be way different in skin tone and hair color, but they are all such chubbers. (7 months, 6 months, and 3 months.)
We not only came down for Jared's Baptism, but for my dad's brain surgery as well. This is how we spent the evening before Grandpa's surgery. Brooklyn loves dancing with Grandpa.
The girls and I decide to stay for the rest of the week in Fountain Green just to be around throughout the surgery. The last surgery dad had quite the recovery, but this time he came out remarkably well.
He was racing around the halls of the hospital with in an hour after his surgery. We sure love our Grandpa! He's such a strong fighter.
And there is no place that we would rather be than with family during times like these. (Only wish we lived closer.)
All the kids zonked out at the hospital.
When we finally got back to Logan, Brandon was done with finals (Yay! His last class of forever!) and we then went to SLC for my Software and System Technology Conference. After the conference we went down to Green River and spent time with the Brady family. (No pictures because Brandon had the camera with him in Moab for a mancation.) Green River is always a blast. Late night games with the family are my favorite!
When we got back to Logan I decided to do something drastic. I've needed a little pick me up since having Kenz so ....
yep, I dyed it BLONDE!!
Brooklyn loved taking these pictures with me, so we had to take like a zillion. I'm really liking the change so far, but don't worry it won't be a forever thing.
Have I mentioned how much I love my little girls?!! I seriously couldn't ask for better girls.
We always have so much fun together as a family. Like this Memorial Weekend for example. We took off on a drive to Clarkston, Utah. (the place that we would likely move to if we stay permanently in Logan) We ended up in the cemetary because it's memorial day, and low and behold Martin Harris is buried there. That was a very neat church historical site to stumble upon.
We had so much fun with this new discovery that we decided, why not go discover some new areas of Northern Utah that we have never been to. So off we went.
We ended up at the Golden Spike National Historic Site. It was super interesting and way fun for both kids and adults. Kenz loved the stroller ride, Brooklyn loved the "chew chew tains," Brandon loved the engineering of it all, and I simply loved just being with my family.
Family time is seriously the best!
Friday, April 29, 2011
The girls!
I just wanted to quickly jot down some of the cute little things that my little girls do to make me smile.
KENZINGTON:
She is seriously getting so big! Some of the things she is doing....
~She is smiling all the time now! All you have to do is look at her. She gets really big grins when Brooklyn talks to her.
~Kenz tries to have a conversation with anyone if you sit and talk to her. She just keeps the "coo's" going and going. It's my favorite.
~She is basically sitting up. Probably because her little belly is so big that she can't really fall over. :)
~She is sleeping through the night. Kenz sleeps from about 10:30pm to 6am. She has been doing this since 6 weeks.
~Kenz hates her belly. She gets so grumpy if left on her belly for more than 5 minutes.
~She is starting to reach up and grab things. It is still pretty uncoordinated but you can tell she is focusing so hard.
~On a not so happy note, Kenzington has had two ear infections already. The doctors don't seem too concerned, but Brooklyn never had an ear infection, so it worries me a little. Despite the ear infections Kenz is a really happy, content baby.
BROOKLYN:
Where do I start with this little spit fire...
~She is repeating EVERYTHING! There is nothing she can't say. Even when Brandon and I try to whisper and have a private conversation, she will catch something and repeat it back.
~Brooklyn loves to sing! Her favortie songs are "Amazing" by Bruno Mars and Justin Biebers "Baby". She runs to the computer every morning saying "Baby, Baby, eewwww .... pease, baby, baby eewwww." She's two and already caught the Bieber fever.
~She comes in our room every morning saying "Hi mommy! Hi mommy!"
~If you laugh at her she will keep doing the thing that you laughed at over and over again. She is so funny when she says "Pepperoni, water, or rooster." She will just keep repeating those words if you laugh at her.
~She sleeps in her big girl bed and loves it! She goes to bed at 7:30 or 8:00 without a fuss, peep, or fight. I often sit by her door as she sings herself to sleep.
~Brooklyn counts to ten and says her ABC's so well. (I'll try to get a video of it soon, but she is super camera shy.) She can't ever stop counting at like 5 or 6, it is always to 10. She recognizes numbers and letters on signs, books, letters, etc.
~If you tell Brooklyn to hurry she'll run as fast as her little legs can go, which looks like more of a march in place.
~She really recognizes emotions. She comes up to me with a frowny face an says, "Mommy sad!" She kisses me and then smiles saying, "Mommy happy!"
~I know when I am looking good, because I'll walk into the room and Brooklyn will say, "woot woot mommy" or "mommy cute". This just makes my day!
~Brooklyn says she needs to go potty like 20 times a day. Not my favorite thing, but at least she is interested. She goes in the toilet maybe like twice or three times of those 20. Ugh!
~She loves making her little sister smile. She will do anything I ask, as long as it is for Kenzington or to make Kenzington happy. She's quite the little helper.
There are times when being a mom is very trying, but when my kids make me smile or laugh it is all worth it. I just want to hold on to every memory because they grow-up and change so fast.
KENZINGTON:
She is seriously getting so big! Some of the things she is doing....
~She is smiling all the time now! All you have to do is look at her. She gets really big grins when Brooklyn talks to her.
~Kenz tries to have a conversation with anyone if you sit and talk to her. She just keeps the "coo's" going and going. It's my favorite.
~She is basically sitting up. Probably because her little belly is so big that she can't really fall over. :)
~She is sleeping through the night. Kenz sleeps from about 10:30pm to 6am. She has been doing this since 6 weeks.
~Kenz hates her belly. She gets so grumpy if left on her belly for more than 5 minutes.
~She is starting to reach up and grab things. It is still pretty uncoordinated but you can tell she is focusing so hard.
~On a not so happy note, Kenzington has had two ear infections already. The doctors don't seem too concerned, but Brooklyn never had an ear infection, so it worries me a little. Despite the ear infections Kenz is a really happy, content baby.
BROOKLYN:
Where do I start with this little spit fire...
~She is repeating EVERYTHING! There is nothing she can't say. Even when Brandon and I try to whisper and have a private conversation, she will catch something and repeat it back.
~Brooklyn loves to sing! Her favortie songs are "Amazing" by Bruno Mars and Justin Biebers "Baby". She runs to the computer every morning saying "Baby, Baby, eewwww .... pease, baby, baby eewwww." She's two and already caught the Bieber fever.
~She comes in our room every morning saying "Hi mommy! Hi mommy!"
~If you laugh at her she will keep doing the thing that you laughed at over and over again. She is so funny when she says "Pepperoni, water, or rooster." She will just keep repeating those words if you laugh at her.
~She sleeps in her big girl bed and loves it! She goes to bed at 7:30 or 8:00 without a fuss, peep, or fight. I often sit by her door as she sings herself to sleep.
~Brooklyn counts to ten and says her ABC's so well. (I'll try to get a video of it soon, but she is super camera shy.) She can't ever stop counting at like 5 or 6, it is always to 10. She recognizes numbers and letters on signs, books, letters, etc.
~If you tell Brooklyn to hurry she'll run as fast as her little legs can go, which looks like more of a march in place.
~She really recognizes emotions. She comes up to me with a frowny face an says, "Mommy sad!" She kisses me and then smiles saying, "Mommy happy!"
~I know when I am looking good, because I'll walk into the room and Brooklyn will say, "woot woot mommy" or "mommy cute". This just makes my day!
~Brooklyn says she needs to go potty like 20 times a day. Not my favorite thing, but at least she is interested. She goes in the toilet maybe like twice or three times of those 20. Ugh!
~She loves making her little sister smile. She will do anything I ask, as long as it is for Kenzington or to make Kenzington happy. She's quite the little helper.
There are times when being a mom is very trying, but when my kids make me smile or laugh it is all worth it. I just want to hold on to every memory because they grow-up and change so fast.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
West Desert Camping Trip!
Easter weekend was our annual camping trip with the Aagard family. We seriously had a blast, even though we spent most of the camping trip in the sheep camp.
It was a little too cold for Kenzington outside, so she got the spoiled treatment, and I benefited as well, by being able to sleep inside the sheep camp. Brandon and Brooklyn roughed it outside in the tent.
Brooklyn didn't seem to mind the bad weather. She was constantly finding something to entertain herself.
Whether it be trying to catch bugs and horny-toads, (She kept trying to kiss it! Gross!)
or just playing in the dirt. (Which we couldn't keep her out of!)
This girl knows how to make a good time out of any situation. (A lesson that I still need to learn sometimes.)
After getting all dirty we couldn't go to bed that way, so we had bathtime.
Kenz didn't want to miss out on any of the action either.
Seriously though, have you ever seen a baby with this many rolls at two months?!?! She is such a cute little chunk!
I was pretty sure the Easter Bunny wouldn't come because of how many rabbits Brandon and Coby had shot, but somehow he found us anyway.
Brooklyn loved all the candy and egg hunts. She would follow anyone around until they would open some more candy for her. (She's a girl after my own heart.)
The weather wasn't the only misery we encountered on this trip. Every vehicle but ours had some sort of mishap. Two flat tires and a broken truck later we finally made it home.
Despite all of the problems along the way, it is always fun spending time with family to make memories while you have the time. My dad's cancer that was removed from his brain FIVE WEEKS AGO showed up AGAIN on his most recent MRI!! They believe it is a cyst, but they will have to operate and remove it again just to be sure. He just can't seem to catch a break. So the pancreatic cancer is on hold for now until they get things with the brain in order. We love our dad and grandpa, so hopefully they can just beat this stupid cancer. Until it is beat we are trying to take that lesson from little Brooklyn and turn a bad situation around as much as we can. LOVE YOU DAD!!
It was a little too cold for Kenzington outside, so she got the spoiled treatment, and I benefited as well, by being able to sleep inside the sheep camp. Brandon and Brooklyn roughed it outside in the tent.
Brooklyn didn't seem to mind the bad weather. She was constantly finding something to entertain herself.
Whether it be trying to catch bugs and horny-toads, (She kept trying to kiss it! Gross!)
or just playing in the dirt. (Which we couldn't keep her out of!)
This girl knows how to make a good time out of any situation. (A lesson that I still need to learn sometimes.)
After getting all dirty we couldn't go to bed that way, so we had bathtime.
Kenz didn't want to miss out on any of the action either.
Seriously though, have you ever seen a baby with this many rolls at two months?!?! She is such a cute little chunk!
I was pretty sure the Easter Bunny wouldn't come because of how many rabbits Brandon and Coby had shot, but somehow he found us anyway.
Brooklyn loved all the candy and egg hunts. She would follow anyone around until they would open some more candy for her. (She's a girl after my own heart.)
The weather wasn't the only misery we encountered on this trip. Every vehicle but ours had some sort of mishap. Two flat tires and a broken truck later we finally made it home.
Despite all of the problems along the way, it is always fun spending time with family to make memories while you have the time. My dad's cancer that was removed from his brain FIVE WEEKS AGO showed up AGAIN on his most recent MRI!! They believe it is a cyst, but they will have to operate and remove it again just to be sure. He just can't seem to catch a break. So the pancreatic cancer is on hold for now until they get things with the brain in order. We love our dad and grandpa, so hopefully they can just beat this stupid cancer. Until it is beat we are trying to take that lesson from little Brooklyn and turn a bad situation around as much as we can. LOVE YOU DAD!!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Birthday Bash!
Brooklyn's birthday started out with her usual morning routine . . . playing with her little pals!
I can't believe that my little Brooklyn is two years old! Her birthday party was a blast. We first went to the mall with all of my sister, my mom, and Brandon's brother's Shawn and Nicolas. (Where we did some shopping for my birthday! It is so weird that I am now 27...sounds so old.) I LOVE shopping with my sisters!! Brooklyn loved playing with all of her Aagard cousins on the playground in the Orem mall. She really loved the water sculpture thing and I couldn't say "no" to her playing in it and getting all wet because... well it's her birthday!
It was so much fun with all the little ones around.
We then went to Chucky Cheese where Brooklyn had the time of her life. She would barely sit still to open her presents. She just wanted to play all the games and ride all the little mechanical cars.
She loved her Minnie Mouse cake! I'm pretty proud of this cake because Brandon did most of the icing while I was feeding Kenzington!! How many dad's can do that?? :)
She really dug into her cake this year! She loves Minnie Mouse.
By the end of the day she was completely wiped out! She pulled her hood over her head and that's how she fell asleep! Our fun little two year old!! (While her and Kenzi were sleeping we took a stroll down memory lane stopping in Bountiful at the place we stayed while Brooklyn was in the NICU. Forever grateful for the miracle of her life!)
I can't believe that my little Brooklyn is two years old! Her birthday party was a blast. We first went to the mall with all of my sister, my mom, and Brandon's brother's Shawn and Nicolas. (Where we did some shopping for my birthday! It is so weird that I am now 27...sounds so old.) I LOVE shopping with my sisters!! Brooklyn loved playing with all of her Aagard cousins on the playground in the Orem mall. She really loved the water sculpture thing and I couldn't say "no" to her playing in it and getting all wet because... well it's her birthday!
It was so much fun with all the little ones around.
We then went to Chucky Cheese where Brooklyn had the time of her life. She would barely sit still to open her presents. She just wanted to play all the games and ride all the little mechanical cars.
She loved her Minnie Mouse cake! I'm pretty proud of this cake because Brandon did most of the icing while I was feeding Kenzington!! How many dad's can do that?? :)
She really dug into her cake this year! She loves Minnie Mouse.
By the end of the day she was completely wiped out! She pulled her hood over her head and that's how she fell asleep! Our fun little two year old!! (While her and Kenzi were sleeping we took a stroll down memory lane stopping in Bountiful at the place we stayed while Brooklyn was in the NICU. Forever grateful for the miracle of her life!)
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