Ready to be a big SISTER!!!

I'm so late on getting Bella's 2 year pictures done. But better late than never. I took these myself. Still trying to decide if they are good enough to print and frame. Not sure. We are going to Idaho this weekend so I'll have my sister take a few of her since she is the professional not me. I still can't believe how big she is and how old she is looking. I'm pretty sure she is the cutest 2 year old ever!!

After months and months of trying we are excited to announce that we will be welcoming our 2nd little bundle of joy into the world in October!! I'll be 12 weeks in 2 days. Let's be honest my body has turned on me very quickly with this one. I won't be able to hide it for much longer :(. Oh the joys! I am starting to feel much better. I still get headaches almost daily but the nausea is pretty much gone and I'm starting to get some energy back. YEA! I'll keep ya posted with the progress of this little one. We are so excited. And Bella will be such a great big sister and with them being almost 3 years apart she'll be a great help too!

When you leave a child unattended....

And all she could say was "you like it"?

Good thing they were washable markers!

Things she says....

So today we were on our way home from having ice cream and playing with friends at McDonald's and she said to me "not go home, go store". I said where would you like to go? She said "let's go Target". Ok, so we went to Target. Then tonight as we were getting home. I pulled her out of the car and she says "kinda windy" "freakin windy". Hahaha, she is so funny! Seriously where do they come up with this stuff?!

A few more of my favorites:

see ya mom, i go Mimi's house
who talking too?
you so annoying Mercedes
i do it myself
Bella's turn
i play computer, do work
watch Bella's shows please
i play friends
oh, i toot
let's go walking
i see you over there
i wanna play too
i do that
Bella do a work out
you watch me

Right now she also loves to sing and count. She sings twinkle twinkle little star, ABC's, I am a Child of God, Popcorn, Itsy bitsy spider, rock-a-by-baby and her own special little songs. It's so precious. We love listening to her sing because she has the sweetest little girl voice. She loves to count everything and can count up to 15. She knows her colors really well too. We introduced the game candy land to her last weekend now we have to play it everyday. She loves it! And she's good at it! She's also been on this kick where we have to bring her baby with us everywhere. The other day she had to bring her baby and the stroller. So we went to the store and she pushed her baby around the store. Precious. I know.

She's just so funny and fun! She definitely keeps us on our toes. But we love every second of her.

Reunited and it feels so good....

Me and Amy

Getting some "pretty" from Amy

Bella with Amy

Just being silly

My BFF came to SLC for her husbands grandpa's funeral last week. She flew in a couple hours before her husband (he was in another city on a business trip) so they had different flights. So Bella and I went and picked her up from the airport and took her to Cafe Rio and from there we went to Maverick for frozen yogurt. We used to live off that stuff. Every night we'd sit in the Old Mill hot tub eating our delicious frozen treat! Amy, I miss you! Please come back for like a month! It had been over 3 years since we last saw each other. And this was her first time meeting Bella. Crazy! And Bella absolutely loved her. But then who doesn't? On our way home she's all Bella could talk about. It was "silly Amy" and "where's Amy". I'm so glad we got to spend a little time with her and that she finally got to meet Bella. We talk on the phone almost every day but I have to say seeing you and hanging out in person is way better!!

"Ba ba and La la".......

Bella and I went to Idaho last week for Aaliyah's birthday party. And wow those two together are something. They fought the whole time. Well, a lot of the time. I think it's just their age, they're both 2 and terrible! They don't like to share Mimi and Papa and they don't like to share they're toys. When we took them to McDonald's to play they played with each other just fine. I think the key is it has to be mutual ground. They have a hard time when they are at each others homes and everything is "theirs". As much as they fight they sure love each other. They hate to say goodbye! They were either laughing and hugging each other or they were pinching and screaming at each other. So funny. They fight like they are sisters. Silly girls! It was still a fun trip. It's always nice to go home.

Just chillin in bed together.

Waiting for the party to start.
Happy 2nd Birthday Aaliyah!!

Aaliyah got some bath toys for her birthday so the girls had to try them out!

And of course the sibling pic. left to right- jarom, me, josh, rachel and jordan.