Thursday, October 20, 2011

Schnepf Farms 2011

I had never been to Schenpf Farms before, so I decided it would be fun to tag along with Brody's (my friend Bailey's son) preschool class. It was pretty fun...we got a great deal going with his class. Otherwise, I don't think it'd really be worth your money to pay full price for everything. Anyways, it was something fun for Allyson and I to do so thanks for inviting us 'bay wee'!

can we just say DRAMA QUEEN?! seriously? its hay.

therefore, she had to have mommy hold her. (please excuse the grown out nasty roots...getting my hair done next week! yay!)


cuties Brody & Rigden!


snacks and milk are a must have!


on the hay ride...looking at the 'dee'


waiting for the choo choo train ride!


riding the train!


so thirsty! it was HOT!


allyson's favorite part was the petting zoo! she LOVES animals.


the baby goats wanted to eat her shirt! haha


she liked the baby goats the best...probably because they were smaller than her:)


my lil cowgirl:)


watching the chickens!


picking a pumpkin!


so many to choose from!


awww a little one!


but mommy made her get a bigger one and it smushed her! lol

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

allyson is going to have...

a baby SISTER!

As my cousin Naomi stated to Ben, "It is your lot in life to be surrounded by beautiful women!"

Bring back those cute clothes and adoreable headbands:)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

oh the joys...

I have decided that I would like to document more about my pregnancy this time. I didn't document ANYTHING with Allyson (only TWO pics!) and I am regretting it because I would love to compare. But then again, I understand why I didn't...I was working at least 50 hours a week along with finishing my Master's program...its no wonder! No time and no energy! I feel like I am such a wuss this time. That, or I was superwoman last time!

I am just over 17 weeks now and I am FINALLY starting to get my energy back. I say starting because I will feel good one day and cruddy the next. Yesterday I felt so good that I cleaned my ENTIRE house! (which has been neglected for FOUR months) AND I did the laundry as well! AND made a yummy dinner. GO ME! But of course now today, I am feeling so lazy and zero energy. My nausea has lessened but it is still there. Still am not able to drink water. I THINK my nausea really died down at 20 weeks with Allyson so I am hoping it will be GONE in the next couple weeks! I definitely feel like my belly is growing so much faster this time. And it gets really frustrating at times because I haven't gained any weight yet but I feel like my belly is already huge! (for this stage, that is) Anyways, I guess we just cant help how our bodies react:)

Here are a couple pics I took after church on Sunday (17 weeks)

It took both sides because I feel like I look like two different sizes, depending on the angle.


I took this one at 14 weeks.


Next Tuesday we get our first ultra sound! Which means we get to find out the sex! Ben and I are really hoping for a boy this time of course but I wouldn't mind a girl either because I wouldn't need to buy a thing! Plus, I have a girl name already picked out. NO BOY NAMES! I will post the verdict next week:)

Monday, October 10, 2011

my HUGE 18 month TODDLER

21 pounds 6 ounces (10%)
32 inches tall (50%)
size 5 shoes

favorite words: daddy, mommy, doggie, puppy, feesh (fish), dee (deer), bean (bear), duck, bub (for belly button), eyes, nose, mouth, ears, cheese, cookie, milk, baby (most fav!), drink, nack (snack), side (outside), bye bye, muah (for kisses), book, dat (that), fwee (three), yuck, no no, awwww, baf (bath), shoes, and Im sure there is more but those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head!

favorite things to do: read books! jump off anything and everything and everytime saying fwee fwee FWEE! (one two three). says 'awwwwww' when she puts on clothes, holds her babies, sees pictures, etc. loves to kiss and 'give loves' to her babies. she can tell you where the following are located: eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ears, hair, fingers, toes, and belly button. funny side note on the belly button: she is not scared to lift up anyone's shirt to find their belly button and poke it. its so funny! she LOVES to dance and loves music. its almost like she cant help but dance whenever she hears music. if we tell her to 'shake it', she will shimme her shoulders. its so cute! she loves to follow around aunt wissa. she will sit on the kitchen table next to alissa's laptop and just talk her ear off. she loves to sit a 'play' the piano. one time i think she played it for an hour straight which works for me! keeps her occupied.

when you ask her how old she is, she will put up one finger and say fwee! haha...at least its half right? when we ask her if she wants a spanking she will start spanking her own bootie. funny girl! she will occasionally give her baby spankings too! when you hold up a cell phone to take a pic she will automatically start saying cheese! (funny how she says it only with cell phones and not my actual camera!) even though she likes the outdoors and playing with cars, she also such a girly girl! she wants her toes painted whenever i paint mine and she loves to put on makeup with mommy!

she is a social butterfly. she waves and says hi to complete strangers all the time (she is a hit with everyone at church!) and speaking of church, she went to nursery for the first time last sunday (yay!) and she did so well! not one tear! so relieved. hopefully it lasts! she is a busy busy girl. has to be doing something every minute and just jibber jabbers all day long. she climbs on everything and LOVES being outside. anytime ANYONE is leaving our house, she tries to go with them and will just wave bye bye to me! she is a little scaredy cat with EVERYTHING. her favorite tv show is yo gabba gabba (weirdest show ever!) - probably because they sing for most of the show.

I believe she has 17 teeth (its kinda hard to count them!). her favorite dinner is chicken nuggets. she is not a big eater (not even with sweets!) she LOVES meat! her daddy's girl for sure! (not that I dont like meat, but Ben loves it) she drinks lots of liquids all day long. its almost like she would rather just drink liquids all day rather than eat! she sleeps pretty good most nights. so far I have been lucky and she never resists bed time. actually, if i say ok its bed time! or even when I say ok its nap time! she will just start heading up the stairs. she must like her sleep like her mommy!

She is just the light of our lives and brings me pure joy every day. love you baby girl!
Here are the 18 month pics I took of allyson while we were up in SJ for Ben's hunt...

















































Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Ben's Elk Hunt 2011

It's Ben's favorite time of year! He hadn't been drawn for an elk hunt since 2007 so he was like a kid at Disneyland with his tag this year!


He got a NICE one!

6x6. scores somewhere between 350-360.


you forget how big they are!


got him opening morning, literally ten minutes after it became light enough to shoot!


hahahha he is in LOVE


we dressed allyson in her camo dress just for daddy's special day! she wasnt really liking the elk tho!


hahahaha allyson's face is priceless! i dont blame her...they are kinda scary! but she better get used to it I guess because it will soon be hanging in our living room!


ben with his dad

ben took allyson for a ride on the three wheeler...she did NOT wanna go at first.


she switched to this position! lol!


now thinking, hey this aint so bad!


I wouldnt say she loved it at the end, but hey, at least she wasnt crying! gotta love my drama queen!