Catching Up

It has been way too long! I guess there's a lot I need to catch up on!

Andrielle is now 14 months old. It is crazy how fast the last year has gone for us. She's turning into a real person, and it's so much fun! She is so close to walking - she's taken a few steps, but mostly just walks around holding onto furniture. I'm sure she'll be walking around on her own really soon. She's talking a little bit, she says mom, dada, uh-oh, and yum. In addition to giving regular kisses (on the cheek), she has started blowing kisses and it is SO CUTE! We love her so much!

Gavin and I just celebrated our 2nd anniversary on Monday. Again - how quickly time flies! It has been the best 2 years of my life. I can't imagine being any happier - I'm living the life I always dreams of, and it is wonderful!

Here are a few pictures from the last few months:


She likes watching Ellen with me :) :) :)


Here she is eating her birthday cake - yum



We're in San Francisco. Another fun trip to CA


Christmas morning - almost awake, I think mom & dad were more excited than Andrielle.

Gay Mount Everest

I'm stealing this from a friend's blog (thanks Kerri :D). It is SO FUNNY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Y6PchDYfw&feature=player_embedded

Poor reporter! And I really want to know how the male reporter kept a straight face!

Trip to Newport Beach, CA

Gavin's sister, Becky, invited us to come spend a few days with her family in Newport Beach, CA. It was so much fun. Gavin took a whole week off and we drove to CA. Andrielle was SO GOOD in the car. Mostly she just slept. We took it easy, and took two days driving there. We stopped in this town, Barstow, on our way and stayed in this little Motel 6 and then continued on our way the next morning. While in California, we spent one day at Sea World. Here are a few pics of that...


Here's our family in front of the sharks


We got to see the Shamu show. It was really cool!



Here we are in front of the Bat Rays (sp??)


Here's Gav with Andrielle in front of the bat rays, again. Gavin would hold her on his shoulders and she would hold on to his ears, it was so funny!



Here's Gav and Andrielle in front of these huge sea turtles

Gav with the star fish.

Look at this massive fish! It was so creepy, lol!

Then we spent one day at Laguna Beach. Andrielle hated it! I think she was scared of the loud waves crashing.

Gavin buried her up to her waste in the sand and she kept eating the sand.

Gav and Andrielle...

Our family in front of the ocean. (Doesn't Andrielle look thrilled!)

Ok, then on the way back we stopped in Las Vegas, NV. We stayed in the nicest hotel of my life! Take a look at these...

Andrielle on our bed

Here's Gavin in front of the flat screen TV. See the bottles and little boxes of treats? They were on weighted sensors. If we moved anything for more than 45 seconds, we got charged!

This was the view out of our window. That's the pool(s). We went swimming and had a pool all to ourselves. All of the pools had different temperatures. They went from really cold to hot tub temps. It was awesome!

Ok...So a few things I did for the first time ever while on our vacation:

1: Visited Newport Beach & Irvine cities

2: Went to Sea World, saw Shamu

3: Ate sushi (Sashimi!!)
4: Visited Laguna Beach & Long Beach

5: Ate at new (to me) restaurants (Wild Fish, The Melting Pot, Ruby's Diner, Cheesecake Factory, Panera Bread, & BJ's)

6: Stayed at the nicest hotel of my life

7: Walked the strip in Las Vegas

Biggest Loser 10-13-09

So did you all see Biggest Loser last night!? First of all, shocking that Tracey won the challenge, huh? Gavin thinks it's a set up somehow. She's off her rocker for the team choices she made. And second….I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY DIDN’T SEND TRACEY HOME!!! That was absolutely crazy that Coach Mo killed himself off like that!! She’s going to be this season’s “Vicky”! haha

My favorites right now: Danny, Liz, Rebecca, and Abby

Pictures...

Here are a few pictures of Andrielle:

October 1, 2009

It's October! We are so excited for this month. Not only the weather getting colder (yay!) but our little family is going to be visiting Gavin's sister (& her family) in California for a week. Woo Hoo- VACATION!! And, of course, there is Halloween to be excited for, too! :)

Everything has been going so great for us. Andrielle has just been so much fun. She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on everything and putting everything in her mouth. It's really been a good motivator for me to vaccuum more often! She now has 4 little teeth - 2 on top and 2 on the bottom. According to her last doctor's appointment a few weeks ago, she's still really tall and skinny (13% for weight and 83% for height) I don't really know where she got those lucky genes!

Our home remodeling is kind of at a stand-still right now which I'm kinda bummed about. Everything costs MONEY and for the projects I want done, it's going to take alot of it. So for now, we're just enjoying frequent trips to Home Depot, Lowes, and Ikea to dream about what we'd like someday. My awesome visiting teachers came over last month and gave me some great tips on how to rearrange my living room and it is so fabulous. It serioulsy looks like our living room is twice the size now.

My brother, C.J, got back from his mission a couple weeks ago and it's been so great to have him home. And another of my brothers, Jeff, is now attending USU (it should make for an interesting game this Friday night - USU vs BYU, haha!) I can't believe how old my family is getting!

Anybody watching Biggest Loser this season? I love love love this show! I'm really excited about this season. I absolutely LOVE Abby! What an incredible woman she is! And I'm so glad they brought back Daniel from last season. Tuesday nights 7-9 on channel 5, you gotta see it! ;)

Whoa...it's been a little while!

I'm BACK!!! Our family laptop died about a month ago and we've been without internet until now! We just bought a new laptop on Saturday, so I have my internet again. I think I was going to go crazy without it! We even got a screaming deal on our new lappy. I'm a happy girl. :)

Our little family is doing well. Gavin's job is going really well. I think he's actually really enjoying it now that he's been there for a few months. Gavin and I will be going to Lagoon this Friday with his work (FREE!!!!) and leaving Andrielle home with my mom. I'm very excited!

Andrielle is doing great, too. She is now over 8 months old! It's crazy how fast the time has gone. She is quite a handful, but we love her. It's especially fun when daddy comes home. As soon as she sees him putting on hand sanitizer, she knows it's play time. And she even has her first tooth poking through!

And I'm doing good, too. I've been busy at home being "just" a homemaker. My wonderful mother-in-law gave me a sewing machine and I've been busy making skirts and pajama pants for Andrielle.

Gavin and I also just finished our bathroom remodel on Saturday. It took a few weeks longer than we thought and we almost flooded our house, but now it's done and I think it looks pretty good - it definately looks a lot better than before. We tore out the old lanolium and put in tile, replaced our old sink/vanity and put in a new sink, vanity, mirror and medicine cabinet and got new fixtures for our towels. I'll post some pictures once I figure out how to upload to this new computer.

So, yeah, our family is doing great!

For anyone who knows my brother, C.J, he gets home from his mission in 6 weeks! We can't wait to see him! A lot has happened since he left (We got engaged, married, and had a baby!) Fun stuff :)