Potato, potato...

Did you know, the second wedding anniversary is called "The Potato Anniversary"? Yeah, I had no idea! Haha, TJ was joking around saying "Well, I guess we can have potatoes for dinner on our anniversary", and all along it really is the potato anniversary! So it was customary to have potatoes that day ;)

Okay enough with the pointless information, I decided this Anniversary was NOT going to be a typical one for us. We had a wedding to attend the day before, then our anniversary, THEN we had Father's Day! I knew for sure it would be one we would not forget, and yet we would be so tired before it even got here!

So, with it still being the beginning of the month and I just put up an update I thought I could put a middle-month update because it sure has been a busy one!

Lets start with little Miss Marley, who is at the moment cutting FOUR teeth! YES, call it a nightmare if you will...haha okay it was bad at first but she is still a happy little one :) We took her to the doctor because she fell on concrete and was pulling on her ears. That's when we found out our soon-to-be-one-year-old was in MISERABLE pain, cutting her front two teeth AND her incisors!

Now, with us...we have been dealing with Dora our Explorer. She has been around for 14 years and it only seems possible that now she has problems, haha! We have had a huge adventure with her and its not been all dandy. I don't think we could have made it out without the help of our family. Basically our car was none drivable for at least a week and we are still working on getting it all the way fixed. My AMAZING brother, who is a genius with cars, was willing to sacrifice his free time from work to help us with our car. He is so wonderful, I felt so overjoyed because after hours upon hours, working until almost 11 at night under a car, he thanked ME! (I did thank him as well) But, he texted me and told me how grateful he was he could crash on the couch (since he stayed so late to help us with his car and had work the next day) and that he had this great opportunity to work on our car. He is so amazing and I am truly grateful for the sacrifices he continues to make to help us out :)

Well, on to the anniversary part ;)

For the past few weeks I had been working on this video. Back in February I wanted to make something super special for TJ and with Marley being a super squiggle worm it didn't work to well. So I secretly put this video together and added my special touch by adding our song to it. While TJ and I were skyping during our long distance stretch, he would always tell me when we were hanging up, "Goodnight, moon" And I have always thought that was a nice little touch. He then introduced me to this amazing song and I have loved it ever since. I feel it is us, that I fall more in love with him each time I hear this song because of the power behind it. No, the story isn't exactly how things went but it does follow a line to an extent point.

I really hope this video plays, if not, PLEASE click on the link and watch it, it is so special to me and I hope you enjoy it as well.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HSY93yhHc

So, what did you think? ;)

If you haven't found out by now then you really missed out on that video, but... Marley is a BIG SISTER!!!!!!

This has been a long road since we found out, both so anxious to announce it but wanted to wait awhile. For obvious reasons, its the norm to announce after the first trimester is complete due to higher risks of miscarriages. And for the second, we just had a baby! Haha! I feel like I just went through all this not too long ago, oh that's right...I had! ;)

My in-laws were being so silly, and basically every time I talked with my mom-in-law she would ask me if I was pregnant. (At the time we were talking at least once a day because I was making a trip out there in April) While I was there they all dropped a few hints asking if I was, and I kept smiling it off. No, I was not pregnant. We weren't even considering it until at least July! Towards the end of my trip I started noticing some off things (really only one thing, but I watch way too much 19 Kids and Counting).

When I got back to Utah, it was the day before my birthday. So we celebrated by eating out the night before at Olive Garden. They have the best soup, and I have always loved it, except when I was pregnant with Marley, it tasted really yucky to me. So that night I decided to try something new but I got my favorite soup. And it was off, it just didn't taste right to me.

The next morning I got up early enough to not cause suspicion why I was in the bathroom for a few minutes making noise. (I found that at 6 am, I could start a blender and only wake up Marley so I wasn't too worried ;) )

It came up positive! Holy cow the thoughts running through my head. Of course I was excited and wanted to tell TJ immediately but I decided to give a few more a shot before I announced it to him. seven tests later- 6 positive, one negative- I was sure I was pregnant. So I called up my partner in these crimes to come up with a plan.

It ended up being perfect and TJ was VERY surprised, but was happy. Just in shock ;) (he wont let me share the video because he say's he is embarrassed about it ;) )

But that is the exciting news we have been holding in for quiet some time now, so yes, my birthday was GREAT!!! Haha!

He loved the video I made him and we enjoyed our special day KID FREE (well half-way ;) )
Telling his family was fun, I made a cute board for grandkid pictures and it was fun to visit my crafty side!

Well, until next time, I hope you enjoyed this special message from us and had a great Fathers day as well!

June is so close to July

So here we are, another month down and another month closer to Marley being one! Seriously, this needs to slow down a bit.

So a lot has happened this month and we have so much to tell about! Marley is such an amazing little star! I have so many milestones and such I hope I can get them all down because she really is so much fun!

Last week, Ely and Sebasthian brought down Benji and had a weekend getaway. This was fun for Marley to meet Benji for the second time but actually get to interact with each other with no spit up involved. ;) Benji is such a happy giggly soul that I kinda was jealous Marley doesn't really laugh a lot. If I get her to laugh its a HUGE accomplishment and I have to keep trying but it bores her and its no longer laughable. WELL, she has really come out of her shell lately and laughs when she is being tickled or having super amounts of fun (like thrown into the air) so we are sure enjoying these moments! (I think Benji coaxed her into thinking laughing as cool ;) )

She is also a super star at walking now. At first, it was a little difficult and she would take a few steps and eventually was walking all over the house in circles! She is mastering the turning while walking and even being able to stand back up in the middle of the floor after falling! This is HUGE! I really thinks she likes to show off because she does all these mind blowing things during the middle of church and takes off with it! Today, she was a little wound up so TJ had her walk all the way around the church and when she saw me she tried RUNNING to me. Yes, running. Calm down there buddy, lets get this walking thing under control first. ;)

Have I ever mentioned I was a dancer? Well, she sure has inherited some of my skills and that is: Dancing, and kissing....but...haha, anyways. She is such a cute dancer, she likes the intro song of House and will shake her little booty back and forth. She has even gone above and beyond and can dance now without holding on to couches or tables! She thinks she is funny and when people notice and giggle with us, Marley will clap her hands. She is so proud of herself! We were singing a hymn today and she was standing there dancing...it was pretty cute and hard to follow with the rest of the song; she is going to go places with her dance moves (hopefully off to ballet like her momma!)

And on to the kissing; when Marley first learned kisses she did not give them out for free. In fact she gave them out like maybe once or twice and you had to REALLY get her attention and maybe even a cheerio. ;) But as of lately she will give everyone kisses! She sure is not shy of that so we just have to be careful of all those boys she chases at the park! ;) Its really cute because she will be heading to bed and I just ask for a kiss and she will walk over and plant a big slobbery loving kiss on you...maybe even a few extras! She then proceeds to wave and smile as she is ushered off to bed. Cute kid.

She has been excellent at sleep time and loves her naps, I think she sleeps better now and takes better naps now than when she was a newborn! She always has to have her Bobo and her Fluffy with her so if we ever loose those we are going to be hunting for look-a-likes! Haha!

Marley isn't much of a talker but she is getting more out there and trying really hard; she has said "rah" (short for Hooray and then throws her hands in the air--its pretty cute and a trick Granny M showed her). And most recently she learned how to get daddy to work, by saying "Go" and he takes off running with her. I'm sure he will not enjoy that as much sooner than later, haha!

This month we have a few events coming up like our second anniversary! I'm sure I will be blogging about events soon for that and then of course Fathers day!

But honestly, where has the time gone. This 11 month old is such a joy and so adventurous, I just cant believe my eyes on what a beauty she is. So full of love and fun its just the package TJ and I needed to complete or family. I am sure whenever another baby decides to join us Marley will stun us all and be an amazing helper, and show off to the little victim. ;) She is so amazing, I really just cant get over that fact of what a blessing she has been in our family and marriage. She has only been around less than a year but I feel like I have been with her for so much longer! (Though I would appreciate it if she stopped referring to food as 'mama' haha)

I guess this is it for now, here are some photo's of some adventures we have had (I'm sorry I am awful at using my camera, I forget about it because she isn't a fan...too much paparazzi when she couldn't move; now that she can she hits the road!)

Enjoy! Until next time! (I'm sure there will be a post for our Anniversary/Fathers day since those are special days too ;) )

We got Marley some new kicks and I just had to get a jogging outfit she can wear with me.

Here she is showing off being super happy!

 Just enjoying some fun at the park! She LOVED this part and it wore her out so fast (win-win!)

 She isn't a fan of swinging on her own but loves it when she is with her daddy. Needless to say they had so much fun!

 She loved this 'area' she would play with it, turn around to climb up the step, turn back around and play more. She loves making the wheel go everywhere. Hopefully we can help her realize it doesn't go all over all the time before she is driving age. ;)

We were really impressed she could climb up these huge steps. As you can tell it's as tall as her almost! But she wanted to play with daddy and the little boy on the slides. Chasing boys already, we are so in trouble!

 Here is her 11 month shot!

Happy June!