4th of July... finally!

So now that its the end of the month... Here's our 4th of July post!! haha

Let's see, on the 2nd, we went over to my mom's for dinner. We got some fireworks, and Isabella loved those! She was a little confused at first, but she eventually liked them.




Then on the 3rd, Isabella and I went to the parade (it was too early for Jeff- haha). We went with my mom, Barry, Wendy, Crystal and Aiden. That was pretty fun. Although we couldn't stay for all of it because I had to go to work. Isabella had fun dancing with me to all of the music that the floats had!






Then later that night, we went to see the fireworks with my mom and Barry down at the river. That was a lot of fun! We went and got a lot of of food, and Isabella got some glow necklaces and a glow sword. She had so much fun, she got to eat some cotton candy and everything! She loved the fireworks, at first. She was tired, since it was past bed time, so she got a bit antsy, but she was still really good!






Then! On the actual 4th of July (cause apparently Idaho Falls can't celebrate it on the day of) we just had a relaxing day! We took Isabella and Axel on a walk, and that's pretty much the only time we went out! :)




So that was our 4th of July weekend! Finally! I've got a few more posts I need to get on here, so those will come soon!

Father's Day!

This was Jeff's first Father's Day! I had to work, so I went to work and left Jeff with Isabella, so they got some Father/Daughter time in! Then when I got off work, Jeff went to his Dad's to spend some time with him! Hopefully it was a great first for him, I know he wants to spend as much time as he can with Isabella as he can since he leaves in a few short weeks! He's been a great Dad! She loves her Daddy, and I can see why, she's got him wrapped around her little finger!! :)


After Jeff left to his Dad's, Isabella and I headed to my Mom's for a bbq! It was fun, and we had some GOOD food! Isabella loved eating watermelon! It made her all sorts of happy!


That was Father's Day this year! Nothing too exciting, but it was a good day! I feel blessed to know so many amazing fathers! My Grandpa, my Dad, my step-dad Mike, who I wish could have been here, my new step-dad Barry, and Jeff! All exceptionally great guys, and fantastic dads! Its so great to have/have had each of them in my life!

Trip to Missouri

Well Isabella and I are back from Missouri! And in case you weren't sure before, I have the BEST little girl ever! She had her times where she was pretty cranky, but overall, she was so great! It was really hard for her to comfortably sleep in her carseat, and then she didn't get to nap as much as she's used to, so that made her have her cranky times, and I completely understand! But other than those few times she was great!
We got there late the first day, so we just got a hotel room and hung out there, then the next morning we went to see my Grandma! It was the first time she was meeting Isabella.



Then Isabella and I went off to see my Dad, Aunt Frankie and Uncle Bob. Also their first time meeting her! We hung out there for a bit, and they have a lot of those animated stuffed animals, so Isabella loved playing with those! Then we left to go to dinner at Bob Evans, where Isabella got some smiley faced potatoes for dinner that were pretty cute! Then we went to Wal-Mart cause my Aunt wanted to buy us some things, they got Isabella some cute butterfly clips, a new outfit and a toy vaccuum. Then they got me a new Cardinals t-shirt, since ya know, they're the greatest baseball team ever, and the new book by Stephanie Meyer, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, which I finished and is really good! Then we went back to my Aunt and Uncle's house and hung out there until we went to sleep. Then we had to get up to go back to the hotel to meet up with my Mom and Aunt Debby before check out. (They only had two nights at that hotel because the Miss Missouri pageant was happening! haha) So we got some pictures, and Isabella and I headed back.



Then we got back and I picked them up and we went to our new hotel, then went to see my Grandma again, then went to the store to pick some things up for her. Then we took Isabella to the park, since she LOOOOOOOVES swings! She loved the baby swing, but she really likes swinging on someone's lap since the person swinging can go higher than she can in the baby swing. She also went down the slide for the first time by herself. It kinda scared her the first time, and then she loved it the next few times, but she was tired, so she started just crying as she went down.


The next day, my Aunt Sharon came to visit, so we took my Grandma out to lunch and to get some new outfits! She picked a yummy place for lunch and found two outfits, and two nightgowns she really loved when we went shopping! It was fun to see my Grandma so excited to get out! Then after my Aunt Sharon went home, we went to dinner at my Great Aunt Jan's house with her and my Great Uncle Jim. After that we took Isabella swimming! She loves the water, we found her a princess floaty at the Walgreens there so we broke that out and she loved it too!



And then we went to go shopping at the mall! I ordered a new swimsuit before going that didn't come before we left, so we went to find me a new one because I realized my swimsuit from last year was a little too big (from the prego belly last summer!) so we wandered the mall for a little bit, had lunch at Cracker Barrel, and then a pretty low key evening until my sister Amy and her family got there to visit! The next day, my sister April got there with her family, so we went to see my Grandma and hung out there for awhile just chatting and playing with Isabella and Jordon, who are the two youngest of the group! Then we all went out to dinner, and then spent the rest of the evening swimming. This time I dunked Isabella under water! My Aunt Debby had been trying to explain to me how to do it, but I was sooo scared! So Amy did it first, and I saw how much she liked it, so I sucked it up and did it! She loved it! She came up all smiley and laughing a few times!



On the last day we were there we ALL went to see my Grandma again, then out to the cemetary to visit my Grandpa's grave again, and then we went to a little Mexican restaurant there, and then we got on the road!




So that's pretty much our whole trip! It was so good to see all my family, I wish we were able to be there longer and to be able to go do more while we were there, but it was still great!

Short update!

Not really a whole lot to update with, but I figured I should with a little something!!

Isabella is crawling ALLLLLLLLLL over the place!!! She pulls herself up and walks along things all the time now! She speed walks on her tip toes when you hold her hands, its pretty cute. I think she'll be walking soon! Way too soon!! We went today and played in the kiddie area in the mall for the first time. She seemed to really like it. There were a few too many older kids so she didn't get to go all over it like she wanted to, but she had a good time.

I've still just been working, a lot. Way more than I want to. Isabella and I leave on Sunday with my mom and aunt to go to Missouri. I'm excited, I really need a vacation. I wish Jeff were going with us, but he's not really able to go with us. He needs to stay and work out at the gym, which is good since he leaves in just a few weeks for basic training. Its coming up sooooooooooo fast, I can't believe it! The only good thing is I won't have to work all the time, for one, I won't be able to, since Jeff won't be here to have Isabella and two I just hate not being able to spend very much time with her. I'd much rather hang out with her than work any day. :)

Anyways, that's really all we've got going on. Like I said we leave for Missouri on Sunday, so after that week, I'll post some pics from then! Here are some pics from our first trip to the zoo though!

Mother's Day!

Well today was my first official Mother's Day! I got spoiled! Axel was technically one of my gifts, then I also got a new purse, gift card, a couple books, a couple little things that have Mother quotes. Then my Mom and I went to dinner and to see "The Last Song." It was really good! I liked it. Not top 5 material, but it was good! :) The best thing of all is getting to spend time with my baby girl. Its amazing being a Mommy. I love watching her grow up, even if it is going way too fast! I've never felt more right with any decision I made, I love being Isabella's mom and I wouldn't have it any other way. Even in the middle of the night when she wakes me up, I still couldn't imagine anything greater.

Axel

We have a new addition to our little family! A little pug! He's a cutie! He's a little crazy sometimes, but overall is a really good dog. Isabella loves crawling after him, but then it makes him think she wants to play, so he'll try to jump up on her and lick her and she doesn't like that, so then we get him to stop, and she goes after him again! We decided to name him Axel, Jeff likes to think its because he's named after Axel Rose, but he's not, I just liked the name. haha But if that's what got him to like the name too, then that's fine. Isabella is crawling! (I can't remember if I posted when that started) Its insane. I knew it was coming because I knew she wanted to for like a month before it happened. Now however, she never stops! Its just crazy. Soon she'll be talking, walking, and she's growing up so fast! I knew everyone said it would be fast, but its just crazy how fast it all feels like its going.

We're planning our trip to Missouri. The second week in June. I'm excited. It'll be Isabella's first time meeting my dad. I hope it'll be fun and that she'll love it. We're going so early in June in the hopes that it won't be too extremely hot. At least it won't be as hot as if we were to go in July, and I really don't want Isabella to get too hot or anything. Jeff leaves for basic in two more months. Its getting closer, pretty crazy! Its going to be really weird to have him gone, but it'll be a good thing for our family too, so that's what needs to be the focus. That's pretty much all the updating I have for now. Everyone better think Axel is as cute as I do! :)

Nothing new to really update...

Hey everyone! This won't be a super exciting post, there's nothing new really going on right now!
Isabella hasn't started crawling yet, but that doesn't stop her from moving all around the room! She scoots backwards and rolls herself wherever she wants to go! Still no teeth yet, but I think it should be soon. I still can't really get her to eat her baby food, when we first started her on it, she loved it!! Then for whatever reason, everytime we try to give it to her, she cringes and doesn't want it. I'm not really sure what else to do to get her to eat it, I do every trick to get her to open her mouth, and its still not any easier. Oh well, we'll get there soon. It'd be so much easier if I didn't work so many days a week, cause Jeff doesn't really like to try as long as it takes to get her to eat any of it, so he usually just gives her a bottle. My mom bought her a swing set, its an early birthday present. I drove all around town trying to find a park with baby swings, and there are seriously only like, 2. Its so lame because those parks are the ones that are the busiest! So she got her that, and its a good thing because she LOVES her swing! I'm so glad we've got one. We took her to the kite festival over the weekend. She loved that! She's silly, she loves having the wind blow in her face, so she really enjoyed it being so windy. And of course she had to check out all the kites, she thought it was pretty cool! It will be way more fun next year for her cause they had one of those big inflateable bouncers for kids and a little spot where they could make their own kites, so when she can actually take part in that, it will be more exciting for her! She's getting so big though, its crazy! She's such a smart happy little girl, well, for the most part! She's been a little sick, so she hasn't been the best all the time, but I don't blame her!
Let's see.... We were going to get me a new car before Jeff left in July for basic training, but I think we've agreed to wait until he gets back. Not that we can't afford to do it before, just so we've got more time to find the right deal and we'll have to get on our own insurance, so we really need to check out insurance companies, so we've just decided to wait so we can research things a little more.
Then pretty much he's just been studying things for basic training since he doesn't leave until July...
For me, I've been working. I hate working as much as I do, but someone's got to do it. I've been cooking a little more, nothing too exciting. I did make some carrot cake, which was good, not at moist as I would have liked, but it wasn't horrible at least. Everyone who had it liked it. We're trying to plan a trip in June to head to Missouri. I'm hoping for the first or second week, but we're also going off of my Aunt and her kids, so hopefully one of those will work out for everyone. I wanted to do a trip to California before Jeff leaves for basic training too, but he wasn't really up for that one, so that won't be happening this summer. Hopefully after he gets back, we'll see. I really want to take Isabella to the beach! I think she'll love it!
Anyways, that's pretty much all I've got right now. I did update my other blog a couple times recently, so if you're interested, find the link I posted on here and check that out! Here are a few pictures of Isabella. :)