Thursday, May 03, 2007
We've had a pretty uneventful week at our house, but the girls have managed to provide some entertainment along the way.
Last week we tried (more like I tried) to potty train, with no success. I officially have the most stubborn child alive. She begs to wear panties and use the potty and when we give it a real try, she has no interest. "No potty, mamma, diapers!" After a week of the fight, I've decided to give us both a breather for a week or so and try again. Hayden, however, loves the potty...
She's also taken to crawling and is all over the house now. I call it crawling, but it's more of an army crawl. She's FAST! So fast, in fact, that before I knew it, she had crawled behind the couch...
All the while, Tatum's shoe obsession escalates. She's amazingly good in heels. I must admit, I'm a little impressed and it's very cute to see her walking around the house in huge shoes (mine, Beau's...doesn't matter). I am not, however, a fan of the cleanup.
One final thing, I'd like to tell all of you that I am a huge fan of kids television shows today. I'm not talking Ninja Turtles and Sponge Bob, but Dora, Blues Clues, Hi-5 (ugh), Barney, etc. Two days ago, as I was lying in bed early in the morning while Tatum watched a show (I need all the extra rest I can get when the kid wakes up at 6:30 am), she proceeds to CLEARLY count to 10. Mind you, this isn't something we've really worked on because - frankly - I didn't know that it was something that she could retain at the age of 2. But lo and behold, she learned it on her own. I was a proud mamma.
Gracias, Dora!
Monday, April 23, 2007
We had a fun visit with our favorite Canadian family (and extended) on Thursday last week. Tanya, Mateo, Goldie, Angie, Dylan (no Mari - she stayed behind with her Aunt Lisa), Amanda, Jordan, Little Lil and Yvonne all came over for lunch.
We had a fun time catching up and watching our kids play in the backyard. Angie's got all of the pics on her camera (hint, hint - I'd love copies of the kid ones!), but I was able to catch a shot of Jordan working his magic and getting Hayden to sleep in a room full of talking and playing.
It was so great to see everyone - I wish we all lived close to one another so we (and our babes) could play all the time!
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Just a quick shout-out to my husband of three years today! He was such a good sport playing along with my surprise date on Friday night. Happy Anniversary - I love you!!!
And here are pics of our rooms. We had the "Phantom of the Opera" suite (Beau is slightly obsessed with the soundtrack as of late, so I thought I'd reserve one in honor of him). Our jetted tub was set in the catacombs and so relaxing!!! Shanna and Travis had the "Jackson Hole" suite. Covered wagon and all. Breakfast brought to your room, sparkling cider and cheesecake waiting for you upon check in - it was great!
It was such a fun outing - I recommend to all! Plus, who could turn down a night without having to put kids to bed and the ability to sleep in?!?!?! We loved it!
Yesterday we took the girls for the usual Fullmer Family Egg Hunt at Uncle Don and Aunt Nedra's backyard. All of Beau's grandfather's siblings get all of their kids/grandkids/great-grandkids together for hot dogs and egg hunts every year. We ended up missing the actual egg hunt (Emmit ran away and we spent a good 1/2 hour looking for him!), but it wasn't a problem because both girls were asleep when we pulled up. Tatum spent most of the afternoon swinging.
All-in-all we had a fantastic weekend as a family. We hope your holiday was just as fun.Happy Easter to all!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Shantell and I discovered the most amazing ant infestation I've ever seen today. And it happened to be in our backyard.
We took the girls outside to swing and I went to check out this weird pile of "dirt" on the curbing behind the swingset. Take a look...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Tatum was being so cute today playing kitchen and house. I got some good footage of her serving me a meal from her kitchen this afternoon. Here you go...
Saturday, March 31, 2007
So, my goal for the last few months has been to paint Hayden's room. A couple of weeks ago, I had a wild hair and decided to look and see if I could find new bedding to match the current color of her room. I did this because, as I got to thinking, I realized that the girls' rooms were decorated in completely the same colors. Although this would be handy if they had to share, having their own space allows for me to be a little more creative and unique for each girl. So, I opted to stick with the blue walls because I found the CUTEST Pottery Barn girls nursery bedding on Ebay. As an added bonus, I was able to sell Tatum's old crib bedding and spent very little to upgrade.
Here is the long shot of the whole crib. Beau's first reaction was that it was "boy colors", but it's grown on him, too. Something about the blue and green just fits our little Hayden.
And if you look closely, it's totally girlie - polka dots, flowers and butterflies (you can see those if you look closely to the far left of this picture).
Inspired by the new bedding, I made letters for Hayden's room. I have a few more projects in the works, but this is where we're at today. These will hang by ribbon (you can see it if you look closely) over her bay window on the main wall. I still need to make a new changing pad cover, basket liners and valences, but I'll get to that in a few weeks.
Cute, huh?
This is the night I met Beau. I totally remember this night - such a random thing to meet Beau (whistling out of his truck at us at the Gateway) and now I'm married to the guy and have two babies. Crazy how things work out! :)
I couldn't have a picture tribute without including one from our fun nights in Park City! This was the night that Yvonne got us a screaming deal on a condo and we spent the weekend on a girl's getaway. Love the shades, Tanya!
This was a fun weekend trip to Colorado. You'll have to ask Amanda about her "boyfriend" in Colorado - haha.
I was watching "Dancing with the Stars" the other night and remembered that one of the contestants and I go way back...like to 2002. Em and I were so smitten with Apolo that we snagged him in the Athlete's Village at the 2002 Olympics in SLC and got this great picture. It's one of my all time favorites, even if we did get grief from work about "fraternizing with the athletes". What a fun time - I was very lucky to have that experience!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Well, the day has come and gone in a flash - my baby is two!
We had a fun BBQ with Beau's family and Karen, Scott & the girls. Tatum got more than her fair share of goodies and now mom's got the daunting task of finding a place for it all. Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes and gifts sent - she's very loved and it shows!
Here's this year's cake. I was so happy with how it turned out - the idea was all in my head and I was scared it wouldn't turn out as I'd imagined. I liked it so much more when it was made! I really would love to look into cake decorating - it's so fun!
Cute Beau helped me make this "Happy Birthday" sign a few nights ago. Tatum didn't notice it at first, but when she saw it pointed and said, "Ohhhhh! Pretty!"
Shantell slept over the night before, so she was there to help with opening presents. I think it made the morning a little more exciting for Tatum - Beau and I were still groggy when the girls woke up ready to unwrap.
Here's Tatum posing with her new dollhouse and accessories. She sat and played with this for hours today - such a great purchase!
Here are the three baby cousins, Jakelle, Kehl and Hayden. They are all getting so big - it's hard to believe that this time last year we were all preggos with these little buggers!
Tate was more than prepared to blow out the candles (we've been practicing) and decided to take care of the "2" before the song was even over!
Here she is with her own little cake to destroy. As you can see in the following picture, she's more than capable!
Happy Birthday, little Tater Bug! We love you!!!!!!
