Thursday, February 25, 2010

Pre-Birthday Dinner

Heather, Alyson, Lawni, and Brandalyn

It's always nice to have a night out with the girls especially when its your birthday! Alyson and I have birthdays 1 day apart so Lawni and Heather took us out to celebrate. We had a yummy dinner at Macaroni Grill. We had so much fun laughing and talking without the kiddos interrupting us. I love all these girls so much - they are such great examples to me on how to be a wonderful mother and friend. They are always there when I need them and they give me all the social enjoyment I want and need! I am so lucky to be surrounded by them.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

5 Months Old

As of February 15th, Anastyn is 5 months old! She is so happy and such a fun baby.



She hasn't changed much between 4 months and 5 months. Here are some of the changes I have noticed:

-She loves sucking on her toes/grabbing her toes.
-She drools alot.
-She has only rolled about 4 times since last month.
-She still isn't a great sleeper. She only goes 3-4 hours at a time in the night.
-She loves her mama. Lately she will cry if I am not around and someone else she doesn't know well is holding her.
-She is getting pretty good at putting the binki in her mouth (we just need to work on putting it in the right direction!)
-She watches us like a hawk while we are eating.
-She is still so happy and smiley - she just lights up in the morning when I come to get her out of her bed. It makes my day!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Gordon's Birthday

Gordon and Anastyn (Taeya didn't want to be in the picture!)

We celebrated Gordon's 35th birthday on January 29th. We went to the traditional Tucanos for dinner, then went and saw Avatar 3-D. We enjoyed it more than we thought we would, but really it was nice to just be "out." We got Gord new K-swiss shoes, Rayban sunglasses (which he returned), Michael Jackson "This is It" DVD, and a few RUSH cd's, he got money from our parents. I think he made out pretty well!

Here are 35 things about Gordon:
1. Master Swimmer
2. Surrounded by Girls
3. Best Friend
4. Expert Barbie Player
5. Tickle Monster
6. Woodworker
7. Olympic Triathlete
8. Sunglasses Wearer
9. Cabin Goer
10. Hardworker
11. Coke Drinker
12. Thinner
13. Buzzed Head
14. Batcave Lover
15. Fun Dad
16. X-Country Skier
17. 100 mile Biker
18. Peacemaker
19. Ultradent Employee
20. World of Warcraft Player
21. Steak Eater
22. No Braces
23. Coat Obsesser
24. Music Buff
25. Bouchon Chef
26. Guitar Player
27. Wikipedia Reader
28. Dark Chocolate Lover
29. Primary Teacher no more
30. Classical Books on I-pod Listener
31. Food Conscious
32. Card Player
33. Fondue Lover
34. Handsome
35. Dad of 2

Matching Aprons

In December 2008 while I was visiting my sister in Arizona, she received a package in the mail from a friend. It was the cutest apron with her name embroidered on it. Kimberly and I talked about how cute it would be to have matching ones with our kids (at the time I only had Taeya). So for my birthday last year Kimberly had my aunt make matching aprons for Taeya and I. I didn't end up getting them until last summer. I am a little behind on blogging about it, I love home cute they are. Now if I just had one for Anastyn!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Jordan World Circus

A few weeks ago we went to the Jordan World Circus with the Bailey's. This is the third year in a row and definitely not the best show of them all. Taeya was sad that they didn't have the colored little poodles they had last year, and she was really mad that we didn't want to pay $8 for her to go on an elephant ride.

Anastyn and Alayna did great during the show. I think they were pretty entertained. Anastyn even had her first taste of cotton candy (a really small taste)!

2 cute little girls - we couldn't get them to look at the camera, there was way too much going on.

Taeya, Kira, and Brynn enjoying the intermission.

Intead of the elephant ride Taeya had to settle for cotton candy. Boy did she make a mess with it, thank goodness for wipies (that is one good thing about having a baby again - wipies really come in handy)!