First Camping Trip

Many of you know that I have a very strange and very chronic pregnancy craving: CAMPING. So when my sister invited us to go on a little overnight campout on the way to my other sister's baby shower up in Bellingham, I couldn't resist (despite the fact that we had been away from home for a week and only slept in my own bed one night in between).

We had already bought a bigger tent and a queen air mattress to pamper my pregnant self through the experience, but we still weren't sure how Adelyn would take to the outdoor adventures. Hopefully you can tell from these pictures that she loved EVERY minute of it.

She talked about it nonstop beforehand once we told her we were going and has asked us often when we are going back. Here she is helping with the tent.


Our campsites were just up the hill from the ocean so we spent pretty much the entire afternoon watching the tide roll in and the herons devour the exposed sea life, blowing bubbles, relaxing, and just plain soaking up the sunshine. Just what the doctor ordered!!!



Adelyn was very excited to see the two giant bags of marshmallows after dinner and got a little upset when I put them on a skewer instead of giving them directly to her. I assured her they would taste better once I was finished with them.



Do you think she agreed with me? Yes, that's my leg she slimed.

Sidenote: I put these pants on in the evening, slept in them, wore them all the next morning and didn't notice until we were leaving that I had them on backwards the whole time. Aaaah, that's the great thing about camping...no need to worry about looking good!


No pictures, but the answer to the big question, was yes, she slept fine in a tent. She was so excited to sleep in it I couldn't believe it. And no she didn't wake up at the crack of dawn...it was almost 9 by the time we finally rolled out of bed. She kept talking about how fun it was that we all slept in a tent together.

After packing up camp we headed out to Deception Pass for a quick view. Let me just say that bridge is a whole lot scarier as a mother of a toddler! If you haven't been there, look up a picture of a side view online...yikes!

Jadyn rode with us a little on the side trip and we had too much fun when the random shuffle on the iPod blessed us with this song. Bring back any great memories?





Yes, she is sunburned. I am a bad mother... I also forgot warm clothes for her at night, and of course it was cold, it is still May in the Northwest!

Somehow I didn't get any pictures of the actual shower but we had so much fun with Jake's family. Can't wait for little Ryder to join us in June!

P.S. Anyone who wants to get down on the camping, you let me know. Now that we know Adelyn is a fan too we will be going as much as possible this summer.

Is it Almost June??

Yep, now that May is over halfway through, I figure I'd better finally post our happenings from April. I know you are dying to know. Aaron celebrated his birthday, pictureless, though I somehow managed to schedule his family party on the same night as Adelyn's first night of swimming lessons. Here they are celebrating together at the pool.

She was so excited that first night that she was kicking and shrieking getting ready to go. Excitement sometimes waned as she found out she had to do some scary things that she didn't really want to do, but she must not have been too traumatized because she still wants to go swimming everytime she sees a pool.

For Aaron's birthday my family went in to get him a Vitamix (yes it will change your life, you should get one too!). Adelyn and I decided to make our own playdough in it one day. Jadyn thought it was pretty awesome...she was convinced if I made the playdough, it must be playdough that she could eat!


For Easter we headed over to the Egg Dash that my sister helps put on every year. She said in the 10 years she has been working there, this was the first Easter Egg Dash that didn't get rained on. I guess there are some advantages to a late Easter....it was soooooooooo beautiful that day!!

Instead of candy, some of the eggs have notes inside telling you to come pick up a prize at the prize table. Adelyn was VERY excited to win some dress up items and had a hard time waiting until we got home to open them. Here she is modeling some of her new accessories. Velma anyone?

Last but not least, certainly one of her favorite pasttimes of any month is doing "tricks" with Daddy. This was a new invention and a big hit with her new Ariel (of course) beach towel.

Belated Birthday

Our camera finally works again!! We left our charger in Idaho at Christmas, so his parents mailed it to us, only it wasn't ours. So then they sent us the right one, but it still didn't charge the battery. I tried to buy a new battery where I got the camera and they didn't sell it. Thankfully though this is 2011, I ordered one on Amazon, and voila, it WORKS!!

Anyway, detail overload. Suffice it to stay that I will be rejoining the blogging world. I know you are ecstatic. Thought I would share some of the old pictures that were sitting there for months waiting to be posted. Which was Adelyn's SECOND birthday!

Party #1, In Idaho

Aaron's parents gave her her own apron, which she loves to wear to help me cook, and a butterfly bag complete with

Party #2 at home. Aunt Hillary gave her all sorts of dress up stuff that was a big hit. Yes, that is a ridiculous tour of presents in the background.

Aaron snapped this picture of Adelyn that I thought was priceless. The pose totally looks like it could be from some perfume ad, in a strange way.

Another big hit was her Ariel "motorcycle." She still can't reach the pedals but loves scooting around with her feet. She loved toting little Mikaiah around as cargo. :)

Man how I love that cute little girl. She cracks me up every day!! Just today she yelled when my sister referred to her as a baby, "I'm not a baby! I'm a big girl!" We keep telling her that means she needs to use the big girl potty...wish us luck on that one!

Getting Excited

Thanks everyone for your congratulations!! It's very touching to see the love and support we have from such great friends and family. It also helps me get more excited. I have felt sicker this time around than I did with Adelyn, so when people ask me if we are so excited, sometimes I have to remind myself that I am!! It's terrible I know

We had a surprise ultrasound this week, which DEFINITELY reminded me of my excitement, and made it all a little more real for Aaron. :) I thought I would share one of the pics from that. Sorry it's not that one that makes it look like we are having a BOY...though Aaron did specifially ask for them to print that one so he could share it.

I have also had greater moodiness, and more food cravings with this pregnancy, so a big thank you to Aaron for his patience and support!! Just a few of the random ones: eggs sandwiches (and anything with eggs in general), avocadoes, grapefruit, meat meat and more meat, mashed potatoes, Cheetoes Puffs, and most recently Cinnamon Rolls (I finally gave into this one and have some rising right now!!).

What were some of your cravings?

Papoose #2!!

That's right! We are expecting an addition to the family on August 20th!! The doctor officially confirmed today what I have been feeling for weeks now. Adelyn and Aaron were there to hear the heartbeat so now they believe it too. :)

A Merry Little Christmas

We headed to Idaho for this Christmas this year. Aaron's brother had just come home from his mission in North Carolina and was having his homecoming, so we decided to do what Aaron hasn't done in the eight years that he has lived here and make the Christmastime trek through the mountains.

After the 11-hour drive turned into 17, including two hours being completely stopped in an icy canyon, we thought it may be the last Idaho Christmas for awhile too!

But can we deny Adelyn that family bonding she loved so much?? Here she is helping Grandpa clean off the horse from the shed.

Aaron and I got new skis for Christmas, so Adelyn had a whole day of family bonding while Aaron and I hit the slopes behind his parents' house with his two younger brothers. It was a very small resort, so it was perfect for me on my third time skiing. Aaron must have been a little underchallenged though cause he thought he'd try out some of the snowboarding rails and biffed it pretty bad!


Here she is with Aaron's sisters and soon to be brother-in-law trying her hardest to stay awake on Christmas Eve.

Though she was the very last person awake Christmas morning, she woke right up when she found her stocking.

These are some of the items she had to put on right away when she opened them: a handmade hat from grandma, hello kitty socks, and princess pajamas.

She was VERY into presents this year, so much so that she woke up the next day and asked if she could open more. Lucky for her, we still had presents to unwrap at my parents' when we got home.

This is my fave picture from that...note the dolls piled up on my dad's chest. She and Jadyn got the full set of Disney Princesses to "share"... which sharing hasn't been going well so far!

Even luckier for Adelyn's present opening wish, she has her birthday a week after Christmas, so more pics to come soon!!

Ariel Obsessed

Those of you around here know that Adelyn is just a LITTLE in love with Ariel. She wants everything Ariel that she sees wherever we go, wants to listen to her CD in the car, watch her movie at home...on and on and on...let's just say I was REALLY happy when Beauty and the Beast was released from the Vault to add some balance to my life.

Anyway, last night as I was giving her a bath she said she wanted to sing Ariel's song (of course) and I was amazed that she knew about all the words. Here is the first half for your enjoyment.

If you need more, the second half will be on Facebook.