going private!

So I've been thinking about this for a really long time, and I think I've made my choice. I want to be able to really say what I want, and really turn this into my family journal. The only way that I could really do that is to make this blog private. I've heard that this can be tricky and kind of mess things up, but I'm going to give it a try. So if you read my blog, or stalk my blog ;) please leave me an email and I'll add you to the list. (like all five of you..)

Thanks!

Fun in Denver!

We have been having a great time in Denver soaking up our last few days with Kyle before school starts. We were able to have Tara and Tim come and stay with us, they were kind enough to drive Kyle's car up to us. Tim stayed one night, but Tara stayed and partied all week! 

Little Abby has been growing up so fast and she is hilarious. Her attitude is always "I can do it myself". She likes to eat with a fork, hold her own drink and she tries to put her own shoes on. If I cut up her food too much she won't eat it. She likes to do it herself. It cracks us up, I love that she likes to figure things out for herself. She is hilarious to watch. This is her with my phone and her purse. She likes to put the strap over her shoulder and crawl/walk around. 

Eating lunch before getting ready and going to church. We are getting really good at sitting all the way through sacrament meeting, we never had to take her out. Now we just have to get her to sit through the next two hours. She will literally crawl out of the room as fast as she can if anyone leaves the doors open. Its hilarious, and tiring all at the same time. She is making a lot of friends in our new ward though. No one can resist her cute little smile, and she is very friendly. 

We've gone miniature golfing a couple of times at this really cool golf course. We took Tara with us the second time and we had a lot of fun. This course is really cool, and we can't wait to go back again. 

I had two hole-in-one shots in a row! I am a really good miniature golfer!

Then this morning we went to the zoo. A lot of people had told us that it was a really cool zoo and it did not disappoint. We had so much fun, and saw a lot of really cool animals up close. We saw the gorillas right up close, and the orangutans and about a 1000 really cool birds. We even got see the tiger playing and roaring. We had some other errands to run over on the side of town so we only stayed for about two hours, but you could spend your entire day there. We can't wait to go back again!

We are loving exploring this new town, and we can't wait until we really feel at home here. We find out the gender of our little baby tomorrow, and Kyle starts his orientation on Wednesday. We are so excited for this new adventure. We have been so blessed and we are so grateful! 

I am working on getting some pictures of our home to post. Hopefully I'll get those up soon. But right now it is back to the olympics...we have watched almost non-stop since it started. We loved cheering for Missy Franklin from Colorado in swimming and now track and field is getting ready to start. 

Go America!

Dear Baby,

How are you? I've been feeling much better lately, so thank you!  I've started feeling your little cuteness moving around. It has been so much fun, and it has made it feel more real that you are really there. We went to the doctor yesterday for the first time in Colorado and we got to hear your heartbeat. That never gets old, it is so fun to know that you are healthy and strong. I also scheduled your 20 week ultrasound. Last time we had an ultrasound I was only about 6 weeks along, and you were the size of pea. There wasn't a whole lot of cute baby to see, so we are really excited to see you again. We are mostly excited to find out if you are a boy or a girl. I had a dream last night that you were a boy, and that convinces me even more that you are a girl. The suspense is killing me and your dad! I can't believe that I am already almost half way through this pregnancy, it has gone by so fast and I hope the second half goes by fast too. We can't wait to get you here and start raising our little family. Your big sister is learning to walk and she'll be running by the time you get here. I hope you are ready to try and keep up with her. She is going to love you, I just hope she will be willing to share her mom a little bit. We are thinking about you constantly and can't wait to see you at the ultra sound next week.

We love you little one!

Mommy, daddy and Abby

Need to vent!

So Colorado is absolutely gorgeous! Pictures are coming soon of our beautiful home. You should see the view outside of our house. It is all trees and plants and green grass. The weather is amazing, Kyle and I laughed this morning watching the news as the news casters were complaining about how hot it was.

But there has been this one thing that has been hanging over my head all week, and I need to vent about it. Moving into a new house always has its issues. You have to get your water, electricity, internet and TV set up. Anyone seen the Brian Regan bit on this? Its going to be a big nightmare, something about hell on earth. Ya we've been experiencing that this week. I am an online student through ASU and I am taking two courses this summer.
Kyle was awesome and called our internet provider before we moved so that they would come out and set up the internet ASAP. We moved in Monday and they came Wednesday to set up the internet. They didn't come out until 5:00 that day, but that was fine because I didn't have anything due until Midnight on Wednesday. So the guy comes, messes around outside, tells us we're good to go and leaves. Kyle goes to hurry and set it all up, and its not working. 4 hours later he is finally off the phone with tech support, and they say there is nothing they can do until MONDAY!!! I have a quiz due that night, a discussion due the next day, 3 homework assignments and 2 exams due on Sunday.

Needless to say I need internet, immediately. So that night I drove to a McDonalds and Starbucks to see if they had WiFi. Neither did, but a Del Taco across the street did, but it wasn't working and no one in the place spoke English so they couldn't help me. I drove to two other places, and wasn't able to find internet. So I had to take a zero on the quiz. The next day we call Quest to see if they can come and install the internet that day, they still can't. So I drive the public library that is right down the street from our house. Its closed three days out of the week: Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Great. At this point I just start laughing, there is nothing else I could do. I drive home and we call a Barnes and Noble we saw that was pretty far away to check to see if they have WiFi. I drive there and realize the computer is about ready to die. I can't find a plug in the entire store, so I finally sit on the floor and rush through my homework that is due that day. Luckily I get it done right before the computer dies.

Today I head over to the library in the morning because we have some things that we need to get done this afternoon. Luckily the library is open and the internet is quick and everything is great. Except for one thing. I can't sign into MyASU the site I need to access all of my classes. I tried Safari and Google Chrome. Both are giving me the same crazy error. So I spent an hour in the library chatting with ASU tech support but they aren't able to help me. Restart my computer a couple times, and pray really hard. Finally I text Kyle and ask him to call quest one more time to see if they can come out. Kyle being the awesome husband that he is calls them and finally they have an opening. They are sending a tech guy out today between 1-5 (don't you just love those long openings where you have to sit at home and wait around for them?). But I don't care I am so grateful that they are coming out. Please please pray for us that it is an easy fix and that I will have convenient working internet in my home tonight.

I can't wait until this crazy part of the adventure is over and settled! Now if we could just getting Abby's teeth that are bothering her to pop out life would be great!

Just keep swimming right?

Dear baby,

Hello little one!

You are already so different from your big sister, this pregnancy has been so different from what I experienced with her. You have been much nicer to me in the sickness department, although I am still sick enough to not forget that you are there. I feel like I have already gained 100lbs for this pregnancy, but last time I went into the doctor I had lost weight and they were a little worried. Don't worry I've been eating an ice cream a day since to make sure you are healthy and strong :) Sometimes I get a little nervous about how I am going to handle all of this when you get here, but that feeling goes as quickly as it comes. All I need to do is look at the beautiful, fun little person your sister is growing into and I get so excited to meet you and watch you grow. Abby is going to be so excited to have a friend to play with. She loves to be busy and she loves to have someone help her in her mischief. I know that the two of you are going to be best buds. We are really hoping to get you here before Christmas so we can have a little baby Jesus for the Nativity play! We already love you so much and can't wait to find out if we are going to add a little boy or a little girl to the mix. I get so excited at the fact that I get to be a mother again, and I get to watch your daddy be a father again. We are so excited to see our little family grow, and add another precious spirit to our home.

We love you little baby!

Love,

Mom, Dad and big sister Abby

Disneyland!!!

We went on the funnest trip to San Diego with the Cordners and we were lucky enough to get spend 3 days in Disneyland!!!!! My favorite place on Earth. Abby was a sweet little angel in the park. She didn't love the 2 hour drive to and from the park, but she loved the park itself. We were usually up and going around 7:30 in the morning and didn't get home until 10 one night, and she would only take a 40 minute nap during the day. She is a crazy little girl, but she was always happy!

 Abby loved this animators studio place. We went and saw turtle talk with crush and she loved being able to get down and crawl around. 

 Eating lunch at our favorite California Adventure restaurant. 

 She loved the carousel, she didn't love the drop at the beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean. 

 Kyle won her this Woody doll on the Pier in California Adventure. She wouldn't let him go and she loves to hug him.  

 Waiting for World of Color to start. We loved it, it was one of the coolest things we have ever seen!

 The new partners statue in California Adventure. Look close at Abby's face. One of the cast members was trying to get her to laugh, she was not amused. 

 Abby's cheesy smile. Every time kyle sings a particular song to her she makes this cute face. She thinks her dad is so funny!

 After lunch at Ariels Grotto

 In front of the Disneyland Partners statue

 Playing with Mickey Mouse

 Cousins! These two little girls had so much fun together. 

 I love these two little girls! It's so fun to be an aunt. 

 Happy little girl!

We had so much fun getting to spend time with all the Cordners and making memories with them. Hopefully we'll get to do it again someday!

We're Crazy!

And SO excited!