brian regan!

last night we went and saw our favorite comedian, brian regan! my stomach hurt from laughing so hard. baby girl must've been a little disconcerted by all my chortling, she kept jumping around like a jumping bean the whole time. such a fun date night!

(if you're not familiar with brian regan, you MUST watch his youtube videos. so funny.)

penny: warrior princess

i was in my room doing my makeup this morning and in strolls penny straight from her bed like this haha. i don't know how on earth she managed to twist her shirt up like this. she's talented my little pennygirl. and yes, that's mascara and a blush brush she's holding, my makeup is her new obsession these days.

other funny penny news:

yesterday i heard a splashing sound coming from the bathroom, and i was like "oh geez, she's playing in the toilet water." i run in there and she wasn't just playing in the toilet water, she was giving her minnie mouse doll a "bath" in said toilet. just dunking her over and over getting her nice and clean, haha GROSS. minnie got thrown in the washer and penny got a bath.

sorry the blog posts have been few and far between. that second trimester energy boost is long gone - i'll be 30 weeks tomorrow! - and i'm just trying to keep up with daily life 'round here. hope you're having a lovely january!

lately...

we hung out at my sister's house last night, here's some pics:

lana kissin' squishy elsa + me with my 28-week bump.

cousin max showing penny how boys play - with video games and swords of course!

love watching these two play together, so cute. me and lana were so excited when we found out they were going to be only 3 months apart and totally envisioned times just like this when they would play together. love it.

nothing much going on lately. baby girl is kicking like CRAZY, all day all the time, which is awesome. only 12 weeks left and i am getting soooo excited. i can't wait to hold her and kiss her little cheeks.

penny is doing so well with preschool and physical therapy. she's pretty much caught up with other kids her age and obviously we're still working on some things, but i consider it such a blessing that she's come this far before baby sister arrives. which, by the way, is what penny calls my tummy. i'll point to my belly and say "who's in here, penny?" and she smiles and says "baby sis-tuh!" so cute.

i'm excited for 2012...happy new year!

(p.s. did i mention paul got me my very own iphone for christmas??? LOVE IT.)

merry christmas!

this year we traveled to albuquerque, NM to spend christmas with paul's sister, kenna, and her family. here's some pics from our weekend...

our first night there we went and saw a christmas lights festival. all the kiddos were bundled up, it was chilly!


christmas morning! penny was so excited to see all the little presents inside her stocking.

kenna, gabe, and baby nate.

penny lovin' on her new strawberry shortcake doll...she got to work right away brushing her hair.

i got paul an old-fashioned shaving kit, the kind with soapdish and brush. now he can learn the art of the manly shave haha.

cousins playing after all the presents were opened.


i'd have to say the "best" part of our trip was the gift that kept on giving...the flu! it was like dominos, each day a new person would be sick and i totally thought i was in the clear...until the day after we got home and both penny and i decided to hop on the puking train. BOO! but we're all better now and baby girl didn't mind me being sick at all, she just kicked me the whole time to let me know that SHE felt fine even if i didn't.

penny had fun playing with her cousins, especially maddie. penny would wake up in the morning and be like "where's maddie? play toys with maddie?" so cute.

hope you all had a great christmas!

25 weeks!

here it is...a bump pic. i'm just about 6 months and i can't believe this little girl is going to be here in a little over 3 months! things are going swimmingly and the time is flying by. nothing too exciting as far as the pregnancy's concerned...baby girl is kicking ALOT more than penny did, she's definitely an active little thing. which, of course, i love because it reminds that i am pregnant, except of course when i look in the mirror...

no real cravings, maybe i like spicy things more, like i'm totally loving salsa more...i'm a pretty boring pregnant person i guess. oh and WATER. thirsty thirsty thirsty, i can't ever get enough water. i guess that's not really a craving, pregos are supposed to drink more water anyways so...that's convenient. you see? so boring. but i'll take it. boring is good.

eek! i can't wait to meet this little girl! i love her so much already.

lately

just some pics from the last couple weeks...
paul got an iphone and it's so convenient for lazy people like myself to use it for pictures.

messing around + penny playing in her closet (sans pants).

cousin buddies max, katelyn and penny coloring at the balmforth christmas party.

my brother's newest little girl, scarlett + penny in front of our tree.

hope you're having a fun holiday season!

festival of trees

every december local volunteers decorate trees (and wreaths and gingerbread houses) for the festival of trees. it benefits primary children's hospital here in salt lake so i was more than happy to buy some tickets for our family to go. it was a little crowded to say the least, but penny loved it! she kept saying on the way out "i like those fun trees, mom."