August 2015!

August 2nd: 

Sundays are always wiping us out. We hang out with all our family!

When we got home from visiting everyone. I realized that my ring seemed scratchy.

I looked down and I had lost a diamond and the prong totally was gone too. 

That was the sharp part that I was feeling. This is the first diamond I have lost. Thank goodness for lifetime warranties. 

Its the small black looking hole at the top left. 

August 4th: We hung out with miss Katey! She just had her tonsils out and I miss my katey. 

We had a great conversation! I seriously snap chat this girl on the daily!

After bath selfies. This is the only time I can burrito this baby up anymore. 

I miss the cuddly stage. 

One of Charli's cousins found this baby bottle and gave it to Charli.

Charli really started sucking on it and was mad when nothing came out. 

August 7th:

Sister Sister... Give me the news! 

Yes the Malone sisters were back. Kelsey came into town to visit. It was so fun having her here and we did so much together! I wish we could convince her to move to utah! 

As we were out shopping at Station Park with my parents, sisters, and nieces and nephews. 

We stopped and ate at Johnny Rockets. Yum. 

Well Charli thought Grandma's fries looked good and grabbed one. 

She loved it until she started to gag. Sorry you don't have teeth yet Char.

Jamicure.. I love the daisy print and country club together! 

It lasted for 12 days! Yay!

August 8th: 

Mr & Mrs Kessler got married. 

I was lucky enough to drive down and be there for pictures and hang out with all the good old hooper friends. I miss these ladies. It was so fun walking around City Creek with them. We helped each other pick out outfits and just laugh. 

I was also lucky enough to do Jessie's Wedding Video. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoy putting those together. It shows so much personality of the couples! 

After the wedding we took the good old Seaswirl out with our friends to Willard Bay. 

And YES! That is me! I finally got up on the wake board. Go me! 

This was a perfect picture. It was the first time I got up. 

I tried it a few more times and then stopped after I face planted.. super hard. 

 Mid fall... 

When I came up I thought I lost my teeth. My face hurt so bad. 

We also have a great video of it! 

August 9th:

Sleeping in Relief Society. 

We bring the carseat in for moments like this. Sometimes its the only way to get her to take a nap.

Dinner at my parents with all the family. Man we are a big family. 

It was fun to have Grandma & Grandpa West there. 

Plus its always a bonus when you match your grandpa!

August 9th:

Cabbage Patch Charli!

At Grandma & Grandpa Nelson's. We were helping out in the garden and then this happened. 

We have always joked about Charli being a Cabbage Patch Kid. 

It was better off as a saying. She hated sitting in the leaves!

August 10th:

I got my ring back. It was so sparkly! :) 

August 12th:

We hung out in Kaysville with Auntie M, Kelsey and Grandma Malone.

We were at Homegoods and I saw the board book version of Jimmy Fallon's children book.

I showed it to Charli and she instantly was opening it. 

We have the bigger version. She loves it! Like not because I say she should. 

If she sees it you better be reading it. 

August 12th:

Wednesday nights are our nights at Great Grandma Smiths. She loves to play with this piano. 

She pushes all the buttons and keys. She makes the sheet music turn pages. 

I also bought and tried out this new CRUDE Personal Care. It is a oil cleansing method. 

I know its crazy because how can you help your acne by putting more oil on your face. But really I have loved this product. It works so much better than any other acne product I have used before. 

It takes my makeup off and it is great at treating blemishes overnight. 

August 13th:

I took my two kids shopping. 

Waffle Love and Target. What could be wrong? 

Oops. Don't forget we also went to Chipotle. 

It was a good day. 

Remember what I said about Jimmy Fallon? 

We love him and so does Charli! 

August 15th:

Cabin Time!

We had everyone up at the cabin. Don't you think this such a cool picture. 

Marci did some serious work to try and get my phone propped just right to take it. 

If you know anything about my family. You know that this is the place that all family pictures are taken at the Cabin. 

It was a fun time with games, four wheeling and lots of food.

August 18th:

I went to the eye doctor and was told after they dilated my eyes that I need to have someone come get me. I guess I shouldn't have been driving. But I really like these glasses that I picked from Costco.

They were cheap and I really love the selection that Costco has! 

August 19th:

Charli's nine month appointment. It was a long wait. But Kelly added some humor to it by dumping all the formula in the diaper bag out on the floor. 

Yay for not having to get shots!

August 20th:

But first let me take a selfie. 

Charli loves playing with our phones. She gets a kick out of looking at pictures of herself. 

August 21st: 

Remember that day we spent over 12 hours at the Apple Store and drank 2 Fiiz drinks. 

I wish I didn't remember that day. But at least I was there to give my mom company as we waited for her computer to transfer over to an external hard drive. We were there from 11am to 10pm. 

August 23rd:

Yes we both wear pineapples because we are cool!

August 23rd:

Saying goodnight to Grandma Smith. Charli loves going to Grandma's. 

We love seeing grandma as well!

August 24th:

Doing some Costco shopping with Grandma Malone. 

We graduated and can sit in the cart without a carseat. 

It's really cool.

August 24th:

Dance Studio Rat's.

We got together with Lisa & Alexa to go over some choreography and song ideas. 

It was a fun night. 

August 25th: 

Mom relaxation happens at midnight and it begins with a LUSH bath bomb and a bubble bath. 

Watching the Bachelor in Paradise on the iPad. 

August 26th:

Coaches who take selfies stay cool together. 

Yes we are all wearing Beatles shirts.

Woot. Can't wait for this next year. We started some awesome routines.

August 26th:

Tulle, flowers, and pink bows. It can't get any better in the PJ department.

August 28th:

It can't get any better than one last swim party with our cousins.

Yes she has a good sunscreen mohawk going on. 

After we went swimming Kelly helped me set up for a Visiting Teaching Interview breakfast the next morning. We did a Waffle bar and had a great time with the ladies in our ward. It was a lot of work but I love Waffles so who cares. We got dinner at our favorite Costa Vida and watched some Netflix.

August 29th:

We ended summer right with going to Farr's Ice Cream with my parents.

It was a fun night. And yes I got Play Dough. It's the best ice cream as far as I am concerned. 

Night Owl

... I don't know what it is LATEly.
(no pun intended)..

I just have been staying up late working on stuff!

This week I have a list to accomplish..

Stand & Shine articles
Visiting Teaching Interview activity
Coming up with some choreography for dance
Hosting a couple Jamberry parties


The second Charli is down for a nap or in bed for the night I hurry and get something done. Though it seems that I am not even ready for any of this stuff.

Tonight I worked on the Visiting Teaching Party. It will be really well if I can pull all my ideas, thoughts and inspiration for it! If it doesn't go as planned at least we got waffles right!?

I haven't done one thing yet for Stand & Shine... shhh, don't tell my sisters. I will get there!

I have been able to stay up with the Jamberry parties thankfully.. The dance stuff its a good thing I have some stuff from a week or so ago because I don't know if I will make it to doing any this week.


Kelly just talked in his sleep.... weirdo!
Its freaking creepy sometimes!

Well it's 1:20am I better go get some sleep before I think of another thing I need to do!

9 months old!

9 months old! Really?!

Charli is such a cute little girl. Like really every mom says that right but I truly mean it. 

Sleeping: She still sleeps through the night like she has since she was 2 months old

Eating: She is eating all types of solids and 8oz. formula bottles still

Laughing: She especially laughs when getting tickled or funny noises

Kissing: We have been trying to get her to learn how to kiss. 

Bye- Bye: She will wave bye bye to you with her left hand. Her right hand faces her and waves to herself. Its adorable. 

Screaming: We are a girl.. so definitely have a good set of lungs. 

You should hear us in Sacrament Meeting. 

Clothing size: We have still been in 6 month clothes. 

Our PJ's are going to be 9 months soon, since my toes are poking through!

Teeth: All we have is gums. Not really teething what so ever. 

Mama or Dada: She definitely has Mama down & sometimes you will hear a Dada

Rolling: We definitely can roll and move all over our crib at night.

Crawling: Not really caring about doing anything on our belly. 

Weight:19 lbs and 51 percentile

Length: 27.17 inches and 36 percentile

Head: 45.1 cm and 81 percentile

We are definitely evening out. I could tell that she has been growing. I have to really watch her head when I am changing her bum on the changing table in her room. We have had a few bonks!

Luckily we didn't have to have any shots at our appointment. She definitely has a case of the stranger danger with the doctor. We always enjoy our little monkey! 

Doctor Doctor Give Me The News!

The last 2 weeks of my life has been a little like this!

Eye Appointment: Finding out I am really blind and needing to get glasses & contacts ASAP
(I only made the appointment because a week before I totally couldn't read what Hymn we were suppose to be singing at church. I was way off and then Kelly was like you really can't see that!)

I went in to my doctor for a check up because I have had horrible bladder control since Charli! Like somedays I have peed my pants multiple times! She couldn't do much to help me there since I am too young for surgery and she didn't want to put me on medication for it!
Well all was good until what came next.. I ended up leaving with two shots and my blood drawn.

She was feeling my thyroid and noticed a nodule! She asked me if we had any family with thyroid problems. I instantly said well my mom has had issues for the last year with hers. They have done ultrasounds, biopsy's and they have all come back non conclusive to being cancerous. So they haven't been able to prove what they are and just are waiting to see if they keep growing.

I will be getting an ultrasound done on my thyroid.
Well after finally getting the ultrasound done and going through the ringer to try and pay for the visit up front and going through a whole bunch of people who couldn't tell me what I needed to pay. I finally had it done. They obviously can't tell me anything up front but they can tell me that they have no idea what that just really should have cost me.
It was odd getting an ultrasound. Just nine months ago I was getting an ultrasound done for the last time on my baby! I was able to see her face, toes and legs.. hear her heartbeat. A thyroid is so lame to see in an ultrasound. I couldn't tell what I was looking at.. it boggles my mind that the tech knows what to look at and that a radiologist could even see what was good or bad!

We should know those results later on this next week!

We had Charli's 9 month appointment which went great I love her pediatrician but I hate the hour wait we have almost overtime we are there. It is really hard to keep your kid entertained. I love how she is with Charli and she is super helpful.

Contact Consultation.

I had an appointment once again for my eyes. I have never had contacts and so that was quite the interesting thing to have those put in. They weren't exactly the right prescription. So I will be trying on some new ones in a week or so. My doctor was really weird and kept talking to me about cost and all these different contacts? But then he would say well you can't really wear those they won't work and they are more expensive.. Dude, just give me the contacts you think are best after all your the doctor.

Eventually I will get contacts right?!!
I probably wouldn't be so ornery about him if I wouldn't have seen all these other doctors in the same week.

Funny thing! When I walked in for that appointment I said that I was there to see Dr. Eggert (he's our dentist) the office lady looked at me like what?! She then said he doesn't practice here I don't think.. It finally clicked that I was talking about the dentist! In guilt because I still have some dental work that needs to be done... Does it ever end?! I am only 23 and I feel like I am falling apart!


We also got two new tires on my car and let me just tell you after going to Discount Tires 4 times in 2 days I didn't know it was that hard to put on new tires!

First day- We went in to order the new tires so we could get them on the next day
Second day- They were suppose to call me and tell me if they had them in by noon. I didn't hear anything so I called in. Well they hadn't heard anything and said they would call me back after looking. Well a few hours later nothing... I finally called in again and they said they had them.
I went in and waited for the tires to be put on. Not to bad. Kelly met me after he got off work and we walked over to KFC and got dinner.
They got them on relatively quick. But as I drove off I could hear this grinding, rubbing sound when I would turn left. Well I called Kelly and he met me at a parking lot to look at it. Well sure enough they had put on weight that they shouldn't have and it was grinding on the tire
Third day- Kelly told me that they needed to take the weight off the tire and they need to put a tape weight on. So what do I do drive in and tell them that they need to do that... What do they do? You guess it they made it sound like it was grinding anymore. Well they didn't listen..
Later that day Kelly met me to go to yet another Doctor appointment but luckily it was Charli's 9 month. As we were leaving the appointment he was checking out the car and noticed that one of the back rims was horribly scratched and he wasn't happy at all with how it looked. I had told him that they didn't really fix the weight and he looked underneath the car and no weight was changed..
A drive back and we were at Discount once again. This time with Kelly so he could get the things done that were suppose to be done. I had told Kelly previously that for some reason men who work in car places do not listen to woman!! This was proof.
They instantly started to work on the car... I was even sitting in the car with Charli as they lifted the car to take the tires off! They also said they will send someone out to fix the rim at our house!
So what should have taken an hour max to change 2 tires... ended up taking 4 times and 3 days to get it done right.

My biggest pet peeve isn't at all at how we were treated but it seems that the guys who work in these places think they no more about the car than the owners. So if the owner tells you to do something you should just do it the way they want it done. Right? After all the owners know more about their car than you. I also am sick of hearing mechanics tell me about how they would never own a Mercedes. You know... I am glad you don't want one but that doesn't mean anything to me because I personally love my car and you wouldn't hate working on them so much if you would listen to the owner and what they know about their own car!! Rant Over.. but don't worry I could go on! I still need to get an alignment done and I can't bring myself to going to Big O to get it done yet!

Praying for less doctors and less car problems! :)

July 2015

July 2nd

We survive because of naps somedays!

4th of July!

We spent the weekend at the cabin with some of our friends! 

We tried out the hiking backpack on a walk to the river!

Tongue out always! 

The Weller's! If you look closely you can see B's homemade leash. Carli is one creative mom!

Lets go for a dip? Kelly & Moss decided a dip in the river would be fun. Well it sure was fun for everyone else. They were quite cold after! 

We drove down to Evanston to watch some fireworks, eat dinner and light off our own fireworks!

Your not cool unless you wear Old Navy flag shirts! 

I fell in love with this festive outfit for charli at Old Navy. The front says "Shine like the stars" and the back is an adorable cut out with little red bows! ...it makes me happy! Lets not even mention the cute blue and white star shorts that came with it!

Mom & Daughter Attitude was on point. The entire trip she was all about stinking her tongue out!

We were sitting right by the LDS church while watching the city fireworks. The whole time all the citizens were lighting off fireworks as well. It was war zone. We stayed to watch more even after the cities were done. I was shocked at how many people spend money on fireworks. When I thought we were cool for buying roman candles & neon sparklers. 

Scary story: As we were watching the fireworks the church has a metal roof on it. And well an  artillery shell hit my shoulder. If you look at the picture of me holding charli it hit my right shoulder which was only about 4 inches away from charli.  

Janae and Charli hanging out at the firework shop! It was a fun day for everyone although me and Janae sometimes acted like we weren't married to our husbands! They totally acted like little boys once they had their fireworks. 

July 6th: Lunch with the girls!

It was fun day of talking and of course what's bad about Costa Vida! 

Love my girls! 

July 7th:

If you are lucky enough to go on the Seaswirl then you know all about this saying! ;)

July 9th:

Puppy & Playing. 

Kelly was gone to scout camp at Lake Powell so that meant me and charli hung out by ourselves for the week. Which meant she did a lot of playing and Nala was a great puppy as well. Nala really likes being close to charli. 

While Kelly was gone to Scout Camp. I found a pleasant surprise on my front porch. There are two big food groups I live on and that is Pizza & Salsa. But not any salsa.. Tyson makes the best Salsa and he happened to be home that week and made some just for me! It was delicious! 

July 10th:

Cuddles oh cuddles. Something about grandma malone and Stuart. But Charli was so content hanging out with both of them. The best part is Grandma and Stuart were just as happy.

Before and after! 

Above is the queen bed... 

Below is heaven.. aka King BED

Ever since Charli I have hated our Queen size bed. I wanted more space and I hated how the mattress felt on my back.. Well after saying that in front of family. Kelly's Brother in Law Chris found us this steal of a deal on a King one. 

After church one sunday Kelly and I spent the afternoon hauling out the old bed and setting up the heaven of a King. After sleeping on it for a while now. I WOULD NEVER GO BACK!

July 13th: Watching So You Think You Can Dance & the Bachelorette

training her early.

July 14th :

Dinner with the Nelson Family at ABC Mandarin. 

It was a fun time to see Aunt Diane and Uncle Skip, every time they are in town all of us go eat chinese with them. All of the kids love Chinese food and we always have tons of leftovers. We tried giving Charli so steamed rice and well she threw up all over. Just one parent failure. 

July 15th: Chillin at the studio.

Charli goes everywhere with me.. I am sure you figured that out but she does great at the studio. There are times she wants to be held and other times she just acts like a goof ball. This was one of those times.

My Grandma is still cool and buys all of us grandkids nerf guns. I waited for Kelly to come inside and had all the lights off and started shooting him from the kitchen. It was awesome! 

Looking for peace and quiet. This is the toy. Charli loves playing with all the fun things that are on this toy. 

July 16th:

Bee's Game with my parents!

I was whining for an Ice Cream Cone... then my dad came back with this.. 

Did I mention that my dad is pretty cool. 

Ever since I was a kid he would take me to the Raptors game for Daddy Daughter Dates it always ended with him buying dinner and some type of souvenir. Yes I was the favorite girl!

Charli even got her first foul ball at her first baseball game. She loved it. My mom actually caught it and fought an 8 year old boy over it.. just kidding. But she really did catch it. Way to go Grandma. 

July 17th:

Sass and Tude. 

We spent the night doing yard work and someone wasn't happy that she couldn't have either of us.

July 18th: 

We took Grandma Smith out to breakfast at Jeremiah's. They have the best breakfast!

Grandma loved it and so did everyone else. 

We then spent the rest of the day at Willard Bay!

This was Charli's first time! It was kind of an overcast day and Kelly was just waiting for me to say 'let's go home'. But then it cleared up and was gorgeous! We hung out with his sisters foreign exchange students. They loved tubing on the back of our boat and were taking so many fun pictures. They had never been to a lake before.. Even though we wouldn't say Willard is a lake. 

I also was able to give them some Taylor Swift CD's after we found out they really like her! 

My type of girls!

July 19th:

Church Selfies. 

Sometimes when we are stinkers and scream in Sacrament Meeting we hang out in the hall. And sometimes we take our Sunday Selfies.. What's wrong with that?

July 20th:

I get crap for this picture from my family. "Glad to know you buy cereal maggie!" 

Okay, I only took this because it shows perfectly that Charli looks like her dad!

Twinners!

July 21st:

Let her sleep.. or watch her sleep. ...I spent the morning in Charli's room just looking at her and thinking how did we have such an amazing girl come into our lives. 

Beyond Glazed.. 

Yum.

Yes that is a Maple Bacon Doughnut, Raspberry Mango Doughnut, Old Fashioned and Cookie's and Cream.. And yes they are delightful. 

July 23rd:

Thumb Sucking Charli. We love our thumb! 

July 24th:

A creeper in the nursery.

Good Ole Tyson. Taking a nap in Charli's Room. 

We celebrated the fourth by going to the rodeo. Well I didn't want to go. I knew that it would be a packed night and horrible seating. I also knew that it wasn't the best place for a 8 month old to be entertained with. So after a good old fight between me and kelly we left the rodeo.

Hello Zeppes. We introduced Tyson to this wonderful gelato shake. It was amazing. 

 July 25th: 

Surf N Swim! 

The best part about Kelly's family is being able to go to all of his siblings and brother in laws work parties. Tonight was one of them. It was fun eating and hanging out in the pool. Charli loved the water but she mostly hung out with her aunts and Grandma Nelson. 

July 27th:

I love this outfit so I had to take some pictures of her plus she was babbling and saying bye bye. 

What happens when Dad feeds you.. 

Is there any in her belly?

(Really she gets food stuck up her nose and then food boogers happen)

When mom feeds you! Happy little lark fell asleep. She is a chunky bloated monkey.

July 30th: 

Trying out our pincher skills. She loved trying to eat some bread crumbs. 

July 30th:

Swim day at Auntie M's. We love their pool almost more than we love them..

shhh. Just kidding. 

I spy with my little eye..

Someone likes to roll over and look at their mom grabbing diapers. 

Second Cousins... Charli and Georgie. We absolutely love Georgie and she was so happy to sit and play with Charli. Georgie is such a sweet girl. Before we left the wedding Georgie made sure to tell me she wants to babysit Charli. 

Family Picture at Baby Norah's Blessing!

Here Comes August!