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. 

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! :)

Sun Fun

We took our boat out for the second time this year yesterday. We went out last Saturday to Willard Bay but the water got too choppy so we couldn't do much but just sit and float but it was the first time my dad had ever been on our boat, he really enjoyed it. We waited for it to calm down but it never did so we headed back home picked up Charli from Grandma Malone and then headed to Burger Bar for some much needed dinner.

It was a BLAST!

We got up early and I cleaned the house as Mr. Nelson finished up trimming the sides of the yard. We also talked about some plants we want to add and take out of our front yard. After we got Charli up and ready (she ate almost 8 oz for breakfast.. okay maybe not her jammies were soaked. But I did giver her eight oz.) We dropped Charli off at Grandma Nelson and we also went to Costco to buy a lifejacket for both of us. They didn't have any men ones but I got one! Lifejackets are fashion statements but I will say mine is pretty stinking cute.. Hot Pink and Black with leopard print! :)

The weather was a perfect temperature. The water was perfect and it was like glass. We took Tyson & Todd with us. They are a riot! I am so glad that we have the friends that we have. They are truly great guys and made the day so much fun. We started out doing some wake boarding and then decided to use the tube so we could deflate it because it is such a monster.

I went out on the tube with Kelly. Mind you it was my first time being on a tube for a couple years. Last year I was sad that I couldn't do much on the boat since being pregnant. So I have waited for this time to come. Although I am not one who likes to go fast or get whipped off. Todd did a good job of staying in a range that I totally didn't want to kill him. I am a coast along for the ride...

After we took a break from tubing we all just jumped in and swam around. Tyson was throwing crackers into the bay and the seagulls would come dive down to get them. Then Todd & Tyson had the idea to try and catch a seagull trying to get a cracker. Lets just say the seagulls are much faster but it was funny to watch them dive off the boat.

Todd tried to solemn ski and we did finally get him up and going. It looks very difficult to do. Mr. Nelson then got on the wake board. He is so natural at everything.. that kid can do it all except dance (he tries but its not the best moves).

After he was done I decided that I would try wake boarding. I have never done it before. I didn't know how to put the board on. I didn't know much of anything really. Well I had the perfect team of guys to teach me! Once I was secured we tried it. I was trying to stand up too early before the boat had even moved (go figure). But once I learned to lean back and let the boat take me then I was understanding a little more. I had to figure out which foot I would like in front and felt natural. Mr. Nelson puts his left forward which is different since he's dominantly right. I tried left and it was a no go. Once I did my right foot it was a lot easier. I almost got up by that time but I couldn't remember to get my weight on my back foot and to lean back... so therefore I drank willard bay and got a really good sinus cleanse for my Sinus Infection. Yay!

My arms got way too tired and it hurt my sides trying to do it after the 10ish times we tried. The boys kept encouraging me & giving me pointers. If they wouldn't of done that I would have given up I am sure. My goal is that next time I will be able to hopefully get up and stay up.
Have you ever had to flip your wake board back over?! The first time I went down I ended up on my stomach instead of my back so between my life jacket and the board holding me up I looked like a banana in the water. I didn't know how to flip it back over I tried to rotate my hips and knees but it killed. It felt like I would dislocate something.. Once they pulled back around in the boat Todd helped flip me back over.

After that I got how to flip over, yay me! .. Now I know why Charli has such a hard time with rolling. I can't even do it in the water!

We headed over to the beach and then Mr. Nelson let me drive the boat. Mind you boats are so hard to drive its amazing to me that men can drive, work all different types of machines. I did okay but it wasn't easy nor would you want me to pull you behind the boat.. but I hope that will get better over time.

We did some more wake boarding and then headed back in to load up and head home. It took forever waiting in the North Marina since there were so many boats launching. But we finally made it in!
We picked up Charli from Grandma Nelson and then went home to enjoy some yummy ribs, macaroni salad, peanut butter brownies and my favorite homemade salsa that Tyson makes. That kid sure knows how to cook & he taught me how to make his salsa.

Dinner was delicious and we all sat and talked about different things while spraying Vinegar all over us to take the sting out of all our sunburns. We were tuckered out! It was a great night. After feeding Charli some pears and doing bath time we were finally ready to fall asleep!

It was a great day in the Sun... I want to go out every single day! :)

(pictures to come)

Memories of May.

May 1st: Date Night

 We saw The Avengers: Age of Ultron on opening day!

Charli hung out at Grandma Nelson's house.

May 2nd: Backyard Baby

We enjoyed going to watch Kelly compete at the Questar Gas Rodeo.

He took 2nd place but because there wasn't enough competitors we won't be going to Nationals again. Bummer.

Charli loved sitting in my new chairs that Kelly gave me for my birthday! 

May 3rd: Sunday Funday

Hanging out with Great Grandma Smith. We love seeing all our family on Sundays.

 Even though it wears out little Charli with all the playing that happens.

May 5th: Lovely Laurels

I got invited to snap some pictures of the laurels in our ward for their activity. A few of them are graduating. I can't believe that I use to teach them when they were 14 and now they are headed off to college. I love these ladies.. I always will! {bring on the wedding invites ladies.. just kidding}

May 5th: Flashback Friends.

We got together and had a pizza at my house and chatted about what we have done in the last 5 years. Can't believe that 5 years ago I was graduating high school. It was fun to chat with Summer & Morgan. We missed Kamee & Chelsea! Cheers to Silverline Reunions. 

May 7th: Amazing Amazon

We bought an Excer-saucer for Charli! This was her first time sitting in it. She wasn't too sure about it at first. It will also turn in to a tummy time mat & a standing toy when she is walking! 

May 13th: Floral Flops

Nothing better than chubby baby legs in shorts & chubby toes in flip flops!

Charli ready to go shopping with Grandma Malone!

May 14th:

I enjoyed a "Berry Good Doctor" from Fiiz & got the new Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack.

I also went to the InstaCare for a UTI. Fun way to start the summer right?!

May 14th: Pitch Perfect 2

Kelly took me to Pitch Perfect 2! It was great. This was also Charli's first time in a movie theatre. 

She slept in her carseat the entire time. I can't get over how funny this movie is! 

May 15th & 16th: Dinner & Diapers

Kelly was gone on a guys trip to Moab this weekend! Charli & I went to Red Robin with my parents. It was a great time. We also went to Pitch Perfect both nights with a couple of my friends. Yes we saw it 3 times! Charli slept through the movie but we got home one night to a Diaper failure. 

Nothing that a midnight bath can't fix. Look at that little chunk!

May 17: Sassy Six Selfie

Charli celebrated being six months old while I secretly cried that she is growing up so fast.

We took a ton of adorable pictures of this chunk & we also enjoyed peas with dad today!

May 19th: Terrific Target

I decided I didn't want to bring in her whole carseat. Since this chunk is getting so big.

Well we tried to sit her in the shopping cart. She did pretty good but I think we still have a while until she will be okay with sitting in it. But she definitely was all smiles!

May 20th: Newborn Norah

Norah Kate was born! This little girl weighs just a little bit more than Charli did at birth!

I can't believe that Charli was that little 6 months ago. So excited for that Newborn Smell.

May 22nd: Crazy Cousins

Charli sat next to Norah. This difference between them is crazy. But I can't wait for them to grow up together. It will be fun to watch these two girls be sassy together. Charli also was held by Corbin! Corbin loves singing and talking to Charli.

May 22nd: Yappy Yardwork

Charli sat and played while we worked pulling out weeds, trimming trees and deciding some plans for our front yard. I decided I can do Yardwork if I can talk to Kelly while pulling weeds. It was a relaxing Friday night.

May 25th: Sassy Swimming

Memorial Day we celebrated Marci's birthday and swam at their HOA pool. Charli wasn't so sure of the pool at first but we slowly were able to get her to be okay with her tube.

May 26th: Mustache Madness

Nothing better than drinking a Fiiz with a mustache on your straw!

A shot out to Lisa for getting me this. It literally makes me so happy!

May 28th: Funny Face

This is the face that Charli will do for almost anything now. It is quite sassy but its so funny to watch. Sometimes she will be crying and pull this face and I can't help but giggle at her. What a perfect pout.

May 29th: Super Sitter

Charli decided that sitting up is pretty cool. We definitely have to watch her as she is doing it. That Malone noggin can make her tip over quite fast.

May 30th: Macho Mornings

Charli will hold her bottle up lately.. part of me is happy I don't have to hold it all the time. 

Then there is a part of me that is sad to watch her grow up.

May 31st: Stripe Sundays

I just love this little happy girl. She is a social butterfly at church. Loves to watch everyone and she is lucky that everyone will let her play with their jewelry in Relief Society.

May 31st: Bedtime Bonding

Kelly will normally always feed Charli her at night but tonight he did the entire bedtime routine. It was so fun listening to him read stories to her. I have to stay close by because once I hear the bottle drop on the floor I know that both of them are asleep.