Lots of summer fun!

Sorry I haven't updated in what seems like forever. What can I say? I've been busy (or lazy. Call it whatever you'd like...)

Back in April, Tyler & I went to the Muse concert at the E Center. It was so much fun! They put on an amazing show! We had a blast!


Tyler & I at the Muse Concert

Awesome Laser Show





On April 17th, Tyler ran the SLC Marathon! Something that I can't even imagine doing...Kenzie, Anthony & I were there to cheer him on. Tyler wasn't very happy about his finishing time, but I'm proud of him nonetheless.
Tyler right after finishing the marathon.


This summer has been great so far! Tyler walked at graduation on May 7th. He is still finishing his last semester- but still, he's graduating! :) I'm so proud of him! He has put a lot of hard work into school over the last few years, and I'm sure he's happy to have his bachelor's degree to show for it. Now we need to work on finding him a job that he will like. Wish him luck!

The proud graduate

Tyler & I after his graduation


Kenzie & Grandma


Tyler right before the ceremony


Also in May, we flew out to North Carolina to see our good friends get married. We were worried about how Kenzie would do on the plane. We thought she would scream, and cry, and basically make everyone around us miserable- but that wasn't the case at all. She was happy go lucky the entire time. She was pretty tired, but didn't fall asleep until we got to the end of the first flight, and to the lay-over in Texas.

Kenzie's very first plane ride



While we were there- we did a lot of stuff. The first day we basically just hung out, catching up on what's been going on in the last year since we've seen them. We also went grocery shopping, etc. The next day we went to the mall in Asheville, got the boys fitted for their tuxes, etc. That night, I went with Heather's family to Heather's bridal shower. It was pretty fun!

On Wednesday, we all took a tour of the Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, NC. Heather & Jason both work at the Winery there- so we were able to do a wine tasting (not a fan of wine, but I tried a couple of them.) Then we all went to the Biltmore Farm where Kenzie was able to pet a chick, and a goat. She loves animals so much! I think we went to Heather's mom's house for dinner that night. ( I can't remember which night we went...)
Kenzie and I at one of the many statues at Biltmore. I was being mauled. haha

Kenzie & another statue on the Biltmore grounds

Tyler & I on one of the balconies at Biltmore. What an amazing view there was!

Heather & Jason

The Biltmore House- It's beautiful!

Heather, Bonnie, Tyler & Jason doing the wine tasting.

Me & My Baby Girl :)

Kenzie was worn out after a long tour of the Biltmore Estate. She caught up on her Z's during our picnic.

There was a gorgeous garden area with this fun walkway.Unfortunately, you can't see the garden in these pictures.



Petting one of the goats



Petting the chicks



Thursday was the big day! We basically hung out at the house for most of that morning because the wedding wasn't til the afternoon. The wedding was quick- but nice. I missed part of it because Kenzie was being loud- but luckily she calmed down and I was able to go back in for the last little part. Heather & Jason both looked great! And definitely looked happy. :) Then there was the reception. Heather was getting pretty upset because she couldn't get the music to work. We were all still having fun though. Once most of the people had gone home- we got the music working so the girls went nuts and danced for quite a while. We were all crazy, and probably looked insane- but it was a ton of fun- so who cares?!

Jason & Heather trying to figure out the sound system

Cutting the cake


One of the days after the wedding- we went to a mexican restaurant that was pretty good. Then went bowling afterwards. I'm not very good at bowling, but it had been a while since we'd gone so of course- we had fun anyway. Kenzie kept trying to follow us up to bowl though.

Jason bowling, and Heather trying to keep Kenzie from getting in his way.


Back in June, Tyler's brother, Tyler & I went camping at Jordanelle. We chose the WRONG weekend to go though. When we got there- we were able to set up the tent, and the boys went fishing for about 30 minutes before it started raining. Once it started- it didn't stop! It was pouring so hard that it took us FOREVER to get the fire started. We were all frozen! So, after we finally gave up on trying to stay warm, we got in the tent and realized that everything in there was soaked too. Luckily the inside of the sleeping bags were dry. We made it through the night and packed up and left first thing in the morning.

Tyler & Zach getting ready for fishing

The boys fishing


On June 19th, my new nephew, Emmett John Pearce was born. He was 9 pounds 14 ounces, and 22" long. A big boy. But, he's adorable! He looks just like his older brother, Britton.

New brothers. Aren't they cute?

Sleepy Emmett :)




On the 4th of July, Janet(Tyler's mom), Tyler, Kenzie, & I went up to Heber for a family BBQ. We let Kenzie play in the little pool up there for a while which was really fun to watch. She LOVED it! I played volleyball with Tyler, and a lot of the rest of the family the rest of the time we were up there. My feet hurt so bad the next day, but it was worth it!
Generational picture of my Grandma, my Mom, Kenzie & me. 4 Generations.

The whole bunch (except Janet, she chose not to be in the picture.)

In between swimming

Total cheese. :)

Kenzie enjoying the pool

A couple a family friends, my Uncle Goff, & me playing volleyball. I look so worried that the ball will come to me. haha.

I actually hit it that time!

More volleyball

Hailey, Brooklyn & Kenzie playing in the pool. Look at little Brookie's face! She likes the water! So cute! :)

My little goofball trying to drink the pool water


I've had so much fun so far this summer, and there's a lot more to look forward to. Can't wait for more swimming and volleyball up at Bear Lake in a month! :)

Awkward Bathroom Conversation

Haha...

So, I was in the bathroom at work, washing my hands. No big deal. When I was drying them- an older (Korean?) lady that works in another department at my job started talking to me. I had never really talked to her (I actually avoid talking to her. Not because I don't like her, but because I can't understand half of what she says!). Here is how the conversation went:

Korean lady: “I like your hair. You cut?”

Me: “Yeah I did.”

Korean lady: “Oh, well I like it."

Me: “Thanks”

Korean lady:“How your baby? Must be so big now! How old?”

Me: “She’s almost 14 months old now. She's walking now!”

Korean lady: “You pregnant again? Having baby?”

Me: “Nope, I'm not”

Korean lady: "You lose weight? How much? 10 pound?"

Me: “Yeah, I lost about 10 pounds.”

Korean lady: "How you do it? Eat Vegetable?"

Me: “I’m a picky eater so I don’t eat vegetables. I have just been eating less sugar.“

Korean lady: "You don’t drink soda, huh? Soda make you fat!"

And that was our entire conversation. It just made me laugh that she asked if I was pregnant- then asked immediately after whether I had lost 10 pounds. Lol.

I seem to have awkward conversations with this lady every time I see her- but this was the funniest of them so far.

That was my laugh for the day so I thought I'd share...

Kenzie is 1 year old! :)

Kenzie's birthday was last Sunday. She turned 1 year old! How crazy is that?! We've been having so much fun with her over the last year! I made a slideshow of some of my favorite pictures that have been taken in the first year of her life.

Kenzie went in for her 1 year appointment on Monday of last week. She had to get 5 shots- which was definitely unpleasant, but she only cried for a couple of minutes- and she was fine after that. Her new stats are:

31.25" tall (21" tall when she was born.)
21 pounds 2 ounces (6 pounds 9 ounces at birth)
46 cm Head Circumference

She is walking about 7-8 steps at a time now. She loves to dance and sing. She loves food! Loves clicking her tongue, giving rasbperries, biting (ouch!), saying "blelelelelele" (total jibberish of course.)

Her birthday party was a little over a week ago, and there were A LOT of people there. She had so much fun! She wasn't really sure what to do with the cake- so I shoved both of her hands into it. Even then- she wasn't sure. My mom put some of it in her mouth, and THEN she started to eat some of it.

How does time go so quickly?

I have been sitting here, reading my cousin Becky's blog, looking at all of the pictures of her adorable kids. And, as I was doing this, I found myself getting totally emotional. For a lot of different reasons.

1. Because I can see how great of a mom she is, and I want to strive to be that amazing for my daughter.

2. I see all of the amazing things that she & her husband do for and with their kids. I started to think about all of the amazing experiences that I am going to be able to have with Makenzie, and her future brothers/sisters.

3. I think back on the last year- since Kenzie joined us. It has been an adventure for sure, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope that someday, I will be able to stay home (at least part time) with my kids, and be more a part of their lives. I would give anything to be there every day for Kenzie. But, right now, I have to settle for mornings, nights & weekends.

4. I can not believe how quickly time has gone. We have gone through so many stages in just 12 short months. At first, Kenzie slept most of the day, didn't smile, or giggle, or talk, or even move really. Now, she is almost walking, talking as much jibberish as she can, laughing all the time, crawling, cuddling, etc. She makes my heart melt. Always.

Her birthday is in under 2 weeks, and I have been putting together a party for her. i want it to be perfect, but I also keep reminding myself that she is only 1 year old, and she won't remember it anyway. But, I will. So- I will do my best to make her party perfect. Even if it's just perfect for a 1 year old's standards.

I can not believe I am going to have a 1 year old on my hands. Seriously. If you have a baby/kid(s)- cherish every moment with them, they go by way too quickly!

Updates and pics.

I have been such a slacker on the updates...here goes nothing...

First, Kenzie is 11 months old today! :) She's getting so incredibly big, but more and more adorable every day. She says, "Ha!" for "Hi", "Da" for "Dog", "Dada" for almost everything else (including Mama.). She took her first steps on Friday night! She walked 2 steps to me from Tyler, then I aimed her back at Tyler and she got too excited and crawled to him. Then walked 2 steps back to me! I wish I had it on camera, but I was just glad that Tyler & I both got to witness her first steps! We are so excited for her first birthday party which is coming up next month.

Tyler started an internship 2 weeks ago with the State Legislation. He has been working hard for them! He seems to be enjoying it mostly though. Unfortunately, during his first week he got pretty sick and had to stay home for a few days, but he's mostly better now. Tyler is training for a marathon that he is signed up for. The marathon is in April and he is getting pretty nervous. I am so proud of him though! :) He's such an inspiration to me.

Kenzie got sick last week too- and is still working on getting over it. She was sick for about 8 days- then we took her to the doctor and he told us that she had a bronchial infection. He gave us some antibiotics for it, and that has seemed to help. He also told us to give her solid foods, but no bottle for a while because it would just make her worse. That was a glimpse into the near future. It hasn't been bad, just weird. We normally put her to bed using her formula, but the last few days we've been using apple juice, or water. It's so crazy to think that within 1 month- she won't be on formula anymore at all. And, I'm sure she'll be walking well. Wow. Where did the time go? I mean, wasn't I just in the hospital with her welcoming her to the world, and to my family? I look back at pictures and videos of her over the last 11 months and almost can't remember before she smiled, or giggled, or rolled over, or crawled, etc. She learns so fast. It amazes me. She knows that a Monkey says "Ooo ooo ooo" except she improvises the sound a little. Her's sounds more like "uh uh uh". She also uses that sound for dogs, and every other animal she sees. It's adorable. When I ask her what a baby says, she says "Dada". She makes my day! She's learned how to click with her mouth, how to do raspberries with her mouth, etc. She has also learned how to climb the stairs. She rolls over during every diaper change- which makes it now a 2 person job when she's on her changing table. She's rolled over during them for a while, but it used to be easier to get her to stay put (ie: give her a toy...) But not anymore. Oh, she also hugs her toys a lot. If you hand her a stuffed animal (her bear, or giraffe are her favorites), she'll squeeze it really close to her. She sleeps with the bear in her crib, and I quite frequently see her hugging it, or with her arm over it when I go to wake her up. This morning was funny- she was awake when I went in to get her- standing up in her crib like she often is. She heard the doorknob move, and yelled "HAAAAAA!" (meaning hi) at me the second she saw me. It was ADORABLE! Oh man, I love that baby.



And on to my sister's baby- Laurie/Mike had their baby on January 3rd. His name is Gabriel Michael Edsberg. He was 7 pounds 4 ounces, and 18 inches long (which we think was wrong because he measured 20.5" a couple of days later.). He is so stinkin' cute. Dark brown hair, blue eyes (for now- we'll see if they stay that way). He looks a lot like Mike, but still looks like Laurie too- a very cute mix. I haven't been able to see them much though. I saw Gabriel the day he was born, and then 2 weeks later. But, I haven't seen him since. :( It's hard to get over there, and since Kenzie's been sick- we haven't been able to have them over here as planned either. We DO NOT want to chance getting that cute boy sick. It is miserable! It's hard enough when their a little older, but 1 month is just way to young to be sick!! Laurie is the cutest little mommy! She loves Gabriel so much already! :) Love you sis! I look forward to getting to know my sweet new nephew more as he grows. Apparently- he has now started smiling. Yay! It just gets funner from here! :)






Oh, and Christmas...forgot to post about that too....wow. I missed a lot. Well, Christmas was great- mostly due to our wonderful families. We started out the morning at our house, opened all of our presents, and lots of clothes for Kenzie. Along with a fun play table that she loves! Then we went to my Mom's for breakfast, then opened presents. I got a cookbook- which has LOTS of recipes that sounds really good. And some money. Tyler got some money as well, and something else- but I can't remember what. Kenzie was sleeping there- so I had to open her presents for her. But she got lots of cute toys from Grandma! After that, it was off to my Dad & Pat's house. We did a light lunch, and saw lots of family there too. My Grandma, Aunt/Uncle & 2 cousins were there along with Mikey/Alanna & Laurie/Mike. We all exchanged gifts, and Kenzie got even more clothing, and lots of toys. (which we had to buy a toy box for afterwards. otherwise- our house would have looked like a toy tornado hit it!). Then it was off to Tyler's mom's house. We did dinner there, and exchanged gifts with Zach/Lindsey. Kenzie got some blocks from them- which she loves. Kenzie had opened her gifts from Grandma at our house that morning (a bunch of 18 month clothing because she was growing out of all of her 12 month clothes...yeah, she was only 9 months old...crazy tall child! Ha.). Overall, I think that Kenzie's first Chrismas was a success! I love that we took a bunch of pictures (check out my facebook- I don't feel like posting them all here.), and a long video on our camcorder. :)

Oh, and Tyler has taken a bunch of cute pictures of her since Christmas- I won't post all of them, but here are a few.