Valentine's Day

I just love Valentine's Day, it's the day of LOVE. It also means that February is half over which is good because spring is soon! I'm so over winter I just can't wait for the spring and most of all the summer, I have so many plans for us.

This year for Valentines Day Jarre surprised me with a confetti filled bathroom and a dozen red roses, I was so surprised to see it when I walked in. I guess I was out yesterday morning because I didn't even hear a peep.

This is what was in the bag, Jarre knew I needed a new wallet and he picked this out all by himself! I got him a massage, I figured he needed it because he's been stressed and busy at work.

Ella was so fun all day long!! I just had to put her is a Valentine dress. I've sort of made it a theme of putting her in dresses every holiday. She has had one for Christmas, New years and Valentine's day so far, I can't wait for her to wear her St. Patricks Day dress. For Valentines Day she got a cute new spring outfit, I forgot to take a picture though.

Best Valentine's Day so far, We spent the whole day with both sides of the family. We had a delicious breakfast with Kurt and Linda and then headed down to Springville for dinner with my side. Everyone just adores Ella it is so nice to share her with everyone because her little smiling face is so contagious. Especially yesterday, what a day!

Ella's big day

Ella's big day was this Sunday when she was blessed. She looked so beautiful in a dress that Linda made her out of ivory Dupioni silk, she just glowed. I still can't believe she is already 3 months old but at the same time I forget what life was without her. She is just so much fun at this point and I love to see the progress she has made. What a perfect day for a special girl, it's something I'll never forget!

Bad Mom

One thing that I absolutely hate doing is clipping Ella's nails. I usually wait till she is dead asleep before I ever attempt it. Her fingers are so tiny and it scares me to go at with her with such a sharp object. Well a few days ago I decided I'd clip them while she was awake. She was in such a happy mood and not even hardly moving, it ended up being the WORST idea. When I got to her tiny pinkie finger she moved it right as I was clipping and I cut her poor little finger. As soon as I clipped it all I could hear was a blood curdling scream, It was so hard she couldn't even breathe. And OOHH the blood..... She cried and then I cried, I felt like the worst mom on the planet, how stupid of me to attempt such a thing with a wiggly baby. I actually debated on going to the doctor until I realized it was actually a pretty small cut, Just a LOT of blood. Well I know babies get bumps and bruises along the way but it KILLED me that her pain was caused by me, mom's aren't supposed to inflict pain on their children. I'll probably wait until she has claws before I attempt this again:)

BUDDIES

Isn't this the cutest picture? Ok so I put Maggie there, but she stayed for quite a while and they both looked pretty comfy taking a nap. I think Maggie is getting better and better about getting demoted, I still think she misses all the attention. And oh boy will she love it pretty soon when Ella starts throwing food on the floor:) We'll have to watch her to make sure she doesn't lick food off of Ella's face.

Goodbye 2009

2009 has been such a good year for us. Most of the year I spent being pregnant, but I was lucky and had a fairly easy pregnancy, I can't complain too much. I'm so excited to start a new year but I have so many great memories of last year. So ode to you 2009, you were yet another wonderful year but it's time to go and let 2010 have a chance. Here are some highlights of last year.

Playa Del Carmen Mexico this time last year, can you believe it's January?

Good old Superbowl with some great friends....

Jori's bachelorette party and wedding, I found out I was prego the day before she got married

Jamie's Golden B-day

Park City


The Fray Concert

Lake Powell 4 times

Golfing galore

Joel McHale and Lagoon



The Carnival






The Zoo

Getting a yard

Baby Shower
Getting ready for a baby

Going to a corn maize the day before conceiving

Becoming parents

Starting the New Year with a new family

I just can't express how happy I am right now, I feel so lucky to have had such a great year and to get to spend it with the people I love. The best part of 2009 was definitely this little miracle, and the happiness she has brought Jarrett and I as well our family and friends. I can't wait to see what this year will bring but 2009 will be a hard year to top!!!

Christmas!!!

Christmas was so fun this year with the three of us! Everyone is just loving Ella and she was so happy. We spent Christmas morning in Delta and got way too spoiled by Jarrett's side of the family, they got us a video camera!! I couldn't believe it when jarrett opened that gift it was way to nice of them. We also got many other gifts, way too many to count. They also spoiled Ella with just about everything including clothes, toys and diapers. We then went to a yummy breakfast at Craig and Lori's house and headed to Springville to my parents. They also were too generous and got us way too much. After opening a few presents my dad hands me another present with a look of such anticipation on his face. I opened the present and can you guess what it was? Yup, ANOTHER video camera, in fact the exact one that Kurt and Linda gave us but in red instead. Ha ha both families knew that it would be so fun to have one to document Ella on video. Jarrett wants to start rotating family every other year starting next year because it is a lot of work to do both and it is very hard leaving each family. But I have a hard time not seeing both, especially because next year will be extra fun with Ella being over a year old. So we will see who wins next year, this year was a blast!!!



Some of the gifts Ella received



Ella loves this chair and it is so funny to see her sit up in it

So Big!!!

My little girl is getting So Big!! She is awake a lot more in the day and such a happy baby. She just learned to smile back at you on thursday and with a little coaching this is what she does. She is so fun everyday she makes this funny laughing sound and starts kicking her feet when you get her excited. She also lets you know when she's bored, which is a lot when she doesn't have something to look at. It has been so fun these last few weeks watching her learn something new everyday. And also watching her grow, she is growing out of some of her newborn clothes which makes me so sad. We will soon see all of her progression at her two month check up.

Thanksgiving in bed

So as many of you know i've been really careful about taking Ella outside because of all the sickness going around, it seems like everyone is getting sick this time of year. Thanksgiving week I decided to brave it and go run a few erands, BAD IDEA!!! The next day I woke up with the worst stomach cramps i've had in a long time. At first I thought it must be food poisioning, I just couldn't be sick, there was just no way that one day of being in the germ infested world outside my house could have done it. WRONG!!! It ended up being the stomach flu and boy was it intense!! It was the day before Thanksgiving and I was just hoping that I would be well enough to enjoy turkey in Delta the next day, yeah it didn't happen, I ended up just moping in bed all day. Jarrett decided he would try and make the best of having to stay home with me by going to the grocery store while I was sleeping and suprise me with a thanksgiving dinner cooked by him, sweet huh? Well I guess he didn't realize how sick I really was because when I walked out of our room into the smell it just made me run the bathroom!! The next day was a lot better and eventually I was able to eat again, luckily it only lasted for 3 days. The best news was that both Jarrett and Ella were safe from the flu!

On a happier note, for all of you that like to cook and are looking for something new you need to try these Pumpkin Waffles! Yumm they are so so good. They are on this blog http://mymuffinthursdays.blogspot.com/ . Linda introduced me to it and she has so many easy recipies that are so good. It also has homemade syrup that we LOVED that goes on top, it's fun and different for the season.