Wednesday, August 19, 2009

And the fun begins!!!

Oh my goodness! This was probably one of the biggest posts I have done yet! I have told myself I am going to do my best to not wait so long in between! When I do it takes forever! So, these last three months since Vander has joined our family, it got a little crazy! Alot happened! First we moved again! Yes we are back in Utah! Keith got a great job up here so we came on back! That move was crazy! Packing is horrible! Thank you to all who helped us with that and with the move! (Craig:) My dad had no idea we were coming so we surprised him! When he found out we weren't just visiting we were staying he cried! It was sweet! I will say though it was sad leaving Arizona, it really started to grow on me. I see why people like to live there it is a beautiful place. It was also hard to leave Keith's parents and Rachel. They had been so good to us! It is good to be back though and see my family and Keith's sister Truly and her husband Shane. It really was a bitter sweet move. So we are here and living! But back up! I had my sister's come at two different times while I was living in AZ. Which the next post after this is when my sister Charisse came out! Don't miss it! Needless to say there was hardly any time for blogging! Then Rachel got married and we went back to Arizona again for that! Which turned out beautiful! While we were there it was run, run, run! I had my 6 week check up out there also! Keith also took me to see the musical WICKED! That was so AMAZING that's all I will say! So need I say more! Here are some photos I tried to put in order, but there are some photos in random spots. It just started taking soooooooo long! But I keep you posted on what's going on! Let it begin! This first photo is of Keith's sister Rachel and her new husband Alan! They just got married the first week of July! We are so happy for you both! Photos of Keith and I and little buddy boy at the wedding!


This little photo is of my adorable little niece Braylee! She was riding in the back seat with us and she just wanted to keep holding Vander's hand!
These next photos are of Keith and I going to the musical "WICKED" that's right we went! It was INCREDIBLE! It was my birthday gift from Keith! It was such a surprise! Try to see it if you never have! I want to see it again! It's funny cause I wore a green dress as you see! After I had bought it, Keith had not seen it yet and he told me that it was kind of a thing to where green to it! He had seen it before in New York! So I didn't even plan the green! It just worked out perfectly! Keith wore a green tie also! We look like we are going to the prom! HAHA! It was so fun getting dressed up for it!
We had to get some photos with our little buddy before we left!


We met up with our friends Preston and his wife Erin!
Random photo! When we were packing to move, I looked over and Snickers had climbed in one of the bags! She wanted to make sure we didn't forget her!
These little dolls are Truly's twins! Keith's sister! They were born in December and Vander has already caught up to them in size! They are just so small! But than again Vander is also tall! They are such cute little girls! Lindsey is on the left Ashton right.
This is probably one of my favorite pictures of Ashton! It looks like she just wants to take off!
Vander is like, um....who are these little girls on each side of me mommy? They are gonna be best little cousins!

Lindsey wanted to eat his leg and foot!
Love this!
This was the 4th of July!!!

All 3 babies!
This was fathers day! Keiths very first:) Vander surprised him with a gift! He couldn't stay awake though to give it to daddy! But he did give a little smile!


Daddy got an awesome Affliction shirt for fathers day! So cool!
This is blury, but it was so cute! Harley and Vander laying next to eachother! The dogs really love him! Sometimes though they aren't even phased by him! They have gotten so use to him! Which is good:)
Our little dude!
Yes this is exactly what it looks like! I was laying on the carpet, and Snickers decided to come and make herself comfortable right on my butt!
This picture I had to add cause it got left out when I did the post when Vander was born! It is blury, but that little sore on his wrist is from him sucking them when he was inside me! He had it on both hands! I felt so bad when I saw it! But at the same time it was so cute:)
Daddy loves giving buddy boy kisses!
This photo makes us all laugh! Lindsey (Truly's little one) looks like it is the happiest day of her life! We all thought it was so funny! Vander has such a cute expression on his face!
Daddy Shane with his little twin girls!
All 3 babies!Keith and his sister's!
This picture was taken because of the HUGE menus at this restaurant! You had to turn them side ways they were so flippin big! It gave us all a big laugh!
Oh this little photo was Vander's very first real bath in the tub! This picture is so sweet! As I was getting ready to put him in the tub he went pee pee and as you can see he got me good! tThe best part of this is the look on his little face! It looks like he is saying "oh I sorry mommy!"
He loves bath time he really does! He was only like 2 1/2 weeks old here!

And he wasn't to happy after!
But after a good cry everything was good:) Our little monster!
Above Keith surprised and brought home these flowers for me! They were honestly the most beautiful flowers! Some just started out small and bloomed to be so big! He came home and said it was happy love day! He's such a sweetie!
Holding onto daddy's thumb!
Cutest ever!
Uncle Brian (my brother)holding Vander for the first time!

Just got into town! That was a long haul!

We had to stop in the night while driving and take a little snooze, so we made Vander a little bed up front in between us! He slept so good!
This was at my 6 week check up! The doctor that deliverd Vander! Doctor Tamanha! I highly recommend him gals in AZ!

This photo we took of us girls because if you look close we are all wearing the same necklace that Keith's dad gave us all for mothers day! It was the neatest thing! What's inside the little charm is a mite. A mite is money, they are like our pennies. They are dated back to the time of Christ. They are the real deal! If you know the story of the Widows Mite, that was the story behind us recieveing these! They really are awesome! So his dad wanted a photo taken of us all wearing them! Thank you Craig! We love you!

Auntie Truly holding Vander for the first time!
Auntie Charonne holding him also for the first time!

And Auntie Charelle and her kids holding little Vander for the first time!

Keep going! One more post!!!



































































Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Charisse and Whitney in Arizona!!!

So my big sister and her daughter Whitney (my crazy niece I love her) came out to Arizona when Vander was 3 weeks old! They came to help me, but I was starting to recover well and really started feeling good so it more became us going out more than being at the house! We had so much fun! We took them to the swap meet and to a bunch of cool places in Arizona! They had such a fun time seeing it all! So here is some fun photos that were taken during their stay! After we picked them up from the airport Keith and I took them to a fantastic restaurant called Tia Rosas! You want good mexican food I highly recommend it if you ever go to AZ! Keith actually was a manager at this restaurant a little while back! It is soooooooo yummy!
Auntie Charisse holding Vander the first time!

With mommy!
Whitney holding Vander her first time!
Ok We LOVE this photo! He was just sitting there with his little hand over his face! We call this the don't see me or bother me photo! So cute!

This picture was SOOOO precious! Charisse held him until he fell asleep and she went and laid him down with Whitney! They were both sleeping the same! My heart just fell I thought it was so adorable!
Sleeping with aunt Charisse! He loves falling asleep on people like this!
Our little "fragile" baby! This was actually one of his first big outings! He was such a good little guy!
Our little family!
This was Vanders FIRST stroller ride! He really liked it alot!

I love this picture mostly because of how amazing my hubby is! We were all shopping and Keith took little buddy boy out cause he was fussy and he wanted me to stay and shop with my sister and Whit! When we went to find Keith this is what we found! He was just sitting there on the bench holding Vander and he fell asleep in his arms! I just loved this whole image! It was so sweet! Keith just adores our little buddy! He is such a good daddy!
The Mesa temple! Beautiful!
While we were out showing Charisse and Whitney neat things in AZ, we pulled off the road so they could see some cool things! They were really enjoying seeing all the different kinds of cactus out there! Being it is really neat to see when you are out in AZ for the first time! The little toe looking things on this cactus is actually fruit! Keith went and cut some off so we all could try it! It's actually not bad!
My baby out looking for some ripe ones!
This picture came out small for some reason, but when you cut it off and peel it this is what it looks like! Cool huh! Bet you didn't know there was fruit that comes from a cactus you could eat? Well you would know that if you were from AZ:)
Ok Keith took us to this cool place called Tortilla Flats, it was really cool! We found this little out house that said out of order so we had a fun time with it!
I just love my husband in this picture! And I look constipated! What the crap! LOL!
So the story behind these photos. There was a little diner so we went in. When we were getting ready to leave Keith needed to use the restroom! He came back and said you need to come check the restroom out! So I went in the mens room, yes I went in the mens room and thought it was so funny! Well then we went in the womans restroom and found this! So as you can see we had some fun with it! If you're wondering who took the pictures of us girls, that would be my husband! Yes he stood in the womans room at took these! We had so much fun!

Yes Keith joined in on the kodak moment as well! I love this!
You're lookin good babe! HA HA HA!
I always wanted to put my face in a toilet lid!
This cactus was H U G E!!!
We love this photo! Mostly for the beautiful Arizona scene!

Us girls went and got some pedicures! This was actually my first time away from my baby Vander! He was with his daddy!

My beautiful sister and gorgeous niece!

This was their last day in AZ! They were getting ready to leave to go back to Utah and wanted a quick picture with the puppies! Thank you for coming out! I had so much fun! I love you both! And I love my husband in the background!LOL!





































Saturday, August 1, 2009

Working on updating!!!

Hi everyone! I'm just working on updating here! WOW it has been a long time! Alot has gone on over the last two and half months! I will update you on everything! I will be working on my blog over this next week so check back! For now here is a little glimpse at our beautiful little baby Vander! There is much more where this came from:)