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Friends and Pregnancy

2012-01-30T13:11:00.000-08:00

Makayla has a best friend who lives right across the street from us. Every single day she has to play with her friend Brynlee. I just had to do a post of them playing dress up. Brynlee is such a girlie girl and always had bracelets on and loves playing dress up and all the girlie things girls do, and Makayla is more of a tomboy. She loves playing with dolls and dress up when she has friends around, but when she is at home by herself she is all about playing baseball, basketball and wrestling with her dad (with the exception of dance, she is obsessed with dance and has been in dance for a year now) So it is so fun to watch her be girlie with her friends. We are so lucky to have such great neighbors and to have a best friend for Makayla right across the street.

I think this is my first and only "pregnancy" picture I've taken with this pregnancy, I don't get dolled up very often to want a pic of myself done. (not that I'm very dolled up in this pic anyways haha)

This is my week 36 belly. My pregnancy has been going pretty darn good, other than the normal aches and pains that are associated with most women's pregnancy's it has been so so so much better than my pregnancy with Makayla. I have some back pain, but some days its not too bad where with makayla everyday no matter if I relaxed or worked i was in constant pain, so just that has been nice. I'm still sleeping pretty awesome!! Some nights I'm uncomfortable and cant sleep, but thats prob only once a week the rest of the week i sleep like a baby with the occasional waking up to pee. I still have energy for the most part, some days are very difficult though depending on what I've done that day, but I am happy. I am sooooo ready for Robby to be here. I cant wait to hold him. I do feel extremely crowded in my belly (I don't remember feeling that way with makayla) and he kicks my ribs so much that I feel like they are constantly bruised. I'm hoping he will make his entrance at 38 weeks, so here's to hope!!!

Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My!

2012-01-18T07:59:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we went to the zoo and had a blast. Makayla just loves animals so watching her was so cute. I didn't take many pictures in fact I don't take many pictures these days at all, but here are a couple cute one's I got.

Rob and Makayla watching the Giraffe's.

hehe look at that little toosh! She has the cutest bum =)

For FHE on Monday night we also went rollerskating with some friends of ours and their kids. Our friends have 3 kids and one of them is Makayla's best friend. We bought matching roller skates for the little girls and they loved skating! My friend is pregnant too so her and I didn't get to skate but it was still fun for everyone!

they were so cute !!

This little girl is growing up so much and is such a joy to our family!

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-29T14:41:00.000-08:00

We had a fun and not so fun thanksgiving this year =) It was so great being with family and Makayla loves being at grandma and grandpa Sorensen's house, but that is what made it not so fun too. She loves being there so much that every night she woke up screaming for hours waking everyone in the house up because she wanted to turn all the lights on in the house and play and when she doesn't get what she wants, she will scream for hours!!

During the day she was a happy girl though and had tons of fun playing with all the dogs and being out.

One of the days we took her around downtown and walked around main st. She had a ton of fun (the left pic is of here in a dog kennel at my sisters work)

We had girl time and painted our toes

My 2 best friends came over and we pulled out my old barbies to let makayla play with them. Can you tell we had more fun playing with them then makayla hehe

Makayla loves her Auntie!

and we got to visit Lacey while she was working (she works at a pet store). She love going in there because she gets to hold all the animals. This time she was loving the bunnies!

Rough and Tough

2011-11-21T13:33:00.000-08:00

These two are so silly! How I love watching them wrestle

Halloween Time!

2011-10-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

I LOVE Halloween! This year I haven't been as much into Halloween as every other year, but that doesn't mean I dont love it! Who doesn't like tons of candy, cute kids in costumes and fun activities! We went to the pumpkin patch this year as always and it was so much fun!

It was also our wards Halloween party and like usual it did not disappoint! Our ward is seriously amazing!!! They go all out for our Halloween party's. This year they had everything plus more. They had pony rides, train rides, bounce houses, bull riding, rock climbing wall, swings that fly in the air, bounce slides, cotton candy and snow cones etc...yeah like I said its amazing! The ward puts it on for all the neighborhood too so its huge and its a chili cook off too. We have been so blessed to live in such an incredible neighborhood and ward.

Here are some pictures of our party and the pumpkin patch

Makayla got her arms panted!

Isn't she so cute as little red riding hood!

Mexican Cruise

2011-10-25T09:47:00.000-07:00

My parents are addicted to cruising, so they decided to take the whole family on one (minus the grand kids) unfortunately Rob got a new job recently so was not able to come with us which was extremely hard for me to be away from him and Makayla for a whole week, but it was still a blast. We now know why my parents are addicted and everyone is planning another cruise for next year!

there is so much to do on the ship. From endless all day and night buffets, to comedy clubs, to karaoke, to all the funny shows, dance clubs and swimming it was just non stop fun. One of the highlights was watching my brothers do Karaoke, it was hilarious and got everyone pumped up. Someone even wanted to get a pic with my oldest brother. They're famous now haha

We took some family pictures (so sad we're missing my husband) =(

It was so awesome to be surrounded by only water!

There were 2 formal dinners and this one was taken on our first formal night. The dinners were amazing! Everything is free so you can order multiple appetizers, Entrees and desserts and that's exactly what we did every single night!

This is me trying Escargot (snail!) it actually wasn't too bad, but just the thought of eating a snail grosses me out! I also tried alligator, shark, and frog legs. Sick I know but since they were all free I thought I try them just to say I've had it before.

This was a church in Puerto Vallarta. It was very pretty there although I didn't get many pictures

Here is us in Cabo San Lucas. Everyone did the zip lines (except for me cuz I'm pregnant) and we all went snorkeling!

me and my beautiful mom

The people who made the whole trip happen! Thanks mom and dad for an amazing time and experience.

us 2 girls

I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family.

just one of those days

2011-08-30T17:16:00.000-07:00

Today I've been hearing a lot of this.....

and its been making me feel a lot like this...

I think I'm letting my pregnancy hormones get to me lately and i don't feel like I've had the patience I used to have. Maybe tomorrow I'll hear a lot less tantrums (and let me tell you that girl of mine sure knows how to scream LOUD) and hopefully I can start feeling myself again. Until then I'm counting down the minutes until Rob gets home so I can lock my door, take a bath and have some alone time.

Home Bodies

2011-08-21T17:27:00.000-07:00

Now that we've been home from all our vacations we have spent lots of time hanging out at the house. Not only because I'm still suffering from pregnancy sickness, and because it is extremely hot outside to do anything, but we also have had some visitors. Roberts sister Megan had a layover here in phoenix so she stayed a very quick short night with us, but it was her first time seeing our home, so it was fun and special for us. Also my sister came to visit for a few days and it was amazing! I love when my sister comes, and although we didn't do too much we did have fun just hanging out. Last but not least Roberts brother was able to visit us for a few days and it was his first time here at our place too, so we have had a busy but very fun couple of weeks! We only got one picture with our visitors and it was of Makayla and Devin, and let me tell you Makayla LOVES her aunts and uncles. She used to be so shy around them, but she has really come out of her shell. Her and Devin played and played and played and had such a fun time running around the house playing hide and seek and she had a blast playing with aunt "cee cee" lacey. She keeps asking for her and saying cee cee bye bye!! Its the cutest thing. Unfortunately she only was able to spend an hour or so with Megan, but was definitely showing her the new things she's learned.

I recently got this Baby Bjorn. I had one with Makayla, but it had broke so we bought a new one for the next baby and thought it would be funny to put kayla in it and she thought so too =)

Robert and Makayla have had lots of snuggling time. She loves her daddy so much and gets so sad when he leaves for work, and so excited when he comes home. They have been wrestling lately which is pretty funny and playing catch and trying to play baseball. Who needs a little boy when we have this super talented outgoing little tomboy in our house! She is lots of fun these days

oh and lastly this beautiful little girl of ours is back in dance. Did we get the best of both worlds or what?!! She plays all sports and wrestles with her daddy and yet is super girly and sings and dances all day and gets to be my little princess. She loves her dance class and all her little friends that are in it. She is really growing up. She knows all her ABC's. If you write them in any order on a piece of paper she can tell me what letter it is. She is so smart, so fun, and so loving. She is going to be such a great big sister!

2011-08-11T08:09:00.000-07:00

If you haven't heard the great news (which I'm sure most or all of you have)

We are PREGNANT!!!!!

We found out while we were in Tampa Fl, and being somewhere else when finding out this news made it much more exciting. Because it took so long to become pregnant I had time to think about if I was going to take a test with Robert next to me, or surprise him. When we found out we were pregnant the first time I had taken the test and called him right away and he came home and we called all our family and friends in that moment and we remember thinking.....now what! hehe so I knew i wanted this time to be different.

I took the test while Robert was working and was in complete shock it was positive! I wanted to do something really cute to surprise Robert, but in the moment I was much too excited to think and only knew where a walmart was so I went there and picked up a shirt and a marker and wrote on it. Rob didn't get home until late that evening, but when he came home Makayla went running to him and he saw the shirt, turned it around and looked over at me with the biggest smile. He was in complete shock as well! We could not be happier right now!

I had a scare early on in the pregnancy. I went to my first doc appt when I was supposed to be 6 weeks 5 days (calculating from when I got my positive ovulation test not lmp) well...we had an ultrasound and the baby was measuring at 5 weeks 1 day and with no heartbeat. A heartbeat doesn't start beating until around 6 weeks and they try not to worry until baby is 8 weeks with no heartbeat, so the heartbeat was not the worst of my worries at that time. It was the fact that he/she was measuring almost 2 weeks behind. The doc said all we could do was wait it out and do another ultrasound in a week to see if there was any progression. In my crazy head I thought for sure the baby had died. Maybe if the measurements were only a couple days off i would have thought differently but 2 weeks is a big difference. I had no pregnancy symptoms either and with Makayla I got super sick right away along with other symptoms. For the whole week I was a wreck to say the least. I was pretty much crying off and on all day and waiting to miscarry. It was a terrifying experience. We had asked our families to fast for us and in the same weekend my parents, aunt, and grandparents had all gone to the temple and put our name in. It was so amazing to know that our names were in 3 different temples at the same time. I finally got into my appt a week later and had my ultrasound and.......ugh there was the heartbeat!! I instantly threw my head in my hands and just started to cry. To know that this baby was alive and growing was the most amazing feeling ever! We still don't know what happened, baby is still measuring small, but only a week behind and everytime we've gone in for an ultrasound the baby had grown slightly more in short time, so i wouldn't be surprised if baby catches up to original size and my due date changes.

Pregnancy thus far had been pretty rough! Other than the scare early on, I became extremely sick. Not morning sickness, I call it all day sickness! Its been pretty hard, I was super sick with Makayla, but it was a while ago, so I cant tell if this one is worse or better I'm thinking it has been the exact same as with Makyala, but at least this time I finally got a prescription from my doctor and it has really helped. It doesn't take the nausea away completely, but enough for me to cook, or want to eat something. I'm 12 weeks sat (wasn't planning on announcing it until 13 weeks but hubby couldn't wait and was begging for me to tell everyone) cute right! and I am so ready to be in my second trimester!!! We feel so blessed and grateful to be able to experience pregnancy again. When trying for so long you start thinking what if I cant have another baby, and now that i am pregnant I have a whole new look on pregnancy and parenthood. I know going through what we went through was only to make us stronger and appreciate this gift that much more. I don't even want to wait 6 more months I am ready to have this baby out and start the no sleep, lots of nursing, hearing the newborn cry's and go through the emotions (because I'm sure my hormones will be raging again after this baby). Bring on this scary yet so exciting time. We are ready!

Hello hair!

2011-07-13T17:17:00.000-07:00

From the moment Makayla was born Robert and I would say how we couldnt picture how she would look like with long hair. Today after straightening my hair she wanted up on the counter and wanted me to do her hair so I did. Afterwards I looked at her and couldn't believe how long her hair has gotten. Of course she has curly hair so it isn't this long normally but....wow she no longer looks like a baby (not that she has for a while) but its definitely an eye opener that time goes so quickly and here is our 2 in a half year old with hair halfway down her back.

I absolutely LOVE her curly hair! but it is kinda cool to see her with straight long hair its just a reminder that she is growing up faster than I realized!

Only Makayla

2011-06-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

Only Makayla would crack me up in 3 different photos. I caught her reading the newspaper one morning and what did I do....run for the camera =)

Then I found her playing with the dogs with goggles on her eyes.

Last but not least she decided she likes to put the goggles on her head instead of wearing them on her eyes all while being clotheless and wearing a necklace. My daughter is pretty dang stylish! She must have my good taste haha. and she was pointing to her pull up because she had just pee'd in it. Lets just say while we were in cali this whole week potty training didnt exsist. She was outside in my parents backyard the whole week playing with the dogs that she did not want or care to go potty in the house. Now that we are finally home we can get back on the potty training waggon.

Life with this little girl is never dull and I love it!

Florida Fun

2011-06-18T13:19:00.000-07:00

Rob had some business to attend to in Tampa, FL for a few days and Makayla and I decided to tag along for the vacation. We ended up leaving a few days early so Rob could have a couple play days. We ended up being there for 6 days and Rob only had to work 3 and they were only half days so even on the days he worked he was still able to have fun in the mornings.

we had such a blast. While we were there we went to a couple different beaches, went swimming in the pool, went to the Florida Aquarium and ate...ate and ate!!

the sand there was super soft!! and the water was incredibly warm almost like bath water!

The aquarium was pretty cool they had tons of differnt things to see and there was a huge splash pad for the kids to play in. Good thing we remembered to bring her swimsuit!

the summer has been so busy for us and so much fun. We got home last night and are now off to San Diego today for a friends wedding!

on other news.......

Makayla is pretty much potty trained!! It is so exciting. I do have to add I say pretty much because she wont go on the big potty out in public but at home (even on our big potty) she hasnt had 1 accident in.....over a week! Maybe because we keep her bottomless everyday while she is home, but we are still so excited and proud of our sweet little girl!

Refinished Huch

2011-06-10T14:21:00.000-07:00

So I found this hutch on craigslist and it was in such good condition. The bottom cabinets were missing knobs, but I probably would have replaced them anyways after I painted it. I'm so happy with how it turned out. There were actually a few pretty big cracks but that was an easy fix. I'm so in love with our new hutch!

Before

and after

I decided to replace our console table that I had made and put it in our front room since it was so pretty. It did look good in the kitchen too, but I wanted to show it off. The console table that we origionally had will do in the kitchen for now until I find another hutch that I want to redo.

Look at the beautiful knobs! So pretty!

and back in February we repainted our bedroom and I don't have a before picture but here is the after. Just imagine the before pic as a plain tan wall. So we painted it a grayish/bluish/greenish color haha (it was supposed to be a grey/blue but we loved the color in the end) and I hand painted the quatrefoil by using an outline of the design with cardboard. I love the way it turned out and brought so much to our master!

zoo and fun

2011-06-01T09:25:00.000-07:00

Makayla and I took a trip to cali to visit family and friends. It was so fun to be able to hang out with my best friends from high school. It was quite a busy week for us. We went to the beach, and to La Jolla to see all the seals, and the zoo. We had a great time here are picture overload!

4 years baby!

2011-05-22T21:36:00.000-07:00

Rob and I had our 4 year anniversary on May 12th and this weekend we were able to go to Park City, UT to celebrate it at Stein Erickson Lodge. My mom flew up to AZ to watch Makayla so we could get some alone time. It was like a dream to be able to stay there. Roberts best friend's dad ownes the lodge and hooked us up for the weekend. When we first arrived in our room there was this tray of chocolate covered strawberries and pear sparkling cider complimentary of the CEO Russ Olsen! What a great guy right!

We had our own private hot tub on our private balcony, overlooking the beautiful snow covered mountains, complete with robes and slippers.

Sat night our friends Russ and Kristen came up and we ate dinner at the lodge (and it was seriously good I might add) and had a walk down memory lane. Rob and Russ go way back from first year in college, to their missions together, then living together during college. They always have a blast when they get together

us just being silly in the room together

first night drinking our sparkling cider and eating our strawberries in the hot tub! =)

relaxing enjoying the view

We went to the outlet mall and shopped for a bit (don't have any pics from there though)

It was so much fun and so relaxing. We are so grateful to have the friend that we do in our lives to have been so kind to us. Thank you again guys your the best!

Enjoying the sun!

2011-05-10T18:05:00.000-07:00

These days we have been enjoying this AZ weather! Its going to get unbearable soon (which still wont stop us from playing at the "big pools" ) but in the meantime we have been spending all day outside and Makayla has put her plastic pool to use!

We eat lunch, and dinner in our backyard and lots of times even breakfast!

Makayla decided today that she wanted to eat her lunch in her pool (yes that is cereal she is eating! she LOVES her oatmeal square cereal)

Well these last two pictures were supposed to be switched but...ya that is her eating her lunch that spilled out into pool and...I let her. She wont die! =)

Because...

2011-04-18T20:19:00.000-07:00

She's just so darn cutejust wanted to post some recent pictures of Makayla. I finally was able to get some cute pictures of her. For a long time she moved so much I couldn't capture a good picture without it being blurry or her eyes closed. She actually cooperated with the camera!

She is getting so big and fun. I am loving how she is getting older. She is becoming so much more of a sweet girl. Ugh we love her so much!

just a few things...

2011-04-15T13:41:00.000-07:00

I got my hair cut!! I know so weird right? I cant believe I had the guts to do it, and I'm still nervous about it, but I'm glad I wont have to deal with tangled hair this summer when swimming =) plus it always grows back. Oh and anther thing.....notice anything a bit different other than the hair?

Ok I'll tell you I got my braces off! I'm so happy those suckers are finally gone!

ok on to other things poor Makayla has been getting crazy hives all over her whole body for the past 3 days. I took her into the doc and she said it was from her cold virus and there is nothing they can do except continue to give her Benadryl. If it continues to come in 2 weeks then she'll need to get a steroid shot. Hopefully it disappears soon cuz it covers her ENTIRE body. Also when at the doc they discovered she has an ear infection. Boo cold, ear infection and hives=no fun

More news Makayla has been in dance for a month now and is loving it. The first couple weeks were a little difficult cuz she doesn't love the tap part of it, but she is doing so great at the ballet and tumble. It is so cute to watch her during the week do her tap and ballet moves. It sure makes us feel very proud that she likes it and is wanting to learn and do the moves outside of dance.

how cute is she in her ballet outfit? and her and her friend are in the same class (we signed them up together -)I'll have to post a pic of kaylas tap outfit too cuz it is super cute. Can you tell I LOVE that my little girl is in dance

Last but not least just wanted to post the sweetest picture of my two loves! They are so cute

Before.....After

2011-03-13T12:45:00.000-07:00

This week I was able to redo our Guest room/Makayla's big girl room. Makayla is pretty spoiled and has 2 bedrooms. This room is our guest room but she has been sleeping in it on the queen bed for about a year now, but she still has her bedroom that has her crib and toys and clothes in. We figure when we eventually have another baby she will move into this room permanently while her other bedroom will be the nursery. Anyway so here are the before and after pictures of the new room!

Before..

and after...

Yes it is very purple, but in person it actually looks really good and I think I did a pretty good job at making it feel like a guest room and still have it be fun and girly for Makayla. I still have a few more things to do like adding something over the bed and other little things but that wont happen for a while.

I was a bit afraid with the dark purple walls that it would make the room feel darker, but it has so much white in it that it feels so open and airy. I am normally not a huge fan of dark colors on walls, I like more lighter colors, but I really wanted to do something different and fun for Makayla's room and I did not want to do pink, I figured she could grow into it also and still like it as a young teen too if we are still in this home when she's that age.

the dresser in the left pic was the old dresser I already had that I just painted and I LOVE IT! Originally I was going to take off the handles and fill in the holes and add one or two really cute knobs, but I didn't really have the knobs in my budget so I decided I would just paint it and keep the same handles for now then change it later, well...after painting and putting the old handles on I fell in love with it. I instantly changed plans and am now keeping the same handles. I love how it makes the dresser feel kind of antiqued and elegant.

With the nightstand I got it at a garage sale for 20 bucks and just saw it in target the other day for 60 dollars! yeah what a steal and the lamp I fell in love with and splurged a bit. It was originally 80 bucks but it was 50 percent off at hobby lobby so I bought that beauty for $40. That super cute clock I got at Goodwill for like 8 bucks or something. Not bad right!

and Last but not least! My headboard!!! Found a really awesome door that was solid wood with perfect paneling, it looked like it could have been almost 100 years old or so, and had gorgeous detailing for the door knob. I bought it for 20 dollars at a big warehouse and I sawed a big chunk from one side and the other (it was a huge door) to fit the length of the bed and painted it black. I also painted the door knob black, then white and sanded down the white so the black would show through and added it to the top middle of the headboard. Before it was not centered since I had to cut the door to fit the bed. I think it turned out pretty dang cute. I love how the room just pulled together so pretty. I got such a good deal on the bedding as well it sells in bed bath and beyond for $150 (still had the price tag on it from bed bath and beyond) and I got it at TJ Max for $47! Heck ya! And it was all ready in time for my sister and brother to get here this weekend!

Big Girl!

2011-02-27T19:08:00.000-08:00

Makayla turned 2!!

I cant believe my little baby is now 2 years old! Wow how time flies when you have a kid. For her birthday breakfast she got a bit spoiled and got to eat her favorite breakfast. She ate a chocolate doughnut with chocolate frosting and chocolate milk. And she loved ever bit of it!!

We had such a fun day. Her birthday was on Wednesday which was the day Robert gets to work from home so he was able to spend the day with us so that was great. After breakfast she opened her presents which she got a tricycle and a few other little toys, then we went to the park where she played with some friends

after the park we went to McDonald's for some lunch, ice cream and playing on the playground. It was so much fun!

She absolutely loves her tricycle!!

We decided not to throw a party this year so we spend the night playing and she had her favorite dinner which is pancakes, then she helped me make cupcakes and frosting and ended the night with more fun and lots of hugs and kisses!

She just amazed me at how much she is learning day by day. Her vocabulary is expanding everyday and she is becoming the sweetest little thing. She spends most nights kissing us non stop and let me tell you she kisses the cutest, she now kisses with closed mouth and little fish lips ugh we LOVE it!

Here are a few of her favorite things to do...

-Dance (she LOVES to dance)

-Read books

-Pray (she says her own quick little prayer in her cute gibberish) so cute

-Give lots of hugs and kisses

-Find little stuffed animals or toys and hold them so dear to her face and sleep with them and give them lots of kisses (she is very much into kissing these days)

-Sing songs (may not be saying actual words but she thinks she is singing)

-Play at the park multiple times a day

-And help mommy clean like sweeping, vacuuming, and putting things away

Our sweet Makayla is such a blessing in our lives and we just love her so much! Happy Birthday Toots! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!

Picture Perfect!

2011-02-20T18:16:00.000-08:00

I just love this man!

and this little girl

and my life with both of them!

Surgery Update

2011-02-03T14:02:00.000-08:00

So here's another post with no pictures =( I mean I can take a picture of my stomach after surgery but...its not very pretty.

Here's what happened day of surgery. We had to be at the hospital at 8am, we get there, sign in and they take us back pretty quickly. They asked questions (all that routine stuff) then start hooking me up to my IV. My surgery appointment was for 9:30 but the doctor was running late so they didn't take me back until 10, when they said they were taking me back to the room and I had to leave Robert I was so nervous. The feeling was like when you are on a roller coaster and you can see the drop your about to go down and you get that anxious feeling, that's kind of how it felt, except I wasn't going to feel the tickle tummy part. When I got in the room where they were going to operate, I felt a sting in my arm where the IV was and I started getting dizzy, I asked them if they had put some stuff in me already and they said yes, the next thing I know I'm asleep and waking up in recovery.

In the meantime surgery was only supposed to take 2 hours at the longest and while Rob was waiting in the waiting room he would see all the doctors with other patients come in and update their family members and finally after 3 hours and just a few min earlier he had heard code red, code blue and all that other scary stuff, then the doc finally came out and called Robert into a different room where there were 2 other nurses with her and one looked like she was crying so he had thought "things took a lot longer than expected and he had just heard code red and blue and a nurse was crying that something had happened to me" well she has said everything went good, they removed my cyst successfully and that they had found endometriosis. Then she said it would be another hour until he could see me then another hour till we could leave, so he decided to run to the cafeteria to get food, since he had been there the whole morning waiting.

While I'm in recovery waking up they asked me if my husband had stayed there and I told them yes and they said they were trying to find him and couldn't. So then I start getting worried that maybe he left and had gotten in a car accident, so they called him and got a hold of him and he finally came in, I guess after the doc had talked to him and said it would be another hour until he could see me he left to get food but they called him in to see me 15 min after talking to the doc. haha anyways the whole day of surgery and day after I was in pain, but sleeping on and off the whole day. It was actually a blessing in disguise that I had this cyst that didn't go away because without doing the surgery they never would have found our that I have endometriosis and therefore It most likely would have taken a few more years to conceive and most likely clomid wouldn't have even worked for me. Its actually pretty lucky that it only took us a year to conceive Makayla. So although this was all very hard to go through, it brought us to a reason for our infertility. Endometriosis is one of the top 3 reasons for infertility, and once you have it you have it for life, it will come back in a couple years, but in the meantime now that she got rid of it temporarily we can conceive much quicker and maybe have 2 kids before it coming back and needing surgery again.

Today my dad left and my mom gets to stay until sat or Sunday to help with Makayla. They had to make 4 incisions in my belly and it has been pretty painful along with the bad back pain I've had from the carbon dioxide they put in the belly, but today I'm moving around much better, but I feel very glad to have medicine that helps me feel better or I would not be a happy person!

Venting...

2011-01-19T14:25:00.000-08:00

This blog is pretty much my journal so feel free to read or not read I just want to be able to look back at what I went through the good and the bad. Even If my hubby doesn't love that I share my personal experiences on here often.

What I really want to know is what is going on with my hormones! Seriously in no way do I feel like a basket case when I'm with Robert, but when I'm alone I seem to have many more tearful moments. I try to keep it all together when I'm with him (really who wants a crazy emotional wife) but I do fail sometimes and lean on him with all my stress and frustrations. I go from feeling happy and knowing things will work out to sobbing uncontrollably at how frustrated I feel.

I've been seeing a fertility specialist for 3 or 4 months now and it has been a journey. They found a cyst on my ovary 3 months ago and put me on birth control to get rid of it. They use birth control for cysts and 80 percent of the time they go away within a month or 2 and by 3 months the majority of the time it is completely gone. Well I'm my annoying situation my cyst not only hasn't gone away after 3 months but hasn't shrunk at all. Its actually grown (just a tad) but none the less they gave us an option to do surgery to remove the cyst or ignore it and do Clomid instead, but if we ignore it and the fact that it hasn't shrunk at all there is a high risk it could grow and maybe even rupture and if we got pregnant first round on Clomid It could cause major complications during and after pregnancy. So we opted to go with surgery and that's what my doc thought would be best as well since they don't really know if the cyst is cancerous (they don't think so because of my age but there is a possibility it could be). My surgery date is on Feb 1st a week in a half away and I'm kind of nervous. I've never had surgery so that scares me, but I am very anxious to get this thing out of me and start moving on with this baby making process. I'm lucky to have my mom come out for a week to take care of us. I just wished I knew what the lord had in store for us. Weather we get pregnant in a couple months or couple years I could cope so much better being able to know when and why, but I know going through all this heartache is only going to make me a stronger person and better mother for going through it. I am so lucky to have the most beautiful daughter in the world, she has kept me together many times knowing she is in my life. I love her to pieces and hope we can give her a sibling one day. Sorry if this has bored you sometimes things need to be written down to get a grip and start fresh again.

Beginning of a new year

2011-01-10T12:16:00.000-08:00

I am very excited for this new year! 2011 has already brought me some wonderful moments and some tough ones. Without going into details this past week we were faced with something that has made us make a decision we were not prepared for. We are still making our decision and I am having a difficult time with it. Through out all this and the frustrations I am having I have also felt the spirit so strong and it has really opened up my eyes to see the life I have and live.

I cannot express how much love I have for my Heavenly Father and how blessed I am to be a part of the church and know that without a doubt it is true. Just this past week the Gospel has given me so much hope and trust that no matter what everything has always and will always work out if I continue to do what is right. I am so happy I have a calling where I can be with the wonderful sunbeams. This past Saturday Robert and I went on a date. Just the normal dinner and movie, nothing out of the ordinary, but for some reason I felt so much closer to him and felt so incredibly happy that he is in my life. I am such a lucky woman to have found the man of my dreams. I don't tell him enough that I am drop dead in love with him just as much as the day we got married. I mean I tell him I love him constantly but I want him to know he has made me so happy and even through the hard times and the trials we have faced it has been so comforting to know he is always on my side and I can always turn to him.

Onto other things, this cute little girl has been in such a sweet and fun phase. She is learning so many new things and we cannot get enough of her. Lets just say we are pretty much obsessed with Makayla. Thank you honey for being the man you are and for taking care of us and thank you my sweet Makayla for coming into our life.

Dinner anyone??

2011-01-05T19:24:00.000-08:00

We got this cute little kitchen for Makayla for christmas and she loves it! All we need to get is some fake food and she is readay to start baking =)

California Adventures!

2011-01-04T12:46:00.000-08:00

This year we had Christmas with the Sorensen family. It had been 5 years that everyone including my nephews could all be together for Christmas. It was so much fun!!! The kids all got spoiled and loved playing together. Its not often we can all be together so it was an emotional time of year and I'm so grateful for the time we could all be there.

haha Makayla likes to take pictures of herself and she says "cheese". She's a funny little girl

My mom and Makayla! My parents are OBSESSED with Makayla (as it should be =) She has always felt so comfortable with my mom and when she was younger kayla wouldn't let me rock her to sleep but somehow she would let my mom! stinker! but at least she lets me now hehe

For new years eve Robert and I went on a little date out to eat, then came home and played games with my parents and the kids. My sister came over to play for a while too before going out, and my brothers had all gone out to party's. We actually had so much fun, the kids all went to bed at around 10 and we stayed up and watched the countdown on t.v then headed to bed ourselves.

After Christmas the family went to Disneyland! Minus Rob, he had to work and one of my brothers everyone else was there and it was magical! It was super busy (I guess we went there on the busiest weeks of the year oops) but other than the crowds the kids had a blast! Makayla LOVES roller coasters, even if she gets a little scared on some she never ever cries, she just squeezes my hand a little tight but has a smile on her face and always wants to go back. I don't think she had one meltdown the whole day, she was all smiles all day long, and just for that it was worth every penny (and let me tell ya Disneyland is not cheap!) Good thing she is not to the age where we had to pay for her good thing!

Here is everyone waiting for the show before going home. It was pretty cold all day but all the fun took away from freezing.

Being there during Christmas time was so awesome! Everything was lighted up with Christmas lights and decorations. They even turned down all the lights, had sweet music and had snow come out of the sky at night.

We put Makayla on a leash since she likes to wander off and she can run super fast, and she actually liked it. I felt kind of weird at first with it, but then came to realize who cares, I'm a better parent for it I don't want to risk her getting lost! I love her too much =) plus there were actually tons of kids with leashes there so it made it better.

We FINALLY got a family picture where we are all together! Oh goodness this has been a long time coming. We haven't had a family picture where Robert, Makayla or even my second nephew were in. Its been almost 7 years!! There has been a lot of complications with my brothers ex wife so we haven't been able to get us all together until now!

I'm sad we had to leave but its also good to be home. My mom called me and said she misses all the noise as do we! Also since we've taken Makayla's binki away she has been talking so much. She would look at my dad and always say papa and run to him! That made him so happy. Also my parents have a dog named daisy and she would call out daisy's name and start clapping her hands for the dog to come to her. It was super cute. Each day she is talking more and more, its just a reminder of how fast she is growing up. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and new years! We had the time of our life!!!

Mr. and Mrs. Claus

2010-12-20T09:22:00.000-08:00

All I have to say about this is...MERRY CHRISTMAS!! hehehe

Dear Binki

2010-12-09T08:47:00.000-08:00

Dear Binki,

You've made my life so happy! You calmed me down when I got hurt, you've made me calm in the car, you've soothed my achy teeth when I was teething, you helped me sleep peacefully, but most of all you stopped my cranky cries which therefore made my mommy and daddy happy! I'm becoming a big girl now and my parents are making me give you up even though I'm not so sure about it. Thank you for making my life a bit easier. I will miss you dearly!

here are some precious moments of Makayla and her dear friend "binki".

and here is the last picture we will ever have of her with the paci. Its been quite the life saver in our home and we will all miss them. (We've got plenty of reasons to give it up right now though)

Random things...

2010-12-04T19:58:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to share some random pictures. This little girl cracks me up and is growing up too fast. I sure love her The picture on the left is so sweet. Makayla fell asleep on her bear. Look at that sweet face, I could just eat her up!
I LOVE Christmas!! Here are some glittery joys I get to see everynight around my house!

SNOW AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS....what more needs to be said

and now for the video....

Everytime I pull out the camera she say's "cheese" and this time instead of taking a picture I made a video. She is soo funny and was making the funniest cheese face. Oh I love this goofy girl

Taylor Swift-Never Grow Up (Lyrics on Screen)

2010-12-04T13:05:00.000-08:00

This song touched my heart! Its so surreal how my baby is growing up and I just want her stay little, sweet and innocent!

Trick or Treat

2010-11-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

Our neighborhood had a BBQ party on Halloween day that has kind of become a tradition with our neighborhood (this bbq was a different party than the ward party) . After the BBQ we took Makayla trick or treating

This was Makayla's first year trick or treating and at first she was very hesitant. She would not let me put her down and she would cry every time we went to a house weather it was scary or not, until she realized people were giving her candy. 10 min after we started she started walking up to the houses holding her little candy bag (she would not let us hold it) and go up to the people with the candy and try to take the candy out of their bowls. It was pretty funny!

We had such a great Halloween hope you all did too!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!!

2010-11-01T08:57:00.000-07:00

We have had so much fun this Halloween season! The day before Halloween we went to a pumpkin patch and Makayla Loved it!! We also had our ward Halloween party and it was beyond amazing. Our ward invited all our neighbors for it to be a missionary experience and there was a haunted house, 3 bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, pony rides, bull rides and lots of yummy food! It was like a mini carnival and was so much fun. We are so lucky to be in such a great ward and have made so many wonderful friends. at the pumpkin patch Makayla went through the corn maze and loved running around, she took off and rob was hiding and she was trying to find him, it was super cute

there were fun animals and pedal bikes and other fun games and activities. Definitely a Halloween tradition we will do for years to come!

She also wanted to wear her wings out to the playground. I wanted her to wear wings for Halloween, but when I tried to put them on her she would start screaming and take them off but of course the day before Halloween she wanted to wear her wings out to the playground! She's a silly girl

Uh oh! am I in trouble? =) This girl is obsessed with our bathroom cabinets. Last week she had spilled a whole bottle of baby powder all over our bathroom and the other day it was lotion. She just loves getting into things

Sweet and Sassy

2010-09-20T17:08:00.000-07:00

Today I was having a conversation with one of my friends about how difficult having a child like Makayla is. She couldn't imagine having such a hyper wild child that throws extreme tantrums the way Kayla does. And to be honest pretty much all my friends with children have told me one time or another how overwhelming it looks being her mom or how stressful it would be. Being mom to her is and has always been super hard and challenging and through out the mix of it all we still want another baby. There are times it is hard staying in one piece and most of the time I'm out with friends I spend the majority of the time chasing after her or trying to discipline (because I don't want to be the parent that ignores their kids bad behavior just so i don't look stupid in front of people. What does that teach your kids) but when my friend had left I broke down in tears went over to Makayla and gave her the biggest hug and kiss (while she was trying to push me away ) I told her how much I love her. My friends don't get to see the sweet beautiful girl that I see as often as I'd like them to see. But even though being her mom I have more trials and challenges than the normal mom I feel like It might just be more rewarding at the same time. I recognize every tiny sweet or nice thing she does. It may be hard having her scream at me in the car, but because what she really wants is for her mommy to reach back to hold her hand that that calms her down how can I not love her. I get to have more eye opening moments of how much she means to me and I don't take any moment for granted. I love her more than anything in the entire world. She is my Makayla sweet and sassy but none the less she my my angel and I wouldn't trade her in for anything!

Labor Day Fun!

2010-09-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

This weekend my parents came into town along with Roberts sister. We had so much fun and LOVE when we have company.

Check out Makayla sporting her glasses. She cracks me up she will put them on and just hang out in them especially in the car with the sun is in her eyes. I love it!
She got to spend some one on one time with grandma and grandpa Sorensen. They spoil her with attention 24/7 and she can never get enough

Makayla finally got over her intense shyness. She still gets a little shy but it doesn't take days for her to warm up to people. She would run up to Tonya all weekend to have her hold her, she even ran to her before me when we got her from nursery...needless to say Makayla is going to miss her aunt Tonya tons!

She is getting more and more beautiful!

We had the best weekend. Every time we get visitors we are just so happy, its so nice to have family come visit us, since its normally us the one who travels to see people so its always a great change to have them make time to come see us. Thanks mom, dad and Tonya! We love you tons!

As far as Makayla goes, she is still our active little girl. I've taken her bottles away completely which wasn't very hard (except for her daddy who loves to rely on them) and she now only gets her Binky at bedtime/nap time and in the car (cuz she hates the car and screams without it). I kept thinking that the reason she wasn't talking much was because she had her Binky in her mouth 24/7 so that's why I decided to take it (even though they say it doesn't delay their speech) well since I've taken it she has used her words much more. Today she has been saying please tons so I know it was restricting her vocab. She really is growing like a weed and its so fun to watch her learn more. Her new thing now is opening and closing all the doors in the house. She loves getting up from bed now and come out cuz she can, so we have found a way to tie the door closed so she cant come out hopefully sometime soon she will just go back to how it used to be and just go straight to bed. We just love her so much!!

love her!

2010-09-03T18:25:00.000-07:00

We got a new camera so here are some new pictures of Makayla

Emotional Rollercoaster!

2010-08-19T14:51:00.001-07:00

Okay so since I don't have a working camera and haven't been able to catch any new moments of Makayla (which I'm totally bummed about ugh) and have been looking at my blog lately totally sad that I cant add pictures I thought well...I could always tell the world how I'm feeling in this moment so here I go...

Lately I have been feeling so sad that I'm still not pregnant. We are going on 11 months of actively "trying" although we've never used anything so thinking like that gets me ever more frustrated (sorry if tmi). Don't get me wrong I'm so grateful that I even have a baby, she is just amazing, but that's kind of what gets us even more sad because we know how much we love her and we just want to experience that with another one and have a sibling for Makayla not to mention we want 5 kids and yes you didn't ready that wrong we want 5! ha but...why in the heck does it have to take so long and be such a process? I know its not like we've been trying for years so why am I so down? There are so many women in this world that cant even have children, but then again there are so many women and young girls that get pregnant and they don't even want to be. I know whether they want to be or it just happens its all hard. 6 months or 2 years when your ready its still so hard when each month nothing happens.
I had an ultrasound done a few weeks ago and some other simple tests and everything came back normal so what the heck. There are defiantly days that are better than others and I haven't really stressed too much about it, until just recently and its not so much stress its just sadness. I feel like everyday there is another person on facebook (ha yes facebook) that is announcing they are pregnant, or women in church who are pregnant and I'm over joy'd with happiness for them, but cant help but get emotional. I have been telling myself when the time is right it will happen for so long, and that's how it was when we were trying for Makayla (it took a year to get pregnant with her) but then I wonder why cant the time be right this month? or even next? I don't know I'm just so emotional I probably shouldn't even be sharing all this. Okay I know I have to suck it up, because I know I'm not the only one in the world going through this (although it feels like it sometimes) and be grateful for my beautiful daughter and to not give up hope and move forward.

Anyways I'm going to quit writing now sometimes it feels better to write things down then hold it all in, except I don't really know if this is one of those times. =(

Grand Canyon 2010

2010-08-02T23:18:00.000-07:00

okay so our camera broke sometime during one of our trips and it lost all of our pictures =( so here are just a few that I got from some of my family of our Grand Canyon Trip. We have had such a great summer. We went to Jamaica, California a few times, Utah, Flagstaff, and the Grand Canyon. It has been very busy for us, but we are now home and enjoying our relaxing time.

The views were amazing, it was Roberts first time going to the Grand Canyon so it was great experiencing it again with him and Makayla. (we watched her like a hawk) it is pretty dang scary bringing kids there but we all survived!

We had the Sorensen family reunion in Flagstaff and had a great time. It was a little interesting camping in a tent with Makayla for the first time. Lets just say we probably wont be camping for quite a while, but it was still great being with family. Luckily after the Reunion my parents and brothers stayed in a cabin the rest of the time so it was pretty fun.

all in all we had a wonderful time on all our different vacations. We got to be with Robs family in Utah where Makayla got to hang out with her cousins which she loved. We all went to Lagoon and had lots of fun, and we got to visit our good friends Russ and Kristen and their little boy Baylor who we hadn't seen since before we even got pregnant with our kids so it was awesome to see them as well. It was great going to Cali for the Millers reunion and hanging out at the beach (even though it was overcast most of the time). I'm sad all our vacations are over until thanksgiving and Christmas, but I do have to say how happy we are to not be driving anymore. Makayla did not to well in the car. I hate that we live so far from all our family from both sides, but feel so lucky and blessed to have each one of them in our lives and for all their support. Thanks everyone for making our trips so memorable (even if I couldn't capture them on camera)

Its about time...

2010-07-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

Makayla finally turned back into her sweet loving funny self again! From about 11 months until 15 months lets just say parenthood was super challenging. Its no surprise that she started her terrible two's right when she turned one. She has been advanced with everything so why not be early at being naughty too right? Well she defiantly was testing us to our limits. She knew what we didn't want her to do, but did it anyways with that look in her eye. I know kids will always test the limits and she definitely knew exactly what buttons to push to make mommy and daddy go over the edge. I was feeling very frustrated, sad, disappointed, stressed and just like the worst mother of the year. It was extremely hard trying to tell her "its not funny to run into the street" and "you cant jump in the pool when we aren't ready to catch you" not to mention just the simple non life threatening things like running away as fast as she could just so we wouldn't take whatever she had in her hands away and turn around with that ha ha I can get away with anything look.

Well she has finally quit throwing her crazy tantrums 24/7. She started listening so so so much better. This past month has been very rewarding as a parent. Makayla has been so sweet and super funny. This girl can make us laugh till we're on the ground. Her listening skills have improved drastically and she is able to communicate so much better. Mommy hasn't cried to daddy at how stressed and frustrated she is. She hasn't had to tell her little girl NO as much or put her in a different room while she' s throwing a tantrum while I cried trying to get through the day. Lets just say I'm crying in a very proud couldn't be happier way now. I'm soaking in every bit of this wonderful stage Makayla is in before its back to tantrums and naughtiness. It is still so crazy to me how one tiny little person could make someone so frustrated and then one minute later feel like the happiest person alive. It really is the best thing to watch your child grow and learn more things. My baby is long gone and my little toddler is here and she is absolutely so much fun.

Summer has begun!

2010-06-03T16:40:00.000-07:00

Yay for summer!! So far we have had a great beginning to summer. Makayla and I have spent a lot of time in the water, from the tiny pool in our backyard, to the public pool that she LOVES, to the splash pad at the mall. Outside is where this little girl loves to be and now that it is getting extremely hot we pretty much can only go outside if there is water.

Roberts sister Tonya came out to visit us for Memorial weekend. It took a while for Makayla to warm up to her, but once she did she had lots of fun with Tonya. Thanks so much for coming here to spend time with us we had such a great time!

my sister surprised me and came here too the same weekend Tonya came out and we all had such a good time. My sister and I took Makayla to the public pool and she got to see how much kayla loves playing in the water. My brother came over and we all had a BBQ, we went to the mall and played in the splash pad and overall just had a great time. Thanks Lacey for coming out here it was such a great surprise and one I definitely needed.

we have so much going on this summer. Makayla and I are going to Cali next week to spend some time at the beach. Also we have my family reunion in July along with Robs reunion in San Diego and we want to go visit family and friends in utah sometime so we have a great summer ahead of us. Makayla is really at such a fun age she is learning so much. She can finally really communicate with us by sign language. She knows how to say please, more, drink, eat and all done all in sign language. She has really turned into such a fun little girl. She loves to play hide and seek (I hide and she seeks) its the best when I scare her it cracks her up. She will randomly say words like please, Ayden (the kid I nanny) of course mommy and daddy. Mainly daddy all day unless she is crying for me to hold her or when she had food poisoning all I heard was mom..mommy while she was snuggling me, poor girl! and will randomly copy things we say and do. Lets just say she keeps us entertained constantly!

unstoppable

2010-05-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

This song unstoppable is almost like a soundtrack to my life. I made some wrong turns in life, but with the love from my heavenly father I turned it around and now have such an amazing life. I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful husband and daughter. My love for them and my Heavenly Father is unstoppable.

Here are some pictures of my greatest blessing in life. Makayla is growing up so fast and she is learning so much. I love her!

Jamaica!

2010-05-17T17:28:00.001-07:00

okay so get ready for a serious amount of pictures! We had such an amazing time in Jamaica! It was way too short of a trip, but we were sure happy to come home and see Makayla. We stayed in an all inclusive resort, so we got EVERYTHING and anything we wanted whenever we wanted it. No wallet, it was so great. We had a virgin strawberry daiquiri, pina colada, and the BEST fruit punch in the world at all times.

Here's us at the swim up bar with our awesome drinks! Life could not be better!

eating at the Italian restaurant, and the best part, no wallet no tip. All tips and taxes were included in our trip. =)

When we first arrived to the airport there were these cool guys playing Jamaican music. It really got our vacation on the roll

they upgraded our room to a beach front ocean view. It was pretty nice waking up to the crystal clear ocean

This is the view from our balcony

I actually got Robert to dance with me!

We'd race down the waterslides, but I'd always get stuck. I think I was too light for the water to pull me as fast as Robert. It was funny!

There was a minature golf course so we played a little.

I could get used to this sunset everyday! I'm so sad we're not at the beach anymore

We hung out on this cute bungalow watching the sunset almost every night it was perfect

mommy dearest....

2010-05-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Dearest Mom,

I am so glad that I chose you to be my mother before coming to earth. Being my mom was not an easy job especially in my teenage years and I look up to you so much for having the patience you had to raise 5 kids. Thank you for not giving up on me when all hope was lost . You've been my rock since having Makayla. I'm so glad I have a mom to call anytime I have questions about how to soothe my cranky baby. Thank you for letting me cry to you when I was in desperate need of assurance that I was doing all I could do to be a good mom myself. I will never forget the time I was in walmart sobbing because my newborn would not sleep, eat or stop crying and you came out a few days later just because you knew I needed you here. I love you so much, words just cant express it.

I am so happy to have 2 wonderful parents who have been together for many many years. I couldn't imagine what life would be like if my parents were divorced and am so grateful to have you both stay strong through all the trials and tribulations that came throughout the years

Makayla has such an amazing grandma. She loves you so much, she has always felt so comfortable when you were holding her. I'm so excited to have you come watch her while we go on our trip so you and her can build a stronger relationship. I love you so much mom! Thank you for everything you do for me and my family. Your seriously amazing and it may sound cliche, but I really couldn't have asked for a better mom. Happy Mothers Day!!!!

Birthday Celebration!

2010-04-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm not doing very well at keeping our blog updated as much as I'd like, but hey we don't do very many interesting things. So last week was my 24th birthday. Normally I don't fuss much about it or get very excited, but for some reason this year I was just well...excited. and I'm so glad it was just as good as I hoped it would be. When I woke up Rob was cooking me breakfast (he was planning on surprising me with breakfast in bed, but...for some reason I actually woke up and went downstairs) and he had blown up balloons and scattered them throughout the kitchen. It was very cute! Well he had to go to work and after that it was just a normal day.

the weather has been so nice out lately and I've been dying for a patio set to actually enjoy sitting outside watching Makayla and Smalls play, so for my birthday I got my patio set! =) we also got a grill to go with it as an early fathers day gift! hehe so ever since, we've spend almost every night grilling and relaxing on our patio. I still have a lot more to do to spruce up the patio like some pots with flowers and just cute things, but all in due time. I absolutely am loving the set though. I looks so much better in person.

When Rob got home from work he had surprised me with edible arrangements. The chocolate covered strawberry's and they were so good! mmmm oh yeah and my friend had brought over a cake so we had so many treats in the house (perfect timing right? while we're trying to eat healthy are exercise regularly) but who cares everyone needs some sweets once in a while. Then we went on a date to Red Lobster of course which was so stinking good, then went to see The Last Song. It was such a good day! I'm so lucky I have the greatest husband in the world! I love you honey thank you so much for making my birthday so special.

here are some random pictures of Makayla. She's growing up so much. I asked her yesterday morning if she was hungry and she shook her head yes and said uh huh, and I asked her again and she said "yeah" and shook her head yes again, then proceeded to go to her cabinet that has all her snacks in it. Also I was doing something and I said oh shoot and she tried to imitate me and kept saying "oh shoot", but it wasn't sounding like shoot it sounded more like sh**. haha it was funny. Its just so crazy how much she is learning and how more and more she's becoming this beautiful little girl. Finally she's starting to listen more. She isn't disobeying as much as she has this past month. She's a kid of course and wont always listen, but its fun watching her understand and try to make mommy happy.

Last is a picture of her sleeping. Every night Rob and I go check on her before we go to bed and we find her in the funniest positions. This isn't so crazy, her leg is just hanging out of the bed, but we couldn't help snap a picture, there is nothing like watching a baby sleep. They have the most sweetest faces while they're dreaming. Ugh just makes me want to squeeze her to pieces! =) Love this girl!

2010-04-04T20:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter

We got lots of fun goodies for Easter! okay well Makayla got lots of fun goodies =)

Last year we took our first family photo's on Easter after Makayla was just born, so this year we decided to do another little photo shoot.

We've had so much fun today! Kayla went on her first Easter egg hunt and it was so cute! She's just growing up so much.

Hope everyone had as great of an Easter as we did!

Never been so scared!!

2010-03-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

We had the scariest thing happen today. Rob, Makayla and I were shopping at Costco, we normally put Makayla in the front of the shopping cart so she can move (cuz we all know how much of a busy body she is and hates being strapped down) so like normal we put her in. During our shopping I was in the front near her looking at a movie and while she was trying to reach me to have me hold her she falls over and lands directly on her head onto the cold hard floor. I screamed so loud that everyone was staring at us and both rob and I raced to her. I just barely saw her hit her head and I thought for sure she had split her head open and there would be blood everywhere, but thankfully there wasn't. We decided to take her to the hospital just to be on the safe side. The doctors monitored her for a while and she is luckily okay, but I have never been more scared in my whole life

As I sit here crying as I'm writing all this I cant help but feel so incredibly blessed. Blessed that this perfect little girl is in my life and blessed that she is okay. I talk a lot about how crazy and active she is. I complain about how she throws the most craziest tantrums every second of everyday, I complain when she's teething and grumpy, and through out all that complaining of mine I dont meantion how much I LOVE this little girl. How stinking adorable every tiny little thing she does is. How sweet and loving she is. She is my best friend and she is only one. I feel so stupid for complaining about all the things I'm actually proud of. She's active and healthy and I love that. She wouldst be Makayla if she weren't. I know being a mom gets so hard and I get stressed, but I love this girl more than anything in the world. I'm so lucky to be her mommy. I just hope that she feels the same way about me.

TAG YOUR IT...

2010-03-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

PICTURE TAG:

Our friends Kristen and Russ tagged me to do a photo tag.

Here are the rules:

1. Open your first folder.

2. Scroll to the tenth photo.

3. Post the photo and the story behind it.

4. Tag 5 more people

This is our dog Smalls when we first got him as a puppy. I begged Rob forever to get a puppy and one of our good friends told us they had friends giving away puppy's for free I asked Rob if we could just go look at them. Well we ended up falling in love! We didn't just get one but we got two. We gave the other puppy to my mom for her birthday and kept smalls for us. He has been such a sweet dog. Before we had Makayla, Smalls was our baby and he was definitely treated like one too. We just love him so much. He may not be as tiny as he was in the picture but we still think he's the cutest dog.

Now the fun part...I tag

1. Katie Miller

2. Lori Jones

3. Tara Patience

4. Sarah Salmon

5. Tera Dick

Our Big Girl

2010-02-26T10:54:00.000-08:00

Our little girl isn't so little anymore! She turned 1! I cant even believe whole year has gone by since I first laid my eyes on her. She has brought more joy to our lives than we could have possibly ever imagined. We love her so much
My mom and sister drove up for Makayla's big day. We threw a party for her and she had the best of time. She didn't even want to open her presents cuz she was having way to much fun with all the other kids.

Her cake turned out pretty cute. The brown was supposed to be a dark chocolate brown, and we tried everything to get it darker, but it wouldn't change, but overall I really loved how it turned out. It was a white cake with raspberry filling and whipped cream cheese frosting. It tasted pretty dang good I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. =)

I also made a separate little cake just for the birthday girl so she could dig into.

We thought she was going to put her whole fist into it and go crazy but she actually ate it pretty dainty. Rob was messing it up so she could take bigger pieces instead of putting two fingers in the frosting and licking it. she's so cute

had to put in this goofy pic of her. This shows her true silly self. You gotta love those funny teeth

Aunt Lacey got her this huge stuffed animal. She runs up to it and hugs it all day

blowing out the candle

Can you say Curly?

2010-02-17T16:35:00.000-08:00

Okay so its official Makayla has curly hair. This is what happens when we don't brush her hair after her bath. I scrunched it up a bit and let it dry and this is what happened. The girls in my family have ringlet curls and Robert and I have wavy hair and little miss Makayla has it too! =) I would love it if her hair grows out and it turns into ringlets. It looks a little silly with it being so short but she's going to be a doll! Its been a while since we've had a mommy baby picture. I don't like taking pictures of me these days with my crazy teeth and braces, but I couldn't pass up a picture of Makayla laying on me.
The other night Rob had turned on boys 2 men and whenever he does that he wants everyone to dance with him. (he's very passionate about their music) so he picked up smalls and Makayla and started dancing. Smalls was loving it cuz we used to hold him like a baby ALL the time before Makayla was born and now he doesn't get treated like a baby, he gets treated like a dog.

update....

2010-02-14T08:07:00.000-08:00

Wondering what Makayla has been up to these days?? Throwing Tantrums!! =) I had to get one of these pictures, she has really turned into a little girl no more baby. Makayla is definitely one of a kind, but she has also become so sweet. She is much more snugly than she ever has been. Her personality has really become to shine, she keeps Rob and I entertained for hours. She makes us laugh constantly. Her and Smalls (our dog) play all day long, they are best of buds and she has two little teeth on top and bottom and looks pretty silly when she laughs, which makes me laugh even more. Makayla always gives us kisses and has become very attached to both of us. She runs to us when we enter the room and she's been talking up a storm. Even though she's been doing more of what's in the picture, she's also been more fun and sweet. This past month I have been looking at her in amazement at how much she's grown and how smart she is becoming. I don't think we could love this little girl any more!

We also took a little trip to California to visit friends and family, and I didn't take many pictures, but I did get some of Makayla and her uncle Nick playing with her at the arcade. She had a blast on the motorcycle and racing the cars. (can you say Sorensen) We live for speed! I cant believe how much I can tell she will LOVE roller coasters. Makayla is my total mini me from her crazy personality to her girlyness. I absolutely LOVE IT and so does Rob.

We also celebrated Roberts 29th birthday! I was sick that day so he didn't get to wake up to balloons and streamers, but when he came home from work I had everything out for him. He had a great day at work, and ended the day going out to dinner just him and I. We have been very blessed with great neighbors and they took makayla while we went to Texas Roadhouse. Then we picked up Kayla and hung out with them for a little bit and came home had cake, opened presents and laughed at makayla, then we put her down for bed and had mommy daddy time. Overall Robert kept saying he had a great birthday

and instead of celebrating valentines day today, since its sunday we did it yesterday. I woke up went downstairs and the house was clean, and there were pink roses with balloons, my favorite valentines cookies, and doughnuts waiting for me. Then some other great neighbors of ours watched makayla so we could go visit good friends of ours that just had a baby, so we went to the hospital, then we picked makayla up and hung out with our neighbors for a while, relaxed, then went to the park where everyone was out and had more fun being with friends, then we went out to dinner at Red Lobster my favorite restaurant. I originally wanted the dinner to be romantic since I never get romanced, but we decided to bring Makayla along and she was in the funniest mood. She kept us laughing the entire night. She is so silly, so then we went home put baby to bed and enjoyed the night to ourselves =).

We got a call today from friends in our ward to have dinner with them tonight, and the fun keeps coming. I feel extremely blessed to have such an amazing husband and a great relationship. Our marriage has been almost perfect and I couldn't be luckier. I also cant believe the joy Makayla has brought to our lives. She is so perfect and she is a definite gift from our heavenly father.

Before and After...

2010-01-09T20:33:00.000-08:00

This is Makayla's ceiling fan before... and this is her ceiling fan after!

I've been having too much fun doing new projects. I am obsessed with mod podge and I keep thinking of new things to do with it and here is one. I actually did a whole different design with scrapbook paper, but when I put it up the lines of where I matched it up didn't look great so I tore it off and did a new one with wrapping paper so there were no lines. For the future I will never mod podge wrapping paper again, its way too thin and bubbles like crazy. but the finish product looks really cute I think!

I went even further and did her light switches

and electrical outlet. It was so much fun. I have to thank Sarah for all your help. Even though I ended up switching the paper.

I've also been doing other little projects like making canvases for our bedroom and painting coat racks and other little things here and there. Rob told me I have to put all my new ideas on hold for a while so we can save some money. all these "cheap" projects end up adding up!

Makayla's First Christmas!

2009-12-30T09:38:00.000-08:00

This year we spent Christmas with Robs family in Colorado where it was nice and snowy! We had a great time. Before we went to Colorado we had our own little family Christmas with just the 3 of us. Makayla loved opening her gifts it was fun.

The 3 granddaughters got to be together for the first time in a long time! They are all so cute!

Makayla's first time in snow. She even got to be pulled on the back of the four wheeler. She didn't make much expression, but she didn't cry either so I think she liked it =)

Grandma and Grandpa Miller spending time with Kayla

hahaha and I had to put these up. She was fascinated with bubbles. We have adopted the name bubbles for her nickname, since mnm doesn't flow anymore. Bubbles fits her in so many ways. That was our Christmas of 2009. We had the best year of our lives with our beautiful baby with us. We are ready to see what surprises are waiting for us in 2010

Ho Ho Ho

2009-12-20T17:24:00.000-08:00

Makayla got to meet Santa on Saturday! She did great. We didn't know if she was going to cry but good thing she didn't. She just looked at him trying to figure out who this weird looking person holding her was, but she would look at us while he was holding her and she'd smile. It was fun

I made these fun cupcakes for the primary. Aren't they so festive! and I thought they were stinking good! mmm mmmm

Where are all the Pacifiers?

2009-12-10T13:59:00.000-08:00

Here they are! gotta love it when you find your baby with a Binky in her mouth and one in each hand walking around the house. Its even better when she trips and the one in her mouth pops out and she pops one that was already in her hand right back in her mouth and gets up and starts walking around again. This girl is too funny!

Its begining to look a lot like christmas!

2009-12-06T12:07:00.000-08:00

Last night we went to the mesa Temple lights and it was so much fun!
This is the first time we got to bundle Makayla up in winter clothes and we absolutely LOVED it. Have you ever seen a cuter baby? We sure haven't =)

Our great friends Sarah and Jake went with us. They are having a baby girl in February and Sarah looks so stinking cute all pregnant!

our little family all snugly wuggly.

Skinny Mini

2009-12-03T15:10:00.000-08:00

Makayla had her 9 month check up yesterday. She is still skinny mini weighing in at 17 in a half pounds. Most of her little friends that are her age weigh so much more than her, but the doctor wasn't worried. I told the doctor how much I feed her and how often and she couldn't believe she ate that much. She just burns all her food off because she is so active. She's been walking now for about 3 weeks and getting better everyday. She NEVER crawls anymore which is so weird and just shows me how fast she is growing. I'm already having to chase her around the house, but even though its pretty exhausting I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm so grateful that she is such a happy and healthy baby. Another great milestone she has hit is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! at six months we finally got her to sleep through the night and it has been amazing to say the least. It has made a huge difference in her attitude and both Rob and mine. She is so much more happy. Makayla sleeps 12 hours every night and doesn't wake up once. I thought when she started teething again that her waking up would come back, but it didn't and the cold didn't keep her awake either. Its been a great blessing. Life has never been better.

Walking baby!!

2009-11-11T17:15:00.000-08:00

Sweet Baby

2009-11-07T19:34:00.000-08:00

After all the hard work...

2009-11-01T16:06:00.000-08:00

So we finally decided its time to landscape our backyard. This whole year it has been just plain dirt. We were getting so sick of it and smalls just dug holes all over and dust was getting in our home so much it was a pain! Robs amazing parents flew out here to help us do it. They were serious life savers!! There is NO WAY we could have done it without them. Well we could have tried but...it would have taken FOREVER and we probably wouldn't have done a very good job. It was a lot of preparation but well worth it.
Judy and I decided to make trellises ourselves instead of buying them. So we cut the wood to the right size nailed it together and painted them. It was actually pretty fun.

Rob and I laid out the sod all by ourselves yesterday on Halloween day. It took all day long but.. we got it in. We didn't realize how heavy sod rolls are. Thanks to a neighbor of ours who let us borrow their wheelbarrow. Without that we wouldn't have gotten it done in one day

all the plants are mini right now, but they will grow and it will look much better. Once the vines grow on the trellis it will add a lot too.

We wanted it pretty much all grass and simple and that's what we got. Its so nice looking out the window and seeing green grass instead of dirt. Its relaxing and we cant wait till we can go out and play with smalls and Makayla! It was tons of work, but....YAY ITS DONE!!!!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T15:38:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween! Little miss Makayla was a very cute lady bug. Surprisingly she never tried to pull on her antennas which was pretty amazing. Our neighborhood had a barbecue which was a blast and mnm got to play with all of her friends. We have a couple neighbors who have baby girls all around Makayla's age so it was fun to get them together for a picture. They weren't wanting to cooperate though so it was impossible to get a good shot.
after the barbecue we went over to a friends house and made a ginger bread haunted house and hung out. It was a great night!!

Baby Toddler!!

2009-10-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

Ok so I don't even know where to start with this little girl. She just turned 8 months yesterday and she's growing so fast! These past couple weeks Makayla has really been trying to walk, and just this week every day she has been able to take a step here and there all on her own. Today she even took 2 steps!! She has been so fun and active and its so exciting watcher her master each new thing she does.Not only is she almost walking which that by itself it crazy, but she has one little tooth now. It broke through a few weeks ago, so we've been free of the teething monster, but...Just the past couple of days she's back to teething. =( I actually had to stop nursing cuz she was biting me with that one tooth, and I couldn't imagine the damage she would do when she gets more. I'm not sure the risk would be worth it, so even though I wasn't ready to stop it had to be done. I do still want to nurse more kids in my future. =) Also Makayla has become obsessed with eating her little Gerber Puffs and Mum Mums. They have seriously been life savers when she's upset when we're out.
My sister and my dad came to visit Rob and I this weekend and it was loads of fun. She is still shy when she's around different people, but she warmed up to them really quick.
Another thing that's new is she is now FINALLY sleeping through the night. We had to take drastic measures, but after 2 nights she learned to fall asleep on her own and she can self sooth herself when she wakes up at night.

Last but not least today while I was feeding her breakfast out of no where she said MAMMA!!! It was so clear like she has said it a billion times. I have been trying to get her to say it for so long and all she does is smile, so when she said it I was so ecstatic! It was the greatest feeling in the world to have my little girl call me momma, I'm such a cornball, but I'm tearing up right now just thinking about it. She hasn't said it since this morning, but I know its coming soon. All the sleepless night and tears I've cried over the stress or the sadness I feel when she's sick and there is nothing I can do, being a parent is the greatest blessing. We love our baby so much

This past month...

2009-09-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

Makayla has become even more active than ever! She never slows down!

Auntie Tonya came out to visit us! We had a blast having her here. Makayla has become very shy around people so it took her a while to warm up to her. She would hide her face every time Tonya looked at her. By the end of the day she was able to hold Makayla, but the next day it started all over again, it was pretty funny and cute! and Makayla and I went to San Diego again! She had so much fun being with Grandma and Grandpa.
I finally took pictures of her in the bath. She LOVES bath time

She just gets prettier and prettier. I'm so glad those bright beautiful blue eyes aren't fading!

Going, Going, Going!

2009-08-25T15:22:00.000-07:00

Our little beauty just turned 6 months! Time is seriously flying by. She had her check up at the doctor and now weighs 14lbs 9oz. She may be little and petite for her age, but she has the biggest personality and has become very vocal lately. =) I don't think its possible to ever get bored with her around
She started crawling at 5 months 1 week and since then has not stopped. 1 week after she started crawling she started pulling herself up on things like chairs, couches, tables, walls, pretty much EVERYTHING! She has also learned how to climb the stairs. She (with us right by her side) climbed the first 9 stairs of our stairwell on her own. I have to keep my eyes on her at all times cuz she has snuck to the stairs and climbed a few without me looking and that has freaked me out so now its time for the gate, I just cant believe how crazy she is. She is so young to be doing all this, but I knew when she was in my belly that she would be a very active, fiesty little girl.

She loves playing with her toys and her friends. We have a couple neighbors that have little girls Makayla's age, and its so fun getting them together to play. She really is one of a kind and we love her to pieces!

California Love

2009-08-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

Robs family goes to Carlsbad every year and has a little family reunion with all his relatives. We haven't been able to go the past 2 years, so it was great that we could make it this year. It was a blast! Too long goes by that all the family gets together. I have been able to go home many many times these past few months, but haven't gone to the beach and man do I miss it. We love living in AZ, but it doesn't compare to living so close to the beach. My whole life I've grown up so close and have been able to go whenever I wanted, and after spending a week there at the beach, i've come to realize I want to live there again so bad. I know its just wishful thinking, since its a little too expensive to live, but I'm determined to live there again someday. =) All in all we had a wonderful time with the family. Makayla got to put her feet in the ocean for the first time and got to do some more swimming that she loves. She also this past week has learned how to crawl. Its crazy the past month she has been swaying back and fourth, but at 5 months and 1 week she now can move her hands with her legs. We also had to move her crib mattress lower, since she can now pull herself up to stand. I found her in her crib almost falling out cuz she had pulled herself up over and was almost hanging off. She is so full of energy, and it may be a lot sometimes, but i love it and she's our little crazy Makayla us at the Padres game. They won!
Miller Family

Makayla and Taya her cousin having a blast together. Taya is so stinking cute!

Summer Lovin Having A Blast...Summer Lovin Happend So Fast

2009-07-20T16:36:00.000-07:00

This summer has been so much fun. I've got to visit a lot of people and do a bunch of things before I went back to work. My one and only little sister was married on June 13Th and it was a blast. She looked gorgeous and everything just fell into place. Makayla got to try her first foods and just recently she has tried green beans and she actually eats it. I'm not so sure if she really likes it, but at least she doesn't spit it out like the rice cereal. Makayla also went swimming for the first time on her first big holiday which was a blast. This summer has been one of the best summers we've ever had and its because we have our beautiful little baby in our lives. Things may get a little tough sometimes and its much more work than it used to be but looking at makayla's sweet face makes all the hard times very much worth it.

having too much fun at my sisters wedding which ultimately ended with everyone dancing on the dance floor for literally 3 hours straight. It was such a great night.

my sexy husband who is the best and took care of cranky makayla all night. I love you babe!

and yes she did poop on me. and i know it wont be the last time it happens

grandma Miller came out to help me when times got rough. She's amazing and she helped me make curtains and some pillows for our front room. There's nothing Judy cant do. Thank you so much for all the support Judy we're all so grateful you came out. Oh and I had to add the two pics at the bottom of grandma making a silly face and mnm, they're priceless

4th of July Fun!

2009-07-05T15:30:00.000-07:00

I love holidays! We went to one of our friends house and went swimming and barbecued and watched a movie. It was so much fun! Makayla went swimming for the first time in a pool and she absolutely loved it. She was so happy, she probably could have stayed in the pool all night if we didn't take her out. Its always so great to get together with friends and have fun. I found a red white and blue outfit that we had in her closet and of course had to put it on her
She looks way too cute in her bathing suit!

Ok so all us girls were having a little too much fun! I'm so sorry Sarah and Emily, I had to put these pictures on here. They are way too funny. =) (Chris Farley)

Can you believe she is almost crawling. Any day now

Relaxin

2009-06-28T20:59:00.001-07:00

Today we've just been taking it easy and relaxing as a family. I love capturing every moment I can (when our stupid camera works with us). These are the moments I cherish and love Its not everyday Makayla will snuggle, so it was so nice falling asleep with her
I just love this girl and her cute smile. She is my real life doll

We are going to be in big trouble in our future. She is way too gorgeous! I don't know how we are going to keep the boys away.

So Many Changes!!!

2009-06-23T18:53:00.000-07:00

So today Makayla turned 4 months old! Time is really flying by. We took her to the doctor and she now weighs 13 lbs 2 oz and she is 25 in a half inches long. She is in the 85th percentile for her length. I knew she was going to be a tall girl!! Just this week she has changed so dramatically.

1. She can grab her toys and stick them straight in her mouth
2. she can take her pacifier our of her mouth and on occasion she can put it right back in.
3.she grabs for people faces. She tries to touch our nose, eyes and mouth.
4.She will watch baby Einstein movies. Well only half, but hey that's a start.
5.She is much more alert when we hold her she can support herself pretty dang good.
6.she rolls over constantly. The second we put her on her back, she flips over to her belly
7.she can seriously almost crawl. She gets her knees and arms up, but cant really get the motion down yet. She will either just roll over on her side or she will shoot herself forward, but we are guessing she'll be crawling here in the next couple weeks!
8. Today the doc said we can start feeding her rice cereal!! yay so we had so much fun feeding her cereal for the first time.

Our baby is growing up and changing so much! She's a little confused if she likes it or not, but it was fun watching her. And look at her gorgeous eyes! uh I cant get enough of her!

When we went to Cali, my mom bought a Johnny Jumper and she really liked it. She mainly twirled in it, but she still had a pretty good time in it as long as someone was around to watch her. If no one is around her nothing is fun to her.

Happy Fathers Day

2009-06-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Today is Roberts first fathers day. As these 4 months have passed since Makayla has been here, I have been able to see how much more loving and giving Rob has become. He really enjoys being a dad and its still so crazy knowing we have a baby. Today is really a special day and one he will never have again and I know he is definitely enjoying it. We got our recliner yesterday right in time for fathers day and man is Robert happy today. All day he's been telling me how all he wants to do is sit on his thrown (recliner) =) and have me cater to his every need, which I am doing. He demanded that we all take a nap today which him and Makayla are doing right now, but...I decided to blog instead. I'll probably join them later. Seeing Robert and the way he is with our little girl is just about as rewarding as being a mother myself. He is an amazing dad and husband. We love him so much and were so thankful to have him in our lives. I love you honey!

Our friends came over for dinner last night and they brought Rob this basket. The fries are made of sugar cookies and the hamburger is made our of sweets too. The bun is a cupcake cut in half, the lettuce, ketchup, and mustard is frosting and the meat is a brownie. How sweet and thoughtful that was. Thank so much Sarah and Jake we love you guys!

Here's Rob enjoying his hamburger and fries!

My dad is an amazing man! He has taught me so much in my life. He's not a man of many words, but his actions have always shown more than his words could ever. He's so loving and kind. He is someone I have looked up to since forever. He was bishop when I was a little girl for 8 years and even though he was so busy going to work, helping people in the ward and coming home dealing with 5 crazy kids, he still made time to teach and play with us. I remember being so young and when dad came home all I wanted to do was for him to pick me up and throw me in the air. He was one of the funniest guys I knew. As I turned a teenager I became a total self absorbed brat. We didn't have the best of relationships, but who could blame him with the way I was. Although I was not doing things he could be proud of, he loved me through it all. He continued to try to show me he loved me and I know that had to have been tough. I want to thank him for everything he has done for me. Thank you for teaching me right from wrong and for being my loving dad through all my bad times. I love you so much dad!!!

Fun Utah Trip

2009-06-09T15:26:00.000-07:00

This weekend our niece Taya was blessed so Makayla and I were lucky enough to be there. Rob couldn't make it since he had to work, and of course we missed him like we always do when we have to leave him, but we had such a great time. It was the first time I got to meet cheeks (taya) and she is just the cutest thing. I also got to spend the weekend with my brother and 2 nephews and it was their first time meeting Makayla, so it was a pretty special weekend for us. Robs parents were there and it was so great seeing them with all three of their grandchildren. I'm glad to be back...well for at least 1 night since tomorrow I'm heading down to Cali for my sisters wedding, we have been so busy lately with all our traveling and even though we have been having a blast, I think I'll be happy when things start settling down and we can relax at home. Robs parents with Makayla and Taya.

my brother and nephews love mnm. My nephews call her mnm's like the candy since they forget what her name is. They are too cute!

the top left pic is of mnm, cheeks and their great grandma Jensen. Grandma Jensen made them these adorable hats. The top right is of my two nieces and my baby. I love them all so much. Man I think Makayla needs a tan! =)

More Photo Shoot Fun!

2009-06-02T18:18:00.001-07:00

I love her feet and had to get some snaps of them while they are still little. And of her tiny hand holding daddy's. Precious

Makayla being so sweet. We call her our little rolly poly, she is rolling all and scooting all over the place. She will be crawling in no time

I found this fun basket that I put her blankets in, and I had to take some pics of her in it. I roll her around in it and she loves it!

Yes we pulled out the jumper. I cant believe she is big (just barely) enough to fit in it. She actually likes it and she does play with the toys. She is getting so big.

I LOVE YOU ROBERT!

2009-05-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

Robert and I had our two year anniversary a couple weeks ago on May 12th. I have been thinking so much lately how lucky I am to have rob in my life. We may be only married for 2 years, but we have been together for almost 5 years now and I am still so much in love with him and its only getting stronger. He has been my rock and support through many many trials I've had. He is by far one of the greatest men I have ever met in my life. I everyday cant believe he chose me to spend all eternity with. We have been through so much and I can thank him for sticking with me. He continues to amaze me in how honest and loving he is. I always knew he would be a great husband and father to my children, but he has exceeded it by far. I love him with all my heart and cant wait for many many many more memories with him. I posted probably way too many pictures of us, but...looking at them made me remember each moment we had and they were all so great.

These next two pics was on our honeymoon

Temple square at like negative 20 degrees outside. (okay so I exaggerated a bit) =)

Hawaii with Robs family

Bahamas last April

The rest of these are from way back in the day when we were dating!

Life of a baby

2009-05-24T11:56:00.001-07:00

Makayla and I went to California AGAIN. I know we've been traveling a little too much lately, but It was my sisters bridal shower and I couldn't miss it. I only have one sister and I feel like I should be there for her as much as I can during this exciting time in her life. Plus we wont have the free flying benefits forever so we might as well take advantage of it while we can. Makayla does great on planes and she actually sleeps longer when we somewhere else rather than home, so as long as she's not being effected by it, It makes me a little more at ease inside. Also my parents really cant get enough of mnm. I think grandpa had a little too much fun playing airplane with her. She may like the real plane rides more than the fake ones. =)
I always love taking family pictures especially since I have an amazingly handsome husband and a beautiful baby girl

Here are some everyday faces Makayla loves to make. She is loving her hands at this stage and seeing all the things she can do with them.

We bought some stuffed animals for her to play with and she loves the pink poodle. Whenever she starts crying in her car seat, I giver her the poodle and she gets happy. She loves the feeling of it on her hands and putting it in her mouth and just staring at it. She is just too much fun

Love...

2009-05-19T17:26:00.001-07:00

Nothing better than people we love

Our Happy Baby!

2009-05-13T18:14:00.000-07:00

I just loved all these pictures of Makayla. She is such a happy baby and has been changing so much. She smiles ALL the time and she is starting to put things in her mouth and roll over. She is so fun! We love her too much.

She was holding her own bottle the whole time she ate. When her hands started drifting lower and she needed more milk she lifted them to get more. It was crazy. I'm sure it wont be like that all the time, but we thought it was pretty cool

Our Trip To Spokane Washington

2009-05-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

The ducks and geese were so close to us.

This couch is HUGE!

This chair doesn't seem that big in the picture but it was

The fireplace was beautiful

This weekend Robert and I went to Spokane Washington for my cousins wedding. We had such a great time. This was the first time Rob has met family from my moms side. He has only met my grandparents and one aunt, but he finally got to meet more of my relatives. Today started out as such a great day! We woke up at 6 and realized that makayla had slept for 8 hours! It was amazing! I think that was her gift to me for mothers day. So then we packed up and left my aunts house and decided to go sight seeing since it was our last day in Washington and we first went to a hotel which had a really awesome huge chairs. Then we went to a park and it was so beautiful! There was a big pond that had tons of ducks and geese which we fed. Makayla was so funny there were some seagulls that were so loud and it seemed like she was trying to imitate their noises. And she just starred and starred at all the birds. We had a little picnic and it was so relaxing. We then got so tired and took a nap. I was kind of bummed cuz there were some flower gardens that I really wanted to go in and I'm sure they were gorgeous, but I was so tired I couldn't seem to get up to go, so we slept instead. Then we flew back home to AZ and Makayla was so good on the plane she slept the entire time. The flight was 2 1/2 hours. All in all I had the best mothers day ever. I am so Thankful I am a mom and have the best daughter in the world. She is my life now and I love her so much. I knew I would love her, but I didn't realize how much I could love this tiny little person. Heavenly Father has truly blessed me more than I feel I deserve and I could not be more grateful. I also have the greatest mom in the world! She has taught me so much and has always shown me the right way. Her example is one to live by and I lover her so much. And not to forget my mother in law! Judy has embraced me as her own daughter and has never made me feel unwelcome. I love you so much Judy! Thank you both for all that you do for me.

Makayla's Blessing

2009-05-05T16:41:00.000-07:00

How great it was to have Makayla blessed on Sunday. She looked so beautiful. I'm so thankful that my parents and Robs parents could come out to be there for us. Rob did such a wonderful job, her blessing was amazing and all the perfect words were said in it. This dress that she wore was pretty special to me, because my mom, my sister and I all got blessed in this dress, and it was so great to have Makayla blessed in it as well. I still cant believe we have this perfect little girl in our lives. I have been pretty sick this week, so after sacrament I took makayla home and we took a nap, so I didn't get to take any pictures of kayla with any of her grandparents, except one with my mom. Or with Rob and I in our church attire. It was a special day anyway with or without pics, but...I do wish I had gotten some more

We are so thankful to have parents who are so supportive. Thank you mom and dad for showing so much love for us and always giving us great advice. Its been awesome seeing you with Makayla. Thank you for letting us come visit you so often and for taking her in the middle of the night when I needed some much needed sleep. Also thank you Judy and Robert for coming to visit us and for helping us out so much. You guys have been so willing to help out whenever we needed help and you always seem so excited to have us come visit you or when you guys come visit us. We love you all so much and are thankful that you could be our parents!!

Life cant get any better!

2009-05-02T16:21:00.000-07:00

Makayla and I flew to San Diego again. We went for more wedding stuff for my sister and like last time we were supposed to only be there for the weekend, but my mom convinced us to stay the whole week long. We wouldn't normally have, but my dad was in a different city for work and my mom didn't want to drive by herself to our place for Makayla's blessing, so I stayed to keep her company on the drive. It was so much fun being home. And this past week Makayla has really become more of her own person. She doesn't suck her thumb, but she has definitely found her index and middle finger and sucks on them a lot!! Its so cute. She doesn't even have to try to find them, she just puts them right into her mouth. Mnm also rolled over for the first time. She was on her tummy and rolled onto her back! I was so excited I about smothered her with kisses. She also had her first giggle. She has always smiled so much, and she has been trying to talk back to us much more, but I was making her smile and she totally giggled a few different times. Things just cant get any better. Life has been so exciting since our little mnm has come into our life. We took Smalls and my parents dog Spaz to the dog park and put her in her carrier. She looked so adorable!
I got to spend a day with my 2 best friends shopping and just having fun like the old days. It is so much more work having a baby though. We spent about an hour in the family lounge so I could nurse and calm her down since she was a little fussy, but my friends were troopers through it all.

Noel holding Makayla. We miss her already =(

On the plane I had a row to my own and she was asleep the whole time, so I just laid her down in the seat next to me. She looked so peaceful I had to take a picture.

Even though it was so much fun being back home in Cali, it was hard to be away from Rob. I sent him so many pictures and videos, but we missed each other so much. He told me next time I go by myself to Cali I'm not allowed to stay long again. I love Robert so much and am so glad to have him as my husband and the father of my child. He is such a great dad. Life can not get any better!

My baby is 2 months old!!!

2009-04-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

I can not believe Makayla turned 2 months already. It seriously felt like it was just yesterday that she was just one day old. You hear it all the time that they grow up so fast, and so far it has flown by. She is just the cutest thing. She is such a happy baby. She has been smiling so much and she's on the verge of giggling. I cant wait until she can laugh and talk to me. On Thursday the day she turned 2 months exactly I took her to the doctor for her checkup and she now weighs 10lbs 6oz. Its crazy to know that some babies are born that size, but she is getting so big. She had to get 4 shots which was not fun!! I have never heard those sets of lungs come out of her until then and I was almost in tears with her. I think she was pretty traumatized, but she is great now thank goodness! When she gets hungry she sucks on her fist, but she has now learned how to find her thumb. She has only sucked her thumb about 3 times, but I have a feeling its the beginning to that. She was just too cute

She has been doing so good at tummy time the past few weeks. She is a pretty strong baby

Before I know it she will be one years old and walking and talking and getting into trouble. I cant wait for her to grow up, but...at the same time I really don't want her to. I love how tiny she is and I'm not ready for her to be so big. I love her so much and I tell Rob all the time how it amazes me how we made such a beautiful baby girl. I never knew what she would look like, but she is by far the prettiest girl I have ever seen and I never imagined that we could make a person as beautiful as Makayla is. She is perfect and we could not be happier.

Makayla loves her Daddy!

2009-04-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

So last night we were watching dancing with the stars and on the one of the songs rob picked up Makayla and started dancing with her. It was the sweetest thing. Robert is so infatuated with his little girl. It is the best thing to watch him with her when he's talking to her, feeding her and when he's making her smile. She really is such a good baby!

she has these pair of shoes that are about to be too small, but she can only wear them with socks or they fall off, and I thought she looked too cute with her socks knee high wearing them.

She has been sick the past few days with a cold which is no fun! =( Rob was sick a few weeks ago, then he got me sick and then...well Makayla. We were hoping she wouldn't get it, but she did, but she is finally starting to get better, so that makes us all happy. And she has been eating so dang much. She must be growing cuz I barely have enough milk for her so needless to say we've been supplementing a lot in the evenings, but as long as she is happy and full I will do anything for her.

Makayla has a boyfriend!

2009-04-13T19:50:00.000-07:00

So today I went over to our friend Lori's house and hung out with her for a while. They just had their baby boy 3 weeks after Makayla was born. It was so nice being able to go through our pregnancy's together and have our babies so close. I can already tell they will be such good friends. It was pretty funny taking these pictures, cuz makayla kept leaning (or falling) =) into Carter and he was pushing her away. Its so nice to have friends that are going through the same things as us at the same time. Ryan and Lori moved here around the same time as us. Ryan is the one to helped Robert get a job with US Airways, and now Ryan works with Rob. They also have Small's sister. Thank you so much lori for helping figure out this whole blog thing! Im blog challenged for sure.

Carter is not having it!

These babies are too precious!

Happy Easter

2009-04-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

Makayla could not be looking any cuter today on Easter. I made Easter baskets for Rob and my brother and a separate little one for Makayla. We decided after church that we should take some picture since she looks so dang cute. So we just set her on our couch and put her basket next to her along with her little Easter bunny and we snapped away. She was in such a good mood that we thought that while we were all in our church clothes that we should take family pictures. Thanks to the video camera we bought ourselves for Christmas, we had a stand so we set it up and took a few. It was fun and thankfully Makayla was still in the mood for pictures. It happens too often that when I try to take pic's she gets fussy and wont let me get any good ones of her happy, so maybe cuz it was such a perfect day on this great holiday that she decided to be in a great mood.

she's digging for candy

I cant believe how much she is growing. She is the greatest blessing that we could ever have and I am so so thankful I could be her mom and that she is my daughter. I've waited a long time to have her and couldn't be more happier with my life than right now. Rob has been so amazing and patient with both her and I and I'm the luckiest woman in the world for having him as my companion. I love my family so much!!!

Home Sweet Home

2009-04-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

Last week Makayla went on her first plane ride to California. What was supposed to be a 2 day trip for her and I became a week trip. My sister just got engaged, so Makayla and I went there to help her with wedding planning and to look for bridesmaid dresses. Robert stayed in AZ and worked the week, but he eventually came out on the weekend to be with us. He must have missed us too much. =) We had such a great time. My best friends who live in Cali got to meet Makayla, along with my Grandpa, and a bunch of my relatives, and Grandma and Grandpa Miller got to meet her and Aunt Tonya. It was quite a busy week. I've been a little sleep deprived say the least, so it was so nice to have my mom around who took her for a couple nights to help me out, since Rob was not with us.

Thank you Tonya for coming to see us

Thank you Robert and Judy for coming to visit us!

I'm sure she will look back and be so happy to have a picture with her dad, grandpa and great grandpa

We are so glad we got to visit Grandma and Grandpa Miller on our visit

My Grandpa Sorensen was so pleased to meet Makayla

There is just no place like home and being with family. Makayla did great on the plane as well. She didn't cry at all. I'm really glad our first flying experience was such a good one.

2 Weeks Old

2009-03-09T15:34:00.000-07:00

Makayla is 2 weeks old today! She had a doctors appointment this morning to make sure she is gaining the proper weight. At her last appointment when she was only a couple days old she weighed 7lbs 10oz, and today she is 7lbs 15oz. I was having some problems nursing her but for the past few days things have been going great and she is slowly and steadily gaining weight. The doctor wants her to go back and get checked again on Friday. If she doesn't gain an ounce a day, I will need to supplement formula after every time I nurse her, but I have a feeling she will gain the weight and we wont need to, but if I have to, I'll be totally fine with it, as long as she is healthy and happy. Makayla is so dang cute! she is starting to get her own characteristics. She loves to be held, especially right when its bedtime. She sleeps great all day, but night time comes around and she can have a full belly and be totally ready for bed, but once we put her down she will not have it. She just wants to be snuggled, so rob and I spend a few hours cuddling her, then try putting her down and then we have to pick her right back up, cuz she just wants to be held. Its a little frustrating at times, especially for Rob, since he has to get up and go to work, but she is our baby girl and we do whatever it takes for her to be comfy and happy. She was sleeping for 5 hours every night in the beginning, but now she sleeps for 3 to 4 hours and she wakes up ready to eat. It will be nice when she can sleep 5 hours again through the night, so we can all get more rest. But we are having so much fun with her and loving her more and more every day. She cant get any cuter!!

Photo Shoot

2009-03-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

Today my mom and I went and bought a bunch of fun girly stuff to take pictures of Makayla. It was a fun photo shoot, even though we woke her up a bunch and she wasn't happy with that. I cant put much of the pictures up yet, since we are still deciding on what picture we want for our announcement, but it was so fun dressing her up. Its been such a joy having her here and it makes it more fun being able to put the cutest little girl clothes on her. My dad keeps joking and saying "there's nothing like having a real life doll" which she totally is.

Makayla Nicole Miller was born!

2009-02-26T12:13:00.000-08:00

The day finally came! Our baby Makayla arrived. She was born on February 23rd, 2009 8lbs 6oz 20.5inches long. My water broke at 2:45am on my actual due date and I was in labor for 14 hours. She was born at 5:07pm. Labor went very smooth I only had about a half hours worth of real contractions before getting my epidural and didn't feel anything as I pushed her out. She is so pretty and precious! We love her so much and are so excited she finally came.

look at those big cheeks

leaving the hospital for her first day home

Rob Turns 28!

2009-02-05T12:28:00.000-08:00

The big 28!! Rob turned 28 yesterday. He had a great day. I filled the living room with balloons and a big poster that said happy birthday, so he was pretty surprised when he woke up in the morning. He got to work from home, so for breakfast he requested that he wanted doughnuts, so I picked up doughnuts and brought them home. It was kind of a bummer he had to work, but at least we could spend the day together. He didn't want to go out to lunch or dinner so we sat on our porch and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and for dinner I made him pork chops with rice. I made him a cake and went a little crazy on the candles and pretty much burned myself and couldn't even light all the candles, but it was still fun. We then rented the movie Get Smart, which we saw in the theatre, but rob really wanted to see it again, and he laughed through the whole thing. So yesterday was a pretty fun day. I cant believe Robert is 28. I am so lucky to have him in my life and I cant wait to spend many more birthdays with him.

3 weeks left

2009-02-03T14:22:00.000-08:00

So we have 3 weeks left until my due date. We are so ready for her to come now!! We have her room all ready, we have enough clothes, we are stocked up on diapers, we even have the car seat waiting for her in the car. All we need left now is little Makayla!! Waiting is so hard. I have been in so much pain and wished she would just come. Lets hope she makes her entrance sooner than later.