...eighteen months going on 18!

paige is too funny these days. between loving on her baby and kissing "mommies baby" and having fun with Jenna (enna), Kirra (kia) and Cohl she is becoming quite the chatterbox. her sign language has slowed down because now she just wants to say everything! and i mean everything- she never stops talking. my favorite word that i have her say for everyone is peanut butter or "pee pee bu bu" in her terms. February was a very busy month along with our first really bad stomach flu for paige (you don't know love until your child throws up five times in one night and most of the rounds are on you)! we did make it to southern california for my cousin kim's baby shower (little asher is set to arrive about two weeks before baby aaron planned a wonderful birthday party for me with friends and we even got a visit from aunt fifi for the whole weekend...it was a great way to celebrate my last year as a 20-something.

we are counting the days until baby number two arrives (about 8 more weeks) and i am for sure in the nesting mode- in between naps of course. aaron is very busy with church involvement and more classes this month- along with an upcoming snowshoe backpacking trip in Yosemite for a few days. call me crazy but camping in the snow does not sound fun to me...but he cannot wait. enjoy these pictures!

Grammy was begging for some new JCPenney pictures...so here are her latest as she just turned 18 months! Where is the time going?

peek-a-boo

smelling the flowers!

The weather has been beautiful- so we got out the other day for some fresh air & sun!

the belly is growing!she is always pointing at the camera because she wants to see the "babies" on it...she does not realize the baby is her and sometimes we honestly cannot get her to smile because she keeps pointing and crying "babies, babies, babies"

we have been really enjoying time with our friends the obwalds- they go to our church and only live several blocks from here! paige is in love with them and lights up whenever they are around...here we are enjoying our "dress up box."
cohl

Kirra

Jenna

paige's first art project. she had fun...but didn't like her hands getting dirty (i was the same when i was little)

kim's baby shower was really fun- but paige was having one of the worst days of her little life- so i was very preoccupied. here we are trying to distract her by singing "wheels on the bus"...it only worked for a minute. usually i can bring her anywhere- but she was a mess that day and as a result i was wiped out. that night i went to bed at 8:00 and slept in too! the only bummer about the trip is that paige and i were so "out of it" we did not get to see all of the friends we wanted to see. we'll just have to get back there after the baby is born!
kim & aunt ev!katie, aunt fifi, paige, me & aunt chris!


we love cousin Madsen! he is so cute!

we finally got to meet madsen on our trip to southern california for kim's shower- unfortunately because paige had been so sick and because my mom got sick (the day she was supposed to leave with us for the trip)...we decided that paige and i would keep our distance. i was so bummed that i could not hold him- but paige loved helping out by rocking his car carrier! so fun!

paige loves uncle ray- they had a great time together. she also loved kitty & aunt ev. aunt ev & uncle ray had a lot of practice for little asher...they got up with paige and helped watch her and feed her and change her diaper...they are going to be wonderful grandparents!

i love pictures of her sleeping!

paige LOVES taking care of her baby dolls. the amazing thing is we have never shown her what to do- she just loves them. she started hugging them and giving them "loves" and kisses and feeding them all on her own. it's amazing. she tries to give them their pacifiers and puts them to sleep on their pillows...i guess she is watching mommy more than i realize! also, in the picture above she is reading her favorite book- surprise, surprise it is called little mommy and is all about a little girl who takes care of her dollies! she would be happy if we read this to her 20 times a day!paige trying to swaddle baby & upset that she cannot seem to do it herself!

...aaron's new blog & baby updates!

aaron started a very cool new blog titled TruthRemedy or www.truthremedy.blogspot.com. i will let you read about it for yourself...but i must say that i am thrilled he is finally putting his thoughts and ideas into words. aaron is smart & he has a lot of wisdom to offer...he likes to explore issues and ideas that many of us never think twice about. it should be a great discussion, a place to seek truth and to think about what we believe. check it out for yourself!

we have been very busy around here but i hope to post new pictures of paige in the next few days...in the meantime check out my cousin kim's blog for a video & some pics. here are a few of her jcpenney pictures (i put one on my everydayVALENTINE blog already)!!! so cute!

so we are back...i was out of town to sell some of my home made crafts at a christmas boutique...very fun and i will tell more about that later! here is the latest news and pictures around here. paige is growing and getting more chubby by the day! she is officially 13 lb. 3 oz. and 24 1/2 inches...wow i just cannot believe it. she is wearing 3 month clothes and her newborn pants all look like capri's on her!

Tate Bowen was born a few weeks ago and we cannot wait to meet him...i am already calling him paige's little boyfriend...if nothing else i hope they are friends someday...they are only a few months apart! check out dan & melissa's blog for some really great photo's and video!

paige loves aunt ev's big sink for her baths!

paige and brent got along really well...even though she kept pulling away from him in her swaddler.

i love kim!

uncle ray and i bonded...he taught me the "usc fight song" and "climb up sunshine mountain"...i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. uncle ray was always a fun uncle growing up...when we would visit we were just as excited to see him as we were to see aunt ev.

she was in a great mood on this day...she was so happy in fact that she kept falling asleep while we were trying to get pictures! she is smiling a lot now...i just cannot get enough of her smile!

our little cat on halloween...

...sorry girl...no candy for you yet!



we had fun at the pumpkin patch...although it was way too much money in our opinion...but paige got her own little pumpkin and we got some great pictures...so it was not a total loss.


there was a perfect space where a pumpkin was missing and paige fit right in it!
we had to get a few shots together!

aaron and i went on our first date w/out paige. my mom came over to help us out and babysit. we went to the shane & shane concert...they are amazing. i love them and have not been able to see them in concert...so i was in heaven. i love them. and what an exciting thing that they are just as good live as they seem. "pages" is a great album...check it out.


paige loves her new swing!

this was at 5 weeks old...one of my favorite paige pics!