I love my girls

I just wanted to write these few little happenings down before I forget about them.

I had gotten Bailey out of the bath and she was all dressed for bed, and then I moved on to getting Abby dressed. As soon as I turned away from her, Bailey ran for the tub (which still had some water in it), and jumped in, clothes on and all! I pulled her out and she was crying because she was cold and confused as to why she was wet. The little stinker. We just had to laugh! She thought she was teasing me, but in the end, she wasn't too happy!

Abby has these pink water shoes that she still loves to wear, but they have gotten kind of stinky from her wearing them without socks, and today she brought them over to me and said "Mom, these are poopy". I tried to explain to her that it was the smell from her feet, not that they were literally poopy. So I told her I would wash them, and then she ran over to Gavin and said, "Daddy, look, these are poopy", and I said, "Abby, I don't think Daddy wants to smell your shoes". She makes me laugh! Abby is getting very smart in so many ways, and it is nice that she is finally understanding why I say no to certain things, not just because I'm a mean mom.

The last story was so funny. Usually, my girls take a little while to wind down in their room before they fall asleep, so I have to go and check on them several times. Usually Abby is pretty wild, throwing toys or climbing in Bailey's crib, and so when I heard a loud noise, I ran in ready to pull Abby out of the crib. I came in, and Bailey was jabbering really loud and banging a toy on her crib and Abby was laying on her bed trying to fall asleep. Abby said "Mommy, Bailey is loud", and I just started laughing because talk about role reversal! Abby is kind of growing out of it, and Bailey is getting into it now! So I went to calm Bailey down, and she just starts laughing and rolling around her crib, the little naughty thing!

I love my girls and I love these sweet and funny moments, it makes it all worth it!

Mother's Day!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day this year, and I hope you all did too! I love my little girls so much, they make us so happy! These pictures are kind of backwards in order, but here is how the day went:

Gavin brought me breakfast in bed (toast and yogurt :), which was sweet. He also helped me get the girls ready for church, which helps so much!

At church we had some really good talks on motherhood, which is always inspiring to hear. In Relief Society, we got all kinds of good food and they let us just visit for most of the hour instead of having a lesson, which was fun! Our Bishop gave us all a pair of pink socks too, which made me laugh, and guess who put them on as soon as we got home? Yup, Bailey, the little girl loves anything that is soft and cuddly.

Gavin made me a nice steak dinner that night and then we took a walk to the duck pond on campus, which the girls love.

It was such a nice day and I can't believe I already have two little girls and one on the way! Time sure has flown by, but I can honestly say I have never been so happy as I am now as a mother!
The girlies ready for our walk to see the ducks!
I love this picture of Abby, the little ham!
Um, I thought the bread was for the ducks???? hehe
Abby LOVES feeding the ducks, who I think are actually overfed :)
cute Bailey being her usual goofy self :) she is so cute!

One of the only times the girls held still for a picture :)
So here is my growing belly, it is hard to tell in the picture, but I feel like I'm sticking out a lot all of a sudden!
Our little family, I love these guys! I am looking quite pale from the sickness, so sorry about that! It is getting a little bit better, but there are still some yucky days. Anyway, I'm so blessed to be part of my cute little family! I think Gavin is hoping for a little boy this time, we have a lot of emotions in our house :)

The $11 Chair

Gavin told me I have to post about our chair; he said it is "blog worthy", so I didn't want to let him down :)

Here is the story behind "Old Brown", AKA Gavin's new desk chair. He bought this chair from BYU for $2, yep, $2. They were selling a whole bunch of chairs from campus for really cheep. So Gavin walked in the house with this chair a few weeks ago, and I kind of laughed. If you are at BYU or have been lately, you have probably seen these light brown chairs all over campus.

Anyway, the chair was pretty worn out and the color was not too lovely, so we decided to go and get some fabric and reupholster it ourselves. We headed to Joann's Fabrics and we found this black vinyl fabric for $9 and yard and Gavin got to work on the chair with his nail gun.

So in the end, I think it looks a lot better and it only cost $11! Gavin is very proud of his work and wanted me to post a picture, so here you go.......

The girls

Bailey is so full of it, here she is all comfy-cozy in her crib. Look how intelligent she is, reading books! Really, she just pretends to read them because she sees Abby doing it. She is really starting to get a personality and is repeating a lot of words we say.
Passed out on the couch, I felt bad about this one, poor thing.....
Here is our princess Abby, who can't get enough of anything princess lately. It is so funny to me because I honestly have not really introduced much princess stuff to her, but as soon as she saw toys and movies for the first time, she has been hooked on princess stuff. She loves to sing and dance, but gets mad when we watch her dance, so this picture is a rare one.
My Mom came down this week and we went to a park with the girls. They had a blast! Abby is so fast and I can't hardly keep up with her at parks anymore. Bailey is trying to be big and climb everything, but has no idea of the danger involved. She got a big goose egg on her forehead while we were walking to the slides, poor thing.
Our little cutie playing at the park......
Like I said, it is hard to keep up with Abby at the park! She doesn't want to hold still for pictures, which is understandable :) She makes us laugh.

What we're up to....

Gavin has finished and started another semester at BYU already! He has three semesters left until we are done, and we can't wait. He will be applying for law schools this Fall and graduating in December.

We are also going to be moving into a three bedroom apartment in August, which we can't wait for. With this third baby on the way, there is just no way we can pack three kids into this little house. We'll miss it though, we have been here for almost 3 years now, which is hard to believe. The funny thing is the new apartment is right across the street from my OBGYN office and the hospital I will be delivering at, so I guess I could really just walk across the street when I go to deliver.

I'm still feeling really sick most days, but I am learning to deal with it better I guess. I am 3 1/2 months now and I feel like I'm already showing, hmmmmmm.

The girls keep us very busy, they have become good little buddies and it is cute to see them play so well together.

Anyway, that is our update :)

Extra Easter Pics!

I forgot to mention in my last post that this adorable dress is from Gavin's Mom! She gave matching dresses to our girls and they looked so cute in them on Easter. Thanks Mom!
We had a massive Easter egg hunt also at his parents house at the church across the street with all the grand kids from Gavin's side. There were a million eggs and it was cute to see all the kids run full speed across the street to get their eggs. Bailey actually found a golden egg with a dollar bill in it. She was a lucky girl, the older kids really wanted that one I think!
Here we have Sidney, Tommy, Grant, Tyler, and more of the cousins waiting to get their eggs.......
And the cute girls waiting patiently (Sienna and Laura)!!!

We had a fun holiday with his family and his Mom cooked some delicious food as usual, she always works so hard to feed everyone in this big family!

Easter Fun!

Easter Sunday at Grama's House

Wow, I really haven't posted anything for about 5 weeks now. Yes, I am still alive, just trying to make it through each day with this pregnancy sickness. Some days are better than others, but I have just had such strong nausea this time and fatigue. I am trying to be positive, but it has been going on now for 5 weeks straight!!!!!!! I know it will pass, but wow, this is getting old.

Anyway, we had a great Easter weekend with family and I loved General Conference as usual. It is one of the only times I get to hear any talks lately because at church I am usually up with the kids.


Anyway, just wanted to post some pictures from those two days: (they are backwards in order, sorry :) too tired to fix it :)

Nausea, nausea, nausea

For the first few weeks of this pregnancy, I felt pretty dang good, not too much nausea, just mild. The past few days though, oh my goodness, out of control nausea and fatigue. I hate it because I want to still be a good mommy to my girls, but I'm am feeling so out of it! I'm sure Gavin thinks I am faking it and being a lazy cow, but the last few days, I have been a permanent resident of our family room couch. It is hard to entertain a 3 year old and a 16 month old when you feel like if you move too much you will barf all over! (sorry for the mental image)

I'm so excited for this baby, but wow, this sickness has probably been the worst of my pregnancies so far! Maybe that is why I love my kids so much, because I worked hard to get them here :)

I am about to throw out ANY and ALL things that have ANY scent whatsoever, I don't know that there is any smell that isn't making me sick right now.

I know this is just a trial, so I'm trying to get through it and still be a good, happy Mom. The good thing is, I have a great husband who helps me when he can!

Abby's Birthday!

Abby's Birthday turned out so fun this year! We had my parents and my grandma over for dinner on Sunday and they were so nice to come! Abby got a lot of nice gifts and was really excited for the princess dress and barbie doll (her latest obsession). My parents with Abby....
Opening gifts....
Grandma Ryan and Abby...

On Saturday (the day before her Birthday), we took the girls to the Discovery Gateway downtown SLC. They LOVED it and didn't want to leave! Abby loved the helicopter and jumped right in the front seat to steer.
Another favorite of hers..... the little kitchen playroom.
Bailey loved it too and was all over the place!
Bailey kept trying to climb that wall, little wild thing


Abby has grown up too fast! We love her so much and it has been so fun to see her grow and change each year!