The Alversons

Marley at 18 months

2011-01-05T14:12:00.000-08:00

I'm determined to catch up to Marley's 2nd birthday!
I can do it!! ...maybe.

Riding the Tractor at Amazing Jakes

Meet Pebbles Flintstone

First carousel ride

First Teacup Ride with Mommy

She thinks you're supposed to squint your eyes when you smile

Marley REALLY wanted to play with the camera... She'll thank daddy later for this picture!

Happy Girl

Sweetie

Marley writes her own songs.. (listen carefully.. there might be one about YOU!)

Marley at 17 months

2010-09-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

Making messes on purpose (of course)

This was SO fun to her.. Not to mommy

Marley's first experience with stickers. She put them all up her arm and then started crying because she wanted them off!

playing in her mess

Trying to escape

Dressing up in mommy's shoe. She would walk around say "hi momma! hi momma!"

She would this in her mouth all of the time, then walk around the house and play with it still in there.. like it's a normal thing.

She's still cute though

"Marley's eyes"

It doesn't get much cuter than that

all wet from the sprinklers

She wasn't sure about it at first, so puppy had to show her how to do it.

That's better!

Marley kept watching puppy drinking the water...

So she thought she'd try too

I love that face

So thirsty!

Momma play??

Peek a Boo!!

They're such good sharers

My two kids..

I made Marley a fort. She brought in her blanket, her baby doll, sippy, and what EVERY girl needs... A stud finder ;)

LOVES getting in mommy's jewelry and putting ALL of it on.
"bye momma!"

"what? I'm not doing anything!"

Marley at 16 months

2010-08-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

I know I know.. I'm almost 6 months behind! When did I get so busy!??

Oh yeah.. when I had MARLEY!! =)

Walking with Dad

Feeding the ducks

Marley playing at daddy's desk

So Smily

walking up the hill

Run run run RUN!

One of the few pictures Marley and I have together

I walked into Marleys room to find her stuffed animals all lined up and her apparently sleeping next to them. (Marley doesn't fall asleep anywhere but in her crib.)

Of course as soon as a take the picture she flips over quickly and laughs

I love how Focused they both look in this picture.

Marley loves stealing daddy's pens, but she always puts them back

This was at my Grandma's house. We went over for lunch and Marley wanted to smell all of her flowers. (She 'smells' but making the sound of sniffing with her mouth)
My Grandma would have LOVED this picture!

Higher daddy, HIGHER!!

Wheee!!

He loves her so much!

Completely content and happy..

Love.

Trying to get daddy's shadow puppet

Look at that perfect face!! Gotta love those teeth!

Playing D.S. (Practicing for when Landon comes home)

Daddy Kisses

playing in the yard

This is my sweet baby! I made this beautiful little girl!! =)

Hasn't stopped making messes

My little model

Marley had her FIRST treat from our ice cream man. Of course, she chose Spongebob.

getting caught doing daddy's work

Got her first tattoo

She kept saying "spongebob! Spongbob!" and then would kiss her foot

So, I was sitting in the livingroom with Marley and I hear a lady yelling outside "GET ON THE GROUND! GET ON THE GROUND!" I look out the front window and I see a cop with her gun pulled running in front of my house!
One minute later there are a total of 8 cop cars in front of my house and they had a guy pinned to the ground while another cop was looking into our backyard.
Two guys were robbing my neighbor. They caught one and the another hopped our fence. (they ended up catching that guy too)
Apparently our other neighboor had been keeping an eye on a suspicious car driving around. He watched him go up and check a couple doors to see if they were locked. Then called the cops.
I don't know if they checked our door, but it would of been so scary to see this guy walk in.

They had to bring in an ambulance because the guy hit his head on the ground when the cops pushed him down.
I'm just glad they caught him.
The lady next door wasn't home but she is the sweetest lady! We felt so bad for her.

The Bad Guy

Marley LOVES getting into Mommy's makeup

Makeup AND jewelry

Signing Daddy's papers... Van often turns in work that Marley has done for him.
He hasn't learned yet to move important things out of her reach.
She does his paper work, filled out one of his truck titles and wrote herself out a check.
AWWWW.. haha

Popcorn Popping

2010-05-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

Marley at 15 months

2010-05-17T10:39:00.000-07:00

Playing Football ...in the rain (she's hardcore!)

Coloring on the sidewalk.

She is so gorgeous!

hahaha.. I noticed this warning sign AFTER I had taken the picture. So funny!

Peek-a-boo!!

Yeah, THIS looks like the face of an innocent child. Riiiight..

"What mom??"

My Little Model

She does this thing with her lips where she puckers them out as she babbles. Usually she'll look down to see her lips as she tries to talk.

Multitasking: Talking on the phone, doing laundry and playing with Marley

She will randomly stop what she's doing, stare off in the distance and get a glazed look in her eyes. I can call her names a million times and it wouldn't faze her.

It kind of reminds me of J.D. from Scrubs. Anybody? Anybody??

Trying on her new "eyes"

In Daddy's sweater

Her favorite hairstyle

She loves hats

Marley got into Mommy's purse. I think it's time to have "the talk"

Marley came running into the living room one morning. She had ripped the cover off her monkey book, laid her baby on the ground and put the monkey face over the baby face.

Playing Mommy already

Another 'deep in thought' look

How did I get 3 months behind again??

2010-03-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

Marley at 14 months

She is EXCELLENT at making messes

Climbs in everything

Likes to show off that she can hold something in her mouth with NO HANDS!!

Jabbers on the phone

Has become very artistic

Has Daddy open her candy... She gets whatever she wants from Daddy (although this didn't start at 14 months)

I went to check on Marley and she had put one of her monkies inside a bowl and was reading to it.

Loves her giraffe

Look at those long legs! I'm pretty sure she doesn't get those from ME

LOVES the camera! Say Cheeese!!!

I was putting Marley in her chair to eat and as I picked her up, she quickly grabbed this magazine. As soon as I sat her down, she opened it up, started pointing at things and babbling.

Watch out Daddy! She Likes Jewelry!!

She always has me put her monkey ears on her head. She'll bring them out and put them on other people. Watch out when you come to visit! You'll be turned into a monkey! It's hilarious to see people suddenly start acting like a monkey as soon as those things touch their head.

Cutest lil monkey I've ever seen!

On a side note, my friend Lesley was in town and we went to Skateland.

That's right. SKATELAND! That's how we roll! (Pun Intended).

Oh my gosh, it brought back so many memories!! Skateland still smells the same as it did in middle school.

Afterwards, Lesley took me horseback riding! Sweet right?

WRONG!! I almost died this day!!! I had a runaway horse that left the line and didn't want to stop no matter how hard I yanked back the harness. It was so scary!!

Well, it was fun for most of the time. He started running away towards the end.

Needless to say, I'll probably never do that again.

In early January, we took a short family trip to flagstaff to play in the snow.

It was a long drive because we had to stop at a few places to buy snow gear and sleds.

Marley did sooo good on the drive!

We stayed at a bed & breakfast that had yummy made-to-order food.

Marley didn't like the muffins

"tweet tweet" Marley likes to point out birds and trees

She was so funny in her snow suit! She was so bundled, she couldn't move at all!

She kinda looked like a penguin when she attempted to walk.

We thought we'd let her lay on the sled while we walked to the hills.

But the sun was in her eyes and she couldn't move to get out of the way. Poor girl!! But it was soo funny!

Daddy helping out

ahhhh... That's better!!

We literally had to FOLD her in half to help her sit down

cold nose

Riding with Mommy

She went down her first hill!

She Loved it!

Ready to go home

Pretty long Video... But you'll watch it because I have the cutest daughter EVER!!

After this I'm only 3 months behind

2010-03-04T23:45:00.000-08:00

Marley at 13 months

Likes to Babble on mommy's phone.

Come home Daddy!!!

Mommy and Marley

She Finally started to discover what the camera does.

These make me laugh because it was the first time I'd take a picture and she would grab it to see what it looked like... Technology. Psh! When I was her age... wait. that makes me sound old.. Continuing....

We went bowling and a not-creepy-at-all bowling pin came out and danced with the crew.

Marley ran out and joined them. She can't pass up a good line dance.

Loves her loud toy (thanks Jenny)

Grandma came to visit.

Reading a book together... (Elephant)

We went on lots of walks trying to get linsey's baby out

It was cold!

For YOU, Mom..

Waking up Grandma

Marley wouldn't go to bed this night.

She screamed and cried and sobbed for a long time.

Mommy would come in, comfort her, lay her down and it would start again.

Finally Daddy got up, laid her in bed and with 30 seconds she was sound asleep.

Puts on any shoe she comes across

Started trying to open doors

Hi Nicholas!

NO PUPPY!!

She's totally looking at me from the corner of her eye!!

Standing on head

Takes her Blankie Everywhere

Stole someone's toothbrush and proceeded to brush her teeth WHILE stretching on PUPPY!

Spongebob?

Wearing a tape ring as a bracelet

Got her first haircut

Well.... bang trim

Constantly puts shoes on her hands and walks around on them

Excited for Christmas

In her favorite Jammies

See That Elvis Ornament? Everyday, A million times a day.. she would pull it off the tree,

Push the button and dance with it.

Elvis Ornament

Christmas Morning

Daddy got a mop, but this wasn't the reason he said he needed one

This was supposed to be a hard tire rubber stick for a large dog.

Yeah.. Half of it was GONE in 3 minutes.

Puppy jumped in her bath.

She didn't seem to mind though

All done.

Marley at 12 months

2010-01-30T23:57:00.000-08:00

For Marley's actual Birthday, We took her to.....
Rainforest Cafe!!! ... And of course, we sat by the monkeys.
She LOVED it!

She Colored her very first picture
(what a coincidence that it was curious george)

On the way there...
She likes Clicking her tongue

On the Way home...

Riding in Grandpa's Vette

Making Messes

Powered sugar..
Looks like a giraffe! My Baby is an artist!

Father/Daughter

Cute hat (go to http://polkadotposh.blogspot.com to see more)

We went to our ward Halloween party..
She wanted to dance with everybody

We went Bowling...
She wanted to dance with the bowling pin

She wants to help mommy with groceries
She tries to put the handles on her arms...big girl

My Marley can READ

2010-01-29T15:58:00.001-08:00

Marley at 11 months

2010-01-24T23:17:00.000-08:00

I know, I know.
Marley is almost 15 months!! Can you believe it!??
I'm sooo far behind on blogging, but I want to try and catch up.
There are so many "Firsts" in the first couple of years.. I can't just skip.

Marley at 11 months

Started drinking from a sippy

Helps mommy do laundry

Hanging out with new auntie and cousin

Has to have BOTH monkeys most of the day

Got to dress up as Pebbles Flintstone for Halloween

Mommy made all the costumes

Got a Boyfriend (Oliver) (She's a cougar)

Had a mummy wrapping contest (mommy and daddy won)

Van heard about these shoes... They have little squeakers in them.
I said, "Man! Those are so annoying!" He says, "Man! We HAVE to get those!!"
Marley loved them.

The same day as our Halloween party, Marley celebrated her first birthday.
That was a looooong day for her

We had a Monkey themed birthday party.
Here are some of the decorations...

Monkey game on the table..

We played a slideshow of Marley's First year =)

FOOOOOD!!!
YES! That IS a giant bowl full of Banana Runts.. YUM!

Monkey Cupcakes and banana flavored cupcakes mommy had fun making. Marley helped.

We also had Banana pops for dessert (frozen bananas dipped in chocolate)

Ready for guests to arrive.. equipped with squeaky shoes

We played Monkey in the middle
(You had to wear monkey ears and try to grab the banana being tossed around)

She got TONS of presents..

But Loved the bows

Little did mommy know.. this would become an obsession

Marley's Cake

She doesn't like her hands being messy

After a bath, she was ready for a nap

!2 months is coming soon!.. I promise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (maybe)

Marley at 10 months

2009-11-10T18:52:00.000-08:00

Loves playing in boxes

showing off her teeth

Being silly

Has to hold BOTH of her monkeys when she walks around

She actually fell asleep cuddling with me!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

AND she got to meet her long lost auntie for the first time

(my sister who I had lost contact with for 9 years!!)

Here are some old family photos with her.

She's the one with the ever-changing hairstyles

(man, she was soooo cool!!!)

I'm the chubby baby

I'm in the navy blue dress

I'm the one in the purple dress with the awesome bowl cut bangs

I'm definitely the cutest one HERE! =)

Thank You, Grandma!

2009-09-26T13:06:00.000-07:00

Marley got a Happy Birthday/Halloween package from her Grandma in Kentucky today.

After playing with it for quite awhile...

She finally decided to try to gnaw it open with her teeth.

Eventually, with a little help from mommy, she got her present open!

Marley at 9 months

2009-09-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

Marley has always LOVED this blankie from Holly.

It's her FAVORITE. She has to cuddle with it to sleep.

As soon as her hand touches the blanket, it goes up to her cheek and her finger goes in her mouth.

At 9 months she started walking around EVERYWHERE as long as someone was holding her hand.

She loves turning on the Roombas and then chasing them around the house.

She'll also climb on top of them and push them herself (do you think our warranty is still good??) =)

Who needs a Roomba with a timer when you have a baby that turns them on when she's tired of crawling on the filthy floors??

She likes making silly faces.

Yes, this is a silly face..she is NOT screaming =)

Eating with dad

Although, if she was REALLY eating with dad..

THIS is what she'd look like:

Her hair is long enough to have bed head now haha

Cutie.. She has 6 teeth!

AWWW...loves her blankie and her monkey

She must not have wanted to take a nap this day..

I went in to check on her and she was clutching onto her crib bar

hahah.. I love her!

Obviously her mattress isn't comfy enough..

Using the bumper as a pillow

One more cuddle picture.. I just love it when she's cuddly!!

Daddy was in charge of watching Marley..
After 10 min she already got ahold of a pen and drew on her face!

PREVIEW FOR 10 MONTHS!

My baby is WALKING!!!...and talking!!

it's kinda long but pretty amusing..

FUN.

2009-08-31T11:50:00.000-07:00

On the 29th I got to see my favorite band perform a Free in-store show.

The lead singer used to be in the band 'The Format'. They were a local band here in AZ, but became somewhat popular towards the end. You may recognize their songs, "The first single" or "Tune Out" or "She doesn't get it" from the radio.

They broke up and the singer started a new band called FUN.

They just finished touring with Manchester Orchestra (which I got to see while I was in Kentucky, and then again here in AZ).

Now they're touring with HelloGoodbye. They stopped here to do an in-store concert at Zia Records to promote the release of their first album "Aim and Ignite".

I went with my sister, Linsey and we were right up front.. we could of grabbed him if we really wanted to.

So, I got some great shots..it was sooo much FUN!!! (no pun intended!)

NATE!! (see Justin, he's hot =) haha

Jack

Andrew (he's cute too..Linsey wants him) ;)

They are so funny and friendly... really cool, down to earth people.

They stayed after to do a cd/poster signing...

Nate and I would make such a cute couple don't you think?

Just Kidding, Van!

...or Am I ??? =)

Way to close your eyes and ruin my picture, Jack!

I brought a sign that said "Hi Trisha" on it to take a picture with Nate for my little sister that lives in Kentucky.

I sent it to her and she FREAKED out! haha.. I have good ideas.

He was so sweet about it.. he was like, "awww that's so cute!" "well, Tell Trisha I said HI!!.. ya know, in case the whole picture thing doesn't work out and send her the message... let her know I said hi!" .. She got a kick out of that.

Marley at 8 months

2009-08-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

Marley is 9 months now.. but I've been meaning to do this post for awhile..

I'll keep it short! (hahahha... Yeah RIGHT!!)

My baby is like a little person now.. so curious!

So expressive!

Snarley Marley

I love her cute little curled foot in this picture!.. she's got attitude!!

Trying to stand

Don't be fooled.. She's a Daddy's Girl!!

She doesn't like kisses =(

She LOOOOVESS.....

Playing with her "laptop" from grandma...

Looking out the window...

Chasing Puppy and laughing about it...

Cuddling with her Kentucky Monkey...

Pretending like she's falling asleep and then jump up and start playing with mommy's face...

Listening to music...

Playing in her crib..

Lounging...

Trying to pull down her mobile (that's no longer in her crib!)

Dumping the trash over..

playing UNDER her jumper...

Taking Baths...

And following Daddy EVERYWHERE!!! no joke.

Helping Dad do dishes

Helping Dad fix the fridge

She still chews on EVERYTHING!!.. Yes, I made that cute zebra! =)

Marley LOVES puppy! In fact, she acts like her A LOT.. They have a lot of the same mannerisms. weird huh?

Here's one of the times they were playing together.

They both like to chew on water bottles. They just laid there staring at eachother, chewing on their own water bottles. It was sooo funny!

Marley and Puppy heard daddy come home =)

Happy Birthday, Van!!

2009-07-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

Van turned the big 2-5 a couple weeks ago.

YAY! He's finally as old as ME again!! (Yes, he married an older woman.. and he's PROUD of it!)

The day before his birthday, Van decided at the last minute he wanted to go to F1 Raceway. Some of the family got together and Van, Dawson, Me and Jenny all got to race eachother.

These cars are FAST!!

Me trying to pass Jenny

Old 25er

Dawson and Jenny

Marley was unsure about me in a helmet.

Our sweeeet jumpsuits

Hanging out with Grandma watching us race

Sporting the do-rag we had to wear under our helmets

Then on his actual birthday, Van got to open presents in the morning..

Marley and puppy BOTH helped daddy open his gifts..haha

...waiting for the next one..

The family met up again for dinner at Garcias. Van said, "no singing.. don't have them sing to me"... so THIS is what he got....

OH, and then right after, the Garcias crew came in and sang as well. haha SUCKER!

Van got to open some more presents. Some tools, Spongebob fruit snacks, Spongebob DS game, and even Spongebob Jammies!

I don't know if Van's trying to look like Spongebob in this picture or if he just is REALLY THAT EXCITED!??

Aaaannnd.. Marley got to play with more wrapping paper.

ooohhhhh SHINEY!!

Who needs to go on an American Tour??? psh!

2009-07-01T16:14:00.000-07:00

So our brother and sister are out traveling the country (check out their blog HERE )...

They think they're soooo cool!!

Well, we decided to rent a giant inflatable slip n slide just to spite them.

Also, to prove that you can have MORE fun just staying home!

AANNND.. maybe make them cry just a little when they see what they are missing out on.

(Can you tell we're a little jealous yet??)

Day 1: our friends, Justin and Amy, came over to help us test it out.

We had plenty of races... Us girls were just working on trying to make it all the way to the end.

The boys had no problem with that and would land in the swimming pool we placed at the end just in case.

(It probably helped that we loaded the thing up with dish soap!)

Here's us at the starting line.. (actually, this picture is mostly to show off Van's walkway again...and the garden)

(this one too)

The boys wanted some more excitement, so they started to get creative.. Jumping over the sides, bouncing off the middle, seeing how high they could get, we even tried holding onto a rope and pulling eachother across

Puppy kept jumping onto it too .. we didn't even have to make her! You'd be sliding on it then next thing you knew puppy would be dashing past you!

Day 2:

We invited the family over just to make Dawson and Jenny EXTRA sad.

Marley's cousins and Grandma

Playing on the slide

Abby didn't really want to go on. It took me an hour and a half to convince her it was gonna be AWESOME!! (AND we needed more pictures of family having fun for the jealousy factor).

She seemed like she ended up having the MOST fun! She giggled the entire time.

Maddy: "Heather!! What are you doing!!???"

While everyone played and had a good time, Van delegated to Lloyd and made him sweep the new walkway and had Marley laugh at him. (Lloyd saw me take this picture and said, "I better not see that on the blog!!"... Don't people know when you say that you're just asking for it????)

(p.s. Take another gander at the walkway and garden =)

After the family left, Van called up a bunch of kids in our ward and they all came over til it got dark.

All in all it was the BEST time of our lives and only ONE kid lost a leg!

Great! Now I have to buy HER one!

2009-06-27T21:09:00.001-07:00

I just got back from visiting my family in Kentucky. My little brother, Eli, was getting surgery on his chest again.
Six hours later in the waiting room, Marley started to get fussy.
My sis, Trisha put her on this bike and she LOVED it!!... couldn't stop kicking her feet..so cute!

(yes, I'm on the phone while recording..sorry. :)

My Newer of the New Projects!

2009-06-18T20:31:00.000-07:00

Roxxi said i was unable to and didnt have the skillz to do it!
For those keeping track of how long each project takes... um... this took an hour.

First step:
Pick up the bricks

2nd:
Dig out the area

3rd:
Pour the sand

4th:
Level

5th:
Put the pavers down

6th:
Clap

..and the winner IS....

2009-06-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

..I bet you just can't WAIT to find out!

Thank you to those who participated, I wish I could give EVERYONE something.

There will be more contests like this so keep checking!

...and the winner IS....

(using Random.org)

Entry #4 !!

who's #4, you ask??

Veronica Marroquin.........come on down!

Congratulations!!

I will be emailing you shortly =)

Again, a big thanks to everyone else and stay tuned for the next giveaway.

Win a FREE gift from ME!!

2009-06-06T15:51:00.000-07:00

HEY FRIENDS!!! (...and blog stalkers!)

So I just started an Etsy Store Called Roxxi Boutique.

Right now I just have some baby booties on there that are SUPER SUPER cute!!

Go check them out!! Get some for your baby or for a baby shower gift!!

Keep checking because I will be posting other items constantly... baby soft blocks, onesies, gift sets, etc. I also will be adding more of a selection of boy stuff for those cute boys out there. I just got excited about the girly ones seeing as how I have a girl.

Do you want to win a FREE item from my store???

Here's how:

See the button to the right of my blog?? If you click on it, it'll take you to my store.

Underneath that button there's a code you can post onto your blog or site.

Post my button to your site and then email me at: Holywoo@Hotmail.com saying you did. Also, give me your site address (so I can spy and make sure you did).

On Thursday (the 11th) I will randomly choose someone who will be able to pick anything they want from my store. Don't worry if you don't have kids...These are AWESOME gifts!!

Want to be entered TWICE???

Make your own post about this contest on YOUR blog and you'll be entered twice.

**the winner WILL be totally random. I'll be using Random.org to pick my winner.

THANK YOU and Good LUCK!!

(stay tuned.. there will be MORE contests in the future)

How to make a garden

2009-05-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

Van's been getting on me about posting lately. He really wants pictures of his garden up.

Yes, this is HIS garden. He is VERY proud of it... Has to go outside and look at it every morning.

When Marley is sad he says, "oh, I know what's wrong! You want to go see the garden!",

then takes her outside.

Here was our process:

Take out all the weeds and grass

Lay plastic down so those mean ol weeds don't come back no more no more...

And poke holes so it doesn't get moldy.

Poke holes Faster...

Produce some manure

Lay Manure (this attracted A LOT of flies!!....Puppy took care of THEM!!)

Puppy also made sure those lizards stayed away from the garden...GOOD puppy!!

Plant seeds (with some help from Marley)

Get the RIGHT kind of soil and try again......... *sigh*

Puppy chased the empty bags around and made sure we got all the soil out

Build a wall ..BIGGER and BETTER

This was a dirty job!!

Yes, those are TWO trucks parked in our backyard!!!

Fill with more dirt (and replant everything...puppy helped)

After watering, some sun, and late night lullabies....

WATCH YOUR GARDEN GROW!!!

OH, and don't forget your enchanted garden gnome

Hey! I got a new camera!!

2009-05-18T13:40:00.000-07:00

I only got to take 1 picture with it :( ... actually i got 2 pictures, front and back... and i got a free video when i went on their website!!

roxxi is in the back seat saying, "Faster Van! I'm HUNGRY!!"

76 in a 65... dont think i'm going to pay that ticket

Roxxi's Birthday!! ...and her present..

2009-05-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

So with all the kids we have now, i picked up a minivan for her bday! She's in kentucky visiting her mom right now, but this will be waiting for her in the garage.

With the backup camera

and the tvs

I think i'll feel more like a man when it looks like this:

Faith in Fast Cars

2009-03-24T09:27:00.000-07:00

Heather, I'm posting this on my blog for you. I don't know why it says it's private on myspace.

(Heather and I made this video two years ago?? When we were bored we did lots of silly things...notice our BEAUTIFUL backround. we're so creative haha)

Hopefully this works..
Faith in Fast Cars

Have 11 Minutes To Kill?!

2009-02-23T19:36:00.000-08:00

I dont think I have a favorite episode yet, but, this one is at the top of my list!!

Oh, Roxxi is busy right now... This will be funny when she finds out I put this up here. She's watching Lost.... BORING!! So here's something more entertaining!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4639339137565247761

Singing to Marley

2009-02-03T08:47:00.000-08:00

I brought out my guitar today to play to Marley. She was smiling SO big and kicking a lot. It was sooo adorable that I had to get out the camera. She does it a little bit here but I think she wanted to check out the camera instead so I didn't get as much excitement from her. But watch her anyways.

I know I'm not the best singer/guitar player in the world but I'd do ANYTHING to make that girl smile.

...Yes, my puppy has loud little feet

Why you should own PLENTY of pots and pans

2009-01-30T12:16:00.000-08:00

Many of you assume: "Oh, Roxxi is SOOOOOO lucky to have a "Handyman" for a husband!"

Well..... Let me tell you something.

THESE are the kind of things I, the loving, caring, and ever so patient wife has to deal with when my husband experiments on our home.

Remember that garage Van's been building? (see previous posts). Well, before he put in the floor, he removed our water heater and washer/dryer so that he could paint underneath them. While moving the water heater back in, he busted the spout at the bottom which left us with NO water heater!

Exibit A:

Now let's do the math...

Well, this leads us to

Exibit B:

When you're only cooking for two, you don't need very many cooking pots. But, man did I ever wish I had some BIG cooking pots instead of all these teeny tiny ones.

YES. Those are THREE pots of water boiling AND a bowl being zapped in the microwave.

"WHY??" You ask.

LITERALLY an HOUR AND A HALF later I get THIS:

Exibit C:

Exibit D:

And that's ALL I get. An hour and a half and I don't even get a half a tub of warm water. It was EXHAUSTING trying to make myself a bath but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

Impressed with how long I've been going back and forth from Kitchen to Bathroom, Van comes to check it out.

And guess what he has the NERVE to do!... That's right! HE jumps in there before ME!! Turning my hard earned warm water into smelly, dirty, "handyman" water! NOT FUNNY!

The Garage floor is DONE!!

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What the floor looked like before

Roxxi was in charge of the speckling. That was the most AMAZING speckling job if I've ever seen one!!...PLUS a closer look at Roxxi's paint job. She is just SOO awesome!!

Van was in charge of rolling the paint while Roxxi's dad did the edges...they did an ok job

ALL FINISHED!!

TADA!!

My New Garage!

2009-01-18T14:31:00.000-08:00

So, here's the before:

After an hour or so:

Then i had breakfast and before lunch it looked like this:

Lunch was so good that i took a nap. Then i put a few more pieces together to make it look like this: This was a good time to put the garage door on:

Then by dinner time i had the insulation, drywall, and paint done.

The OTHER blog

2009-01-17T21:24:00.000-08:00

Hey!! Check out my photography blog!! http://remembermebyroxxi.blogspot.com/

It's just getting started.. but you should keep an eye on it =)

Leno Family

2009-01-01T09:53:00.000-08:00

Did you know our family is related to Jay Leno?... I don't see it. =)

Just some pictures

2009-01-01T08:43:00.000-08:00

Look at those lips!! Talk about Heartbreaker!

So I have these animals above Marley's changing table... EVERYTIME I lay her on there she STARES at the little monkey and just smiles! She could be crying her eyes out and all I have to do is show her that monkey and she's so happy. It's the cutest thing...so random.

Oh YEAH!...Marley started smiling!! Look at that! Adorable, huh? She's on the verge of laughing...I can't wait!

We went to temple lights just before Christmas with the Butlers...AWWW We're cute!

I had to post this picture. We were in the car and I couldn't see her since it was so dark. I just pointed the camera and this is what I got... Hilarious.. she's like.. "what mom."

This was funny too.... Marley next to my friend's son, Larsen. He kept trying to roll over on her. He'd CRUSH her...but it was all out of love.

Trip to the Zoo

2008-12-05T18:25:00.000-08:00

Jake, Holly & McKenzie took us out to the Zoo. It was so fun! Look at all the animals we got to see. AWESOME.

Marley resting up for her first day seeing animals

Jake trying to figure out where we're going to go first
McKenzie being so cute as always
The Giraffes were so close we couldn't believe it! They're always so far away but we walked up right when they were getting fed. PERFECT timing!

Marley Loves giraffes....our cute family =)

Marley trying to look around..sooo cute!

McKenzie wanted to see the TIGERS. He was staring right at me!...I was kinda scared

I felt somewhat better when he laid down *phew*
The Otters

Looking through the telescope

The Baboons

Daddy got to carry Marley in her sling for the first time... awww

Ok...The Spider Monkies were the COOLEST!! Everyone MUST go see!

You go in their little village and they're jumping and swinging from trees and ropes all around you! There are little plastic containers filled with hay and crickets. They monkies hang upside down and fight to get those crickets. It's so entertaining!

He's like, "GOTCHA!!!...now I'm going to EAT you!"

This little guy got the bottom of the container off... smarty pants
The Rhinos

Elephant

Baby Orangutan

Holly the Turtle...HAHAHA so cute!
Van Got adopted by the kangaroo

Kenzi riding the Croc... brave girl
Yay...Bestest Friends

Ok, Van got ahold of my camera and there was about 100 pictures of these goats. He thought they were hilarious cuz they kept heading butting eachother... *sigh..boys*...

4th Tag

2008-11-17T20:17:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken on the way to Jenny and Dawson's Halloween Party. I was Juno and Van was Bleeker. This was just 4 days before I finally delivered =)

For this tag you have to post the 4th picture in the 4th photo file on your computer. Then you have to tag 4 people. I tag Holly, Roseanne, Amber & John

WOOHOO!! Finally some pictures!

2008-11-16T14:18:00.000-08:00

The Baby Shower

2008-10-07T07:42:00.000-07:00

I had the BEST baby shower EVER!! (not that I've had one before... but still.. It was pretty much AWESOME!)

This is Holly. She's the greatest. She put together the party

and made those Fabulous strawberries

mmmmmmmm.... I want more!

"Mom to be" and "Grandma to be"

(also, in the backround.. Great- grandma to be)

...and check out my Pink roses and those RAD cupcakes

Heather, Me and Nancy Pants
Tina came!! She's been my mom's friend since 6th GRADE!!

She was at MY baby shower when my mom was

having ME!! CrAZy huh?

Heather, Me and Jenny... we're so cute
THE FAMILY
Luhanna & Me..the pregnant girls

Except she was lucky enough to get her baby two days later

I'm a sucker. "Pin the Bottle on the Baby" ...sooo funny!

I actually WON this one! ... I'm a good mother =)

Christa talking to baby Marley. She thinks she's the

favorite auntie already because she talks to

her all the time

Look at all my Presents!!! yay!!! =)
Me and the party planner! We're the CUTEST!!! YAY! That was sooo fun!! Thanks Holly!!

While Roxxi was at her Baby Shower....

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I had to find something more fun to do.... Hmmm.... Oh, I'll rent a chain saw!

Chain Saw - 1 Van - 0

Look at me Look at me!

2008-09-28T12:31:00.000-07:00

Someone told me i couldnt grow a watermelon by spitting out the watermelon seeds on the ground. She also said the same thing about cantaloupe!

Although she was right was about the peaches :(

Your SNEAK PEEK!

2008-09-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

Since we're getting SO anxious for our baby girl to come, we wanted to do something to "hold us over" for the next few weeks. So we went to get one of those 3D ultrasounds.

I don't know if she's stubborn like her daddy or shy like her mommy but she wasn't very cooperative. We spent 45 min looking at the back of her head and one of her cute little ears. She was sound asleep and refused to turn around.

The technician had me rolling around in several different positions, poked around at my belly, had me drink cold juice, had me stand up for awhile....still... nothing. Of course she was as active as can be ALL morning long up until we pulled into the parking lot. We even stopped at dairy queen for a blizzard to make sure she would be awake.

Well, finally the technician said she would stay later (after they closed and after her shift) to try again. We had to leave because another appointment was there waiting. So we left for an hour and a half, then came back to try again....

YAY!! HALLELUJAH!! She had turned around!!!... But whatta know.. she immediately put her little hand right over her face!

So more poking and rolling came and she finally moved her hand above her head. Come to find out... She was playing with the umbilical cord and was moving it all in front of her face.

(Here's the 2D version)

So we finally got a couple decent shots. The technician was able to sort of scan THROUGH the umbilical cord to her face. It resulted with slightly distorted pictures but I'll take that over nothing. All the weird bubbly parts of the picture is the cord in front of her face.

Here's her adorable smile (she was also yawning and sticking her tongue out) (I think she was smirking because she thought she was so funny hiding from us)

Here's one more picture.. She has such a cute little nose and cubby cheeks that just want to be squeezed

There were also some whispies on the top of her head. We were told she has some hair!! =)

....I don't think this is going to hold me over for too long... I want to hold those tiny hands

Jelly Belly Factory

2008-08-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

You THINK you only have to wait in line outside til you get through the doors...

20 Minutes ain't so bad...

...Still waiting in line...
Taking a break from waiting in line...
.....1 hour and a half later...or was it 2 hours?

They gave you hats so you knew your group was next to go on the tour.

....Only 15 more minutes of waiting.

YUM!.. GET in my BELLY!! Jelly Belly guy was so generous!

The Tutu

2008-07-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

I started making this skirt as part of our baby girl's blessing outfit. I want her to have the most poofy dress EVER. I decided to try it on puppy to see how it looked. She was a good model.

Normally, she hates it when we put things on her but she seemed to enjoy this one a little too much. We were cracking up watching her walk around in it, it was sooooo hilarious!

Look at that face!

Side view
Butt View..HAhahahaha.. this is my favorite
Front
She looks like a princess looking out the window. haha

Baby's Nursery!!

2008-07-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

So I FINALLY got the baby's nursery MOSTLY set up.
It's so cute...I love it!... Thanks to Jenny
and Heather for helping me paint it...
that was a pain! But soooo worth it! =)

Puppy in the Pool

2008-07-18T20:28:00.000-07:00

We bought Puppy a kiddie pool for the summer.
She Loves us!
She goes outside for hours just splashing around.
She makes it look so fun.. I'm always tempted
to jump in and sit with her..... I think I'm too fat.

Some Belly Pictures

2008-06-25T09:40:00.001-07:00

8 Weeks

15 Weeks

20 Weeks

24 Weeks

27 Weeks

31 Weeks

35 Weeks

Our Baby Girl

2008-06-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, we're having a little mini Roxxi.

I can tell she's already going to be soooo cute!... and a troublemaker.

<---------@ 7 weeks.. Just a little peanut

....@ 19weeks and 5 days

Baby's profile

Her cute little foot...with all five toes

Sucking her thumb...cute now but I better break that habit =)

Eli's Surgery

2008-06-24T12:47:00.000-07:00

My brother Eli had some major surgery done. Doctors placed a bar in his chest to pop it out. He keeps the bar in for 3 years. It was very scary seeing him in the ICU for 8 days but he's feeling better.

Getting Ready for surgery

Peer Pressure

2008-06-24T07:16:00.000-07:00

I Guess it's time to start a blog...
Everyone is making me.