Merry Christmas!

Where did the time go? Christmas Eve is tomorrow and I can't believe it. I love Christmas, it is my favorite time of year. I love the songs, the movies, stories, traditions, family, the Spirit, the lights, and decorations. I love Christmas. This year is especially special because it is Noah's 1st Christmas! Yay! I am so dang excited. He is so cute, he has already opened several presents from under the tree (most were not his!) He and our little kitten have destroyed our tree. But I love it. This time of year is so different now that I am a mom. I hope that Trev and I can always give our kids what I had growing up. I hope they value family and traditions and giving. I pray they love the season and never forget the real meaning of it all. I have so many traditions I want to start with my own family. :) Noah is growing up too fast. Right now is favorite things are waving ( it is the cutest thing ever.), clapping, throwing things, being naked, and just destroying anything in his path. I can hardly keep up with him! He has taken a few [very] wobbly steps and I know he can do it but he still isn't too sure about it. I'm so proud of my baby. I cannot believe he is 10 months old! Tonight I am trying to get all of our stuff packed up so we can leave for Malad tomorrow. WooHoo! Tomorrow will be crazy. In the morning I need to bake lots of goodies, pack our car up and get me and Noah ready.... Trev has to work all day and has to drive down to malad by himself when he gets off work. But we have our annual Christmas Eve party and my Grandpa Con and Tonya's house :) :) my favorite night of the year. Yummy food and great company. Then we (me, trev, noah, teesh, mom, and dad) will drive out to good ol holbrook and open our xmas eve gifts. Bedtime! Christmas Morning! Santa stuff (and yes, at our house we have never stopped the santa gifts even though teesh and i are both old;)) breakfast, nanny comes over and we open our gifts, hang out all day and eat yummy food and play games and watch movies. Ahhhhhhh. This is just the best thing ever. Usually that afternoon my aunt cole and chris and the kids and gpa gary and gma sherma come out and visit us. :)I love my family. I love Christmas. I am so excited.

* I struggles uploading pics on here tonight. I am very frustrated with it. So here are the captions for the pictures above.

1st one-Noahs cute my first Christmas santa hat
2nd one- Our pretty tree
3rd one- my cute little guy cheesin it for the camera. [and yes he is chewing on a bulb syringe, yuck! lol.] Oh ya, and his shirt says "Who needs Santa when I have Grandma?" Haha. Isn't that the truth. :)

My Favortie Songs of 2010

I like to make lists at the end of every year... favorites of each year so i can look back and remember good times! Here is a list of my favorite songs of the year (incomplete i'm sure)

Just the Way You Are- Bruno Mars (he is totally dreamy by the way)
Raise Your Glass- Pink
Love Like Crazy- Lee Brice
California Girl- Katy Perry
Not Afraid- Eminem
If It's Love- Train
Billionaire- Travie McCoy
Firework- Katy Perry
Heartbreak Warfare- John Mayer
Mine- Taylor Swift
Just haven't Met You Yet- Michael Buble
Airplanes- BOB & Haley Williams
Need You Now- Lady A
Break Even- The Script
Just A Dream- Nelly
Undo It- Carrie Underwood
I Never Told You- Colbie Calliat
Baby- Justin Bieber

Marriage.

I have been thinking about marriage a lot, and working being a better wife... yada yada yada. :) Anyways anyone who knows me know I love quotes and I came upon a few sites that sparked my interest. Enjoy.

You can’t create a perfect marriage, but you can create a better marriage. It all begins with you. - Gary Chapman

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person. - Mignon McLaughlin

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's the choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again --and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
-Barbara De Angelis

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day. -Barbara De Angelis

Marriage is hard work. It's not easy, but it is worth it to go through life with your best friend. All the ups are worth the downs. You have to be realistic about marriage. All my life I thought marriage was this fairytale, happily ever after, perfect thing. Truth is, the only thing perfect about is how imperfect it actually is. Marriage is work, compromise, fighting..... but it is also love, incredible happiness, laughter. I have learned that compromise is essential, laughter is a must, and above all you have to put your marriage and partner FIRST. They come before kids, family, friends. Period. If you want your marriage to last you have to put your husband [wife] first. When you got married you made a decision to put one person's feelings above your own. I love being married. I love Trev and the life we have. I love the struggles, I love growing and learning with him. We definitely have our many differences but it works for us. I support him and he supports me. I am grateful for the life and family I have. I am thankful for my wonderful husband. Thanks for letting me share. :)

Quote of the Night. [and some extra thoughts.]

"The only thing standing in the way of who you are and who you want to be is self discipline."

Found this quote today, and I kind of love it. Such a simple concept... but for me self discipline is totally hard. I suck at it. Ever since I can remember I have been making schedules and to-do lists... and at the end of the day I still have a bunch of things I didn't get around to. I am a procrastinator. It seems like there is always tomorrow.... I will start exercising tomorrow, I will start going to bed at 10 tomorrow night, tomorrow I will start a more organized chore list.... the list goes on. Story of my life. Haha. I'm not saying I am a total failure just because I have ZERO self discipline... I am just saying it's been on my mind a lot lately. And quotes always help me figure things out. :) Trying to get some kinda of self discipline is my goal right now. There is always room for improvement and I think people should be always trying to better themselves. I want to be better for myself and for my family. My list of goals and things I need to work on is like never-ending but.... for now - SELF DISCIPLINE.


Here is a happy picture.
This little guy is my world. He makes me want to be the very best I can be. Love you Noah boy.

Mom and Dad.

I need to dedicate a post to my most amazing mom and dad. I have the best parents anyone could ever ask for. Everyday I feel more grateful for them and all the things they do for me and how they have raised me. My mom and dad are awesome. They taught me and my sister to respect others and most importantly respect ourselves. "Treat others the way you want to be treated" was heard frequently at our house. We learned to have strong values and always stand up for what we believed in. Stick up for the people you care about and love them unconditionally. It's hard to put into words what growing up was like, it was the perfect balance of discipline and fun, work and play, sheltered and growing. The other day I was listening to the song American Honey by Lady A and that part that says, '...she grew up good and she grew up slow.. like american honey..' That is exactly the way I feel about by growing up years... I didn't have to grow up too fast, I was able to enjoy it and only worry about kid stuff. Perfect. It's kinda funny looking back because there were times that I thought I had it so bad... I had know idea the life my parents were giving me. I feel like my sister and I were spoiled in a good way. :) My parents got us everything we needed (and we never wanted for much) but we still learned how to work hard and be respectful. My parents taught us to love one another and we knew they loved each other. We have wonderful grandparents that loved us and were so much fun to be around. Our extended family [aunts, uncles, cousins] are close-knit as well. I just love my family. But anyways....

My Mom.
She is amazing. That is the only word I can describe her with. She gives and gives and gives. She is my hero. This last weekend she came up and watched Noah for me and trev so we could go out. Not only did she watch my adorable, bratty son... but when we got home my house was spotless-she had even done our dishes. She never sleeps! She is like superwoman! I hope I can be amazing like her. Me and T like to tease her but truth is we know how blessed we are to have a great mom like her. We always hear stories about others moms and we talk about how happy we are that we have her.She loves us unconditionally [something I didnt fully understand until I became a mom]. I love her and I look up to her so much. I am thankful for her love and for all she gives to me, trevor, and noah. I don't know what we would do without her.

My Dad.
Oh my dad is awesome. He is the coolest dad ever. He helps me with everything. This weekend he went and cut down a Christmas tree for us. It is beautiful and I just love it! My dad is my go to guy he fixes everything for me. He is kind and giving and I am lucky to call him Dad. My dad was the more lenient with us growing up. If we wanted a later curfew or extra money we always asked him. Haha. He is also my hero. He teaches me to be strong and to stand up for myself. Thanks dad, for all you do for me and my family. I don't know what I would do without you.


My parents are amazing, I don't think they will ever know just how wonderful they are. But I was seriously blessed when it comes to my family.

Precious Moments

This morning I was cleaning my bedroom and Noah was playing on our bed. I was just folding and putting clothes away and he starting squealing. He was having a good time on the bed, and then he crawled as fast as he could to the side of the bed where I was and started talking and saying 'mama' he was just so dang happy. :) Then he crawled away. I thought oh he is so sweet. Then he got to the other side of the bed and turned his head around, looked at me, and screamed happily. Kinda like he was saying "Come get me mom!" It was so funny. I played along and started playing a little game of tag. [When I catch him, I tickle him and he laughs and laughs... it's his favorite game!] Well, needless to say he was the happiest little guy! It made my morning. I love that even the littlest things that Noah does can make me so happy. He is my everything. I love him.

Best Sister Ever

So I have the BEST sister in the whole world. She is like little sister and I just adore her. I was 3 years old when she was born and was so so excited to have a little sister. (So my mom says) She was perfect. Everything a little sister should be. We are completely different people and tend to butt heads. The older we get the better we get along though. One thing I know for sure is she always has my back-no matter what. She may be my younger sister but she has always be my protector. I love her. I admire so many things that she is. [Strong, Smart, Feisty, Fearless, Non-Judgmental... the list goes on.] I look up to her and am so thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful sister. I know that she will always be there for me through thick and thin. She will never hurt me. She is one of my very best friends. Thanks for all you do for me sis. You are so amazing and I don't know what I would do without you. You are the greatest sister ever, people should take lessons from you. Haha. Love you.Sister at heart. Friends by choice. ♥

Miss You Gramma Julie..

Dear Gramma,

I can't believe it has been a year. I don't know how I have survived without talking to you. I miss our weekly phone conversations. Not a day goes by without thinking of you. I remember that phone call telling me that you were in the hospital and it didn't look good. I was so scared. It hurt so bad that I couldn't go visit you, I never got to say goodbye. It still kills me when I think about it. You could always make me feel better, you were one of the best people I know. Oh how I regret not talking to you more that last month before you passed away. It seems silly now that the only reason I refused to talk to call you is because I didn't want to talk to, well, you know. (I don't even want to ruin this post with his name) One of the last conversations I had with you was calling to tell you that I was having a boy. You were so excited. :) I wanted so bad for you to meet Noah. I remember you telling me that there were just a few more things you wanted to see/do before you died and seeing your great-grandbaby was one of them. Well Gramma I know that Noah would love you just as much as I do. Looking back I think of all the things you taught me over the years and I am so grateful for you. I think of all of our funny memories and I don't have very many memories that don't leave me smiling. At least once a week I think of something I want to pick up the phone and call and tell you about it-it's hard to remember I can't do that. I miss you Gramma, I hope you are happy. This Thanksgiving weekend is hard so us here missing you. Thanks for all the things you taught me and thanks for all the great memories, you are an amazing lady and the best gramma ever. I miss you and I love you so very much.

**Will Be adding a few more photos in a couple days, I need to get some off of my parents computer. This post won't feel complete without at least a few more of Gramma.

Count Your Blessings....

I am Thankful for...

-Being a Mommy to the most beautiful boy! :) He makes my day, everyday. I am a better person because of him.
-My awesome husband. I am so lucky to be married to him. He makes me laugh and listens to me go crazy. He is such a patient man and I love him so much.
-Food to eat, a roof over my head, and a car to drive.
-Great friends.
-Having the most amazing family ever. I cannot explain how incredibly grateful I am for great parents, wonderful sister, and all my extended family.
-Our sweet little kitten.
-The Gospel.
-Pictures.
-Good music.

--I am so thankful for my life. I am thankful for my health and the health of all my loved ones. I could go on and on about all the little things I am grateful for, but I will not bore you with that long long list. I am grateful for the chance I have to reflect and count all my many, many blessings. :) Happy Thanksgiving!

Sooo, I had this whole little thing written about me and why I am the way I am. I decided I better not put that out there or it would most likely be taken out of context and twisted into something not true. There are some sucky people in the world.

I am really loving this holiday season. For some reason Thanksgiving means so much to me this year. I have been really thankful all month. I made a [Thankful Box] for our family that we have been putting things in that we are thankful for all month. We were supposed to open the box and read our notes tonight for FHE but Trev had to go to SLC tonigh. Bummer. I guess we will do it when he gets home. I'm pretty excited about it. I think that part of the reason I am so grateful this year is because it has been a year since my gramma julie passed away. I cannot believe that she has been gone a year. How I have survived 365 days without talking to that amazing woman is beyond me. At least once a week I find myself needing to talk to her, wanting some 'gramma julie' advice and laughter. I miss her more than I can express. So I am thankful for the family I have around me and especially for my baby (and her great-grandson that she was so so excited to meet). He has changed my life in the best way ever. I wish they could have met.

Alright goodnight.

Black Friday!

So.. I am getting so darn excited for BLACK FRIDAY!! Woohoo! I have been going for about 5 years now. I am addicted to the rush of it! It's like tons of people all waking up at 3:00 am just so excited to SHOP! It makes shopping exciting. Ahhhh. :) And everytime I see the Target commercial for black friday I laugh so hard. I think it's awesome. Here is the link to watch it. (it's kind of a crappy version, but you get the point of it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJB36lVJI8

I am so excited for shopping, I have been having dreams about it for like 3 days. Yes, I am that big of a freak. Haha.

"The best friends in life are the ones who know your faults and love you anyway."

So it's amazing what talking to good friends can do for your spirits! :) The last couple days I have had some really good conversations with my really close girlfriends, and it's so nice to have friends that listen and understand me and love me for who I am. I wish I lived closer to my best friends. I miss the days when I could just go over to their house (or into their bedroom) and sit down and chat about life. All 3 of my very closest friends are so completely different, I love the special relationship I have with each of them. Sure, our conversations have changed from school drama, what guy we are dating, what girl is being a total snatch.... to babies and husband and in-laws- but I love them all the same.

[Me and Rinney]

We met at the hair academy in rexburg and quickly became friends. :) She has been there for me through thick and thin. I never thought I could have such an amazing friend. I can call her and tell her anything, she will always put things into perspective for me. We often call each other when we think we are being treated unfairly or someone has told us that we are crazy- we know how each other thinks so we are there to back each other up. We traveled to New York City together! That was awesome. We won tickets to WICKED-front row i should add. She made me get a job at applebees. (which some would say changed my life haha) I am so grateful I met Corinne and I can't imagine my life without her.

[Me and Auts]

We have grown up together. Literally. We have went to elementary school, middle school, and high school together. Not only that, we lived together and went to cosmetology school together. Growing up we had this plan to go to college together and we did just that. :) We moved to rexburg and lived in this awesome house. (that we rented out from the sweetest lady while she was on a mission) We GREW up together-emotionally, physically, mentally. Most of my memories are with Autie. We seriously slept in the same bed for like a year. We dealt with boyfriends, missionaries, bad breakups, boy drama, girl drama, living away from our families, graduating college, marriage, babies.... EVERYTHING. You name it we have done it together. :) She is so wonderful and I love her.

[Me and Mattie]

Ahhh where to begin. Mattie is by far my craziest friend. I love her. We have been best friends since we were 2. Daycare, preschool... my childhood memories are filled with her. She moved away when we were sophmores. It was hard to lose my best friend but we kept in contact and she moved back after graduation. :) She has taught me alot of things-some I'm not sure I want to know about haha. We have a strong and unique friendship. No matter what we go through or how completely different we are we are there for each other. I can call her with any crisis I have and she is there for me-happy and sad times. She is amazing. I was there for her through her pregancy and birth of amazing, wonderful Kameron. I love him and her. :) Life would not be the same without them.

THANKS for being wonderful, amazing friends. I love each one of you. Thanks for always listening to my problems and brightening my life. It's nice to have people who get me and are always on my side. :)

9 month stats!

So I took Noah to the dr today for his 9 month checkup. :] He is growing fast and just perfectly. He weighs 21 lbs 13 oz. He is 29 1/2 inches tall! Noah is so dang long! Poor little man got his flu shot. He was so brave for like 4 seconds then his little face scrunched up and he started screaming... but the crying only lasted about 30 seconds. Anyway, it was pretty uneventful all in all. Noah is doing GREAT! :) I just love him more and more everyday. He can say MAMA and DADA really good now. And he can stand and walk along things now. Just yesterday he stood and balanced all by himself. I'm proud of him for growing so perfectly, but on the same hand I'm scared to death that he is going to be running and getting into things faster than I can keep up! Haha. Well that's all for right now. [Noah just woke up from his nap so time to work!] --Shay

November 12

Ahh... I have been dreading this day. November 12, 2010. My baby is 9 months old. Don't get me wrong I am so amazed at how much Noah has grown and how much I just love him! But... today is the 9 month deadline. [9 months to put it on, 9 months to get it off] So the positive thing is that today I weigh the same as I did before I got pregnant. But.... even though the number on the scale is not too bad, it's like things are just in the wrong places on my body. Haha. Won't get into detail on the bad stuff. :) Anyways, I have tried and tried to get my old body back. I thought it would be easier since I am chasing a baby around. I remember thinking how good I looked right after I had Noah (looking back at pics, I actually still looked like 4 months prego, but after being HUGE I felt pretty dang skinny.) Back in the first 2-3 months after I had him, I was losing more weight every day.... and I thought ,"Man, this is gonna be so easy!" HA. Boy was I wrong. Sure I fit in to all my pre-pregnancy clothes-they all just fit different. Cling in all the wrong places. Well, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing hopefully find some sort of exercise/diet routine that fits me and my lifestyle. :)

Here is a super adorable picture of my sweet little 9 month old! :) Love you baby.

Letters...

*I sometimes don't know what to write about and I get tired of just giving updates on my family life. :) So i stole this idea from a friend's blog. I think it will be fun, you know, shake things up a bit. Haha.*

1. A Stranger.

2. Your spouse, or your future spouse - even if you've never met them

3. Your child(ren) or future child

4. Your first love or crush

5. One to each of your parents.

6. Someone in your life who has caused a lot of pain during your childhood

7. Your sibling(s)

8. Someone you've hurt

9. Someone you don't understand

10. Someone deceased

11. The person you'd want to take care of your children if you & your spouse are longer alive

12. Your best girlfriend

13. Your dreams

14. Someone you don't talk to as much as you'd like

15. Your 13-year-old self

16. The person you miss the most

17. Someone you know who's going through the worst of times

18. Someone that caused someone you love (not you) a lot of pain when they were a child

19. Someone that changed your life

20. Your self

Love Loving You by Savannah Packard

Oh My Heck! I just found this song and I love it! It's cute. :)

A random little update.

My little man is 7 months old! Holy Crap! It seems like every day he is growing and learning more things... and I am having less and less time for me because I am chasing him everywhere! Haha. Noah has been crawling all over for about a month now, and he is starting to pull himself up onto things. Anything he sees he putting in his mouth. Earlier this week he figured out how to string some sounds together and started saying mamamamama. :) It made me so happy (even though I realize that he doesnt really know what he is saying yet.) He is just amazing. I was trying to organize my pics last weekend and it's like an impossible task- I have literally 300 printed pics of Noah's first week of life. And total of noah's 7 months of life is like 1500 pictures. That is just ridiculous. But I just can't stop taking pictures! :) I hope I will be able to continue this pattern of picture taking with my other kids (so they don't feel left out). Trevor and I just adore this little guy, he makes our days perfect.

Trev is doing so great in school, I am so proud of him. He is getting all A's so far in the semester. :) GO Babe! He works so hard for our family, Me and Noah are so very lucky to have him.

Oh my Gosh! So we have been looking for a 2-3 bedroom house to rent because we don't love this apartment living so much. And anyways, my mom called this morning and said she found us a place to rent. Long story short it's a couple from Malad that bought a house here in Poky but are moving and were really looking to rent out their home to someone they knew. Perfect timing! So we went to look at the house today to see if we liked it... and we LOVED it! It is so cute! It is a 3 bedroom/1 bath older home not too far from ISU. It is like double the space we have now and has a private backyard! :) The bad news is its a LOT more than we pay now but we just really like it so are going to try to make it work. Actually we didn't even make any final decisions today with the owners.... we are really hoping they let us rent it! :) So that's the exciting news for the day.

I am trying to be more self disciplined so I am going to bed around 10 every night. and a whole bunch of other things on the way to making a better me! :) I'll give ya the list another day. Knowing me I'll make the list of all these things I'm gonna do to be better and happier and whatever... and I'll never do it. Oh well.

Update.

Okay, so it's been a few weeks since i posted. And I really want to post up some of the hundreds of pictures I have taken but lately I just can't find the time (or patience) to sit down and upload them to my blog. Good news for anyone dying to see our pictures (lol) they are on facebook! :]

So let's see... My birthday was on June 27 and it was fantastic. Trevor and Noah spoiled me with lots of presents. I made yummy crepes for breakfast, some snacks for the day, and a better than sex cake! I am getting to be a pretty good cook! My mom, dad, sister, and nanny came up to visit me and took us out for lunch at Wingers. I didn't know that you get free ASPHALT PIE fr your birthday! Yummo! That is seriously my favorite dessert from any restaurant! SO that was fabulous. My sister, and mom and dad spoiled me with gifts as well. It was so great to have all my family with me on my day! Trevor's mom and sister came to visit me that afternoon too! They hung out for a couple hours and it was so nice to see them! I had a great 22nd birthday.

The 4th of July is exactly one week after my birthday. I happen to LOVE this holiday. I love America and I am so proud to live in this amazing country, I feel so blessed to have been born here. I am grateful to our troops and for everything they have done and are doing to protect this country. THANK YOU. Ok, so we got up early and drove to malad on saturday July 3rd (malad did it's celebrations on the 3rd because the 4th was a sunday) We ate breakfast at the dude, watched the grand malad parade, then went out to the Caldwell Ranch for the Williams family reunion. It was great to see all of my dad's side of the family. We checked out the festivities at the park.... then drove home to Poky. On Sunday, Noah and I went out to the Pocatello Parade. It was a good parade... After we got home from that we all packed up the car again and drove to Rexburg to see trevor's family. We had a great time with them. We went to Nature Park and had a little bbq, then went to visit Trev's grandma and grandpa. We headed home after that. After we got home and fed Noah his dinner and got him in his jammies we headed up to the Pocatello Fairgrounds to watch the fireworks. The fireworks were fantastic. Seriously. :) Noah fell aleep before they started but then a souple minutes in he woke up and loved them! He just laid there in awe! It was so cute. It took us like an hour to get home when they were over but it was worth it. IT was a great weekend to celebrate America's Birthday!

Another thing that has happened since I last posted is Noah started eating real food! Well he upgraded to cereal about a month ago, and just this last week he started eating sweet potatoes! :) My baby is growing up so fast. It is amazing, sad, emotional, wonderful, surreal, perfect, rewarding, frustrating..... every emotion! I love being a mom. It is a dream come true. Ha funny story, while I was at the Malad 4th festivites at the park, We ran into my good friend Stefanie and she was lovin on a little cranky Noah and she was like "how is being a mom?" and replied, "I love it, it's my favorite." She laughed and said, "favorite job ever huh!" OK, it's not quite as funny when I type it.... but we laughed about it. But in all seriousness, it is my favorite job ever-- good thing too since I will be doing it forever! :)

That is all for this post. Goodnight everyone! ♥

[this song has been on my mind so much lately. I love it. enjoy this great message from it.]

Be a BEST friend.
Tell the TRUTH.
And OVERUSE I love you.
Go to Work,
Do your BEST.
Don't outsmart your common sence.
NEVER let your prayin knees get LAZY...
And LOVE LIKE CRAZY!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Life's too short to wake up with regrets. Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason.

My mom posted this quote and I wanted to share it too! :) It is so incredibly true. It made me think about things that have been going on in my life lately. My problem is that I think I can change people and fix their faults. I need to just get the bad out of my life and move on and surround myself and family with loving, kind people. I love my family. I was so very blessed to be born into such a wonderful family. My parents and sister are amazing. I was lucky to find Trevor and have Noah. They are the best thing to ever happen to me. And I was also blessed to get a great mother-in-law. :) I have amazing friends who I know are always here for me. I just need to remember who is important in my life.. and who isn't.

TELL ME

Tell me I'm clever,
Tell me I'm kind,
Tell me I'm talented,
Tell me I'm cute,
Tell me I'm sensitive,
Graceful and wise,
Tell me I'm pefect--
But tell me the truth!


I found this poem the other day while reading Falling Up by Shel Silverstein. It has been a long time since I read the book and I was laughing reading the cute little poems. This one stuck out to me because that's exactly the way I am! (Just ask my husband!)Ha Ha.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

I just wanted to take a minute to say THANK YOU to my amazing Dad!!! I am thankful for him and all he does for me and my family. I am who I am today because of the wonderful example he set for me. He is such a great dad and a wonderful grandpa! Noah just loves him! I seriously have world's best dad! :)

I also want to thank my wonderful husband! He deserves an award for all he does for me and Noah! :) He is a great man... and I know I don't tell him enough how much I appreciate him. Noah is such a lucky little boy to have such a great Daddy to look up to. Thank you Babe for being awesome!

4 Months Old!

So Holy Cow! Noah is 4 months old (well he will be on Saturday) and he had his check-up today. He weighs 16 pounds! And is 25 1/2 inches long. I seriously can't believe how much he has grown. It makes me sad... but I'm happy that he is healthy and growing. :) He is so dang cute. I know I say that in every post but seriously! We went outside to day for a bit to enjoy the sun and did a little photoshoot. It was fun... for me at least! I don't really have time for a whole update on what we have been up to lately, but hopefully I'll get around to it soon!

22 Facts About Me :)

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DEDICATE A POST TO MYSELF. :) HERE ARE 22 FACTS ABOUT ME!

1. My favorite color is pink.
2. I hate tomatoes, but love love love ketchup.
3. I have the best family in the world. (Thanks Mom, Dad, and Sis)
4. I imagine myself being the old cat lady one day. :) I love kitties!
5. I have a secret crush on Justin Beiber. (I know that makes me kinda a creeper!)
6. My son is the CUTEST baby of all time. (im a little biased i think lol)
7. I'm obsessed with picures and picture frames! I guess it's hereditary.
8. I DEMAND respect for not only myself but for the people I love. If you fail to give me or someone I care about the respect they deserve -- WATCH OUT.
9. I absolutely cannot stand dishonest people. Be honest and don't beat around the freakin bush! 10. I still watch Mary Kate and Ashley movies.:)
11. I want to travel the world.
12. I'm begging my husband to take me on a cruise!
13. I really hate taking risks. It scares me!
14. I really love being in my own little bubble. Only surrounded by the people I love and care about most. It makes me uncomfortable and grumpy to be outside of my 'bubble.'
15. I need lots of alone time.
16. I am really loving waking up at 6:30 every morning. The day seems so much longer.
17. I love being in control. I like things to go my way and run perfectly all the time. If one things goes unplanned I kinda freak out.
18. I'm a really nice, quiet person... until you mess with my family and then you see the beast in me. 19. Every week I seriously have like at least 10 shows recording on my DVR. I'm a little obsessed. 20. I am a little pessimistic. I tend to think the worst.
21. I'm an avid quote collector. I have a huge binder filled with quotes!
22. I think I could live on pickles. :)

And one bonus fact: I have the most amazing husband in the world. :) I am so blessed to have Trevor and Noah in my life.

Lately.... ;)

So tonight I sit here looking at my beautiful baby boy laying on my amazing husbands lap and it is the greatest thing I have ever seen. It makes my heart so happy. I love them so much. I am so thankful for the man I married and that he is the best dad ever. The love he has for Noah makes me melt! Right now Noah is just sucking on his hand and drooling all over--its adorable! Ha. He should be in bed but when Trev and I turned on our movie Noah started crying, we held off for about 20 minutes.... but then Noah got the best of us and we pulled him out and now we are enjoying the night.

I cannot believe that Noah is 3 months old. Good Grief! The past few months have just flown by! He is growing so fast, I don't believe it! Noah laughed for the first time yesterday :) It was possibly the greatest sound I have ever heard. And then tonight he rolled over from his back to his tummy, then from his tummy to his back. [he first rolled from his tummy to his back when he was like 2 weeks old] but now he can roll ALL the way over and it's so cute. He can hold his head up pretty well now. He sits up in the bumbo good too. Oh how I love him. Every little thing he does is HUGE for me. :]

This last Thursday, I went to work at my mom's shop and it was fun. :) I really missed my Noah but it was a good time hanging out with my mom and doing a little hair.

10 THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR..

{this picture was taken on May 9, 2010. Mother's Day}

1. My family. My parents are my heroes. I am so grateful for the person they raised me to be. They are the best people I know and the very BEST parents I could ever ask for. They give so much to trevor and me and noah. :) And of course my amazing sister. She is one of my very best friends, and the older we get the closer we get and I love it. She saves me when she comes over to visit! :)
2. My DVR. Pathetic as it may be, I love that i can record all my favorite shows and then watch them on my own time and fast forward through the commercials. I don't have time to watch them on their time, and I sure as heck can't miss them (THE HILLS, NCIS, SVU, SECRET LIFE, OTH, GOSSIP GIRL....the list goes on haha)
3. The quiet time after Noah goes to sleep. It is so rare to have peace and quiet, I appreciate it so much more.
4. Pictures. I love that I can capture all my favorite moments and then relive them later. :)
5. Noah's sweet smile. My little boy is my whole world. It is amazing how fast everything changes once that tiny baby is placed in your arms. I forget all the hard and stressful times when Noah smiles at me. He is so beautiful.
6. My marriage. I couldn't get through the day without my husband by my side. I cannot imagine taking care of Noah alone. I look up to anyone who can raise a baby by themselves-you are truly amazing and the best parents. Without Trev I would be a crazy woman!
7. Sunshine. I love days that the sun is shining and I can open my windows and feel the warm breeze. It seriously makes me heart happy!
8. Listening to my old mix cds! With every song that plays I think of an old memory. I love thinking about where I have been and what I have learned, the friends I have made and the people I have grown apart from. I love finding new songs I love too! Music makes me happy.
9. Sleep. I never knew how much I would literally crave sleep until I had a baby. :) I would choose sleep over everything nowadays!
10. Simple Things that INSPIRE me.

New Pics of Noah! :)

Noah is almost 3 months old! He is changing every day! He is getting so much more active, he has officially found his hands and loves to suck on them! I love love love being his MOMMY! Tomorrow is my very 1st MOTHERS DAY! I feel so blessed to have Noah in my life, words cannot describe how i feel about my family! Every day I fall more in love.. It is so amazing. These days I smell more like spit up than perfume and my tummy is a bit more jiggly than it used to be, and YES, there are times when i am frustrated and I get upset when I can't keep my house clean to save my life and some days I don't even get outta my pjs, but every night before i go to sleep I thank Heavenly Father for giving me something so precious. One day after having a breakdown and freaking out because I coundn't get anything done, a very amazing lady told me that the ONLY thing that mattered was the little boy I was holding in my arms. I find that statement more and more true every day. (especially when I see how fast he is growing!) Speaking of my mom, I need to say THANK YOU. She is my guiding light, she seriously saves me sometimes! I would not be where I am today without her. I have a new found appreciation for everything she has done for me and teesh. She is super woman, I hope I can be as amazing of mom to Noah as she is to me. She truly is my hero.

The-Happiness-Project

"When a person's heart is focused on the right things; situations will work out."

"When you are content to simply be yourself and don't compare or compete; everybody will respect you."

I was watching the TODAY show one morning last week and there was a segment on being happy. This woman named Gretchen Rubin was on talking about her book and blog called 'The Happiness Project'. I got online and looked it up, and to my surprise was totally into it! It is really inspiring. I am going to try to make my own happiness project! Tonight it will just be some inspirational quotes... but hopefully once a week I can put something up for my Happiness Project!



I AM HAPPY!

Okay so I have a little bit of a rant tonight! Why is it so hard for people to show a little respect? I mean seriously, is it really that hard to give someone a phone call to say you can't make it? Or to just be kind to other? What happened to the saying 'Treat others the way you want to be treated.'? And since when do you turn your back on your family? Has it ever been okay to treat your fam bad? I would never, EVER take sides or befriend someone who had treated someone in my family bad. Once you do something wrong to my sister (mom, dad, cousin, whatever) you are pretty much gone in my book. I would never try to be buddy buddy with someone who repeatedly hurt someone i cared about. And I sure as heck wouldn't tell that person I cared about that I thought that awful person was so great. Ugh. I am SO irritated. I can't go into specifics because I do not want to offend anyone, I just seriously don't get hurting the people close to you. I want to punch these people in the face. In my family we stand up for one another regardless. My sister would literally fight someone that even thought about hurting me. And I believe that is the ONLY way to live. You have to have people on side, people that you can always count on no matter what. That is the definition of family. It breaks my heart to watch a person I love get hurt by their own family. It's like the ultimate betrayal. If you can't trust your family, you can't know 100% they are behind you and will always be there for you, then what do you have?

Anyways, that's my beef tonight. Thanks for listening I just needed to vent. I am sure that there will be many more posts like this. :) ha.

Noah's 2 Month Stats

So Noah had his 2 month checkup today and was so happy the whole time! Poor little guy didn't know what was coming at the end! He did good even for his shots though, only cried for a few minutes! He has been needing some extra lovin though. (which is pretty easy for mom and dad to give!) Here are his stats: Weight: 11 lbs 12 oz Height: 23 3/4 in So he has grown 3 1/2 inches since he was born, and weighs almost 4 pounds more! GO Noah! I'm just so proud of him, he is so HANDSOME!
(I took these pics right before we left for the dr.)

The Many Faces Of Noah...

Noah is getting such personality! He wakes up in the morning pulling the silliest faces! He is all smiles and talking. Trev and I just love to sit and play with him! Every day his personality comes out more, it is so much fun so watch him learn and grow.

Noah's First Easter!

For easter this year we went to my parents house. But before we left poky we had a little easter egg hunt and gave Noah his easter basket. :) We dressed him up in a cute little outfit that my mom gave him.

He was not really wanting his picture taken. :)

Noah's Easter basket! (with lots of candy for mom and dad)

My Baby Can SMILE! I just love it! I mean he has been smiling since he was like a week old, but now he has a little personality! :)

Trev and I on Easter!

My Secret Sunday Obsession :)

POST SECRET!!!!

i read it every sunday morning when frank posts the latest secrets! every time i read i think about what secret i could send in. one day i WILL send a secret in!

Soo, after like 6 months of not being able to wear my wedding ring....... IT FITS AGAIN! WooHoo!

My ring slowly started cutting off circulation to my ring finger about month 6 of my pregnancy, and about 1 month after having Noah, I can wear it comfortably! It feels good to have my normal fingers back again!

So, I have been addicted to CLEAN HOUSE lately! I just love it! I want to clean out my house soo bad now and have a big yard sale! Of course it wouldn't really compare to the crazy sales they do on clean house but it will be fun to get rid of all the unnecessary stuff at our house! Besides we need more room for Noah's stuff. Hmm where should we begin decluttering our house?! And when will we find the time to do it is probably a better question! well I'll let ya know when we get going on this project! :)

oh and ps, I hate when neicy isn't the one in charge! I don't know who the other ladies are but i just love neicy! she pretty much makes clean house!

Snow, Spring Break, and Family..

First. It SNOWED. :( but trev got a pretty picture of it
Good news is that it's gone!

So this last week was Spring Break for Trevor. He really wanted to do something fun, but with a 6 week old it's kinda hard to go anywhere cool. And then the weather was really crappy so we couldn't really even do anything outside! We did go visit Trev's family for a couple hours. It was so good to see them! Shamae could only stay for a little bit because she made plans to go out with a friend. But she did get to see cute little Noah for a bit. We went over to trev's grandparent's house and visited with them for a while. :) Noah was good most of the time except when Grandma Rassmussen was holding him he spit up SO much! It was awful. Oh well, babies will be babies. We didn't get any pics, I don't know what we were thinking! Then on Saturday, Trev and I decided we wanted to go on a date. So we called teesh and asked her to babysit. We went to lava and sat in the hot pools and ate at the thai restaurant. :) It was fun, but I missed Noah! Teesh was an awesome babysitter though and I know that Noah loves her a lot! That was pretty much our week. haha. On Sunday, we went to malad and hung out with my family. My cousin Amber came down from Montana and we got to visit with her and her cute kids. My mom made yummy BBQ and potato salad. It was so good to see Amber and Kenidy and Bretton, we did miss Jared though! Oh and by the way, Ambi is about 7 months pregnant and is just TINY! my heck i was soo huge compared to her cute little belly!

My mom took a few pics of our family while we were there. I thought they turned out pretty cute!

More pics from the trip to Malad are on my facebook page!!

Miracle....

You're my life's one MIRACLE
Everything I've done that's good
And you break my heart with tenderness
And I confess it's true
I never knew a LOVE like this 'til you

You're the REASON I was born
Now I finally know for sure
And I'm overwhelmed with happiness
So blessed to hold you close
The one that I love most
Though the future has so much for YOU in store
Who could ever love you more
The nearest thing to heaven
You're my ANGEL from above
Only God creates such perfect love
When you SMILE at me I cry
And to save your life I'd die
With a romance that is PURE in heart
You are my dearest part
Whatever it requires
I LIVE for your desires
Forget my own, your needs will come before
Who could ever love you more
There is nothing you could ever do
To make me stop loving you
And every breath I take
Is ALWAYS for your sake
You sleep inside my dreams
And know for sure
WHO COULD EVER LOVE YOU MORE


*This song is so amazing. Trev found it one morning around 4:30 am when we couldn't get Noah to sleep. So in desperation he looked up lullaby's and found this cd by celine dion... to our surprise Noah LOVES it! So we bought the cd, and we get to hear it every night! I love it, but trevor is still not a huge fan. :) But anyways, this song pretty much makes me tear up every time I listen to it. If you wanna listen here is the link for it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWx5KXB3v4

And the pics are just a few of my favorites from Noah's 2 week photoshoot. He is just so cute! (I just love to brag about him..) I love them all, I am currently trying to figure out a way to hang them ALL up in my tiny apartment. haha. I tried to pick a few that are not on his announcement and not in his facebook folder.... (pics were taken by Adrianne Vaughan, she is fabulous!)


I LOVE MY BABY! :)

I've Come To Realize...

I've come to realize that my toes...
are actually nice to see after being pregnant!

I've come to realize that when I'm driving...
I love having time to sort through all my thoughts! It's my favorite place to have ME time!

I've come to realize that I need...
to be constantly snacking.

I've come to realize that I have lost...
any form of non-internet contact with most of my friends.

I've come to realize that I hate it when...
I feel out of control.

I've come to realize that money...
is important even if people say its not.

I've come to realize that certain people...
drive me crazy, so I must learn patience.

I've come to realize that I'll always...
have a long to-do list.

I've come to realize that my sibling(s)...
is someone I really look up to and admire.

I've come to realize that my mom...
is the person I have turned into, which is a very good thing.

I've come to realize that my cell phone...
is an important part of my life even though I really hate it and everything that come with it!

I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...
that I love waking up to my baby and husband.

I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep...
I never get everything done during the day that i plan on.

I've come to realize that right now I am thinking...
of all the things that I need to get done.

I've come to realize that my dad...
is good at everything he does. And can always fix anything I need him to!

I've come to realize that when I get on Facebook or Blogger...
I could be on for hours.

I've come to realize that today...
is a beautiful day.

I've come to realize that tonight...
I'm gonna watch New Moon!

I've come to realize that tomorrow...
will probably be just like today.

I've come to realize that I really want to...
TRAVEL.

I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost this is...
probably nobody.

I've come to realize that life...
never goes as planned.

I've come to realize that this weekend...
will be our first family outing!

I've come to realize that marriage...
is amazing. and hard. and I love it.

I've come to realize that this year...
EVERYTHING will change.

I've come to realize that maybe I should...
stop trying to control everything.

I've come to realize that I love...
coupons.

I've come to realize that I don't understand...
anything that Trevor studies at school.

I've come to realize that I'm totally terrified...
of being lonely.

I've come to realize that my life...
is so much different and more amazing than I could have ever imagined it could be.