Blake & Monica est.2002

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Kyler 2 Year Birthday (6/1 and 6/7)

Cousin Alex brought him a dinosaur card.

Birthday Loves from Grandpa

Kyler’s official birthday was the day after we moved into our new house. We were all exhausted and the house was a mess so lucky for us he doesn’t understand birthday’s yet and we pushed it off a week. Saturday we celebrated and went to the zoo with family and cousins and then more people joined us for Thomas the Train cake at the park. It was so fun to see him get excited about the animals and he loved the slide at the park by our house. I think we’ll be spending a lot of time there this summer.

Yummy Chocolate cake. Really it only lasted for a few messy bites and then he wanted back to the slide.

We got him back for a few minutes to open presents.

The Process of Moving

We spent most of our memorial weekend packing up boxes in preparation for the move out of Logan. As the time came closer Blake and I both realized all the little things we like so much about this area. We are glad to still be close enough to still see friends, visit our favorite restaurants, come back for demolition derbys, and take drives through the canyon when the leaves change colors.

I started my new/old job on May 27th and it has been great. I love the people I work with and what I do. It hasn’t fully set in that I’m not an intern anymore and I keep expecting to leave in Aug. to go back to school.

On Saturday the 31st we received the keys to our new place and officially moved in. We had everything already boxed up and really to go in Logan. We got a lot of great help from friends and guys in our old ward to help load up the moving truck. The only excitement of the day we refer to as the piano incident. While trying to move our heavy piano down the deck stairs the bottom stairs gave way and caused a chain reaction of the top stairs breaking too. We were very lucky that no one fell through or got hurt as the stairs turned into a ramp. It caused some delay as we had to do some stair repair before we could move the rest of the large stuff out.

Thanks to Doug for being quick with his cell phone camera! Thanks Doug!!!

Everything went smoothly moving into the new house and all I wanted to do was sleep for the next 3 days (and I didn’t even have to move any heavy boxes)! Overall it went well and THANKS to everyone that helped out.

Friday, June 13, 2008

KYLER IS GETTING A SISTER!

So Monica is still planing on posting some more adventures from the last month, but I thought I would announce that we are having a LITTLE GIRL!!!!! I am so excited!!!! This will be great to have a good mixture, Monica was feeling a little lonely with all the boy stuff in the house! Now she can finally buy a dress for a little girl instead of buying them for Kyler. So you will notice no pictures, that is because we can't find the scanner or the other computer for that matter.

Catching Up (What we did in May)

With the graduating, packing up the house, moving, trying to unpack, on top of chasing a 2 year old and starting a new full time job there hasn’t been a lot of time to post all of the fun things we have been up to lately. As a result this will be one of two giant postings letting you see just a glimpse of the crazy fun exciting past months.

Thomas the Train (5/23)

The Heber Creeper does a Thomas the Train weekend so we decided to take Kyler. We met my sister and her kids to ride the train, play with trains, look at trains, and of course eat cotton candy. He was in train overload and loved every minute of it. The weather was a little cold but we picked the right day because it rained the rest of the weekend.

Willow Park with Friends (5/20)

This is our last week in Logan so I gave Kyler a break from packing up boxes and went to Willow Park. We met up with some friends Emili and Avery. Kyler is used to following around his older cousins so I think he liked being the bigger one for a change. He kept trying to be helpful catching Avery on the slide. He loved the slide, the swing, and especially throwing rocks in the river.

He will actually stop (for a second) and say cheese at the camera now but he usually looks mad or his top teeth disappear.

Mother’s Day in Park City (5/9-5/11)

Blake kept asking me what I wanted for Mother’s Day and I finally decided on a weekend away without Kyler. (What a great mom I am!!) We went to Park City for the weekend and stayed in the Marriot Hotel. We spent the weekend relaxing, sleeping in, eating caramel apples, and doing a little shopping on Main Street and the Outlet Mall. Blake’s parents joined us Saturday night for dinner at one of our favorite Mexican Restaurants and we enjoyed a wonderful Mother’s Day Brunch at the hotel on Sunday. It was a wonderful break from reality and I appreciate all Blake does to pamper me.

You will notice that all but one of the shopping bags are from kids stores. Even on mother's day I shop for Kyler.

Blake relaxing by the indoor pool at the hotel.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Only 2 More Days

That's right folks only 2 days left to vote on what gender the new baby will be. Personally I have no idea, no feelings or mother's intuition. But last time I thought Kyler was a girl so that shows how good my intuition is anyway. Let us know what you think and stay tuned for the results!!