Catch up!

Wow! I have not blogged in a long time! We were at a friends house and they print their blog every year rather than scrapbooking. I really liked that idea so I have decided to blog more so we can print our blog into books and have it as a photo album/journal. We have been VERY busy! And rew and I are both going to school, Andrew is working at the U of U. I am working at home (I've decided that being a homemaker and a mother is the best job in the world for me anyways. And we both have busy callings and projects around the house we are trying to accomplish. Jenna is super happy, sweet and fun! She brings so much light and happiness to our lives. Between ages 12 and 16 months she has learned how to:
-wave and say hi and bye bye (she could wave before, just does it a lot more now)
-make many different sounds like roar for lion, vroom for cars, etc.
-she knocks on doors when she wants them to open, even the pantry door when she is hungry
-she can say please in sign language
-she still loves dogs, books, balls, cars, babies (both toy and real), and her bear.
-she LOVES crackers
-she is very sweet to babies, she does her best at being soft.
-she makes "ahhh" sounds in a very sweet, high pitched voice
-she likes to shake her head 'no' when we shake our head 'yes'
-she can walk and run and dance
-she LOVES helping unload the dishwasher. I will open the dishwasher and she will come running over. She hands me the silverware and other small dishes and I put them in their cupboards. :)
We are happy and doing well and thouroughly enjoying our little family. :)

Jenna is one!!!!!!

It is hard to believe Jenna is one year old! She is so sweet, silly and loving! I LOVE spending every day with her, I am so lucky! I wouldn't want any other job, this is the best!!!!!! She likes to suck her thumb, she is so close to walking, she can say "mo" for more, and she pulls on her tray if you ask her if she is all done, she loves her bear that Grandma Hansen made, she loves grown up food, she makes me laugh, smile, and melts my heart every single day. We love you Jenna baby!
Her are a couple of pictures of her birthday and her new ponytail she can now sport with her growing hair. :)

10 Months

Jenna is 10 months old! I can hardly believe it! She is now clapping, waving, scrunching her nose and making silly faces, giving us beautiful slobbery kisses, walking along furniture, saying things like "banana, yes, all done" I don't know if she means to but it sure sounds like it. She LOVES to play in the tupperware drawer and help mommy in the kitchen. She loves to play with her daddy and have her picture taken. I can't believe how rapidly she is changing and learning and growing all of a sudden. She is our amazing little angel and we love her SO much!

Family Reunion, Beach Camping, San Diego Fun

We have had a lot of fun the last couple of weeks! First we went beach camping at Carpinteria State Beach. We went for a Willardson Family reunion. The Willardsons are Andrew's mom's family. We had SO much fun! Andrew has an incredicble, awesome, hilarious family! We played at the beach, did a little shopping, played games, had treats, and laughed and laughed around the campfire. Jenna did really well on the way down as long as one of us sat back there with her so she knew she wasn't alone. We drove to Vegas the first night and stayed with Andrew's Dad's sister Margie and her family, it was fun to meet cousins I had not met before.
While camping, Jenna slept like a rock in the tent. Even when the older kids were running around and being loud. I was really grateful she did so well. This was her first time camping and she was great! I love my awesome, go with the flow baby! :) My and Andrew's anniversary was on the Wednesday we were there, so we put Jenna to bed at about 7 pm and went on a bike ride along the beach while Andrew's parents stayed near Jenna in case she needed anything. It was relaxing and fun. After the reunion, we went to Andrew's parents house in San Diego for Andrew's cousin, Dan's, wedding reception. We played in the pool, played games at night and just relaxed. The reception was awesome. There was a family dinner the night before as well. Dan and Ann are so in love. So cute. All in all it was a great summer vacation. Now, time for school!

Happy Friday

Byt he way, guess who has 7 teeth and is crawling.... She is growing up so fast! I am so impressed with her everyday! I love my little sugar puff! :)

For Katie

Here are a couple of pictures of Jenna's nursery. The lighting on my camera is terrible so the colors in the pictures are not accurate. Her room is mint green, light pink, white, and silver.  Little girls are SO much fun! :)

Little Update

First of all, I FINALLY finished Jenna's quilt! I quilted and binded it by hand so it took me a long time. But I am really happy with it, and Jenna seems to like it too. :) Jenna is sitting up now! She already has 2 teeth and has 2 more coming in as we speak. She is a very happy, fun, sweet, silly baby, and we love her SOOOO much! She brightens up our lives! Andrew got accepted to the University of Utah PMBA program, so that's exciting! We have TONS of house projects we are working on this summer, most of which are constructing our stairs and kitchen cabinets to be more baby friendly. We need to replace our stair rail and replace one of our cabinet panels because it is all broken and has sharp edges, yikes! We are excited for summer! We are keeping really busy with house projects, family events, and just having fun together. Life is good! :)