WTF?!?

So much for the awesome weather.

Photo booth!

We did this playing around with this program on my mac called photo booth. We both almost died laughing!

Memories......

I LOVE looking through all my old photos from when the girls were little. I think I probably took a picture everyday of their lives. In my gigantic box of prints I just grabbed a few stacks that I had organized and picked out a few that stood out in my mind. There are soooo many it would have taken me forever to go through them all. This was also before I had any digital cameras so I scanned them into iphoto, it's this awesome program that came with my mac. I am kind of impressed with the quality of scans with this program. Normally when I used to scan them in they would look all grainy and terrible. 

Note: These are in no particular order since I don't have that kind of patience:)

**this might be one of my all time favorite pictures of Sophia. I love her huge cheeks and dimples to boot!

**all of my girls have this little crooked chin look. they get it from their daddy. 

**ok, this is my other favorite of Sophia. this was her "nasty" face, not too sure how that name came to be. whenever we said "sophie, do nasty," she would do this face and breathe in and out really hard, so cute!

**this is me after natural childbirth with sophie. highly, highly, over-rated this whole natural child birth thing. sophie was sunny side up so that didn't help matters much. this is her as a newborn. all my girls had that same face when they would cry.

**i called my mom since she wasn't able to be there for the birth and as soon as i heard her voice i started sobbing. tears of joy of course!

**this is bella greeting her new sister for the first time. i LOVE that look on her face. priceless.

**when Sophie was a newborn Greg's parents came for a visit and on this particular day I remember that Greg's dad held Sophie for what seemed like 5 hours straight, no joke. I remember loving it since I was able to get lots of rest. She always loved when he would visit and took to him very quickly, something she didn't ever do. 

**that's no mistake. sophie is in the dryer and it was one of her favporite (but not the safest by any means) places to hide. i love her cute little teeth.

**bella took her first steps at jenny's baby shower in MT. remember that guys? what baby was that jenny?

**grandma dominga coronado. she loved the girls!

**greg at one of the many parties that i had at my house when my parents would go out of town. sorry mom and dad :) lookin' a little tipsy hahaha! sophie saw this and said, "daddy looks weird mommy!"


**this is me at my bridal shower. i made the mistake of thinking that i wanted to have hair extensions so that i could have this wonderful up-do for my wedding since it was about as short as it is now. well, let's just say that they were awful, the hair was the same as barbie hair, cost over $400, and i ripped it out a day before my wedding. my mom wanted to kill me, greg too. my head was literally bleeding after greg and i ripped them out. funny to look back on. i totally forgot you had cassidy at the shower amber. and i remember how sick you were hill with the twins. 

**blueberries. bella still looks like that after she eats them.

So those are a few. I plan on posting more of Bella when she was teeny tiny, but this is it for now. And I am not sure why everything is underlind when you move over it, but it is buggin'!

"Sweet. I am so excited for rain for the next 3 days, anyone else?

Well, last night came and went. I am having some photoshop drama, long and very boring story so I will spare you. I can't post any pictures yet since I need to change them from raw files to jpg. in photoshop, but can't do that yet with my current issues that are making me want to scream. I am hoping to have my product back here in a bit so I can get everything posted from the last week.

Boring

Sorry for a boring blog lately, but lots of new posts should be up by tonight. I have gone through some old pics and as soon as they are all scanned in I will post them. Most are of Bella and Sophie when they were little, some of Greg and I, and some of my ridiculous hair extensions that I made the mistake of getting just before Greg and I got hitched. If nothing else, come back to see those sweet pics, you are sure to die laughing. Birthday party pics, Easter pics, so many to get up here. Where is the time? I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Also going to give this blog a facelift and brighten things up a bit for Spring, and I sooooo need new music. Check back soon...

Directions

from Walmart in Layton:

*Head west on Hillfield Road, pass Sams Club, go over the the tracks, pass North Davis Prep Academy, come to a 4-way stop.

*Continue west through the 4-way stop to 3200 west. Turn left. Just past Sand Springs Elementary (on the left), turn left on 150 north (Wild Horse Springs Subdivision). 

*Go through 4-way stop. House is on the next block, left side, on the north east corner.

*It is a large brick house and will be marked with balloons and a Scentsy Open House sign.

Please call Judy at 589-2828 or Jessica at 821-1838 if you have any questions. 

Exact address is 3018 W. 150 N. Layton UT 84041

**REMINDER**

Please come to our craft fair tonight! We have a great group of ladies showcasing their AMAZING products, and we are each doing a giveaway! There are going to be some amazing deals taking place but you have to be present to take advantage! Here is a list of the vendors and their products:

Beaded Watches:

Skye has some of the cutest watches that I have ever seen! Lots of colors and styles to choose from!

BellaRose Photography:

Specializing in infant, child, maternity, family and senior photography. If you book a session tonight you will receive $50 of the sitting fee. 

Scentsy:

Well, we all no how AWESOME Scentsy is. Lots of scents and fun warmers to choose from. 

Baby Blvd and Accessory Ave. :

Cute hair accessories for mom's and girls at great prices. And for church goers, she has the cutest bible covers!

Layers Clothing:

Jessica will be bringing some of the hottest fashions this season. Their clothes are so comfortable and have great prices!

Wittle Whisks:

Probably one of my favorites :) Lex has taken some of the most beautiful fabrics that I have ever seen and made fun aprons for kids, mommy and me aprons, and baby shoes. So cute! She also has leg warmers, tutus, and more. 

Pampered Chef:

Enough said. Their stuff is so fun!

Sweet Somethings:

Way cute wallets! Every wallet comes with a delicious recipe for the sweet treat it was named after. Can you say yummers?!

Arbonne:

Great makeup and great prices!

Vinyl Lettering by Candace:

Vinyl lettering custom designed. Use for walls, cars, windows and more. 

Sweet Dreams:

Cute, cute mommy and me tote bags!

Don't be shy. Please come over and hang out, eat some food, and do some shopping. We are all doing a giveaway of some sort so you have 11 chances to win! 

Here it is!

Whoa that is a close up! Sophie is my little photographer, always happy to take over the camera for me. It is a little blurry since the camera weighs about as much as she does and she has a hard time holding it steady. The back feels like it is around 2 inches long, but shorter than an inch at my neck line (not sure why I didn't have her take a picture of that?) I really like it and love the idea of not spending forever infront of the mirror. I can't wait for the sun to show it's face again so I can get some color back in my skin!

A new do!

For those of you that have known me for a long time, you will remember that my hair used to be pretty short. I had the typical a-line with my hair stacked in back. I really liked it. But after a few years of having it short I decided that I wanted to try to grow it out. During my pregnancy with Frankie it grew to be the longest length that it had been since I was around 5 or 6 years old. It was nice to be able to pull it back and curl it and all that, but soon after I had Frankie I just got sick of it. I started pulling it back everyday, or just getting out of the shower and immediately putting it into a bun with a headband, really I just NEVER did my hair. My hair changed after I had Frankie too. I lost a TON of it, and it didn't have this fabulous body that it used to have. Call me lazy, but I don't have the time (nor the desire:) to spend an hour in front of the mirror everyday fixing my hair, and that's about how long it took. So I took this girl's pictures the other day and she had the cutest hair ever. I started thinking about chopping it off and weighing the pros and cons of each. Short hair-you do have to style it most of the time (or I do anyway if I don't want to look like a homeless person), but it usually will stay cute for a couple days, and it does not take an hour. Long hair-it takes way too long, after an hour or so I look like a wet dog since all the body is gone, it is a pain to comb out, I could go on and on. So, I did it! I went to my friend Hillary's last night and she colored it for me and cut it way short! I LOVE IT!!! I woke up this morning and all I had to do was run my fingers through it a bit and voila! my hair was done hahahaha! I just hope the girls don't want to go and cut theirs too, it has gotten so pretty and long lately, and I don't mind doing their hair at all! I will post pictures as soon as someone is willing to take one for me. Where is Sophie when I need her...

Spring Boutique!

No surgery

My doctor bumped my surgery from today till April 24th. YAY! I get to have surgery for my birthday. Sweet. Just what I wanted. I am a little relieved, but a lot disappointed. I have been putting my problems off for long enough and I finally get my act together and get to the doctor and just when I think we will get all this figured out, she has to go and bump me to a later date. Sound a bit selfish?? I know my problems pale in comparison to what others might be going through, but I still can't help but be a little bit frustrated over the whole thing.

I am having a laparoscopy tomorrow. It is a surgical procedure where they go in your belly and look around and the point is to check for endometriosis. Anyone ever had one of those? I am sort of freaking out and being a huge baby about it. My periods are absolutely horrible and painful so my OB suggested that we do this since what I was describing sounded like endometriosis. Now I am wondering if it is even worth doing! They have to put me under and I am so scared. What if I don't wake up, or what if they find something awful. I know I am being a huge nerd since this type of surgery is really not a big deal, and doesn't last that long, but I can't help but be worried sick.

A great day!

I am sure that if you were to go "blog surfing" everyone in UT will have this same thing on their blog. What a perfect day!!! I have seriously been in the dumps lately with the crummy weather. I need sunlight and outdoor activities for the kids. We started off our day at Mark and Andrea's. They are so nice to let me have a key to their house and we go over there in the mornings for a change of scenery. I forgot my camera but they live on this really beautiful, quiet street just below mine. The kids got out the scooters, bikes, and of course, Mason's Cadillac Escalade. Can I just say watching him and the kids ride in that is the cutest thing ever!!! This thing even has a real radio! When I texted Andrea about the radio thing she says that when they get home Mason will go turn it on to "check his messages!" I about died laughing. They all take turns driving Frankie around in the car, so cute! I will have to get pictures today since I am thinking we are going to have another beautiful day. Back to the park....I picked up Bella from school, along with one of Sophie's friends and we headed to the park down the road. We also picked up a pizza and took some St. Patty's Day inspired cupcakes too. After the kids ate they took of for some play. I, of course, had my camera and took tons of pictures. Frankie's favorite thing to do was climb up and down the stairs. The holes in the steps were weirding her out and one time she sat there fro probably 5 minutes and stuck her fingers in and out of it. The favorite toy among the kids was that round thingy that they are all sitting on. Mom's would take turns pushing it and on my first turn I must have pushed it too hard because a little boy fell off and hit his head. Yep, I was done after that since I felt like a huge jerk. I let them do the hard work. So as you can see, we had a terrific day. I only hope that this weather is the beginning of Spring, for real this time. It seems like so many times in UT we get this beautiful streak of great weather, and then we get dumped on with 8 inches of snow! 

Project 52: week 7

Me and my girl at the park. Such a beautiful day, beautiful weather. I couldn't be happier! I have so many pictures to post from our outing today at the park but I have to go off to bed! This waking up every morning at 5:30 is creeping up on me. I love the quiet in the morning where I can drink some coffee and wake up with Greg, but man is it hard sometimes!

Definitely not the perfect picture, but classic Frankie. Whenever I go to grab my glasses she says "byyyyyyeeee-bye," gets her coat and heads for the door. If I hold her while I wear them she yanks them off the first chance she gets. Oh and thanks momma for taking the picture. You actually got us in the picture this time, not bad hahahahaha!

Sometimes people absolutely shudder when I tell them that I have a day care in my home. I get comments like "I don't know how you handle it," or "other people's kids bug me," (yep, I have had that one)! And those comments might ring true for some people. But when I get to look after this cute girl everyday, how could my job suck in the least?! We rarely have issues and if we do it is usually because someone is tired or isn't feeling well. Everyday I am in awe of how well they all get along. They all use their manners which I LOVE, they all put their dishes in the sink after each snack and meal (without being asked:), they clean up without complaining after each mess, I could go on and on. Andrea tells me all the time how lucky she feels to have her kids in my care, but I think I am the lucky one. I don't think I would be approaching my second year with these kids if they drove me nuts, no way! Ok, back to the picture. Whenever I pick up Ella from preschool she hardly talks since it is just her and I, Frankie and Soph, and she still gets a little shy when it is just us. Not today! They had their St. Patty's Day party at school and she got in my car and almost shouted "Jessica, I got gold!" She was so excited that we even called her mom so she could tell her the news. 

We got home and took some pictures of her and her sweet gold and she was very proud to show it off!

Ok. So my husband is many, many wonderful things. He is not, however, the man who brings me flowers or special gifts just because, or if I have had a terrible day, or whatever. Never has been, never will be. Poor me, huh hahahahah! So you can imagine my reaction when he brought me these yesterday afternoon...

Project 52: week 6

Oh my gosh I think I might just get this project post done (still 2 weeks behind though). As always, Sophie is my photographer since I keep forgetting to get my tripod out of the back of Greg's car, so the photos might be a bit blurry. I get everything set, and she clicks away. You can't really see it very well, but we are on the window sill behind the couch. This is one of Frankie's favorite places. We like to get up there and look outside to see what is going and she loves to watch the cars as they go zooming by. Still can't believe that she is 13 months! 

Oh, and how could I forget my sweet kitty. Did I mention that the vet confirmed my suspicions the other day? Yeah, he is totally a boy. At first Sophie was a little upset since she wanted a "girl" kitty, but she was quick to change his name to Gollum and adores him every bit as much as she did when he was a girl.....LOL!!!