Monday, August 24, 2009

It's Done!

Saydi's nursery is finally finished! Her room is literally the only bedroom in the house that is completely done to my satisfaction. Apparently five months isn't enough time for me to finish the bedrooms. ;) Anyway, I'm really happy with the way it turned out. My sister embroidered the saying above her crib. It says:
A daughter brings sunshine to brighten your day
A daughter brings joy through her loving ways
A daughter is a blessing that comes from above
A special and beautiful treasure to love
What's a post without a picture of Weston?

The only thing driving me batty in this room is that the previous owners used two different colors of paint. You can tell they ran out or something and didn't get quite an exact match. It kind of just looks like the lighting but I can tell and I tend to stare at it the entire time I'm in there feeding her! Oh well, I really love everything else about it! And props to Cherice (Hanson) for making the adorable block letters that say Saydi's name and also my cousin April for making me the three things hanging above the changing table. Love them!!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Oh the Madness of Summer

Things have been CRAZY around our household lately. The last three weekends have not felt like weekends so that makes things seem even more crazy! We've had lots of family around (which we love). Here's a picture of Saydi and Audrey (Mark's oldest brother's baby). They got two of these dresses and so they gave the smaller one to Saydi so we dressed them the same and tried to get some pics. Saydi would start bawling (which is deafening) and it would scare Audrey so she would start to cry and then Saydi would calm down. It was actually really funny.

I am still doing some occasional work from home and I was busy with a project this last week so that was a little insane figuring out how to manage life with two kids and working and everything else that comes with being a grown up. Of course, I shouldn't have stayed up late playing Settlers of Catan with Sean, Mark and Marlene if I was responsible, but I'm not so oh well! It was fun though. 

The other night Weston was throwing a fit about going to sleep which he never does so I couldn't figure out what he wanted. I finally realized he wanted to still read his books so I let him have them and when I went to check on him later that night this is what I found.

He's so adorable. I just love listening to him. Every day his babble sounds more and more like words. I still can't understand one single word though which can be very frustrating for both of us. Here's a cute video of him playing in the pool the other day.
Another fun thing was when I ran into one of my best friends from high school at Target, Chelsie (Searle) Boyle. We decided to get together before she goes back home to Moscow so she came over the other day with her baby Zoey. Zoey was due about three 
weeks before Saydi and Saydi ended up being six days older then her. You would never know it from these pictures though! Zoey's a big girl and she's so adorable. Thanks for coming over Chels! It was so great to catch up.

Our corn is coming in great, we're planning a camping trip for labor day weekend (which I can NOT wait for!) and we also found out recently that Stephanie (Mark's niece that's been in lots of my other posts) got her GED and is going to come live with us and work to save money so she can study abroad. She'll be here for one semester so it will be nice to have some extra time with her before she moves away. We've had sick kids, with a "man cold" included - see here, a birthday, scouts, and lots of work to keep us busy. Life is crazy but also great. We are so blessed to have such great children and family members. But I'm definitely looking forward to the lazy days of fall and winter!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Birth Announcement

My friend Natalie Parks just recently started her own business called Announce It! by Natalie. She does great work for super great prices. She's really fast too and I HIGHLY recommend her. You can see her blog here. She is amazing and we are so happy with how it turned out. Thanks Natalie!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Saydi's Blessing Day

Since Mark's brother is in the Reserves he has drill the first weekend of every month so we got permission to bless Saydi on Sunday. It made for a fun (and VERY busy) weekend. Here are just a few pictures - there are too many to post them all! Mark did a wonderful job with the blessing. I'm so grateful to be married to someone who respects his priesthood so much and doesn't take it lightly. We had a great day celebrating our sweet baby Saydi!
After the blessing we had a small bbq at our house with Mark's side of the family. If you look close you can see Fussy's cheeks FULL of hot dogs - his favorite food.
This is Mark's grandpa and his wife Barbara. I thought this was so sweet. Barb loves to hold all the babies. She's holding Saydi and Sean's baby, Audrey.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Saydi's Pictures


The pictures kind of are cut off so if you click 
"view all" you can see them better. 
Thanks again Jackie for such a great job!! 
Check out her blog under my blog list.