Monday, April 27, 2009

Talking, Being Sick, and Tunnel Vision

So our whole family has been sick for a few days. Of course no one likes to be sick. Yesterday I spent part of the afternoon fixing everyone some homemade chicken noodle and jasmine rice soup because I felt a little better. Well, I think I may have overdone it because for the rest of the day and evening I was resigned to my recliner.
Poor Eric has been working overtime through being sick and had two finals to boot! He is attending the University of Phoenix Axia BA of Business program and it is a full-time job in and of itself. We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but there have been many obstacles blocking the way.
On a more positive note, Jarekah is talking a lot more. She is singing more as well. We are trying to teach her the ABC's. She says some of the letters and really loves singing. She is also counting to 3. She is such a little angel and brings so much joy into our lives.


Jarekah and I are looking at pictures on the computer. I am thumbing through them when we come accross one with Eric's mom, Gramma Carol, in it. She sees it and calls out "Gramma."


Jarekah loves to play with Daddy. They play peek-a-boo and get-a-way. It is so cute to watch them play together. Eric is such a wonderful husband and a great Daddy to our Jarekah.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Scripture Promise

So Eric and I made a promise to each other that we will read at least one chapter of the scriptures together each night before bed. At first, we were bad at keeping it up and our longest streak was like 4 nights. I am happy to report that last night marked our longest streak ever at 15 days! We will hopefully keep it up and it really makes me feel better when I read. It gives Eric a chance to feel closer to Heavenly Father since he is not able to attend church every Sunday due to his job, and we feel closer as a couple when we read together.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Sunny Day Trip

We woke up this morning and decided to take advantage of the beautiful sunny weather. We thought a trip to the Bridge of the Gods would be fun and it is a gorgeous drive. It's only about 45 minutes from our house, so we ventured out.
Jarekah in the car on our road trip

Another one of Jarekah

We're almost there!

We're there!

What a beautiful view!

Another beautiful view

We drove over the toll bridge from Washington into Oregon

The trail

We drove around in Cascade Locks, OR

This is a picture of a mural underneath the Bridge of the Gods

Another view of the mural

Close-up of the mural with a replica of the Bridge of the Gods

An old wagon or something that was sitting on the side of the bridge. I thought it looked pretty cool, so I took a picture.

Another trail

Jarekah and Daddy...she is pointing at the mural of the animals.
A view of the Gorge

Another one of Jarekah and Daddy

View under the bridge

Another mural on the bridge post
Jarekah loved the mural...she called this wolf her "baby"
Touching the wolf's nose

Lazy Sunday 4-19-09

We came home from church yesterday and had a lazy Sunday afternoon. After lunch we went to the park, but of course the camera's batteries went dead. Here are a few photos to capture the memories...





Flowers for Mommy

I have such a thoughtful and amazing husband. I wasn't feeling well, so he brought home flowers and a pizza. What a sweetie!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

SUPER DIAPER DEAL...For All You Mommy's Out There!

So last week my sister let me in on a really great deal on diapers. I normally buy Luvs because we have tried every diaper brand known to man and they seemed to work the best for our daughter and at a reasonable price. So a box of 80 Luvs brand diapers costs around $20 in the stores. (Depending on sales and if you have a coupon.)

The Web site http://www.diapers.com/index.aspx has most brands of diapers, including Luvs, and I received a really great deal! I ordered the diapers for the first time yesterday and received $10 off my first order. You also get free shipping on orders of $49 or more. I bought 1 case of size 5 and two packages of the same size of Luvs for a total of 210 diapers and it came to $49.97. The trick is to type in the code BCTODDLER into the promotion box to get $10 off your order. When you check out, there is a promotion/referral box and if you could please type in my code ERIC8548 then I would greatly appreciate it.

For those of you who have babies that require a smaller size diaper, the total of diapers will actually increase for you for the same price. For example, someone with a baby that wears size 3 diapers would receive a total of 284 diapers. Someone with a baby that wears size 2 diapers would receive a total of 328 diapers, and so on.

So to summarize, I visited the http://www.diapers.com/index.aspx Web site and filled out a short order form. Upon checkout, I entered the promotional code BCTODDLER into the promotion box and received $10 off my order. So I received 210 size 5 Luvs brand diapers and only paid $39.97 total. There was no shipping and handling and they did not even charge me tax.

It is definitely worth the few minutes of time to fill out the order form and I got my diapers delivered to my doorstep the very next day. Let's face it, anything that saves us moms time and money is greatly appreciated and well worth the effort! If you do it, let me know how it works out for you and if it is a better deal than your normal diapering routine. Also, don't forget to enter my code ERIC8548 in the promo/referral box and tell all your diaper-buying friends to do the same. Once you order, you will get a referral code and you can tell all your friends that you referred to enter your code. You will receive $5 off your next purchase if you do!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Twinkle, Twinkle

Jarekah is playing with her reflection in the mirror at first and then she finds her book. Her favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle. Can you tell?

Monday, April 13, 2009

Happy Easter and Other Fun Stuff

So Eric was scheduled to work Easter Sunday, but on Friday his boss called and said he could take the day off after all. We were so excited! Eric has not been able to attend church in quite some time due to his job.

So we woke up early Sunday morning and we started getting ready. We gave Jarekah a bath and put her in the beautiful Easter dress Gramma and Grampa Wall bought her. So adorable! We were almost ready when we heard the phone ring...Eric's boss! He called and said that two of their employees called in sick and they needed Eric to come in. I was devastated. So there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that his boss said he could come in a little later so Eric could attend the first two blocks of church services. The bad news is that after that he had to work for about five hours and missed Easter dinner with my family who were visiting. Of course we saved him a big plate of food and he was able to join us later on. Hope everyone had a wonderful and happy Easter.



I had to get a picture of Jarekah after her bath. She came running into our bedroom looking so dang cute!


This is the first picture we tried to take with Jarekah in her Easter dress. She was not too happy and wanted a bottle. We have really been trying to stop that habit and she mostly drinks from a sippy cup or cup. I need to hide the bottles better!


Jarekah wants her babies that are in her crib.




Daddy gave her the babies



Show-off



Our little baby



I can't get over how big she is getting!



Playing with mama...she is running from me


Our little pumpkin!



The end of the night...she fell asleep in the car on the way home from Aunt Kendra's house. We were there with the rest of the family after church. She woke up around 9:00pm and we fed her some dinner and let her have some of her Easter candy. There were only 3 things she could eat from her Easter basket. We bought one of those premade ones from the store. Next year I will make my own. She did get a huge ball, so that was good enough for her!





Friday, April 10, 2009

Growing Girl

Jarekah had her Wellness check-up scheduled for yesterday, but after some work issues for Eric we had to reschedule the appointment for today. We took Jarekah for her check-up this morning and she did such a good job. Of course she cried and did the usual things babies do at these appointments, but overall she was great.

Jarekah is 34 inches tall and weighs 28lbs. 8oz. Her head measures 49cm. What a big girl! Her pediatrician said that Jarekah is doing great and is displaying advanced developmental milestones. That is always good to hear and makes a mama proud.

Only one vaccination was required at this visit, so that was a blessing! Clean bill of health and we were able to bundle her back up and take her home. I am so grateful for my growing girl!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Fun Day

My friend Tiffany invited us to her son, Carson's, 2nd birthday party on Saturday. The kids had a blast! Tiffany rented a play gym at our local community center that just happened to be like a block away from our house. I couldn't believe we had never even been there. We will definitely take the kids back, now that we know about it. They had so many fun activities for the kids. They also have a huge indoor pool complete with water slides for only $4! We will be taking advantage of this place often.


Jarekah going down the slide


There were balls everywhere. Jarekah loves to play with all the different balls.

The staff were great. Here is one of them pulling Madison, Carson and Taylor on the wagon.


They pulled everyone over to this giant parachute, where we all had a blast doing various activities.


Jarekah really liked the fort.



Here is Jarekah on one of the many toy trikes.


Aww...she really had a lot of fun!



Pushing the tractor.


On the tractor.










Friday, April 3, 2009

Singing Time


One of Jarekah's favorite nursery songs is Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam. This is the latest and greatest of Jarekah.






I gave Jarekah a piece of grapefruit for the first time and had the camera ready...

This picture was taken shortly after she licked the grapefruit. She wasn't too sure about it. It took her a while to process.

So after a few minutes, Jarekah decided to go for it! She put a chunk in her mouth and this was her reaction. What you don't get the pleasure of seeing is the aftermath. Jarekah pulled the grapfruit out of her mouth and threw it accross the room. I was laughing so hard and wish I could have captured that on film!

Jarekah's favorite food for the moment is spaghetti. She also developed a new face earlier this week. Enjoy!

It looks like Jarekah is laughing, but she is not actually making any noise. This is her latest "face" that she makes. It is hilarious to watch her.

Silhouette Family