Ben, Kim, and Baby Annie

Baby Charlotte

2010-09-29T10:47:00.005-07:00

First of all... Sorry for going private for awhile. I didn't put in anyone's email so please don't be mad at me. (It's a long story, so i won't bore you with it) Anyway... I have a new baby! My due date was Sept. 13th but she wasn't not making any progress by the 15th so they induced me. It was such a breeze. I went in at 11am and had her at 6:33pm. And the best news is, she eats and it wasn't near as painful as it was with Annie. Here are some pics. The first one was a couple of days before i went in.

Petting Zoo

2010-04-23T08:21:00.003-07:00

Last week Annie and I went to the petting zoo with my good friend Carly and her little girl. The highlight was riding the little pony around in a circle; however, as you can tell, I don't think Jocey liked it as much as Annie!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-23T08:00:00.005-07:00

For Easter weekend we rented a houseboat at Lake Mead with ALL of Ben's family. The weather was perfect but the water was cold! One night, Mary made us virgin pina colodas and margaritas and we had a dance on the deck. (those are the pics with us dressed up) It was so fun - thanks KC and Mary.

It's a...

2010-03-24T17:18:00.004-07:00

We are excited for Annie to get a sister! They'll be almost exactly two years apart.

#2 is on the way!

2010-03-16T10:06:00.002-07:00

For those of you who don't know, I am pregnant with our second. I am 14 weeks along and we will get to find out the gender next Wednesday. We are so excited to have another little baby! And the best news is...I eat and it doesn't come back up an hour later. YES!

Annie's world

2010-03-16T09:26:00.004-07:00

Someone from Ben's work gave him this sweet bike for Annie, so all that day we kept telling her that Papa (she calls Ben papa) has a surprise for her when he gets home. She kept asking me "pise, papa?" Ben stopped on his way home from work and got a balloon to tie onto it and waited on the sidewalk in front of our house. When i opened the door she ran out yelling "babboo...bike...babboo". If we didn't know any better we would have thought she was crying she was so happy.

Annie's passions are: Balloons (she makes a fuss over every one she sees and since about three months ago she draws them on everything.) Umbrellas (If anyone mentions the word rain she yells "ehya" and runs to the closet to get the umbrella)

Favorite Foods: Scrambled eggs with cheese and fruit snacks

Drink of choice: "Appa joose" repeated 10 times

Favorite pass-time: Mothering every other kid that will let her and if she can't find a kid she'll settle for her baby dolls.

Love You Long Time

2009-11-22T22:08:00.003-07:00

Ben and I felt like teeny boppers again. We went to my friends concert at the Electric Theater the other night and the whole time we were jumping around and dancing with all the thirteen year olds. We can't lie, we LOVED it!

Half Marathon

2009-11-22T21:59:00.002-07:00

By far the most difficult thing i've done physically. It was pretty intense but we finished and want to do another in the future. When we were done Annie came over to Ben and gave him a heartfelt hug (so cute).

Halloween

2009-11-02T11:29:00.003-07:00

We went to our friends sons birthday party to start out the night. She did some fun Halloween snacks and a cute monster cake. Then we went to the "trunk or treating" here in town. I've decided I don't like trunk or treating as much. I don't like walking in a line of kids that don't have to do anything but hold out their bag and occasionally grab for their treat. I wish it was the same as it once was...no trunks, just walking door to door to door and yelling "trick or treat" to get that "much wanted" candy that you only received on Halloween. Oh well we still had a great time!

This is my cute niece and nephew. We spent the night trick or treating with them and my sister has everyone over for chili after.
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Chickens

2009-11-02T09:05:00.004-07:00

We have a new addition to our family... CHICKENS!

Annie loves them and every time she gets done eating breakfast she says "boh boh" and runs to the back door. Ben, his Dad, and brothers helped build their coop. (Thanks guys!) It's quite nice with some doors to collect the eggs and a back door to clean up the crap.

Red High Heels

2009-10-13T19:14:00.003-07:00

Oh you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I’ll bet you want me back now don’t you, don’t you
I’m about to show you just how missin’ me feels
In my red high heels (or in her case...heel)

We have had a model staying with us lately. Annie LOVES putting my high heels on and clacking around the house. Last night, Ben and i were in the front room both reading a book and we heard a clack, clack, clack down the hall. We both looked up and watched with anticipation to see what shoe it would be this time. She entered the room, stopped and waited for our response, then proceeded around our coffee table and back in the bedroom clacking all the way. Ben and i both looked at each other and smirked. Then a few minutes later we heard the clacking begin again. She had changed high heels and was back. She waited at the entrance of the room and then trudged her way, once again, around the coffee table and back to the bedroom. Girls!

Glad to be 28!!!

2009-09-30T20:48:00.005-07:00

Yep, you read right. I am glad to be 28. And even more glad that I'm not a teenager.

And what made me think of this?

While reading facebook i came across this cute "pucker lips picture". (Sorry Syd. your picture was perfect for my post)

and I thought to myself "These girls would look so much cuter with big smiles on their faces."

What is wrong with a cute smile? I imagine that they believe that it gives them an aura of sophistication and maturity. I just want to tell them “It's okay to look happy and fun, guys will still like you.” Did they ever think that guys are sick of seeing the same look on every girls face.

Then I began thinking about how I would hate to look down and see that the extension of my arm wasn’t my wrist, but a cell phone. To know that if I were to misplace my phone it could cost me my social life. I liked that when a boy asked me on a date he really had to talk to me. And if some immature pubescent wanted to tell me he liked me there was no way he could be telling ten other girls at the same time through a mass text.

Well, call me old fashioned but I didn't take every High School picture with my lips puckered, I didn't meet Ben on-line, and the first time he told me he loved me I wasn't reading it, and that's how it should be! (please don't be offended if you do or have done any of the above)

Oh and on a side note; 28 is way better than 30!

Annie's latest pics!

2009-09-15T20:24:00.005-07:00

The big one year old pictures!

A good reason for a recall

2009-09-11T20:25:00.004-07:00

When i was visiting my Mom last week i put Annie in my nieces walker. As I was turned around putting a dinner in the oven i heard "thud, thud, thud, scream" It dawned on me what had just happened. Sure enough i found Annie still in the walker on its back at the bottom of the stairs. I felt so bad. Our friend kept saying it looked like she had bacon on her nose...pics later

Baby Mullet

2009-09-09T20:23:00.002-07:00

Annie is ONE!

2009-09-09T19:59:00.004-07:00

For Annie's first birthday we had a small get together at our house. We had family and close friends. She was a little hesitant about her cake at first but caught on quick!

Californ I A !

2009-07-25T22:06:00.002-07:00

We went to California with Ben's brother Burke and his wife Teresa the past few days and we had a great time! Annie was, hmm(for lack of a better word)...busy, but we had fun!

4th of July

2009-07-08T21:54:00.003-07:00

We celebrated the fourth of July with family. We went to dinner for Teresa's birthday and to Kate's for fireworks. Low key but a great time! Annie really didn't care much about the fireworks. Every once in awhile she would point up at them and say "dat". Hmm, maybe next year.

Our family!

2009-05-22T22:04:00.002-07:00

Hurray we finally have a recent family picture. We all got a little bit of a tan and happen to be in decent clothes so I had Kate and Graham take a few shots of us as a family. We have to take advantage of these times, they don't happen often.

Newport Beach

2009-05-22T21:56:00.003-07:00

I want to be back here! We went to the beach with some friends a few days ago. We had such a good time.

I always wanted to teach Annie to ride horses...even if it is a PINK one!

2009-05-22T21:53:00.002-07:00

A sucker for Uncle Burke and...SUCKERS!!!

2009-05-08T21:57:00.002-07:00

And this is how the sucker story goes...

Double Stuffed Deliciousness!!!

2009-05-01T22:15:00.003-07:00

Why can I NOT get these delicious cookies out of my mind lately? Last Saturday Ben and I couldn't agree on a treat. He wanted Grasshopper cookies (good but not as good), as you can imagine, I wanted Oreos. So we agreed to disagree and get both. Bad idea. Without the help of Ben I had MY cookies gone by Sunday afternoon with no one but my self to blame. WORTH IT!!!

Well the weekend has come around once again :)

Easter

2009-04-14T23:38:00.003-07:00

For Easter this year we went with my sister and her family and my Mom on a picnic. We went to Gunlock and couldn't find a picnic table so we went to the Rodeo grounds and sat on the bleachers. We ate hot dogs and then my Mom talked us into having relay races boys against girls and Ben and my bro-in-law had to run holding their baby. Can you say "shaken baby syndrome"(poor babies). It was pretty funny to watch all of us.

What's the big deal... it's only been 4 months!

2009-04-14T23:18:00.005-07:00

Here's to all of you who didn't remove me from your list of friends. Way to go!

You're probably expecting me to have some amazing and elaborate post to make up for lost time, but I don't. In fact not a lot has changed. Annie has progressed a lot but as far as Ben and I we are pretty well doing the same ole' things; which is great!

At 6 months Annie learned to crawl. It's so darn cute!

I'M A THUMBSUCKER!!!

2008-12-01T17:22:00.002-07:00

Well, you read it. She LOVES her thumb. At first I was so against it, thinking about how if she continued when she got teeth she would possibly need orthodontic work and what if she grew to love the taste of chili powder on her thumb and she turns four years old and is still sucking away. BUT.... now I have a different outlook on the whole thing. When she wakes up in the night she sucks it to soothe herself and will fall back to sleep. No need for Mom anymore at 3am, she's got thumpkin.

Jubilee of Trees

2008-12-01T17:12:00.004-07:00

About a week ago my Mother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and myself went and saw the Jubilee of Trees. For those of you that aren't around here, it's a festival that you can go and see tons of magnificent trees that people have decorated and donated to help the Jubilee House. Most all of the trees have some sort of theme. These two were a couple of my favorites and I also loved one that was a Candyland theme. It was fun going and got us in the Christmas mood!

1st Halloween

2008-11-12T12:11:00.005-07:00

Annie was a sweet little pumpkin for her 1st Halloween. She was an asleep pumpkin for the majority of the night and when she awoke she decided that being a pumpkin was way too hot so we didn't get a lot of pictures.

We went trick or treating with my four year old niece and we were walking from the first persons house when I told her to tell them "thank you". As she turned around to do so, the little rag doll tripped over her treat bag and landed right in a prickly cactus. I sat there for about 10 minutes just pulling out the needles in her knee and hand. She couldn't have been wearing a better costume to absorb cactus needles. Needless to say, I felt so bad.

Murder at the Juice Joint!

2008-11-12T11:19:00.007-07:00

The day before Halloween, Ben's sister Kate and friends, had a big Murder Mystery party. It was set back in the 20's as you can see. I won the Dressed to "Kill" award. Ben's brother's friend thought I was dressed up to be Mrs. Doubtfire, but whatever, it got me an award right? It was a good time. It's just fun to get all dressed up since it doesn't seem like there's as many opportunities the older you get. So... thanks to all those who put it together!!!

Proof!

2008-10-21T07:53:00.004-07:00

See... I told you she can smile! She smiles when you talk to her now. It's great to get some feedback. I never knew a little baby could make you feel so stupid. For so
long I would talk baby talk and make the funny faces to her and she would just stare at me with a scowl as if to say, "what is this wierdy lady talking about". But now whether it be sympathy smiles or not she thinks I'm pretty funny.

The cousins

2008-10-21T07:45:00.004-07:00

My little nieces were sooo excited to finally get to meet their new little cousins and since it was UEA weekend they came down from Lehi and spent a few days.

The latest pictures...

2008-10-06T11:55:00.006-07:00

Here are some of the more recent pictures. Annie smiles now and it's not ALWAYS just gas; although I don't have any pictures to prove it yet.

Aunt Mary and Annie sound asleep!

Hanging out with Daddy after work.

Apparently Annie doesn't want to be a model when she grows up!!!

Did someone give her some bitter beer while I wasn't looking?

Hanging out with her cousin Sophie

2008-10-06T11:28:00.005-07:00

K.C. (Ben's brother), Mary, and Sophie came down to visit from Jackson Hole. We were all having a great time until Annie began to cry. As soon as Annie would cry, so would Sophie. It would make Sophie really anxious and she would try and put her Binky in Annie's mouth to calm her down. Also, whenever Sophie would see me without Annie, she would get a confused look on her face and put out her arms out as if she was asking where Annie was. It was so fun to have the cousins together. I'm sure they'll have even more fun when Annie is a little more mobile.

One month old today!!!

2008-09-19T20:55:00.007-07:00

First of all, thank you to everyone who gave me advice! It helped the most just to know I wasn't the only one that had gone through such torture. And second... I made it one whole month today and things are much better!

We haven't been doing too much but hanging out with family and trying to get Annie to crack a smile instead of just scowling all the time.

Here are the latest pictures....

Grandma and Annie

Mom and Annie on her one month birthday!

Annie and her new cousin Raiden

Help!

2008-08-31T16:21:00.004-07:00

We are on day 12 now; which means, 12 days of sleepless nights, 12 days of sore nipples (I know, T.M.I.), 12 days of poopy diapers just as fast as I can change em', and of course 12 days of kissing a cute little baby.

I don't feel like I was properly warned. This Mom stuff is difficult! The breastfeeding has been the most difficult thing for me. She has a very hard time latching on. Which stresses me out which makes her even more upset. If anyone has some tips for me, please let me know. The lactation nurse at the hospital said not to give her a binky or bottle for at least two weeks, but longer if possible. What have you Mothers done with your babies?

She's Here!!!

2008-08-23T13:12:00.013-07:00

Annie was born on August 19th at 4:28 am. She weighed 7lbs 11 ounces and was 21 inches long. We are so happy to have her here. These are a few pictures that we already had; they'll be more to come.

Update

2008-08-10T18:24:00.002-07:00

Well, the race is still going. My sister is still waiting, not so patiently, and I have been dilated to a 1 and thinned 50% now for two weeks. The Doctor is going to strip my membranes tomorrow.... if I let him. We are so excited but we also realize that she doesn't cry in the night yet, and wonder if we really want to rush sleep deprivation. I will let you know when our little sweetheart gets here.

The Race is On!!!

2008-07-27T18:38:00.004-07:00

My sister is due one week after me. It's her fifth and my first and she is so determined to have her baby before me. I didn't really even care who had it first until she made such a big deal about it so.... I am out to "beat" her and have this baby sooner. I've been jogging up stairs and jumping on trampolines, anything to win. Not really, but if it comes to crunch time I may need to take more extreme measures.

Pioneer Day!

2008-07-27T18:22:00.006-07:00

It seems to me that the older you get the more you appreciate and comprehend what the pioneers went through. I was listening to a story told in church today about a woman about my age who traveled from Phoenix to Salt Lake in a wagon 7 months pregnant. And I complain about small, smooth, car rides. That's why I was born when I was. If the journey didn't kill me the people around me probably would've from listening to me whine to much. I am very grateful to them. For our 24th celebration we went to the Ivins City parade.
After the parade we went over to Chad Hansen's parent's house and got to swim in their awesome backyard. It's my dream backyard and one day I will have one similar.

Yard Saling!!!

2008-07-27T18:15:00.003-07:00

I don't know why this whole yard sale event was so funny to me. We had a yard sale a couple of Saturdays ago and took all our stuff into town to Kate and Grahams since their house is a prime location. After we loaded everything up to take Ben and I just looked at each other and started busting up laughing about how white trash we looked driving this lovely package through town.

I'm back to blogging!

2008-07-27T18:07:00.004-07:00

Since my last post, which was two months ago, we have moved into our remodeled home. It's great to start to feel a little more settled and be able to get ready for Annie's arrival. I will post some pictures of our house soon.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

2008-05-11T13:39:00.008-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to all of you women. I am so grateful for the Moms in my life. My Mom is always very thoughtful. One of the things my Mom taught me is responsibility and how to work. I didn't necessarily like it at the time but I am so glad she taught me that. Another Mom in my life is Ben's Mom. It has been great being able to live with her for awhile and get to know her better. She is such a caring person and has such a good attitude. They have been right there helping us on our house the entire time. I also have a great Step-Mom, Nola. She is such a good sport about everything and such a support to my Dad and us kids.
So thanks again to all the Mom's in my life!

Getting bigger!

2008-04-20T20:39:00.002-07:00

Just the latest picture of my belly!

Spending time with family

2008-04-20T19:31:00.006-07:00

This week my Mom, brother Brandon, sister-in-law Brittany, and Brooklyn, Brayden, and Braylyn came to St. George to visit. We went to Snow Canyon one day and played in the sand, did a little shopping a couple of days (I got the cutest baby bedspread), we didn't do much but it was great just spending time together.

Culebra, Puerto Rico

2008-04-10T08:29:00.005-07:00

This was where we camped. Try waking up to this and having a bad day.

This was the airplane that all eight of us nearly lost our lives in. This was by far the most intense ride I've ever been on. The ferry was closed due to the windy weather so we decided to fly. We looked only inches away from mountain and tree tops while coming in for our landing. AAAHHHH!!!

Ben's ready to go. He didn't get any sunblock on his back the first day so after snorkeling all day long he was fried.

We finally made it! Our first day at the beach. We didn't end up getting there until Friday morning because of the weather so when we did we were even more excited.

This was just one of the awesome fish we saw while snorkeling.

It's a GIRL!!!

2008-04-10T08:23:00.002-07:00

It's a girl everyone! We went and had an ultrasound last Wednesday before we left for Culebra and the tech said it's undoubtedly a girl. We plan on naming her Annie Eva. It's crazy but now that I know what it is I feel more of a bond.

2008-03-25T20:41:00.008-07:00

My Birthday

I am the big 27 years old!

baby bump

2008-02-25T21:43:00.009-07:00

The first sign of a baby bump. Well, at least half is the result of a growing baby. The other half is the burger, BLT, cake, and ice cream I had just devoured. But hey, I'm "eating for two" right???

Back in St. George

2008-02-17T20:17:00.002-07:00

We are both finally back in St. George and glad to be. Chuck and Clo and the two little boys are kind enough to let us stay with them until we can find something to buy. As you can see I am about 13 weeks pregnant and we are so excited. I'm in that stage right now where I don't really show but I just feel kind of pudgy. Oh well, all worth it.

Halloween party

2007-11-11T18:58:00.000-07:00

Last month was our ward annual Halloween party. Ben and I are primary teachers for the 5 and 6 year olds. Adam, on your left with Ben, is our favorite. We realize you aren't suppose to pick favorites, but we couldn't help it. Maybe it's because he talks so cute or maybe because he waves at us non stop during Sacrament meeting, whatever it is, he wins! He was "kaw pitt kwew" for Halloween this year. If you are like us we didn't know what that was, but as you can tell, it means car pit crew. Who'd a thought! We love our ward. They do such fun things and there's not a more on top of it, organized ward out there. Halloween day we went with some friends miniature golfing. It doesn't beat seeing all the kids dressed up but it was a good time.

Fall

2007-11-11T17:19:00.000-07:00

I keep telling Ben I want to start being more "crafty" and we both agree that this is a good way to start. Here goes....

First off, I can't believe that it's almost been a year since we were married, and since we've lived in Mesa. And the fact that Thanksgiving is not far away blows my mind (although you would never be able to guess with the 90 degree weather we've been having). Where did October go?

I can't tell you where October went, but I can tell you where we went in October. We went to the Schnep Farm pumpkin fest. where they had a 10 acre Steve Nash corn maze. The problem was, the corn husks weren't tall enough so you could see the tops of peoples heads. Oops!