{Did you know Jef from the Bachelorette lived in PG}

 Ok so I know that I am obsessed but did you know Jef  from the Bachelorette lived in Pleasant Grove? Also did you know that a cupcake shop from Pleasant Grove competed on Cupcake Wars? Oh and Melody just met Cody Brown from sister wives at the ice cream place down the road!

PG is the place to be especially cause that's where Melody, Brian & Baby Hadley live so we had to go visit. Don't worry we didn't run into anyone famous or really even leave the house cause tantrums were running wild but at least we got to spend time with Mel.

 We did go to a Korean restaurant in Provo that is so slow but so good, for example we sat there for 2 hours with 2 babies and a busy 20 month old to get our food but it really was worth it.

 Aniston loved the Beef Bulgolgi { she loves spicy foods just like her mom}

 Melody showed off her culinary skills and made creme brulee, {She let Aniston help}

 Aniston wearing my only purchase for the weekend, since shopping is quite hard with 2 kids we walked into Forever21 had enough to find these glasses before we had to walk right back out. But we survived!

 

As Aniston would say Luv You! See ya later...

{How did this Happen?}

                            One Year Pics Dec. 2011                    Back to School Pics Aug. 2012

How did my baby go from this to? Where did the time go? I swear when I came home from the hospital after having Beckham she had grown this much over night! She is such a big girl now and so much fun!
She is constantly copying peoples sentences, dancing to her favorite song "Call me Maybe", and helping Beckham when he's cries. She is definitely our entertainment but also the source of my meltdowns. {Her fits make me want to throw fits.} A few of her favorites are;

*loves eating dirt and sucking on rocks
*always asks to play outside with our neighbor kids
*She can say Kellie but it sounds more like Kelyee and {she also calls Melody Kelyee} its the red hair I guess
*loves going on rides with Grandpa and always signs more when they are done so it melts my dad so he always ends up taking her on multiple rides.
*Not a fan of nursery yet {hopefully that will change}


Last week Kellie took Back to School Pictures of all the nieces and nephews so they let Aniston join in. She's a natural!

 

 So now that she is a big girl we decided she needed to move to her {Big Girl Bed} and I must say the transition has been a lot smoother than expected. Besides falling off the bed a few times she has stayed in it all night for a week now. After the first night you could tell she was proud and we gave many high fives for being a {big girl}. I tired sneaking into her room after the first night and taking pictures and here they are. She has what we call a magic blanket {she calls Keke}and she had to rub her fingers along the corners to fall asleep and she also does it when she wakes up, its quite funny because there is one certain corner she has to have {you can kind of see her doing it in some of the pictures}

  Gotta love the sleepy puffy eyes

 Man I love this big girl!

Project Life: Summer Part 1

I love this time of year

Because it's 

Summer

and the

Memories

are just waiting to Happen

                                                  -unknown
I have decided this summer that instead of letting my pictures just sit in a file on my computer I would attempt to start the Project Life like I have seen everywhere online. Instead of doing the actual Project Life I found a similar template that Sherelle Christensen had made and I thought I would experiment with it and see how I liked it and if I could even handle doing this the digital way. But so far I have liked it because it has forced me to keep on learning how to use Photoshop and it is mess free. Another big perk about it is I don't have to print off pictures, I can just download the billion pictures I have taken and create a quick page. So far they are not anything to spectacular but Hey at least I'm doing something..  So with that said here is Part One: of our Summer Adventures.

 

 

 

 

 

{He's Here}

He's Here:
Beckham Bruce Evans

2 1/2 weeks early to be exact.
Everything about this labor was so different from when I had Aniston.

Interesting facts about my labor:

* Travis was at a golf tournament all day he got to the hospital 45 min before I delivered.
* I dilated from a 5 to 10 within 20 min.
* Total time at hospital before he arrived was about 2 1/2 hours
* I had my epidural 10 min. before delivering and it had not kicked in so I felt the whole thing. (talk about waste of an epidural!)
We were all completely in shock about how fast & unexpected everything was; but we are so glad that he is here safe & sound.

1st mother/son moment

First Family Photo of a Family of 4!

 Aniston tickling Beckham's toes

 Beckham ready to go home

Look at that Bleach blonde hair! I couldn't believe it when the Dr put this blonde, fair skinned baby in my hands, I was expecting him to look just like Travis. But he is one handsome little guy.

More pictures to come...

2+2=4

Looks like we are evening up the numbers in our family. We found out recently that we are having a boy! We feel super blessed and excited for a boy. I am almost 19 weeks and have been feeling much better these last couple of weeks.
Although sometimes it's hard to be sick and chasing around a 14 month old 9who hates to stay in one spot for longer than 5 secs) I think having Aniston around is a good distraction from the exhaustion and nauseousness.

My goal this time around was to try to be better at documenting the process, (even though I hate taking these awkward pictures of myself and the growing belly.) So here's a few that I didn't talk myself out of taking.

{Happy H"OWL"oween}

Isn't My little Owl so cute! I haven't been this excited for Halloween since I was in middle school. {Maybe it's because after I turned 12 I felt weird dressing up for Halloween} But it was so fun looking for ideas and making this costume for Aniston. I found the hat on etsy and this super easy tutorial on how to make the wings on pinterest.

We didn't really do much for Halloween cause Aniston hasn't been feeling good so we went to the community Trunk-or-Treat and to my parents house for chili.

Like I said before Aniston's been a little sick but she has been the best sick baby if that is such a thing. She hasn't been whinny or grumpy and she has taken 3 to 4 naps a day plus going to bed at 7pm and sleeping til 8am.


The wings have a little piece of elastic that fits on her little fingers to keep the wings attached to her arms. Aniston hated the elastic being on her finger so she was constantly trying to get it off; but it conveniently looked liked she was flapping her wings. Here's a video of it.

I Love US!

For a couple years now I have been taking my families {Family Photo's} & Devry & Preston's, {but who are we kidding they are practically family to us. }But that's besides the point. I have been practicing and trying to learn more about taking photos and using photoshop for my own knowledge. I'm no {Jessica Calderwood} but I'm trying! check her blog out she's amazing...

These families mean a lot to me; And here are some of the reasons why!

walk to the mail box with us everyday
invite us over for dinner
love & play with Aniston
make us cupcakes
call and check on us almost daily
Just to name a few

But I'm so grateful to have them in my life.

So here's this years {photo shoots.}

-P.S. My sister Kellie took my family pics
{Evans Family}
{Lewis Family}

{Payne Family}
{Park Family}