Here we are heading to the hospital to have our little Abby.

She weighed 6lbs 5oz and was 19in. Lily was so excited to see her baby sister.

Here is are little precious Abby. We are so glad to have her home. My worst nightmare came true. I had to have a c-section. That put me in the hospital longer then normal. The day that we were going to go home Abby had Jaundice really bad so we had to stay to put her under the light. It was a long stay so we are so glad to be home.

Easter

Aren't these two the cutest kids you've ever seen. I can't get enough of just watching them play together. I think my nephew is so dang cute. They are just getting ready for an egg hunt. My brother's kids were at their other grandparents so it was just the two of them. They had a blast. They are the best little buddies.


Then they went over to the Strong's house for another one. They are my brother in laws family. They were so nice to invite Lily over. They even had a basket for her. They wanted her to have a hunt with lots of kids. There were a lot of people and it made it really fun. Lily was so spoiled. When we got back home to Carson City we went through Easter Detox. Every morning she thought we were going to have an egg hunt and eat candy.

Bam Bam and Pebbles

While we were in Utah for easter, my cousin Kylee got married. I was so fun to see family. Lily and Mac had so much fun running around and playing together. They are the cutest things to watch. They are Bam Bam and Pebbles.

They got a little bored and decided to fill all the pots with rocks. There were also waterfalls everywhere and they were putting rocks in there as well. The best part was the workers following them around and taking out all the rocks from the fountains so they wouldn't get clogged.

Easter Sunday

I didn't realize that Easter was over General Conference, and I was going to be up in Utah. This is Lily's Easter dress. She loves it. She calls it her foofy dress. When we picked her up from Nursery the leaders said that every time she sat down and sat on her dress she would freak out. She had to have it belled out over her so she was tucked up under it.

See you later Toys R Us

I can't remember what I was doing when I heard Lily calling for me. I kept asking her what she wanted and to come here to tell me. After a couple of times telling her to come here I went into her playroom and found her like this. Just sitting in her infant car seat in the corner with her blanket. She was wanting me to read her a story. She loves playing in it I am a little worried what she will think when her sister is sitting in it. We are working with her now telling her that is baby sister's car seat. Out of all the toys in her playroom that's what she wants to play with. See you later "Toys R US."

One of Lily's favorite snacks is a Ritz with butter on it. She is at this stage that she has to do everything herself.

She decided that the butter was better straight from the knife. I don't get it just thinking of the texture in my mouth makes me gag. Oh well the doctor did put her on a weight gain diet, so I guess butter is what the doctor ordered.

Big Announcement

Well I'm not sure if anyone reads this anymore. Here is the big news to any of you that still look at this. I am five and half months along. Lily is so excited to have a little baby sister. When we found out Chad told her that she was going to have a sister to play pop parties (tea parties) and dollies with. She said ok let's go. We got home and were calling and telling people. Lily was crying we just thought she wanted to talk to her grandparents. We got off the phone and she was still crying. I told her to stop crying and she said "baby sister go." Well she thought we were leaving the doctors with a sister. It's going to be a long summer. Can't wait for September to get here.

Lily Turns 2

Well Lily turned two back in January. Lily and I were up in Utah when she turned one so Chad missed out. This time our family missed out because we were in Carson City. You can't win having everyone there all the time. She is so much fun to have around. She is our little buddy. Lily mommy and daddy love you so much Happy Birthday.


She was so excited to blow out her candle, but really she just wanted the fire out so she could get to the sprinkles on the cake. To this day she always asks for twinkie stars to eat.


We have some great friends up here in Carson that came over to celebrate with us. It's so nice to have friends when you don't have any family around.

Lake Powell

We took a trip to Lake Powell at the first of the summer. It was a little cold the first couple of days, but then it warmed up. We had a great time. This was Lily's first time there, but it reminded her a lot of the beach so she felt right at home.


Lily new she wasn't aloud in the lake so she found her own way of getting in the water. She found a bucket of water that we would rinse are feet off in before getting on the houseboat. She turned it into her own personal swimming pool.

We blew up a pool so the little ones could play. Lily loved playing with her cousins. The little boy is my nephew Mac. The little girl is my cousins daughter Elle. We miss being around family, but we are so grateful for vacations. Not having family around really makes you appreciate them. I'm so glad Lily has opportunities like this one to spend time with cousins and build friendships like I have with my relatives.


Lily found a love for chips this trip. She wasn't feeling the best. The only thing she would eat were chips. When she started feeling better it felt like everytime I turned around this is what I found.

Chad's Graduation

I am so proud of Chad. He graduated from Law School. It was a long, tough two years, but we did it. He worked so hard and it paid off. Chad I love you and I am so happy for you. Thank you for working so hard for our family. I know you are going to be a great Lawyer.


This is where Chad spent the past two years. Living in this cubicle. He spent some pretty long nights here. Do you miss it babe?

This was the day before he graduated. The school had a get together. Lily found a way to entertain herself. She found the perfect spot to sit and her her cookies.


These are Chad's Law buddies. Tom, Cory, and Ali. These guys saw Chad a lot more then I did. We sure are going to miss the friends that we made while going to school.

We had a Easter Party over at our friends house the Eav's. They have the best yard well the only one of our friends that has a yard in L.A. It was so fun getting together with friends and watching the kids play and have fun together. Lily caught on to the Easter Hunt pretty good. We had eggs everywhere. Lily was really excited to eat the candy, maybe to excited she missed the whole taking off the wrapper thing.

Is this A Girl

I can't remember where we were going, but this is how she is. She has to have a pretty on which is her bow, sometimes a necklace other times a bracelet depends on the day. I love it the only thing she doesn't like wearing is dresses. I can handle that because I don't like wearing them either. She thinks she's pretty hot stuff.

Fresh Start

So I know it has been a while. You know when you get behind you lose your motivation because you know how much you need to do. Well we have been pretty crazy. Chad finished school and we went on a vacation. When we got home from that we moved up to Carson City, NV. Chad is working for one of the Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court. It has been an adjustment moving from L.A. Plus leaving family and friends. Now that we are settled here I am going to be getting caught up on my blogging. I know a lot of you have stopped looking because nothing was ever new. I'm starting fresh so everyone can see how are little family is doing in Carson City.

Got Caught

When Chad is home from school he always keeps his backpack on the floor by the table. One of Lily's favorite things is going over to the bag and pulling out all of Chad's highlighters and pens in his side pocket and putting them on the ledge of this window. I have no idea what is so fun about it, but she could do it all day.

Reading Already

Are cute little girl loves to have us read her stories. I guess this time she wanted to try it on her own.

My Little Witch

I was wrapping a gift and ran out of wrapping paper. Lily took the tube of cardboard and was playing with it. I didn't really think much of it. When I finished and cleaning everything up I wanted to throw the tube away. I look in our bathroom and there's Lily stiring her pot of brew. She entertains me everyday. I love being a mom!

Look a Little Closer

I was in my bedroom making the bed. I came out into the front room and found something different with Lily. Look close you may see that she has an extra something where she shouldn't. Some how she put my cell phone down her pants. I was laughing so hard. I had to stop and take a picture. She was just walking around drinking her bottle like nothing was wrong.

One Year Pictures

Lily's Rash

Lily had her one year check up and shots. When we went to the doctor she had her first ear infection. The doctor started her on amoxicillin. She finished that. A few days later she broke out in this rash. It started out really light and got worse. It was so sad to see my little girl like this. I took her back to the doctor and they said that she had a reaction to her MMR shot. It took about a week to clear up. I hated that I couldn't so anything for her. I also was so worried as it progressed and didn't get better. It seemed like every morning it was worse, and I couldn't do anything for her. As a parent your children look to you for protection and comfort. I felt so helpless. I did everything I could we just had to wait. I wanted to cry everytime she looked up at me with her red face. I'm so glad that she recovered.

Lily Turned One

Lily had a birthday. I was up in Utah visiting family. Chad wasn't able to be there because of school. As you are looking there are no pictures of Chad. We sure did miss him. Lily didn't want anything to do with her birthday. She started crying when we sang to her. She didn't want to wear her birthday crown. She didn't even want to touch her cake. She started out just picking at it, then she went to town on it. When she couldn't get it off her hands she was done. We love having Lily. She is so much fun. She makes me laugh everyday. We are just little buddies. Happy Birthday Lily.