Funny Mamma

Ice Skating

Ever since Dede and I have been hanging out (a year this month) Dede has wanted to go ice skating, but because of my condition for the first 9 months I was not allowed to go ice skating. We finally went ice skating on Saturday. Dede had never been skating before and I use to go all the time when I was younger, but you would never know that looking at us. Dede was going way faster than me. It took my an hour before I would go far from the wall. I never fell and Dede fell a couple of times, but she was daring and tried all sorts of tricks, skating on one foot, turning around, and she even tried to jump. This picture is Dede doing one of her tricks after only skating for about 30 min. (the quality is not very good it is from my phone)

Happy 3rd Anniversary

Two days ago on July 29th was our 3 year wedding anniversary. I am so glad we got married and that we are still very much happily married. For our anniversary Jared took me to a nice restaurant downtown called One Twenty Six. We ended up running into another couple we know the Edwards who have the same anniversary as us. For desert we had the gooey chocolate cake that I made and decorated with chocolate covered strawberries. To celebrate our anniversary I thought I would post some of our wedding pictures.
Which of our moms look happier about us getting married?
At least we both seemed happy about it. I think we are just giddy with love.
I love this picture because Jared was just starring at me during the ceromony and sometimes the Bishop had to tell Jared to look at him every once in awhile so he knew that Jared was listening.
What are they doing? It looks like my sisters were really happy to be standing up front.
For our reception we had a fun dance party and Jared really got into this dance. If you look at my sister Alissa in the background she always looks like she is trying to figure out what we are doing.



This is us with my little sister Alissa watching Jared's parent singing. Notice Jared's awesome shoes. He had to pay more to get the cool tennis shoes that went with his tux.
We got married on my brother Ethan's birthday. So also Happy 18th birthday to Ethan!

Addi is 4 months old

My baby is now 4 months old. She is getting so big so quickly. She had her 4 month check with more shots and all on friday. She was so cute with the doctor and nurses. She was talking and smiling and laughing at them. The doctor said she didn't even need to ask the developmental questions because Addi was doing all of them for her she even almost rolled over on the exam table. Addi weighed 13 lbs 4 oz (50%) and was 25 in long (75%).
Addi got a new toy and she loves it. She likes to be able to walk. I am afraid I may be chasing her around sooner than I expected.
My baby loves to watch TV. She isn't a very good napper so on the days she refuses to take a nap I let her watch a little TV so I can get something done like eat my lunch. She thinks Barney is hilarious and she likes her baby einstien videos grandma sent her. She also thinks she can fit both of her fist in her mouth at the same time.
My baby can roll over all by her self. Yesterday I left her in the room for a min while I grabbed some breakfast. While I was in the kitchen I heard her yelling out. I thought she just wanted some attention, but when I got back to the room she was on her tummy (she hates her tummy thats why she was yelling) I missed her rolling over but she did it for me again. Last night when daddy got home we tried to do it for him and get it on video but she couldn't get her arm out from under her and would just flip back over.
Addi has never liked being on her tummy but she likes it a little if you tickle her back. She is just like her mommy.
On sunday for Addilyn's 4 month birthday we celebrated by giving her baby oatmeal. She loved it! She didn't spit any of it out.
Addi is not a good nap taker. This is her asleep on my yoga mate finally at 2 in the afternoon and she only slept for 20 min. I thought that maybe since she didn't get a good nap she would sleep better last night. We fed her baby cereal, gave her a bath with nighttime bath soap, gave her a baby massage, read her a bedtime story and sang her a song. She went to bed really good and I thought that for sure she woul sleep longer than 6 hours but I was wrong, she only slept for 5 hours. She woke up at 1am, 4am, 5am, and then at 7:30am. Luckily I went to bed early last night because I could go back to sleep after she went back to bed at 1:30am and I finally fell asleep and she woke back up 15 min later. I tried to see if she could soothe herself back to sleep but after 10 min of crying I went and got her. I guess we will try again.
Addi loves when her daddy is home and he gets to read her a bed time story.

Tito's new bed

This is where I found Tito sleeping last night when we were getting ready for bed, in Addi's dirty laundry basket. I wonder if it was just a comfy place to sleep or if he likes the smell of Addi and was missing her. I am sure if we didn't keep Addi's door closed while she was sleeping Tito would jump in the crib and sleep with her. When Tito hears Addi wake up from her nap he gets all excited and follows me in her room and jumps in her crib to help me get her out. Tito always tries to get her to play with him, but she doesn't play back. I wonder if he will feel the same about Addi when she is big enough to start pulling his hair.

Bed Time Routine

We recently start a bed time routine to see if it will help Addi go to bed better. We feed her, read her a book and then sing her a song as we lay her down in her bed. It seems to be working. She doesn't cry more than 5 min. Last night Jared decided he wanted to add something to this routine, so he brushed her teeth (really her gums because she doesn't have any teeth) before he read her a bed time story. I guess its never to early to get them started with good oral hygiene.

Alissa Nicole Keep

October 20, 2000 - July 6, 2008

My sweet little sister was taken in a traumatic car accident 2 weeks ago. Although this is very sad that she was taken at such a young age I find comfort in knowing that she was a perfect spirit. Being only 7 years old she was not to the age of accountability and thus I know that she is in heaven with our heavenly father. Alissa was a sweet fun loving girl. She loved animals. If all dogs really do go to heaven Alissa is up there loving them all including her Scottie dog Hannah (named after Hannah Montana) who we think was also killed in the crash. Although Alissa was a girly girl she could hold her own with the boys. Alissa was a little dare devil from the time she was a little baby. We had her 1st birthday party at a rec center. We went down to the pool. I was in charge of Alissa. I thought that she who just play in the ankle deep water, but I was wrong. Alissa one year old and barely able to water ran straight out into the pool father than she could touch. I had not yet changed into my swim suit and had to go after her still in my jeans. A couple years later my dad took my brother and sister to Hawaii (they have been to Hawaii several times and I have never been, not that I am bitter:)) Alissa decided that she wanted to swim in the deep end so she went and jumped in the deep end. My dad knowing that she did not know how to swim jumped in after her. After he grabbed her and brought her up out of the water she told him "daddy I don't know how to swim".

The weekend before the accident I was able to spent the weekend with my family including Alissa. She was so excited to meet Baby Addilyn (thats what she calls Addi). We kept asking her if she wanted to hold baby Addilyn and she would say she wanted to but then when I put her on her lap she would get scared and not want to hold her so she just sat on the bed next to her and talked with her.

Alissa was 4 ears old when Jared and I got married and she was our flower girl. She was so cute. During the ceremony she was standing up in the front by me and my bride maids. She kept playing with her dress wrapping it around her hand. then suddenly her hand slip right through the seam connecting the skirt to the top of the dress. she didn't know what to do. My mom was able to fix the dress in between the wedding and the reception and Alissa was so appreciative and kept thanking my mom. My mom's sewing job held up for the rest of the day, but it did not matter much because by the end of the night she was covered in chocolate from the chocolate fountain. I have many more memories of Alissa that I will forever get to keep with me and I am comforted to know that she is in a better place and I know she is up there waiting for the rest of us to join her if we live our life right. I love you Alissa and will miss your sweet smile.