"Fold your arms"

My sweet little Zanna has learned to fold her arms during prayers. The other night I was putting her to bed and she was bawling.... she just did not want to go to her bedroom because she knew it was time for bed (usually she is really good about going down but she is teething... need I say more). Before I put her down I said fold your arms. She folded her arms and stopped crying while we said prayers. The second we said amen she started bawling again. It was so cute she knew to be quiet during prayers.

Today we were eating dinner and out of the blue she would fold her arms, bow her head and mumble a little something. It was so cute. I couldn't help but just giggle at her.

This little girl is changing, learning and growing so much. She is so fun! She can be a little pill sometimes, but wow is she fun! There are so many fun things that come with being a mother I never could have imagined before I became one.

CATCH UP!!

Well as you can clearly see it has been a very long time since I have done anything with my blog. I am sooooo bad. Ever since I have been prego I have a SERIOUS lack of motivation. I am lucky if I get my house clean.... let alone blog!!!! Can't wait until I hit twenty weeks. With my last pregnancy I had a ton of energy after that twenty week mark... what I wouldn't give for that energy now!!! Ha ha ha! Anyhow I am going to be updating things from months ago... I am planning on doing a blog book, so don't think I am crazy when you see Halloween pics in February!

Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year with my little witch!! Zanna and I were twinner witches. I made our little witch tutu's and put feather boas around our little witch hat's. She was such a cute little witch!

Jathan and his good little witch.

Rebecca and Andelyn were little witches too. Look at Rebecca's hat. It is soo cute! I secretly wanted to steel it off of her head and wear it for myself!! Ha ha!


Zanna and Andelyn were so cute running around trick or treating together. Well not exactly trick or treating. Mostly just running around. Check out Andelyn's broom. Brad made it at his shop. So talented!

We went to the trunk or treat in my parent's neighborhood. It was perfect!

Jathan and Zanna playing in the leaves after trick or treating. Zanna thought it was pretty fun!

Funny story: After we were done trick or treating I took Zanna's candy bag to see what candy I wanted to eat. Jathan looked at me and said... Merm, you can't eat all Zanna's candy. He was dead serious too!! I was like... Jathan I did not take Zanna trick or treating so she could have a whole bag of candy. I took her so I could get Halloween candy! Pretty sure my one year old does not need that much sugar!! I think she ended up getting left with a little packet of smarties. I finished off all the rest! Ha ha!

Big Sis...

Yes... you read it right. Zanna is going to be a big sister! CRAZY eh! We broke the news to her today and this is how she reacted... tears streaming down the face. We think she is super excited about it! Ha ha ha... no but really I hope this is not how she will really feel about sharing time with another little one.

We are really excited about welcoming another baby into the world. I am just not totally stoked on the idea of morning sickness and what not... But hey, hopefully it will not last too long. I am 7 and a half weeks along and so far I just want to eat like mad and I am pretty tired. I am starting to feel a little nauseous but nothing too bad. Please bless I don't throw up all of the time like with little Zanna. That hit at 10 weeks with her... so time will tell. My due date is July 31.... heavens I am going to be waddling around full bloom in the heat of the summer once again! Oh and according to the online Chinese Calendar we are having a boy... I hear they are pretty accurate, 50/50 really... ha ha! Once again time will tell.

Family Pictures

Lindsey Saun took our family pictures a few months ago and she did an awesome job! I just luff her! So I am posting like 20 pictures. I know that is embarrassing for me! But she took like 300 pictures and these were some of my faves! Check out her website and book your own family pictures! This picture makes me giggle. Zanna needed a quick snack so Lindsey shot away! Ha ha!!

ooo-da-lali! What a handsome picture of my honey and his trusty dog! I am so glad she got a single picture of him. So HANDSOME!

Gypsy??

It was the death of us to get Zanna to look at the camera! As you can see in this picture she was not exactly thrilled

Once again not too happy. Ha ha ha! Her face just says it all!

I know I was not exaggerating. I posted many pictures. But oh well what do you do!

My New CHAPS!

Well maybe not so new.... Jathan had chaps made for me a few years ago but somehow they were like 10 sizes too big. We being the slackers that we are just barely got them fixed. Right after we got them fixed I was so excited to wear them. I made Jathan go to the barn and saddle up a horse so I could ride around in them... I know I am a little bit of a dork!

If you look close you can see all of the silver stud work down the sides of the chaps. Beautiful! I just love them!

And of course Zanna just looks so squeezable all bundled up!

And later on that night. Daddy snuggling up with his little girl in the chili night air! I can't get enough of these two!

Helping daddy... or should I say Hindering?

The month of October brought us many car problems. Thankfully Jathan has a new found knack for fixing cars. I believe he saved us over $1,500 by fixing our 4Runner and Truck himself!! Oh it feels good to save money!

So here is Jathan out fixing the 4Runner with all of his tools laid out. Zanna of course thought these were toys specifically out on display for her.

I am pretty sure her hair looked cute at some point during this day. She looks like a little rag-a-muffin in these pictures!

She was trying to make a run for it with the tools. She did not get too far!

It was so funny. When Jathan cleaned up all of his tools and realized some were missing, we found some in the flower beds, on the lawn, at the bottom of the stairs to the basement... she is a busy little bee!

New Elephant Slippers

I found these super cute Elephant slippers for Zanna and surprisingly she keeps them on. They are so cute and cuddly and keep her feet so cozy warm.

Here she is with her famous walking stance. She always walks with her little hands up by her face. SO CUTE.

And now we are dressed for the day!

Gardner Village... and my lack of pictures!

Carolynn, Katie, Rebecca and I all went to Gardner village to check out some fabric and see all of the cute Halloween things they had going on. This is the only picture I got. The little ones passed out in the back seat!

Grace Helen Baldwin

Little baby Grace was born November 9 2008. She is 6lbs 6oz and 17 inches long. She is the tiniest, darlingest little thing. I am so proud of Carolynn and her amazing births! She went into the hospital around 4:30 and had the baby at 6:50!!! WOW! She did a natural delivery and everything went wonderfully! CONGRATS on the new addition!

Doesn't she look stunning!? And just minutes after having a baby!

Cute little Baldwin kiddos!

Carolynn made each of her children stuffed animals and gave them to them at the hospital when they first saw their baby sister.

Super sweet sleeping baby picture. Oh and don't worry Carolynn also made the bedding to this moses basket! She kills me!

Wrestling With Daddy

Jathan loves to wrestle with his little girl. And as you will see she loves it too. She giggles and screams, then screams and giggles some more! One of her favorite things is when her daddy comes home. She hears the door open, runs to the hallway as quick as she can and runs down the hallway into the arms of her daddy. It is so cute! I have a video of him coming home from school and she is on the couch. She starts freaking out and throwing herself all over the couch, giggling and screaming! I will have to post that another time!

Look Mom... no hands!

Zanna is a little climber. She loves to climb everything and get into everything! She is a busy busy little girl!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Zanna went through a phase of not liking the tub too much. But ever since she got her new tub toys for her birthday form Grandma and Grandpa Garrett, she enjoys tub time much more. She still doesn't love to lay down to have her hair rinsed out. Nor does she like it when I pour water over her head to rinse her hair. Infact she kind of freaks out. But she will just sit and play with her toys for about 20 minutes. I love it! She looks so dang cute when she is all soaking wet!

Check out this little girls hair. It almost goes down to the middle of her back. It cracks me up! I never realize how long it is until she gets in the tub. It's got a little curl to it so it only goes down to her shoulders when it's dry.