Beau, Kim, Anna & Luke

Our crazy, busy Christmas

2012-01-06T19:23:00.005-07:00

This post is a little backwards but that is how I uploaded the photos and I don't want to rearrange them. We had a very busy holiday season but loved every minute of it. Luke turned 1 on the 30th so we threw him a little party. Beau's family gives me a hard time about throwing parties for my kids so I really tried to keep it simple this time. With all the family in town and it being December we decided to do it a our church's gym. I walked in and almost died. There were balloons everywhere. Like lots and lots of balloons. They were hanging in clumps from the ceiling and on all the walls etc. I guess there was an activity that night in the Spanish branch and I just got lucky. We let everyone think we spent the whole night putting up all those balloons for a while but then let them know I'm not really that crazy. We did have a little bounce house thanks to Dave and Candice. (I didn't get any good pics of the balloons but you can see some of them- and yes the tablecloths are for round tables and our church had none!)

Luke LOVED his cake! He really went to town on it which was fun because Anna would hardly touch hers. He looked like he had an orange spray tan after I washed it off and I had to throw away the onesie but it was worth it.

My birthday is the 29th and I had so much fun going up to the Grand America with my mom and sisters for "tea" and than Beau took me out to dinner and a movie.

The 27th Beau's brother Taylor got married. It was such a fun day. We were up at my parents the day before and left Anna and Luke there for the night (thanks mom and dad) so Beau and I got to sleep in and than go to the wedding breakfast. They were married in the Salt Lake temple in the same room as Beau and I so that was really fun too. There reception was at the Joseph Smith Building and was beautiful. We are sooo excited to have Melissa in the family!

So last but not least is Christmas. We started by having breakfast at Kade and Megans on Christmas Eve and then going to Puss in Boots. Christmas Eve dinner was at Beau's parents and they outdid themselves. Everything was set beautifully and we had clam chowder, salad, crab and artichokes.

Christmas morning was so much fun with Anna. This girl doesn't lack in enthusiasm. She was so excited for every little thing and would say Oh its just what I wanted, I love it, It's perfect, beautiful etc and then yell Thank you Santa really loud so he could hear.

We hurried and got ready for church and rushed up to my parents ward so we could squeeze everything in. After that we went back to their house and opened presents but I don't have any pics for some reason. They totally spoiled us. Anna was so cute with Luke too- she was just as excited for him to get something.

After that we went back down to Beau's family for presents where we were spoiled again. And than we went to his brothers house for dinner. It was pretty non stop but it is so fun to be with family and we are so thankful we were able to do it all. The week continued the same way- with the wedding, my birthday, Luke's birthday, our nephew Oaks' baptism (he has the same birthday as Luke) and than we spent New Year's Eve day playing with all Beau's family at a church- went to dinner with the adults and games that night. New Year's Day our niece Lilly Eve (Brock and Dezi's new baby) was blessed and than we had a birthday dinner with my family for Dave before they left for Arizona. We all got sick and crashed on Monday!

Christmas Festivities

2011-12-09T22:16:00.004-07:00

We've done a few things for Christmas this year and it has been so fun with Anna. She is so excited about everything that has to do with Christmas and lights and Santa etc. We went up to the Hogle Zoo for there zoo lights and although it was freezing cold we had a good time. We went with my mom and dad and Caitlyn too.

Not a lot of the animals were out but we saw some monkeys, all the reptiles (which I usually opt out of seeing because that building smells so bad- but the cold was too much for me this time!) and the tigers. The tigers were really active and fun to watch. Anna has a little scratch on her leg and she has been telling everyone that a tiger looked right at her and the glass was gone and he jumped right at her and bit her leg. What an imagination- where does she come up with this stuff?

For our wedding we were given two really cute stockings but I have never been able to find anything that matches. Although I don't really want to admit this, this is Anna's 4th Christmas and she's never really had a stocking. I saw this idea on a blog of using old sweaters and luckily I already had 2 in a D.I. bag so I went for it. Anna is a little disappointed hers isn't pink but at least she has one now, right!

We have seen Santa a few times and she has asked him for something different everytime. So does that mean I need to get all of those things or that she will be happy with anything? I think I'll go with the latter (esp since one of them is pink ice skates and what would she do with those?) The first time she saw Santa she asked him for Tiana (princess and the frog), as we walked away I looked at her little face and she looked crushed and started breaking down in tears. I asked her what was wrong and she said "He didn't give me Tiana." I had to explain the whole waiting until Christmas, being good for the elves and they will make it for you thing. Someone that had gone right over her head!

We went up to Temple Square right after Thanksgiving also. It was beautiful as always. This is the best time of the year!

Halloween

2011-11-16T11:22:00.004-07:00

Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion- for a minute I thought I'd be the Wicked Witch and Beau could be the Scarecrow or Tin Man- but that thought lasted literally only one minute.

These holidays get so much more fun the older Anna gets. She loved her costume and I thought this might be the last year I get to choose so I'll force her into it even if it isn't pink or a princess. But luckily it had sequins and twirled really big so we were good. Plus long hair has always been a dream of hers- one day Anna!

I babysat my cousins 4 girls the weekend before Halloween so we all went to Gardner Village to see the witches. I dressed my kids up because we weren't coming back up on Halloween and Grandma and Grandpa needed to see them.

We had a pizza party and rented the movie Witches too. I kind of forgot how scary it might be for little kids and Anna clung to me for most of it while I constantly reminded her its all pretend. But there were no nightmares and she hasn't brought it up since so I'd say it was a success!

On Halloween we went to the ward Trunk or Treat but I forgot my camera. Then we went around to a few houses including Grandmerry and Papa's with Kade, Megan, Brock and Dezi.

We had a great time. Halloween is a lot more fun with kids! But we are already moving onto Christmas in our house. Anna can't stop talking about it and the Elves are keeping her very well-behaved. I wish we could use that trick all year long- but I'm actually hoping the novelty will at least get us through December.

Catch up

2011-11-04T20:09:00.010-06:00

Time flies. . . I really have no excuse about my lack of posting. I'm not really sure if anyone still even reads this but if so- here is a little catch up. I uploaded the pics wrong so its going from most recent first. We have been out of town almost the entire month of October. Our last trip was to Newport Beach where we took some family pictures on the beach. We don't have very good luck with family pictures and this was no exception. For anyone that may have witnessed us this day I will throw out a public apology. We were with most of my family and my mom wanted grandkid pics so we took the five grandkids down close to the water and had Anna and Cole (2) holding Luke's hands so he could stand and Addie (4) holding Isaac (2 months). When the first wave washed on shore Anna and Cole let go of Luke who fell back into the sand and water and the rest bolted. I wish I had the pictures of that but they are on my sisters camera. What were we thinking? We don't know. But it didn't get much better from there. These are probably the best we got.

I'm pretty sure he is thinking 'What are you doing to me?'

Anna turned 3 while we were there so we had a princess party and she got her favorite princess dress up straight from Disneyland-which is where we spent the previous 2 days. If you visit my house you will most likely find her in this these days. And if you look closely she does have fake hair on which she fell in love with and it is brown so it doesn't even match but the blonde had blue ribbons in it and the brunette one had pink so if you know Anna that is enough said.

Disneyland- the Happiest Place on Earth! Anna's jaw dropped when she saw the castle. I don't have any pictures of her with the princesses they are also on my sisters camera but she was in heaven. And when I get them I will put them up.

We wore them out and this was only the first day.

Anna didn't love the ocean like she loved Disneyland. But Beau tried really hard to get her too!

The first week of October we went to Sacramento and stayed with Beau's sister Hayley and her family. We had so much fun there. We went and visited one of the Redwood forests and it was incredible. We couldn't believe they were even real trees.

Anna loved being with her cousins Dolly, Sophie and Tucker.

We also got to see my brother Justin who is in law school out there and he took us to Old Sacramento. We had so much fun out there and it was so good to see everyone.

The first week of September we went up to Aspen Grove for the Cutler Family Reunion. This kid has me wrapped around his finger.

The annual Cornhole Tournament- which got turned into like 3 different ones this year. Cutler's aren't competitive at all! And Beau fits right in- he already can't wait until next years for a little redemption! Sorry Beau and Zach.

I know I haven't posted Halloween yet but I'm tired so maybe next week- but no promises.

Summer

2011-08-10T19:43:00.004-06:00

Luke is now 7 months old. I kind of missed the 6 month mark. In my defense I did try to post a few weeks ago but my computer froze in the middle of uploading pictures and I gave up. So here is a recap of our summer so far. I have to say Luke is the cutest little boy I've ever met. He has a permanent smile on his face and will laugh at just about anything. He is as big as ever although his percentages did go down a tiny bit at his 6 month apt. He weighed 20lbs 12oz and was 28 1/4 inches tall. I don't remember what that is but they were both still in the 90's. I thought he would be a little slower than Anna as far as crawling etc because he has been so mellow since he was born but I was wrong. He started crawling right at 6 months, it was somewhat like a worm for the first couple of weeks but he is now all over the place and fast. He went up the stairs this week for the first time and almost gave me a heart attack when I saw him 5 stairs up.

As big as he is you would think he loved to eat-- but you would be wrong. Not only does he not nurse as often as Anna did he also HATES baby food. This picture is from a month or so ago so he has gotten a little better but he usually gags, turns his head and clenches his mouth closed when we try to feed him. So far bananas are the only thing he eats willingly.

My little princess has really become independent lately. She wants to pick out everything herself including her shoes. Here she is in my heels. She made it down the porch stairs and into the car all by herself in these things. Although this was cute there have been some not so cute moments. I am already gearing up for her teenage years. I think we are in trouble.

These two are the cutest little buddies. Anna is such a good big sister. They are now in the same room together and when we go in in the morning she has usually climbed in the crib with him. We have popcorn ceilings with little sparkly things in them and she says they are looking at the stars. (That was the only time I have liked having popcorn ceilings!)
I came out of the kitchen to find this bed that Anna made for Luke and laid him down on.

It is so fun to have family in town during the summer. Candice was here in July and we went to lunch with Amber for her birthday. Anna has so much fun with her cousins.

We also went to the animal farm at Thanksgiving Point.

We had a Hendershot family reunion. Here are all the cousins at the Parade while the disney princesses came by.

Here is Anna after the princesses kept going past and she couldn't go with them.

Although none of the Hendershots are big campers we went for a night and had so much fun- although not much sleep! It was worth it though esp for all the kids.

We have spent a lot of time at the pool this summer too. Anna and Luke both love it.

We also went to Arizona a couple of months ago. This was Luke's first swimming experience. Do you see his big tummy hanging over his swimsuit? Why is this only cute on babies?!

The last couple of months. . .

2011-05-28T12:23:00.006-06:00

This post is really long because I haven't posted in a while. There has been a lot going on the past couple of months so here's the recap.

Josh came home!!!! We are so happy that Josh is FINALLY home from his mission. He served in Brazil and came home May 20th. It is so fun to have him around again. Dave and Candice came back for the weekend and we had so much fun. My parents and brothers went to pick Josh up in Brazil and brought back some souvenirs. Here are all the kids in their t-shirts.

We have been potty training Anna and I decided to get some things from the dollar store so she wasn't getting candy every time she went. I guess I got my money's worth! Anna was only slightly concerned when her head popped off followed by every other body part.

Anna has had enough of winter in May (as have we all!) she took matters into her own hands and put her raincoat and boots on and decided she wanted to play with bubbles anyway.

The really big news of the month is Beau's graduation! We are so proud of him! He also took his boards this last week and passed so its been a good month.

Luke had his 4 month appointment and weighed 18 lbs 6 oz and was 27 inches long. 96th and 97th percentiles. This shirt was made for him- little big man! He is the happiest cutest baby in the world- I'm not biased am I?

Anna loves the temple. I think we have finally convinced her it is not a castle and Sleeping Beauty doesn't live there- but it definitely took some convincing!

Creed had his 2 year old birthday party at the Provo Beach Resort. Anna is no longer scared of the carousel but I think the Hendershot boys had a little more fun than the kids!

I'm not quite sure what happened to all of our Easter pics but we had a great Easter. Anna went to a couple of Easter egg hunts and would skip all the eggs except the pink ones! She was also spoiled by the Easter bunny! Luke's not quite sure about the rice cereal he got (he still just wants his mommy's milk and obviously isn't starving so we'll stick to that for now) but he loved his toys and is getting so good at grabbing and playing with them. I tried to take pictures of them in their Easter outfits and as you can see below it didn't work out so well. After this picture we gave up but I tried again with just Luke when Anna was napping and got luckier as you can see above.

3 Months

2011-04-06T21:06:00.004-06:00

I can't believe Luke is already 3 months. Time went fast with Anna but I swear its going even faster this time. He is such a good little boy. He loves to smile but laughing takes a little more effort! He has such a sweet little personality and it is so fun to watch it come out more every day. Luke and Daddy hanging out. Anna meanwhile is dying to have hair. It has finally started to really come in but it isn't the long princess hair she dreams of! So in the meantime she puts all kinds of things on her head and pretends its her hair and just has to be satisfied with brushing and playing with mine.

Luke and Grandpa Cutler.

Luke and Great-Grandma Hendershot. She came up to visit a couple of weeks ago for her 91st birthday.

Anna is in love with her little brother. Wherever Luke is you can find Anna pretty close by. I love it! The other day I got her up from her nap and took her into my room before going downstairs where Luke was sleeping in his swing. Anna looked around for a minute and said "oh no, we lost Luke!" What a good big sister- she'll always have her eye out for him!

Luke's Blessing

2011-03-10T17:10:00.002-07:00

We blessed Luke on February 27th while Candice was in town. Beau did such a great job. We realized after everyone left that we hadn't taken any pictures so we put his outfit back on and got a few. As you can probably tell he just keeps growing and growing. At his 2 month apt last week he weighed 15 pounds 3 ounces and was 24.25 inches. He is in the 99th percentile for weight and somewhere in the 90th for height and 75th for head size. He is already starting to outgrow his 3-6 month clothes!

Anna loves her little brother! She is always so concerned when he cries and will say "what's the matter Lukey" and kiss him or rub his cheek. She calls him little cutie or handsome boy. He smiles all the time now- espicially for her and she will click her tongue and say "big smiles, big smiles". It is so much fun to watch them together.

I haven't caught a good smile on camera but I love this one because he always does a side smile just like his daddy.

Princess Luke

2011-02-17T12:01:00.002-07:00

Anna is the girliest girl I've ever met. She is always talking about princesses and pink and dancing like a ballerina. And when I say always I'm really not exagerrating. The first thing she says when waking up from a nap or in the morning has something to do with Sleeping Beauty or going to the palace or castle. So what I'm getting to here is that my little boy is in trouble. Beau is really going to have his work cut out for him! Anna is always trying to dress him up. She put this crown on him the other day and said "he's so cute" and than while patting his cheek she said "good night sleeping beauty". She is always sharing all her pink toys with him as well- as you can see below!

We made sugar cookies for Valentines Day. Anna loved it and as I remind myself every day I can't leave the room for a second without something like this happening. She calls the sprinkles sparklies. And I am still finding 'sparklies' all over my kitchen.

Papa was reading Anna a story while she ate her Valentine sucker.

Puck and Jessica's cute little Hadlee was born 3 weeks after Luke. What would it be like to have a little baby like that? I don't think I'll ever know! Luke is 7 weeks old today and according to our scale at home he is 15lbs which is the size of an average 4 month old. His 3-6 month clothes are looking like they will only last a few more weeks. He still is a lot better than Anna was but he definitely has his bad days. He is a lot more active and alert and smiles all the time. He rolled over once from tummy to back at 10 days and does it every once in a while now. Two kids has been overwhelming but we are finally getting the hang of it. Although if you looked at my house you probably wouldn't think so! If only I could keep Anna's 'things' all in one place!

One Month Old

2011-01-30T15:03:00.005-07:00

I can't believe how fast time flies. Luke turned one month old yesterday and it seems like we just left the hospital. This last month has been kind of a blur but we are adjusting well- I think. Luke is a much better baby than Anna was. He has his moments-usually in the evenings but overall he is an angel. The last couple of nights he has gotten up every hour to eat though. This kid is huge! He weighed 10 lbs 10 oz at his 2 week and he much bigger than that now. He is already fitting into his 3-6 month clothes.

I can't get this picture to flip. Here are some other pictures I've taken this month.

Anna is such a good big sister. She loves her little brother- a little too much sometimes but she is learning to be softer. She is so worried about him when he cries and brings him her toys to play with. She loves to rub his head and give him kisses. She calls him little buddy or little cutie and always says he is handsome. Its so fun to watch her with him.

Anna learned how to wink and is so proud of herself. Her nursery leader told me they had a lesson about Jesus loving them and when they asked who loves you the kids started yelling out Jesus, mom, dad etc. Our little girl blurted out 'boys'. I think we are in trouble!

Crazy as usually.

She loves to get into Luke's glider. I have to watch her like a hawk or she tries to get into his swing or bassinet too and I think those would break.

He's Arrived

2010-12-30T22:09:00.005-07:00

Luke Garrett Hendershot arrived tonight at 6:12pm. He weighs 9lbs 13oz and is 22 inches long. All of the nurses kept exclaiming, "He's huge!"
He has a little bruising on his face from being posterior, but he is beautiful and healthy and has more hair than Anna! Beau is one proud dad and won't leave Luke's side. It is fun to watch. Kimmie is doing well, her temperature spiked after delivering but she is feeling better now and didn't even look like she had gone through labor right after. Enjoy the pics, I'm sure that Kimmie will be posting more once she gets home and settled.

Thanks for letting me post pics on your blog. I'm so excited for you guys. Love ya, Cand

Christmas

2010-12-28T21:45:00.005-07:00

As soon as I posted the last blog I got my pictures to upload so here is Christmas. Hopefully my next post will be of our little baby boy! We got Anna a kitchen for Christmas which she has wanted for months. She LOVES it and we could hardly get her ready for church on Sunday because she kept telling us "I'm cooking!"

It took us until 2 in the morning to put the thing together but it was all worth it when she saw it the next morning. We were mostly filming it so there aren't too many pictures.

Here we are Christmas morning.

Thanksgiving etc.

2010-12-28T21:04:00.002-07:00

This is a kind of random post. I haven't put anything up in a while and its been a busy couple of months. I couldn't get my Christmas pics to upload either so those will be coming. Beau finished his second to last semester of nursing school this month and got his LPN so he has been super busy. Once he finally got a break we went to the park and built a snowman. Beau and Anna had a lot of fun. I, being 9 months pregnant mostly had fun watching.

We put up a pink tree in Anna's room and she loved it. She has been so fun this Christmas. Everything is just so exciting when your 2!

We went down to the Grand America the day after Thanksgiving with all the Hendershots. They had a big tree lighting ceremony and a childrens choir and hot chocolate, cookie decorating, etc. Santa was there but we didn't want to wait an hour to see him and as we've come to find out Anna is terrified of him anyway! Well at least she was until Christmas morning when she realized what we meant by Santa bringing presents and now she talks about him a lot and keeps wanting to open more presents.

We had Thanksgiving with the Hendershots and had to go to a church for us to all fit. The kids put together a little dance for us while the adults played corn hole all night.

Here is Anna eating her Thanksgiving dinner.

This is a random picture but I told some people I would put it up here so they could see it. I redid my table a couple months ago. It was actually Beau's parents table that they gave to us. It was the kitchen table he grew up with. It was oak and I wanted more of a shabby chic look. If I had known how long it was going to take me I don't think I would have had the energy to do it but once I got started I had no choice but to finish. So after three days of sanding, 3 coats of paint, more sanding, staining, and a top coat here is the finished product. Its kind of hard to see in the picture but I really like how it turned out. Unfortunately it blends into the floor and walls but in a rental what can you do?

Halloween

2010-11-06T22:42:00.003-06:00

Anna was Tinkerbell for Halloween this year and has been wearing her costume for about a month now. But I think Halloween came just in time because the novelty of Tinkerbell has started to wear off as her obsession of everything pink is really picking up. Her birthday dress from Granmerry is what you'll find her in 80% of the time- and the other 20% is just because I wrestled it away long enough to wash it. Anyway she still loved being in her Tinkerbell costume all day esp with the wings and light up shoes. She is ALL girl!

Beau had a clinical all day so I went to Gardner Village with my mom and Caitlyn to see the witches. Anna loved and hated them at the same time. She got so excited whenever we came across a new one but if we got her too close she reacted like this. She would blow them kisses from a safe distance though.

Later that night all the Hendershots came over for pizza and than we went trick-or-treating to a few houses in the neighborhood. This picture isn't the cutest of Anna but I had to show the crazy candy store behind them. This house had just about everything you could want. We were trying to get them to say cheese and I think its funny how Creed is such a little boy in this picture and Anna was trying to pose all girly.

Anna and Creed trick or treating together.

Anna's 2nd Birthday

2010-10-21T21:19:00.004-06:00

I can't believe Anna is 2! She is growing up so fast. She is all girl and everything always has to be pink and princessy so thats how we celebrated. I threw her a big party for her 1st birthday and promised Beau I would take it easy this year so I kind of threw it all together last minute. Beau thought it would be fun to have it at Chuck E Cheese and since we don't have a lot of room in our house I consented. (I realized why he wanted to do it there after he spent most of the night on the basketball game with Anna's tokens.) We just had both of our families come and Anna loved it so it turned out well.

She was spoiled rotten with tons of pink princess gifts and got so excited every time she opened a present. Thanks to all of her loving aunts and uncles- who I told not to bring gifts! (I think Beau is even more excited we are having a boy now because our house is full of pink!

She put this beautiful princess dress on as soon as she opened it and wouldn't take it off the whole night. Granmerry made it just for her and it really is so beautiful it makes me nervous to let her play in it!

She loved her princess cake.

Anna and Creed playing on the rides.

A couple of weeks ago I was able to fly out to Arizona with Anna and stay with Dave and Candice. I left my memory card there so I am just getting the pics. This is Anna on her very first airplane ride. She loved it and was really good- luckily it wasn't a full plane and we had the whole row to ourselves.

As soon as we landed and got to the baggage claim Candice and Addie were there to greet us and these little girls were so cute. They were so excited to see eachother and held hands and ran around. They had so much fun the whole weekend.

They got into a little bit of trouble too. Three busy kids! It was so fun to have Cole be big enough to be right in the mix with them. Anna keeps asking to play with Addie- she doens't quite understand why we can't just get on a plane and go see her again. I wish we could!

2010-09-13T21:47:00.003-06:00

I am usually so sad when summer is over as much as I love fall-but this year I am already over it. Being pregnant in the summer isn't very fun and I can't wait for the cooler weather. Despite that we have had fun. Here are a couple things we've been up to this past month.
Anna loves to have one of us sit right next to her as she plays with her toys- she will say daddy, come sit down, read to me, legos-tower? or whatever it may be. She says it as she cocks her head to the side and has a huge smile on her face and its impossible to turn down. This is how I found them the other day.

We went up to Aspen Grove over Labor Day weekend for the Cutler family reunion. This is the only picture I got but Anna is was in heaven with all of her cousins. A constant party all the time is just her thing. I think I lost her like 3 times as she would wander off with one cousin or another.
I took some pictures of Anna the other day and here are a couple of them. She went from crying to smiling to goofing off and everything in between in the fifteen minutes we took them.

Beau and I took a trip down to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago too. We haven't done that since Anna was born so it was kinda weird and hard to leave her. As much as we missed her it was so nice to be alone for a couple of days.

2010-08-11T12:51:00.003-06:00

So there have been a few things going on the past few weeks but I haven't had time to blog. First of all we took Anna's binky away which was a big deal in our house. Its been over a week and she is doing great now. She rarely asks for it which is great because she was sooo attached. The hardest part has been putting her to sleep. It used to be so easy but now I have to rock and sing songs for forever or else she just cries. I am not very good at letting her cry herself to sleep. I think I might be missing the binky more than her! But it is getting easier and I'm glad its gone before the new baby comes. Hopefully by than she will be so over it that it won't bother her if he has one. This little guy us going to be a handful too I can already tell. He moves all the time and kicks pretty hard for how far along he is. Beau can even feel him now which is pretty early. I am almost 20 weeks. I love my active babies!

Other than that we have just been enjoying July. I love this month with all the bbq's and fireworks etc. Draper Days was always one of my favorite days of summer growing up. Beau had family in town that day so we couldn't go to most of it this year but we did make the parade. Anna loved it. She loves her uncle Justin too so she was sooo happy to be sitting on his lap watching the parade go by.

This was one of her many faces she made while the fire engines were going by.
We had to hurry back from the parade to go to this little guys shower. Dezi and Brock had little Coen on July 13 but we had her shower a few days later when everyone was in town. He is the cutest little baby and just sleeps like this all the time.

Here are some pics of crazy little Anna. She is always getting into something!

Dressing up is one of her favorite things to do. She is always putting something on and it is usually pink and a dress-which she calls a princess. And than she wants to dance. She loves shoes still and is always putting on different ones. Her shoes and my heels are always all over the house.

Lately we have had to take Minnie on a walk in her stroller every night. We usually end up at the park.

This is how we come home.

Anna and Creed rocking away. We went to Cracker Barrel with the Hendershot family the other night because Taylor is leaving this week for Law school. I swear Anna doesn't always wear that shirt but she loves it because there is an elephant on it and its pink.

Making more messes.

It's a . . .

2010-07-18T22:45:00.005-06:00

BOY! I am over 16 weeks now but we found out a couple of weeks ago.

I have a cousin in Boise who is a radiologist and we were passing through there on our way to McCall for a family vacation and just had to stop to find out. We are all excited but Beau couldn't get the smile off his face all weekend! We had so much fun up at McCall too but my camera died and I only got like 2 pictures. I need to get some from Candice and than I'll post some. Here are just some random pics of our summer so far. The Bean Museum- We have gone there a few times and usually with cousins and Anna just loves it. If anyone hasn't gone you should. Its down at BYU, is free, and is full of all kinds of animals- elephants, lions, bears etc.

This is from the last time Candice was in town and Addie was over at our house. Anna got hurt and only wanted Addie to comfort her!

Hogle Zoo! Despite this picture Anna really did love it. This girl is super outgoing, loves a party, is not afraid of people but is a total chicken when it comes to anything else. We put her on the carousel and as soon as it started she went crazy. I was able to snap 1 picture before I pulled her off and held her the rest of the time.

She thought this elephant was great as long as someone was holding her. You can't really tell from the picture but it is this huge metal elephant that makes noises and squirts water. She laughed everytime it did it- if she was far enough away!

She was in heaven just looking at the animals though.

Thinking of the next crazy thing she can do.

Anna and Creed in his wagon. They have taken many rides in this wagon and Anna just loves it.

Playing in the sprinklers at Granmerry and Papa's. She loves the water.

This is one of the pictures I got in McCall. My little cousin Emma was a trooper up there- Anna became attached to her right from the start. She wanted no one but Emma. After the first couple of days poor Emma had bruises on her hips from carrying her everywhere!

Big Sister

2010-06-15T11:54:00.002-06:00

Most people have already heard the news by now so I figured its time to post it. Anna is going to be a big sister! This is how we broke the news to our families. It's not the cutest picture of Anna but I can't keep this girl still long enough and its the only one that shows all of her shirt. Anyway we are excited. I am due the end of December so we'll have a little Christmas baby. I am almost past the sick stage and into the fun part of being pregnant. We had our first appointment a couple of weeks ago and the heartbeat was really fast again so the dr said its probably another active one- yeah!? I'm a little nervous to be chasing two little ones around but can't wait at the same time and Anna is going to be thrilled to have a constant buddy-I hope!

Tinkerbell

2010-06-06T16:04:00.002-06:00

Anna is obsessed. This girl doesn't have a very long attention span but if you put on Tinkerbell its a whole new story. We now have the whole movie memorized. I don't let her watch that much TV but it is nice to have something to distract her while I jump in the shower instead of her pulling everything out of the bathroom cabinets! She is particular about how she watches it too- she likes to watch it in our bedroom at the base of our bed leaning up against pillows. There have been a couple of times that I have been carrying her into her room half asleep to go to bed at night that she looks up at me and says "inkerbell?"

She is just mesmerized as she watches it and Beau and I can't get enough of all her faces!

Ouchie

2010-05-31T20:25:00.003-06:00

When you walk out our front door you can either go right -to our car or left- to the park. Anna knows which is which and 9/10 times she heads left saying "wing, wing" for swing. The other day we were heading to a Hendershot BBQ and as usual when we headed out the door Anna went for the park. Beau and I started walking to the car and said bye Anna we are going to go see Creed. Well that turned her right around and she started running to the car a little too fast. She tripped and did a somersault- to make matters worse our driveway is gravel. It wasn't pretty. I took these pictures the day after and it looks much better than it did at first. Poor girl, at least she's still smiling. This was at the BBQ right after with her cousin Addison. She insisted on holding her hand as they walked around the backyard. I don't know what the mop is about. I didn't get any good pictures of her face- she was kind of sensitive about it. When I showed her in the mirror she looked at it for a minute and said oohhh, than she patted it and said ouchie and started crying. We are keeping her away from mirrors at the moment. But it is looking a lot better. Its amazing how fast kids heal.

Dress Ups & Snakes

2010-05-22T13:10:00.005-06:00

Anna is all girl. She loves to dress up any chance she gets. She comes up with some pretty interesting stuff sometimes! When we are just at home I let her wear what she wants and its usually anything fluffy and sparkly and than she likes to twirl around. She also loves to put my makeup and lipstick on. Anytime she sees me pull out lip gloss she says lipstick and has to have some too- and than she says "pretty".

People are always surprised that she keeps her headbands on but honestly although she pulls them off every once and a while she is usually the one bringing them to me to put them on her. Beau is the one I have to watch- he's always pulling them off. The other day Justin babysat her and when we came home this is how she greeted us at the door. He said she brought him both and really wanted to wear them!

We went to the animal museum with Kade and Megan and Creed. We took Anna last year but this time was a lot more fun. Especially because she had "Ceed" to chase around.

Anna touched a real snake. She was actually pretty brave about this- it took some coaxing to get her to touch the turtle. I couldn't get a picture without Beau's hat in the way but Kade will be happy to know he made it in there!

Anna loves ice cream. This was up at my Mom and Dad's for Sunday dinner. She ate her whole cone and any other cone that had been left behind. And who would have thought vanilla ice cream was so hard to get out? I thought I was being careful but I should have just given her the chocolate.

Happy Mothers Day! Beau made it such a good day. He surprised me with these beautiful roses on Saturday and took such great care of me. I love love love being a mom.

2010-05-01T21:36:00.002-06:00

I haven't posted in a while but not a whole lot has happened. We are in the middle of finals at our house so everything has kind of revolved around that. We can't wait until they are over and Beau gets a nice long break of a week and half until it starts all over! But we serioulsy can't believe how fast its going. Only one year until he is done- with this portion of his schooling anyway. Anna turned 18 months old and is as crazy as ever. She HATES the doctor and cried the whole time the nurse or doctor was in there no matter what they were doing. If either of them even touched her she would scream ouchie, ouchie. What a drama queen! She was 90th in head and height and 60th in weight. Her cousin Creed came over today and she had so much fun. She loves friends and is in heaven when she has someone to play with. She gets a little sick of hanging out with me all day. I couldn't keep these two still to get a picture, Creed is now walking and they were all over the house!

She also went to nursery for the first time last week and I don't think she missed me at all. She went right in a started playing and as I was on my way to Sunday School got asked to sub in primary so I went back to tell them where I would be if they needed me. I opened the door and she was standing right there and I though oh no she is going to be upset but she couldn't care less and just turned around and started playing again. She was excited to see me (I hope) when I went to get her at the end but was mad she had to leave. Where did this social girl come from?
We are so happy for the warm weather when it comes but this time of year is the worst. Summer one day, winter the next. Anna spends a majority of her day standing by the door saying "go outside"- which is fine on warm days but she doesn't really get it when its raining. The other day I just opened the door during a hail storm and let her stand right there so she would know why we couldn't go outside- she was a little more hesitant but I think she still wanted to go out anyway.

Justin graduated from BYU in December and my mom made him walk this month. I tried to go to it with Anna but we spent the whole time out in the corridor of the Marriott Center. But Anna had a ball and made lots of new friends.

Anna just loves the bathtub espicially with lots of bubbles. Life in generally is just pretty exciting for her!

Easter

2010-04-06T12:50:00.004-06:00

So I guess Anna is still a little too young to get the whole easter thing. We "hid" some eggs around the house for her to find Sunday morning and she got really excited when she found the first one and then grabbed a couple more but one of them dropped and m&m's fell out and she was done hunting. She stuffed all the m&m's in her mouth and they weren't little either. (I didn't realize the speckled m&m's were 5 times the size.)

We have Anna on a 9pm to 9am sleep schedule. Sometimes she sleeps in a little later. Usually it works out great and we LOVE it but sometimes it interferes with our plans. We were heading up to my mom and dad's that morning to watch conference and have a little party for Caitlyn's birthday so we had to wake Anna up. She wasn't thrilled.

But candy always helps, right?

Easter ended up great. We watched the second half of conference at our house while Anna took her nap and then headed to the Hendershot's for a wonderful dinner. The Easter bunny brought her something to our house, Grandpa and Grammy's, and Papa and Grandmerry's. What a spoiled little girl.

SPRING!

2010-03-29T17:33:00.005-06:00

I am so excited that Spring is finally coming- even though I think its supposed to snow this week. I am so sick of the cold weather. We went to Arizona last week during Beau's Spring Break and we are missing the 80 degree weather. It was so much fun to see Dave and Candice and of course Addie and Cole. Anna had so much fun with them. I didn't take very many picture unfortunately but you can tell they had fun because they are obviously worn out!

Is this the sweetest thing ever? Addie wanted to ride in our car on the way home one night but made sure we'd "swing by her house" so she could go home. She cracked me up the whole time. I couldn't get over how big Cole had gotten. Babies grow up way too fast. He kept giving Anna kisses and tried so hard to keep up with the girls. I miss these guys already.

I was worried about the 10 hour car drive which ended up being 12 hours there and 14 hours back. Anna was pretty good though. She had just a few meltdowns but as long as we would stop and let her run around for awhile she was good.

Anna has many faces. I think she is going to be an actress one day. This is just one of her favorites she has been doing lately.

My girl loves the camera. And when I say that I don't mean in the cute little way where she gives a big smile when you pull it out and say cheese. She just loves the actual camera. She can find it no matter where I put it so lately whenever I am putting pictures on my computer about 20 of these show up too. I do have to say that Anna is 17 months old and this is my favorite stage so far. She is so fun and full of life. Everything is exciting- the train she hears outside, books, running around on the grass, the moon- she just can't get enough. And she is really starting to talk. She says at least one new word every day and I just love to hear her little voice. She is always at the door saying let's go. One of her favorite words however is Kimmie and I don't know quite what to do about that!

Olympic Training

2010-02-21T16:31:00.002-07:00

We've been watching the Olympics at our house and realized the athletes have to start training really young so we've started on Anna. This is her pull up routine. We aren't quite sure how she feels about it. Olympics 2030 here we come!

Happy Valentines!

2010-02-15T10:38:00.003-07:00

Grandmerry made Anna this beautiful dress for Valentines Day. I need a picture without the sweater and one with the big bow in the back though. Anna looked so cute and she LOVED it. I had it in the car when I was trying to find shoes to match it and she would just keep grabbing it and hugging it. Thanks Grandmerry!

Anna wore this on Saturday for her daddy. She just adores him.

You can't have Valentines without sugar cookies. Anna was in heaven but all she wanted was the frosting.

This was after- needless to say she went straight to the bath tub.

Dal and Natty's wedding. My cousin Dallin got married last week. His dad is the mission president of San Antonio so they had a reception here on the 9th and than got married in Texas on the 11th. The reception was beautiful and so much fun. I wish I had a better picture of Natty's dress because it is gorgeous AND her mom made it. I don't understand people that are that talented!

Anna dancing with Uncle Jake. She was so tired by this point but when the music started and everyone was dancing she woke right up and had a ball.

Dancing with Amber.

Anna and Grammy.

Anna and aunt Candice. Dave and Candice drove in for the wedding and surprised us all. It was so much fun to have them here all weekend. I miss them- but I didn't even get any pictures of Addie or Cole. You better come back soon.

2010-02-02T21:49:00.003-07:00

After my last post so many people told me that Anna looked so much older. That makes me so sad. My baby is growing up and she doesn't look so much like a baby anymore. I can't believe how fast time goes. I used to nures Anna to sleep but since I stopped I just hold her in her blankie with her binkie until she falls asleep. She does this thing where she pinches my neck- in a way that doesn't hurt - and just lays there until she falls asleep. Well a couple of weeks ago she would just lay there for like an hour and not fall asleep. This girl doensn't like to miss anything- she has always fought sleep. I started just putting her in her crib and she wouldn't even cry just fall asleep. It kind of broke my heart- like she doesn't need me anymore. I still hold her for a little while because I think I need it but now my little girl goes to sleep all by herself. As much fun as it is to watch her grow up it makes me sad too.Anna loves to build towers. It doesn't matter what it is: cups, books whatever she like to build them and knock them down. And don't you just love babies in pajamas?
Anna doesn't get people over to play very often but she has been lucky the last few days. Sydney and CJ were over yesterday so Cliff and Amber could celebrate their anniversary and was Anna in heaven. Those little girls played dress up and dolls and everything in between. They were so sweet with eachother and kept giving eachother hugs and kisses. Last Friday Creed came over for a few hours and Anna just couldn't get enough of him. The poor little guy missed his mommy and wasn't too happy about it so Anna kept trying to hug and kiss him to make him feel better. I don't think it worked. He cheered up soon after though and was a good sport about his doting cousin.

The other day I had to take the car seat out of the car when Beau went to work because my Mom and Dad were coming down and I was going out with them. I had it sitting right by the front door and I walked downstairs to find this. One of Anna's favorite places is this window and she likes to watch whats going on outside. You can't really tell from the picture but right by her feet is a drape and she had her little feet propping it open and was just sitting back watching whatever was going on outside.

The other thing Anna loves to do lately is wear my heels. She can get them out of the closet put them on all by herself and walk around in them impressively well. She loves shoes and always has to have them on.

Anna overload

2010-01-24T15:03:00.003-07:00

Beau and I only have one car so some days I drop him off at school or work and other days I decide to just be stranded at home. Sometimes those days are kind of long and so I have to be creative. I hadn't taken any pictures of Anna in a while so I decided to do a little photo shoot.

Beau loves this picture because it looks like she is really thinking about something. More than likely it is something naughty!

She was a little tired of it at this point. My girl doesn't like her playtime messed around with. As I type this she is going through all of Beau's school binders and pulling out all the papers. He isn't going to be happy. At least I took the pen away this time.

Yesterday Beau finally had a day off from school and work. YEA! Unfortunately our car was is the shop all day trying to pass inspection. So we were stuck at home. I was kind of excited though because most of December Anna had a cold so she never got to go play in the snow. Normally when January hits I am ready for the snow to go away but I was so excited for Anna to play in it that I kept waiting for it to come. Who would of thought most of January would be gone before any finally stuck. Well we got Anna all dressed up in her snow clothes and walked over to the park and after my long wait--she hated it.

Even though I don't like the cold and I think Winter should only last one month- I have to admit snow is beautiful.

After coaxing her a little bit and trying to teach her to throw snowballs at daddy she warmed up to it a little bit. The swing helped get her in a better mood and than as we walked home she kind of liked walking on the snow so of course she didn't want to go home anymore. I think I need to take her to play in the snow with some other kids or go sledding or something.

2010-01-08T18:32:00.002-07:00

I can't believe Christmas is over and its already 2010. I have to admit I wasn't very good at taking pictures over the holidays. I just looked through them all and I am disappointed with myself. There are none of Beau and I really- but I think thats fine with us. But there aren't a ton of Anna either- opening presents or anything- although she didn't really care about opening presents! I took this today at the mall. We thought she would really like this car. I put a couple of quarters in it and it started moving and she was interested for a sec but than just wanted to get off and wander around the other toys and the kids.

I was taking down all the Christmas decorations and Anna crawled under the tree and she thought she was so funny under there.

Anna and Addie had matching pajamas for Christmas (thanks Cand). They looked so cute and Addie was so cute trying to share all her presents with Anna.

Anna's in trouble

2009-12-10T20:39:00.001-07:00

So I've always heard that with toddlers silence usually means there is trouble. I have been finding this to be true a lot this past month. My busy little one year old loves her independence and is little miss curious. These pictures are from a few hours ago. I was sitting on the computer right behind the couch paying some bills when I realized she had been playing pretty quietly for a while. I walked around the couch to see her drawing all over a book with a red pen. She had gotten the front and back cover and several pages inside. I got mad at her, picked her up and told her no. She just laughed and gave me a big kiss on the cheek (she loves to say umm mma and give big kisses). I put her back down to play with her toys when I noticed the couch. Can you tell how good she got it? And she covered it from one side all the way to the other. At least we have a couch cover because the actual couch is Beau's parents. It is in the washer right now for the second time, I'm crossing my fingers this time. I've used pretty much everything I have in my laundry room on it. Just tell me though how do I get mad at her when she looks at me like that?

Go BYU!

2009-12-01T20:09:00.000-07:00

I just had to put one more post up here in honor of the BYU Cougars. Anna isn't quite showing how excited we were when they won but there was a lot of enthusiasm in our house. And if you look at the bottom picture you can see the winning touchdown. Go Cougars!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-12-01T16:02:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast November just flew by. It's crazy that Thanksgiving is already over. It is one of my favorite holdidays so it makes me sad a little bit but I LOVE Christmas too so I'm excited for that. I love having all the decorations up and Anna is making it so much more fun this year. She loves the lights and the tree and she is being pretty good with it. I didn't put any ornaments on the bottom though just to be safe. Here are some pictures I took of Anna at the park while it was still Fall. She was loving the leaves and the swing and threw a huge tantrum that day when we tried to go home. I swear I didn't know tantrums started this young but this girl knows what she wants and she has the screaming, fall to the floor and hit all down. Don't let her smile fool you!

Anna loves babies and she loves to hug and give kisses. I was babysitting her cousin Creed and she just wanted to hug him the whole time. I am not sure he liked it too much. She is not shy at all. The other day we were waiting for our car while the oil was being changed and she went right up to like a 6 or 7 year old boy and gave him a big hug and she is always chasing the other boys around church when we are out in the hall. Beau is really going to have to watch this one. These are Anna's 3 favorite things-her binkie, her baby, and her milk.
This was Thanksgiving day. We went up to my Mom and Dad's house this year.

I guess the turkey got to her. She was out the whole way home.

We tried to take our family picture while we were up there. They didn't turn out so well and so we have nothing for our Christmas card. Who would have thought it would be so hard to get three people to smile in a picture- I don't know what we are ever going to do with more kids.

We even tried to take more at Temple Square when we went up the day after Thanksgiving. Those didn't turn out too well either. Oh well better luck next year I guess.

Anna loved the lights at Temple Square and all the people. I often wonder why I even bring her stroller when she only sits in it for 30 seconds before insisting to get out and wander all over the place not even caring if anyone she knows is around. I followed behind her while she just walked and smiled at every stranger we passed by. Where did this girl come from? I used to cling to my mom's legs every time we were in public.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-01T15:00:00.001-07:00

Anna was a little ladybug for Halloween this year. She was all over the place and loved her costume. She left the antennae on almost all day and I thought she would hate it. I can't believe it was only a year ago that she was only a week and a half old and was wearing a little Snow White costume made for a doll. We pulled it out last night and couldn't believe how tiny it was. We realized how much she had grown up though looking at it and realizing she's not a little baby anymore. (Just a disclaimer in case that last sentence gets any of you thinking- we are completely happy with our little Anna and have NO plans for another one in the near future.)

First stop Trick or Treating. Gotta love the grandparents- they were only a little excited. I wasn't going to take Anna this year but Beau had to work so I went up to my mom's and Candice was there so the ladybugs had to go out together. Cute Sydney came too as a BYU cheerleader but I didn't get any pictures. We had fun going to some homes in the ward I grew up in and it was so fun to see everyone. Anna wouldn't carry her pumpkin basket though so Addie was such a big helper. She insisted on carrying it to every door and she would take two and put one in each basket.

This little ladybug is about to jump into the river.

We went to Gardener Village to look at the witches in the afternoon. The little girls loved it.

Before Beau left for work I got Anna into her costume so he could see her and we took a picture. It looks like Beau was dressed up too! We were so sad he had to work and miss out on Halloween. It will be better next year though when she really knows whats up.

One Year Old!

2009-10-21T12:32:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was Anna's very first birthday and I can't believe one year has gone by since she was born. What a great year it has been. She is such a good girl. The first six months were a little harder than the last six but once she could be a little more independent she has been a little angel. She is the happiest baby in the world.
In honor of my little Anna I want to make a list of some of her favorite things.
1. She LOVES to smile.
2. She loves to randomly laugh about nothing (in a Pee Wee Herman sort of way-Tiff thats for you!)
3. She loves to clap her hands espicially to Pat-a-cake

4. She LOVES babies. She loves to say baby and she loves to touch and look at babies.

5. She loves to eat. If you have food she suddenly becomes your best friend.

6. She loves to say Mmmm if she sees food or espicially likes what she is eating.

7. She loves to walk. In this picture she is upset because I wasn't letting her walk (at an Alta football game packed full of people and that is all she wanted to do.)

8. She loves her friends. She loves her cousin Addie and has a little picture of them that she carries around while she says Addie.

9. She loves her baby doll and all her toys. She loves to hold her baby and rock her. (And yes I am watching Giuliana and Bill in the background.)

10. She loves animals. She loved chasing these ducks and she loves my dog Reggie. She loves to say doggy and growl like a lion for any animal she sees.

11. She loves the bathtub. I could leave her in there all day but she also loves to stand up in the bathtub so it usually cuts her time short as I get sick of making her sit down.

12. She loves to explore and climb up on everything. If she sees something she wants she is going to get it.

13. She loves to say Mommy, Daddy, wassat (what's that), wow, baby, doggy, night night, hi (in a real flirty voice), hello, tree, no no, Nanna.

14. She loves to not sleep. But she is getting better.

15. She loves getting chased and screaming really loud when she gets caught..

16. She loves her mommy (and her daddy).

17. She loves people. She is much happier when we are out around people than home all day.

18. She loves to dance. Any time music comes on she just starts dancing and is so proud of herself.

19. She loves to play in the toilet, or the garbage, or with the broom-whatever is dirtiest.

20. She loves to play peek-a-boo.

21. She loves to jabber all the time.

22. She loves to click her tongue and thinks its the coolest thing ever.

23. She loves to read books and whisper like she is reading the words.

24. She loves to pull apart the diaper bag and my wallet.

25. She loves to play with the dishwasher and pull out all the silverware.

And for all these reasons and so many more we love our little girl.

Happy Birthday Anna Banana. We love you.

Not So Happy Anniversary

2009-10-12T18:51:00.000-06:00

So yesterday was our second anniversary. I would first just like to say Beau, I love you- I'm the luckiest. Annversary's aren't really our thing- on our first I was 9 months pregnant-enough said. Our second wasn't the greatest day ever. We weren't really planning to celebrate yesterday since it was on a Sunday anyway. But let me start from the beginning of the day. I think Anna is teething again. She hardly slept Saturday and than decided to wake up at 5:30 on Sunday and I couldn't get her back to sleep. Beau went to a meeting at 9 and I tried to get Anna down for her morning nap a few times, I was finally able to get her to sleep around 10, laid her down in her crib just as some lovely neighbor started a table saw or something right outside her window. She woke right up. By the time Beau got home I was only half ready and she was a little monster. I tried one more time to get her to sleep and it worked so I told Beau to go to the first half of church and I would go to the second to teach YW. She slept for a 1/2 hour. I tried to get her down for her afternoon nap. She had other plans and we were both exhausted. Beau had another meeting at 4:15 and then we were going straight down to his parents for dinner and a birthday party for our niece Addison. I was in the bathroom getting ready to go and she was playing in there. She was looking at herself in the mirror on the back of the door (which she does all the time) when suddenly she started screaming. I turned around to see blood gushing from her finger. She had cut it on the corner of the mirror. I stuck her hand under the water and it just kept gushing blood. I tried to put a bandaid on it and it immediately soaked through. She wouldn't let me look at it or hold it. Blood was everywhere. I couldn't find my phone, Beau wasn't home. She soaked through the second bandaid and was filling up the third. So I just left, drove to the church, couldn't find Beau, so I went to the ER. After we had checked in I used the phone to call Beau and he was home wondering where on earth we were. Sunday dinner was waiting after all! He had seen my phone in the house and put it in his pocket to give to me??? So I went home to pick him up. 3 1/2 hours, lots of tears, and 6 bandaids later our girl had her finger glued shut. We probably all got the swine flu waiting in there but at least she's not bleeding anymore. It was right near the knuckle so she has to wear a splint and my new challenge is to keep her from pulling it off. The picture is really blurry but it was the best I could do with a wiggly little baby.

We got home at about 9 and she went right to sleep and slept until 8-she never does that.
Today she is happy as can be. She keeps pulling at her splint and banging it on everything so it can't be hurting too much, right?

Happy Birthday Anna

2009-10-03T22:05:00.000-06:00

I can't believe my little girl is almost one. This year has gone so fast. Her birthday isn't for a couple of weeks but Dave and Candice are moving next week so we did it a little early. The weather said it was supposed to be 70 degrees . . . it wasn't. But we had fun anyway. Beau and I have different opinions about what Birthdays should be- I think that they are a BIG deal- it only comes once a year, right? Beau thinks it doesn't matter all that much, Anna will have no memory of this day, and its not Christmas. I won this year- we'll see how it goes in the future.

Anna LOVED her cake. I would put the video up of her eating it but Beau just kept recording for like 10 minutes and I don't know how to cut it down. She kept saying Mmmm the whole time which it what she always says when she eats something she really likes (usually something really sweet- I'm afraid she got that from me!)

I just wanted to add this one in because I think I have the cutest husband and baby in the world.

Don't look too closely at the sign. We did her party in between conference sessions which gave me about 15 minutes to get to the park with all our stuff and set up. We didn't start on time. Maybe it was good though because I can be a perfectionist and I probably would have spent a 1/2 hour making sure that sign was perfectly centered and said Happy Birthday Anna not the other way around.

Albertson's made her cake and I have to say I was surprised- it was actually pretty good. They also give you the little one for free on your child's first birthday. Not a bad idea considering not much is actually eaten. All in all it turned out well- thanks everyone for coming and for spoiling Anna with all your cute gifts.

Finally. . .

2009-09-19T14:34:00.000-06:00

Anna's nursery is done! I know she is 11 months old today and I just finished it this week. But to justify myself a little bit- we moved in here 4 1/2 months ago and I did almost everything myself. I love how it turned out. It looks cuter in person- as you can tell I became really crafty for this one. I couldn't find any bedding that I liked so I bought fabric and sewed the drapes, dust ruffle, and had enough left over to cover an old rocking chair Beau's parents were nice enough to give us and some canvas boards to give the walls a little more color (we aren't allowed to paint). His sister Hayley also gave us the crib and changing table which were white- so I painted them and the rocking chair black. I got a lot of flack for painting a baby girls furniture all black from Beau and my mom and dad but it looks pretty girly don't you think? I also saw a lamp like this in pottery barn so I used an old lamp and covered it with flowers. Anyway it is so nice to have it finally done. I was pretty crafty today too- I hit up two super saturdays that weren't even my own wards, thanks Candice and Khalee. I made Anna a dress and a picture book for Sundays, a plaque of Anna and a picture of the SL temple. I will have to take pics of these to show them, they are pretty cool. I think I will take a break from crafts for a while.

I needed to a picture for one of the super saturday crafts so I decided to take advantage of her room. Here are just a couple. We had fun as you can tell and she didn't even try to pull the hat off- at least for the first 5 minutes.

Anna is walking!

2009-08-23T10:49:00.000-06:00

We took this video a week before she turned 10 months old (I just figured out how to get it onto our computer). She took her first steps right after she was 9 months. She is getting really steady but she still likes to have my finger right there to hold on to. Please ignore me and Beau- we sound kind of stupid cheering her on! And she almost always claps as soon as she is done but of course she wouldn't when we had the camera out.

2009-08-16T21:14:00.000-06:00

Beau's brother Brock got married in July and his wife, Dezi is from Page so when we went to the reception we couldn't help but squeeze in some time at Lake Powell.

We also went up to Bear Lake the weekend before for a family reunion. Anna LOVED playing on the beach. But she was a mess!

We didn't make it to the Drapers Days parade but we made it to the fireworks- as you can see Anna loves them.

She didn't however like the pony ride we tried to take her on. Good thing the ride only cost $3.50 for 2 minutes. Are you kidding me?

2009-08-16T21:00:00.000-06:00

Beau's mom really wanted us to put Anna in a baby contest because she is so smiley. So our neighbors told us about the American Fork contest and they said you win all kinds of prizes so we decided to do it the next day. As they were about to announce the winners they said you had to be there Saturday morning for the parade at 9. I had no idea there was a parade and I was planning on going to the Draper Days parade so I leaned over to Beau and said I hope she doesn't win. Needless to say they announced her name. Our little Miss American Fork- thats what Beaus likes to call her. He said she couldn't miss her parade either so there we are. And by the way the prizes aren't that great.

This is what she wore to win the contest.

On the Fourth of July we went and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks. Anna was enthralled.

We had a BBQ at Dave and Candices before the fireworks. Here are all the girls playing together.

She's always got a smile-- you should have seen how excited Beau was about this bear!

2009-08-14T23:03:00.000-06:00

So I know it has been a really long time since I've been on here but we cancelled our internet for a couple months but than I couldn't stand it so we just got it back. I took these pictures of Anna in June- kind of her six month pictures but I was a little late getting around to it! She is almost 10 months now and is getting so big. A couple of weeks ago we took her in for her 9 month and she was in the 90th for height and 50th for weight. She is going to be a tall girl! She is starting to walk the last few weeks. She has taken probably 6 or 7 steady steps. I think she could do it but she likes to have a hand there to hold- just one though- she is very particular about it. That is what we do all day long. And the one hand thing kind of makes us go in circles. I am getting dizzy! We've had a fun and crazy summer so I'll have to put up so more pictures- maybe tomorrow.

2009-06-02T18:04:00.000-06:00

I was just going to pretend like I never did this but Candice posted some pics on her blog so I figure I better defend myself but I wasn't about to put any pictures where you could actually see me! Last weekend I attempted my first triathalon. I have to say I was totally unprepared. I thought it would force me to work out because it had become kind of hard to get out and do it with Anna. Well I paid the fee and needless to say still never worked out. I didn't want to waste my money though so I went for it anyway. Dave let me borrow his bike which was a great bike but I haven't been on a bike outside of the gym since I was like 12. Can you tell where this is going? I rode it once before the race to test it out but didn't even know how to change the gears. When I got back Dave gave me a little lesson on how to do it and I thought okay I'm ready. Well the swim went fine- I got out of the water in 20 minutes and thought okay I'm doing okay here. I got on the bike and could hardly pedal. I could not shift the gears- the resistance was super hard and I couldn't get it to change. After 6 1/2 miles I realized it was taking almost as long as the whole thing should take and I still had to go around again. I was really tempted just to go to the transition and pretend that was my second loop! Anyway by the time I got to the run I was exhausted. I was thinking the whole time I can't believe I paid money to do this and I will never do this again. Now I think the only reason I would do it again is to redeem myself. And than maybe I would train!

I love being a mom. We got Seven Peaks passes this year and it opened last week and we have already been 3 times. Anna loves the water. This is going to be a great summer.

I took Anna to the Thanksgiving Point animal farm. She was a little young to figure out what was going on but I had fun with Tiffany and Katie. Here she is on a pony ride. She was a little confused but had fun.

I need to start babyproofing. She is getting into everything. I didn't realize how many fragile things I have down low.

Anna loves strawberries. I gave her one this morning and she went to town. I think I'll have to throw her onesie away but she sure loved it.

Bye Josh

2009-05-20T11:15:00.000-06:00

Saying goodbye to Josh. He left yesterday to go to the CTM in Sao Paulo. I can't believe Anna will be 2 1/2 when he gets home. Missions are way too long.

On Monday Beau was washing windows and he uses a razor to scrape off the residue and put it in his front pocket and than stuck his hand in his pocket. Bad idea. We spent the night in the ER. He cut his finger to the bone and sliced a tendon in half. He had 8 stitches and has to wear a splint for 3 weeks. I guess he is lucky he didn't cut it off.

We went to Toys R Us the other day and Addi got in this little car and than patted the seat next to her and said Anna. So we put Anna in and she just loved it. She thought she was so big. We have also been going to the park lately and she just loves the swing. She is 7 months old today and she is getting so big. She started crawling last week and now I can't keep my eyes off of her or she is into everything!

2009-04-25T11:54:00.000-06:00

Anna is six months old now and I can't believe its already been another month. I keep getting in trouble for not posting so I'll try to do better! She had her check up this week and weighed 15 pounds 13 ounces and was about 26 1/2 inches long. She has gotten a little chubby since she started eating real food. She is a great eater too and loves it all-esp the piece of chocolate Candice gave her the other day (don't tell Beau)! She smiles all the time and is so much fun.

This biscuits are the messiest things I've ever seen. She absolutely loves them though- until she drops it- and than she lets you know!

Anna and Addison. Addie is such a little mommy. She is always trying to take care of Anna- making sure she has her binkie, blankie, toys, and whatever else she thinks she needs. Candice is going to have a big helper with her new baby!

Happy Easter! The basket was definitely more fun for me to pick out than anything. She got her very own cell phone (although she still prefers ours), keys, a bunny, and some biscuits. This top picture is from the Easter bunny at Grammy's house and Anna loved the tag more than anything.

I found these ears and had to get them- don't they look cute on her?

5 months old!

2009-03-18T14:28:00.000-06:00

Anna will be 5 months old on Friday and I can't believe it. She is getting so big and just seems so much older. She still has blue eyes so I think they are here to stay! I never thought I would have a blue-eyed baby so I am so excited. Her hair is coming in a little more and its brown but lighter than I thought it would be. Beau had dirty blond hair when he was little though so she probably takes after him. She jabbers all the time and I love it. I think this is my favorite stage so far although I've loved them all! She is just so much fun. She can sit up on her own for about 10 seconds and than topples over- usually because she is trying to eat her feet. We started feeding her rice cereal about a month ago and she LOVES it. She has oatmeal now too. Sometimes we can't get it in fast enough and she than she tries to help- as you can see it is a messy process.

2009-02-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

Anna is 4 months old now and I can't believe how fast time flies. I remember when I was working and I would look at the clock all day and now the day is over before I know it and I haven't gotten anything done! I feel like by the time I get the laundry done the basket is already full again. But I think this is the best job in the whole world. We took Anna to her 4 month apt the other day and she got more shots- which I hate. She looks so different to me than when she was born but she isn't putting on enough weight. She was in the 90th percentile when she was born but she weighed 12 pounds 13 ounces and is now in the 34th. Her length was also in the 90th but is now in the 50th. I swear all she does is eat but she spits up a lot too. I am not too worried though- she is a happy baby most of the time and she is doing great developmentally. She smiles all the time, laughs and makes the cutest sounds. Her favorite thing to do is sit ups all day long and now her abs are harder than mine! She still loves to roll over to her back from her tummy and can get half way to her tummy from her back. She sits up with help from her boppy or me and Beau and loves to stand when we hold her hands. We gave her rice cereal a couple weeks ago and she loved it but I worried it was too early so I stopped. I think I'll start again and see if it puts some weight on her.

She already knows how to get her way. She has started to cry or get mad when we take a toy away but one look like this and she gets it right back.

2009-01-14T13:13:00.000-07:00

I have never really liked New Years Eve that much but this year it was actually pretty fun. We went up to this amazing cabin and just hung out all night.All the Hendershot boys played rockband. Beau was on it for hours- good thing we don't have that at home. Anna even stayed up for the midnight countdown- she was pretty good though as long as I was rocking her!

We went to the BYU vs Wake Forest game on January 3rd. I was a little worried about the noise with Anna so I put cotton in her ears and covered them up with her headband. It was super loud in there but she loved it. She just sat on my lap and took it all in. After I fed her in the second half she fell asleep- I don't know how with all the noise. We had a lot of fun though- if only BYU had won.

Anna LOVED her first Christmas!

2008-12-30T21:15:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to get a picture of Anna's smile but I think she knew Santa was coming and on Christmas Eve she just wouldn't stop! If only she was this happy all the time- but smiles like this make everything else worth it.

We went up to Temple Square to see the lights right before Christmas. It was cold so we kept Anna covered up most of the time. As you can see she didn't like it very much!

This was on one of our many shopping trips. Anna was quite the trooper as I dragged her around the mall the last few days before Christmas because I procrastinated really badly this year. She was pretty happy as long as the stroller was moving.
My family has a tradition of getting new pajamas on Christmas Eve. We were up at my parents house and put Anna in hers before we headed back. My brother Jake brought her the little slippers from Peru- unfortunately she wouldn't keep them on long- but they looked cute anyway. Anna's first Christmas! Anna had nothing to open because Beau wouldn't let me get her anything. That didn't really stop me- I just didn't wrap it. I felt like a bad mother that morning though but she seemed happy with a candy cane. We went up to my parents house a few hours later though and Grandma spoiled her so it all worked out!

2008-12-09T22:09:00.000-07:00

We blessed Anna the last week in November because family was in town for Thanksgiving. It was such a nice day and the blessing was great. I was so worried that she would cry through the whole thing but she didn't. She did however spit up on my dad, brother, and cousin. But at least only a little bit got on her dress!

Anna loves to fly. Whenever she is really crying Beau picks her up like this and she settles right down. He is so good with her. I can't believe how big she is getting. She is starting to smile all the time but I have yet to get a picture of it. I'll post one as soon as I do.

My sister-in-law is a life saver and let me borrow her swing. Anna loves it. About 5 minutes after we put her in it she looks like this. There is a little fish mobile right above her head and she has just discovered that. It can entertain her for awhile too. She always needs to be moving so its nice to have something that can do it for me. Although it was a pretty good workout to rock her all day long.

The Hendershots. . .

2008-11-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

We went and got our pictures taken for our Christmas card this year and Anna wasn't too thrilled about it. She was having a bad day- I think she was going through a growth spurt because she wanted to eat every hour all day long and the night before. So I wasn't having the greatest day either! She was either crying or asleep in all of the pictures. She has become so alert and has the cutest smile so I hoped we could get something better but oh well. This is the best we could do!

This is the picture we used for her baby annoucement. She hadn't really started to smile yet when we took this but at least she is awake and not crying! She doesn't really like getting her picture taken. There is a yellow light on my camera and I think it scares her.

Anna rolled over!

2008-11-12T16:27:00.000-07:00

So my little girl is only 3 weeks old and she has already rolled over. She did it last Friday and I thought it was a fluke so I put her back on her stomach and she did it again and than again. Beau and I couldn't believe it and we knew no one else would. Today she looked like she was going to do it again so I grabbed the camera so I would have proof. She tries when she is on her back too but I think it will be awhile for that one. It scares me now though because I feel like I can't leave her anywhere anymore.

More pics of Anna

2008-11-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is a couple hours after she was born-she had just had her first bath and was exhausted after screaming through the whole thing. Luckily she loves baths now and only cries when I take her out!

The first time she sucked her thumb. I have to admit I kind of helped her get it in her mouth-- and I had to do it when Beau wasn't there because he does not want her to ruin her teeth! I think its cute though. Unfortunately as you can tell she got her mom's big hands.

Leaving the hospital. It was so fun to get her dressed and take her home. It felt a little weird though- its still hard to believe she's ours.

She loves to sleep with her hands across her chest or up by her face. I have a blanket that wraps her up really tight and is supposed to help her sleep through the night- she hates it. She grunts until she either finds her way out of it or I give up and undo it.

This is one of her favorite ways to fall asleep- on Beau's chest. I don't know who loves it more- him or her. The other day he said he didn't want her to grow up because he loves having her fall asleep on his chest and in twenty years she might be falling asleep on another man's chest and he hates thinking about it. I already feel bad for the guys she is going to date- she has a protective daddy!

This is my little Snow White on her first Halloween. We figured 10 days old was a little young for trick-or-treating but we had fun visiting grandparents and friends. I found the costume at a baby boutique but it was actually made for dolls. Given that she was over 9 pounds it was a little tight and she was thrilled when we finally took it off of her.

Anna Sophia Hendershot

2008-11-05T12:58:00.000-07:00

She finally made it. Anna was born October 20th at 3:28 am and weighed 9 lbs 6 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long- surprising all of us. I was exactly one week overdue but the good news is because she was so big I'll probably be induced at 38 weeks from now on. I think she is absolutely gorgeous but I might be a little biased! By the way this is my real first attempt at blogging. All my other posts were done by my sister Candice. But since I have the internet at home now and I am no longer working I figure I have no more excuses. I did lose the cable for my camera so I can't download any pictures but a new one is on its way so hopefully I will have some more up in a few days. I can't believe how much she changes every day.

Another Post!

2008-08-03T19:32:00.001-06:00

After hearing quite a few comments about how long it has been since I've posted I am finally getting around to posting again. Only 71 days to go until our little girl arrives. We can't wait. Beau was just put into the Bishopric as the Executive Secretary. I feel like I might be a single mom in a few months! But we are excited for his new calling and for the learning experience that it will be. We are heading to Arizona this week with my family, maybe you'll get another post next week too with the details of our trip! I'm not really looking forward to the long car ride and the hot weather (it was 112 degrees last week!), but I'm sure that we will have a great time with most of the time being spent at the pool!

More than Half Way!

2008-06-08T19:13:00.000-06:00

Only 18 more weeks to go! She has become very active...it is so fun to feel her moving around all of the time. Beau's sister Haley was nice enough to give us her crib and changing table. It is so fun to have it set up, it makes it feel so real. I just can't believe that we'll have a little baby in a few months, we can't wait!

2008-05-14T15:56:00.000-06:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!

We went up to Idaho last weekend for a homecoming and my cousin, who is a Radiologist, did an ultrasound for us so we found out a couple of weeks early. We went to the hospital Saturday night so no one was there and we got to spend as much time as we wanted just looking at her. My family got to come in and see her too. It was amazing. It makes it all seem so much more real. She doesn't hold still either- she's a little mover and her heartbeat is super fast- I'm a little worried I'm going to have my hands full. Now I know what she's doing when I feel her though. I think Beau is a little disappointed but he won't admit it. He is going to be the best dad. I know she is going to be a little daddy's girl. I just can't wait for her to get here. And I now want to buy every little outfit that I see. I am going to be in trouble!

We are Expecting!!!

2008-04-12T21:14:00.000-06:00

If you've checked my blog recently you have probably noticed the baby countdown. I'm horrible at posting and Caitlyn added the countdown, but I should probably comment on the exciting news! Beau and I got the great surprise in February, and although it is unexpected we couldn't be happier. I'm due October 12th and am already counting down the days. I haven't been one of the lucky ones that doesn't experience morning (or all day) sickness, but now that I'm 14 weeks along I'm beginning to feel better. Beau is convinced that we are having a boy and I'll be happy with either. Caitlyn will probably be the one to post the sex of our baby when we find out, but sooner or later I'll make sure the word gets out! Until then we'll let you make a guess, check out the poll on the right.

Jake's Home!!!

2008-03-14T20:51:00.000-06:00

On Monday Jake finally came home from serving in south Chicago. My parents went and picked him up and the rest of us went to the airport Monday night. It is so nice to have him home and see him around.

2008-02-16T15:12:00.000-07:00

Okay so I've never really done this before. My sister Candice set the whole thing up for me and added the first blog. I don't usually have internet access so it probably won't be that often that I add anything anyway but we'll see. I thought I'd add a couple pictures from our "honeymoon" though. We went up the Homestead in October when we got married and then we went on a cruise in December after finals. The ship went to Turks & Caicos, Tortola, St Thomas and the Bahamas. It was so much fun and so warm that I wish I were back there every day that it snows. It was my first cruise and I loved it- I would recommend it to anyone!

We've finally joined the rest of you...

2007-12-29T20:48:00.000-07:00

After enjoying our time browsing through our friends and families blogs we decided to create our own. I'm not sure how up-to-date we'll keep it, but watch for another post sometime soon :)