Photo Blog

So people can see a sneak peek of their pictures because my personal blog is going private. Tell one and all! Let me know if you need any done!

Want to see what I see?

V Kids

Just a couple little tantrums with these cute little cousins of mine. Love them!

It's happening...

Going

You know what to do

Sneek peek

Just for Daniella. Such cute kids! And I think they deserve tons of marshmallows for letting us get some great pictures!

I must say this one looks just like her Aunt!

Sadness...

This week was a tough one. We lost two people who were truly so close to our family. Amber Chase was such an amazing example of faith to us and truly we were honored to have as much extra time with her than we thought we would. She showed me how no matter what the circumstance is, God loves each one of us, and he has a different plan for each of us, but he knows what is best and he will give us the trials WE need to help us become the people that he knows we can be.

Stephanie Hunter Johnson was taken from this life so abruptly and it is so surreal that she is not on this earth any longer. I constantly see her smiling face in my head and can't think of anyone who cared about others more than she did. I wrote some thoughts about her in my journal I thought I would share...

It truly broke my heart to see such an amazing woman leave so many friends and family after such a short time here on this earth. I do find comfort in the knowledge of the gospel and the eternal plan that the Lord has in mind for each of us, but it still stings to have such a beautiful daughter of God gone from our presence. My heart goes out to John and over the last few days, it is thoughts of him and his continued journey here that bring tears to my eyes and inspire prayers on his behalf. Stephanie was truly a remarkable girl and I only wish that I could have told her how much I truly did appreciate the friendship and example that she was to each of my siblings. Thanks for everything Steph! Know that we miss you and I hope that you will now get to see all the many lives that you have touched in the short time you were here on this earth.

I'm Coveting...

Does anyone want a D40? I'm thinking around $400 for everything?

Pictures

Look who's sitting up

We took a ride up to Copperton the other day and took a couple pictures. Cute little town 10 minutes from SLC. Loved it! Such cute homes with so much character! If we stick around, we might consider it.

R Family

Did this cute family over the weekend.

So cute, possibly the cutest nieces and nephews ever!

And who could forget this cute girl?

Ears

Evva,

I was so proud of you today! You sat up all by yourself as you watched Mr. Zebra and Mr. Monkey on your play mat. You also rolled over 5 times all by yourself. I was all smiles, and I think you knew that you had done something great because you were all smiles too. I was so proud of my little princess! And yesterday I took you to get your ears pierced and Aunt Chandi had to come to give me moral support because Daddy was at work, and he wouldn't have come to watch anyways. You cried a little bit, but did so great. You are growing up so fast!

Cookies

Evva,

Yesterday you made cookies with me for the first time. We had a good time singing "peanuuut, peanut butter, and jelly". Daddy had fun watching us from the kitchen table. And I may have let you have to tiniest taste of peanut butter frosting. It was such a good day. And then tonight as I watched you drift to sleep in your crib, you must have been having good dreams because you would smile every once in a while and you even giggled a little. Maybe you were thinking about peanut butter cookies.

I'm missing a few people

Okay, so a few of you guys have gone private (abby, michaelene, Kati baxter, and Kelly Flygar, do you even have one? I want to know what you guys are up to) and a few others that I can't remember at the moment and I can't see your blogs anymore. If you don't see your name on my sidebar please leave your e-mail so I can e-mail you and you can add me or just add me and then tell me. Also, Marci, I can't remember your blog address and so I can't see if you've had that cute baby boy yet. I hope everyone is doing well!
-Tatiana

4 month stats

Evva lovey, you are growing so much!

At your 4 mo check-up you blew me away that you gained almost 5 lbs in the last 2 months! You are changing so much!

Weight: 14.2 lbs

Length: 24.5 "

You love your baths, especially last night because Mommy put a little to many bubbles in your bath.

And you love your toes! You discovered them about month ago, but now you are strong enough to pull them up to your mouth.

Some other things you are doing:

*Sneeze in 3's and then laugh

*Tell us lots and lots of stories

*You can see really far

*You smile and talk to us when we walk in the room

*You like to reach for everything

*Drool a lot

*Like walks

*You are so happy when you wake up in the morning

*Love to look at your hands

*Grunt when you get tired

*Love to stand up

*Love to stare at Daddy

Those cheeks!

Evva's cheeks are getting so chubby! I just love them! Especially when she smiles!

thoughts

-growing my bangs out

-really liked Scarlet Pimpernel at HCT w/ Rob tonight

-really love Rob

-really love little miss Evva

-hate that cars break down

-thankful for family

-proud of my mom for being brave and painting

-love that my brother is so hilarious and positive

-love that my mom pronounces hilarious "hi-larious"

-grateful for my sister mackenzie and her amazing love for my baby

-grateful for such amazing in-laws

-i now how a dishwasher {happiness}

-we're adjusting to riverton, slowly, but hopefully surely

-we miss having big windows to see outside

-i don't show Rob enough appreciation

-i felt like i was going away to college when i pulled out of my mom's driveway the night we moved

-i like frogurt

-moving is expensive

-Rob is a good daddy, a good son-in-law and an even better husband

-Evva is the smartest little girl i know

-i just smiled when she talked to her cousin maggie jo the other day because i'm sure it was the start of a beautiful friendship

-roxaboxen is my favorite kids book

-in high school i thought by the time i was 25 i would have 2-3 kids {what was i thinking?}

-when i was pregnant i missed exercising more than i thought i would 

-i thought i was fat before i got pregnant {again, what was i thinking?}

-i miss brigham more than i thought i would

-snuggling with rob right before we fall to sleep is my favorite part of the day hands down

-seeing Evva smile when i get her out of bed in the morning is a close runner up

This little chica...

and her parents will be calling Riverton home at the end of this month.  Goodbye little Brigham, Hello big city!  Hope we survive.

Father's Day

So thankful Evva has a good Daddy!

Thankful I have a good Dad

Thankful Rob has a good Dad {and I have a wonderful Father-in-law}

A couple of Evva I loved

10 hours!

Evva slept for 10 hours last night!  So happy!  She's been sleeping for at least 6 the past 2 weeks, but today she just kept sleeping.  10 hours!  Yeah!

If you've been through middle school...

So for Mother's day I got a gift I totally wasn't expecting.  Not that I was expecting something in particular, but I'd never heard of these books before, however, I've totally LOVED them!  I highly recommend them.  It's an easy read and absolutely hilarious!  (See below)

Since Rob and I loved the 1st one so much, we picked this up at Costco today.  More laughs to come!

And for those of you who want to see more of baby Evva, here's something to get you by.  

She's doing so great and sleeping 5 hours during the night!  Yeah!  She's smiling more and she's trying to form her little mouth to "talk" to us.  We love love love having her and are so blessed with joy to have her in our life!

Evva

SHE'S Here!!!!

Well, baby Riley made it here last night at about 8:30pm and it turned out to be a GIRL.  We are loving her so much and are so grateful she made it here safe and sound, all be it a little late.   Rob is a little worried that this will be a habit of hers....only time will tell.  We love being mommy and daddy so far and just love her to death!

Just waiting

So here I am at 39.5 weeks. How is it still inside?

How does your belly go numb?

Ok, I do know how it gets numb, let me tell you. First off, you have to have a little baby in there, and it pushes up against the outside of your tummy, and it just keeps pushing, or stretching or SOMETHING, and so it makes your tummy so tight that it cuts off the blood circulation and it goes numb. And it really is annoying and it kind of hurts. It's been happening a lot.

What to do...

Since I'm no longer working until after our little bundle comes, I've been trying to find things to do. I've been spending a lot of time in front of this lovely (thanks mom!) and putting a few projects together.