what im doing

MAKING: a to do list...and checking it twice! just kidding...about the checking twice part but I am a list maker. I make a list for any and everything and you can bet I always have 1-2 to do lists on  my phone.

COOKING: well it's not so much cooking as it is baking but I've got chocolate chip cookies in the oven right now. I have spent my whole life looking for this recipe! its easy beyond belief, basically foul proof, the cookies are so pretty and chewy and soft!!!

DRINKING: a dr.pepper.

READING: blogs. I love reading other peoples blogs so I figured I would hope back on mine every once in a while.

WANTING: to get over this awful head cold.

LOOKING: at puppies! I want a dog so bad but then I always laugh and think ya right I personally cannot handle a toddler and a puppy. No way.

PLAYING: lots of "house" Scarlett loves to play with and take care of her baby dolls.

WASTING: time. I should be cleaning, or studying, or doing laundry etc. my to do list goes on and on!

WISHING: for groceries to apper in my fridge.

ENJOYING: "me time" while Scarlett naps.

LIKING: the baking kick I have been on lately. I have missed it so much!

LOVING: my little family here. Still blows me away that I have one of my own.

HOPING: to get in a few camping trips this fall.

NEEDING: a massage.

SMELLING: nothing. I still have this awful head cold, cant smell a thing.

WEARING: ripped shorts and a t shirt.

THINKING: about work...and all the things I need to get done...

FEELING: exctied for this weekend!

OPENING: new shoes that came in the mail! its like christmas I tell you!

WATCHING: 90210...kinda embarassed to admit that but hey its my guilty pleasure. Its like Gossip Girl but with more drama and less class haha oh wow...

photo dump

 

 

 On our latest Dr. visit we found out S isn't allergic to whole milk, cats/dogs, allergies, etc. but she does have eczema. She kept getting this random rash on her back and arms and we couldn't figure out what it was from! one night it seemed worse than ever! I finally decided to take her to the doctors and he took one look at it and told us what it was and to use a different lotion....well that was easy haha and since it has calmed down a bunch.

Over the past weekend Zac and my brother in laws Devin and Sean all got together for a guys weekend (their idea) they went up to Ogden where Sean and Kelli live and my sisters came down to stay with me for a girls weekend! we all had so much fun! us girls spent lots of time at target...went to dinner at Los Harmonos then did our nails and watched Pitch Perfect and stayed up really late telling embarrassing stories! it was so much fun! I love spending time with my sisters!

Nails polish matching my new wallet, fresh flowers and cadburry eggs, and Kneaders French toast! these are a few of my favorite things!

Finally got a forward facing car seat! now car rides are so much better! Scarlett has always done really well in the car until she started getting too big for her old car seat...it became a constant struggle...and she would always cry and we spend a lot of time in the car! I work in Riverton and Scarlett is usually watched by friends who live in Saratoga Springs...so this was a real game changer for us! plus she is SO tall that she was way too scrunched up

The office dogs Gator and Bently. They keep me company most of the day. Im not complaining, they rarely talk back.

Scarly girl fallin asleep in her high chair while eating breakfast. And can I just say this girl gets some really crazy bed head! hahah it cracks me up her hair is SO long!

mckayla update

I have been all over the place lately. I have been bouncing around like a bouncy ball in a drying machine. I have gone from job to job to job and though I loved all of them and have made some great friends I have just been sick of the "job" scene. Honestly I have always wanted a career. My good friend Jaime and my dad In the same week happened to mention to me that I would be a great real estate agent. Jaime has actually been a real estate agent for about 7 years now I want to say? and she just started with a new brokerage. After talking more with Jaime and my dad I started to think this could be a really good thing for me. Jaime hooked me up with her broker to be his assistant while I work on getting my license then once I am licensed I will work for Next Real Estate with Jaime and Steve (the principal broker) Jaime will help me out for awhile while I learn the ropes and get the hang of this whole thing. I am doing my pre-licensing classes online through TLG real estate and holy cow.....I honestly didn't think there was much to real estate but I was so wrong. It is overwhelming and exciting at the same time, I haven't been in school for 2 years! so suddenly jamming my brain with all this is hard for me but I am loving it I love learning honestly. So basically most of my day I am immersed in the world of real estate and trying to figure it all out.

Other than that I have started working out with my girlfriend Kaiti who has been my friend since kindergarten! we have always been close but grew apart once we hit high school and then started having kids and through our kids we have become friends again! it really is so fun to work out and hang out with her we even have gone grocery shopping together haha mom life am I right?! but since working out I have dropped 6 pounds in a month and a half and am almost back to my pre pregnancy weight! wow guys that took me over a year! but balancing life with so many roles is HARD! but I think I am finally starting to get it down!

Also BOTH my older sisters are pregnant! Kelli is due this summer and Katie this fall! I am so excited to watch them become mamas!

In November Zacs parents got married!  right? they have been together 23 years and finally sealed the deal! we went to vegas over thanksgiving weekend like we usually do and the day after thanksgiving is when they got married. They got married at the Aria hotel where we stayed and the reception was next door at the Vdara. It was such an amazing all out wedding! easily the nicest one I have ever been to! there was a champagne toast, dance floor, tons of food, open bar, and all of their closest friends and family! it was so sweet to be apart of! Vegas is always fun but this year with a baby it really was different we didn't stay out late and I was pretty much stressed out the whole time haha but scarlett loved it! she waved at EVERYONE while we walked the strip and slept great and enjoyed seeing all her aunts, uncles, and cousins on Zacs side.

That is really about all that has happened, and maybe just MAYBE I will get better about this blogging thing again since now I have a laptop that Zac just showed up with one day all wrapped up and surprised me! it was great he is so sweet. Well like I said that is basically all that is new with me.

 

 

scarlett update

Wow hello blog!
I don't even want to get into why I haven't been blogging for...well ever. 

Im just going to jump right into talking about S!
She is the light of my life! this girl is so hilarious she has such a wild yet sweet personality. She gives hugs and kisses and waves bye. She says mama, dada, cracker, bye, no, ya, this, and woah. She is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! oh lordy what a miracle that is! sleep training her was a real pain in the butt I tell ya, but the most effective and WORST method out there is letting them cry it out. Within days she was sleeping through the night. Then we got her to put herself to sleep with no bottle another miracle right there! she loves to eat...well anything pretty much. She also is off formula and now on whole milk which is amazing cause its SO much cheaper! She is one now, walking, running, dancing, and all that jazz. She is just so much fun I love being her mom, I love having a little buddy to take everywhere with me and I love all the regular things that come with being a mom like bathing, feeding, dressing, playing, calming her when she cries, being the person she reaches for in a room of strangers just every little thing about being a mom I love! Scarlett is such a chatterbox she is always blabbing about something and she understands so much! like go grab this toy, or lets go bye bye, and scarlett get out of there! she hears that one a lot...haha she sure is a handful but I cant imagine it any other way! I really cant picture my life without her. I say at least 238742983 times a day "i just love her" and I miss her when she sleeps! I love and insist on being the on that puts her in her crib for bed each night. I am so happy being a mom, and I hope that we will always be best friends!

 

 

 

 

 

11 months

I really wish I blogged every month about Scarlett....but she is now 11 months old! I can't stop freaking out that she will be ONE next month!!!! that went by SO fast! in all honesty kids really do grow up SO fast! its scary and exciting and I love it and hate it at the same time! mostly every month I say to myself "this is my favorite age so far" haha I love it all! the older she gets the funner she gets! she has such a BIG personality! mostly she is a diva..she likes to be the center of attention, hates being told "no" and basically does whatever she wants.

11 months
- 6 teeth
- favorite baby food is pears
- bed time is anywhere between 8:30-9:30
-walks everywhere
-says "no" to everything
-points at everything
-favorite show is daniel tiger
-loves baths
-gives hugs and its the most incredible sweetest thing in the whole wide world
-scowls a bunch
-tantrum queen
-takes one nap around 1 for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours
-goes to day care about twice a week and loves it
-she loves playing with kids her age
-starting to dance to music
-loves everyone she is such a social baby

Scarlett is the love of my life! and I am so happy to be her mommy it is the best thing in the world and she is so beautiful and perfect that I am pretty convinced I dont need to have another baby! haha it has been a very hard 11 months though as well, discovering who I am as a mom and learning my own parenting style was a big change but it has also taught me so much. I am so excited to watch Scar grow up even more, she is my best friend and the love I have for her is so powerful and consuming I wish I could put in words the love a mother has for their child but there really arent any!

It's Christmas!

Alive and well! It's Christmas and it's as magical as ever! It FINALLY snowed! I woke up at 4 a.m and found myself looking out my bedroom window that actually sounds creepy and it kind of it cause I literally woke up and just went over to the window without even realizing it...but! I saw snow! And alas it was a white christmas! Inches and inches of snow it's beautiful! Then I couldn't go to sleep cause I was so damn excited about the snow! Ugh! Then scar woke up at 8 and lately she is such a brat in the morning she cries and screams for a good solid 15 minutes before she calms the F down its a joke! Not even the snow or dozens of presents helped! Anyway we got to opening presents...Scarlett liked the wrapping paper and didn't give a shit about her presents as expected...zac and I bought our own Christmas presents and I wrapped them all cute. Then we went to my grandmas and had breakfast and opened more presents! It was an absolute madhouse! Especially with S trying to take everyone's presents for herself! Then we went to my parents house! MORE presents! I got spoiled with an impressive ulta haul from my mommy! And then we went to zacs parents house and ya more presents like a mountain of presents like the Everest of Christmas presents! Scarlett was spoiled rotten! In total 2 cell phones (fake guys...come on!) 2 like...tricycles kind of? Like she can sit down on them and push herself around and they have 4 wheels so it's not a trike I guess? Whatever one is a giraffe and one is a car and she loves them and has no clue how to work them! 2 identical rocking horses! A baby doll which she abuses...some books! Clothes, more toys, food and diapers. Then we went BACK to my parents house for dinner then I dropped zac and S off at his parents house cause I have to work (where I am right now) boo hoo. Actually it's not bad at all. It never is. And the residents are surprisingly happy about being here even though it's Christmas! (I work at a drug/alcohol rehab in case ya didn't know) so that's good! It has been such a fun day! Scarlett is so freaking big! She walks everywhere she even stands up by herself without holding on to anything and she says no...all the time...to everything. She scowls at everything and everyone for no reason most of the time. It's hilariously adorable! We call her SCOWLlett! She throws some epic tantrums. And has 6 teeth! I can't believe she is almost one! I. Can't. Believe. It! And since I am at work and blogging from my phone I can't upload any pictures. Whatever follow me on insta for that. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!

Counting my blessings.

Today for I don't know what reason I am feeling so overwhelmed and blessed. Maybe it's because Scarlett is taking such a long nap I have been able to not only sleep myself but clean and bake and she is still sleeping so with nothing to do but relax it got me thinking. I am so blessed to have such a beautiful healthy daughter, that my body was able to bring her into this world and I am the lucky lady that gets to be her mom and what a divine role that is! My biggest accomplisent will forever be my family. I'm blessed with a husband who works incredibly hard to provide so that I can mostly stay home with Scarlett. He also is incredibly handsome. I've got a beautiful home and a wonderful job. I could really go on all day about every little thing I am grateful for so summing it up would be I'm grateful for everything! The clothes on my back to the sun shining this beautiful fall day. I'm also thankful for the knowledge and the truth that things are hard, money is tight, I'm sleep deprived etc. but it could always be worse. So much worse, to think I ever have it bad at all is pathetic because I have it really really freaking good, and I need to focus on that more. So here's to being positive and thankful and a better person.