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.

Cooking: well not till this weekend but homemade chili, corn bread and pumpkin chocolate cookies.

Making: a grocery list, and checking it twice.

Drinking: passion fruit tea, my sisters got me hooked!

Reading: blogs and recipes

Wanting: new friggin shoes

Looking: at my sweet lil babe sleeping (yay for naptime!)  

Playing: Jason derulo trumpets...on repeat. Not gonna lie I love this song.

Wasting: time. I should be cleaning or doing laundry but I think I will sit here and watch revenge and blog instead.

Wishing: it was November and we were in Vegas!

Enjoying: being home from camping/hunting!

Waiting: for scar to wake up so we can go to the store, can I just say how much fun it is to have her come with me everywhere I seriously love it even though it can be a hassle.

Liking: the rainy, cloudy, cool days of fall.

Wondering: what to make for diner..

Loving: my new job!! Seriously cirque lodge was a god send.

Hoping: this stupid no good never ending cold will go away forever!!!

Marveling: that Scarlett is  8 months old today!

Smelling: Cinnabon and pecan candel...I'm obsessed with fall candels and my house smelling good 24/7 I hate it when my house smells like food I cant stand it! Weird right?

Wearing: grey t shirt dress, plaid shirt tied around my waist and black wedge booties

Planning: I really seriously want a mothers play date. I want to make snacks and crafts and what not and invite other mom over to my place so we can all be friends! Who's with me? (There will be really really good snacks....I promise)

Noticing: that my nails really need to be painted.

Knowing: that this weekend will be a good one!

Thinking: about zacs and Scarlett's birthday parties. I've already started planning them...

Feeling: so so tired! Baby waking up every two hours 3 nights in a row and counting seriously?! Like wtf scar. Not cool.

Opening: baby proofing kits...yes the time has come.

Giggling: at Scarlett talking to herself when she wakes up.

The things I think

•waiting until it is absolutely necessary to wash my hair, like when not even a pony tail or a hat will do!

•going hunting this weekend! My dad has an elk tag and zac and him are like little girls just squealing with delight. Also my dad keeps giving zac all this crap for hunting like we've got room for that crap! My living room is covered in camo gear.

•Scarlett doesn't sleep through the night all the time and I'm so beyond sick of it.

•I cannot sleep at all until zac is in bed with me! So to pass the time until he is home I decided to write this blog.

•my sweet darling grandparents watched Scarlett for me today on such short notice while I was called into work for a whole two hours and when I went to pick her up my g-ma had made pumpkin chocolate cake! Her house smelled amazeballs! She gave me a HUGE slice and I ate some cake with my fingers on the drive home like the savage I am when it comes to sweets. And once I got home I ate mostly basically all of it except a few bites...just so zac could enjoy a sliver of the goodness cause I'm so considerate.

•looking at the barley frosted mountain tips makes my heart flutter for snowboarding season! This will be my 9th season snowboarding! Last year I was preggo when the snow was good and I even contimplated going then! I didn't but I would have if my dad and husband would have let me...then once Scarlett was here I did go! Like 3 weeks after I had her. The doctor said no exercising etc. for 6 weeks but that's BS cause I felt great so I went! Nothing will keep me from my one hobby/passion!

•is it so weird I'm already thinking about baby 2? Not that I want one now or for a few more YEARS! Just that I daily think about a sibling for Scarlett. I'm not even sold on a second child all the time but if we were to I think she needs a sister. Cause what's better/worse than a sister?!? I love mine now and they're my besties so I want scar to have the same.

Real talk

•so for months now everyone has been pregnant and blogging all about it and birth stories (guilty pleasure I LOVE reading birth stories) now everyone has had their babies and blogged their birth stories and now everyone is busy with their newborns and I miss their blogs! So point me in the direction of your favorite blogs!

•speaking of blogs I just starting reading a blog called leather and lace and holy hell it's my fav. Ibe been reading it nonstop like a novel! Her writing and real-ness make me think I should stop filtering my own writing cause in my head I sound just like her blog! So some changes in my writing are sure to come. You have been warned.

•I'm loving this fall weather! I can't wait for all things pumpkin and cozy baggy clothes just like the rest of the world but fall truly makes me so happy.

•so zacs parents are getting married this year! The day after thanksgiving to be exact. They have been together 22 years but never married crazy right?! So their wedding is at the aria in Vegas!!!! They go to Vegas for thanksgiving every year so why not double whammy it and throw in a wedding too?! I'm so excited! It's going to be like something straight out of gossip girl I swear. Champagne and high end hotels plus I bought a gorgeous gown today for the occasion! Easily the nicest dress I've ever worn next to my wedding dress if course.

•Scarlett is quite the character....she is nuts. She has been anti nap time, enjoys screaming at the too of her lungs like...all damn day! Especially in inappropriate places like the mall, while I'm on an important phone call, etc. she just screams all day...for fun! Headaches are inevitable.

•she also is such a girl already like she doesn't ever know what she wants. She wants to play with her toys while she is standing but she has to be standing in my lap and she is so hungry but won't eat and don't you dare stand up without holding her cause she will loose it! And she never wants toys she wants like movies and outlets and remotes and the tv so she screams cause she can't have those things! I'm dreading her as a toddler...

•all I want is to buy shoes. I'm seriously craving to go shoe shopping! I don't think that's normal or healthy. (#shopaholic)

•I need mommy friends! Let's sit at each other's houses and be exhausted with our babies together! For reals.

•all I ever want to eat is a milkyway dark chocolate candy bar...WHY?!? Why can't I crave fruits or better yet veggies!?

•speaking of healthy I am 5 weeks into kaya itsines bikini body guide and I love it and I hate it and that's another post entirely! But since I'm doing it and will finish it before the said wedding in November I bought my fancy gown in a size 2 which I fit into just like...it would look better if I lost a few more pounds ya know? So there is my motivation to kick some ass and kick it into gear with these workouts!!

•I have had a cold for 2 going on 3 weeks now! It's the longest most annoying cold I have ever had! And of course I have given it to Scarlett! Poor thing is all stuffed up too...

It's been quite some time since I have blogged and I feel like I need to explain why and the answer is quite simple. I'm enjoying being a mom. My blog has fallen to the bottom if not completely off my priority list. But while I'm here and blogging I will give as much of an update as I can. Scarlett is 7 months old and I have no clue how the months have flown by so quickly! She is such a sweet sweet handful! Hahaha she really such a happy happy baby she smiles and loves everyone! Seriously I will be in the store and she will be reaching for people standing behind me in line! It really has opened my eyes in a way that Scarlett doesn't care what people look or smell like she doesn't care about their job or financial status or anything like that and I know she doesn't know or understand these things yet (not that they really matter!) just that she loves  everyone! But she is a handful only because she is so curious and independent. She went from crawling to pulling herself up onto things in the same week! She loves baths, dogs, everyone she meets, blueberry and purple sweet potato puff snacks, car rides, stroller walks, Daniel tigers neighborhood tv show. She doesn't LOVE babyhood but she eats it every now and again. She takes two naps a day and her bedtime is 8:30-9 and sometimes she sleeps through the night sometimes she wakes up 1-2 times. She always wakes up for the day at 8. She plays all day long!!she is go go go 24/7 she says mama and dada and baba and she shakes her head no. She has the cutest laugh in the entire world and we are so in love with her! Being a mom is the most rewarding and fulfilling thing I have ever done! I could not ever imagine or be happy living a life without her in it! She really is my whole world and I am beyond blessed to be her mom.


In other news I got a new job! I work at cirque lodge drug and alcohol rehab. And I LOVE IT! I have always wanted to work in an environment like this! So positive and friendly it's so uplifting and truly such a great facility! I enjoy EVERYONE I work with which hasn't happened in a long time.  It feels good to be even such a small tiny part in others recovery and success. I couldn't possibly speak highly enough of this place!


Zac and I celebrated our one year anniversary on September 14, we spent the day in salt lake shopping and eating and enjoying ourselves while my sister Katie and her husband Devin watched Scarlett for the night. It's been such a crazy year! Being married and bringing a baby into this world but zac makes it easy. He truly understands me on every level and has patience beyond measure. He rubs my feet and shoulders every night! I'm so lucky to be married to him and I honestly never thought I would have the life I do with him I never thought we would end up here but here is the best place I have ever been and I wouldn't want to be without him ever!  His love and support have brought me through many many many hard times. He is my rock. And I simply love him, and there will never be the right words to tell him how much I love and appreciate him but I do. And in the words of rascal flats "every long lost dream, lead me to where you are" so true, so fitting. I had so many ideas of where I would be and I didn't think it would be here but all those dreams I was chasing and lost did lead me to my incredible family. So here's to our first year and countless to come!


I would post a zillion pictures but I just got a new phone (from which I am blogging) and I don't have/ don't know how to upload all my photos. I'm clueless when it comes to technology! So there is a small update! Maybe I will blog more often...with pictures! Maybe.

30 things about me

i personally love reading other bloggers "about me" posts etc. because i love getting to know people so here is my own about me post and i hope everyone who reads my blog and has a blog of their own does one of these as well!

1. i never imagined i would love being a mom as much as i do
2. i love shopping especially for shoes
3. i can paint my nails and chip every single one of them within 20 minutes
4. i HATE the dentist more than i hate spiders...which is a lot and i always have like 345 cavities! i brush my teeth EVERY day i swear!
5. fall is my favorite season
6. i love to snowboard. i have been snowboarding for 8 years now
7. i only injure the left side of my body
8. my husband is absolutely my better half and not a day goes by that i am not reassured that i married the right guy for me
9. i only wear neutral colors...if you ever see me in anything other than black, white, grey etc. know that i feel VERY uncomfortable
10. i am a picky eater
11. i love working out, especially when i get to go to the gym WITH my husband, usually we take turns watching the baby but when we go together its so much better...even though we do completely different workouts
12. im 5'9" {something close to that, its been awhile since i've been measured} but i love being tall
13. i LOVE to dance and i really wish i was able to dance more
14. i cant sing but that doesnt stop me
15. my sisters are my best friends
16. i was practically raised in the outdoors, my dad took the whole family camping pretty much every weekend he could. i love 4-wheeling, river rafting, hiking, shooting {small} guns and all that jazz! but i am also a girly girl
17. i watch gossip girl like twice a year and never get sick of it SUE ME
18. i promise i know how to correctly use grammar i just dont apply it to my blog OBVIOUSLY
19. i love make up and plan on becoming a certified make up artist next year
20. im a afternoon person
21. i have freckles in the shape of a heart under my left eye
22. scarlett and zac truly mean everything to me
23. dream vacation = GREECE
24. i accidentally poured a pot of boiling water on myself when i was 2, i had a skin graft on my left shoulder done, the skin was taken from my left upper thigh. when i was 17 i got z-plasty incisions on the same shoulder and when i was 19 i got another skin graft and i will probably continue to get several more throughout my life
25. dr. pepper is my drink of choice
26. chocolate fanatic
27. im an animal lover
28. im competitive
29. when i retire i hope to travel the world
30. i believe in dressing up for every occasion not matter how big or small

greys river 2014

Every. Single. Year this trip comes RIGHT when i need it most. right when i need an escape to clear my head and figure out what to do next. this year was no different! they greys river is like the neighborhood you grew up in as a kid, its like that to me. i know that canyon, i know my favorite spots to camp etc. this place is honestly my home far away from home.
Zac and i left friday around 5, scarlett basically slept the entire time, we got up to the campsite right at 10, we talked with the family shortly before we all crashed in bed. The next morning we woke up and my dad made us all omlets, there is something about camping and my dads cooking...its THE BEST. after breakfast zac, myself, my sister katie and her husband devin went for a 4-wheeler ride to reys spring which is a pipe sticking out the side of a mountain and out of it comes the coldest, freshest water i have ever had. then all the boys went 4-wheeling and hiking and fishing at barstow lake. i took a nap and me and katie made over 35 headbands for scarlett! it was so much fun! once the boys got back we went river rafting and after that we went to shoot some guns! i used to like shooting guns then a few years passed where i didnt shoot at all so when zac got his gun and we went together i felt good about it...till i shot his gun and cried because it scared me...i know i know im a wuss. so in wyoming there were like 6-7 different guns to shoot and i tried them all....and i still didnt like them except my dads .22 revolver because it didnt kick at all! after we went shooting we went back to camp and had hot dogs and smores and just talked around the campfire. it was such a fun weekend! the next morning we had pancakes for breakfast then packed camp up and headed home. the drive seemed longer, there was crazy traffic, a spider on the outside of the window, and a fussy scarlett with a blowout diaper. but it was still such a fun much needed weekend! next year we will definitely stay more than just a day. scarlett was in heaven because she got SO much attention! haha she loved to see all her family and she slept better up there than she does at home!
so until next year wyoming..

busy & change

busy.
i work part time at the sweet tooth fairy, i work about 20 hours a week more or less. and my shifts are on average 4 hours long. even though i dont work a whole lot being home with a baby keeps me VERY busy. scarlett wants to be played with constantly, if you set her down she starts crying! and there is a never ending list of things to do around the house! but somehow i find excuses to never cook anymore (#badwife) between being a mom, housekeeper, running errands, finding time to shower and work i feel like my days are slammed. even when i have a quiet minute i am very busy...enjoying 15 minutes of nothing. being a stay at home mom is a full time job! and if/when zac and i decide to have ANOTHER baby i cant imagine trying to work, yet women do it everyday with a handful of kids. we are all supermoms if you ask me.


change.
i have felt so anxious, unsettled, restless etc. the past few months. needing...craving a change. when we learned our lease is up at the end of july we were in a panic to find a new place to live. i thought this move is what i need. but the stress of trying to find somewhere to live that worked for our budget, and location, and timing was seriously the worst. and to be honest i didnt want to move at all. we found 2 places that we would have moved into but neither of those ended up working out for us. and in the end we decided to stay where we currently live. and we both felt REALLY good about it. sure paying an arm and a leg for rent isnt ideal, and to add hospital bills kinda makes it that much more stressful but we both feel much more comfortable saying here, in our first home. this place is the only other place that feels right. we looked at dozens of apartments, condos, houses that we so much more affordable but i was so set on "it doesnt FEEL right" so that didnt end up being the change i have been craving. but i do want to go back to school so badly! maybe later this year or early next year but i plan to attend taylor andrews beauty school for their make up program. and i am squirming in my chair with excitement because i cannot wait to start! so even then no changes have been happening. and i am still restless. but at least this weekend we will be in wyoming! the greys river is honestly a place of clarity for me so hopefully this short trip will be worth it!

scarlett photo dump & catching up

i dont even know where to start...im the worst blogger and i think trying to write down everything we have been up to for the past few what months?? {yikes} is just too hard. to sum it all up i guess zac and i are in a pretty good routine of work, come home, go to the gym, put the baby to bed, hang out and then we go to bed as well, that is what most week days consist of. on the weekends we usually find ourselves with good company doing whatever we please! also now that it is so hot i take scarlett to the pool every afternoon and she LOVES it! it also helps her sleep longer at night. and now for the photo dump. since posting this many pictures on instagram is just outrageous thank goodness i am able to do so on my blog!

& now for a section i would like to call

scarlett vs. naptime

this weekend zac and i and of course scarly girl are heading up to wyoming to meet up with my family on our yearly camping trip. we usually go for a week but this year that just wasn't working out for us so we are leaving friday night once zac is off work and heading up there....and getting there late that night. then we will come home sunday afternoon...im really bummed we will only be up there a day and a half but it is honestly better than not going at all! i always look forward to this trip and not going just isnt an option! im super jealous that my whole family will be there all week long but hey there is always next year! 

to my baby daddy

happy first fathers day! if scarlett could talk im sure she would say you make her laugh the most and she loves saturday mornings with you. she would say she loves the way you treat her mom and the constant love that is in our home. she would tell you she is thankful for you and proud of you. i will tell you that you are the most amazing dad. you keep my old soul young you make me laugh until i cry, daily! you are as weird as i am. you make me want to be a better everything, a better wife, mom, sibling, daughter, friend, neighbor, employee, and stranger. i aspire to be as good of a person as you are. you are so selfless, giving, thoughtful, and helpful. you never cease to amaze me with your words or actions or the way you love me so deeply and strongly. i am so grateful you are scarlett's dad because she will always have a best friend, provider, and protector in you. i will never stop telling you how much i love you, even when those words are twisted and sound more like "stop you are so annoying!" i still love you. i love literally jumping into your arms and kissing you when you get home from work. i love that you are my gym partner. i love talking about our hopes and dreams and building our future together. i love everything that makes you who you are. i can honestly say i fall more in love with you every single day. i love every struggle we face together and the grace that you handle them with. i love your sleepy goodnight kisses and the way you hold me while we sleep. i love the way you support me in everything i do, want to do, or try and fail or succeed at. you make me feel like the world is at my feet and the sky is the limit. you give me so much confidence and fill me with so much joy. you and scarlett make my world go round. and ever since we had her i feel a deeper love for you, a depth i didnt know existed. i know that getting where we are today has been EVERYTHING but easy. from the time we met all odds were against us being together but we made it work and every loss, every trial, every heartbreak that got me to you was SO worth it and yes i would do it all over again. i love you. i am in love with you. i will always love you. thanks for being the man i turn to for everything. thanks for being the best daddy to the most important girl in our life.

products I love

I dont know about you guys but I LOVE hearing about products {especially beauty products} people love and recommend. My sister Katie is a bit of a make up junkie {in a good way, swear}she got hooked on make up by this girl Jaclyn Hill, ever heard of her? if not look her up on youtube then you will find youself 4 hours later trying to highlight/contour your face off and buying out your nearest ulta store, or did that just happen to me? reguardless I'm hooked. I have always loved make up, I love getting ready for anything and everything. I love how wearing make up makes me feel and Im a girly girl so it strongly appeals to me. ANYWAY, I wanted to share with you guys some of my favorite make up products.

NYX butter gloss: I bought this in MERENGUE {as pictured below} I love a pink or a nude lip, that is pretty much all I have ever worn but this whole orchid, purpley, color is in right now so I went out on a whim and bought this, and now I am in love with it! I have it on right now actually. It goes on like a gloss but when it dries out a bit and sets its more like a lipstick but not as heavy. I LOOOOVVVEEE IT! I plan my outfits around this stuff so that I can wear it and I am going back to ulta today to buy MORE! because it is a pretty small tube and I want to try more colors...maybe, Im just so hooked on this one! aahhh the struggle. 

NYX photo loving primer: again with nyx? I know. But I started using primer maybe a year or two ago? and it changes EVERYTHING! seriously put it on before your foundation and you will see a HUGE difference. It makes applying foundation so much smoother, your skin is like silk the foundation slides right on and goes a lot further. I first used a smashbox primer and I loved it but paying like $30 was just not worth it so I found this one and it is like $8 I want to say? and I swear it is the exact same thing. I cant tell a difference between the two and although I have both the smashbox and NYX brand in my makeup collection right now I find myself reaching for this one more often! try it try it try it! you wont regret it.

Urban Decay: make up setting spray. Another game changer. My sister recommended this stuff to me. At first I just used it every once in awhile...but now I use it everyday! you just spray it on and it well...helps your make up set, keeps it in place, helps it last longer, keeps it from melting off on a hot day, or if you get wet etc. its a magic spray. They have different ones I use the long-lasting and I can go swimming and look in a mirror and my make up is still there EVERY GIRLS DREAM RIGHT!? and I believe it is $14

Marc Anthony: volumizing mousse. My hair lays pretty flat, and when I tease it up it doesnt hold all day so I decided to give this stuff a try and I like it. I wouldn't say I love it. The first day it works great, right after my shower I put it in and let it air dry and my hair looks great but the next day, by the end of the day even my hair is flat again. I want to try more volumizing mousse's but this is the first one I have used and its not bad! 

Thats all I have for now but I am going to ulta right after this....ssoooo expect more of these posts {totally inspired by my sister, im like 7 and still copy everything she does, whatever} ALSO big BIG BIG! things are happening right now you guys. Lots of stuff is going on that I cant wait to share, but right now is just not the time, hence the lack of posts on my part...I have been busy! and my life isnt THAT exciting. But once everything is set in stone you will know. 

•l a t e l y•

Going on plenty of walks with this baby beauty, now that the weather is so warm.

My brother in law Devin celebrated his birthday by having a bunch of his friends and family over at Mirror Lake Diner in Kamas where is brother Brandon is the cook. We had the whole place to ourselves and there was even a special menu just for Devin. It was DELICIOUS! Zac and I want to go back as soon as we can, so if you ever find yourself in Kamas for whatever reason you should seriously consider grabbing a bite to eat here. Plus it was adorable, as pictured above.

Over memorial day weekend Zac's parents rented this giant water slide! The weather was a little gloomy the first day and of course the water was freezing but we went down anyway, it was so much fun! We did it last year as well and plan on doing it again for the fourth of July! Scarlett even splashed her toes in the water....although she didnt really seem to care much for it. Zac's parents have two jack russel terriers and they loved the slide! they both went down and were swimming in the bottom!

On Memorial day we also went and visited Bekki. It had been too long thats for sure. When I found out I was pregnant I really wished Bekki was around because she was always my go to girl, and I like to think that Bekki and Scarlett hung out in heaven.

Zac and I have been going to the gym just about every day. And eventually I plan to do a post on my personal progress from pre-pregnancy, to post pregnancy to now. I have come a long ways and I am really proud of it but I am still not where I want to be. Fitness is something I have always loved and I get so inspired by others success or progress stories so I want to share mine.

My baby brother GRADUATED! all of us kids are grown up now and it is so weird but so fun! Kyle has always been my best friend since the day he was born and I will never be able to explain our relationship or how close we are but I am so proud of him and all he is doing! also Ryker {Bekki's little brother} graduated! he is the first kid in his family to graduate so that is HUGE! im so glad to have these great boys in my life.

And some more pictures of Scarlett cause...well, look at that face, do I even need to explain?

attempting to catch up

i have about 6 blog drafts saved in my phone and i haven't finished a single one of them. i wish i wanted to take the time to finish all the details on them and pictures and what not but i just don't have that much time today. the past month has been pretty great i wont lie. my sister kelli came down from ogden and stayed at my parents for about a week it was so great to see her, i spent lots of time with my sisters. we went shopping and all of us took a yoga class which was slightly hilarious and a really good workout. there have also been several family parties. for my moms birthday us girls went shopping at city creek, with scarlett in tow, she was a rock star. for my birthday zac and i and some friends went to dinner at sakura, then had cake at our place, the sparkler candles set the fire alarm off...then that weekend we went to park city over night while my sister katie watched the baby. we had so much fun and decided we need mini trips like that way more often! our friends randy and ashley got married, their wedding was gorgeous we have also had a few dinner parties with them, gone boating and fishing with them as well. i had two cases of food poisoning in one week. scarlett had her two month check up, she is doing awesome! for easter i made the cutest bunny pancakes you ever did see...and taste. {i am currently having trouble loading pictures onto the computer so maybe someday when i figure it out i will just have a whole post of all the pictures i have wanted to put up} scarlett is currently sick, stuffy nose and a dry cough, i have the same thing and i feel beyond awful for her! she is doing great other than that, she rolls onto her sides and tries to sit up, she doesn't like to be lying down. she only wakes up once at night {except now that she is sick its like 2-3} and we are pretty sure this slobbery baby is teething! she is only barley 3 months old! this weekend i am looking forward to work being really busy because of mothers day, mothers day in general, and a family party on sunday! enjoy your weekend everyone!

blogging

making: a real effort in the gym
cooking: dinner almost every night--lots of chicken and pasta.
drinking: green smoothies
reading: elizabeth smart my story as well as cosmo and self magazine
wanting: another mini vacay with my husband
looking: for new gym shoes
wasting: formula, poor scarlett is sick and not eating as much as she usually does
wishing: for more time with my sisters
enjoying: the mommy life
waiting: for a fun family party with zacs family over memorial day weekend
liking: that this sunday will be my first mothers day, and scarlett's blessing
wondering: how my 3 month old fits into 6 month clothing
loving: working out with zac almost every day
hoping: for consistent warm weather
marveling: at the beautiful baby that grew inside me
needing: to dye my hair
smelling: nothing, my nose is so stuffy
wearing: my favorite VS sweater
following: my heart
noticing: my freckles standing out now that the weather is warming up
knowing: that i need to blog more often
thinking: about lunch, honestly
bookmarking: recipes, i love cooking
opening: new make up and other beauty product from ulta
giggling: at scarlett's attempts to laugh
feeling: content

Family/newborn pictures

When Scarlett was 2 weeks old we had my sister Katie come over and take some family/newborn photos. I am so glad I have such a talented sister who can capture these moments for us.

{I know there are double of some in black and white and color but I just couldn't choose!}

I love that these photos were taken in our home by a family member, it made it that much more intimate and special to me. Becoming a family has been so much fun and such a challenge it has made me realize how blessed I am in countless ways. I am so glad to have Zac as my partner, and better half, my husband and best friend. We work so well together and balance each other perfectly. I really can't put in words how much my family means to me, or what it is like to be a mom, or see my husband be a father. But it is the best decision I have ever made.