Mike & Corie DePola

Friends!!

2012-01-26T12:35:00.000-08:00

We have been so blessed to be surrounded by amazing friends. In November the moms in the village got together and decided to make a play group so that we all didn't go crazy during the winter months.. Well, this has been a fantastic group. We have been able to do so many fun things, and Seppi absolutely loves his friends.

When Seppi prays, he always says that he is thankful for friends and especially a little buddy named Knox. Here we all are Sledding.

Seppi and Knox playing with the water table inside.

We went to the Jazz game with Knox and his mom Chelsey
(one of my very best friends these days).
The boys were so cute, during the whole first quarter, they were screaming "GO JAZZ" over and over again, everyone around us, thought they were darling.. (they really are!).

We took a tour of the Fire station last week, Seppi LOVED the truck.

We have gone to the dinosaur museum like 4 times, the children's museum, the library, etc.

This is something I will miss the most when we leave the village.

Just a few pictures of our Christmas

2012-01-02T20:15:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas with our Family!! Jeseppi was a blast and savored every second.

The Gifts of Christmas-time!!

2012-01-02T20:03:00.000-08:00

"Candy cane, counting days, kids who still believe. Falling snow, mistletoe, tramming the tree. and laying underneath the glow of colored strings of light, dreaming of Christmas Eve night. Popcorn chains, china plates, the smell of pumpkin pie. wrapping gifts, ornaments, stockings hung high. Baking cookies and reading stories, a different tale each night. Seeing it again through a child's eyes.

It's the hope that one day the world will know peace, its the love that we feel helping others in need. It's shepherds who follow the star in the night, all wrapped up in the gift of Christmas time.

Holy night, a gift divine, unto us has come. A perfect child, baby mild, and holding her son. Mary sings a lullaby as peacefully he sleeps, and she marvels at what this miracle will mean.

It's the son of heaven as angels sing, its the grace that only the Savior could bring. It's wise men who follow him each day of their lives. All wrapped up in the gift of Christmas time.

It's wise men who follow him each day of their lives, it's love and hope. It's joy and light..

It's Christmas time!!" -Hilary Weeks

(This is my absolute favorite Christmas song, by Hilary Weeks.)

A Favorite!

2012-01-02T19:43:00.000-08:00

Jeseppi is IN LOVE with the new Utah Museum of Natural History. We have gone 4 times I think in the last 2 months! He is learning so much!

His favorite part of the whole place is the DINOSAURS!! Shocker right? ha ha.

Jeseppi absolutely loves dinosaurs, they are a BIG part of his life. If we are trying to discipline his for whatever reason, He tries to change the subject by talking about dinosaurs. Sometimes if he is mad, he responds with a big dinosaur ROAAAR, its lovely. He knows several dinosaur songs and usually says "the Bracciosaurous (SP?) is my favorite because he's so cool." He really is so cool!!

It's Christmas time again.

2011-12-12T08:09:00.000-08:00

We have all been pretty busy these last few weeks. Mike has been gone for most of the last week and a half studying for his last set of finals!!! Come Wednesday evening we will be jumping full force into the Christmas festivities!!! I can not wait.

We have done a few things already, we decorated our teeny tiny tree (which I think looks pretty darn cute!) we wrapped all our presents, we made goodies for a bunch of our neighbors, we've been singing a lot of Christmas songs, and watched a few Christmas movies. Seppi and I have read a Christmas book every day in December (thanks to the library!). Seppi is so stinking cute, everytime he sees a baby he says "its the baby Jesus." and he says "they brought gifts for the baby, gold deblunes (courtesy of Jake and the never land pirate show)and myrrh" and I always help him say frankincense!! I love that he is getting into the true spirit of Christmas. We are trying hard to teach him that Christmas is not all about presents and St. Nick, even though those things are a lot of fun!

Seppi is so expressive and fun right now, he is full of energy! Everytime he sees Christmas lights he says, with a huge amount of enthusiasm "it's Christmas!!!" I can not wait to take him to see the lights on Temple Square (after Wednesday! ha ha)

Mike has been such a great student, he is so smart, and he has been working so hard, we have been so blessed while we have been in school. It has truly been a LONG haul and we are so excited to start a new chapter in our lives, although the unknown and change is a little scary. He still has 2- 8 week internships and they are all set up, but the class work and all the final exams are just about done!
Finals weeks have always been a little stressful for the whole family but we seem to make it through every time. Seppi and I have been able to keep busy with playing with friends (Seppi is quite a little social butterfly, he is such a good friend and he makes me so proud, he is not afraid to reach out and play with new little friends, in our court). I started reading again during nap time and bed time, which it such a wonderful outlet for me! and have been making a few things for Christmas, I really enjoy making things.
We have been truly blessed, I have to say it has not been an easy year for us (truthfully one of the harder ones), but I can see the Lords hand in our lives and so I feel like I can not complain, we have all been healthy, fed, clothed, blessed with warmth, and wonderful family members willing to step in at any time. We have had the blessing of the Spirit in our home, which has truly been a blessing.
We are excited to welcome a new year, ready to let this one come to a close- knowing that this next year will be full of adventure and change.

Seppi Tales...

2011-11-19T19:55:00.000-08:00

1st story- 2 weeks ago Jeseppi and I slept over at my mom's house with Kris Kris (my sister) and Hailee (her daughter). In the morning I was getting ready for the day in the bathroom and Seppi comes around the corner holding a dead mouse in his hand saying "look mommy a mousy" I didn't know how else to respond except by SCREAMING!! I grabbed his arm and flung the mouse out of his hand, right as Kristi turned the other corner and we almost hit her with the dead mouse. The next thing I know Seppi and Hailee are crying and Kristi and I are Screaming still. I had to explain to Seppi that the mouse was dead, which made him cry even harder, and he said "No he's sleeping." It was TRAGIC. Now Seppi walks around saying (sometimes to complete strangers). "and mommy SCREAMED the mouse, but it was dead." and then he laughs.

2- In August Jeseppi and I went with Sabrina (my sister) and her two kids Alex and Ben to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. We all had a fantastic time and Seppi absolutely loves his cousins. Well, it is now December and just about everyday I still hear "But, we went to the Dinosaur Museum with Alex and Ben, and the Super-Soraus was GIGANGIC." (Gigantic). He will even tell the cashiers at the grocery store. It has made a lasting impression on him. One night I was helping him say his prayers and it was around General Conference time and I tried to have him say "We're thankful for the Apostles" but instead he said "Thankful for the Fossils, at the dinosaur museum, with Alex and Ben." HA HA HA HA

3- Last week Mike needed a little space to get ready for a big test so Seppi and I went up to Bear Lake, where my other sister lives, Jami, we went up with Kristi and Hailee, and Jami has 4 kids. Well, the whole 3 days we were there, we literally vegged out and watched TV.. (totally a little vacation that we needed). So, one day while we 3 sisters were vegging on the couch and totally being the greatest mom's that we are (ha ha). The 3 toddlers were having the best time playing together. Seppi found a fisher price shopping cart and decided to RIDE it down her stairs, Probably seemed like a fun idea at the time, right? So, we hear the BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, just like you would hear if they just shoved the shopping cart down the stairs and thinking that's exactly what happened, none of us even really budged from our cozy locations. UNTIL... We heard the CRASH and the CRY that came later at the bottom of the stairs. YUP, that would be my little man! ha ha. I couldn't figure it out, so I asked him, "Did you get into the cart and ride it down the stairs?" he just said "YA, I did, I went BOOM BOOM BOOM- CRASH- and bumped my head, OUCH." Now he tells everyone this story as well.. and laughs and laughs about it.

4- Seppi and I sing pretty much all day long! He loves the Tangled songs and lately he really loves church songs too. He'll sing almost all the words of "I am a Child of God", "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission", "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home", "Give Said the Little Stream", and "I Love to See the Temple".. So, the other day I was driving us home, and we pass the Capital building all lit up at night and Seppi says, "Mom look the Temple, The Temple is the Holy Ghost" (because the song goes "The Temple is a Holy Place", but he's learning about the Holy Ghost too and so He got a little confused." Any way just down the street we saw the actual Temple and I told him that that was the Temple.. He's so observant and learning SO MUCH.

5- So the other night Mike taught the FHE lesson on the first Article of Faith, he did a great job, he had pictures to explain and teach about each person in the God Head and we all repeated it several times, He really is an excellent Daddy. So, then a couple of days later, Seppi and I were at the Dollar store picking out Christmas Wrapping paper (they had all the Christmas stuff out, just like every other store..) and Seppi see's an angel and says, "mom, You're an angel" and I said "oh, thanks, you're an angel too!" then he got this thoughtful look on his face and says, "but, you're not a God." and I said "no I'm not a God" and he said "and, I'm not a God" (speaking about himself) and I said "nope, you're not a God." He's really picking up on the things that we are teaching him and it is so fun and rewarding to see!

THERE ARE BILLIONS MORE STORIES.. But, I think I've written enough for one day. Seppi is such a fun Kid, I am such a lucky lady to have him as my little buddy. I Love every ounce of him and am So thankful that I get to be his Momma and teach him something new every day.
We really do have a great family and despite the hard days, we are all really happy because he have each other and because we have a firm foundation in the gospel to build upon. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A GOOD LIFE!!

Can't Believe it.

2011-11-15T19:01:00.000-08:00

WHY... is there Christmas music on the radio already? and in every store??
I feel like the Thanksgiving holiday doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Don't get me wrong I LOVE Christmas, but I can not allow myself to listen to Christmas music or watch Christmas movies until The DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING..
Then it goes full force. I have several Christmas presents already to go, But I will not allow myself to wrap them until after Thanksgiving. That helps me get into the Christmas spirit, when it actually Christmas time.
Thanksgiving is a great holiday, why can't we just celebrate that first? ha ha.
I went to the library and checked out a bunch of Thanksgiving books for Seppi and I to read, and He is totally enjoying running around gobbling like a turkey!
Thanksgiving always makes me reflect on what I am thankful for and helps me put my mind and my heart in the right perspective so that I really can enjoy the following holidays, remembering all that I have been given.
So please go right on with Christmas in your own way, but give Thanksgiving the whole month of November first!

Who needs there own backyard to enjoy a perfect fall day?

2011-11-12T06:13:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Mike and Seppi took a little walk to get the mail. A couple of minutes later I hear Loud screams and laughter of pure joy! Mike calls me and says "come on out here with us, you won't want to miss this, and bring the camera!!"

There was a HUGE pile of leaves all raked up for us ready to play in! Who would be able to miss such a fun opportunity to play in them? NOT US!

We had leaf fights, (even Seppi threw them at us!!) we jumped into them from the tree branches, we buried each other in them.

We had a lot of fun. It was a fun spontaneous thing that we did today. I LOVE DAYS LIKE THIS.

Look how sweet Seppi is. He's giving Mike kisses here, He always kisses our "boo boo's" better now, and is our personal Dr. He has the magic touch to make anyone feel better!

I JUST LOVE THIS PICTURE, I HAD TO SHARE IT.

More Halloween pics.

2011-11-11T18:30:00.001-08:00

Buzz Light-year to the rescue!!!

2011-11-01T19:16:00.000-07:00

Last week "the mom passe" got together and went to the family Halloween party they had at the U.
It surprisingly was a TON of fun. Here are all the little friends that came with us.

Seppi was able to get some good Trick-or-Treating Practice here. He'd say "Trick-or-Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat." That is as far as I was willing to teach him! ha ha. and then He'd politely say "thank you SOOOO much! and wave goodbye."
He truly got into the Buzz light-year costume! He'd say "Where did Seppi Go?" and I'd say "I don't know, all I see is Buzz light-year" and he'd poke his head out of the hood and say "here I am mom!" LOVE THIS KID!!!
He would also say "Buzz light-year to the rescue" and "to infinity and beyond" as he ran off into the distance.
(Running is a favorite of his lately, he's getting fast).

There was tons of little craft tables (which were not a hit with my little space ranger). He was all about the candy! He has completely adopted Jerry Signfield's saying "get candy, get candy, get candy"!!!

Seppi, Knox and Maylee Just waiting to get going!

Seppi and Maylee, right after they had their faces painted.

This lady would not paint a rocket ship on Seppi's face, SAD.. So, instead he picked a frog. Ha ha. totally fun, but had nothing to do with his costume.

And Pony rides. I could not BELIEVE that Seppi wanted to go ALL by himself, He did not want me to walk beside him. He really is growing up so fast.

On Halloween we went Trick-or-treating around mine and Mike's neighborhood that we both grew up in with a bunch of Seppi's cousins and my siblings! Lots of fun, What a BEAUTIFUL night! Those pictures will be coming soon!
P.S. This Buzz light-year costume is what kept me busy making while Mike so studiously prepared for his Doctoral Project! (which by-the-way went very well for him!!- such a proud little wifey!)

FALL BREAK!

2011-10-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

For Fall Break, we went to Heber with some friends from the village, the McFarlands. They have a little boy, Knox, who is just a little younger than Seppi and they play so well together. Chelsey and I get a long really well and Kenny and Mike have found their golf match. (they are both about the same level and its a friendly competition when they play!!)

They Boys went Golfing and the Girls and the kids went on the Heber Valley Railroad. I am sad to say that it did not exceed my expectations.. But it was still fun!

We went on a nice long ride and the train to a little pumpkin patch, the kids got to pick a pumpkin and decorate it and then we boarded the train again for a ride home and they gave us cookies and hot cocoa.

We all went on a little hike to "CASCADE SPRINGS" it is beautiful there and more of a walk so the kids could be free and hike on their own two legs!!

Here is a picture of the gang.

Knox and Seppi were running around everywhere, they LOVED IT!! They saw fish and loved the sound of the water moving down the rocks.

Isn't this a cute picture? I love these boys.

its crazy to think that this was Mike's last official break while he's in school. The end is in sight and it does not seem real.

We also went Swimming, played a lot of games, had a BBQ, and went out to dinner. It was a wonderful little weekend and it really felt like we "got away from it all."
Thank you Heather for letting us stay at your place!

General Conference

2011-10-03T12:54:00.000-07:00

This last weekend, was General Conference. We decided to just stay home this year and do our own thing as a family. It made a HUGE difference. Mike and I felt like we got a lot out of it, and quite literally it was the BEST conference yet.
I made Seppi a basket full of fun activities to do, so, he really enjoyed it too. Monday morning, he asked for "general connfrance" (he says it SO cute!). But it was over, He wanted MORE!! He was really excited to see President Monson and even repeated several things he said. (I think Seppi could be his biggest fan!)
We were also able to go out to lunch with our friends (the Kinghorn's and the Bassets) who we don't get to see very often, it was a great treat to see them!
On Sunday between conferences we went to Sugarhouse park and fed the ducks and Geese! We had a great family weekend.

General Conference really spoke to me this time. I came with several questions and I truly felt that every one of them was answered, how cool is that? There were several talks I needed to hear.
Favorite Talks:
1- Pres Uchdorf in the Saturday Morning Session. (my notes:) "You matter." "You are not invisible to Heavenly Father, He will not forget or forsake you, he is your father, he loves you and you matter to him." -This talk just made me feel good, I think we all need the reminder sometimes that we are Heavenly Fathers Children and that he loves us and really does care about us. When we have times of trial He is there, and he will help us.

2-Elder Ardern in the Saturday afternoon: about Time, he said "let us be as quick to kneel as we are to text" Sometimes I text people too quickly (mostly my sisters) when any tiny little thing bothers me, or I need their opinion on things, and I know that Heavenly Father can answer my little questions too. I should go to him before I go to everyone else in the world. Although I don't think its bad to ask my sisters for advice either! (They probably could use a break from ALL of my stuff going on these days).

3- Elder Hales in the Sunday morning session. He talked about answers to prayers and waiting upon the lord. He said,(again my notes, not a direct quote) "To WAIT means to hope, and trust in the lord." Which also includes to have patience, endure, have faith and diligence. often times when we have tribulation it makes us patient...
For some reason every trial I have involves patience, I must really need a lot of patience. But, I have learned recently and again from general conference that my timing and the lords timing are 2 completely separate things. I will plan things in my life and they never happen the way I plan. I am sure the lord chuckles a little every time I plan things in my life and says, "Why do you keep planning out things? I know what's best for you, and when it's best, just be patient and things will work out better than you could ever plan." I am sure there are many things that He knows in my near or not too near future that need to happen before things that I want can happen. (this talk was probably my fav.)

4-Sister Elaine Dalton's talk, Sunday Morning: "The to best raise your daughter is to love her mother." This was a great talk, Mike said it was his favorite.

5-President Monson's talk Sunday Morning: "The 10 commandments are not suggestions." In an ever changing world it's nice to have one thing in my life that is consistent. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is not an easy church to belong to, but it is the true church on the earth today. It is comforting to know that despite the views of the world- of immorality, bad manners, and a complete disregard for God, we will not change our standards.
In this church, I find peace from the world, I find safety and security. I know that the standards of this church is for my personal benefit, to keep me from doing things that will harm myself, my family and my spirit.

There were so many more talks that I really liked and really got a lot out of. I just couldn't write bits of every single one!
I am grateful for General Conference, and for leaders who teach us how to be better followers of Jesus Christ. We are all human, and I Love that our leaders who we look up to are all on the same team, we are all in this together.
President Monson's last talk talked about this. He said "we are all in this together and we all have a part to play." I pray that I can play my part well. Sometimes I feel like I complain to much when I am going through a trial. That I'm not "baring it well" I hope that I can be better in this and "play my part well." I'm sure trying!

The Champions!!

2011-09-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

Two Champions need to be named here today..
#1. Jeseppi! He has been trying to be potty trained for about 2 weeks now and today has reached a big mile marker! He is actually getting it now! It is very exciting. I am a very proud momma! Way to go Seppi!

(Seppi on his Cars potty watching "little Einstein's" his new favorite show.)

#2. Mike! He has been studying non-stop it seems this entire semester. Tomorrow he has a great big test and next Wednesday he presents his Doctoral Project.. AHH. He's so smart and he'll do fine, but its just a lot going on right now.
He says this semester is probably going to be like that the whole way through. So, I'll get my husband back when its all over in December! ha ha. Just keep pushing through sweets. The end is in sight!

This is the latest with the DePola's. Other than Me, I just finished working as a Nanny a little less than 3 weeks ago. Its been an adjustment for sure, but I am liking being a stay home mom with Seppi. I know that this is where I need to be right now.

Orderville Canyon in Zions

2011-08-19T06:53:00.000-07:00

Last week we took a little vacation to St. George to visit my Grandma and Molly (Mike's sister). On Thursday we went on a HUGE hike in Zions with tons of water and several short repels. Mike did some research and talked to a few friends who had done this hike in the resent past and they all thought it would be ok to take a 2 year old in back pack.

So we went out and bought Seppi his very first harness and thought we'd give it a try. I felt much better about taking him after that.

Seppi did AMAZINGLY. He was happy the entire time and even slept for about 45 minutes to an hour.

Seppi tried to repel and he was really close to coming down on his own but at the last minute decided against it and Mike repelled with him.

We saw cows, tons of butterflies, squirrels, birds and a rattle snake.. (thankfully the snake was still sleeping and we managed to walk past with out disturbing it or it disturbing us... I'm very afraid of snakes.)

There was only 1 part of this hike that really scared me. it was a slide into a big pool of water and the water was deeper than all of us. We didn't know how to get Seppi down that obstacle.

But Mike is a very smart guy and we figured something out and Seppi was safe. After that there really was no obstacle that we couldn't accomplish.

This hike was about 11 miles and it took us 9 hours to do. It was a great day, but I was a little delirious by the time we were done, ha ha.

Good times

VOTE FOR Seppi!!!

2011-08-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

I put Seppi in a contest to be a Model for the next Season of clothes for The Children's place. Please click here
PLACEkids Model Search
and find Jeseppi and vote. To find Jeseppi type in Corie.depola@gmail.com under the search by email section.
It would awesome and fun if he won.
Thanks for your help.

A SPECIAL FAMILY OCCASION!

2011-08-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, August 4th, 2011 my sister Heather was married to her husband Troy Wynn in the Provo Temple.

These 2 are such a special couple because they waited many years to find each other. Everyone in both families were married and started their families much earlier than these two, but they were patient and kept searching, until yesterday all their waiting had finally paid off.

It was also very special to both families because after they were married, both families were able to say that every person in their family was married in the temple. Not very many people can say that, so that holds a special place in my heart. The joy in my parent's eyes (their "happy tears" as they would call it) was priceless. I have never seen them so proud of their children than they were yesterday. It made all the temptations and stresses in the world seem powerless for a while because I knew that we were where we should be. I am extremely grateful for my parents' and older siblings examples in my life that has kept me on the right path. I know life isn't easy or fun sometimes, but it's those kinds of experiences that puts life back into the right perspective and helps me realize our purpose here on earth is so worth it!

Thornock Family- minus Stacy and Jake's family (We missed you)

Both Families...

I am so grateful for my BEAUTIFUL, oldest sister.

I am so happy to have another member in the family to add to our Thornock clan! I am so glad we didn't scare him off with all the craziness of 16 grandchildren and 7 other couples in the family. We are so excited to have him in our family and can not wait to get to know him better throughout the years.

(Almost ALL of Heather and Troy's neices and nephews)

This was SO wrong to do at the Temple... but we just HAD to cool off somehow... it was a very hot day.

Congratulations Heather and Troy, we are SO happy for you guys! Welcome to the family Troy.

SILLY GUMBO NIGHTMARE

2011-07-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Seppi LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He doesn't watch it all day long, but when I am preparing dinner or he needs a tiny 20 minute break we'll turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and he'll sit still and watch intently while I can get a little something done. Thank goodness for ON DEMAND.
So there is an episode that he has watched maybe 4 times "Pajama Party" I believe it is called. In this episode Goofy tells the "gang" a "scary story" about the SILLY GILLY GUMBO, the actual story is very brief but it scares Goofy pretty bad and then for another 10 minutes they try and figure out what differnt sounds are because Goofy is afraid it's the Gumbo.
Well Seppi's imagination sure has caught fire these last couple of months, he pretends he's a dr, or a chef, or an elephant, he also pretends he can see "the monster in the water." Anyway, he's been pretending that he can hear the Silly Gilly Gumbo he'll say "whats that noise?" and I'll ask "is it scary?" and He'll always say "no, its not scary, it's not real." To which I'd say "thats right its not real."
Well last night at 1:43am (or so) I heard an awful scream and cry, Seppi's first nightmare...
I came into his room and gave him a hug and he said "SILLY GILLY GUMBO- SCARY"
He's never done that before, but it obviously has been on his mind a bit too much.
I am so mad that Disney JR. would have something that would give him nightmares.

Anyway beware of that episode...

Shoshone Falls, ID

2011-07-13T21:13:00.001-07:00

Okay, Check this out! these Falls are HUGE, I couldn't believe how many there were and how wide spread they were..

Mike's signature picture with him pointing into the distance of something awe inspiring! He's teaching Seppi to carry on his tradition..

Seriously I am so glad we went to see this, it was so cool!

Good times, and even a beautiful rainbow as a cherry on top!

Twin Falls ID

2011-07-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we visited our very good friends the Kinghorn's and the Bassett's!! They are the greatest friends. We've been able to keep in touch with them pretty well over the last 2 years that they've moved out of the village. When we get with them its like we (THEY) never left! haha. Mike seriously acts like Trent and Jake are his brothers, he doesn't have any brothers so they make nice fillers.

We had a great weekend with them, and as always it was much to short.
The girls went out to a movie on Friday night and the boys went golfing Saturday morning. Then, when all the kids woke up from their naps we all went boating to Wilson Lake (I believe that was the name of it).

The kids got out of the boat several times to go swimming and they all tried the tube too! Seppi LOVES the tube, he had a huge smile the whole time and giggled every time we went over a wave!

We all tried IN LINE SURFING as well! I LOVE IT!! I seriously feel like I could do that all day long because you don't get very tired from the rope pulling you, you basically just let the wave do all the work.

I am very sorry, there is not a picture of Mike doing this, I got a video of him but that is all. He of course was a natural at it. AMAZING..

After boating all the kids went to bed without any sort of objection and the "adults" -if you can call us that when we're together- played games and ordered delicious WINGS!! YUM

The Men in my life!

2011-07-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

Aren't they the cutest? How did I ever get so lucky?

Is Chuck E. Cheese's Really Just for Kids?

2011-06-11T08:11:00.000-07:00

I SUBMIT THAT IT IS NOT!!!

New family pictures!

2011-06-08T07:01:00.000-07:00

Hooray we finally went out and had new family pictures taken. My brother Warren Thornock took them for us, he did a fabulous job! these are only a few of them.

He also took some time to take some of Jeseppi! He was giggling a lot, he loves attention but he has a hard time staying still, these pictures are priceless. I Love them.

THE LATEST PROJECT OF MINE

2011-05-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

I Illustrated a book... WAHOO!! I'm an illustrator. ha ha.
okay, let me first tell you that this is a book that my sister Jami wrote. She really really wanted it to become a book because she thought it would do really well out in bear lake (where she lives)but waited a while to figure out how to go about the whole process. I finally told her that I'd love to take a whack at illustrating it and so I sketched countless pictures of what I thought the monster would look like. I finally came up with pictures and had to redo several of them and finally got them all just so, and we went to print this book- we decided to self-publish as of now.
One week in April I had the week off and I went out to Bear Lake and Jami and I went to a bunch of different stores with 1 mock up book (it was pretty close to being what the final book was going to look like). To our great surprise and thrill several places loved it and bought a bunch of books. We have sold over 300 books and were able to pay for most of the printing through our pre-sales.

Here is the front cover. -It's a hard bound book.

Here is the back cover.

This is Mike's favorite picture inside. There are several more.. it's very bright and very fun. Jeseppi LOVES his copy and asks me to read it to him all the time, and we don't even live in Bear Lake nor does he know anything about the legend. ha ha. There is a history page at the back of the book that talks about the legend, just for those who don't know the history.
We are very excited about this book. We are going to charge $18 for the book in Bear Lake but I have the go ahead to sell it to friends for $15. I have a box of books at my house just incase anyone wants a copy.

Happy 5th Anniversary

2011-05-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

On Thursday the 19th Mike and I celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary! I can't believe its been 5 years. Mike and I dated for 5 years before we were married so we've officially lasted a decade- only half of which actually counts! I'm amazed that its been that long because it's gone by so fast. I can honestly say that I Love him more now than I did when I married him (although I loved him an awful lot then too!). I remember the day we got married, it was a beautiful day in May and our families were all gathered and we were all just SO HAPPY, I've never felt better about a decision before in my life. Mike has always been there for me when I have a bad day, or a couple of bad days. We may not have perfect lives but together we have helped each other weather all sorts of storms. I am so grateful to have him in my life, he has changed me for the better! I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU MIKE!!! HAPPY 5 YEARS!

We went out to a movie during the day- the new pirates!! (which was great!!) My mom was awesome and watched Seppi. Then we hung out with Seppi for a couple of hours and dropped him off again at Mike's parents house and went out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, we had a great time, and I felt wined and dined! then we went and played some racing games at the Nickel Cade. I know that sounds funny, but I LOVE the Nickel Cade! We used to go on dates there when we were dating! haha. So FUN.

Jeseppi Turns 2

2011-05-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that it has been 2 years since we had Jeseppi in our lives. Time sure does fly. It's like, I can't really remember or imagine my life without him and yet I can't believe its gone so fast. Seppi is the sweetest and funniest kid I know, he is constantly making me laugh out loud. Last Thursday was his birthday (the 12th) and Mike and I walked into his room in the morning singing Happy Birthday and the first thing he says is "Birthday Candles" and pretended to blow them out! He has been so excited about his birthday since he saw me blow out the candles at my birhtday party in March! I have caught him singing the Happy Birthday song over 4 or 5 times since them! I wish I had that on camera, so cute! We had a little party for Seppi and close family. I didn't want to make it a huge thing because I didn't want to overwhelm him. We had planned to have the party in our little courtyard but we got rained out for the first hour or so of the party. Instead we all crammed into our little apartment and made due with what we had! We ate pizza and cake, opened presents, did a pinata and let the kids play on the playground when the rain stopped! I think everyone had a good time, I know Seppi did. Jeseppi was so sweet after he opened every present he said "thank you" to whoever gave it to him! I am a proud momma! Happy Birthday my little man.

HOPPY EASTER!

2011-04-25T17:37:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Holiday.
I Love this time of year. The grass is green, the snow is just about gone, the flowers are popping up and there is blossoms popping right before my eyes! Minus the allergies, its my absolute favorite time of year.
The Easter holiday makes me reflect on my amazing older brother, Jesus Christ, who came to earth a long time ago and made it possible for me to repent of my wrong doings, regain my body and return home to my father in heaven to be with my wonderful family again Forever. What a wonderful and selfless act.
We had a rather busy Easter, but it was spent with family which is always good.
here is Seppi in his Easter outfit (i made the tie!)

Eater Egg hunt at my mom's house. Seppi got so many eggs! When he realized that there were chocolate inside of the plastic egg, he started taking it out putting it in his basket and tossing the egg on the grass again. He's so funny.

Saturday morning, the Easter bunny left our baskets hidden all over our apartment! it was fun looking for it! Mike had to play hot and cold with me, because I'm a bad seeker! ha ha

Seppi got a bubble machine.

At the village there was an easter eggstravaganza! Seppi met the easter bunny, and got his face painted and planted a flower seed and had an egg hunt! we had FUN!!

What a Champ.

2011-04-11T13:16:00.000-07:00

So, we finally had Jeseppi's Dr. give us a referral for him to have tubes placed in his ears. We waited over a month to even see the ENT Dr. and from there we scheduled the surgery. I know that this was VERY necessary, but I was really nervous about it. So, we went to the little class they do at the hospital and teach the kids (and parents) what to expect when you come for surgery. Jeseppi got to choose what flavor of medicine they'd put in the anesthetic... GRAPE... out of all the flavors that's what he picked!

They gave him a mask, gloves, a little doll in "special pj's" which he returned when we left.. WHAT A BOY! haha. They gave him the "hat" which is what Seppi calls it. Anyway as someone who at one point in time was going to be these people who gave the class (a child life specialist) I felt that it was a good idea to do this class.

Boy, was I right. Not only did it prepare me, but Seppi was a ROCK STAR at the hospital. He was prepared and happy. Even excited to get his "Grape" Medicine. I was most worried about the hand off... those 3-5 minutes (if that)where the Dr. takes him from us and he went to sleep. He didn't even cry, he didn't even need his blanket "his baby", or his binki... I was completely impressed.

Mike and I waited in the waiting room for MAYBE 20 minutes. I doubt it was even that long and he woke up seconds after they brought him back to Post-op. His nurse was great and Seppi was totally happy just watching Cartoons with us until we left. A lady next to us had a little boy who cried for the entire hour after surgery (also getting tubes). We were so grateful for our little Champ...
Here's to a year or more of NO MORE EAR INFECTIONS!!! Things are looking up!

Moab BABY!

2011-03-29T18:39:00.000-07:00

For Mike's (last official) Spring Break we went to Moab and got little cabins in the slick rock campground with our good friends The Mathesis. We did a little mountain biking and a lot of hiking through arches national park.

Delecate Arch. You can't see very well but Mike, Jeseppi and I are all standing underneath this HUGE arch.

We discovered the awesomness of "THE FIREY FURNACE" it is a slott canyon in Arches and its really cool! You seriously can get lost in there. Thanks to Mike's trusty GPS we were never worried that we were going to get lost. There are several canyons you can pick to go through, a lot of little drops and tight squeezes. We saw 3 arches just in that part!

Jeseppi had so much fun, He loved it when the backpack would scratch against the walls on both sides he giggled everytime and ask to do it again and again!
He learned what an arch was he kept naming everything he saw... Arch, Rock, Sand, Fire, Sky, Bird, Sun. etc etc. he's quite the little parrot these days. I LOVE IT!

Sorry these photo's are all out of order! Maybe someday I'll take more time and organize alittle better.

Jeseppi did the double arch hike all by himself, its like a .3 mile hike(no backpack)he loved the sand.

I was so proud of Seppi around the fire, because he knew not to go too close. It was pretty chilly so we had a fire going most of the time we weren't doing something. I hope he remembers how to do that for the many adventures to come this year!

What a great time! I Loved getting away with my family and exploring the beauty of the earth together.

Minute to Win it Birthday HOOPLA!

2011-03-29T18:20:00.000-07:00

Mike planned a very fun Birthday celebration for me. There was cake, presents but a little twist.. I was not allowed to open my presents until I completed several Minute to Win it tasks.
I was really worried that I would make a fool of myself and not be able to complete any of them in a minute, but I surprised myself and did pretty good!
I did the cup pyramid, the pop can on it's side, the cookie on the face, I took down a pop can tower with rubberbands, the tissue one, etc.
The ones I COULDN'T do was stack 3 golf balls (I couldn't stack even 2), Mike quickly showed me up! The other one I couldn't do was the spoon on spoon into a jar.. Mike again took the challenge and won it.. I'm telling you he should be on the show! haha. it'd be a quick fix for student loans! haha
anyway it was a lot of fun and I felt loved!

sadly the only pictures we took were that of others trying out the events. I have a few videos of me doing them, but they won't LOAD.. AH MAN.
sorry.

Fun day with Seppi and fun random pictures!

2011-03-09T18:43:00.000-08:00

Today I had the WHOLE day with just me and Seppi (which is rare) we went to a play date with some other little friends in the morning.
After his nap we hopped into our snow clothes and enjoyed the amazing warm weather outside! We went sledding in the bowl in the village.. We've been here for almost 5 years and have never gone sledding in the bowl like 20 steps away from our apartment. WHAT?

Seppi loved it! Everytime we went down the hill he said "do it again" "do it again!" He even walked back up the hill all by himself. afterwards we built a family of snow people!!!
GREAT DAY

Cutest picture EVER!

My big boy Loves the water so much, if he's ever fussy I could just throw him in the tub and he'd cheer right up! Look at him wash his hands all by himself!!

We found Seppi in his bedroom tonight playing in his little box from his shelf! what a fun time.

Swimming/a very fun weekend!

2011-03-01T20:00:00.000-08:00

Seppi has always LOVED the water, but we just bought him this little flotation device and he can now swim all by himself, this picture depicts him overjoyed!! haha. I was such a proud momma! The last time we took him swimming he was clobbering Mike and I and would not go into his baby floaty, something needed to be done!

Seppi, Grant and Jane testing the waters in the hot tub. (don't judge me!)

Over Presidents weekend The Kinghorn's, The Bassett's and Us (the DePola's) got together for a wonderful weekend full of games, treats, and sick babies. Sadly it was cut short (because of the sick babies) but it is always a pleasure getting together with our wonderful friends from the village!

The Sick, The Broken and the Lonely... Rated pg-13 haha

2011-02-17T12:47:00.001-08:00

THE SICK:
Well, Tis the season for the flu..
Seppi woke up Monday night laying in a pile of vomit, and his pants loaded with diarrhea. I cleaned him up only to have him throw up again and again, everytime right after I cleaned him up. We were up from 2:30- about 4 am.
The weirdest thing about this is that during the day he'd eat and play like a normal non-sick little guy. so weird.
He woke up again Tuesday night an almost identical story 3 times all right after I cleaned everything up. But this time from 11-12:30. Thankfully he slept through the night after that.
Wednesday night (last night) was a beautiful thing, We slept like Rock Stars! He woke up at 4:30 crying saying "Mommy, I need YOU" over and over again. I came in thinking the worst, but found everything smelling and looking clean! He just lost his binki and needed his Mommy to help him! He really is such a sweet heart. After the last two nights I found this to be no big deal, I gave him a binki and rocked him for a while and we all went back to bed.
I have learned a few things from this experience.
1- you can never be too prepared when it comes to vomit!
2- always keep a few extra blankets and burp rags or towels by the rocking chair at night! just in case.
3- You can not expect an almost 2 year old to EVER throw up in the toilet or in a plastic bowl by his bed... Ha Ha
4- Even though this was not the easiest few days, I found myself soaking up all of the snuggles and sweet moments when I was needed because I know someday I won't be the one he runs to when he needs something, although I hope I still have many more moments like that to come!

THE BROKEN:
Mike broke his collar bone last Thursday (a week ago today). He has been a trooper, but he is still in a lot of pain. There is nothing I can do to help him, and I hate being helpless. I've been doing double duty trying to make sure Mike is comfortable and taking care of a little sick boy. I've been trying SO hard, doing extra laundry, doing all the dishes, doing most if not all of the cooking, going to work etc, etc, etc.
He bumped into the door last night, and I swear everything his body did to heal over the week was ruined, he was in so much pain. Its been hard for him to go to school and do any of his labs because its his right collar bone and he's in PT school and everything is literally hands on.
Thankfully his professors and people at school have been so good about it and Mike is even able to take his practical exam after he heals. P.T. school seriously is so great! Such wonderful people.
Things I learned so far from this the last week:
1- it doesn't matter if I get to everything on my list, (all the cleaning and grocery shopping and whatever...) What matters is to just be there for the ones you love when they need you, the rest of the JUNK will fall into place.

THE LONELY:
Through all of this (this week) I have found myself a little lonely. I know this sounds silly but Mike has been sleeping on the couch for a week now (because he can't lay down on his back because of his broken collar bone) and even though its just sleep and you aren't really coherent during those hours, I really miss him next to me. I'm in this HUGE Bed all alone! I miss him...

Here is to the weekend (my weekend starts on Thursday evening!!) and to a new fresh week hopefully full with lessons that aren't as hard to learn!!!

The Latest.

2011-02-12T13:37:00.000-08:00

Isn't Seppi cute? notice his messy face!
Seppi is quite the little talker these days. He's stringing words together now and everyday he says like 5 new words, its incredible.

Seppi Loves to climb on things, including his mom and dad! He really is such a joy!
He's so funny, He'll pick up things off the floor and throw them in the garbage or put his toys away and runs back and says, "good boy!" He Loves getting credit for everything he does!

For Christmas Seppi got this wiggle car from his grandparents, he can now officially do it all by himself! It's a nice little thing he can do inside while its cold out still.

Mike had school off Wed-Fri this week and he took full advantage of it. We went snowboarding on Wednesday together (my first time this year) and He went again with some friends from school on Thursday where this happened..

If you know Mike, you know that he is a very good snowboarder, he does the rails and the jumps and the whole thing! (he's daring!) Well, he caught an edge on one of the rails at Brighton and has a broken collar bone to show for it.
He's in a lot of pain and I feel so bad for him. Its crazy having to help him get dressed and up from the couch and to do all the basic things in life. He's trying to figure it out on his own and is very frustrated and sad.
It is amazing how fast things in life change, and you never know when it'll happen to you. I'm just very relieved it wasn't worse... I kinda like Mike!

Like Father Like Son!

2011-02-05T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is what Seppi and Mike looked like when they woke up from their nap the other day!

Winter Festivities!!!

2011-01-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! We spent New Years playing games all night long with our wonderful friends the Bassett's! We had a lot of fun! Sledding!!! With the FAM. Bounce House with the FAM!!! $2.00 Tuesdays at Classic skating! SOOOO FUN! and SOOO sweaty! ha ha

Christmas Time!!

2011-01-11T18:46:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Eve we spent the night at my parents house. We always have Chinese food for dinner! It is always wonderful!

Then all the kids dress up and we do the Nativity! Seppi's first time! He started out as a shepherd and ended up a cow! haha. I think he likes to dress up!

In the morning Seppi woke up around 6:45am so we had to watch a bit of a movie before we could get going on the festivities! Seppi Loved opening presents but he liked playing with what he got even more (thank goodness for that!) We all got a lot of wonderful things Christmas morning.

After breakfast we played with our toys and hung out for a little while. Then went over to Mike's parent house for more fun!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful Christmas Holiday. We feel so blessed to have so much family close by us. Merry christmas everyone!

Thanksgiving Celebrations

2010-12-17T19:11:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving-LATE!!
This year I am most thankful for my family, for our health, and for our Love. I know that is kind of vage but there have been many small things that have come up lately that have made me especially grateful for these things this year.

We had Thanksgiving with Mike's parents, Grandpa and sister! We started a new tradition this year! Turkey Pinata!!!

We had so much fun. The turkey was really hard to break though. We started out all laughing and not giving it our best effort then we started to get really aggressive in the end. It finally broke and there was candy everywhere!

When the candy was finally out we gathered it up and then threw it at each other again! haha. It was WAR!!!

I'm sure they will find candy for many months to come. We were all laughing very hard and Seppi sure loved it too!

Mike's mom really out did herself on the food, IT WAS AMAZING!!

What a happy and fun Thanksgiving we had!!!

Santa - Ho Ho HO

2010-12-17T18:58:00.000-08:00

Waiting to see Santa!! We were so excited!

Seppi was saying "santa- Ho Ho Ho" the whole 45 minute wait. When we FINALLY got to the front of the line, he went right to him and said "Ho Ho Ho" on his lap! Santa thought he was very cute!

I don't think I'll ever be too old to get in a photo with this holly jolly guy!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

Movie Night!

2010-11-23T14:02:00.000-08:00

We had a fun family movie night last Friday. We rented Toy Story 3.

made a fort out of blankets.

Had dinner, popcorn and sprite all while watching the movie in our fort!
It was a lot of fun. Seppi really liked the movie too.

Wheeler Farm

2010-11-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I went the whole summer without going to Wheeler Farm. I had no idea it was FREE... guess what IT IS!!

Seppi has been really into Farm animals in his books. He can now say all the animal sounds. Going to the Farm totally reinforced his ability to say what these animals say! He is so funny!

We had so much fun, it was such a nice day!

HOORAY for FREE fun with kids. No wonder my mom took us to the Farm so much! haha. I had no idea!

Halloween- late but Great!

2010-11-23T13:14:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween... I finally got around to blogging about our Halloween holiday.

Mike- as Shaggy from scooby do, Corie- a clown, Jeseppi - a tiger!

We went up to Bear Lake to trick-or-treat around the cabins at the KOA. They said they were going to start passing out candy at 7 so we got there at 6:30 thinking we had plenty of time. But, when we got there they were just finishing up. We got maybe 10-12 pieces of candy. haha. thank goodness Seppi didn't care! Seppi Loved dressing up as a tiger this year. He wanted to wear it all the time and would look in the mirror and "roar."
Even though we missed the trick-or-treating, we had a lot of fun up at Bear Lake. We went out to dinner, watched a halloween movie and
Kristi/Hailee Raggity anne's.

We took Seppi to Wheeler farms pumpkin patch and corn maze.

He just took off running. It was so funny when he came to a dead end he just turned around and found different ways to go.
He made it out all on his own!

For FHE one Monday we Painted and carved pumpkins with the
Wray's (wonderful friends of ours!) Seppi had a great time painting. I think he has a little artest in him.

GO UTES!

2010-10-10T08:14:00.000-07:00

We took Seppi to his first UofU football game a couple of weeks ago, it was so hot but he did awesome! He even put his hands up and yelled GOAL! haha. He Loved it and was clapping and yelling just like his daddy.

Family Fun

2010-10-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

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Herman the Worm-man

2010-08-29T14:51:00.000-07:00

This morning we had breakfast in bed and Seppi found my little striped socks and made them into puppets! I called them worms - Herman the worm-man! haha. He thought it was pretty funny and so did we! haha.

Seppi has descovered the word NO. Sometimes he says them in a good way like when I try to keep him from things that might hurt him I say "no, no, no" and he'll point at it back and say "no, no, no." To which I say "Yes your right- No, No." But, today at church he decided he didn't want to be held while we sang a hymn and said "NO, NO, NO" really loud. Thats when I tell him he doesn't need to say NO to everything! haha. He learns it from me though, I've got to figure out a different word to use for everything!

Yellowstone NP - August

2010-08-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

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We had a lot of fun, Seppi was a little under the weather but he pulled through in the end!

Early this summer we...

2010-08-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

In June and July we went to Bear Lake with my whole extended family to go boating, camping and just see everyone! We then to St. George with Mike's family to see Molly Dance and to see Molly period! She's been down in St. George doing Tarzan and Cats preformances at Tuachan. we also went fishing and saw my Grandma who lives out there!

what we've been up to this summer... ENJOY

2010-08-27T10:03:00.000-07:00

This digital scrapbooking design personalized with Smilebox

Moments I want to remember forever!

2010-07-16T06:41:00.000-07:00

- Yesterday I was nannying and Mike was texting me because he was on his lunch break. Seppi grabbed my phone and started playing with it. He plays with my phone all the time so I didn't think much about it. The next thing I hear is my phone making its little jingle that says that a text has just been sent. I took the phone from him and went back to the sent texts and he sent Mike a text that said "HI" I died laughing, he's either super genius or it was a major coincidence. - On mornings that I don't work, Seppi and I watch curious george from 7-7:30 he either snuggles with me and points at the television saying "oo-aa" or he's up in the t.v screen like Lucky on 101 dalamations. - When I nanny and read the other kids stories, Seppi stops playing and comes to sit right by us to join in on the reading. He loves books! - Sometimes Seppi will walk to his room, grab a book from his little shelf, climb on the rocking chair and open the book! I Love finding him like that. -his favorite books these days are "The Very Quiet Cricket" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" - He laughs when we sing the Skunk song!! - When we sing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" he tries SO HARD to do the actions and he gets really excited. When the song is over we cheer and clap and do it again and again! - Eating dirt! - Sometimes when we have a meal he'll eat more than me, and he doesn't weigh much! Where does he pack it all in? - At night when I fill up his Sippy cup with milk he'll take it and walk to his room and wait for me by the books and rocking chair for our nightly ritual of reading a story and singing a song! -Everytime I fill his sippy cup he stands right next to me and waits very UNPATIENTLY. He says "nigh nigh" over and over. I'm starting to think thats what he calls mild or thats what he associates milk with -going night night. -He points when he sees any bird and laughs when I say "cheep cheep" - Loves airplanes and helocopters, sometimes he sees and hears them before I do. The other day we went to his Dr. appointment at the UofU hospital and Air Med came in really close to land right as we were waiting to get our car. They saw Seppi's big look of awe and his hugely pointed finger, looked down at him and waved to him. Very exciting! - Yesterday Seppi sat in his NEW car seat, he now sits forward and LOVES IT!!! He can now feel the A.C. in his face and he said "wow" when I first put him in. His smile was so big and everytime I looked back he smiled again and again, like "this is so cool!" He is so happy that his legs actually fit on the seat again! He's getting so tall! - I Love it when he'll randomly stop what he's doing and walk over to give me great big hugs and will pat my back while he hugs! He is such a sweet heart! -When we go swimming he looks at Mike's nipples and poke them as if he's saying "dad whats this?" HAHA - He screams when Mike pretends to drop him from his shoulders! - Tries so hard to count 1-2-3 when ever we count with him. Mike will count when they are playing golf, or I count when we play with blocks. - He dances everytime any music turns, he's got great moves! - He clapps his hands whenever he's done dancing or we're done singing or if a commercial or show that we have on has an applause he'll clap with them! - He tries to sing along to the hymns at church, or with me when we sing (which is like all day long!). - He tries to put the phone to his ear and say "HI" all in a whisper! - His favorite toy is a rubber duck! - He takes any small toy and puts it in the little mail slot. He loves playing with that. - He says "uh-oh" whenver he drops things. - He breaths really heavily when he's excited about something! There are so many other things that he does that are so fun and funny! these are just the ones I thought of today!

Memorial Weekend and Bear lake visit!

2010-06-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

This last weekend Kristi, Hailee, Seppi and I went up to Bear Lake to visit our other sissy poo who lives there. We walked every morning up through her neighborhood which is up hill and rocky! So tuff! We felt the BURN!! it was a lot of fun.
We also did a craft together, Jami helped us make little church bags and Kristi gave Jami a perm. The kids had a blast. 3 babies all within 6 months of eachother!

Here are the 3 babies! They are so cute! Chelsea (Jami's Baby), Hailee (Kristi's baby), and Jeseppi (my baby)

One morning after our walk it was SO COLD and Seppi and Hailee were just shivering, We gave them a nice warm bath together! I remember having baths with my cousins too when I was little! haha. this is their first one!

Over Memorial weekend we went up to Hooper which is where Kristi is living this Summer and we had a BBQ and rode their horses and played games with my family! We all had a great time. Seppi was a champ on the horse with Mike, HE LOVES ANIMALS.
He was holding on so tight for the first little circle and then loosened up a bit after that! What a fun day!

On Saturday of Memorial Day weekend Mike and I took Seppi up to This is the Place and let Seppi play with the baby animals.
He got to ride a pony and pet a puppy, kitty, baby duck, baby chick, lamb, bunny, piglets, and baby goats! He had a great time and was so happy!
We also rode 2 trains and went into their tipee's. It was So much fun to see him, He is so unafraid of animals, he just wants to love and snuggle them all!

Anniversary, Mike's internship and Seppi's Birthday party! 1 year old stats

2010-05-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

Last week Mike started his first internship for Physical Therapy, it has been a big change, he is so happy to be out of the books and learning hands on. He has been coming home really tired, learning is a lot of hard work! He is doing a wonderful job and I'm very proud of him. He's interning at RPT in West Jordan, which he's lucky because he worked there as an aide for about 2 years so he knows most of the Therapists well already.

On May 19th it was our Anniversary, I can't believe we've been married for 4 years. We've been together for 9 which is even crazier. I kept thinking about our wedding day and how well everything flowed and how happy we both were and still are. I asked Mike if he still loved me as much as he did on that day and he said "no, I love you so much more!" We've been through a lot together, and I can't wait to see what other adventures come our way. All I know is that I can tackle anything this life brings as long as Mike helps me through it. We make a great team and I Love him more than anything in this world.

On Saturday we had a little family birthday party for Jeseppi! We had a BBQ and cake and icecream and just hung out and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We talked and the kids played for hours on the playground! When Seppi opened his presents he was front and center and he KNEW he had the attention of everybody! He clapped his hands and we all cheered after he opened every present! He sure knows how to please a crowd! It was so much fun! We all had a great time and I am so happy that everything went well and smooth.
I made a cake shaped like a turtle with fondant icing (my very first attempt!) I feel pretty good about it and Seppi sure liked to eat it!

I Love Jeseppi, he is such a great baby, he has been my little pal for one whole year and I wouldn't trade him for anyone or anything else in the world!
Seppi had his 1 year old check up. He's doing great Developmentally right on track if not a little ahead in verbalization. Here are his stats.
Head Cir. = 8th percentile
Weight= 3rd percentile
Height= 75th percentile.
So, he's still tall and skinny! although I think he's even more tall than he was last time. But fitting into the 12 month size clothing so I think he's just right for his age.

Happy Birthday Big Guy!

2010-05-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi turned 1 today, he can already put up one finger (although I don't think He means to say he's 1)! All day I've been thinking about what I was doing a year ago and how I was feeling. I can't believe a year has already passed and yet, I can't remember what it was really like without him in my life.
Jeseppi is such a wonderful baby, Mike and I got really lucky! He is generally very happy and easy going, he's the cutest thing I've ever seen! He's smart, good natured, sleeps well, plays well, is actually starting to understand when I need him to stop something he is doing-so obedient, He's starting to learn how to spit things out that he puts in his mouth-which is a big step up from fishing it out of his mouth! He says Mom in the sweetest way! also Says: Dada, bye, hi, woof, oo-oo-ah-ah (like a monkey), amoung many other jabbering that sounds like alien talk- and I LOVE IT!
Jeseppi has a real Love for animals, he loves the way they feel, he loves watching them, he'll snuggle with them IF they'll let him! He has such a tender heart and gives me huge hugs all day long. He'll stop what he's doing for one second to give his momma a hug and then keep playing! I love my little boy with all of my heart and I can't believe he is already 1!
Happy Birthday Big Guy!
(in the picture above Seppi is eating a very special birthday boy breakfast of pancakes with peanut butter and maple syrup, he ate an intire pancake and half of a banana, he just loved it! We sang to him and he thought that was funny too! such a happy little mood he was in this morning.)

bitty baby boo boutique

2010-05-04T16:46:00.001-07:00

My 3 sisters and I (Jami Smart, Sabrina Denison, and Kristi Jones) have decided to create a blog of our crafts that we've been making. Mostly it's been the other 3 who have been making crafts gelor for a craft fair. I felt a little left out so at the last minute decided to make a little something to see if it would sell, and if it did than I'd make more and go from there. To my surprise my crafts were a hit (so were everyone else's!) it felt so good to see people look at what I made and think highly of them!
so, Here is my plug to have you go visit the sister's craft blog and see what you think, its brand new and we are trying to figure things out still but take a look!
I make the Quiet Books, pictures below. go to: www.bittybabyboo.blogspot.com to get to the blog! Thank you all so much!
Corie

We did it!!!

2010-05-03T20:30:00.000-07:00

The triathlon was on Saturday May 1. Kristi (my sister) swam 500 meters, biked 8 miles and ran a 5k at the USU BMtriathlon in Logan Utah. Kristi's husband and in-laws watched our babies and came to cheer us on! It was so much fun to have a small crowd taking pictures and cheering for us. We were so happy everytime we saw them.
I am happy to report that we made it through it all without walking and without coming in very last! Which both were my goals!
Kristi was quite a bit faster than I was at the swim, she totally lapped me! We decided to do the whole thing together though so she transitioned a little slower to the bike and I booked it in the transition to be with her in the bike. I was a little faster at the bike so once I got through the hills I slowed down and let her catch up. Her back brake on her bike was rubbing the back tire, so it made her go a little slower, I am almost positive that she'd be faster than me in the bike too, if it weren't for the brake. The run we were right with eachother till the finish line!
It was so much fun doing my first race with someone else, we didn't care about our time, we just wanted to have fun and we totally did!
We even made a playlist of the same songs for our ipods so we could listen to the same thing at the same time as we biked and ran together, sadly somehow they became out of sink and it didn't workout, it was funny because we knew what eachother was listening to because I was about 3 soungs different from her!
I Love my sissy poo! She really is so much fun and I have so many wonderful memories with her, this is just one of MANY MANY, and many many more to come as well!
I feel so accomplished, my goal this year was to run in a 5k race and here I am doing a triathlon as my first race EVER! thats pretty cool I think! I'm proud of us! haha.
here are a few pictures of the race!

New and improved

2010-04-12T19:32:00.000-07:00

Please tell my what you think. I got online and found this picture of Vinyl squares (the one behind the couch). I thought it would be fun to try new things and see what I thought before I get to decorate my own home (in a very long time from now!)
So, I tried it. on the wall right behind our sink in the kitchen. What do you think?
Be honest!

2010-04-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

Kristi (my little sissy poo!)and I went to visit my Grandma in St. George for 3 days last week! We had a lot of fun and our kids were pretty well behaved!
Our other sister was still down there from the weekend so we all went on our very favorite hike called "Red Cliffs" it is one that my Grandpa used to take us on everytime we go down, it is a MUST to repeat this hike as many times as possible. We go at least once everytime we go to St. George.
We also went swimming and shopping.
Kristi and I visited the President Brigham Young's Winter Home (where he also died). Both of the kids fell asleep in the car on the way there so Grandma was willing to stay with them and read. There are pictures of me in front of on of his fireplaces and Kristi in front of an old stove. This house really was Beautiful, President Brigham Young had STYLE!
We also visited the Jacob Hamblin house which was very interesting as well. He helped bring peace to the natives in several areas surrounding St. George. He was very good at learning all the different native languages so he was a huge help! The stories were very cool.
After all this Grandma took us to a bakery that had rediculously good sticky buns!
We had a lot of fun and are so thankful to have such a wonderful Grandma!

Long Time NO See

2010-04-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic get-to-gether with our pals that we met in the village, but are now gone (story of my life) on the Saturday before Easter.
It was so much fun and much too short!
We Love you guys! and miss they old times.
(we're all going to buy houses in the same circle and our 3 little boys will be pals forever, it's a dream!)

Happy Easter

2010-04-12T19:04:00.000-07:00

Check this kid out!
Easter was really fun for Seppi, he had his first Easter Egg Hunt at my mom's house (because it was too cold to do it outside!)
He got a lot of yummy goodies and stuffed animals.
Check out his shoes, those are new for Easter as well! Thank you mom/Grandma!!
Watching Conference wasn't the easiest though, he wasn't having much of it.
Thank goodness they give us a copy to read on our down time!

Spring Break

2010-04-12T18:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Moab for Mike's Spring Break! YAHOO!
It was rather cold, but we made the most of it.
We went to "Dead Horse Point" and the views were amazing.
There were several of Mike's friends for the PT Program who were up
there and we all got together for swimming and hiking and Mike went Biking.
Check out Seppi's new sunglasses! I HAD to get them!
The coolest thing is that he'll keep them on for a long time!

Am I Crazy?

2010-03-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

So, my sister Kristi wants to run a triathlon with her on MAY 1st. AHHH.
It is the one at USU and its not a FULL triathlon, but its still gonna kill me!
I have never even ran a 5k, so I have 4.5 weeks to train for this thing, and I'm actually really excited because I need to get this BUTT in gear again and this will seriously push me to do it. I am super nervous and am just banking on the fact that I'll be heading up the REAR! haha.
here is my training schedule: (Kristi and I are both doing this)

Week 1: Mon Strength training
Tues Bike 40min Run 10min
Wed Swim 30min Run 15min
Thurs.Run 30min and strength training
Fri. Run 45min
Sat. All 3 (run/swim/bike) 90 min.
Sun. Rest
Week 2:
Mon. Strength training
Tues. Run 40 min Bike 30
Wed. Strength/ Bike 30
Thurs. Run 25/swim30
Fri. Run 50 min
Sat. Swim 30/Run 45
Week 3:
Mon. Strength training
Tuesday Bike 40/Run 15
Wed. Swim 15/Run 40
Thurs. Run 40/strength
Fri. Run 55 min
Sat. Swim 30/Bike 60
Week 4:
Mon. Strength
Tues. Run 45 min
Wed. Bike 40/Strength
Thurs. Swim 30/Run 30
Fri. Run60 min
Sat. Swim 30/Run 60
Week 5:
Mon. Strength
Tues. Bike 30/Run 30
Wed. Swim 30/Run 30
Thurs. Run 30
Fri. Rest
Sat. Triathlon

I'm gonna have to be super strict. Mike said he'd be my personal trainer... He won't run or bike or swim with me but he'll get me out the door to do it. What a sweetheart. All I can think of is, well two things, 1-I'm gonna die and 2- I'm gonna be SO HOT when this is over. (at least I hope I will be!)
Wish me luck.

my birthday and seppi's first day at the zoo

2010-03-24T12:40:00.001-07:00

Customize your own free scrapbook

9 Month Check up!

2010-02-17T16:37:00.000-08:00

Jeseppi's latest stats..
Length = 28.5 in which is the 55th percentile
Head = 43.1 cm which is the 3rd percentile
Weight = 16 lbs 14 oz. which is the 8th percentile

and Healthier than ever!

who would've guessed he'd be just like his daddy?
Tall and Skinny and OH SO CUTE!

Valentine Fun!

2010-02-17T16:32:00.000-08:00

Look who's crawling!!!

2010-02-03T13:05:00.000-08:00

Las Vegas

2010-02-03T13:00:00.000-08:00

let the good times roll

2010-02-03T12:59:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Nursing ADVICE PLEASE

2010-02-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

SO, I need some advice... all you moms out there, help me out PLEASE!
Jeseppi is not interested in Nursing anymore, he absolutely refuses to nurse on the right side, and the left.. well, he'll eat maybe one time a day and once at night.. How do I introduce formula? he is drinking from a sippi cup, but he refused formula from it and then I tried a bottle and he was not interested in the formula that way either. I thought it would be easy to do formula because he never turns anything away. He loves food and feels so cool eating big boy food, but he's not picky at all with food.
I have to be honest, I am a little sad that he is done, I feel like its just another sign that he's growing up and not a baby anymore. This was our one special bond that we had, just mommy and baby. I was not planning on stopping yet, but it seems clear that he's ready. and I think that would be nice not to be bitten anymore.. but, Maybe its just hormone's that are changing that is making me so sad.
anyway, advice please.
how often do I give him formula and how much? how much does he need? and how do I introduce formula? sippy cup, bottle, different kind of sippy? anything would help!
THANKS

Christmas fun!

2010-01-03T19:30:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

2010-01-03T19:24:00.001-08:00

2009-12-04T16:42:00.000-08:00

a year in review

2009-12-04T16:39:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving

2009-12-04T16:36:00.000-08:00

ding dong the witch is dead

2009-11-03T10:17:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Halloween

2009-11-03T09:15:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox scrap pages

Seppi's 2nd professional pictures

2009-10-15T13:48:00.001-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Jeseppi's first time on a boat!!

2009-08-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

We took Jeseppi boating while we were in Idaho. He has on the smallest life jacket I think I've ever seen! He did awesome! He didn't love his life jacket but handled it like a champ.

We both tried inline surfing, you start out with a rope and then when you get the feel for it, you can let go and just let the wave take you. It is so much fun! Mike and I both want to get better at it, although Mike picked it up really fast. It is really such a thrill!

Twin Falls Idaho!

2009-08-29T11:37:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi has officially visited another state! We went up to Twin Falls Idaho to visit the Kinghorn's (they are are good friends from the village who just moved). We had a great time!

This is us on a big bridge that goes over the Snake River. We saw 11 base jumpers go off about 10 feet behind us. It was awesome to watch!

Pretty sunset!

We visited Jen's boss one night and she has a lot of animals. She has several horses, goats, dogs, cats, etc. Seppi pet them all!

We learned that Jeseppi really likes dogs!

Seppi's first time Swimming OUTSIDE! We Lathered him up with sunblock and played.

He was very tired after it all!

camping in the Uinta's

2009-08-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

For the DePola Summer vacation we took the camper up to the Unitas and camped and fished!!

Mike, Jeseppi and I all slept on the top bunk

Barry Fishing. He was very concentrated!

It was a really cold weekend and EVEN SNOWED in August WHAT?

Jeseppi's first sight of snow. We were all a little bummed,

good thing we took the camper and not a tent.

Mike helped Molly and I get our lines ready so we could fish too.

Seppi and Auntie Molly

Barry and Mike releasing a fish.

Even Seppi Fished!

He Loves the outdoors!

Jeseppi's first fish!

Father-son outing!
So cute!

We all cought fish, but I think Mike caught the most.

Seppi Swimming!

2009-08-17T13:07:00.000-07:00

Look how happy he is in the water! We went swimming again last weekend and this time he lasted a little over an hour! He's a little fish!

Fireworks and Swimming

2009-07-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

On the 24th of July we went with some friends to Liberty park to watch the fireworks, Holy Cow they put on a good show it was about 35 minutes long but packed with great fireworks! We had great spots and a great view! I was a little worried of what Jeseppi would think of all the noise of fireworks but he didn't cry once. We all jumped when they started the fireworks because they started with 3 loud booms almost like gun shots. Jeseppi LOVED looking up into the sky and seeing all the bright colors, he cooed (so did I!! OO-AA) we were so close that we even had ash all over us by the time it was over. we had a great time!

The next night we went up to Logan to visit Mike's Grandma. We decided to go swimming in her community's pool with Jeseppi to see what he thought about the whole thing! We planned on him hating it and crying within 5 or 10 minutes MAX. He totally LOVED it! He lasted like 35 minutes and then was so tired that he zonked right when he was dried off. I'm telling you this boy is so easy going and so adventurous already (its a little scary!). He does LOVE bathtime. We took turns holding him in the water and he would go on his back and his belly, I think he liked his belly the best! He cooed and smiled and splashed and kicked! It was SOOO much fun, I want to go back to the swimming pool soon!

Sadly, I don't have any pictures to prove that these things actually happened (I am so mad at myself for not taking my camera.) but next time I will definately be ready with a camera.

The Love for a Monster!!!

2009-07-11T16:22:00.000-07:00

Pure Joy, Need I say more? :-)

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-11T15:56:00.000-07:00

We went Camping with a bunch of Extended Family at Bear Lake.

We had a great time! Everybody took turns holding Jeseppi so I got a chance to go boating!!

Jeseppi LOVES the outdoors he coo's a ton and stares at the sky and trees. He even sleeps better when we're out in the fresh air, I don't understand that! My cousin brought their lab and that dog just LOVED Seppi, he kept trying to sniff and kiss him. Jeseppi never once cried about it either. he really liked the doggy! Someday we'll have to get a dog (when we are done with school!). We saw a few fireworks over the lake but nothing big.

The weather was perfect and we all had a great time!

Jeseppi's First camping trip!

2009-06-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

We went to MOAB on a whim!!

we Hiked the Negro Bill trail.

Mike and Mike Biked Porcupine Rim

Jeseppi is an awesome camper! He only woke up a few times in the night and he was happy as a clam! We're training him young to love the outdoors! everytime we were outside Jeseppi just looked around in awe! he loved it!

Jeseppi's Blessing!

2009-06-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

Cousin Cameron fell asleep in the funniest position at the lunchin.

Everything went really well for Jeseppi's blessing. We didn't get a lot of pictures though. It also rained all afternoon so we were in a hurry to get out of the rain and into the house.

Play Time!

2009-06-22T10:27:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi Loves play time, he has started cooing a lot more! it is so cute! he also really likes to hold on to little links.

Sleep!

2009-06-22T10:23:00.000-07:00

Visit to Great Grandpa's house!

2009-06-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

Aunt Molly
Jeseppi, Grandpa Barry, Mike (dad), Great Grandpa Ted

4 generations of DePola's!

Proud Great Grandpa!

More Family Pictures!

2009-06-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi is 3 weeks old in these pictures! He is very alert and has so many cute expressions! We can't keep our eyes off of him. this first picture probably best describes his personality with his little finger pointed at you!

Family Photo shoot!

2009-06-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi's first visitors

2009-05-16T12:02:00.001-07:00

Mike's Grandma, look how
content Seppi is with her!

Mike's friend, Mike

Our friend, Jen

Jake, who's deathly afraid of

holding newborns (on account

their heads might fall off!)

Jeseppi's aunt Molly

Jeseppi's aunt Stacy (and

kids Abbie and Zeke)

Jeseppi's aunt Heather

Jeseppi's Grandma Diane

Jeseppi's Grandma Ellen

Jeseppi's cousin Abie

Jeseppi's grandpa Clark

Jeseppi's grandpa Barry

4 generation, Mike, Mom, Grandma, and Seppi

Home Again Home Again...

2009-05-16T11:51:00.001-07:00

Mommy and Daddy Ready to get back to life/Reality with their new baby boy!

Jeseppi's first little outfit, it is quite big for him, he is such a little guy!

We struggled a little to get him into his car seat, he didn't like it very much, but was very comfortable as soon as we were done.

Jeseppi's first car ride.

I've never seen Mike drive so slow and carefully, it was really cute and fun to see him take

every precaution on the road.

We even took the back roads home instead of the freeway!

Needless to say we arrived home very safe and sound!

Jeseppi's first bath!!!

2009-05-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Mike was able to bathe Jeseppi for his first bath!!

He did a great job, He really is such a great dad!!!

It was pretty cold for our little guy, He was screaming a little bit!

Aren't my boys the cutest?

He's Here!!!

2009-05-16T10:54:00.000-07:00

Jeseppi Michael DePola

born: May 12, 2009

3:08 am

7 lbs. 1 oz.

19.5 in.

We arrived at the hospital at 5:00 pm on Monday night with contractions every 3 minutes (and quite painful!) I was dialated to a 4 and they admitted us right away!
around 7:30 I got the epidural! that was the best decision I think I've ever made in my life, it was awesome, I was able to enjoy every second of my baby's enterance into the world!
at 2:30 am I was ready to push and at 3:08 am he was here!!
What a Miracle!! everything went perfectly and He is absolutely Perfect too!

Proudest Father in the world!

Yay!! I finally get to hold him!

Happy Easter!

2009-05-06T07:57:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite things about Easter candy is pretending that these robin eggs are lip stick! haha, I don't think I'll ever outgrow that one!

My mom had a HUGE Easter Egg hunt for all the Grandkids! over 300 eggs (for 11 kids) were scattered all over the back yard! The kids went wild! it was AWESOME!

HAPPY EASTER!

THE BABY BELLY

2009-05-06T07:49:00.000-07:00

My Niece Sarah is feeling the baby kick! She's pretty cute!

Here it is... my belly!!

I promised that I'd post a picture of it before the baby came so here it is!

2009-02-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

MIKE GOT INTO THE U'S DPT PROGRAM!!!!!

YAY!!!

WE WILL BE HERE IN UTAH FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS FOR SURE!

IT IS SO REFRESHING TO KNOW WHERE WE'LL BE AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING.

CONGRATS MIKE!

IT IS SO GREAT TO KNOW THAT ALL OF HIS HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF!

AND THAT HE'S DONE WITH INTERVIEWING FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS!!!

HIP... HIP... HOORAY!!!

U of U

2009-02-06T15:21:00.000-08:00

This year we joined the MUSS this season! It was so fun. We went to all of the home UofU football games!
We had the best time!
These pictures are of the UofU BYU game.
IT WAS AWESOME!

THE BOYS!

Mike, Jake and Trent!

They were so fun to watch, because they get so into the game!

The Famous UofU Marching Band.

The boys had a ball with these.

Go UTES!!!

Jen and Corie!

Best Gal Pals!!!

We really had a fun season,

lots of screaming and cheering and chatting! YAY

Mike's PT Journey so far

2009-01-24T09:41:00.000-08:00

Mike has been applying to PT (physical therapy) schools since August. The process is quite long and tedious. He applied to 2 schools in Arizona, 1 in Colorado, 1 in Vegas, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in Utah, and 2 in Washington. So far he has had the opportunity to interview to the one in Minnesota, both in Arizona, the one in Vegas, the one in Denver CO, and here in Utah.

WOW!

We don't know yet were we will be heading for the next 3 years of our lives yet, but we know where ever it is it will be a new adventure for our family! We hope to know within the next month.

Mike has been preparing and doing a lot of hard work to get this far in the game and I am just so grateful for his hard work and determination. He really has put his all into this and it hasn't been the easiest thing to do! I am very proud of him and know that he will succeed in whatever he puts his mind to.
I LOVE YOU MIKE! GOOD LUCK!!!

Baby Stuff

2009-01-24T09:29:00.000-08:00

I made a Blanket for my Baby, we are pretty set on the name Jeseppi (it is Italian for Joseph and an ancestor on Mike's side of the family). The blanket is far from perfect but I enjoy being crafty and seeing something that I accomplished!

Mike's Mom and Dad saved the crib the Mike and Molly used as babies, and now we have it! It is such a cute crib (and still perfectly safe!) THANKS

I got this suzy zoo crib set and am now absolutely stuck on doing everything suzy zoo, I bought the mobile to match already! I couldn't help myself!

So many people have been so generous already, my mom has already purchased a ton of clothes for him and a few toys and books too! There have been a few people who are giving us their son's "OLD" clothes (babies grow so fast that the clothes don't even look used or old!) and so many other things like diapers and a swing and a bassinet etc etc etc. We are just so blessed! thank you all!

BABY DEPOLA

2009-01-24T09:08:00.000-08:00

I have been rather neglectful at posting things on my Blog Sorry. I am now just over 6 months pregnant (surprise for anyone who didn't know! haha) but here is my baby's journey so far! ENJOY!

This is our baby at almost 8 weeks, just a tiny Jelly Bean! The little heart beat was going so fast!

This is our baby at 10 weeks. We went into the Dr.'s to hear the heart beat for the first time and the Dr. couldn't find it so we got another ultrasound and saw the heart beat instead!

This is a picture of his arm covering his face. at almost 13 weeks.

We went into the Ultrasound Dr. for them to test for any chromosomal problems and everything was just fine, he is perfect!

His whole body, isn't he cute!

This is at 18 weeks, they did all kinds of measurements and he is measuring perfectly and is very healthy. The Dr. kept saying that he was perfect! In this ultrasound they said he was just over 9 inches in length.

I drank almost 16 oz. of orange juice right before this appointment so that he would be sugar loaded and move around a ton! He was doing flips, just moving like crazy.

This is a picture of his face, arm and belly.

Here is a profile of his face.

another profile on the other side.

ITS A BOY!

We are both so so so excited to have a baby boy on the way!

My favorite part so far is when he kicks like crazy. I Love it when Mike feels him kicking, he always smiles so big and thinks it is just the coolest thing!

My belly is getting bigger and bigger every day and its starting to get hard to get up when I lay down!

It is all really exciting though!

coyote gulch

2008-08-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial Day Weekend we went on a back packing trip
to a place called Coyote Gulch.

THIS TRIP I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
It is absolutely beautiful and not extreamly strenuous!

There are Indian Ruins, arches, waterfalls, river and a confluence of two rivers...

Beautiful!

Just take a look!