remember how we never had spring and although i generally love cooler weather its starting to get to me

okay peeps what is up with the weather? not just here, but almost everyone in the country is dealing with mother nature rage or sadness or pms. i dunno. she sure doesn't seem happy to me. look at my beautiful tree out my window whose blooms didn't last very long and was constantly poured on. poor pink lady.

this picture was taken in front of the pink lady the day of poundcakes blessing. it was already losing its pretty blossoms and in a couple of days they all blew away. have i mentioned how windy its been?

look at that face! those cheeks! those eyes! her pouty lips! her hat! too cute. melts my heart.

this was on a rare sunny day. still breezy but ok if the sun is out. we were checking out the tulips at thanksgiving point. we were unaware we were not in the actual area they do the tulip festival and we didn't understand what all the fuss was about. heard it was amazing in the right place though. oh well, there's always next year peeps.

May 15, 2010. A great day for a blessing

Oh my gorgeous baby girl. Oh how I love her. Just look at her. How could you not? The story of her blessing dress is this. I saved my blessing dress in the hopes of my daughter wearing it one day. So the plan was for my Poundcake to wear my blessing dress. However at two months I tried my blessing dress on her and she is so tall it was a shirt instead of a dress! But I did not give up there. I went on a search for something to buy or make to put under it to make it longer. That was a little stressful because nothing I found looked cohesive to me. So with Bryan urging me we decided to find her the perfect blessing dress.

We found this dress at Thanksgiving Point and we love it. I wanted something old fashioned looking or an actual vintage blessing dress. This handmade number had the look I wanted and I am still dying over how cute she is in it. She however was not crazy about how long it is. She likes to feel free and it was too constricting for her.

This was right after I got her ready, I wanted a picture of how long her beautiful blessing gown is.

Our little family in Poundcakes room right before the blessing.

Bryan gave the most amazing blessing. The spirit was strong and it was beautiful. I am so grateful to my husband for being a worthy priesthood holder and the spirit that it brought into our home.

After the blessing with Grandpa and Nanna Shanna.

With Grandma and Grandpa Pound. As you can see there was too much excitement so my girl decided to take a snooze.

My girl and I after the blessing. She did so good. And looked so pretty.

Four generations of women on my moms side.

It was a beautiful day. I was so happy to have all my family together on her special day. I am grateful for everyones love and support.

so glad to brag

I am so proud of my Hubby. He finished his first semester of school with four A's, made the deans list and all while working full time, and going through many personal trials within our family. He was so determined and enjoyed his school work all while being there for me with both of my kidney stone surgeries, the passing of his best girl Izzy and then discovering health problems that we didn't know our favorite Poundcake has. And he still got strait A's while being here for our family. Honey I am so so so proud of you and all that you have accomplished in the past five months. Love you darlin'.

I'm a Mommy!

I am so proud, humbled, lucky, happy and above all grateful to be the mom of such a sweet little girl.
From the moment she was placed on my chest and she lifted up her perfect face to look at me for the first time I have been in love. I can not put into words how I felt in that moment. It was amazing. I reflect upon that day often. Life has never been so sweet.
The amazing thing is life gets sweeter everyday because of my girl. I want to eat better, be kinder, be more patient, enjoy the little things, destress my life, declutter my life, etc. all because of her. She makes me want to always be at my best.
The joy that she brought with her amazes me. I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for entrusting her to me.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mother's out there and to all those that hope to be mother's someday.
Toodles!

Poundcakes First Easter

Sorry this post is a couple of weeks late peeps, but I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter like I did. Easter is becoming one of my favorite holidays rivaling for Halloweens spot. It is mine and my hubby's chance to start traditions within our own family. Which includes a brunch of strata and hot cross buns and an Easter bonnet to top the head of my little princess. I enjoyed reading to her from the bible stories book about Christ. She gooed and awed in understanding.
That afternoon we went over to Lance and Julie's for a winnie roast. It was delicious!
Three s'mores later and this girl was on cloud nine. I have a major s'more addiction. MAJOR.
It was nice to be with the fam for the first time since Christmas and my poundcake loved being outside. I can't blame her. I can't wait to take her camping. Bry was able to get off of work early and meet us there and poundcake loved hangin' with her pop.


Look how cute poundcake is in her Easter bonnet! I made it for her out of a vintage hanky. I am pleased with the way it turned out.
Oh those eyes!