4th of July Weekend

We went to St. George for the 4th of July weekend with Jaron's family. It was so much fun!! I didn't want to come home!! It wasn't to hot even! My brother in law and sister in law live down there so it was really good to see them. The boy golfing a lot. We took Alexis swimming for the first time. She hated it at first! I learned if I started her in the baby pool where the water was warmer she would like it then move her to the big kid pool she would do great. Addison and Halle had so much fun playing with her in the pool and playing with Jaron. My nephew Maddox was so cute in the pool. He is autistic and fearless. We would always have to chase after him because he would be jumping into the deep end. But the funniest thing was he was in the hot tub before any of us got in and rubbing some guys chest. They were very nice people. It was so funny!

We also went and got Alexis's ear pierced! Yep I am a mean mommy! She cried for about 30 seconds and then was fine. Halle my niece also got hers done too! They got matching earrings! She was so brave. We had a audience watching us so she had to be tough and not cry, she's 8. Then everyone was watching the mean mom pierce there babies ear. Some old lady wanted me to give her a sucker and I was like um... no she hasn't even had real food yet (at that time). I love her with earrings! I got her the stainless steal kind and I think I needed to get her the 14 carat gold because they have been bugging her the last few weeks. I clean them twice a day but they have been a little irritated. So I would never regret doing it but I regret been a cheap ass and not getting the nice ones.

We went up to Cedar Canyon and had a picnic. We did a little hiking too. All of the family went half of the way but the kids had taken a really long hike earlier right after lunch so Abi was tired so they went back and we finished to the lake. At the end of the trail there was a sign that had a shoe on it with a line through it. Alyssa thought it meant we had to take our shoes for the rest of the way.

We did fireworks there. It was quite a amazing show! I love fireworks! The kids do too! The named them all too. Alexis watched a few then fell asleep.

I had so much fun dancing in the car with Addison and Halle! Jaron got very embarrassed for me! I didn't want to come home! It was such a relaxing trip! I loved spending time with the family!

I need to update this thing!

So I have not blogged for a while! Jaron had some time off work. When he is home from work I am rarely on the computer, except to work. It was so nice to have him home!! Usually on his breaks I am so ready to send him back to work at the end of his breaks but this time I was dieing! I didn't want him to ever leave!! Right before he came home for his break he worked a week and half. It was the longest week and half ever! But when it finally came it was like Christmas morning! Alexis is starting to baby talk a ton so I will call Jaron while he gone and put her on speaker. He loves it! Here are a few fun things we were able to do while on his break! We went to the drive Inn! I love them!! So fun! We also went to St George for the 4th, Alexis got blessed, golfing, boating, BBQ's with friends and family, played at Payson Lakes, Jeep Rides, and playing a lot with Alexis!!! I will write a million blogs about all of our fun! I'm sure you all can't wait now!

Dress Up

I was playing dress up with Alexis a little bit ago. I tried on her high heels. They are still huge! But I had to take a few pictures. She wouldn't look at me she just kept looking at them like what are these. It was funny. I can't wait until they fit her!

In Memory of Michael Jackson

It has now been a year (yesterday) that we got the shocking news that Michael Jackson was dead. For some people it was no big deal, others it was sad to hear, and people like me it was like hearing the worst Celebrity Icon history ever has died and what are we going to do now?! Yes I was at work and was bawling. I will not deny that he was not crazy and a very weird man. But he was so extraordinary talented! He will live on forever in my home with his music and movies. Alexis already is listening to his music all the time. We have been watching the specials on him all week. It is very sad. RIP Michael Jackson we miss you!

Does Jaron look like Alexis?

We always get told Alexis looks like Jaron with a bow on his head. I do agree she looks so much like him it's crazy! Jaron took these pictures to be funny and will probably be mad if he knows I put them up so everyone tell him and laugh about it. lol But what do you think does he look like Alexis?

Fathers Day

Yesterday we were able to celebrate the great holiday of Fathers Day!! It was Jaron's first year to be a real daddy! I always got him something for being a great dad to our fury kids. But a baby is so different!! Jaron got spoiled he got a golf pass and I made him a shirt. We love making shirts with our pictures on it and sayings. I think everyone in our family gets one for Christmas every year. (So if you haven't gotten one Melissa expect it this year. lol) We visited all of the dads and just chillaxed. Jaron is such a great daddy! I'm glad we have a day to celebrate it! He works so hard for me and his potato bug. We love him so much!!Don't worry he really didn't take her for a ride she's not quite old enough yet!

What's been up

My goals for this week is to get my house super clean, Update my blog, exercise everyday and weed my flower beds. It doesn't sound like much right... Well my house has been lacking. I just feel like I can't catch up on everything to make it perfect. So wish me luck on getting it all done!

Here is what we have been up too...

I found out my step sister is going to have another little girl!! She is due in October. I'm so excited for her!

Alexis has now met all of her cousins! Most of them call her "Awekis" it's super cute to hear them try and say her name. Mattison is going to be a great big sister she was helping with Alexis by giving her, her binky and rattle.

Alexis won 3rd place in the Saratoga Springs Baby Contest. I was super proud of her! She is such a cutie. (but of course I think that I'm her mommy) The winner and 2ND runner up had a ton of hair so that's why I say they had the advantage. lol No really they were super cute!! Yeah yeah I'm a little bit of a show mom get over it. I made her hair bow super late the night before I was going for big, fun and flashy... well I hated it but it turned out big that's for sure. She'll probably never wear it again either.

I have started using the sling more so I can get more done. After taking the picture me and Jaron laughed because she has the same outfit on as last time we took sling pictures. (see in the background how messy my house is!)

Alexis wasn't wanting to go to sleep as early as I would like and I wanted to go to sleep. So we snuggled on the couch and fell asleep. Jaron thought it was cute. Especially sense allergies have been kicking our butts so I was snoring up a storm.

I started working from home for my mother in laws company. I just work a little bit here and there. But if you ask Alexis I work all the time. She had a hard time the first few days because she wanted my attention every time I needed to get something done. She is handling it better now. I sit her in her bouncer and bounce her like crazy or she plays on her play mat while it I get everything done.

I finally got a mommy car! We traded in our Infinite. It was a sad day to get rid of it because we loved it!! But if you saw me getting Alexis out of the car you would all agree I needed 4 doors! I had to climb in the back seat sit on the console unlock her from the base and then climb out with the car seat. I was quite use to it but it was such a pain in the ass! So I am super happy to have a bigger vehicle.

We went to the Carnival with some of our friends. Alexis slept through half of it. When she woke up she loved it! There were tons of lights, and music her favorite things.

We went boating for the first time this year! It was super fun!! Alexis was able to come with us too!! I was really worried how she would like it and she isn't able to wear sunscreen yet so we had to keep her totally covered up. I have never been boating with a baby so I wasn't sure what to expect but she loved it!! It's really funny to see her in her life jacket. The water was cold that day but we put her feet in the watter and she freaked out. So maybe on a warmer day we'll get all the way in the water.

3 Months

Miss Potato Bug is now 3 months old!! (and 1 1/2 weeks technically) Crazy! She's turning into a big girl baby. She eats a ton! Every 3 hours 4-6 oz a time. I'm so happy though because she's been so skinny, for a baby! She still fits into her newborn pants but they are high waters and a lot of her 0-3 month pants are huge on her. But she is finally starting to chunk up a little and has the cutest little rolls on her legs. I thought I would have this huge chunker and she totally isn't.

She can now roll over a few times a day from her belly to her back. She gets mad if you make her do it in a row so I have to have her practice once at a time. She is getting so mad that she can't roll from her back to her belly. She tries so hard. She has the upper body part going but she still has a lot of work to get those legs over. With all the arching of her back she can turn her self in a circle. I put her in her crib one way and in the morning she is totally the opposite side of the crib with her head facing the other way in the morning.

She has been sleeping in her crib for the last month now. I had a really hard time the first night. I checked on her 4 times. Then when Jaron left I put her back in our room. But now she is always sleeping in her crib I let go and decided I might confuse her if I kept switching. I think I am the most spoiled new parent ever! She has always been a decent sleeper sense day 1 but ever sense she was 2 months old she has been sleeping 10 hours at night straight. She usually only takes 1 long nap a day and then cat naps through out the day.

She just barely started using her legs to stand up on them its a fun new thing to do and make her smile.

She's talking a ton more! My favorite thing is to be driving and she just starts talking in the back seat. She had her first little laugh a few weeks ago and it is getting bigger every week, but we haven't gotten a full on belly laugh out of her yet.

She loves, loves to eat her hands and her shirts! She has to have something in her mouth 24/7. She also just found her feet. She loves to watch them. It's so funny to watch.

She has a song, Beautiful Girls I always sing to her if we are at home we dance around to it and when she is crying in the car I turn it up and sing it to her and it calms her down... most of the time.

She is turning into such a mommy's girl. It is one of the advantages of being an only parent while Jaron is away for work. But she does love her daddy! She doesn't smile near as much the weeks he is gone.

She will watch TV now. She really likes music. I have found her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. We dance to the Hot dog song at the end every time. I can't believe how these kid show songs get stuck in your head so easily. She also like Special Agent OS, Glee yes my child is a gleek and loves that show, and So You Think You Can Dance but just all the music parts of them she won't sit in her bouncer for the whole show of these.

So I know this is over kill on everything Alexis is up to but I am horrible at journaling so now for the few people that like to read what she up to here go and I can use this to look back on so I don't forget.

Pride

On Sunday Jaron, Alexis, and I went to celebrate Gay Pride. We went to the parade. It was fun to see what it was all about. Alexis didn't like the super loud noises that would come down the road like the cool rappers and sirens. It was her first parade experience. After the parade we had to go on a adventure to find a superstore to get a big girl stroller. Jaron put our stroller in the trunk but had to take the wheels off to get it to fit in the trunk and somehow left one of the wheels at home. So she will need this stroller eventually but we probably won't use it a ton yet. Because we now own 3 different types. That's just crazy! Anyways after getting it we went back to the festivities. It was so hot. Auntie M (Marcie) loved pushin Alexis every where. We ran into some of our friends and hung out with them and watched the drag queens. The Pink drag queen was my favorite. She was a great lip singer! We ate some yummy food and went home. We were all pooped after the long day!

Life

Don't take life for granite! Don't take the people in it for granite! Around this time every year I like to take a step back and thank God for Life and everything in it! My life was almost taken away from 4 years ago in a ATV accident on June 3rd. I will not bore anyone with details because we have all heard the story a million and half times!! I just like to voice that how important life is and how I love every minute of it. Good and bad!! I love everyone it! Thank you for being apart of it!! I just want everyone to take a step back and realize what they have and how lucky they are! No matter what there situation is there is good in everything! Be thankful for that! Yes super cheesy blog but everyone needs one of these once in a while!

Relay for Life

Me and my Lexi poo love our walks!! I have loved the weather finally being nice again!! I was having issues with my stroller tire and the weather was hating me for a few weeks but they have both decided to cooperate!! I am wanting to jog but I will work into it slowly. I am going to do a relay 5k with one of my friends in September. I was so excited when she told me about it! It is small enough that and far enough away that I can train and be ready for. I really want to get into doing cancer walks and runs. So I need to get my butt in gear and in shape for them!



Which gets me into my next subject. I am wanting to get involved with Relay for Life walks. Basically what it is I need 8 people at least on a team and they get people to donate money for how much you will walk. You have to find your own donations. I am basically needing 7 more people. I don't mind going around to local business to find the donations and doing all the paper work. I just need you to show up and walk with me. If you are interested in anything like this please let me know and I will tell you more about this. There are all different dates for in towns all summer long. Also there is something similar to this but a little different it is for Breast Cancer and a walk for that in October that I am wanting to do. If you are also interested in that let me know. I know every ones lives are so busy and crazy but all I'm asking is for one day to come help out for a great cause!! Thanks for your support!!

Butterflies and Sunshine

We took Alexis hot tubing last week when it snowed. I'm sure I will get all the negative comments about this, but just keep them to yourself. She loved it. We dropped the temp to 99 degrees and didn't put her in to much. She loved the bubbles!!!

Alexis loves bath time!! It is her favorite time of the day!! She loves to play in the bath tub!! She will just kick and kick in the water!! She hates when it is time to get out.

I feel so selfish because I'm usually the only one that gets to see my happy little girl during the day! She is so happy all day! At night time she is cranky and that is when we see people. So if you see us at night we really do have a happy baby most of the day! I have pictures to prove it! lol

My sister made Alexis dress and hair thing! She also made her girls some too. They are so cute! They are great dresses and when they get older she can wear it as a shirt. She sales them on Etsy if you are wanting them!!

I had to through this picture in here because her head band is always doing this and I didn't realize it. It was sad but kind of funny.

Birth Announcement

I forgot to post this a while back. But for those of you that didn't get to see Alexis's birth announcement here you go!

My week

So if you weren't aware last week was "Michelle Week" if you forgot to celebrate I'm sorry your loss! Maybe next year! It was a pretty good week! Mothers Day was kind of crazy like every year running all around seeing everyone and Lexi decided to be ornery all day. But it was great to see all the family! Monday was my Birthday. I am very old now! CRAZY! 25 is half to 50 it is so old!!! It's not really old but I'm not considered young anymore. I'm defiantly an adult especially sense I have a child now. I went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch! I love that place! And for dinner we had friends over and Jaron made a super yummy dinner! On Tuesday we went to dinner with Jaron's family and my Mom and Robb at Los Hermonos. I have to go there every year s I can get their fried ice cream. To die for!! The rest of week was chillaxin with my two favorite people Alexis and Jaron. We planted some flowers, watched some movies, and slept a lot. I got a sewing machine. Now I can be a really cool home maker with it!! I've never sewn with out my mom telling me what to do so I'm nervous to do it with out her so hopefully I can! But anyways Michelle week was a success! Can't wait for it to come again next year!

Jettisons it's times

I am so ready for cars in space. When are they coming? You know like the Jettisons. It would be great no more road construction. That would be wonderful!! I am getting sick of it. I can't go anywhere with out being in it. It will almost be done by my house the new Pioneer Crossing but then they are working on the freeway clear to SF so every time I go see my parents for the next two years there will be major delays. So yes cars in space would be wonderful!! No pollution either! See it's solving 2 problems! I'm a genius! Who's in with me on trying to get this done?! lol

The Bumbo

The Bumbo...

We Start out like this



Then we go to this

And end up like this

Alexis with her friends

Alexis will have a lot of friends to play with when she gets older! There are so many of my friends that have babies around the same time. The other day I was getting my hair done by my friend Sydni which she has a 6 month old, Ella, and another girl came over with her baby, Lily, that is just 2 days older than Alexis. We got some pictures of them! It was really funny Alexis kept falling over on Ella. Ella loves babies and kept trying to grab Alexis. And Lily wasn't to happy for a minute.

2 Months

Alexis is 2 months old today! Crazy how fast the time goes! She is talking to us more and more. It is fun! Her favorite thing to do is sit in her bouncer and kick and kick and kick. She does it for hours through out the day. She has rolled over from her stomach to her back 3 times now. She can't really do it, I'm sure it is just a coincidence thing that happened. She is fussy at night. But what I've read it will start to slowly get better from now on. So I can't wait. We go to the Dr. for shots tomorrow :( Wish her luck!