Our 3rd Anniversary of Married Bliss!

It has been 3 wonderful years!!! Getting better each day through all we go through. I feel so lucky and blessed to be married to Evan and have a little girl, Lucy!! Evan is my best friend!

So, this year we decided no gifts for our Anniversary since when we find and buy our home this summer, that will be our gift:) (House hunting is a little discouraging right now, we have already looked at 40 houses...ahhh) We hadn't planned anything for our anniversary, and on Sunday during church, I had the thought that I would get a babysitter and surprise Evan with going to do a session in the Denver Temple and then we had a free coupon for the Melting Pot.


I told Evan he had to be ready for our day at 8:45am, and along the way he asked what he should wear so I suggested his outfit, and then to throw him off a little, I asked him to check I-25 to see how traffic was, for sure then he would not guess we were going to the Temple. I am bad with surprises:) So we got dressed, I made breakfast tacos, Evan dressed Lucy, packed the diaper bag and we were on our way.

We dropped off Lucy and then on the way to I-25 I said, 'oh no, I forgot the tickets' (earlier I had told him we had tickets for something), so we were going to swing home really quickly "to get the tickets", and since we are about 6 houses down from the Temple, when we saw the Temple, I said, "just kidding, we are going to the Temple". Evan loved the surprise, and really was surprised:) Yay me for finally not spilling the beans on a surprise for him.

After the Temple we went to the Melting Pot, yay for coupons! So yummy! Since we didn't want to be gone all day we asked the waiter to be fast and bring everything all on top of each other. He did a great job! Yummy and speedy:) Cheese, salads, many different meats and fish, and chocolate to top it off! YAY!



Lucy had a great day and I was excited to pick her up, I missed her. This is our second date without her, (the first time she did great, but I missed her so much I cried a little). She is a great baby and we were told she did great! I am happy we can get a babysitter and not worry. We have some great girls in the ward that are willing to babysit for us:)


Well, new year, new goals, great husband, my best friend!!! I am happy to spend my fourth year with Evan. Can't wait to see what wonderful things happen this year:)

I love you Evan!!!

Here's a slight recap of a few of the happenings in the past year...



Found out we were pregnant!


Went to my 10 year HS Reunion, Evan had his 10 year mark too.

Wow was I pregnant!


Lucy arrived!

I got sick with some infections and spent about 3 weeks in the hospital,
Evan was right along side with me! Great husband!

Evan's turn for the hospital, he had his deviated septum worked on.


Evan received his Master's degree! Such a great thing!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Happy 4th everyone!!! We are very thankful to our soldiers and for all of our freedoms!

We started out our fabulous 4th of July at a ward party. The park was great. We got to talk to good friends, and Evan even took a turn watching the bounce house. There was popcorn, snowcones and cotton candy...I think all the kids that were there are going to sleep well tonight:)


It was kind of chilly so I got to cuddle Lucy a lot:) Everyone loved her dress(my sister Jennifer sent it to me-very cute) My wedding rings fit again - yay!

She is starting to like her rattle and likes to show it to us.

Lucy just thinks her daddy is the funniest ever!!! ...and he is!

So cute!
Her beautiful blues! She kept trying to lick her bows on her dress.



After a nap Evan and I cleaned the house, sorted through tons of things, and then ate hot dogs, onion rings, and raspberry peach cobbler/pie(it was an experiment..turned out yummy). It rained today, so it was nice to be able to watch the Highlands Ranch fireworks from the backyard. So fun! Lucy even got to see some before she fell asleep:)

Corn..oh how I love corn!

So I have occassionally wondered about corn; baby corn, blue corn, etc. Am I the only one?

Blue corn is grown blue and then pops white...mysterious!!!







Baby corn is appearantly regular corn


my first exposure to this was in the movie 'Big' with Tom Hanks


It can be eaten in a fun way;)
Good old fashioned corn on the cob is yummy!!!!
Popcorn on the cob
People love corn so much they pay tribute by making cupcakes that look like it


I love corn! I think it's my new favorite food

Lucy's Latest

So Lucy has been growing bigger and happier each day. She is showing off lots of smiles and giggles. She is eating an extra ounce at feedings now and has now slept 8 hours straight and then 3 hours during the night for two nights now, YAY! I am learning to go to sleep when she does to take full advantage. I like the 10-11 hours of sleep, especially since I am still healing from the c-section and liver issues. Lucy likes to hear her daddy's voice and I have been playing voicemail messages for her while he is gone this week; her eyes light up and gets really excited when she hears him. Even though she is done eating, she still likes to suck, but does not want a pacifier, so she is starting to lick and suck on the air or her arm and hands. She is soooo cute! Lucy is trying to learn to cry, it is funny and makes us laugh more than anything...I guess I should just be happy it isn't for real..yet.

Lessons I have learned about travel and baby:

Always double check that there is a bottle in the diaper bag...I had to go home from running errands today because I washed the bottles, but forgot to put them in the bag. This has happened twice now...oh well.







Let's just say she got caught.....
and the giraffe got a full bath;)

Miles came for a visit...and the first of many things including Lucy's 2 month visit.

So we had a great visit from Evan's brother Miles this week. He is a great friend and we had lots of fun, especially with Lucy.


We had dinner together and Lucy joined us in the high chair for the first time. Check out their pinkies, so proper :) Evan is learning to smile again after his nose surgery.


She didn't know what to do with her dinner ;)


We sang songs and had lots of smiles, Lucy loved hearing the songs, and the boys had lots of fun.


Miles asked if he could feed Lucy, and I couldn't say no to that :)


He loved burping her...too cute!


Lucy's first trip to the pool. The swim diaper was too big so my friend Amy suggested just putting it over her normal diaper...it worked:)


She loves bathtime, and now she loves the pool.


We lasted for about 15-20 minutes and then she got to cold and tired, but it was fun!!! She loved this floaty that my sister gave to me.


Sweet moments with Miles, Lucy really liked him, and I'm pretty sure Miles thought she was pretty sweet herself. YAY for Uncle Miles.


Just relaxing and singing some songs. We even hear songs from the Vitamin Balloons, their childhood band. Very funny story behind the name, you need to ask them :)


Music to our ears...he even played some Regina Spektor, my favorite!
We took Lucy to her 2 month appointment today, and boy has she grown! We found out that she does have thrush, so that is what the q-tip in the picture is for-administering the medicine to the inside of her mouth. Lucy got three shots, and cried for about 20 seconds, and then just cuddled me. I asked the doctor if it was normal for her not to really cry, and she said that occasionally there will be babies who are happy non crying babies, and we got lucky with her. She has only cried about 5 times for real. (I think Lucy is a good baby to help us while I have all of my medical stuff, making it easier to take care of her) When we see others with crying babies it is different, because that is not what we are used to with Lucy. The doctor said that as she grows up a little more she might start crying...we shall see :) She is blowing bubbles and cooing and the doctor said that those are signs of wanting to talk. She can sit up if we hold her waist, and hold her head up now. She sleeps about 7 hours a night. Lucy loves to coo, giggle, smile and flirt with us. Sometimes Evan will tickle her face and say "ahooga" and she LOVES it!

Loves smiling for daddy.


posing for the camera


She got 3 shots. She used to wear this 'shirt' as a dress, but I liked it so much it is now a shirt:)

Lucy is:
13.3 lbs
24 inches long
She grew 2 1/2" in 1 month...she is going to be a tall cutie!!!!

Happy Father's Day Evan!!!

Evan is a cute daddy. I am so lucky that he is the father of my child. He gets up in the night with Lucy, he changes her diapers, he holds and cuddles her. She loves his kisses and when he tugs on her ears or hair and say"ahooga". I am so happy Lucy has a special daddy like Evan. Happy Father's Day EVAN!!!! We love you!

After seeing dinner, she wanted to trade in her bottle:)

Salad, Gnocchi with Pesto Sauce, Chicken Scallopini, Strawberry Boston Creme Pie and Martinelli

Evan had nose surgery last Thursday and is still recovering...we still wanted to celebrate Father's Day, so here are some pictures. I had to get soft food for him to chew and not put strain on his nose. yum yum....