Lucy Turned 1 today

One year ago today...







Evan giving Lucy her first bottle, I was OUT! She had just taken her first bath with Evan and the nurses.


My favorite doctor, Dr. Steve Gardner
Happy Birthday Lucy Elise Biddulph!

We celebrated by having some friends from the ward and family come over and bbq and play. She loved seeing everyone there, and eating cake. She is such a cutie pie. I made little cake pops for her...I got the idea from bakerella. I made a few adjustments, but it all worked out. I forgot to buy a "1" candle, oh well, we used a "b" candle for Biddulph:)





So tired after her party and nap:)

I took her to the doctor for her 1 year visit, she got 5 shots, and was so sad, she got so cuddly it was cute. We put her in her forward facing car seat which she loves-she kept looking at me in the mirror smiling and talking to me:)

She got to talk to Grandma Betty and Grandpa Romney and a few other missionaries who celebrated her birthday with a dinner. They were all so kind and sang to her, so cute, she smiled and waved and clapped:) too cute! And then Grandma Liz and Grandpa Steve got to sing to her and she told them all about her birthday, a lot of growling and waving of the arms:)

After lots of playing outside in the dirt, trying to eat ants and sticks, we played inside, ate dinner, and played some more. Evan brought her to bed and she fell asleep instantly. I guess that means that she had a good and busy day:) (I'm glad she slept in until 8 this morning...very nice and different from her 6:30 usually-maybe it's a 1 year old thing)
Sleeping while standing...she forgot to sit down, or didn't know how to:)


Walking daddy to work..only a few blocks away:)

Lucy & Mommy walking around the lake by the house...there were fun geese and ducks to watch

Aunt Jennifer sent a blanket for Lucy-we love all the hand me downs! Thanks!
Playing with her kitchen after a Sunday nap


To sum up some of why we love Lucy:
-She growls and squeals, not always at the best times, but so cute
-She pats our backs when we get her out of bed or put her "Night Night"
-Very cooperative when changing her diapers, not so much with her shirts or dresses though
-When she drinks a bottle, she has to kick something or have her feet occupied, usually on us
-She loves to stick out her tongue and tastes everything!
-She rubs my pregnant belly
-She wrestles with Evan and climbs all over him...playtime is great
-She claps all the time
-Seeing other little kids makes her so happy she claps or squeals and giggles
-She goes to bed pretty well-there were a few weeks that were a challenge
-Lucy eats and tries anything, and will push the food out of her mouth if we overload her, she takes one bite at a time and likes to be done and swallowed before more comes in
-She loves olives, and likes to poke her pointer finger or thumb in the olive slices to eat them
-She loves standing in her crib and falling on her bum, and repeat
-She smiles and giggles, and it melts our hearts
-Evan's shoes are a favorite toy of hers. She unties them and tries to eat them
-When My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Mickey Mouse Club, Sprouts, Dora, and Sponge Bob come on she claps, squeals and loves to watch them!
-Music is great, she sings(by growling or humming), and is soothed by it. She stops in her tracks to pay attention to the music and loves being sung to.
-She loves warm milk in a bottle, cold in a sippy cup or cup, and water however she can get it
-She got her first black eye from a shelf 2 days ago
-She loves talking to Grandma Betty, Grandpa Romney, Grandma Liz and Grandpa Steve over the internet. We are working on teaching her names, we will see if she can say any of them by the time she sees them all in May.
-When she sees little baby dolls she wants them..we haven't bought her one yet. I should pull out my old cabbage patch dolls.
-She has VERY blonde hair, and it likes to stick up a lot!
-She chews on her crib and the chairs-like a chipmunk
-She giggles in her sleep
-She sits on her little car and pushes backwards, she hasn't learned how to climb off or push forward yet
-There are soooo many more reasons, and I am sure there will be many more to come. We just love our little girl, and can't wait until she meets Peter
Lucy eating her cake


Daddy and Lucy swinging at the park



Playing with daddy in the back yard. She usually is on a blanket, so this was a first:)

32 weeks

32 WEEKS!

So I am 32 weeks, and I still think they got my due date wrong and I should be further along, but oh well. I was going to go in June 1 for the c-section, but due to scheduling stuff with the dr and hospital I am now booked for June 3. I am happy. That is Evan's favorite number, so it is happy:)

I was so grateful for a friend at church today. She took Lucy all during Relief Society, and it was nice to just sit there, with no worries:) (Lucy even played with the bishop's mustache during that hour..too funny!)I saw myself in the full length mirror and almost died, I am HUGE!! at least in a dress, it is accentuated, but seriously! I kept getting asked if I was having the baby this week or twins, and how I was going to do it with 2 under 2, only 13 months apart. I got a little nervous from people's comments, but I am happy to say that I have a good support group of people, and I am offered help all the time, I will be blessed:)

I love being pregnant though. I love feeling Peter's kicks, and talking to him and wondering what he will be like. I like not worrying if I look fat that day, because I am prego!

I do miss bending, twisting, exercising, mowing the lawn, unloading the bottom of the dishwasher, shaving my legs, crawling on the floor with Lucy, laying on my belly to get massages, and a few other things. With that said though, I am truly grateful to be having another little angel.


We are trying to clean up the Biddulph's house that we have lived in for the last 2 years, and while we are there, we put Lucy in the high chair that Evan used when he was little. We have to watch her because there isn't a strap to hold her in(we are working on that-it must have broke off over the years). She is sure cute!

Will always eat her mac-n-cheese:)

Watching Evan at the sink

I love that she will eat anything! She does stick it back out of her mouth if she isn't ready for the bite or still has food in her mouth:)

Daddy's chair

Evan is soooo happy! He gets to watch baseball again..have his "me time". A while ago he bought 3 tickets for this season, and Saturday night he went to his first game. He worked hard all day, and definitely deserved to go! I was so exhausted from our busy day that I wish I would have hired a babysitter while he was gone so I could sleep, but that wasn't realistic. Lucy gave me a run for my money, and then finally went to sleep. I love having Evan in my life, I feel for single mothers-especially pregnant single mothers!!!

His seat

A Little video of his first game!

playing peek-a-boo with Lucy

Lucy woke up and I gave her a few snacks while I was making her lunch, and came in to see her playing peek-a-boo, then I started saying peek-a-boo and she kept doing it. SO CUTE!

Yes, she has bed head, I'm on my way to put pigtails in her hair:)

almost 31 weeks prego and lucy stands and walks!

What I am supposed to be:

What I am measuring:)




So I am feeling super duper pregnant. I am having a boy, I am almost 31 weeks, and this baby is measuring 3 weeks ahead of schedule. He is definitely bigger and laying different than Lucy did. Some lady at the carwash said that she knew I was having a boy because of how big I was and how low the baby was sitting.

I am getting to the point where I think I need more calcium. My muscles are cramping all the time, and it is SUPER hard to walk, or get up or sit down with out having a lot of pain. Evan is being a super trooper and helping take over my load of responsibilities when I ask for help. My sister Tina came down and helped me unpack the kitchen and laundry room/food storage.

Saturday I had to pray my way home driving from Costco and help move my leg with my hand to switch from gas to brake...scary, but I was blessed and made it home safely! Thank goodness!


Lucy is growing up and wants to make sure that we know about it! She is standing, and walking a little(holding onto things) and moves and gets up and down a lot! Sometimes going to bed is tough for her because she is so tired, stands up and doesn't know how to gently lay down again. I have had a few tips, and I think she is starting to get used to it. She loves cuddling with her blanket in her crib. We haven't had her use the blanket for a while, and now she loves it again.

I need to take a picture of my pregnant belly, I really am getting bigger and bigger and I know that I look like I am going to pop any second, but I am going in June 1 for a c-section, so I still have about 8 more weeks, less than two months, YAY!!!

Anyway, I guess I am babbling on, but wanted to "record" some updates:)

Happy Easter!!! From our little bunny

We thought she was cute in Target, didn't want to but them since we are trying to de-junk, but she sure is cute!

Happy Easter!

a lot of updates

So if you are wondering why I haven't posted pics of the house, or updated for a while, it is because life has taken over:) So I will try to summarize without writing too much:)


-Moved in-same day I went in the hospital (twice) with stomach flu
-Lucy had stomach flu, two colds and both ear drums burst. It was for her entire 10 month of life. So sad for her. I might say no to hanging out if your kids have been sick, I don't think I can go through a month like that again..HORRIBLE!!! I'm glad Lucy is finally back to her smiley self!
-Evan's Spring Break came and went.
-we caught 5 skunks and finally put up chicken wire to block the skunks from living under the deck
-tons of snow!!!
-we are slooooowly unpacking, wish my body was up for more
-my baby is measuring almost 3 weeks ahead of time, and we have decided to schedule a c-section for June 1 rather than risking infection and ending up in a c-section anyway, especially with such a big baby
-we bought a guest bed(it got stuck going down in the basement, we almost cut a hole in the wall to make it fit, but Evan and I work together well, and somehow managed to get it downstairs) we love visitors. Evan sliced his finger open this night and Lucy was especially fussy, our Friday night turned out a lot different than planned.
-been making plans for baby, family, house, cleaning other house, visitors, etc
-Evan is now going to teach new subjects and is learning lots
-Lucy is crawling everywhere, up on everything, and is starting to stand by herself, she likes to walk when Evan holds her hands.
-church is hard with Lucy-nap time, feeding, my nap time, etc Evan helps tons!
-couponing tons and finding deals on craigslist
-Evan set up Peter's crib(someone gave us a crib-with no bolts so we matched some at Home Depot, took 2 trips, two dressers, and a bookshelf)
-finding out new things about the house
-wishing I could get a massage everyday


Anyway, life has been busy but good. We are getting lots done, trying to settle in, and all stay healthy and well. Here are a few pictures..I will post more when we unpack more:)

Counting Lady Bugs while I sort clothes in Peter's room

Trying to get her fever down in the tub

Cleaning up the chairs we got for free off of craigslist

Evan and I kept switching off in this position with our sick little girl. None of us were getting any sleep.

Still sick, two trips to the doctor, and she finally got put on some antibiotics for her ear drums(just after having stomach flu)

Our beautiful snow. It made the tree sink down and touch the ground, when Evan tried hitting the snowing off, the branches flipped up and hit him, it was comical!

Our $5 toy from craigslist, it turns into a walked too. She is growing up so quickly!

Evan is so happy! The basement is turning into a very fun place to hang out. He just set up his pinball and arcade.

Lucy watching daddy set up Peter's crib.

28 weeks with Peter, I am further along now but I haven't been good at
taking or posting prego pics.

Target, Poop, and taking it like a man:)

So today Evan, Lucy and I went to Target to use our coupons for stocking up on diapers for our new little one. We only bought newborn diapers today, and while I was paying Evan walked out of the store to put Lucy in the car. I walked out and saw Evan holding Lucy by her hands and having her stand up. I just figured that he was letting her jump in the melting snow while they waited for me. As I get closer I start laughing as I see Evan covered in poop. I start helping undress Lucy (in the cold breezy air) and realize that the poop made it all the way up her back and neck, GROSS!

Then I start laughing more because I forgot to bring diapers in the bag, and then started looking for any diapers in the car, there was a size 2 (she wears a size 4), so we started changing her diaper(many many wipes later) and when we open her diaper, there was hardly any poop in it, no wonder it was all over her back! As Evan was trying to get this little diaper on her, the velcro rips off, and then we find another diaper to reinforce, so she was now wearing 2 diapers, and the extra pair of clothes I left in the car.

Evan still had poop all over his shirt, hands and arms, and while he cleaned up, I cleaned up her poopy car-seat. I am sure anyone looking at us in the parking lot was curious to what was going on.

Lesson learned, put the diaper on better, and ALWAYS have spare diapers in the correct size with you:)

New Goals, $, etc.

So we are almost moving into our new house, and with the new house comes new bills, priorities, etc. We had an emergency sewer line put in $10,000, skunk removal and skunk fence$, plus carpet$, new baby on the way$, and a few other things$. Let's just say it has set us back more than we would like. So we are trying to be creative with our budget until things settle down(probably take us a year to settle down). So I decided that we need to have new goals and strategy of how to financially make it this next year(until next tax season) and also including the Lord in all our decisions. Yes, I already do a lot of these but need to get better...so here we go!

So a few goals:
*$200 or lower for food, baby, all groceries

*Make date night a free night in all aspects

*Have a weekly menu that I repeat so that I know to the penny what I need and spend

*Read the entire Ensign every month(I have been struggling with that one)
*Get to the Temple AT LEAST monthly!!!!!

*Read the Book of Mormon more dilligently

*Keep a gratitude Journal



*Continue paying tithing even when I wish I had those extra dollars for bills
*Pray for divine intervention*Have faith and know things will pan out how they need to
*Keep all receipts and record every penny, even if it is for the $0.25 machine

If you have any suggestions for any of my goals or other goals I should incorporate, feel free to suggest anything, especially Menu ideas for cheap, my problem is affording fresh veggies and fruit without things going bad...I love fresh fruit, in fact I have been CRAVING strawberries-too expensive though. Or if you know how to make $ at home, I would love that too!

Anyway, wish us luck!

Moving Day is almost here!!!

So there was a delay in the carpet because it was on back-order, but we now have an official date, Next Monday and Tuesday it will be installed, which means that Saturday will be our big moving day, with the U-haul. We are sooooo excited. It has become a little more challenging being sick, having very expensive and unplanned projects come up, and just plain being pooped out! I think that if I weren't pregnant, this might be a little easier, but who knows. Last night a dear friend dropped off dinner to us, to which I am very grateful, Evan was so happy-no cereal for him that night:)

We already started moving stuff over, and the house is starting to take shape. We had great friends help patch, repair, paint and help us with support as this month has gone and passed since closing. I don't think we would have made it without all of your help, so THANK YOU!!!!

So, we are starting to move over, if you are bored on Saturday morning the 13th, feel free to join in the fun, plus it's one less trip to the gym right:)

Here are some sneak peaks of the kids rooms from Valerie and living room that my mom painted.





Oh and some fun pictures of Lucy trying to be like daddy, she already has the grip down:)