Dave and Jess

tummy time

2012-01-14T14:42:00.001-08:00

IF this little fella is in a good mood he loves his tummy time. He will just talk and talk while giving mama some of the most adorable picture worthy faces. Dont believe me? Just take a look!

Grey has rolled over a total of 3 times now. He does it then we get really excited and try again, but nope one time is enough for him so we just try a bit later. We have been putting him to sleep in his crib ( he had been in a bassinet next to our bed) for his first stretch of sleep at night, and he has been doing really good. He usually sleeps about 3-4 hours in there and then I bring him back into our room :X He's still too little be be clear down the hallway all night, right? :)

Not a tummy pic, but golly this kid is cute.

Happy boy!

2012-01-04T12:30:00.000-08:00

love him.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-28T15:31:00.000-08:00

My baby Christmas morning with his new sock monkey( and in his SIX month jammies)
David really excited to be awake at 730 :)

Grey got a new hat- wont be able to wear that for a while longer!

man I love that face!

Buddy before his 2 month appt yesterday(minus the hat) Daddy got him dressed.

He weighed 13.7 lbs and is in the 90th percentile for weight and 75th for height.

He took his shots like a champ and broke his momma's heart, but he was just fine after we could pick him up .

He is smiling more and more each day and seriously I can not contain my love for this kid. He has slept six hours straight just two nights, but hey i'll take it! His average is 3-4 hours at a time throught out the night though. He is getting really good at holding his head up, and has looooved his swing these past few weeks. The other day I had to buy size 2 diapers for my growing boy. Yesterday at church I was in the mother's lounge and a lady had her 4 day old baby in there. I was amazed by how itty bitty he was and in that moment I realized just how much my baby has grown. He's no longer a fresh little new born, and I'm okay with that. I love seeing my boy grow. I am so looking forward to each and every milestone of his. He has already made me such a proud momma. I love him. I really really love him.

One Month!

2011-11-27T15:21:00.000-08:00

My Angel is ONE month old today. Can I believe it?! suure cant. I love him more and more each day and I still cant believe he's ours. forever. I just recently got to see some of his sweet baby pictures taken by my SIL at 2 weeks and to see how much he has changed in just two weeks is just crazy. At one month old he is eating every 2-3 hours still, loves to be patted on the bum, has the sweetest, most adorable bed head when he gets up in the morning, can stay awake anywhere from 2-4 hours at a time, he loves rock music ( if he is fussy almost always a good playlist on daddy's ipad will put him right to sleep) - today was his first Sunday to go to church and on our way home he decided he was going to CRY. It lasted a couple minutes until a Stone Temple Pilot song came on ( probably not the most appropriate sunday music, but it did the job) and silence. He went straight to sleep. Also at a month old he has grown out of his newborn clothes, he is so alert and will follow us with his eyes if we move from side to side while holding him. He still loves tummy time and is really good at lifting his head up and looking around. OH and I almost forgot, he is getting cuter and cuter every single day! Here are a couple pictures from the past few weeks!

I hope you dont mind Alisha- Its a sneak peak of his baby pics. These are unedited pics. More to come!

My handsome man on his first day of church

Thankfuls 1-19

2011-11-19T10:06:00.000-08:00

and I'll go ahead and say 20-30 too..

MY BOY.

Dont get me wrong I have so so much more to be grateful for, but since October 27th he's been my number one.

our first family picture

I love this kid more than I thought I would,more than I thought I could.Since coming home three weeks ago we've just been trying to figure each other out. So far I know my babe loves the bath, loves going on walks and riding in the car, he likes when mom sings along to his Bob Marley CD, He is a nightowl like his dad, he loves his tummy time, he's an eater- almost weighs 10 lbs already,and he is loved more than he could possibly know. I wont even lie and say these past three weeks of being a mom have been easy, I have been frustrated to tears on several occassions, and been a walking zombie some days, but I wouldnt trade it for anything. He made me a mom.

Just laughed to myself when i realized Marley is in three of those pics- shes still pretty curious

Ishould make that into my BOYS that I am grateful for. David is such an amazing dad to Grey. He absolutley adores him, and i know he will only be more and more involved as he gets older( theres only so much ol dad can do right now)

I'll try to keep ya updated on here because he is changing so fast, too fast!!

three years today!

2011-07-19T13:54:00.001-07:00

I've come to the conclusion that I am THAT blogger. I only blog when I have something real juicy or cute pictures to post. I've been thinking about blogging for a while now, I really do have lots to say but the one thing thats been on my mind is David. Every way I think of taking this post makes a lump rise in my throat and i want to cry my eyes out. I want to tell you about how much i love David and how the past three years have been awesome and i want to tell you about the past 25 wks of being pregnant with our first baby have been so special or that last week he was able to feel his son kick for the first time. I'm pretty much 100% sure that this is my wack hormones or maybe I just really love husband to death. okay, so its both! Today is our 3 year Anniversary! You might ask " what awesome plans do you have?" That would be none and for the first time I'm sooo okay with that. Does that happen? The longer youre married the less you care about fancy gifts and romantic dinners? I am perfectly happy with a night in. I did get him a little gift and I did buy him a small container of moose tracks ice cream (his fav). I'm good.

Happy Anniversary, David!

I love that kid

This post was really about David and how much I adore him, but I have to add that at 25 wks pregnant baby boy is kicking A LOT! However, the only two people to feel him so far are David and my sis in law, Stefanie. I guess he's being bashful. We still have so much to do to get ready for this little guy. Just about the only thing I have done is about the only thing im good at, buying him clothes. Sometimes I just go into his room and sit on the floor and go through all the little clothes we have for him so far. I read the books that one day soon i'll read to him and I smile because I can not wait for him to be here with us. He's already sooo loved. I'll leave you with a baby bump pic. I kinda wish I had posted some when I was still little and cute haha, but there is no hiding this baby.

3 years

2011-07-19T13:50:00.000-07:00

a whole lot of lately and Something to celebrate

2011-05-16T14:16:00.000-07:00

Can I try to catch you up on us lately? I hope you dont think our lives are boring and uneventful because I never blog because they are most definitely full of fun and adventure. haha. okay sometimes they are boring, but I'll try to leave those parts out!

Tuesday David turned 26 years old! We had a little family celebration on Sunday at my parents where we ate his requested dinner of pork tenderloin and new red potatoes and chocolate bundt birthday cake. Then on his actual birthday he had to work so when he got off I had a little present for him plus i stocked the fridge with fav diet soda and bought mint chocolate chip skinny cow sandwhiches. Then we went to outback for dinner. It seems he is always craving a bloomin' onion!

aw :)

Something else we are sooo looking forward to celebrating it our three year anniversary which will be this July. David has a work meeting in Cancun next month and I am stoked to be able to tag along! David's worried I will be bored around the resort while he's in meetings during the day, I told him I thought I will be juuust fine :)

This one isnt so much something I am celebrating even though I am so thrilled its almost summer, but this is my last year with a family I have grown to love and learn so much from. This job came along at a time that I really needed it, and I hope in some way I was able to touch their lives like they have mine. I would never dare say I think I'm completely prepared to have my own children, but I feel better prepared after the past two years with this sweet family. These are just a couple pictures of a day the two youngests and I went to the park.

Arent they such charming children? haha They really are the best.

I bet those of you who know our big news thought this post was going to start off a little different, but I have saved the best for last! Indeed David and I are expecting our first baby! Most definitely something to celebrate. I am 16 wks already. Time is seriously going by so fast. I have a doctor's appointment Monday and then the next time I go in will be to find out the gender of the baby! Sorry no pictures. I have some on my phone, but dont know how to upload them onto my laptop. Next time I will. promise.

Where you wondering how our baby girls were doin? Well let me leave you with some sweet faces courtesy of Marley and Shiloh...

SNOW WAY!

2011-01-12T18:39:00.001-08:00

I updated! It's probably a bad sign that it took me a couple tries to get on this thing because i couldnt remember my password! I just got home from the gym, davids at a chuch meeting and I just felt the need to post some fun pictures ( Yes i do get the urge to update when something cool has happened but as you can tell actually doing it is a totally different thing!) I love pictures. I love posts with pictures. Sometimes i jUst skip the words and go straight to the pictures. They tell the story best. So here's our backwards story of the past month or so. Literally the pictures are backwards in sequence. Dunno how to fix it so here it goes...

National Champs!

These first set of snow pictures are from monday. We had so so much fun. The boys got the four wheelers out and us girls and kids went sledding down a monster hill on cookie sheets.

This. did. not. work.

I love this picture. Dont you?!

These ones here are from Christmas day. Can you tell Marley looooves the snow?

And that I loooove my hubby :)

Our home Christmas morning.

Yes, halfway through this post I DID think " this is a lot of pictures" but then i just couldnt make myself delete any! so there.

Is it time?

2010-03-22T13:56:00.000-07:00

for an update? Okay so its waaay passed time but i think its been very clear im pretty terrible at blogging so i no longer feel the need to explain :) So much has happened and im not even about to try to catch up, but we had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, and Valentine's day! wow i amm bad! We also went to the Circus and had a soccer tournament. We are both still working full time, fully enjoying our calling in Primary, I've been going to the gym regularly and still babysit on the weekends, and David has just started going to a Brazilian jujitsu class twice a week which he absolutely loves. He also plays soccer once a week so our week fills up pretty fast. We are looking forward to summer for so many reasons! A few weekends in a row we had beautiful weather and took our sweet pups to the dog park

A classic Marley face
This is Shiloh on the left who is typically an extremely timid dog, but take her
to the dog park and she is SO social

Ohhh Marley. she sure does love her dad:)

Now maybe it wont be another six months before another update, but then again maybe it will:)

Halloween in Orange and Blue!

2009-10-31T10:22:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

THIS WEEK WE ALSO CELEBRATED MARLEY'S 1ST BDAY. THE BONE IS ALREADY GONE.

YES. IT IS OKAY TO LAUGH AT THIS PICTURE. HAHA WE ALL HAVE.

ENJOY YOUR HALLOWEEN!

No excuse

2009-10-21T08:37:00.000-07:00

So I'm not sure why blogging is so hard for me! There really is no good reason why I'm well over two months behind. If anything I should have more time on my hands since I am not in school this semester. Since I am not in school you may be asking what AM i doing? well I took a nanny job for a sweet sweet family and looking after four kids I guess keeps me pretty busy. Now as for David he is still busy with work. They actually sent him to Florida for a trainning meeting this past week.. tough right?

We have had little visitors, took a trip to the zoo, put in new kitchen floors, enjoyed being outside, and I have also been picking up some babysitting jobs on the weekend for a family I have really grown to love.

Something I forgot to say

2009-08-08T20:56:00.000-07:00

Soo I just got home from one of my friends receptions and it got me thinking about our wedding, which was only a year ago, and how when I posted about our one year anniversary I failed to say what an awesome husband I have. If he loves something he will put everything he has into it. He is so enthusiastic about life and learning new things. I love his company and his goofyness. I just love him and he is perfect for me.

and boy does he love his baby girl:)

Picture update

2009-08-07T19:52:00.000-07:00

So not much has been going on for us lately. We have just been trying to take advantage of the nice weather and spend some time outdoors! These next few pics were taken by a creek we have back behind our house. This was also my last day babysitting these two kiddos so we took them on a little adventure :)

Isnt this hilarious? haha

The past few saturdays we have taken our pups to the dog park and man do they love us for it! Here are just a few shots of the fun!

sweetest little face you've ever seen? I agree:)

One Year

2009-07-16T18:19:00.001-07:00

Happy 1 Year Davey!

Feeling grateful

2009-07-10T18:37:00.000-07:00

Now dont get me wrong I know I have so many things to be grateful for but lately I have realized how lucky I am to have such a wonderful sister. My sister is an amazing, selfless, generous person and I love her for that. She is so strong and not to mention she helps make some of the cutest kids:) She's so talented and creative and has helped me with numerous school projects. However the thing I think she is best at is just being my friend.

Just a little outing...

2009-05-18T13:28:00.000-07:00

There is a small field near our house where we like to take our dogs and just let one of them run free. Marley has always been good about one thing and that is stayin close and coming when she is called. David has been telling me I need to give Shiloh a chance and just let the lease go. Today I let go. At first she was good and just stuck close THEN she started to run for the woods... exactly what I told David she would do! Okay just so you know we found her but not until after a tour through the woods and yes a few tears:'( I guess all in all not a bad day!

this is crazy I know

2009-05-14T07:12:00.001-07:00

posting three times in the same month is just nuts...for me atleast. When I lived at home before I got married I ALWAYS listened to music while getting ready but lately the TV is usually on in the background. Today I opened itunes turned the TV off and enjoyed:) I love music. Todays playlist consisted of-sweetness by Jimmy eat world, shimmer- fuel, your guardian angel-the red jumpsuit apparatus, and wonderwall-oasis. It's gonna be a great day!

Summer Job

2009-05-12T07:14:00.000-07:00

This Summer I am going to be babysitting these two again. I'm not even sure how to describe my time with them...interesting, weird, hilarious, rewarding, yeah and I guess its a little bit fun:) They are great kids and quite funny as you can tell. I really enjoy their company and I am looking forward to the summer. Things that we like to do together... go on treasure hunts, make towers out of cups, play restaurant, go swimming, dress up, have dance parties, play wii, and watch movies... oh and take funny pictures:)

Cant get much better than that!

2009-05-11T10:21:00.000-07:00

Yay so I just took my last two finals and I am officially done with school for roughly two and a half weeks haha. I'm taking two classes this summer so believe me I am going to ENJOY these next few weeks! I'm thinking my bathrooms need to be painted, I should probably catch up on some laundry, and my closet is begging to be cleaned out. Oh and not to mention car shopping. Since this is currently how my car looks. As bad as it looks it could have been so much worse so for that i am grateful:)

Wednesday morning I was on my way to school when the storm came through. I had just made it to Brownsferry(which wasn't very far) and I wasn't able to see anything. It was so rainny and the wind was so bad. I came to a stop and thats when a piece of tree hit my windshield and I just ducked my head and thats when the rest of the tree came crashing down and I do mean crashing. It was loud and TERRifying! After I realized that I was okay I then realized i couldnt get out. Two police officers had to come in and get me out. Then we sat around until they were able to get my car out from under the tree and I could gather up all my belongings. Needless to say I did not make it to school that day but my teachers were all very understanding.

Last post I said hopefully I would have something more interesting to blog about next time..and indeed I did but dont think its going to always be like this. After this post it is back to my same old life and I couldn't be happier!!

Saturdays

2009-04-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

Oh how I used to love my Saturdays. That is before I had to work evvvery Saturday. Today however I dont have to be at work until 3:00 so I was able to hit the gym up this morning, clean the house, take the dogs on a walk, and have lunch with David. These were a few pictures I took this afternoon while I was outback with the pups. They love to be outside and lately we have been so busy they have all this built up energy so here they are letting it all out. This first picture is super blurry but can you imagine it being clear just how funny it would be?

You may not recognize this little lady but that is our puppy Marley ohhh how she has grown.

Yep they were nice and tired....

So School is almost over and I am soooo ready. David is loving his new job and all of the places that it has taken him. Maybe next post I will have something a little more interesting to blog about:)

Quick update!

2009-01-22T17:43:00.000-08:00

So I have been terrible at updating this thing, and I was debating whether or not to just pretend I never made one or take the time to update. Well I am home alone with the kids tonight and just happen to find some spare time! So much has happened, but I guess thats what I get when I go so long without getting on here. We had an awesome first Christmas together and even added to the family. We now have two dogs. David finally has HIS dog now and trust me he couldn't be happier. Meet Miss Marley Moo.

Since the last post David has gotten a new job, I have gone back to work at Hallmark and I also started back at school. This coming Thursday I also start work at Johnson Elementary school just once a week, but I am really looking forward to it! I'll try not to let so much time go by without updating next time!

What a week!

2008-10-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

So last week I was able to enjoy my very first Mayfield Family Reunion. We spent an entire week at the beach but somehow i only came home with about 5 pictures of the actual beach :/

ah well here are some of the moments that i did capture!

David and Me at the track
Sarah and Gavin on the Go-Karts
David and Carden on the G0-Karts haha they hadn't even started yet
Sweet sweet Kenadie
Some more fun at the track

I know this is basically the same piture as the one above
but if you can see Georgia's face in this one it is absolutely priceless:)

The start of something good

2008-09-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

Well i have decided to give blogging a try! For my very first post i just want to put up some wedding pictures and share with you some things that we have been up to since!

We enjoyed a trip to Nauvoo

There was an arcade right down the road so of course we had to stop in so i could kick david's butt...which i did:)

We enjoyed our very first home cooked meal in our new home!
Definitely picture worthy:)

We both started back up at school last month and I started watching little Pierson..look at that red hair!

Looking for turtles last weekend

So i leave Shiloh and David home alone for a few hours last weekend and somehow she "escapes" and so i hurry home. We thought we lost her for good but thankfully my little brother was there to save the day! He found her deep in the woods in our back yard!