The Lindquist fireworks at Weber State. Aiva was pretty scared at first and clung to Daddy for the first half.

But after a while she loved it!

The 24th of July Odgen City parade.
Aiva "cheese!" face.


Our favorite part of the parade: the Budweiser draft horses!

Aiva and Grandma Margaret

The passing of the flag.

It's a Girl!!

As different as this pregnancy has been from my first, I thought this one HAD to be a boy! So did everyone else. We were all wrong! We are expecting another sweet baby girl! We loooove little girls, and are so excited to have more sugar & spice & everything nice at our house! And Aiva is excited to have a little sis to hang with and teach all of her tricks.

Crappy photos, but that's what you get when you take a picture of a picture with your cell phone! :)

I must, I must, I MUST . . .

. . . have this doll . . . for Aiva. Which means I will be making it, since the lady that makes these isn't selling them . . . and since I am nesting 25 weeks early. Ask my husband. An unstoppable force is driving me. I have never had this much energy in my life. My house is a frezied chaos of fabric scraps, paint chips, and messes that get looked over because I can't stop. I am currently making a quilt for Aiva's "big girl room." I have never sewn anything beyond a burp cloth before. But suddenly I have a long list of projects to work on. This is next. Back to the fabric store.



Check out this lady's blog. She is a creative genious!!!

http://cally-cruze.blogspot.com/

Drum roll please . . .

We are excited to announce, again, that we are expecting a new addition to our family this coming December! Please no one be offended that we didn't tell anyone sooner. We haven't told even our closest friends, just simply out of fear and superstition of losing another baby. I will be 13 weeks this Wednesday, and so far this pregnancy has been a dream compared to my others! I had resigned myself to the fact that it was just my lot in pregnancy to be sick and puking for a good portion of the nine months. At first, as the weeks passed, I was as anxious as you can imagine when the puking just didn't come. Finally, I decided to just be grateful and take it as it came. I have felt slightly nauseous, but the biggest symptom this go-around is complete and utter exhaustion. Exhaustion like I've never thought possible. Words can't even describe it. Exhaustion like, "I swear I'm going to fall over and die this minute if I don't sleep!" I must say, it is a welcome trade. There is an easy fix for being tired. Not so for my puking adventures of the past. I'll take it. But I'm officially into my second trimester, so we finally feel like we can spread the good word. Hooray!! We are soooo excited to have a new little one to love.

Delicious!!!

Just had to tell a quick little story about something Aiva said that was adorable! She's talking more and more all the time, and is quite advanced in speech for her age. She's almost talking in sentences and she's only 22 months. But anyway, I was feeding her her dinner the other night and I had given her the first bite, and she said, "Mmmmmm . . . DELICIOUS!!" We've never taught her that word. I don't know where it came from, but to hear such a big word come out of her with such perfect pronunciation was just adorable. Of course, we've been using every opportunity since to get her to say it again and again. :) Love my girl.

Art Project!!

What do you get when you combine this . . . .

. . . and this . . .

. . . which makes this ???

This just looks plain yummy . . . anyone ever seen the movie Hook?? This picture reminds me of their imaginary dinner. Almost too bright to seem normal to eat.

Aiva insisted that Mommy help . . .

I prefer the belly art personally . . . but not on mine, as she kept begging for!

It is pudding, after all!

Finally!!!

Finally, my 21-month-old has enough hair to put into pigtails! It is a proud day. She felt so cute, and mommy was pretty pleased too!

All grown up!!