Jord & Jenn

Exy!?!

2010-05-21T14:05:00.000-07:00

Ayla had to take a bug to preschool for show-and-tell. We found her a little pill bug that she thought was so cute. We put it in a jar and she claimed it as her new pet. She even told it good night. So the next day we decided she could keep it as a "pet" and she named it Exy. Not quite sure how to spell it. It is just pronounced X E. Funny girl. She added some dirt and leaves to it and keeps it down in her room with her. You can barely see it in the pic to the right of the brown leaf on the far let.

Easter 2010

2010-04-21T19:43:00.001-07:00

I know it has been forever since Easter, but here are some pics.

Peepster Pics

2010-04-21T19:38:00.001-07:00

Pics from Peepster 2010. Sorry we didn't get many good ones this year. The weather was pretty cold outside so the kids just did their peepster hunt in the house and the camera was forgotten.

Options

2010-03-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

A conversation had between Ayla and Jord one night while I was trying to get her to go to bed.

AYLA: Options. (Jord and I look at each other thinking, did she just say options?)

JORD: What?

AYLA: Options dad. You have three options. (Jord and I snickering while she begins to hold fingers up.) One, you play with me. Two, you go to sleep. Three you play with toys.

JORD: K, i will go to sleep.

AYLA: No, no, no. Dad you have two options. One, you play with me and two you go to sleep.

JORD: Okay. I pick option two, go to bed.

AYLA: No, no, no. One option. You play with me.

Sounds like someone listens to their dad too much. Love it!

Adventures of Hammy

2010-03-04T20:53:00.000-08:00

Ayla's preschool class has a pet hamster named Hammy. Each kid gets a turn to take Hammy home and then draw a picture of what they did with Hammy and put it in a book. Ayla has been wanting to take Hammy home for weeks now. Well on Tuesday it was finally her turn. She was so excited. All she did for two days was play with Hammy. I forgot to take pics of the pictures she drew for her book, but she did help me with one that we put on the fridge. They watched tv together for a little bit. They went to the park a couple of times. They took naps together. They even did a puppet show. And yes, the hamster is just a stuffed puppet. I would never take on a real pet hamster, especially with a 3-year-old. Anyway, here are the pics. Enjoy!

Ayla's Dora Picture

2010-01-25T11:04:00.000-08:00

This is a picture I found on the back of one of Ayla's preschool papers. It is the first real picture of a face that she has drawn. I thought it was so cute and asked her what it was. She told me it was Dora. The lines on the mouth are teeth by the way. And for some reason she is adamant that her name has a Q in it.

Ayla's New Dog.

2010-01-11T21:20:00.000-08:00

Ayla has a new friend. Apparently it is a little pink dog, one that only she can see. I would tell you its name, but I haven't quite figured that one out yet. It does have the words Toy Puller in there somewhere. She and Lily were taking it for a walk around the house the other day. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. They were hand in hand just walking circles through the kitchen and down the hall to their room. So cute. So yesterday I was busy getting Lily dressed when Ayla came up and asked if I wanted to pet her dog. I said sure and began to pet the dog that was in her hands. Or at least I thought it was. She then looks at me and says, "Mom, it's down there." as she points to the ground. It would be so much easier if I could just see these imaginary things.

More random pics.

2010-01-11T21:00:00.000-08:00

This is when we went to Idaho for Christmas. It was good to see Nicole again too. She was one of my parents' foreign exchange students from Germany.
Ayla dancing around the house.
Jord and I.
Ayla with her new horse from Christmas.
Cute little Lily Pie.
Go Wildcats!
The girls hanging with dad, literally.
Lily loves to wear glasses. She thinks it is so funny for some reason.

Temple Square

2009-12-28T19:28:00.001-08:00

I have a lot of catching up to do, but for now here is one post. We have a tradition of going to see the lights at Temple Square every year with our friends Jimmy and Sara. This year mom had to bring Nicole, a previous foreign exchange student, to the airport to fly back home. So they ended up going with us on a freezing cold Sunday night. We didn't stay as very long because Ayla and Sara's little girl, Charlotte, were getting too cold. I got a new camera for my birthday and found this awesome function on it where you can choose a color in the shot that you want to be the only color in the picture and the rest goes black and white. I got Jordan to get this awesome pic of the temple and a tree with red lights by it. I just love it. I think I might get it blown up to hang in my house. The others are some pics of all of us and some of the lights.

Random pics

2009-11-09T19:25:00.001-08:00

Lily likes to rub her head, maybe because her hair is finally starting to come in. She loves to pull hair, hence the reason I just chopped mine off. I figure that is why she does it to herself because she finally feel her hair. Anyway, Ayla thought she had hurt her head. I was busy doing something and then all of a sudden I hear Ayla say, "There, all better." I turned around to find this.
Pics at Heather's house. Hunter and Ayla love playing together.
Pic of Ayla when we took her to the airport museum at Hill Air Force Base.

Happy 1st B-day Lily!

2009-11-09T19:16:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is already 1. The year just flew by. I made her a ladybug cake, but only had neon dye for the frosting. Ayla had been calling it a Lilybug so that is what we decided it was. I was afraid she would eat way too much of it because she loves food and will eat almost anything. Almost anything, but cake. She didn't care at all for the cake. Oh well. We had Jord's family over for dinner and cake. She got some new toys and pajamas to wear. We would have had more pics, but had the video camera going instead. Lily is such a cutie and we love her all. Happy birthday sweetheart.

Halloween

2009-11-02T10:31:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of my cute little girls. This year Ayla was a vampire and Lily was a bat. We would have taken more pics, but the camera batteries died.

Football

2009-10-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

So last night Jord and I were sitting down to watch some tv and relax. We turned the tv on and sunday night football was on. Ayla said that she wanted to watch football. She thinks every football team that plays is the wildcats. We told her we weren't going to watch football. She was pretty adamant about it. So she went in to our bedroom, turned on the tv, and proceeded to watch football by herself on my bed. I can't believe a 3-year-old would choose to watch football by herself. I went in to check on her at one point and they were reviewing a play. She looks at me and says, "That was a touchdown." She is such a character.

Time on the road is tough

2009-09-18T19:29:00.001-07:00

So I've been on the road for about 9 days with about 9 days to go. I'm missing Jenn and the girls really bad. I love playing music for a living, but it is a really, really hard thing to be away from my sweet girls. I come to this blog each day to see their cute faces. Jenn sends me picture txt's as well so I can keep up. But nothing is the same as being with the people you love.

Keeley Jo

2009-09-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

Keeley came into town yesterday. She called when they were leaving the airport. She hadn't met Lily yet and could not wait until Thursday to see them. I wish I could say it was me she couldn't wait to see, but I understand. Once you have kids you are always the last to get a hi and a hug. Can't wait to hang out with you on Thursday Keeley Jo!

Crazy Sleeper

2009-09-07T13:41:00.000-07:00

I, probably like most parents, check on my kids before I go to bed every night. A couple of nights ago I went to check on them and this is how I found Lily. Talk about uncomfortable. I have the most wiggly sleepers.

My Silly Girl

2009-09-07T13:28:00.000-07:00

Ayla is getting excited to start school this week. Yesterday she had found her backpack that we bought a couple of weeks ago. She noticed that I had put her crayons and markers in there for school. Then she noticed that I had written her name on her backpack. She thought that was so cool. She then went on to say that I needed to get a backpack so I could go to school. I told her that I didn't really want to go to school and that she could go instead. She said, "Mommy, no! You need to get a backpack and write Ayla.....um....Mommy Olsen on it and go to school." She cracks me up. Gotta love 3-year-olds.

Dinosaur Park

2009-08-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

We went to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden with the other cousins. It is pretty cool. They also have a ton of gems and minerals on display and where they came from. They also have a little playground outside and a pathway where you can learn different dinosaurs. It was pretty fun, until Ayla decided to run off and get lost. Completely freaked me out for about a minute, but one minute too long. Needless to say, we left right after I found her. Lily tuckered out. I had laid her down and immediately she put her feet up like this. Made me laugh.
Ayla my little cave woman.

Riding some type of dinosaur. Wish I could tell you which one. Guess someone didn't learn a lot that day.
Playing on the toys.
Unearthing some fake fossils in the sand.

Hogle Zoo

2009-08-24T14:57:00.000-07:00

On the 4th Heather, Jake and Hunter came down to visit and we went to Hogle Zoo and to eat afterwards. We thought the kids would enjoy the animals more, but they just really wanted to run around.Hunter taking pics.
Ayla taking pics.
Ayla taking pics again. She always has a hard time moving her fingers out of the way.
Lily just couldn't take it and ended up falling asleep. Too cute.
Ayla and Jord on the merry-go-round.
Ayla and Jord coming down the snake slide.
Ayla and I on the little train.
Lily and Jord on the little train.

Catching Up With the Blog

2009-07-24T21:55:00.000-07:00

I figured I was better get working on my blog or I might have a year's worth to do before I knew it. We took Ayla to the park the other day to get some pics of her. We haven't edited them at all, but here they are. We took some of Lily as well. Don't mind the messy hair. If anything, this would be a true pic of Ayla. I have such a hard time getting her hair done most days and then it just ends up being a mess after her nap anyway.

So Lily took a bottle when I needed her to for the first three months of her life. Then all of a sudden she wouldn't take one. It has been very hard. Anytime I had to leave for an extended time I always worried that she was going to be a bear for Jord. So obviously I didn't leave for very long at all. Three hours was the absolute max. Then all of a sudden five months later she decides she will start taking one again. Although, only if it has juice in it. It was funny to watch her try and drink out of a bottle again. It was like she had no idea how to suck on it. I caugher her holding her bottle so funny today and went to grab the camera. When i went to take it she dropped the bottle and just smiled at me like she knew she was getting a pic taken of her. I tried to get her to hold it the way she had it, but she went back to holding it normal.

ANA 2009

2009-07-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the ANA reunion. What is ANA you ask? Well my side of the family has so many reunions that it was getting confusing when we were talking about reunions. You never knew which one we were talking about. So Jord just mentioned the ANA reunion last year and it stuck. ANA is Ardery Nyle Andrews. Jord and I were in charge of it this year. We went up to one of Jordan's favorite camping places. It is near Kelly Canyon near Ririe. Actually Jake and Heather went up early to scope out a new place. It was a really nice place. Thanks guys! It had a little creek that we could keep coolers in and keep cold. It also opened up down stream to a little pond that the kids loved playing in. Jake and Andy brought some four-wheelers to play on. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance. Kids and all you know. We didn't get as many games in this year as we previously have. That is one of my favorite things about camping is just sitting around with my siblings and playing games. We have decided we are in a new era in our camping life. No longer can we have our fun. We have to have kid fun. So for the next 10 years or so we will just have to make camping fun for the kids and enjoy it with them. Which shouldn't be hard. Cuz isn't camping in general just fun!

Logan

2009-07-24T21:27:00.000-07:00

My mom-in-law watches my bro-in-law's kids every Tuesday. She has been trying to do something fun with them every week this summer. Last week we went up to Logan area and went to Western Heritage Park or something to that effect. They got to ride little ponies there. Ayla has been dying to get on a horse. She was so excited to ride the little pony. They also go to throw some little axes or something at logs for a game. It was just a little bit scary to have little kids throwing axes if you "axe" me. (Sorry I had to do it. That was totally for my husband.) There was a lot more to do, but with six kids (three 3 and under) it was getting too hot and time for lunch. We just couldn't make it. So we went and grabbed some lunch and took it to the park. They have a little zoo there as well. So we went and visited the animals after we ate and played on toys.

This week we were supposed to go to this place in Kaysville that has a little train, but for some crazy reason they are only open 8 times a year. So without any strollers for the two youngest kids, we decided we would go to Antelope Island. We were going to go to the beach and let the kids play a little bit, but when we got there we realized the water had receded so much that the walk was going to be a little farther than we wanted to take with the kids. So we went to the visitor center and looked at things there. Until my 3-year-old had a melt down. I have to admit, my girls and I didn't sleep very well the night before. I got woke up by one or the other child every hour except 6 o'clock. So my kids were cranky. In the end we left after a tantrum on the floor and one of her famous ear-piercing screams. I really do enjoy getting out with the kids and letting them hang out with their cousins too. I just hope it gets easier sometime.

July 4th

2009-07-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

This year Jordan had a show in Southern Utah on the 4th so I took the girls and went to Idaho for the weekend. It was so fun. We went to the parade with Heather and mom. We were at the beginning which worked good for us because of the three small kids. We didn't have to sit very long and wait for the parade. It was great! Afterwards we met dad and Merm for a picnic. We had decided to do hot dogs to make it easy. Merm brought his cooking stove. When he got there he asked if we had any way to cook them. Mom and I completely forgot about that. So we told him we had some sticks from the flags at the parade that we would make do. Then he asked if we had matches or anything to start a fire. Uh, nope! Just a little brain dead. Luckily dad was off for lunch break at work and he bought some lighters and brought them over. Later that light we went over to Andy and Nellie's house for the fireworks. I always enjoy watching Idaho Falls 4th of July fireworks. They are totally awesome. It was a great weekend with my family. Thanks guys!

Lily at 7-1/2 months

2009-06-29T16:09:00.000-07:00

Jordan's grandpa had a birthday party on Sunday at his aunt's house. They have the most beautiful yard. I decided to get some pics of Lily while we were there. We would have taken some of Ayla, but she is at grandpa and grandma Andrews house for the week. Here is just a few of many that were taken. Trying to get a baby to look at the camera when there are a bunch of people around isn't the easiest thing to do.

Utah Arts Festival

2009-06-29T16:03:00.000-07:00

On Friday Jordan and his band played in Salt Lake City for the Utah Arts Festival. It wasn't his original band, but the tribute band that they play in. Basically they have the band called The Wailing O'Sheas. They play Drop Kick Murphy and some other Irish punk music. I took Ayla and Lily down to watch them. It was pretty fun. It was a little on the hot side so after they were done playing we just went home instead of enjoying the rest of the exhibits and things.

Cherries

2009-06-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

We have a cherry tree in our backyard. This is really the first year I have picked the cherries off. The reason is that the birds have always eaten most of them before they were ripe. Well this year for some reason the birds have left most of them alone. I don't know if maybe the word has spread that our crazy bulldog mutt Daisy is a huge bird killer. She actually climbed a fence one time to jump up at a bird sitting in a tree near the fence. Poor thing. We ended up just having to put it out of its misery. But if it keeps the birds out of my cherry tree then so be it. Unfortunately, we didn't spray for worms. I had opened up about 50 and only found one with a worm. They are pretty tasty too.

Up

2009-06-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

We took Ayla to see Up in 3D. I really am learning to hate peoples opinions of movies. We had heard this was the best Pixar ever. Well I had really high hopes obviously, but then in the end it was just a good movie. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it. I just didn't see the hype over it. Here is a pic of Ayla with the 3D glasses on. We had a really bad experience at the movie to top it all off. The sound was horrible and you could barely understand what was even being said the whole movie. Maybe it would have been better if I could have heard it. Needless to say, they ended up refunding our money after the show was over.

Father's Day and Birthdays

2009-06-29T15:46:00.001-07:00

Jord was out of town for father's day this year so I decided I would spend father's day with my father. We also have three birthdays within a week or so as well so we decided to celebrate them on Sunday. Here are just some random pics of siblings and cousins hanging out. I really need to be better about taking more pics and making sure the batteries are charged.

Snake River Landing

2009-06-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

We went to Snake River Landing last weekend while we were in Idaho. They had some festival or something going on so we decided we would check it out. We got there just in time for Ayla to look out over the river, for us to eat some food, the storm to roll in, and for us to run to the car and go home. I did get a few pics while we were eating. Sorry they aren't the best of pictures.

Lily

2009-06-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

Just had to post this pic. She is such a sweetie. She loves when people talk to her. She will always give them a smile. If only she would sleep at night, she just might be the perfect baby. Oh wait, and take a bottle and not be a mommy's girl.

Christmas Train

2009-06-17T22:49:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday we went to Ogden to see the Disney's "A Christmas Carol" train. It was here promoting the show that will be coming out this November. Basically it was four train cars that you walked through and looked at things and video of the movie. It was pretty cool. The first two cars had old English clothes and Charles Dickens books on loan from the London Museum. The next two cars were showing how they used morphing to turn actors into many characters. Like Jim Carey plays Bob Crachit, Tiny Tim, and Scrooge. They also showed how they used suits and things to make it 3D. They had models of the house they used for the cartoon. They are just white and then they add the color into the cartoon. I don't know if i can really explain it all that well. Anyway, at the end they had computers where you could morph your own face into Tiny Tim, the ghost of Christmas Past, or Scrooge. It was hilarious to see. Anyway, here are some pics of the day. It was really fun to get out with Jord and the girls and enjoy the morning together.

Happy Birthday!

2009-05-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

There are so many birthdays in both Jordan's and I's families in May. Last Monday we had a get-together with Sara and Jimmy because they were not able to come to our party on Tuesday for Jordan and Ayla. That night we made dinner and then had cake. I decided I would put ever last candle on that cake. It is also Jimmy's birthday on the 30th so we celebrated it as well. In all there were 59 candles on the cake. As the picture was being taken, Lily decided she would grab a glass off the table and completely shatter it. It was such a mess to clean up.

Then on Tuesday we had a party with Jordan's family for him and Ayla. Ayla said she wanted a dragonfly cake so i did my best. We just had a bbq and hung out with the family. And of course we had some peach pie for Jordan. That his the one thing he has to have on his birthday is homemade peach pie.

This past Memorial Day weekend we went to Idaho. We generally go camping, but we ended up just hanging out with mom and dad and the fam. It was really fun. We had another birthday party on Saturday for Jordan, Ayla, Nellie, and Conner. So many birthdays. We played games and ate more food. Ayla wanted a car cake for this party and it had to be blue.

Today is Jord's birthday so we went to Tony's Pizza in Ogden. It is his favorite pizza place, mostly because of the dressing they put on their salads. We even had to buy a bottle to bring home. Then his mother made him another peach pie so we went over there to eat some. Apparently, you can never have too much peach pie.

Anyway, just wanted to say happy birthday to my fam, especially my awesome husband and adorable daughter. Only one more year Jord. Enjoy it!!!

What do you get?

2009-05-08T23:36:00.000-07:00

What do you get when you take a 3-year-old, a nearly new role of toilet paper, and a toilet?

The very next day I found about half a roll in the garbage can. Kids!

Randy

2009-05-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

Today is the 3rd year anniversary of Jordan's dad passing away. It is so fitting that he passed away on this day. He loved Mexican food and was always speaking Spanish to me. He loved to tell jokes. I am sure I heard some of his jokes 4-5 times, but I still laughed at them because he would always get a kick out of telling a joke. He was a great guy. I wish my kids would have got to meet him. He passed away two weeks before our first kid was born. We will never forget you. We will all drink a Coke for you tonight. Happy Cinco de Mayo! We love you and miss you.

Every good bath needs a poop break

2009-04-28T22:02:00.001-07:00

Easter Pics

2009-04-13T22:32:00.001-07:00

We had a great Easter this year, as always. Went to church, had a nap, then a delicious dinner at grandma's with an Easter egg hunt.

Peepster 2009

2009-04-13T22:17:00.001-07:00

Our friends Jimmy and Sara do a Peepster party every year. This year they invited us and the girls to come. We had the kids color eggs and then do a peepster hunt in the backyard. Then while they were watching a movie we colored our eggs and had a decorating competition. I would have to say that Jord got jipped on that one. I ended up winning with my playboy bunny egg. He had a pretty nice peep egg. Then the kids hid eggs for the adult egg hunt. We also had a peep puzzle competition to see you could get their puzzle together first. The only problem was both puzzles were mixed together and you had to figure out which one went to which. We did peep trivia where if you got the answer wrong you had to eat a peep. Needless to say, we were very sick to our stomachs from the peeps. We had a great time at our first Peepster. Thanks Jimmy and Sara!

The Easter Egg Perspective

2009-04-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

HAHAHAHAHA!

2009-04-10T23:05:00.001-07:00

Congrats Jord!

2009-04-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

Jordan got the call today from the record label and they got the contract. They have been in contact with the president of the company for about a month or so. They were just informed today after a meeting with everybody at the label that they wanted to sign them. It is a small label in Wisconsin, but perfect for what they need right now. They will help fund production and mastering of their CD, as well as promotion to radio stations. Finally, after more than a year this CD will finally get out. Just wanted to tell Jord congrats and I love you.

Lily

2009-03-26T07:19:00.000-07:00

We had some pics of Lily taken a couple of weeks ago. I know the quality sucks because I just took a picture of the pics with my camera, but at least you can see them. I didn't want to have to go downstairs and turn the computer on to use the scanner. Heck, i don't even know if the scanner works.

50 Things

2009-03-16T16:20:00.001-07:00

1. Do you like blue cheese? In moderation.
2. Have you ever smoked a cigarette? Nope.
3. Do you own a gun? No, but my husband wants one bad.
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic- The only drink I have had is a cherry slushie, which was good.
5. Do you get nervous before a doctors appointment? Not unless there is a procedure involved.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? They are pretty good, especially with ketchup, mustard, onions, and pickles.
7. What is your favorite Christmas song? I don’t really have a favorite one.
8. What do you like to drink in the mornings? Milk
9. Can you do push ups? Yeah. I should be able to do more after this heavy baby I carry around.
10. What is your favorite Movie? I don’t really have a favorite movie.
11. What is your favorite piece of Jewelry? I would have to say my wedding ring.
12. Favorite Hobby? Dancing
13. Do you work with people who idolize you? I work from home, so nope.
14. Do you have ADD? NO!
15. What is the trait that you hate about your self? Not very outgoing
16. What is your middle name? Lee
17. Name 3 thoughts at this moment: I am tired, I can’t wait until the kids go to bed, and what am I going to make for dinner.
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday: I didn’t buy anything yesterday.
19. Current worries right now. Work
20. Current hate right now: sinuses
21. Favorite place to be: with all of my family
22. How did you bring in the new year? We had some friends over to the house. It was just supposed to be two friends, but somehow they invited people who invited people and it ended up being eight people over.
23. Where would you like to go? Somewhere warm and relaxing.
24. Name 3 people who will do this? Heather, Mom and ?
25- Who's answers do you want to read the most. Anyone who participates
26. What color shirt you wearing right now? pink
27. Do you like sleeping in satin sheets? No. It is hard enough keeping the blankets on the bed with cotton ones.
28. Can you whistle? Yeah
29. Favorite color? Blue or purple
30. Would you be a pirate? Heck no.
31. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower. I might hum if one is stuck in my head.
32. Favorite girls name- Ayla and Lily
33. favorite boys name- Miles.
34. Whats in your pocket right now? Chapstick of course. I don’t leave home without it.
35. Last thing that made you laugh? Probably something Ayla said. You know how 2-year-olds are.
36. Bed sheets as a child? Strawberry Shortcake
37. Worst injury you've ever had? I guess my broken toe.
38. Favorite snack. Anything sweet.
39. Favorite thing to do on Sunday: Take a nap.
40. Who is your loudest friend? I don’t really have any loud friends.
41. How many dogs do you have? 2
42. Does someone have a crush on you? My husband of course.
43. What is your favorite book? Any good read.
44. What is your favorite candy? Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Snickers
45. What is your favorite sports team? Utah Jazz
46. What songs do you want played at your funeral? Good question.
47. What were you doing at midnight last night? Just getting to bed.
48. What was the first thing you thought this morning? Ayla, please go back to sleep.
49. What is your favorite meal? Chicken, potatoes and gravy
50. Where is your happy place: at home

The LIfe of a Mother.

2009-03-14T22:19:00.000-07:00

I had a terrible night last night. Part of it is my fault. I have a bad habit of going to bed late. I figure by the time I get the kids to bed I need "my time" and it usually goes to late. So I went to bed about 1:00 and was just about to fall asleep when Ayla woke up. She does this every night. She is on like a four-hour cycle where she wakes up after sleeping for four hours. She throws a fit if she has to go back to bed. Another thing that is my fault is that I have allowed her to come to bed with me. I am just too exhausted to deal with it and know i will get more sleep if i just let her sleep in bed with me. Then at 1:15, just as i was about to fall asleep again, Lily woke up. So i fed her. She woke up again at 2, 3, and five because her binky fell out. Then at six she had to be fed again. I had just fallen asleep when i heard a loud thump. Ayla had fallen off of our bed. Now our bed sits up pretty high and it was about a 3 ft fall or so. I jumped out of bed and picked her up. She said she hurt and so I took her to the kitchen to use a dimmer light to look at her. She had a massive bloody nose and a fat lip. The poor girl. So i ended up cleaning her face, hands, hair. It was everywhere, including all over me. So finally at 6:30 everything was cleaned up and I was ready to go back to bed for a couple more hours. Well my darling little girl decided she was done sleeping and wanted to watch Dora. I couldn't go back to bed and ended up just working the morning away. Gotta love being a mom!

Sitting here thinking.

2009-03-10T23:12:00.000-07:00

So Jord has been bugging me to write on the blog. I am a little lazy about it lately. I am not saying i have a ton of time on my hands with work and two little sweeties, but I really just haven't been in the mood to do it. So I am sitting here on the couch thinking what in the heck i would write about as I listened to Jordan and his friend talk politics at 12:15 at night. Then I decided i would just write about them. These two could go on and on. His friend's wife texted him at 10:50. Jimmy got up of the couch and said goodbye about 11:00. It is now 12:15. These two have the weirdest relationship. It is almost like when you are dating someone and you have to say goodbye for the night and you just take your time cuz you really don't want to say goodbye. Well they will start out with getting off the couch. Twenty minutes later it moves to the stairs. Another 20 minutes later Jimmy is at the bottom of the stairs. And yes it goes on. Jord at the door and jimmy outside. For another 20 minutes. It would end on the steps if it was warm outside. These two are just two peas in a pod. I guess if it weren't for politics it wouldn't be this way, but it is what makes my husband the way he is. I am glad I am not married to someone who just lives in a bubble and doesn't pay attention to what is happening in the world. Well, it is almost 12:30 now. It is now time for me to start the above process (getting jimmy out the door) so I can get to bed.

My Beautiful Family

2009-02-23T22:42:00.000-08:00

All About Jennifer Lee Andrews Olsen III

2009-02-21T23:14:00.001-08:00

Jenn wanted me to do this blog post. I don't know if she thinks maybe she will find a dark deep secret or what. j/k

1. She’s sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? One Tree Hill / 90210 / Friday Night Lights / Gossip Girl / House / Prison Break / ER / My Name Is Earl / The Office
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does she get on his salad? Ranch. Especially if we’re at Ligories.
3. What's one food she doesn't like? Shrimp. I can’t get her to eat one for the life of me!
4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Coke. The hard stuff.
5. Where did she go to high school? Shelly High School. Home of the potatoes.
6. What size shoe does she wear? Like, totally, 6.5
7. If she was to collect anything, what would it be? Rings, necklaces, or shoes. You should see the collection she has already! But honestly, she’s been doing a good job of collecting family pictures as of late. Has them all date stamped and everything.
8. What is her favorite type of sandwich? Turkey & Avocado with lettuce, tomato, pickle, olive and light mayo. Or a Sunday Afternoon Egg Sandwich.
9. What would this person eat every day if she could? Chicken & Potatoes.
10. What is her favorite cereal? Oatmeal… is her least fav. I’d probably say Frosted Shredded Wheat or Lucky Charms, since that’s what she eats most.
11. What would she never wear? A cowboy hat. A tube top. A shirt that said “aww yeah dawg!”
12. What is her favorite sports team? Utah Jazz
13. Who did she vote for? Davis County Commissioner Louenda Downs. Oh, you mean for President? John McCain.
14. Who is her best friend? It’d be a tie between Keeley, Heather & Nyle. But I’m her best friend that she makes out with. And it’s awesome!
15. What is something you do that she wishes you wouldn't do? Be late all the time. But she finds my short comings charming… at least I tell myself that.
16. What is her heritage? English with a mix of Hotti-arabia
17. You bake her a cake for her birthday; what kind of cake? German Chocolate cake with caramel drizzled topping with toffee bits.
18. Did she play sports in high school? Basketball, track & dance
19. What could she spend hours doing? Playing cards around the dinner table with her family.
20. What is one unique talent she has? Well there’s this thing she does with her tongue… uh, playing piano. But honestly, her best talent is being an awesome mother. She has always had a special gift for taking care of and raising kids. She’s an amazing mother, and that is def a rare talent these days.

All About Jordan

2009-02-20T13:07:00.000-08:00

Keeley wanted me to do this blog post. I don't know if she thinks maybe she will find a dark deep secret or what. j/k.

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Simpsons (with Ayla on his lap.)
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Oil and vinegar if it is up to his standards. Otherwise ranch.
3. What's one food he doesn't like? anything with "cream of" anything
4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? diet coke
5. Where did he go to high school? Davis High
6. What size shoe does he wear? like 12-13 depending on the shoe.
7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? guitars, although he did say the other day he would like to collect organs (the playing kind, not body parts.)
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? that is a good question. He does like the Blimpies best.
9. What would this person eat every day if he could? hot dogs
10. What is his favorite cereal? not sure about that one. i guess honey bunches of oats.
11. What would he never wear? a pink shirt
12. What is his favorite sports team? Utah Jazz
13. Who did he vote for? you know, i can't remember the guy's name to tell the truth.
14. Who is his best friend? me of course, but guy friend is Jimmy
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? nag him about things. simple solution though, Just do it!
16. What is his heritage? Danish
17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? he actually prefers peach pie for his birthday.
18. Did he play sports in high school?football for a bit
19. What could he spend hours doing? music
20. What is one unique talent he has? writes music

Happy Anniversary!!!

2009-02-09T21:38:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary to my awesome husband. He is a great guy. I am so thankful to have him in my life. The past seven years have just flown by. I am greatful for the way he loves me, for our two beautiful daughters, how he will watch my girly shows with me during the week, how he makes me his Sunday egg sandwiches, and all his silly jokes. Yes, they are silly and i do laugh. Even if it is just inside. Love you Jordan!

Celebrating 7 Years Of Awesome

2009-01-31T22:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,
This is Jordan. I'm laying next to my beautiful bride right now as we celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. Actually, our anniversary isn't until February 9th, but due to schedule conflicts we're celebrating early.

We're currently chilling at the Red Lion Hotel in Idaho Falls over looking the Idaho Falls Temple and the river. That was where we were married seven years ago. It's beautiful to look out and see the temple glowing on a cold January evening, while tucked away warm with my wife.

We were just looking over the blog at our beautiful children and reminiscing over how much Ayla has grown up over the past 9 months that Jenn has been posting this blog. And how fast Lily grew those mountainous cheeks of hers in just under 3 months. Time goes by so fast. It's unreal to think I've been married to Jenn for this long. And in the grand scheme of things this is just a blip on the radar. She's an amazing person and a wonderful mate. I'm so lucky to have her in my life and to love me.

Plus she's smoking hot. Seriously.

Pics for Keeley

2009-01-23T12:14:00.000-08:00

Keeley is in withdrawal and has been bugging me about getting pics up. So here is to Keeley.

2009-01-23T12:02:00.000-08:00

So I have been trying to give Ayla some more space to do what she wants without me looking over her shoulder all the time. She is only 2, but I feel like I am constantly telling her not to do things. Well the past couple of days I have found her doing things and wonder if maybe I gave her a little too much space. I was busy one morning and so I gave the girls to Jord to take care of. He ended up dozing off in bed with Lily while Ayla played in our bedroom. I went in to see what they were all doing and found that Ayla had decided that Cleveland needed some lotion. A lot of it. Unfortunately I did not get a pic of it. I just didn't want a dog caked in lotion running through the house if you know what I mean. Then the next day she was in the bathroom playing around. She likes to get into my makeup and Jord has specifically told her that makeup is for mommy, not Ayla. So when i asked her what she was doing she told me "nuffin", which is her way of saying nothing. Too cute. Then she told me she was not in the makeup because makeup is for mommy. At least she is learning. So i decided to go in and see what she was up to. She was doing her hair. She had caked a whole bunch of gel on the top of her head. That i did get a picture of. Although i don't think the pic does it justice. I was a total mess. So then later that day i found her in my bedroom. I should realize by now that if she is in my room it always means trouble. Especially if she forces the dogs to go in and then closes the door. Well this time it was Daisy who got the lotion bath. You got to love toddlers. As much stress as she is I wouldn't trade her for the world. She is my little sweatheart.

Rockin Out

2009-01-13T09:25:00.000-08:00

Jord had band practice last night down in the basement. Ayla came to me with her ukelele that we got in Hawaii for her. She said "Play guitar with daddy downstairs." So I let her go. I tried to upload the video, but it wouldn't work. So here is a pic.

2009-01-13T08:32:00.000-08:00

Here is the pic of my sweetie. So freaken cute!

Two months old

2009-01-11T21:58:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe it has already been two months since Lily was born. She is growing like a weed. She is actually keeping up with Ayla at that age, except for she grew long way faster. She now weighs 12 pounds and is 23-3/4 inches long. She has grown 3-3/4 inches in two months. Unbelievable! Ayla had only grown 1-1/2 inches. I guess I am doomed to be the shortest in my family. It really should be no surprise. I would have posted a pic, but I don't have one available right now so it will have to come later.

Blessing Day

2009-01-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we blessed our beautiful little Lily. We had family come up from Idaho and then all of Jord's family from here come. It was so fun to have everyone here. On Saturday my mother and I took Lily to get some pics done before she grew out of her blessing dress. She is growing like a weed. She has put on about 5 pounds in two months. Anyway, here are the pics we took along with some from yesterday after the blessing.

A Christmas Carol

2008-12-23T22:43:00.000-08:00

Tonight Jord, Ayla, and I went to see "A Christmas Carol" at his grandpa's theater. It has been four years since we have seen it. It was nice to see again after so long. Plus it gets us in the Christmas spirit. Ayla was pretty good, which we worried about. She loved it. She wanted to go out and dance on the floor during intermission, which she did. We got a picture of her and her great aunt Jacci. She plays the spirit of Christmas past. The santa is actually Jord and I's sis-in-law's dad. He gives out candy canes to the kids after the play and is the spirit of Christmas present. The only bad part of the night is when Jord reminded me that I would be turning 30 in a couple of days. I looked at the clock and at that very moment it was 37 hours away. I am so dreading being 30. I guess there is no turning back, might as well embrace it. In case I don't get on anytime soon. Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you enjoy your day.

Ayla & Lily Wish You A Merry Christmas!

2008-12-19T08:13:00.000-08:00

Ayla and Lily

2008-11-27T11:08:00.001-08:00

Ayla has not been too fond of Lily as of yet. She tolerates her more than anything. She usually throws a fit about me holding her the minute i start feeding her. While I was in the hospital I was nursing Lily and Ayla wanted to know what i was doing. Jord thought it would be a great learning opportunity and so he showed her and explained it to her. Well when i got home from the hospital i found her on the couch one day feeding her baby. I just had to take a picture. Also, because of some major swelling I had I was using a donut to sit on and you can see her sitting on it in the pic. She had to do it just like mommy.

Idaho

2008-11-27T10:58:00.000-08:00

The past couple of weeks have been fun spending time with my parents in Idaho. I got to see my new little niece, Tessa, for the first time. She is so tiny. She was born four days before Lily and Lily looks about a month older. She is such a cutie.

We had to make a quick trip down to Utah for some doctor appointments. Lily had her two week check and the doctor said is diagnosis was "perfect". Then i had my appointment to have things checked out. The doctor said that things looked good and I possibly may not need to have surgery. My sutures had come out of my episiotomy and she had never had that happen to her before so she was not quite sure what to do about it. It was a very painful week though. So now i just have to meet with the general surgeon next week for my hernia. We will see how things go from there.

Lily May

2008-11-27T10:48:00.001-08:00

Well it has been awhile since Lily was born. I have been spending time in Idaho with my parents while I got better from some post delivery issues. After 12 hours of labor i ended up with a hematoma that was excruciatingly painful. Of course, my epidural had started wearing off right before i had to push and then had no numbing when the hematoma occurred. I had been in labor for 11-1/2 hours and only dilated to a 5. They were worried about having to do a repeat C-section because she was showing signs of possible distress. Luckily, I dilated from a 5 to a 10 in 30 minutes because the little girl had decided to wrap the cord around her neck three times. I am so glad that things turned out okay. I guess i will just have to be wary about cord issues with future pregnancies. It seems like a recurring theme for me.

Lily May is here... and she's pissed!

2008-11-10T13:15:00.000-08:00

Ok, so she's not pissed. Actually she's super cute and sweet. We've been getting a lot of calls from everyone wanting to see pictures of her so I wanted to come and post them. When Jenn is feeling better she'll hop on and give her play-by-play from yesterday.

In the meantime here is my play-by-play... Jenn got prego back in February and now Lily is here.

~ Jordan

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

So Ayla was tinkerbell this year. I had bought her an outfit two sizes big and it was still too small. Luckily my sister-in-law happened to have one from her girls. She got so many compliments last night. I took her over to see her Grandma Olsen first and then met Jord at home. I had not heard that our ward was doing a trunk-or-treat, but when we got home our neighbor asked if we were going. It was already 6 and had started at 5:30. We hurried over and hit a 5 or 6 cars that were still handing candy out. She even got to see her friend Taylor (who was not dressed up because she had just gotten her tonsils out that day). Then Jord took her around the block while I went home. Walking was just not very comfortable yesterday. When she got back she was so excited because her pumpkin had "lots of candy in it." So here are the pics. Enjoy.

Too much trust?

2008-10-30T19:04:00.000-07:00

So Ayla got this prize at her friend's Halloween party last week. She found it today and so I decided to let her open it up. It was a disney princess stamp pad with some stamps. I wasn't really sure if I should let her play with it, but I figured she could do it once and then I would throw it away. I showed her how to use it and then walked away. I came back to find that she had taken the ink pad and stamped it all over her hands. I guess it is a good thing Halloween is tomorrow. I can just say it is part of the costume maybe. I don't know, Tinkerbell getting in a fight with another fairy and winning?

Baby Update.

2008-10-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

Well I had my appointment today. My doctor is not going to be in the office before my due date so I am going to start seeing the doctor that delivered Ayla. If I go clear to 40 weeks again this baby will be another 8 pound baby. How fun for me. She is so adorable though, and a wiggle worm. She wouldn't hold still long enough for the ultrasound tech to look at her heart. So the plan is just to wait until Lily decides it is time for her to come. It is just nice to how have a better idea of who will be delivering and what will be going on in the next three weeks.

Thanksgiving Point

2008-10-16T22:54:00.001-07:00

Ayla and I spent the day with some of Jordan's family at Thanksgiving Point today. It was such a beautiful day to go too. We went and enjoyed some yummy sandwiches at the deli and then Sandy and I took Ayla to their little Halloween thingy there. It had a lot of things for kids to do. She was jumping on this trampoline thing. They had one for little kids, which worked well. She thought she had to go on the big one with the big kids though. It freaked me out because I was just waiting for her to go flying and roll down the mat. She survived though. They had this pumpkin tree, but I didn't get a picture of it. It is made of wood and they have all these carved pumpkins on it. At night they turn the lights on inside them and they light up. They were pretty cool. She enjoyed the cow train ride through the pumpkin patch. When they came back I went to get her out and she put her hand up and said, "No out." She is so funny sometimes. She loved the many slides they had there too. She just kept running back to get in line to go down them. She looked like she was getting worn out, but amazingly she didn't fall asleep on the hour drive home. It was a pretty fun day and it was nice to spend it with my little sweetie while she was having a blast. Here are some pics. Hope you enjoy!

Just My Luck

2008-10-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

So I had my doctor appointment today. I have 30 days left until this little one is due. I got a call last week that my doctor had an emergency and they needed to schedule me with another provider. So I go in to see the midwife today. The nurse started taking my blood pressure and then started asking me if they told me if I knew that my doctor would be out of the office for four weeks. What??? After he said he would make sure he would be around for this delivery this time. (He was out of town when I had Ayla.) I just happened to glance at my blood pressure and noticed it was rather high for me, 133/82. He apparently had a heart attack last year and he had gone into the hospital to have an angioplasty. He would be in the hospital and then recovering for awhile. Just my luck. When the midwife came in she brought the blood pressure machine with her. She said they were going to retake my blood pressure because it just wasn't normal for me. I told her it was probably cuz i was freaking out about the situation the very moment they were taking it. She laughed and said probably so. By the way, my blood pressure is great, 119/72, as expected. So I am kind of just in limbo as far as what will happen. He could possibly be back two weeks before I am due, but definitely the last week I am due. So I guess that is some good news. I went clear to 40 weeks with Ayla so they are pretty sure that I will make it to the end and be able to have my own doctor deliver Lily. It wouldn't be such a big deal, but I do not want another C-section and not every doctor will do a regular delivery after a C-section. Anyway, i was really hoping to get this little girl out at least a week early, but i guess i will have to keep her cooking for longer. Maybe it is a sign that I should change doctors.

Boy Was I Wrong

2008-10-12T17:01:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Jord and I went to his brother's play at Weber State. It was supposed to snow yesterday and and as we were driving there it was all sunny. I told Jord I just didn't think it was going to snow. Well during intermission I went to use the bathroom and there were huge snowflakes coming down. So I guess I was wrong. Of course we were clear up on the mountain side. It didn't stick, which it wasn't a surprise. Then this morning when I woke up at 5:30 I looked outside to see that it had snowed some. Wrong again. Finally, Ayla woke us up at 8:00 to find 5 inches of snow covering the ground. Let's just say I was COMPLETELY wrong when I said I didn't think it was going to snow. It started melting even though it continued to snow for about another 6 hours or so. Oh, and just a side note, WEBER BEAT MONTANA STATE!!!!! They are now nationally ranked 12. It is about time they finally have a decent team. It has been a long time coming.

Holy crap, the Internet!

2008-10-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, this is Jordan. I know I'm using Jenn's user name and your first thought was "Sweet! Jenn just posted a new blog! I can go check out what's going on in her life." Well sorry to disappoint you but it's just me, Jordan. And I really don't have anything that interesting to say. I'm just taking up a lot of space and frankly I'm wasting your time. You'd think I'd be a bit more appolgetic about abusing the Internet but I'm sorry, I'm just not.

You're still reading? Didn't you see how I said I was just wasting time? Seriously, precious time. How much free time do you have in the day? Like 30 minutes, right? So are you sure you want to waste 2 minutes of that free time reading this? I mean, that's like 1/15 of your daily free time. You could be watching One Tree Hill (OTH is the official acronym I found out tonight by reading one of Heather's posts) or debating the issues facing our upcoming Presidential election.

Ok, since you're still reading I'll give you a nugget of valuable information... Jenn is freaking hot! Honestly, she is beautiful. I think Jenn is most beautiful when she's pregnant. It so amazing to see her at the peak of womanhood, cooking a baby in her stomach. And she's sitting next to me right now and she doesn't even know that I'm posting this. But seriously... H to the OT!

Also, just to get you up to speed... Jenn is now totally into the new 90210. She watched it tonight and I just know she's going to start DVR'ing them and watching them each week. Now instead of just watching House on Tuesdays it'll be House and 90210.

K. That's all I have. I'm really surprised you read all that. But that's cool that you did because you stuck around long enough to get the most valuable information of your year.... which is.... your lucky numbers: 24, 13, 2, 87, 45, 11

Dropping!!!!

2008-10-05T08:20:00.000-07:00

So the past few days I have had a real hard time trying to keep my pants up. I dawned on me that it is probably because the baby is dropping. My pants just do not fit the way they used to. So I am hoping this baby comes at least a week early. That would be really nice. Hopefully I don't have this baby before Nellie does though. Or the worse, at the same time. Well I officially have 39 days to go and I cannot wait until Lily is here. It will be nice to have my body back and not have this dang hernia.

I'm back for the second time this month!

2008-09-28T23:11:00.000-07:00

So this week has kind of sucked. Ayla and I got back from South Carolina on Monday. Yes I still have not put pics up yet. Maybe one of these days. Anyway, so while we were gone Jordan had absolutely nothing to do. Then the week we get back he has four shows. Somehow I have been handling it. He actually had a show in Park City last night that was really good for him. The booker really liked them and wanted them to come back for Sundance to possibly open up for Cake, a band that he and I like. So I am glad for him that some shows work out good for him. I just really missed seeing him this past week. He was on Park City Television for one of their art programs and on Thursday. I got back from volleyball and Ayla and I watched it. She was so excited to see her Daddy on the t.v. She didn't quite understand the concept though because she kept saying "Daddy talk." She even started crying when he wouldn't talk back to her. She is so funny. She really misses her dad when he has his busy weeks. Well maybe I will post pics from the trip in the next day or two. At least the ones that my sister's have not put up already.

My Past Week.

2008-09-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Jord decided that he wanted to go on a mini vacation before Lily came. He pretty much is booked with shows and military drill every weekend until November. So we decided to go to LAva. Unfortunately the cheapest place to stay was like $80 and you didn't even get your own bathroom or tv. So we ended up getting a hotel in Pocatello. Jord came home Friday night from work and decided we should just leave that night and go to mom's and dad's for the night. Unfortunately still had work to do before we left so we didn't even leave until 9:00. We were planning on going to the Pocatello Zoo, but mom said she heard it was a crappy zoo and we should go to Tautphaus instead. So we went to the zoo there and then did the rides afterwards. Ayla really enjoyed the airplane rides and the octopus. I couldn't really get a good pic of her on the octopus because everytime they were in front of me they were backwards. AFter that we went to POcatello and got to the hotel and relaxed for a bit. Then we swam in the coldest swimming pool i have ever been in. The next day we went to Lava and swam there for a couple of hours. We wanted to get pizza there, but nothing was open. So we ended up going to Pocatello and eating. It was really nice just to be together as a fam and just relaxing and enjoying time together.

This Wednesday Ayla and i went swimming with our friends Taylor and Lindsey over at my brother-in-law's house. Ayla has really learned to love the water from swimming there. She even jumps off the diving board all by herself and swims the length of the pool with arm floaties. Unfortunately it turned out to be a bad day. We were taking them down the slide and doing okay. They had got done with the slide and were just swimming around for awhile. Then Taylor decided she wanted to go on the slide again. So Lindsey put her on the slide. She was ready to go down and Lindsey was going around to the end to make sure she went down okay. All of a sudden Taylor came falling backwards eight feet down the steps of the slide. She ended up landing on her head. We had to call 911 and she went to the hospital. She had lost concisousness for a minute. She ended up having a fractured skull on the top of her head. She is doing okay, but it sure makes you realize anything can happen to your kids at any time. I have definitely been loving on Ayla a lot more than usual since then.

I had my doctor's appointment this Wednesday also. Everything was great, except for i have a femoral hernia. I have had this lump in my groin area and some excrutiating pain in my leg for at least two months now. Apparently, it is supposed to go away after i deliver and i will just have to deal with the pain until then. Tylenol just isn't doing the job. So other than that, only 10-1/2 weeks to go. Yipee!!!

Well Ayla woke up Thursday at midnight with a sore ear. I was afraid it was an ear infection. Of course Jordan had left for Cedar City for a couple of shows that night and wouldn't be back until late Saturday night. The whole next day it was so sore you couldn't even touch it. Luckily for me, mom and dad were stopping in for the night. They always seem to be here just when i really need them. She didn 't sleep very well Friday night. She kept waking up almost every hour and then Saturday early at about 3:30 a.m. she finally fell asleep and stayed asleep for the night. Her eardrum had ruptured and started to drain. I drained the next day and i thought it was going to be okay, but it still stunk pretty bad. So we went and visted her doctor today and found out the eardrum is still pretty nasty. We got some antibiotics and ear drops and hopefully all will be well. He said he would just need to check on it in 3-4 weeks. It was then that i remember we would be flying in two weeks. He said that if it had healed up it might give her problems, but if not she would be fine. So what do you hope for, a long recovery so she is okay on the plane or a short one so that she gets better sooner.

All About Jordan

2008-08-07T16:45:00.001-07:00

Jord was complaining to me yesterday that he didn't have any pics of himself on the blog. So here are some pics of Jord. I told him the problem is that he is the one always taking the pics. In fact, some of the pics here are of him taking a pic of himself. You now officially have more pics of you on here than I do. I love you Jord.

Potty Training.

2008-07-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

So I finally decided to start potty training Ayla. It all started when she saw a Chevron commercial with a pink car talking. She said she wanted a pink car and I told her we would get one the next day if she went potty in the toilet. The next day she went potty and so we went and luckily found a pink polly pocket car. She loves cars so we went and bought some Hot wheels to hopefully bribe her into going to the bathroom. So far it is working. She even pooped the other day. She is so cute when she goes. She jumps up with her hands in the air and yells "I did it!" I have noticed if i put a pull-up on her she will undoubtedly pee in them. So when we are home i have been letting her go naked and she holds it in until i put her on the toilet. She is doing way awesome. So today we are out of cars and while we are at the store i think i am going to get some underwear for her and see if she adjusts to them easily. I suspect she will probably have accidents, but am hoping that it won't take long for her to realize they aren't the same as diapers and being wet isn't really all that fun. Wish me good luck. Here is a pic of her cars so far. She loves to drive them everywhere. She has them parked on her bed in this pic.

Andrews-Ross Reunion

2008-07-14T18:47:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we had the Andrews-Ross reunion. It was pretty fun. Would have liked to have seen more of my siblings though. Ayla and I got there on Friday about 4:15 and the others didn't show up until late that night. So we spent most of that day hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma Andrews. This is the first time Ayla has really spent any time with them. It didn't take her long to get her Great Grandpa Andrews to go and do whatever she wanted. At one point I called mom and told her they better hurry or dad would be replaced by his own father. On Saturday we had fun playing cards with Kent, Lynnette, Nellie, the grandparents, mom, and dad. Ayla spent an hour or so on some slip-n-slides that they had there for the kids to play on. She looked so funny with her diaper that i had to post the pics. HOpefully they come through okay because it was pretty bright outside. She went in the water before i got her a swimming diaper on her and as you can imagine she was completely logged down with water. She played so hard that she ended up going into the tent by herself and taking a nap. I may be a little partial, but i think i have the cutest little girl. Andy spent most of the time trying to rebrainwash Ayla by getting her to say that he was the best. Don't worry Keeley, she still says you are the best. Andy is now the best uncle. Overall it was a great time, just hanging out with family and relaxing.

Just a few pics I have been meaning to send.

2008-07-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

So here is an update of my life. Yes it is all about Ayla. She seems like the only thing I really take care of these days. Not that I am complaining. I wouldn't want it any other way. So we had our ultrasound last week and we are having a girl. Jordan's face completely lit up when he found out. He is so excited to have another little girl. They are pretty fun I have to admit. From the ultrasound pic, this baby looks a lot different than Ayla. I am sure she will be a cutie though. Ayla has been pretty excited about her little sis. Today she got to feel her kick. She had to lift up my shirt to make sure it was really the baby and I wasn't tricking her. She has been taking care of her babies a lot these days too. She has to put them up to the table and "feed" them. She even puts them to bed and tells me "shh". Anyway, here is a picture of Smooch and three of her four babies. Every once in awhile she forgets where she puts one and we have to hunt it down.

Ayla has been giving me fits when it comes to sleeping. For the past few nights I haven't been able to get her to sleep until 11:00 or later. I usually check on her when she sleeps. It is kind of a guily pleasure. She sleeps so deep that I can totally love on her and she doesn't even wake up. Well I went to check on her during her nap the other day and this is how I found her. At least she kept her diaper on.

So Ayla has been afraid of laying down in the tub on her back. She has been taking baths with her friend Taylor and all of a sudden got over her fear. Her favorite thing to do in the bath is lie on her back and talk really loud because she can't hear as well with her ears under the water. She has also started to tell me which towel she wants. Tonight she wanted her bunny towel. So I got that and then she was asking for my hair towel. She looked so cute I had to take a picture. What a cutie.

I had taken this picture of Ayla awhile back and couldn't believe how much she looked like Tymber. You can definitely tell they are family. I have had people say that our family gene pool is small and now I see why.

Little Dancer

2008-06-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

So it seems i have a little dancer on my hands. Ayla will go and pick out a CD, put it in the player, and then tell me "I wanna dance." She only likes it if there is a drum beat though. She will stop dancing if there isn't. And it has to be "fast" music. She is such a cutie. I would put the video ont, but it is way too big of a file. So here are some pics of her and Taylor dancing with their microphones.

2008-06-03T22:20:00.000-07:00

Man I didn't realize how long this was going to take. I was planning on getting to bed before midnight. Oh well, it was fun anyway.

1. Birthplace.

Idaho Falls, Idaho

2. Favorite Vacation

Hawaii

3. Favorite Color

Purple

4. Dream Career

Dancing of course.

5. Guilty Pleasure

Coke, especially when I am pregnant.

6. Favorite Hobby

Since i really don't have time for any hobbies, I guess reading would be one thing I would love to do.

7. Favorite Restaurant

I don't really have one, but I like Olive Garden.

8. Favorite Actor

I have always liked Denzel Washington

9. Favorite Actress

Reese Witherspoon. She is such a cutie.

10. Favorite Car

Well I must have deleted the pic. I don't really have a favorite car so i just picked the one I drive, my trailblazer.

11. Favorite Place to Shop

My pocketbook allows me not much at all. So I like to shop at Old Navy when I have the money.

12. Favorite TV Show

I really have too many, but One Tree Hill is definitley one of the top favorites.

13. Favorite Flower

Anything that Jord gives me. The pink ones remind me of some he gave me once before we got married.

14. Favorite Perfume.

Clinique Happy.

15. Favorite Cologne

Armani Mania

16. Where We Met

17. Where He Proposed

Near his family's land in Monte Cristo.

18. Where We Honeymooned

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Catching Up.

2008-05-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

Apparently I need to get blogging some more according to my sister. So here is an update of things I have wanted to put up, but have not had the time.

This is Ayla's friend, Taylor, that I watch every other Friday. They were born only two days appart from each other. It has been really good to have someone over for Ayla to learn to share and be nice too. It looks like they are fighting in the picture, but Ayla is just laughing at Taylor. Anyway, they have become quite the friends. They even look for each other in sacrament. It is pretty cute.

We had some pretty bad wind last Monday night. I had told Jord that he should not park under the basketball hoop because the pole wasn't looking very good. Well he didn't really listen to me. Luckily for him i woke up Tuesday morning to find that the basketball hoop hand been blown over, but it didn't fall completely. I took the picture after I told him to move the car of course. I ended up getting him a new one for an early father's day gift. Hopefully we can get it up this week.

We went camping for Memorial Day weekend. It wasn't too bad. It rained the first couple of days off and on. Sunday was awesome. Ayla's three favorite things were the seesaw, grandpa putting her up in the tree, and Hemi's kennel. She was such a little monkey. She didn't even want to come down out of the tree. Then when Conner saw Ayla in the kennel he thought it would be fun if they were both in there with Hemi locked in. I can't believe they all fit in there, but they had fun. At least the kids did. I can't really speak for Hemi. Jordan and Jimmy spent way too much time trying to recreate a Little House on the Prarie seen with the dogs. Hey, whatever makes them happy. We did the usual, like playing games and just hanging out. We even celebrated Jordan and Ayla's birthdays. Jordan's just happened to land right on Memorial Day this year. We sang happy birthday and then ate some cake. Overall it was a much needed relaxing weekend. Although, I have to admit the whole time I was just thinking about the five hours of work I had sitting at home waiting for me. At least I could just relax knowing there was no way I could do it while camping. I just can't wait until the next camping trip. I have some more pics from the trip that I will have to email to you all.

Happy Birthday Ayla!

2008-05-19T15:26:00.000-07:00

My little girl turned 2 today. It is crazy how fast time flies. We had a birthday party for her with Jordan's side of the family yesterday. She really enjoyed her cake again this year, although i limited it to just one piece instead of 1/3 of the one last year. Jordan and i got her a swingset and a picnic table with an umbrella. She was on her swing all day today. She can just sit there and swing for an hour. The jersey she is wearing is a Deron Williams jersey. Jimmy and Sara gave it to her Friday night just in case the Jazz lost. I guess it is a good thing they did because Boozer sucked hard core. Anyway, she always has to wear it. She has been wearing it to bed for the past two nights. I think tonight i might be able to get her in bed without it. She is such a sweetie. I just love her so much. Here are a few pics of the party.

Weekend Fun?

2008-05-14T15:21:00.000-07:00

Well this Saturday we went and got Ayla's birthday gift. We decided to go for a smaller swing and then a picnic table. It was only suppose to take us 2 hours to put together. No prob. So we thought anyway. We start putting the legs on and find that the screws are just barely long enough to fit through the holes. We end up have to use a huge wrench to clamp the metal together to get the screws through and the nuts on. Then we find out, because the instructions were as basic as can be, that one of the legs had to be turned a certain direction to get the teeter-totter on. So we had to take the legs apart and start over. Next was the slide. We start putting it together and the holes don't line up. We ended up just drilling new holes through the slide to make it work. The whole time I kept thinking, "Why in the heck does the slide sit so close to the swingset?" Well when we had it all put together it dawned on me. The slide was suppose to face the other direction. I guess that will just be fixed another day. So after 5 wonderful hours of putting a swingset together, we still have more work to do on it. You would think with the instructions that it came from China or something, but no, it came from Tennessee. I guess that could be a problem too, since I hear they have there own language there anyway. I have posted some pics of the swingset and Ayla completely enjoying it. I hope the next swingset won't be such a pain to put together.

Fun Posting.

2008-05-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

Use the 1st letter of your 1st name to fill in all the answers!
What is your name……………………Jennifer
4 Letter Word………………………… Jump
Vehicle………………………………… Jeep
City…………………………………… Junea
Boy Name……………………………… Jordan
Girl Name……………………………… Jessica
Alcoholic Drink………………………… Jack and Coke. (I totally cheated with Google)
Occupation……………………………… Janitor
Something you wear…………………………… Jump suit
Celebrity……………………………… Jennifer Lopez (Keeley's favorite :)
Food…………………………………… Jalapeno poppers (Another of Keeley's favorites)
Something found in a bathroom…………… Junk
Reason for Being Late………………… Just didn't want to go to work.
Something You Shout…………………… Jerk!
Body part………………………………… Jugular vein.

Come and play along too - make a blog post with your answers and leave me a comment letting me know you are playing along.

Baby's Heavy

2008-05-07T14:31:00.001-07:00

So Ayla said to me the other day, "Baby's heavy." I couldn't figure out what she was saying at first, but then she lifted her baby up on her shoulder like she was really heavy. I guess she has been picking up on me telling her that she is getting heavy. Anyway, here is a video of her doing it. At the end she says, "I want to see it." just in case you were wondering.

Doctor appointment

2008-05-02T09:16:00.000-07:00

Well on Tuesday I had my first doctor appointment. I was a little worried at first because he couldn't find the heartbeat. He eventually did though. I guess we have a little stubborn one. Well I have two little 2-year-olds fighting right now so I guess this is it for now.

Not enough time.

2008-04-30T12:59:00.001-07:00

Sorry I haven't really had time to post anything yet. Well, I did try posting the first day and then it wouldn't let me. Come to find out my blog was thought to be a spam blog or something and I had to send an email before I could do anything. Maybe if I have time after I take care of Ayla and work my butt off I will get posting something worth reading.