Won't You Be My Valentine?!

So my family and I had a great Valentines this year.  Natalie came in from Cali and we hung out all weekend long....which meant I left my husband all weekend long over Valentines day...I know I'm an awesome wife, but I did make it up to him.

Well, we had fun playing the Wii and going to lunch and all that sort of stuff but I didn't manage to pull out my camera until Valentine's Day...so here are the pictures I DO have.

This is me and Eden on Valentines day.  I totally copied Missy and bought the exact same dress she got for her little girl.  I just couldn't help myself.  It was too dang cute.

Lately when I try and take Eden's picture, this is what she does.  She LOVES her feet and wants to grab them any chance she gets.

my little valentine

While I was trying to take Eden's picture Ever was screaming her guts out because I wouldn't let her sit on the couch next to her (Ever is a little obessed).  So after I got a couple of good shots I let Ever get on the couch.

Ever smiling at Eden cuz she got her way

first it was just an arm behind Eden

Then it was two

Then it was a leg coming on top of Eden

notice the ever approaching leg...it one point it was across Eden

sheer joy for Ever...a look of terror for Eden

"I Love Her!"...you know that's what Ever is thinking

Eden giving in to the mauling..

Followed promtly by a kiss!

This is my gift to Les for Valentines day.

My cute card.  I got him a Steelers sweatshirt.  It was pretty sweet.  I'm not very crafty when it comes to presents for Les.  I either get him something Steelers or something Utah...the man is hard to buy for.

On a completely different note.  Natalie made Eden a bow and it was very cute so I took a picture.

My daughter is officially wearing all 6-9 mo and 6-12 mo clothes.  She's huge.  It makes me very sad...but she sure is cute!

Superbowl

This year for the superbowl we had planned to go to our lovely friend's house for the big game...unfortunately, my daughter decided to be a crazy person that day.  She would literally freak out and scream bloody murder for like 10 minutes straight for no apparent reason.  Earlier that day we attempted to go to church but barely made it through the sacrament before the melt downs began.  Needless to say we didn't finish church or leave the house that day.  I could not put her down.  I literally held her all day and now I'm feeling the effects...my back is KILLING me, but somehow I got her to smile for some much needed Eden's 1st Superbowl Pictures....

Les has been waiting since the day Eden was born for her to fit into this shirt.  He kept asking me if it would fit her yet..it was still a little big but we made it work. I, however, wanted to join in on the family shirt theme but I have yet to recieve a steelers shirt from my husband...

...because the Steelers weren't in the superbowl.

a moment of happiness (probably because she was being held)...

I just want you all to take a good look at these pants...these are 9 month pants!  My child is huge.  The waist on the 3-6 mo pants squeeze her guts out and are almost too short.  I just can't believe she fits in these pants.

Bronson decided he wanted "his headband" and stole it from Eden.  Everything is his.  He even calls Eden's bumbo "My Eden's Bumbo".  Once he put this on, he ran to his dad and yelled "surprise".  Chad immedately yelled at him to take it off....he just ran away and kept it on the rest of the night.

I just had to take a picture of Eden in this outfit.  I was loving it.  Notice the 3-6 month pants....they are a little to short and her belly is exploding out of the sides (sigh)...she's so big.

Tracy's 19...Say What?!

So my baby sis turned the big 1-9 on the 29th and we Hutchisons do what we do and it was awesome. This is the ubber cute hat I got for Tracer on her birthday.

Totally cute right?  If you know Tracy, you know she rarely wears clothes.  She pretty much lives her days in sweats so I thought this hat might spruce up her wardrobe. We took Tracy to lunch for her birthday and after lunch we went and visited Marcia and the chillin'.  Ever was so excited to see Eden.  She just wanted to hold her.  We thought it was hilarious.  Here are some pictures of her practicing to be a big sister.

We told Ever to make her funny face and this is the face she gave us.  Oh man, she's hilarious!

Ever would not let Eden out of her sight...where ever Eden was that's where you'd find Ever.  As you can see I couldn't even hold my baby without Ever on my lap as well. Marcia, you better guard your baby like a hawk.

Here's Tracy with her favorite niece

True to form we had an AWESOME theme for Tracy's birthday.  She wanted a Mexican Feista with the essence of a tiger.  Here is what we came up with.  (mind you that cake is ALL me...ya I'm awesome)

decor

my mom decided to embrace the essence of a tiger theme

My mom didn't decide to start decorating until 12am and so she asked me to help.  As tired as I was I pulled this out of my bag of tricks

I even wrapped all the presents

The mexican fiesta came into play with the food.  We had Cafe Rio salads...delic

Tracy with my creation. If you didn't know the tiger was peering out from the jungle...hence the leaves

Making a wish...I'm pretty sure it was to find a boyfriend this year...just a guess

Look at Dan Barrett's face...oh man...love Dan Barrett. 

On a completely different note, what's a post without some cute pictures of my baby.  While I was up at my mom's I gave her a bath in the sink and Tracy and I were dying because she was just lounging out.  I was cracking up.

Eden LOVES her baths

I also snagged this jumper from Marcia before I left and Eden is loving it.  She just sits in there and plays forever, which is great for me, since it gives me some time to eat and get laundry done.  Thanks Marc!

MAN! that's a cute baby

Oh I forgot...About a week ago Miss Eden went to her 4 month check up. Here are her stats:

Weight: 15 lbs 6 oz  94%

Height: 25 inchc  90%

Head: 34cm   70%

Height/Weight Combined 40%

So pretty much the doctor told me that she's proportionate for her height and weight, just a really big 4 month old. He also told me that I could start feeding her fruits and veggies...but that's an entire post itself...so stay tuned.

Hardware Ranch and 4 MONTHS OLD!

A few weeks back my family bundled up and headed to Logan to Hardware Ranch.  We took a sleigh ride to go see the elk. Ever couldn't be happier.  You'd think the child had won the lottery.  She couldn't stop smiling or laughing. She was so happy to be outside with her favorite people...which of course is my family.

Here is Eden all bundled up.  I kid you not that girl could barely move she was so bundled.  She didn't care much for the elk.  She just slept.  If I moved the blanket off her face she would grunt and then snuggle her face back into the blanket.  Maybe next year she'll actually look at the elk.

Here we are on the wagon driving around.  It was so fun to see the little kids get excited about the elk.  Bennett wouldn't stop talking.  We had no idea what he was saying but we could tell he was having a good time. Ever, on the other hand, was having the time of her life.  The wagon was really bumpy and so my dad was holding onto her to make sure she didn't fall over but a couple of times there he about lost her over the side.  Ever could have cared less.  She thought she was on a roller coaster ride and was loving every bounce and bump along the way.

There were over 500 elk in this field.  Despite the lovely aroma, it was pretty fun to see the animals so up close.

On a completely different note, one morning I was trying to get ready for the day and I asked Les to watch Eden for a minute so I could get some stuff done.  Well, when I came out of the bedroom this is how I found them.

Eden is SO her father's child.  she is a TV junkie just like him.  I just started die laughing when I saw them.  She wouldn't even look at the camera because she was too involved with the football that was on the TV. 

Eden is getting so big and I've decided I'm totally one of those moms who is sad to see her baby grow. So lately I've been taken A TON of pictures.

Eden loves her bumbo.  The first time I put her in it she just kept smiling.  She feels so big to be sitting up and she just smiles at you like "look how big I am!"  It's adorable!

She is still working on the whole sitting up straight part though.  She tends to lean and sometimes it looks like she doing the hoola hoop but she LOVES her bumbo.

Eden also loves her swing.  She hasn't quite figured out the jumping part yet but she loves to sit in it and twirl around.  I think she just likes feeling like she standing up all by herself.  Man, she's so stinking cute!

My baby is 4 months old today.  Time is just flying by.  I am already dreading the coming August.  I really don't want to leave my baby and head back to school so I'm determined to have the best/busiest 8 months I can.  Here are some of the things Eden is doing:

*She loves to sit up in her bumbo

*She loves to grab anything within arms reach and immedately shove it in her mouth

*She is talking up a storm

*She thinks it hilarious when she has a stinky bum and I change it and tell her pee-eww.  She laughs and laughs when I make a face and tell her she's disgusting

*She loves to lay under her play mat and grab all the toys

*She can almost roll over...we are still working on this one

*She has definately entered "stranger danger" mood.  She doesn't want anyone to hold her except me (wtih of course the rare exception of Les...and that's only sometimes)

Eden and I had a little photo shoot the other day for her 4 month pictures.  I'm still trying to decide which ones I like the best....I'll let you decide.

Outfit change...