What's new with us!

I feel like it has been forever since I've blogged again, sorry! I just wanted to put a little update on here...
Rob is loving his new job. I have to tell you that it is so awesome to see him excited to go to work. He really feels like he is accomplishing things and helping people get better home loans which is really nice considering this slump that the economy is in. I think that now we can finally say that him losing his job was a blessing! He was wanting to get out of there for a long time and just needed a little to push to venture out into another career!
I am still working in the salon and doing some hair at home too. It really has been a blessing to have that skill that I can do out of my home. I love it! I have been super busy helping my sister with her wedding plans. So much to do, so LITTLE time! Less than 5 weeks! Gotta make the guest book, plan the bridal shower, make 2 bridesmaid dresses, put together the flower arrangements and help with the invites. I am really loving having so much to do though! :)
Oh and lots of you have asked if we got the Aflac insurance, and thanks for everyones input on that. Yup we got it!! I am so excited. We got new primary insurance that has a 90 day waiting period before you can get pregnant so hopefully all will go well and in just over a year we'll have another little blessing in our family! :)
If you've been over to our house lately this is what you've seen of Kaydence...


She is obsessed with High School Musical! Except, she calls it "boys are back" cuz that is her favorite song on there. I have never seen a kid that will sit there for a WHOLE movie and barely blink. She's always been a fan of music. When I was prego with her we'd go to church and as soon as the organ started in Sacrament she would start kicking like crazy. I really think she's gonna be a dancer!


Our poor little bug had an asthma attack this week so we had to have her use her inhalor with an air chamber on it, which she calls her "do do do" cuz we pretend like it's a trumpet so that she's not afraid to use it. It works like magic and it's good that she thinks it's a toy cuz she'll breath into it really well. But yes, it does have tape on it because daddy accidently stepped on it and cracked it. Believe it or not, it was pretty expensive so it may look funny but I'm all about saving money and it works perfectly still.

Aflac.. Yay or nay?

Rob and I want to have another baby and we don't have good maternity coverage with the insurance that we are getting next month, so we have heard about Aflac and wanted to know if anyone has had it or knows anyone that has and if it is worth. Do you really just get a check after you have the baby? We are meeting with a guy tomorrow about it and I just wanted some opinions before we met with him. So, please let me know. :) Thanks!

Help! Advice Please!

This week we decided that Kaydence should be done with bottles all together. She has only been having a bottle at night time for the last 6 months and that has worked out great. Her pediatrician said that he wanted us to keep giving her a bottle of rice milk at night because she is so small and he wanted to make sure that she is going to bed full to hopefully help her gain weight. Well, we haven't been able to take her to the doctor because we lost our insurance with Robs old job so we decided that she's 19 months old and we need to break the habit some time. Well, as you can imagine the past few nights have been a NIGHTMARE!! She screams and screams and won't fall asleep til late and wakes up in the middle of the night. We've tried giving her the rice milk, juice, and water in a sippy and nothing is working! I don't know what to do and I feel so guilty that I have to let her scream herself to sleep! Any ideas would be great...

Congrats to my big sis!

Ok so I am only doing this because I have been dying to blog about it and I think it's finally safe because I can't spoil it now... My big sister Ashley is getting engaged tonight!! Yay!
She met her soon to be fiance' Neil when they were in high school 7 years ago and dated for awhile but broke up when he left on his mission. Well, 6 years have passed and through talking to friends they learned that they had both been married and divorced. They started talking a couple months ago and are absolutely perfect for each other! He loves her kids to death and is going to be a great dad!
How stinkin cute is that?!?! Definitely meant to be if after 6 years they found each other again!
I cannot tell you how happy I am that she is finally getting her happily ever after! The wedding date isn't set yet because her temple divorce is still in the works but hopefully it'll only be a few months.
CONGRATS Ashley and Neil! We love you both!

Thanks everyone!

I just wanted to post and say thanks so much to everyone that commented about my sewing! It's been so fun and I have so many projects in the works! I wanna make a dress for Kaydence, a dress for me, those cute letters I talked about before, more curtains, valances for my kitchen, pillows to match my curtains, finish a pillow from an enrichment activity last month and so much more! Wish me luck! I will post and let everyone know how it is going! Now, I challenge all of you that have ever wanted to learn to sew to GET STARTED it's actually easier than it looks and if I can do it, anyone can!

My new hobby!

So I have decided that I am going to be a little more domestic and I want to do some more crafty things around my house. So I borrowed my sisters sewing machine and I made drapes for my downstairs. I know it's way easy but that is big for me! Next I decided to be a little more daring and I made a skirt. The fabric for the skirt was just some scrap fabric that I got from my Grandma to practice with but I think I actually like it. We'll see if I really wear it but I sure am proud of myself.


(I promise they're even, they just look crooked in the picture)



(The pattern is floral, you can't really tell from this picture.


My next project is going to be these cute letters that you hang on the wall. I'll probably spell out Kaydences name. My really good friend Jen is going to show me how to make them because she has them for her daughter Taelie. She is so stinkin crafty and we are going to start doing craft nights once a month and I cannot wait!
Sorry if this seems dorky but I am super excited to learn some awesome things. If anyone has any other ideas of cute things that they have in there house that are easy to make, let me know please!

Someone's in the kitchen with mommy!

So, Kaydences new favorite thing to do is get in the drawer underneath the oven and take out the cake pans that i keep in there. She takes them into the front room and gets in them and scoots around on the carpet. I guess she thinks that it's her car cuz she'll say "vroom vroom" and "beep beep" the whole time. Aren't kids hilarious! What would we do without them to entertain us? :)
P.S. Don't mind the wonderful hair in this pic... We've all had the flu really bad this week and it was a photo op i couldn't miss!



Also, a couple days ago I heard the drawer in the fridge open and didn't really think anything of it because Rob was in the house somewhere but I came into the room a few minutes later to find Kaydence finishing off her favorite food ever... a raw hot dog! I know, it's gross to me too but the girl loves them. I usually at least try to cook them for her first but she didn't seem to mind it at all!
Look how guilty she looks in this picture!