Goldie's First Sick Day

Goldie has been sick for about a week with a cold, but I think she had the flu starting yesterday because she threw up a couple times and today she was pale, had a bit of fever, slept in until 10 am and literally snuggled with Tyler and I on the couch the entire day. She fell asleep on both of us a couple times and was so sweet I could hardly handle it!! Oh, my sweet girl. I'll remember this day my whole life. Her little sounds and cuddling up right on top of me. She loved it when I would lightly rub her back. Her little body is so tiny and I'm obsessed with her! Harris would come up and smile at her and make sure was okay. He is the sweetest little boy on the planet. He would also climb on his train and push his way across the floor as fast as he could. He also got through the baby gate today and he climbed up halfway up the stairs...Tyler didn't even see him do it!! Luckily I was coming down the stairs and got him! He's SO smart and can figure so many things out. I love that baby boy.

Harris and Goldie are 11-Months-Old!

Harris and Goldie are now 11-months-old and all I need to keep saying to myself is, "don't blink!" WOW! The baby stage goes by so incredibly fast and they seem more like a little girl and a little boy than they do babies now.

Some of my favorite things:

- Goldie makes an "O" shape with her mouth and gets really, really excited about so many different things, including the lights on the stove and microwave. I was holding herin church today and she was entertaining everyone behind us with her funny facial expressions, sweet smiles and laughs.
- Harris is an explorer and LOVES being able to look at and touch everything in site. He army crawls across the floor really fast like a spider and he's the cutest baby boy with those blue eyes. I love how chubby and big he is.
- I love holding Harris while he looks outside at the workers across the street or the garbage truck. He is such a boy! He studies them and looks intently with those big blue eyes.
- Tyler pokes Goldie or Harris' head around the corner at the bottom of the stairs when I'm in the kitchen so that when I look over, I only see their head poking around the corner. It's the sweetest thing! They normally have a big smile for their mama.
- I love that they both breathe out of their mouths when they are focusing really hard. Harris makes this "puff" sound out of his mouth right now and it's adorable.
- Goldie is our dancer girl! Not just with music on the radio, but when I'm singing a song, I'll look over and she'll be dancing to whatever I'm singing even without music! She shakes her little body back and forth and it's so sweet. This is not something we taught her; she just does it!
- I was holding Harris on the front lawn the other day and he was waving at everything. He knows that "hi" means that he should wave and he loves it!

We had a great week this week! Tyler is heading to trek tomorrow so he has been busy as a bee packing up everything that he needs. He is currently wearing black cozy Ugg boots that he just found in his closet with shorts and a black tee shirt.

We love our Tyler! It is his first Father's day and he's the best dad to Harris and Goldie. They literally squeal and smile when he comes home because they know that they are about to have a good time. I always knew that he would be an incredible dad, and he has of course exceeded all of my expectations. It's father's day, and I was absolutely exhausted, so he let me take a 2.5 hour nap. ME! Whew I needed that. I've been going to Karve which is this really intense barre workout and I didn't miss a day this week. It has been hard but I'm almost finished losing all of my baby weight which I am really happy about. It has been SUCH a hard thing to do!! I have worked with a nutritionist and I'm starting to feel really good.

We went to the temple with Tyler's family on Tuesday night. Lindsay and Katelin are in California for the summer so it was the rest of us. We went to eat at Milagro's afterward and it was great. My mom watched the babies. She took them over to Steve's mom's house then they all went to a concert in the park. We went to visit our friend Ali on Thursday who has triplets and had the same doctor as us. It was so much fun to watch all of the babies together! They are so cute. I took the babies to eat lunch at Texas Roadhouse with my mom, Katelyn and my grandpa. Goldie and Harris seriously loved it! They were looking around at all of the lights and Goldie was saying "oooohhhh!!" When Tyler got home from work, we went to dinner at a little Asian place and brought Harris and Goldie's food. They sat in the highchairs and it was adorable to see them there! They are such little people now!

Saturday was a sad day as we went to Oakley's sister's baby's funeral. They found out that he had anencephaly at 20-weeks so they knew he would not survive. They delivered him full term and he was a sweet little angel. After the funeral, we went to get Harris and Goldie's first high chairs at IKEA. They loved them! My dad came over for Father's Day dinner at our house and they sat facing each other, laughing and eating little bits of food. Well, Harris ate bits of food and Goldie played with it. She's not a big texture girl! We grilled kabobs, had fruit and salad and corn on the cob. Katelyn and Jared came over too.

I woke up early today to make Tyler a big Father's day breakfast of bacon, strawberries and German pancakes. I dressed Harris in a little outfit where the tie said, "Happy First Father's Day" and I have been SO excited about it for months! We went to church then Tyler took the babies home to nap while I went to Sunday school. Tyler then came back for his young men's class. We played with the babies and took pictures after church, then we all took naps. Tyler woke up with the babies and let me keep sleeping for 2.5 hours. I was literally EXHAUSTED!!

Katelin's Wedding Week + Easter Sunday!

It was such a fun and VERY busy week! Like I said, we had family pictures on Tuesday night at the Salt Lake Temple. On Wednesday morning, we went to the temple. One of Heather's friends who has 17-year-old twins watched them. That night, the sisters hosted a bachelorette party for Katelin at Rachel's house. I made the invitations at Minted, Rachel was in charge of decorations and desserts from Sweet Tooth Fairy, Heather brought the sandwiches and Lindsay made the fruit salad and did the video of Cam for Katelin. Katelin was hilarious and it was such a fun night. We walked accross the street to Emily's to do dirty dancing in her gym taught by Kate's friend Erica and it was SO hilarious. It was the perfect party for Katelin!

On Thursday during the day, we got our nails done. Harris was holding the bottle of nail polish that I brought and he dropped it and it shattered all over the floor. Oops!! That night was their wedding dinner at La Jolla groves. It was gorgeous and delish! Michelle watched the babies so they could go to bed on time and we could have an easy night.

Friday was the wedding! It was at 12:45 pm at the Salt Lake temple so we drove up and fed the babies their 12 pm feeding in the parking garage. Tyler had Rin, a girl that works at his office, watch the babies and walk them around in their stroller while we were in the sealing. It was beautiful, and what stood out most to me was that the sealer was sealed by President Hinckley back when he was an apostle. The sealer was Elaine Dalton's husband (the general young women president for the church), and he said that President Hinckley said that we should live our lives in such a way that we can approach the Savior for help out of repentance and not of mercy. I loved that.

We took pictures outside while my mom walked the babies around in their stroller. It was 2 pm so it was their nap time and they fell asleep. Kate's dress was GORGEOUS!! After pictures, we walked over to City Creek and ate at the food court with my mom because we didn't have much time. We then drove up to Sundance and changed in the car. I fed the babies their bottles in the back seat while Tyler drove. The reception was beautiful! My favorite part was the amazing florals. Wendy, the woman that did ours, did theirs too. The babies were SO GOOD all day! I can't believe how well they did. They were happy and sweet and liked dancing! Goldie took a nap in my arms because she didn't get a very good second nap. They were both happy and smiley even though they went to bed WAY past their bed time. Tyler and I love having our two buddies with us.

Yesterday we did some work around the house and we both went to the gym (at separate times because we have kids now ha ha) and I got in a great workout. I'm trying really hard to lose the last of my baby weight and I have about 5 pounds left. I worked out with Lindsay in St. George really hard last weekend and it made me realize that I need to push myself more at the gym if I want to see results! Last night we drove up to West Valley to see McKell and Richard's new baby Hartley. She has a head full of dark hair and she's so little!! I seriously cannot believe how fast these babies grow. It boggles my mind. On the way back, I called Summit Inn Pizza and placed our order, then Tyler dropped me off to grocery shop at Harmon's while he picked it up. We then ate our pizza in the car so we could feed Harris and Goldie when we got home. They ate some solids (veggies) and drank a bit of their bottles then we put them to bed.

Today is Easter Sunday! We went to church then took our Parcell Sunday Selfie outside afterward by some pretty plants. The babies got their first Easter baskets. I put in some eggs that weren't filled with anything ha ha and some books. Harris seriously loved his! It was adorable! He kept grabbing the eggs out but didn't love the grass. And Goldie was kicking her legs and so excited! We went to dinner at my grandpa's tonight. I sure miss my grandma but it was nice to spend time with the family!

Harris has been rolling over like crazy this week and started sitting up REALLY well today. I can't believe how fast my sweet little babies are growing!! I love their cute smiles and just getting to be with them all day. I sure do adore them. Goldie started waving a lot this week completely unprompted. She seems so tiny to wave!

2017 Family PIctures

We drove up to the Salt Lake temple tonight for family pictures with the Parcell's. It's wedding week for Katelin and Carol wanted pictures of the family before Cam and Jay left for summer sales. It started to get really cold as we started to take pictures and both babies pooped but they were still so happy! Little Goldie was smiling at the photographer's assistant and kicking her legs because she was so excited. Beforehand, I had their outfits laid out on my floor. Harris' little baby boy outfit and Goldie's little white dress baby girl outfit made me smile the entire day.

They are the best babies! They are such good natured little souls. Tyler and I absolutely adore being with them. We got home tonight and Goldie woke up after falling asleep in the car. She was smiling and laughing and tensing her whole body like she does when she is excited. Her little smile in the dark was so sweet! She seriously is pure joy and happiness in the tiniest little body.

Harris woke up about 3-4 times last night which is really unlike him. Tyler got up and helped him go to back to sleep all 4 times, and then got up before me to get to his meeting this morning for work. I walked into the bathroom, and all of the bottles had been washed and he put them in the steamer. He's the best husband! I love our little family so much. I just love spending all of my time with them. They bring me peace and happiness and we are a little band of buddies; Tyler and I can't wait to explore the world with Harris and Goldie! When I woke up this morning for a little bit before Tyler left for work, I thanked him for getting up with Harris. He smiled and said, "I love that kid! When I put my hand on him and he puts his hand on me it's worth it and makes me want to get up for him." He also popped in after his meeting to get a coat and Harris woke up from his nap while he was home for a few minutes. Tyler ran into the room to soothe him back to sleep. He walked out of the room and said, "Yes! He knew dad was home!"

Tyler makes life FUN! I love these sweet little spirits that we get to raise together. It really is the greatest blessing of our life.