Ansley Birthday!

On October 16th Ansley turned 4! Curtis' Mom and Sister Courtney came to see Ansley for the day. Ashlee and Renee joined us as well. Per Ansley's request we had lunch at Carrabas. One of her favorites, since I figured no one else would want to eat at Taco Bell (she is so my child!). We had a great time seeing cousins, baby Jordyn had grown a lot since we had last seen her. Ansley got lots of presents! Thanks everyone again for coming it, we had a great time!

Aunt Renee with baby Jordyn and Apri!

Ansley and her princess card!

Apri was having a good time for sure!

More presents! Which by the way Renee, we are having an etiquette lesson on, Ansley told Renee that clothes are a boring gift! Don't feel too bad though, she told her Aunt Katy and Uncle Preston the same thing! We are working on it! And we all know I LOVE LOVE LOVE clothes!

Everyone but Ashlee. I don't know how she managed to escape pictures! Oh, I guess Ansley is missing too...

Better late than never....

I am playing catch up with some pictures. I finally took them off my camera, from September/October. Just a bit late...

In late September we went to the Circus in Salt Lake City with Curtis' parents, and Brother Wayne, his wife Renee, and Apri. Although the show as a bit longer than we expected we had a great time.

The elephants were my favorite part. There was a baby elephant that even skipped. SO CUTE!

Being as paranoid as I am about hieghts, I was terrified the whole time that some little kid was going to fall over the edge of the balcony. I wish I were kidding, my palms were literally sweating the whole time...

Curtis' Mom and Dad, Ansley, Wayne and Apri.

Olivia will be here in 6-7 weeks!!!!

As you know, this has been a rough pregnancy for me, I was sick for so long, and then I have had constant back pain, and now to top it all off I have been diagnosed with a very rare pregnancy induced liver disease called ICP. It starts with itchy palms and soles of the feet, and slowly the itch spreads everywhere else. This started the day after Thanksgiving, and I thought I was going to lose my mind! Curtis definitely thought I was crazy, but I had a friend who had ICP, and had told me about it, so I googled it to find more information and immediately called my Doctor. I feel very blessed to have been able to catch it right away, because it is life threatening to the baby. My Doctor ran tests on Monday, and now it looks like we will be inducing at 36 weeks, if the lungs are mature (yippee for an amnio... :( right!?) or 37 weeks otherwise, as the further you get the more risk there is for baby! It has really made me realize though, how very blessed I am, and how Heavenly Father's hand really is in our lives. Had I not met this friend recently, I would not have even known about this, and something could have happened to our precious little Olivia! And, hey, now I don't have to worry about all those newborn clothes that I had bought going to waste thinking I would most likely have a 9 pound baby! Okay, I am reaching there, but I am trying to count ALL my blessings...
So, now I off to do the 40 million things left I have to do before Livvy gets here, 10 weeks seems like a lot longer than 6! And I haven't even started the nursery. Better get going on that!

Poor Ansley

My sweet girl has been one sick baby. She had a very fussy week, she wouldn't eat, whined and cried a lot, and was tired. Well, she woke up Thursday morning with a stomach bug. After her 5th trip to the bathroom in about 20 minutes, she says, "This is a day I just need to forget!" It was so sad, and funny. She would leave the bathroom and collapse on the floor- for anyone who knows Ansley this is very out of character for her. At point she said, "why does this keep happening to me, I didn't drink the bath water." I have to explain that this summer we thought she may have had Krypto- or whatever that thing is called that you get from swimming pools, and my friend was explaining to me that you can keep giving it back to yourself through bath water... Sorry, if this is a gross post, I just thought the things she said were so funny, I had to write them down so I would remember. She was better Friday, and now is sick again today. She fell asleep at 5:30- we are crossing our fingers that she will sleep through the night! I hope my girl is better next week!!!

The Kitchen...

Ansley turned 4 on Thursday. I cannot believe my baby is 4! For her birthday I had to get her this new kitchen from Target. Yes, she already had a kitchen, but not one that matched her room as well as this one, and I am THAT crazy... Since Curtis is out of town, my friend Emily offered to help put the kitchen together with me. I mean, how hard can it be right!? Let's just say if Emily had not have been there I would still be doing it. If I can ever review this thing on Target.com I have a lot to say!!! Just a word of advice for anyone looking at kitchen purchases- buy a pre-assembled plastic one! Or at least make sure your husband is around to help you put it together.

Here I am at the beginning. This was "pre-assembly", only like 17 steps of that...

And here is Emily, she was having a GREAT time! Can you tell!?

Half way there! By the way Curtis, you are never leaving town again without putting the birthday presents together!

Look how cute it is though!? Totally worth it!? I am still deciding. I'll let you know when my hand is fully recovered from the craziness that was the teeny tiny screws, and my inexperience with a screw driver or an electric drill... And I don't know what is on my shirt! It's bugging me though.

Thanks Emily! I owe you!

Date Night

My Mom was kind enough to watch Ansley for us last Friday night so Curtis and I could go on a much needed date night! We went to Salt Lake City to Ruth's Chris steak house- which by the way is FABULOUS! We both ate WAY too much, but enjoyed every bite. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it for a special occasion (we decided since I was so sick on our anniversary that we would celebrate it later when I was feeling better, so this is why we went). It is pricey, but worth every penny!

Anyway, no sooner did we leave the house when we get a call from my Mom. She proceeds to tell us the funniest story about Ansley. She said she and Ansley were talking, and Ansley looks at her, and says, "It's almost time for you to die." My Mom says, "What, why!?" She says, "Well, your getting old, have you looked in the mirror lately?" My Mom is trying not to laugh at this point, or cry, and Ansley goes on, "You have little wrinkles all over you."

I was telling Curtis later on the drive home how nice it is to have free babysitting for a change, and he says, "Yeah, if we haven't lost our babysitter after that comment."

When we got home, my Mom tells me that later Ansley pointed out all of her wrinkles!!! Luckily, my Mom isn't sensitive, and she found this funny instead! And, by the way, my Mom is beautiful, and she looks wonderful for her age!

BIG news!

I haven't posted this yet, and some may know, but others don't. So, here it goes, my parents officially live in Utah! I cannot believe it. It all happened so fast. They came out in August to bring my sister to school, and next thing we know they are moving here. My Dad got a great job offer!!! I am SO excited to have them close. I never thought it would happen. My Mom and brother Carter got here Saturday, my Dad had been here about 2 weeks. They don't have a place to live yet, so much house hunting is in store this week...

Also, we have chosen a name for this baby girl. Thanks for all the vote! She will Olivia Kate. I put the poll up to "prove" to Curtis it was the best name for our girl. Glad it worked it out... I love it, and Ansley tells everyone about her sister, Olivia Kate. She uses both names every time! And if I call her Livvy for short, she quickly corrects me!

We also have snow on the mountains. I love fall in Utah!