Well Mike and I had our night away without baby and it was great to get away and enjoy one an others company. I wish I could say I didn't think about baby about every second or that I didn't call grandma to see how she was doing every hour or so. But what can I say it was the first night away from Aleksandra. Mike and I headed up to Midway and checked in and just soaked our selfs away in a huge tub pretty much it's our new life goal to have a big tub. We ate a lot of food, relaxed, and talked without any interruptions, It reminded me the way life was before baby lol oh those were the much simpler days. Well her are some pics from our get away weekend. Sorry the room is so messy but what is a vacation if you clean your room.

My BFF

Oh Dad, I love you so much. I love how you always come to my rescue when I am crying or when Mom says no. I love how you wake me up after you come home from work and kiss me good night. I love how you give me warm baths and let me play forever in the water. Dad I love how you brush my teeth, and keep me safe. You are my super hero and i love you. Love Aleksandra

Mt. Everest Climb and more...

My baby has learned to climb the stairs, well if I can even call her a baby anymore. Officially at ten months she can do quite a lot. Her favorite thing to do lately is wave hi to everyone followed by the cutest little Hi she can muster. She loves to point at everything and say that, and I quickly follow by telling her what that object is. She is also getting close to walking she pulls herself on everything and shimmies down everything. I can't keep her in one place anymore. She made her Dad quite proud by saying Daddy now it's her favorite word when Dads around. It's so fun to watch my daughter grow and learn it makes me one proud mom, oh and she can for sure say mama!




Two of her favorite things to do our go to the park and the zoo. I think we hit at least those two places at least 3 plus times a week. it keeps us busy but then we get to enjoy the animals and people plus it's a great walk. Her favorite animals are the giraffes its only because she can see them since they are so large and close




Aleksandra loves sitting in her big girl car seat, no more crying for this little one when I set her in the car. It's amazing how fast these kids want to grow up, I can't keep up.



She still takes amazing naps but if we are out to long she gets resourceful.



She loves her little twin friend so much. She just gets so excited when she sees all her baby friends.

I am pretty sure my daughter is a princess, because every single time I lay her on her back she freaks out like there is something under her and can't imagine staying there another second. She will roll over faster then anything I have seen and make it a point to grab the closes thing next to her and push herself up. I am thinking I am actually just going to have my hands full but then I realized the famous story when I was a kid, called the Princess and the Pea and I am sure this is the case.

The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable partner. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses. One stormy night (always a harbinger of either a life-threatening situation or the opportunity for a romantic alliance in Andersen's stories), a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds. In the morning the guest tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed; which she is certain has bruised her. The prince rejoices. Only a real princess would have the sensitivity to feel a pea through such a quantity of bedding. The two are married, and the pea is placed in the Royal Museum.

Even if she is a Princess, I just need to inform her that a Princess would not throw a fit like this. Maybe after I explain this to Aleksandra she may reconsider and begin behaving when I lay her on her back.

First family photos of 2010

I love family photos, I never thought I would be so into them. I find as time goes by faster then ever and Aleksandra keeps getting bigger and bigger I find that family pictures are now a necessity every 6 months. Everyone who has kids know how fast they change and in my mind I would totally justify doing family pictures ever 2 months if I could. I just want these memories to last and last forever. So to me it's totally worth budgeting in family pictures twice a year. And plus my parents really never did family pictures a whole lot and that has always been a goal of mine.

Well Aleksandra is now 9 1/2 months and keeps me busy 24/7. She is 16.1 pounds and eating more and more every day. She loves solids and can't seem to get enough of them. Every since we started solids 2 1/2 months ago she will take any form of them. Her newest favorites is peas and corn not purred but whole. She is putting those new teeth to good use. We have actually had to not do so many solids because she started to ween herself off of breast milk. So the doctor said cut back to one meal a day for solids and keep breast feeding a lot. I have plenty of milk for her to drink but she rather just be a big girl and eat normal food all day. So today is day one of our new eating routine hopefully it will work out.

Mike and I our doing good, both busy with school, work, and church callings. Mike is at the U this semester and is really enjoying being able to final focus on his actual degree instead of doing generals. And baby and I love a happy Dad. I am busy with full time work and juggling baby but the upside is time flies by and I find those times alone with baby so much more appreciated. I enjoy just her and I moments that we get together.

A is for Arizona

Baby and I traveled to Arizona for one of my best friends wedding. It was amazing weather there which was nice from the cold Utah weather. So babies first New Year was in Arizona and of course I stole her first kiss of the new year. We flew back Sunday morning and the plane was empty an we got to enjoy flying with tons of room which hardly never happens. We just relaxed on our mini vaction and enjoyed being with friends. It was also nice to go to my friends temple wedding because I got to remember all the temple covenants I made with Mike.

We made it!

Married 2 years January 12 and it's been a great ride. I have had a blast with my hubby learning, and growing together. Mike surprised me with breakfast in bed, which was served at 5:30 in the mornig since he had class that morning. But the upside of breakfast that early was we got to enjoy one anothers company alone since baby was still asleep. After breakfast I crashed back to sleep with a full belly and a big smile on my face to think that my husband thought of this great surprise.

Then we met up for lunch at red robin and split our favorite wrap. And once again it was nice to just be able to see eachother for more then a hour a day. Soon I got home after work to find the house cleaned spotless and a amazing bouquet of flowers waiting for me. Man I have an amazing man in my life.

Later that night my great friend Alaina and her husband came and got baby to babysit her and Mike and I got ready had for our anniversary dinner at Flemmings Steak house. It was a AMAZING dinner and fun to just be us two. Mike forbid me from looking at my cell phone so I couldn't check on baby and I wasn't allowed to talk about baby lol it was really hard. Since baby is my life I always have never ending things to tell about that cute girl. But we ate our steak, potatoes, veggies, and some to die for dessert. It was a great night especially since it ended with picking up baby!

These last 2 years have flown bye and I am truely grateful to have a man that knows me so well. Someone who I can be myself with at all times. A best friend that I never have to try and be more then who I am. I am really grateful for Mike and how he stayed worthy for me to marry him in the temple and now for us to begin our family. He is truely a blessing in my life and I couldn't be happier.

Crawling Machine

It's offical as of December 27, 2009 my baby Aleksandra started crawling. It's a low army crawl but it gets higher and higher every day she keeps on trying to get her little puerto rican booty she got for her Grandma up in the air. He favorite thing to crawl through is her little tunnel we got from Ikea. She was a little unsure at first but once she started crawling through it nothing could stop her. She goes through that little tunnel with her tounge sticking out and she is so proud of herself. And I am a proud Mom of how big and smart she is.

Trip to SandY

We took the day and visted the aquarium in Sandy with my sister. It was a great trip and a great day. I found that my little munchkin loves fish and loves anyhting that pays attention to her. And of course all those fish swimming across the tank she just assumes that the fish are talking and paying attention to her. But little does she know that the fish can't even see her. And this day was our first attempt of putting a bow in her hair without a head band which was a JOKE, it ended up being more work to keep it in her hair(if you can even call that hair)!

2 is better then one??

My baby is not so much of a baby anymore. She has two teeth now and loves to chew and bite. She thinks she is bigger then she actually is. She chews bananas whole and tries to bite peoples fingers. She tries to bite me when I nurse her such a stinker. I may have to just pump from now on until she is 12 months which is a lttle over 3 months, I think I could handle that. Her favorite thing of her new teeth is brushing her teeth. If I would let her she would want me to brush her teeth all day. And thanks to Cindy for motivating me to just do little post and keep up with my blogging!

Our Love beginning


Our Love expanding


As I look back on this year, words can't even explain how amazing and fast this year was. When we were expecting Aleksandra it seemed like time stood still and time couldn't go by any faster. And then once the baby came in May I have no clue where time went. I look back and think what if baby would of never came to our little family. I would be skinny, I would sleep longer, I would have more time for myself, and more money. But then I look and think of the things I have gained since she has been her. I have gained a selfless attiutde towards things, I have gained weight, I have gained a true understanding of christ's plan as we begin our family, I have gained more appereiction for being with my husband (since it doesn't have very often), I gained tons of Mom friends with there cute babies, and best of all I gained my beautiful daughter. I see that the pros out weigh the cons and I am truly grateful that little one decided to come surprise us and be apart of our family. Now that we are hitting a new year and we are coming to an new and exciting year. In 2010 Mike will graduate from college and will official be thrown into the real world of finding a job with his degree. I am hoping whatever job he gets takes us outside of Utah and we can begin our new and exciting life as a family somewhere new. Life is quiet funny how fast it changes from one moment to the next, one moment we have a set of goals and then the next moment they are changed due to circumstances. Well our goals for 2010 are simple but attainable in our current situation.

Goals
1. Lose Baby weight, which in tails going to the gym and eating right.
2. Save enough money so we can buy Mike a car when he graduates.
3. Keep staying out of debt.
4. Build up saving funds for future.
5. I would really love to work on a food storage.
6. Go through all my boxes and get rid of a lot of junk.
7. Finish my schooling when Mike is done (1 1/2 years left)
8. Start putting Aleksandra on pre school wait lists (scary to think you have to do that starting now)
9. Continue to grow our relationship as a couple.

I heart Saturdays

Today baby and I didn't even get out of our PJ's today. We played. slept, and ate today, man out life is amazing. I couldn't put Aleksandra down all I wanted to do was hold her and look at her every second I could. I think these moments are so treasured because they don't always happen everyday, but we make up for it on Saturdays. We started by going to breakfast with our favorite friends aka Daddy, Finley, BJ, and Fae. And then came home and enjoyed ourselves. We made a cake together, we talked, we rolled on the floor, we took naps, and the best of all I took hundreds of pictures of her. I wish weekends were longer, but I am grateful we get 2 days all to ourselves.