Idaho for Nykelle's 1st birthday party!

So Jon just started grad school at the University of Utah on the 20th of this month! So proud! But while he was in school me and Oakley ventured together to Idaho. My friend Alex was throwing her little girls first birthday there, and I'll take any chance I can to see her since she lives in Vegas.

The party turned out so adorable. Alex does the most amazing job at putting parties together. I should have had her plan my wedding;) haha. Well I helped her set up and stuff and Oakley went and spent the some days at her grandma Parker's house. I help Alex make the cake. It turned out pretty cute. It had some sinking issues but we managed to cover that up haha.

Oakley had so much fun at the party. There was a bounce house which she had a blast on. Somersaulting everywhere. She loved Nykelle's presents. She tried opening them before Nykelle could. And helped a little too much when it was time. She really loved playing with my friend Saundra's little boy Carter.

Another great part of the party was that all our friends were there. It was such a fun little reunion. I miss cheering with those girls so much. We had so much fun! It still is a blast. We just laugh and laugh. At the end of the night we got the good old stunt group together and tried out some stunts! I was a little worried since its been FIVE years since we've stunted! I was pleasantly surprised how easily we got Saundra up! It's like riding a bike I suppose. It was soo much fun! That was my absolute favorite part of cheering. It's working out without really realizing you are working out. Ah, I miss it!
We had such a good trip and we are so happy to be back home with Jon.

She went off on her own to play with Nykelle's toys.

The cake

Super cute decorations and delicious food!

Sexy Six! Reunited:)

Had sooo much fun bouncing.

Giving Nykelle birthday hugs and kisses.

Cheese!!!

Oakley and Kinsley stealing the fondant off the cake.

Last but not least, our mad stunting skills!

Baby shower for Bennett!

Last week I threw my sister a baby shower with the help of her friend, mother in law and my mom! It was a lot of fun.
Throwing parties stresses me out too much. I love it but it won't be happening any time soon. Besides Oakley's birthday.
The party turned out great. It was really windy and hot though! So the really cute banner I made fell apart :(.
My cake turned out great! I'd say it's pretty good for not being a professional haha. I enjoy making cakes but it is kind of hard. I think I need to correct tools :).
I am so excited for Bennett to be here so I can hold and kiss him! But we are all hoping he will stay in as long as possible and that he is healthy as can be!
I love my sister and admire her strength. This pregnancy has been quite the roller coaster for her.

Our precious little girl

This little girl is so amazing! She is growing up so fast. She loves to go go go! 

Little update on her! 

22 months old.

Loves to sing. She breaks out in song all day long.

Hates being carried anywhere.

SOOO in-dependant. 

Goes to bed pretty well. Still gets out of bed a couple times before she actually goes to sleep.

A big drama queen. She will be upset and cry, but then the cry turns totally fake haha. 

Very good at stalling. At bed time she will give me tons of kisses, hugs, and highfives. She doesn't do that very often.. Just when she knows it will let her stay up that much longer. 

I can't believe she will be TWO in TWO months! 

I love watching her grow! I love being her mommy! Our family definitely wouldn't be the same with out her! 

Singing the Star Spangled Banner..

You can understand the "Oh say can you see" pretty well.

The second part is just gibberish sounding but she is really saying "By the dawns early light"

The tune is there, she just needs to work on the words:)

Singing Soft Kitty, from the big bang theory..

She says YAY, meow, meow, meow at the end because there is a YouTube video of these two girls singing the song and they do that at the end.. haha.. This is my favorite some that she sings.

Wedding/Fab Five Fun!

My friend Megan got married on Saturday the 23rd. We went to the wedding in the morning then waited for them to come out of the temple. They looked so great! Megan looked SO gorgeous! Her dress was amazing! She was a stunning bride! JC looked pretty handsome himself! Great looking couple:)

After the wedding we went to the luncheon. The food was so awesome. There was Mexican, American, Italian and Chinese food and yummy ice cream too! It was so much fun hanging out with the FAB FIVE!

Later that night we went to the reception. It was so beautiful! It was at a ranch, and was decorated so pretty! There were mini hamburgers, s'mores, cotton candy, frozen yogurt bar, and cake! It was a very nice reception.

The FAB FIVE...

Three weddings down, two to go! 

Come on Kate and Bridge! :)

I love these girls so much and I am so happy to have them in my lives. 

They bring out the best/crazy in me:)

We went out to dinner Monday after the wedding with all the girls and the newlyweds and Bridgette's boyfriend came as well. We had a blast. Laughing till we cried, about who knows what really haha. Then we went to get frozen yogurt. It was a fun night. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Always have to do a crazy pic.

To Idaho again!

Jon and Oakley stayed in Idaho while I was gone in Vegas. Oakley had so much fun with her dad, Grandparents and Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Ryan. I'm sure she was spoiled rotten! She went to bed well for Jon, which is the one thing that I was worried about leaving her!

She went to swimming lessons a few of the days. When I got back I went with her one of the days. She did not want to be swimming with me haha, we left early that day.

The night we got back we went to the Chuckers game with Alex and her family. They are such an awesome family. I love them! Oakley had so much fun following Kinsley around. She loves older kids.

They look like they are so in to the game.. this was probably the only time they actually sat.

We went over to the Birds the next day and played for a little and jumped on the trampoline. Again, Oakley had so much fun following Kinsley around.

Cute little best friends:)

I am so grateful to have Alex as my friend! I am so happy that we have stayed in touch after highschool! We have grown even closer, even though we live farther away! Wish we lived in the same town! But Vegas IS fun to visit!

Vegas!

I went to Vegas for a few days to visit my BFF Alex and her family! Jon stayed in Idaho and watched Oakley. This is the first time I have left Oakley for that long! It was hard:( I had so much fun though!

We went to eat at delicious restaurants! I don't know what I will do not having all those places here in Salt Lake!

We shopped. I bought way too many shoes:) I have a shoe addiction! She took me to a store that sells shoes that start at $3.99! Great deal!

We went to the strip one night and went to a buffet called The Wicked Spoon. It was very fancy food. Not what I expected going to a buffet. The food was good but I was looking forward to all the delicious desserts. Those weren't that great though:(

We swan lots and soaked up the sun! It was a very fun and relaxing vacation! Thanks Mulcocks for being great to me!

Alex flew back to Idaho Falls with her girls so we could go to our friends wedding! It sure was an adventure making our way through the Vegas airport with two little ones. We did awesome though:)

Yummy french toast at The Hash House.

Nothing Bunt Cakes....SOOO good!

Our buffet food..haha

Paszookie? I think that is what they were called.. 

My new favorite dessert!

Had fun with these cuties..While missing mine:(

One night we facetimed with Oakley and her and Kinsley played simon says..it was the cutest thing ever!

Trip to Idaho.

We have been in Idaho Falls visiting our families since Sunday. We've had a nice relaxing time visiting. Jon and I went to the temple on Wednesday morning. It was the first time going to the Idaho Falls temple. Pretty weird seeing as that's where we are from haha. It was so nice! I love going to the temple with Jon:)

Today we went to iJump. We went during the kid time and Oakley had so much fun! It was so nice cause there were no big kids there! We didn't have to worry at all about a big kid trampling her. I even through out some flips. Oakley thought it was hilarious.

I had a chance to go to dinner with my friends. We went to Garcia's and got free fried ice cream for katelyns birthday. Yum!! It's always nice to chat and catch up! I love my girls! We were just missing Alex! Missed you!

We've had so much fun hanging with family. Picnics and visiting. Oakley loves trips to Idaho.

Bedtime

So when Oakley was a newborn/infant bedtime was great! She slept through the night quickly and always went to bed pretty quickly and usually stayed in bed. I nursed her to sleep for so long and I know that this is what caused a lot of our sleep troubles later on.

When she got older and slowly stopped nursing she started waking up at night almost every night! I still ended up just rocking her to sleep every night. But she kept waking up. I was tired and it was time for a change.

After she turned one I decided to do the dreaded cry it out. He cried for an hour the first night and slowly got better. And eventually she was going to bed after just rocking for a few minutes and laying her down.

Well I started rocking her to sleep again cause I just loved cuddling with her. She stayed asleep through the night so I didn't worry about it.

We just recently changed her crib to the toddler bed since she was climbing out of her crib and fell one morning. Ever since that toddler bed bedtime/naptime has been a nightmare! I sat on the floor next to her for over an hour every time. She thought everything was funny and we had a few fights to get to sleep. I got so frustrated with her and myself that I couldn't get my baby to sleep. I felt so bad for yelling and getting mad at her.
I needed to do something different or I might have gone crazy! I think I already had gotten to that point.

Tonight I decided to try something different. We did our nightly routine: bath, diaper, lotion, jammies, teeth, give daddy kisses, prayer, and book. I laid her down in bed and said good night and tucked her in. I left the room and shut the door. I stood in the hallway and everytime she came out or I hear her playing with her toys I went in laid her back down said nothing, gave her a kiss and went back in the hall. I did this for almost an hour. She got up at least 30 times. And towards the end she started to get sad. She eventually cried for a few minutes and all was quiet.

I couldn't believe it! I was too scared to check if she was really asleep but she was. I am hoping this will continue and she will get out of be less and fall asleep quicker! I sure hope so! I love my baby and just want her to get the sleep she needs!

Zoo day!

Last night we told Oakley we were going to go to the zoo the next day. We told her we could see an elephant and a giraffe. She was so excited. Everything we told her about the zoo she just kept saying yeeeah. Like she was agreeing with us that it was the coolest thing ever.

We got to the zoo before it got too hot. But it was still a bit toasty. We road the train which she loved. I felt like it went kind of fast for a kids ride ha. It felt like we were on a rollercoaster. Then we we and saw the elephant. She did not want to leave she was having too much fun watching her eat grass from high up. We told her about the giraffes and that got her to get up and come with us.

We road the merry go round. She loved it! While we were waiting in line she told us she wanted to ride the gorilla but once we got to it she did not want to sit on it. She was a little scared of it. So she sat on the polar bear. She was very happy as you can see in the pictures.

Then to the giraffes. She loves giraffes. I think she liked climbing on the fence a little more though.

It started getting too hot and Oakley was getting tired. So we went and got lunch and headed home. She is now soundly sleeping in her big girl bed!

Oakley update... 19 months.

I think it's time that I update this blog a little more often! I just don't EVER get on the computer. I'm always just using my phone. So now that I've found the blogger app on my phone, I'm hoping I get a little better at being on top of blogging. I love looking back and reading what I've wrote in the past. I have always loved doing that with my journals. So here I go. This is my second test run at blogging with this app... The first one failed because I saved it cause I wasn't finished, and when I went back to see if the draft was there it wasn't:(. Well I've learned not to do that.

So, Oakley! She is so grown up it is ridiculous! She is so happy and energetic, most of the time. She definitely has her moments though. She loves to be silly. She loves to run and jump. Being a bunny is one of her favorite things to do. She loves making animal sounds, she knows a pretty long list of them. She loves to count and had now started taking an interest in letters. Every letter to her is an E. she loves to explore and gets in to everything! But she isn't too too messy which is nice. She says everything so cute. I love her little voice. One of my favorite things she says is cereal. She LOVES her cereal. When we ask her what she wants for breakfast lunch or dinner it is always cereal.

She always wants to watch movies. Her favorites right now are Elmo's world despicable me and avatar. I actually haven't really got sick of any of them. She will sit at her table and watch her movie while eating cereal. It is a very cute watching her.

She is the Utah Jazz biggest fan! She loves the Jazz. She saw a Jazz jersey at target and out of no where she said do dazz. We didn't tell her it was a Jazz jersey. Anytime she sees any sporting game on tv she says do dazz. She loves going to the games too!

She has officially been old enough for nursery for a month and a half now but has been in since November since we are the leaders. She is so good with the kids and loves playing and singing time!

She is starting to sing a lot. Yesterday when I was putting her down for a nap she started singing head shoulders knees and toes, really well too.

She loves our families so much. She gets so excited when she sees them. The other day my sister came in to the room while I was putting her down and she started crying when she left.

She's pretty good with naps. She takes one every day but they vary in time. I sure do love those days when they are 3 hours long. That RARELY happens!

We love Oakley so much. She is our favorite little baby and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. She's taught me so much and I am so proud to be her mom! It is crazy how fast 19 months goes by. Soon she will be two! Yay!