So domestic!!

  Gabe and Malia (Gabe's little copy cat lately, they both walked around all day today with a band aide on their faces in the same exact place.. Gabe had a boo boo... Malia didn't) have been WAY into baking. They love putting on their aprons and helping Mommy make yummy treats. And I love that it is finally cooled down enough outside to turn the oven on! Here are my munchkins baking cookies!!


Waiting and watching the cookies change...

Malia can hardly control her excitement as the time draws near to take out our yummy cookies!!

Then she ran up to me with a big excited face... shown above... sound effect " HuuuuuuU!!!!!"

Gabe describing to us how the cookies are changing as they bake...

Lizzard tounge... kinda gross.

And of course then Malia wanted a picture in front of the oven just like Gabe...

And then Gabe wanted one with both of them in it...

And finally... what I walked out of the bathroom to find. A claw footed little boy walking around in my oven mitts. It was pretty funny! And the cookies were SOOOO yummy!!

Painting a bird house

My brain is fried. I have been waiting to post some photos of our recent activities until I felt like writing something witty... it has yet to come. My pregnancy brain has taken over... so here is Gabe and Mommies birdhouse. We did this little project while Malia was sleeping one day. Gabe loved it! And would get so upset if his paintbrush accidentally landed on a spot of the bird house he was not aiming for. My little perfectionist... enjoy!

Baby Shower Tea

My Mom, BFF Betsy and Mother-in-law, Melinda,and sista Michelle, helped throw me a little baby shower tea party this last weekend. It was pretty neat to get to actually be pregnant this time around! (minus the less flattering extra round face and booty photos that go with that!;)) 
And Can I just tell you how amazing my Mom is! This tea party was just beyond my expectations and we all had so much fun drinking tea and eating little sandwiches and yummy treats. Thanks Mom and Melinda and Michelle for all of the yummy food! Betsy (BFF) was working on making it out from Utah but a little surprise miracle of her own prevented her from attending. Still love you Bets and I think you had the best excuse ever for not making it... so no worries!

The Cooks in the Kitchen- Grammy Laurie and Great-Grandma Helen


Another one of our cooks- Grandma Melinda


The Tea Party Menu

Ok, try not to drool!!




My Mom's cute table settings. I am telling you this lady went all out!



 In the midst of Tea... me and Brittany A.


Party games! Grammy had some great prizes for the winners.


Shower Favors... mmmmm, root beer and berry jelly beans and dark chocolate


Attention to detail! Cute personalized water bottles for each guest.


I love what my Mom put on the "ingredients" SO creative!


Present time! We all know how much I love that part! ;)


A Party crasher cruising through the crowd.



The SiStAs!!

 AND drum roll please.... the all too classic must have funny pregnancy photos!!




Eli's future spoiling Grandma's and babysitters ...


Thanks again Mommy!! YOU are so amazing. Love you!

Eli's Room!!

Hi all! After months of preparation (moving Malia out, painting walls, collecting decor on a budget, and "planning") the baby's room is pretty much ready to go! 
Mike sat on the rocking chair today and said, "I am ready to rock a little baby in here now!" We are so excited to welcome this
little bundle into our hearts and family in a couple of months. And I am so excited to have this cute little room all ready for him!




We decided to do a kind of mod looking transportation/vintage toy room theme. All of the old toys are from my Grandma Ruth's house, most were my Dad's.


I could not figure out how to incorporate his name into the room/theme, and then came up with the idea of making letters out of my old tinker toys. It was easy since all the letters involved straight lines! 
And this bedding was such a great deal! I found it for a steal online and then saw it in a magazine for like 3 times the price. I felt so thrifty... which if you know me, is not always the case ;)


I was lucky enough to sell Malia's old pottery barn rug for quite a bit of money (I guess it was in high demand because they stopped making it) and used the money to buy this cute rug to match the new room. The rug is from a company called flor. You get to pick out your colors and design your rug and then they send you squares that you just paste together... wa la!


I also was having a hard time finding wall art that I liked, and matched the theme/color scheme. I decided to design the art work myself in photoshop and had my photo lab print my work on canvas stretcher frame. I must say I was quite proud of my design skills ;)
And speaking of skills... Mr. Jones painted these walls for an entire week and I must say he did an awesome job! 

Here is our little rocker that we have had since Gabe was a babe, renovated back to its origional boyish condition (ie- pink fabric removed). My friend Wendy S. gave me that cute sling to cart the new little guy around and I just love it! Can't wait to use it.

This was quite the find if I do say so myself. A little car mobile that looks so cool spinning around when the fan is on. Mike and I were mesmerized. It is so euro and I love it!



This is about the only part of the room that I still need to complete. We plan on putting up a little wall shelf here and displaying some retro die cast cars on it. 
And that is that! Hope you enjoyed the tour of our nursery and hope you can stop by and see it in person soon ;)

Baby bump update

So I am now 7 1/2 months along and still feeling great! Getting a little pooped out more easily but feeling awesome. I actually am surprised by how much energy I do have. Mike and I just laugh at all of the weird stuff happening to by body, and I am just trying to enjoy the changes (like swollen knees, so weird). I feel grateful for every part of this experience, after all, we never thought we would be able to have it!   This whole thing seems to have just flown by. I can't believe I am due so soon! 

We just finished putting the babies room together, but I still have a few final touches to do before I post photos... so be patient, they will come! ;)

YAWN.. TIRED!!

Ok, sorry to have to vent like this, but I am SO tired!!
Mike and I have been up at night (at least twice a night) this entire week! And that is hard on this big pregnant body ;)
Here is the deal: Malia will get out of her little bed, every night, in the middle of the night, and run or on occasion walk, down the hall to the living room. SHE IS TOTALLY OUT OF IT, and confused. BUT, the fact of the matter is she wakes up and does not know what to do with her new found freedom. Since I am the lucky light sleeper in this house, I get up, put her in her bed, rub her tummy (not easy... remember big prego body... tiny little toddler bed way down on the floor) and put her back to sleep. 
Then, WITHOUT FAIL, Gabe will pee through his pull up (no mater WHAT we do to prevent it). Then we both get up, I comfort Malia, Mike changes Gabe and the bed, and we attempt to put them back to sleep. 
Whew!! Needless to say I just ordered a LOAD of "night time" pull-ups online. I am crossing my fingers this is all he needs... "more absorbency!" I have to be up all night in like 2 months!! Come on... PLEASE let this work!
   OH AND P.S.- If you have kids, I have a great website for you!! 
www.diapers.com
  It has it all, and if you enter the code BECK8211 at check out, you can get $10 off and free shipping on your first order (you have to spend $49 I think, so load up!) 

A Skate Park kinda Day

The ARIZONA Jones clan was in town a few weeks ago and while here we had a little skate sesh at our local skate park. Here are some fun pics and video from our family morning. Gabe LOVED skating with his cousins. We even had the whole place to ourselves for a few minutes!


Cousin Bryson showing off his moves


All the kids (and Mike and Auntie Chelsea) cruzin around the park

Gabe and Bryce




Deacon had fun just doing some "extreme walking" ;)


Bryson, taking a break

Mike's board

Malia wanted to join the fun!!



Gabe and Daddy, planning their next move

Weston ripping it up on the razor



The on-lookers (Uncle Corbin and Auntie Chelsea)

Weston looking cool

Bryson in the bowl on the razor

Malia cleaning up... guess it was time to go!!




We OF COURSE finished up the morning with some donuts and pink milk ;) Thanks for the fun time guys!!