More pictures from Utah

We got to spend a little times with Seth's Family, we met them at the sandy mall and went on the carousel and got the kids pictures taken with Santa. We had a lot of fun, Meika was sad she couldn't spend more time with her cousins, but hopefully next time! Terri took these pictures and it was hard because the horses go up and down so some of the heads are cut off! So sorry!

Thanksgiving in Utah

These are some pictures taken while we were in St. George where we had Thanksgiving Dinner. In the picture of Sienna standing you can see her little cousin Krew (who is older then her), they had so much fun together. Then there is my brother holding my niece Reagan, who is a couple months younger then Sienna. And there is Meggan my sister-in-law with her baby Ty.


This is Sienna, the day we were leaving Seth left really early to go back home and I had him take somethings with him because the girls and I were heading on to Alpine and I didn't want to lug everything around, so Sienna was without a crib... so I put her in the closet and shut the door. And surprisingly she fell right asleep!

Sunday Night we went to Temple Square to see the lights and it was FREEZING! But it is so fun to see all the lights! It seems like we are always so excited to go up there and then when we get there it everyone is freezing so we hurry see all the lights and rush out! Here are pictures of my nieces and nephews and the girls and I.

Sienna

Sienna has been doing some really funny things lately, last month I had put her to sleep in the portable crib and went in to check on her and she was NAKED! She had taken her diaper off! I thought it was so cute! Some other crazy things that she just started doing are, climbing up on the couch, climbing onto the kitchen chairs, climbing onto Meika's bed.... She is doing alot of climbing lately!

This picture is of Sienna opening her birthday presents from Grandma Ballstaedt, she sent a box full of lots of little presents that were all individually wrapped and Sienna loved ripping them open. I know I took pictures of her eating her birthday cake but I can't remember if I posted them or not so I guess I should look for those and make sure they don't get lost.

Cute Diaper Bag

Last night Seth went to bed really early so I decided to play on the computer. I found and ordered the sewing pattern for this adorable diaper bag. I can not wait to get it and get working on it. I will let you know how it goes once I start working on it.

Can you Believe this Hair?

This morning I round brushed Meika's hair and was surprised at how long and beautiful it was! We usually put it up in bums or let it air dry curly.
I swear she has more hair then me! She had to have gotten this thick hair from the Ballstaedt Family. So thank you very much!

Sick Babies

Last week both of our girls got sick with the flu or something like it. It started out with Sienna who threw up and pooped for a couple days and then at about 2 in the morning on thursday we heard a hudge vomit sound and woke up to see Meika covered in throw up along with everything else around her. It was really sad, she was half asleep crying. I really felt bad for her, and that is why she got the all so awesome sick treatment. She seriously laid on the couch all day the next day watching t.v. and sleeping (mostly sleeping). She got to drink 7up, Gatorade, Applesauce (with a little probioplex mixed in), and pretty much anything else she wanted. Which wasn't really anything.
But for me, these were some very horrible days, between vomit, poop, crying babies and lots of yucky laundry by the time they were all better I felt like it was my turn to have some sick treatment.
Anyways these are some pictures of the girls while they were sick!

Trunk or Treat

Last night our ward had their Trunk or Treat, which I absolutely LOVE! No walking from house to house, it makes Trick or Treating a little easier and a lot more fun!
So I decided this year I was going to make the girls Costumes, I love sewing and I loved the idea of beautiful little girl costumes. So my mom bought the patterns and sent them down here with Seths Parents. Terri and I spent a couple days sewing and got Meika's done and part of Sienna's. I finally finished Sienna's last week and I think they turned out absolutely DARLING!

Here is Meika as Cinderella, I thought she looked so cute! I think it was like a dream come true for her, all she needed was the prince. She tried to get Seth to be the prince, but Seth said he didn't have the right costume. Darn it, Maybe next time!

This is Meika getting her face Painted.

Sienna was so scared the whole nigh because some people painted their faces or were wearing masks and it just freaked her out. So here she is holding on to Seth's leg so no one will get her!

She is Tinkerbelle, just in case you couldn't tell.

Here is Joseph as a Kangaroo, him and his mom came, which was fun because we have been trying to get them to come to church or pretty much any church activity there has been in the last two months. And they finally came!

Pre-School Field Trip

Halloween Is So Fun

We got down our box of Halloween stuff today (so exciting) and we found some of Meika's funny teeth from last year. Seth and I were laughing so hard as Meika put each of them in and did some silly face. It was really funny to see big, nasty teeth in her mouth, but it was even more entertaining to see how much she loved putting on a show.
Then Seth got out his scary pig mask that he wore last year, and tried to snuggle Sienna and but she got too freaked out!Poor girl! But it was really funny! Last year at our trunk or treat some of the little kids wouldn't even come by Seth to get candy, they were too scared...
We are still trying to decide what Seth and I will be for Halloween this year, anyone have any ideas, of easy but fun ones??

Sienna is Walking

This is a short video of Sienna walking, its cute because she has a doll in each hand. She Loves Baby dolls and luckily we have a whole lot of them! In the video Meika is walking by with no shirt on and is on the phone with my brother, Matt and his wife, Meggan.




This is Sienna after I had trimmed her hair, I locked her in a booster seat, set her in front of the t.v. and gave her a plate full of Oreo s. But she still doesn't look very happy huh!

Our Trip to St. George

Every year we look forward to going to St. George to cheer on Seth's Dad, Rock, while he runs the marathon. This year was his 29th time running that marathon, amazing huh! Seth's sister Sage ran it this year as well and she seemed to be pretty active afterward, but I guess with 4 kids she didn't really have much of a choice.

Here is Rock, GO ROCK!

This is Meika and her cousin Bethany, They had so much fun together. It made me sad that we don't live closer to them because when we left Bethany came to me and said "Can I ride in your car" and I wished that she could and her and meika could play together all the time!

So Cute!!!

Sienna was being so snuggly and cute, so Seth thought he should take some pictures.
We really do love going with Seth's family every year to St. George, so thank you Rock & Terri!

Joseph

About a month ago a girl (April) in our complex who we had met through the missionaries came over and asked if I would be interested in watching her little boy who is turning one this Sunday.
Anyways I wanted to introduce Joseph to everyone since he is pretty much part of our family. He is over here Thursday through Monday from 6am-3:30.
He is very different from my girls in the way that he thinks he needs to be right next to me ALL the time. But he is warming up to the idea of playing by himself.
So here are some pictures of Joe Joe.



I had just spiked Josephs hair with Gel. I love little boys hair spiked! It is so cute!

This is Sienna right after she had Hit Joseph on the head. For some reason she likes to pat his head and sometimes I see her rubbing his head. She really does bully him. She will take his toys and he doesn't even try to fight back. So sad!

Grandma & Grandpa Came to visit

Seth's parents came last weekend to pick up some cars, and were able to stay a night with us. Meika had so much fun listening to Grandma and Grandpa read her stories and sing her songs. When either of our parents come to visit she always says "I love them so much". I think that she really misses being close to all her cousins and grandparents!

Music

I added music to our page, but I didn't listen to all the songs before hand, so if you hear a song with a bad word or one that is just stupid please let me know!
Hope you enjoy!

Someone broke in to our house last night

A lot happened at our house overnight. We don't know who did it. We think someone broke into our house and dawdled around for a while eating our food. This is the evidence I found this morning:
First of all, there was a yellow wet spot on the bed right next to me. We think the burglar must have been drinking lemonade or something and spilled it there. But it must have been lemonade that smelled like urine, because to me it smelled a lot like urine. And it was in the very spot that meika was sleeping, after she snuck into bed with us.

Wondering how this could have happened I got up to shower and noticed that the burglar had eaten half of a tomato and left it on the bathroom counter. That was weird. he must have been a little guy because his bites were really small. And it's weird that he would just eat a tomato like an apple.





Once I got to the kitchen to make breakfast, I saw that the refrigerator door had been left open overnight, letting the electricity leak and all the food in the refrigerator go warm. Not only that, but the burglar had stolen the lunch I had packed for myself last night. Fearing for the safety of our girls, I went to their bedroom to find them safe and sound asleep. Meika was sleeping especially deep because she didn't wake up when I turned on the lights (almost as if she had just barely gone to bed...hmmm...at 6 am...hmmm). In their room I found the remains of the lunch I had packed for myself today. The burglar had eaten most of my tuna sandwich I had packed last night, but not all of it. I think he really liked cheese, because he at all the cheese from the sandwich, but he didn't really like the crust so he just threw that part on the ground, along with the rest of the tuna and bread he didn't eat.














I am filing a renter's insurance claim for the amount of the food stolen and other items destroyed, and we are installing bars on our windows and deadbolts on our doors. We are offering a $100 reward for the capture of this person. Please call 911 if you have any information regarding this matter.

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Today is Meika's third birthday, and we had a lot of fun celebrating it! I woke her up by singing happy birthday, she woke up with a little smile. We let her open her birthday present from us, which was a little washing machine for her doll clothes. She had breakfast and then was off to pre-school. She was so excited about the day because I had made a birthday crown for her and she was taking pink cupcakes to school to share with the other kids.
When I picked her up from school she wanted to get McDonald's and go to the park. So thats what we did. She ended up feeding her cheese burger to the birds, which was kinda freaking me out because there were so many birds and they would walk up so close to us. It reminded me of that movie "Birds"... So freaky!
Meika wanted pizza, root beer and some cauliflowers for dinner and it was all very good. Seth let her blow the candles out like 15 times... she thought that was pretty fun since Seth turned the lights out while she blew them out.
I can't believe how fast she has grown up, she is such a blessing to our family, I don't know what we would do without our silly little princess.

Sienna's First Step

Sienna got a really sore bum last night, so I was letting her go with out a diaper but put some of Meika's underwear on to make sure we didn't have any poop dropping on the floor. Anyways, her bum was really sore so she would just stand in one spot until she fell and then she would cry and stand right back up. She found the princess crown and I saw her squatting trying to put it on (she's been watching her sister).So this picture is from last night, but this afternoon she took one and a half steps. Half meaning she started it but in the middle decided the ground was a safer place so she just slowly put her bum on the ground.

Meika Goes to Preschool

So Meika Started preschool last week, but I was teaching that week so it didn't really seem all tha fun to her. But this week she went to one of the other homes and she LOVED it! She was so excited all morning, we packed a lunch and put it in her little backpack. When we got to the home she was a little hesitant at first but when she saw all the other kids she walked right in! Angie, the mom taching said that Meika was soo good! Thats nice to know that she is good for someone!
When I told her she was going to school she said " no I want to go to work like Dad", I thought that was cute, she knows whats going on around her thats for sure!

How's Work at the Firm?

I'm putting down the paintbrush forever . . . hopefully. I got a paid internship at Deluca & Associates, a bankruptcy law firm. Now I get to wear a shirt and tie to work. I hate wearing a shirt and tie to church, but I suddenly enjoy it now that I have to wear it for work. I feel like a real professional.
I really like the work because he's training me to do real substantive work, not just busy work as law clerks usually do. He's been training me to fill out the schedules and forms for bankruptcy filings. I like being able to be inside a law firm and see how things work from a practical standpoint.
Wondering about the title of this post? I listen to a radio host who insults callers when they call up with stupid comments by asking "how's work at the firm?" Implying, of course, that they are too dumb to really work at a firm and are probably some blue-collar painter or something, without the brains to really work at a law firm. So now if anyone ever says that to me I can just say "fine".