I promise we are not dead!!!!!

So I am a slacker for not posting with a new baby, but hey summer is for enjoying, not blogging every night???? that is my excuse, so i have done my best to update you over the past 2 months, there is a lot! Monday my cute Cousin got married and had quite the party to celebrate. They got married at Rice Eccles Stadium and then had a dinner and reception covering all 4 floors! It was great and the food was fantastic. His mom catered my wedding and so I felt i got to eat all the food i missed at mine, and boy did i ever!!! Can i just say shrimp cocktail, prime rib and turkey and of course the crape station!!! i waited 7 years to get that day back!!!! (For those of you who don't know, i hardly got to eat any food at my wedding and all i wanted was a crape)

Oakley on the other hand has been such a good baby! she is a good eater and sleeper and yes, she sleeps thru the night! She is so mellow and just goes with the flow. she is 2 1/2 months old, i cant believe it. each day she does something new. i forget how fast they grow, i think i was expecting her to stay "newbornish" longer. I love this age though...they are stronger with their heads and smile and make cute noises! Laker is the best big brother. He love to give her kisses and when she is napping he always tells me, "Shhh mommy, baby Oaky is sleeping" and he is soo serious!! I love it! So here is my catch up, i should be working on my etsy stuff, but that will have to wait! Enjoy!!

Swim Lessons and Rancho Relaxo 09

Laker and I have done Mom and Tot swim classes for the past 2 years, so it was fitting that we finish out his last year of swim lessons with mom at the Scera Pool. It was so fun, it was 2 weeks long and he loved every second of it. Every morning he would get dressed in MY swimming suit and come running our shout "swim pool swim pool!"...i had to edit the photos because my suit did not cover his goods .. I have to thanks my good friend Jeanine and her cute little girl Berlin for sitting with Oakley while we swam, it made things a lot easier! Laker loved to wear his undees out after swim class! We also spent this past weekend up at our friends Ranch up in Heber. It was soo much fun, we rode 4 wheelers,played on the slip'n'slide, played cards, night games and laughed soo hard it hurt. These guys were nuts! when the women and children went to bed i can only imagine what went on......lets just say they all woke up embarrassed each morning due to the early morning festivities.....We also celebrated our 7th anniversary while we were there, nothing special, but good time to be had by all!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!! and Oakley's Blessing

Oakley has been know as a party foul in our family....she was born on my brother's birthday, when we called him this is what he said, "Great, not only is there another grandkid to steal my thunder, but she had to be born on my birthday, the one day that I get to shine!" It was soo funny!! So in keeping with her thunder stealing my birthday just happen to fall on the first Sunday of the month and yes, we blessed her! but what a fun day and it will be something that I will always remember. Oh, and Steve totally came through for my B-day, he got me the most fabulous B Makowsky bag ever!!! He has great taste, or should I say the staff and Nordstrom has great taste!!! Thanks Beave!!! p.s. notice laker holding himself in the pic below. this is a common occurrence in our house, but hey ia m not changing any diapers!!!! hip hip horay!

Hanging around the house

Here are some pics of us just bummin around the house. I cant believe the difference in my two kids... blonde hair brown eyes and red hair blue eyes......Laker likes to lay by his Sissy an make her laugh, it is pretty funny. One morning i was sorting Oakley's cloths and putting away the 'newborn" stuff because, well, she no longer fits in it...sniff....sniff and i kid you not, 2 seconds later Laker was putting it on, so I thought I would help accessorize him......what a pretty little thing!!!

24th and Days of 47' Rodeo

We were pretty mellow for the 24th, as you can see we did our own firework show out front, but hey, you make it what you want right??? We aslo go to go to the Days of 47' Rodeo with the Dastrups. We had a great time!

Carseat Covers

Before i had Oakley I caught the "sewing bug". I made myself some nursing covers (which was a waste since nursed for like a minute), a few carseat covers and changing pads. Now that we are out and about doing our daily routine, I get stopped at least twice a day by women asking me about my carseat cover. So I have decided to sell them. Here are a few that I have made, some for friends, anyways, if you or someone you know is interested leave me a comment or email me at k24morty@yahoo.com . They will start at $40 for carseat covers, $20 for nursing covers and $25 for changing pads. Also, there is a pic of some fabrics I have at the moment

6 Weeks and the 4th of July!

For the 4th we went to the Children's Discovery Garden at Thanksgiving Point. We met my mom, stocked up on snacks (which we smuggled in...) and headed over. Laker had such a great time. he loves water, at home we have kiddie pool that he lives in!!! the routine at home is to strip down naked and splash, pee and play all day. We had to keep reminding Laker that that we have to keep our thomas undees on. It was so fun, just to sit and watch him play. Oakley hung out with Nana while we wondered through the garden and played in the tunnels. It was soo much fun! That night we headed over to "The Culdesac of Fire". It was so fun, they had the "Bonus Brothers" come and perform, a few dance numbers and of course fire works. It was great!

Oakley is officially 6 weeks old! My how time flys!! She is such a good baby and she is starting to sleep through the night. she is a creature of routine for sure, she is on a 3-4 hour feeding schedule, then is awake for about 30 min after eating and then down for the count till her tummy wakes her up. Laker is a really good big brother. He is finally calling her Sis Oaky instead of sisy anne, which we have not a clue where it came from even though her middle name is anne, we never told him that.... he likes to help me change her bum and feed her and his favorite this is to give her kisses and stroke her face while saying "awwe". It is soo funny. all in all life is pretty good with 2 so far. We also got Oakley's newborns pics back, my good friend Britty did them, there is a link to her website on our blog but she does such an awesome job!!!! here are some of the pics!!