Halloween again... This time from Big Bear!

Here are some pics from us in the mountains. The kids had such a good time. Luke even told me that he loved his costume and that everyone would think he was the real Batman, because he was. And Leona's hair turned out perfectly. We dyed it then left it in curlers for a day and voila!

Happy Halloween Everyone! I'm also putting in some extra pictures of Merida and Batman playing soccer. They're awesome, I know.

Happy Halloween from Utah!

What a fun Halloween! I decided about a month ago to dress up Abby as a cute puppy because puppies are Abby's absolute favorite! Whether she is playing with my sister's puppies or she just hears a dog bark she is more happy and excited then any other time. The puppy costume was big hit! Matt dressed up as a Clark Gable look-a-like (or as just a guy from the 1940's, whichever way you wanna look at it) and I found this cute skeleton shirt (inspired by Allison's costume last year) that worked perfect cause it let both me and Liam dress up! And lastly Danielle dressed up as the girl from Brave, she looked super cute and a little dangerous, lol.

We started the day off by "trick-or-treating" at my work and everyone loved Abby's cute puppy costume! After work we go ready for our traditional Halloween Pizza Party! Being that it was also Danielle's birthday we did a combo party and it was so much fun! We enjoyed Pizza and sugar cookies (which I forgot to take a picture of) and giving candy to trick-or-treater's. In fact that was probably the high-light of the night for Abby, giving candy out to all the kids. She loved it! Sometimes she would give them one candy, sometimes a handful, and at one point she even took a dum-dum from a cute girl that just laughed. What a funny girl! We also visited my dad and Abby had so much fun jumping on the trampoline at his house it was hysterical  What a fun Halloween!

Baby Liam Gray DeGriselles...

Well it's official...Abby is going to have a little BROTHER!!

Matt, Abby, and myself are very happy to announce that on March 8th we will be welcoming little baby Liam Gray DeGriselles to our family! We are more then excited that we will be having a little baby boy and can't wait for Abby to show off what we know will be amazing big sister skills! Everything looked good with the ultrasound, our baby boy looks healthy and strong. We love you little Liam and can't wait to meet you!

It's didn't take the ultrasound tech long to figure out we were having a little boy, we can't be more excited!!

Liam's hands

Liam's cute little face!

Liam's foot

Liam's too strong legs

My cute baby Liam, we love you so much!

Cute Videos!

Here are the latest cute videos of my little big girl! One of the cutest things has to been how much Abby loves to watch these videos. She is always asking for my phone and saying either "puppy" or "baby" meaning she wants to watch the video with the puppy or the baby (herself). She can just sit and watch the videos over and over again, it's so fun!

Abby LOVES her puppies! Well technically they are my sister's puppies but I think Abby has officially claimed them as her own, lol. Silly girl! (10/7/2012)

Abby has been talking a storm lately so I decided to get a video of some of the cute words she says. (9/20/2012)

I sent this video to Matt who had to work a Saturday and was missing his girls (8/25/2012)

My little talker! It's so funny when she has a phone (or anything that resembles a phone), she will talk for hours! (7/20/2012)

Happy Birthday Matt!

Today is my AMAZING hubby's birthday so Abby and I got up really early to help him celebrate!! Matt and I were both surprised to find that Abby had a present for her daddy in her crib, lol. Abby got her daddy some treats for work, what a good girl!

Next up was our "BIG" gift for Matt. Abby was loving how big the box was that Matt's next present was in, lol. She also wanted to help her daddy open it and of course her daddy couldn't say no to that face.

We got Matt a brand new surround-sound system with blu-ray player! What a lucky little birthday boy!!

The next two pictures Abby took for us, what a smart little photographer.

Later that night we took Matt out to dinner for his birthday at Los Hermanos in Provo, a family favorite. We met up with my mom, Ryan, Chelsie & Wes, and Matt's sister Danielle who is living with us right now. It was nice getting together and spoiling Matt on his big day!

We had the staff at Los Hermanos surprise Matt with singing "Happy Birthday" it was too funny! The whole time Abby wasn't quite sure what was going on. It was only after they finished and they started singing for another table that Abby started to clap, what a funny girl.

We had such a fun night and hopefully overall Matt had a great birthday! I love spoiling my hubby just as much as he loves spoiling me! We decided that we are going to keep the fun going and this weekend we are going to Park City for a little "Birthday/Pre-Baby" Vacation! I can't wait!!

Look Out World, Here She Comes!

Adelaide turned seven months on Thursday the 13th.  For us, seven months is so exciting because she's over the half a year hump and it's just a blink away before she's a year!  Turning seven months has also been very exciting for the three of us because Adelaide figured out so many things in the last three days!

Wednesday night she crawled for the first time, like legit crawled, to Tim.  She is so proud of herself as she goes, she just gets so excited that she's going places!  Now that she figured out how to use those legs in her favor, she can also put herself into the sitting position.  No more of her getting frustrated and fussy because she's done doing tummy time.  Downer to this is when I laid her down for her nap she sat right back up and cried and cried...She doesn't understand the concept of laying herself back down so she can sleep.  She can do it though.  But this also means we lowered her crib today!  The thing she just started doing that I am loving the most is snuggling.  There's snuggling as falling asleep...then there's snuggling just because it's nice to be close to mamma.  I love it.  I'll be holding her, we'll be playing and she just lays her head down on my shoulder and keeps playing.  Melt my heart!

She has two teeth.  She might be teething again right now, but we're not sure if it's just something shifting or if we'll get some more pearly whites out of this.  When she turned six months she finally got into 3-6 month clothes and in the one month she's been in them she has blasted out of them and she is in 6 month clothes now.  It's great to see her growing like a weed! She does raspberries, ma-ma-ma-ma, ba-ba-ba-ba, and clicking with her tongue.  She just started smacking her lips when she eats solids.  Speaking of eating, when she's in her high chair (or anywhere else for that matter) and her daddy walks in the room, that kid just lights up!  The whole time I'm trying to feed her and her dad is in eyesight she wont eat because she's too busy smiling ear to ear at her daddy.


Update on her time at daycare.  She has really great teachers.  They are very attentive and very responsive to our concerns and Adelaide's needs.  We could not have found a better place for our little girl.  I feel like the staff are always coming up with new developmentally appropriate and stimulating toys and activities for the little ones because there are students there who have the passion still burning!  Adelaide is having a rough time with separation anxiety though.  The days she is at day care she does not sleep well.  There's just too much going on.  So when she gets home she's exhausted and she still gets worried about us leaving so she wakes up frequently throughout the night to make sure we're still there.  I feel so bad for her.  I wish I could just stay home with her, but that's not the reality of things.

On your mark, Get set...

So grown up.

adorable!

"Elephant, can you tell her we're tired of pictures?"

Gotta Gush On My Baby!

I love Sundays! My siblings always come over to my mom's house and we just chill and relax and it's one of my favorite things! Yesterday while my brother and sister were tackling the overgrown lawn my mom and I watched silly Abby play with Austin's mini-skateboard and she had us laughing so hard! Luckily I grabbed her helmet before she took any falls. She is such a brave girl though cause no matter how many times she fell she just got right back up, that's my girl! Abby loved riding on the skateboard, made us all miss Austin a little bit more. By the time he gets home from his mission in Madagascar in October 2013 Abby is gonna be a PRO. 

I just can't help but gush on my little Abby girl. She is the most amazing thing to ever happen to me! Of course I can't help but thank the man that brought me this little girl. Needless to say meeting him and having Abby were the two greatest things I could ever ask for. Abby is the smartest little girl I know. I know I am a bit biased being her mom but seriously I think she is so smart for her age. So many people can't believe she is only 1.5 (well 20 months technically) they think she is so much older. She even knows her ABC's! Ok so she can't recite them perfectly in order but if you say each one she says it right back and sometimes she can just see the letter and know which one it is. The other day she saw two V's together and said "double-u" how stinkin smart is that! She knows so many words now I can't keep track. She is really quick because if she doesn't know a word I will say it to her and she get's it right away. She loves her mommy and I have to admit it is WONDERFUL! I love being able to make silly faces at Abby and both us will just start laughing. She is incredible and I am thankful everyday I get to be her mom. I know she is going to be the most amazing big sister and love her little baby brother/sister more then anything. I love you Abby Ruth!