FIVE GUYS!!

 Back in May, Nic and I went to Texas for a really good friend of mines' wedding. (The first time I left Maemae) The first place we ate after we got off the plane (we were STARVING!!) was a place called five guys. We were looking for something fast and this place kinda looked like In and Out so we decided to try it... Can I just say we WERE IN HEAVEN. Oh my goodness.. the food was AMAZING... Anyways since we've been back we have been dreaming about Five Guys. So I decided to give it a try and to see if they have one in the good ole AZ. To our surprise theres TWO!!! WHOOOOHOOOOOOOO One is in Tempe on Mill Ave and the other is off the 60 and Val Vista. So today we treated ourselves to Five Guys and no joke it was worth the little bit of a drive and not eating all day (Its a burger place and I had ran 2 and a half miles... JUST so I could have five guys haha) Nic and I have never been sooooo excited!

WE FOUND IT :) 

Nic was SOOOO excited... waiting for our food :) 

MaeMae was excited too 

My Burger.. Seriously best burger EVER

The Fries are literally the best fries ever

We each had a burger, Shared a fry, and Nic also had a Hot Dog... We were stuffed but SOOO happy 

Having Five Guys again made me think of my Shalli from the Valley my long lost white sister haha.... I miss her so much and I really was so lucky to be in her Wedding. Nic and I want to go back to Texas to visit Mike and Alli.. Hopefully soon :)

Isabella Lynn Murphy 7/20/10

Today is a very very special day. Maelynne was name after a my dear friends baby, Isabella Lynn Murphy. Today is her first bithday. Isabella was born too early and God called her home 4 short days later. Nic and I talked about it and decided that our child will be named after her, so came Maelynne Isabella.

Like I said today is Isabella's first birthday. My heart  breaks for my friend and I wish more than anything I could take some of the pain away but I know I cant. So while we cant take away the pain we can help Celebrate a life that was cut short way to soon. So this is what Mae and I did today...... 

We ventured to the park (our first visit) and we wrote a note

And attached it to two pink balloons... one for Mae and One for Isabella

We said a prayer and put lots of love in the balloons

and we sang happy birthday then we let them go so the could fly to heaven and deliver the message to Isabella

 Even though it is heart breaking to say Happy Birthday to a child that we cant touch or kiss we can still celebrate the life she had even if was for only 4 precious days. We smiled and wished Isabella a Happy Birthday and we wont ever forget her

Happy Birthday Isabella Lynn Murphy! We will see you one day and celebrate together.

Missing Camera :(

I think our camera is lost :( makes me so sad because there have been so many precious moments I have wanted to capture and unfortunately I have not been able to. Breaks my heart. However, my Iphone has been a good replacement and I am counting my pennies to get a new and maybe even better one (wink wink)

Mae has gotten sooo big and has changed so much. She "talks" all the time now. And just yesterday she signed her first sign.... MILK!! She is just amazing! Now I have to learn more sign language to keep up with her growing mind! (Nic thinks I'm crazy for teaching her sign language) So if anyone has any good signs or websites I can go to please let me know!

We also went swimming yesterday (we are house/dog sitting for my sister so I have a HUGE house and pool for a week woop woop!) Mae has been in a pool before but wasn't very fond of swimming. I thought I would keep trying this week, and yesterday she fell in love with the water! She kicked and splashed and laughed and tried to get me to let her go!! Water Polo Player in the making!!

So much is going to change in the next few months and I cant wait! Ill keep looking for my camera but I dont think I will find it :(

An AMAZING DAY

Yesterday Bro called up and asked Nic, Maemae and I to go swimming at Seeesters house. We had nothing to do so swimming it was. We bought Pizza crazy bread cookies grapes (for K2) and tons of candy and headed over there. Mae wasn't feeling to well because she was teething :( but Seeester has the magic touch and put her to sleep while we all swam. And We had SOOOOOOOO much fun!

All the kids were in the pool, splashing and having a good time. K5 was soo funny just floating along in one of the pool floaty's. K1, Bro and Nic played water basketball and did some crazy running/jumping dunks.

Then when Nic and I got home Nates present had arrived! He is an ammmmazing photographer (www.natejensencreative.com) and he took some pictures of Mae last time he was here and OH MY GOSH... this picture is BREATHTAKING!!It is SOOO nice having a professional photographer in the family!! :)

Now we are just trying to figure out something to do today :) Life is simply amazing.....

And Clearly i SUCK at updating!! AHH

Well life with a 6 month old keeps me, well BUSY!! Between working... Miss Mae... bills.... visits.... weddings :)..... birthday parties.... and trying to keep our house clean I feel like I dont have a second to breath!! hopefully things will start slowing down here and we can get back to regular life!! Our Maelynne is getting SO big its crazy. We misplaced our camera so I have been slacking on taking pictures (BAD MOM!) but lets just say my Iphone has gotten at least a picture a day so thats a good thing :)

Lately Mae has gotten into "rolling" we put her down, walk away and when we look back shes across the room (ok not that far but you get my drift) She "talks" all day and jumps in the jumper until shes exhausted! 

Nic and I celebrated out One Year Wedding anniversary on May 23rd. We were out in Texas for the Weekend for Mike and Allis wedding. It was the first time we left Little Miss. But Mumma and Papa took care of her so we didnt worry at all. (expect for the few break downs I had but luckly Nic was there to comfort me) She was amazing and had sooo much fun playing with her cousins at Aunti Nanas and Uncle Jays house. It really is Amazing how time flies.

Gramma and Grampa (Nics Parents) are moving out here Grampa is already here and Gramma is coming when they sell the house in Ankeny, Iowa. hopefully thats soon! We recently spent the weekend at their new house and had a blast!

Thats it for now... I will keep looking for the camera to update some pictures!! TTFN!!

3 MONTHS! AHH

Wow, 3 months FLEW by!! I really need to keep up on this blog better!!

Lets see what has happened!

Mae is now 5 months and is growing so much everyday! Heres one of my favorite pictures!

I love her crazy old man hair :) Nic lovingly refers to it as a "skullet" much like a mullet but almost bald on top. HAHA none the less she is beautiful beyond words
We also went to California for a week and had such a good time. Auntie Shona took pictures and I will post those later.
We were sooo lucky to meet Miss Sassy Sage! She is just 3 days older than Miss Mae and just GORGEOUS!! I so wish they could be best friends much like Erin (her mom) and I were when we were growing up. (Its crazy how theres some people in your life that you can not talk to for years and when you finally see each other again its like nothing has changed!!) Anyways here are the two girls meeting!

I loves Sage's face in this.. shes thinking "I dont lay on my back I wanna get up and go" and then theres Mae thinking "Huh?" haha Sage is just soo Freakin CUTE!! Cant wait to go Back to California and have another play date!!

Well I hear Little Miss growling in her room... Its what she does when she wants me to come get her... Silly girl :)

I will post again tonight (hopefully!!)

Hair Bows

Im obsessed with hair bows and the bigger the better! And thanks to Gramma we have A LOT... i thought todays hair bow is just to funny so here they are below (Please disregard my rolls as I am trying to be out of the Frame haha)

My Girl...

So pretty :)

HAHAHA cross eyed!!

Im sorry but HOW BEAUTIFUL IS SHE!!??
just thought I would share :)

Anne Geddes Shirt

We got dressed up and started taking pictures the other day. She was being a little fussy when i wanted to take the pictures but as soon as I took one picture she started smiling! I have a feeling shes going to love the camera :)

We are so in love with this little girl....
The dimple makes me smile :)

She really is the light in our life. Everyday is really just a gift.

Smiles Smiles and MORE SMILES!!

After smiling at Mumma for the first time this little girl just keeps smiling!! It melts my heart. I see so much of Mumma in her when she smiles. LOVE IT
I love how one of her eyes gets smaller when she smiles :)
I just cant get enough of her!!
Heres a video shes such an Angel...

Lake Havasu with Mumma and Papa

Two weekends ago Mom and Dad invited us to Lake Havasu for a quick weekend getaway. We had SO much fun. We drank beers, hung out in the hot tub, played Wii, and relaxed. I know Nic and I needed a break from everyday life. Mom held little miss pretty much the entire time. She loves her Mumma and for the first time ever she responded cooing and a huge smile. (And I missed it :( i was taking a nap bummer) Here are some pictures :)

She was so good all weekend...

I love him
Going to eat at Javelina Cantina.... Good Margaritas!!
Dad held us like this and all the grandkids love it too!

And this pretty much sums up the whole weekend lol
Just look at this picture... We are truly blessed!
The weekend was one of those where it hurt to leave. Nic and I agreed it was one of the best we have had in a long long time. Cant wait to go back!!!

Car Trips and first bath

So we decided to get out of the house on Saturday and go to Sedona. For some strange reason our GPS took us to some random place. We ended up going through Payson, Strawberry, and then to no where.. but we pulled over and had some fun in the snow... Can you Believe this is Arizona!!!

And of course Two boys start throwing Snowballs at eachother... (ps my hubby is hott <3)
I dont know what Alex is doing lol... Dork
I love him
Where is Miss Maelynne you ask? She was in the car blowing bubbles lol
We never made it Sedona but we had fun.. Thats all that matters right?? :)

Then We gave little Miss Maelynne her first bath (yes she is one month but its too cold and I give her sink baths! So shes not stinky!)
Anyways here are the pictures from that...




















How cute is she!!She looooves baths its so cute. She just laid there.



All Done and passed out :)

Lastly Nic playing with her it cracked me up..

Rough Night last night.....

Little miss decided it was a good idea to wake up at 5 and not go back to sleep. Tried everything but she just wanted me to hold her... So here we are sitting on the couch cuddling... Im exhausted.... but at least its a sunday and Ill let Nic sleep in for a little then ill sleep while he stays up with her.

Anyways I needed to post more pictures of Miss Maelynne so here they are.

One of my favorite pictures...

I asked Nic to Cover her up. When I came back this is what I saw... cracked me up..
I love how Nic interacts with her... I didnt think he would be this good with a baby... he melts my heart..


We went on a drive to sedona yesterday but we didnt make it there. haha The GPS took us to some random place but it wasnt sedona. It was a beautiful drive and we had a lot of fun. Ill post pictures tomorrow.

New Year New Life....

One of my New Years goals is writing in this thing. Shona just created her first blog book and said she is going to do one every year. and I thought it was be so cool to show Maelynne what our life was like when she was just a baby. So lets see, from the last post what has happened??

Well, My Maelynne Isabella was born on December 10th 2009. She was 7lb 13 ounces 20 inches long. and PERFECT in every way. This is the first time I held my baby girl. Our first moment as a family :)
My mom stayed for a week to help me. I really REALLY dont know what I would have done without her. After she left Nic and I had to learn to adjust with just the three of us. I think we are doing really really good! Nic is an amazing dad. He doesnt get frustrated and he listens when I give him advice. its been really good. We had our Annual Cousins Party at our house just 9 days after she was born...Look at the pics at shonas blog. So Maelynne got to meet a lot of her Family.

We had some issues with the little princess. She wasnt gaining weight in fact she was losing weight. So we had to do both breast feed and bottle feed. I didnt want to give her formula, but she needed to gain some weight and I guess I wasnt producing enough milk bummer.

Anyways, Alex just moved in last wednesday and now theres 4 of us in this little house. We will see how it works out HAHA. Im sure everything will be okay.

Well I need to get back to some house work. Wish me luck on following through with this!!