Mermorial Weekend

Emjaes first camping experience, and well in fact it was our first camping experience together. We ended up going camping with my whole family in Dixie natioanl forest.
(james was taking the picture :( )
Its here in Utah right next to Capital Reef. It was about a 2 1/2 hr drive for us. We left Friday night after Ashley's graduation and got there around 11:30 pm. Let me just say my first experience at the camp site was not great. It was down pouring and Amy and Alex had to set up there tent because they just arrived 5 minutes before us and the same with Trevor, Kate and Paul. (Kate is Trevors fiance) I was so grateful that we were sharing a tent with my parents and they had it all set up and had the air mattress up and ready as well as they had blankets all put together for us. Not to mention that I was so grateful that I had Emjae and that we could go hide in the tent while everyone else had to help set up. It rained the whole night and was still sprinkling in the morning.
Erik and James made us all pancakes though. And I must say they were good.

After breakfast we had to head into town to find a laundry mat so we could put all the wet clothes in a dryer.

We headed back up to camp and well even though mom and dad had set up a little canopy over the table area we decided to still put up some more tarps to block the rain.

The whole weekend had thunderstorm warnings.
Sunday morning turned out to be nice. We ate breakfast and then decided to go hiking at capital reef. We ran into a herd of cows on our way there and well I think thats as close as I want to get to so many cows again.

We went on a nice little hike that was about a mile each way. The trail led to a rock arch. Alex went fishing instead, but all the boys and Kate were ahead of Mom, Amy and I. Amy and I are pregnant, and amy has asthma and well all 3 of us are so out of shape that there was no way we would be able to keep up with them. From time to time James would stop with Emjae and wait to make sure that us girls were okay.

We finally made it to the Arch and well James, Trevor, Erik, and Paul decide they want to go on top of the arch. They go ahead while the rest of us sit and wait and just enjoy the view.

After our hike we stopped by a petroglyph site. Amy was wondering if they were real or if people just carved them and said they were real. I guess we will never know in this life. We also stopped and took a picture of a pile of rocks called Chimney Rock.
When we got back to camp the weather was still pretty nice. The campsite was higher in elevation so we had clouds traveling through our site and then one big thunderstorm that brought in hail and rain and winds that we just were hoping would stop. After about 15 minutes or so it did and we were thankful.
Monday was everyones last day at camp. James and I were going to stay another night with mom and dad, but we all decided to just pack up and leave. Mom and Dad came up to Ephraim with us and stayed the night here and then left on Tuesday.
All in all the camping trip was fun. Emjae sure loved it. She just enjoyed being outside and taking people for walks around the camp site (literally she would grab someone by the finger and start taking them were she wanted).

We are hoping to go camping again. I just hope Im not pregnant next time.

Our Place

This is the front room looking in from the kitchen.

This is our kitchen.

This is our vanity area. As you can see there is a couch on the left that still needs to be moved and some stuff on it as well. We are just waiting for the 3rd bedroom to have all the 5 extra beds in it taken out.

This is Emjae's room. It looks crowded, but really it isn't.

And this is our bedroom. We need to just finish putting pictures up in here.

This is our home :) It may look small, but it is actually quiet roomy for us and there's open space so Emjae can run around inside.

Welcome Home

James, Emjae and I are now home! I want to first start off with thanking all of those who helped us get here (you know who you are). I next want to thank the people that helped move everything from the storage to the apartment.

James got the keys on Wednesday and they moved the stuff on Thursday. He had everything put in the front room and kitchen and the bed was put in our room. My plan was to head down on Friday, but plans hardly ever go as they are suppose to. My parents drove up Friday and we packed the stuff at Grandmas into the cars and came down on Saturday.

By the end of Saturday night we could see the front room floor the kitchen table and we had most of the things put away.

My parents are staying until monday afternoon and are helping us get everything put away, set up, and situated. They have been such a great help and I don't know if it would have been able to get done anywhere near as fast. No one wants me to do to much since I have been having contractions so I get to do what I can and everyone else has been doing the brunt work.

It will be nice to have everything finally situated and to have our home.

Thank You Dum Dum

Emjae got her 12 month shots on Thursday. She had to get 4 :(
I as well had my prenatal visit. Grandma came with me and helped to watch Emjae while I was being measured and while Julie was getting her heart listened to. We got our check ups and then after everything was done Emjae got her shots. I held her just for a minute until I had to get my blood read for the glucose test. She fussed a minute and then after I came back out I grabbed her a Dum Dum sucker and she totally forgot about her shots she had just gotten. We got in the car to head back home and she knocked out.
My poor little girl.

Emjae's Birthday

Happy Birthday Emjae!!


Today was a day full of fun. We were lucky enough to have a party over at Aunt Brenda's house, to have great weather and to have some of James family drive up! It started off everyone running behind, but it wasn't a problem because everyone ended up showing up right around the perfect time.
James and I had gotten some small water guns for the nephews so just in case they forgot the swimsuits or just in case the thunderstorm weather they predicted came true and no one would have gotten in the pool. But the weather was perfect and it didn't take long before all the boys were in their swimsuits and in the pool. Mom showed up not too much later and she had gotten a swim suit for Emjae. Needless to say that the cutest kids in the world were all in their swimsuits and in the pool.

James and Monty were at the grill cooking hamburgers and hotdogs. Everyone else was sitting around watching the boys play and just having a good time talking and mingling.
Emjae got tons of cute clothes, a bubble gun, a glow worm doll, a box set of blocks and a little push toys that plays music. All the kids loved the bubble gun and Emjae loved her push toy.
All the kids just played hard. I know that Emjae had fun and James and I sure enjoyed ourselves. I am so grateful for family and the fun times that we have together. Thank you to everyone that made it to Vegas, and those that couldn't, we missed you!!!

Good News

So my grandpa decided...well... my grandma decided to tell my grandpa to upgrade the internet. They no longer have dial up (thank heavens), they now have high speed. I am so grateful for the little things. I don't have to ask someone to watch emjae while I run to the library to use the internet.
On a different note, we ended up not putting any money down on the apartment. James decided if we are going to be some where for a whole year we should probably like were we are. I have not gotten to see any of these places, but I trust my husband that he would know what I like. I just hope we find something soon. James feels like he's missing out on Emjaes growing and well he kinda is. He misses all the cute things unless I can catch it on my phone, and then of course she doesn't want to do any of the things when he is home on the weekends. She is just growing so fast. My great aunt Durley has taught Emjae to roar like a Tiger. It actually doesn't sound anything like one to me, but it is still the cutest thing ever.
I've decided since the weather has gotten better that Emjae and I are going to go on walks. The last 3 days I have gone around the cemetery atleast once. The first day I did it with my aunt brenda and she set the pace. Needless to say I had contractions all day from walking so fast and all the energy it took. I set the pace the next day and today. I need to do something and it gets me out of the house for 30 mins or so and Emjae does really well in the stroller.
I also decided I need to try and get Emjae to be able to fall asleep with out being cuddled and right next to me. I personally feel it will make things a little bit easier when Julie arrives in July. Everything I have read so far and everyone I have talked to says they all did the "let them cry" method. So...I started yesterday and it was ruff, todays first nap though seemed to go a little better. It still took around 20+ minutes, but she didn't cry the whole time. Hopefully, things will just get better. I hope I don't traumitize her too much.
Ok, so I know I have been promising pictures and now that the internet is fast enough I can do it. Well, the only problem is now I can't find the cord for the camera. So I will have to try and search for it and hopefully find it. If not I know I will see most of the family at Emjae's Birthday next weekend.

Quick Update

Sorry no pictures yet. I am in Ephraim for the day and we are getting a picinic put together to go eat out on Manti Temple's lawn. Easter was really nice and Emjae had a cute little yellow dress. She is growing up so fast. She decided it would be fun to walk up the isle around the front and back down the other side before james got her. She just does not want to sit still. She cut her third tooth. It's the top left side, and now she is cutting 2 more teeth on the other side. 2 more weeks and she is one. I hope everyone will be able to make it to Vegas for her birthday, and don't forget your swim suits. The pool should be cleaned and the weather should be nice.
On a side note we are putting money down for an apartment. Its a 3 bedroom 1 bath here in ephraim. It will either be open the 1st or the 8th of May. Hopefully we get it and things will keep going the way they are suppose to.