Grantham 3 months--Iowa trip 6/25/14

In preparation for our first summer regional trip with EJ, we had family photos taken. :)

the night before we headed to Iowa, we stayed at Tom's condo on the Plaza. We celebrated Grantham's third month! He's such a happy and adorable little guy! He is so content to enjoy the adventure we call life, and is mostly happy to just be along for the ride! I'm not nervous at all about taking him on the trip, or nervous about being able to enjoy our time boating and enjoying lots of outdoor activities!

The stay was wonderful! We enjoyed lots of time with other little kids and Garrity made lots of new friends! Grantham was a champ and didn't mind being left a couple of times in the daycare area, and of course Garrity loved the opportunity to make lots of arts and crafts! 

My Birthday

Impossible to post... toddler on lap and swatting MY hands away to get at the keyboard!?

My birthday weekend started off with the obligatory White Christmas assembly at ol' NHS and then Bo and I booked it out of town to the Plaza! The G's spent the night with the Bishop's and we enjoyed an evening of Plaza lights, delicious Cheese Cake Factory, our holiday favorite--Embassy Suites off the Plaza, and wonderful long-time friends!

There is just something so magical about our longstanding tradition to spend my birthday at The Plaza. We started the festive ritual our first year of marriage, and we've made a point to make the trek each and every year since. This was the first year since G was born to go it alone... but our post-Christmas plans entail a wonderful adventure so we didn't feel too guilty taking a night to ourselves!

Upon return to Nevada, and snoozing until a luxurious 8:45'ish (with a sick baby...) I was served flaming donuts in bed and enjoyed being showered with lulu lemon and cuddles from the G's and Bo.

Mother of the Year/ why several posts from the past year will now appear :)

Clearly this award will not be bestowed upon me this year. It's hard to juggle working full time and raising two kids, keeping a house together, and we just added a new puppy into the mix! Life is great; exactly what I have always wished for...but exhausting and demanding nonetheless. I've made it my resolution to get back on the blogging horse and keep up with this as I had originally intended. That being said, I have several posts that for one reason or another were never posted. I am going to clean house and post all of these drafts and try to do so in chronological order. I will also post the original date in the title. In order to keep my one and only loyal reader happy ;) I will make a promise to keep up at least weekly during 2016! PROMISE!