Is It Summer Yet?

I am so ready for summer to come so I can no longer be in hibernation. It was good weather for a few days this week, then today it was brrrr cold again. The walk in between when she wakes up from her afternoon nap and dinner time is crucial! So please come back sun!

I just love this lil girl to pieces. She has been talking a lot, including her new word "yes". It is adorable. We talk all day and have so much fun together. I really feel like she understands so much of what I say.

We always clean up her toys and put them back in her toy box, but the other day it made me feel like I may be creating a clean freak when we had only been playing with her toys for a few minutes and she started putting them all away. I guess it's better than being a slob...

She is getting SO big! I can't believe it. Oh, and she loves to stick her tongue out all the time.

We have been in 'project basement' mode lately. All the hard stuff was pretty much done when we bought the house, so we just get to do the fun stuff. Ev borrowed a paint sprayer when he did the primer, and came upstairs looking like this. Our carpet gets installed next week, then we have doors and molding to complete. It will be so nice to have all that room down there to enjoy!

So what do Jaycee and I do all day? Welp, here's a look into our schedule:

7:30-8:30: Jaycee and mama wake up {if Ev is home, they do their thing while I get some more beauty sleep}.

Eat a yummy in the tummy breakfast.

Do our morning chores, clean, make bed, dishes. Read {including my favorite Cinderella}, play with babies, draw, tickle Elmo, ride her pony, pull everything out of the bathroom drawers. Since I am easily distracted, I have a no tv rule until Jaycee is asleep for her nap. It helps me get all organized/feel good about the start of the day.

10:00-12:00: Morning nap/I get dressed for the day.

Eat lunch. PB & J is her favorite. She breaks the bread apart and licks all the jam and peanut butter off first, then will eat the 'plain' bread.

We try to go somewhere in this time. I go crazy if I don't get out of the house. Grocery store, shopping, lunch with the girls, go to our little park if it's nice...

2:30/3:00-4:30: Afternoon nap/my rest time. This nap time is getting shorter, and she spends more time talking so I fear she may be doing one nap soon. I don't know that I'm ready for that.

Go on a walk. Get all the dogs in the whole neighborhood to bark or chase/play with Jaycee. She LOVES the dogs here and goes crazy when she sees them!

6:00: Dinner

7:00: Bath time. Last night she pooped in the tub. Oh how I need a raise. {Pictured with aunt KK}

7:30-8:30: Bedtime.

Umm... I think we should be afraid of the following photos. A sign of things to come?

*Blogging question- any tips on a better layout for photos? It seems like I can move them where I want when I'm editing the post, then when it's on the blog it is completely different. Help!

Another Recap of our Life

I love to read blogs, but man o man, I am so not on my blogging A game lately. I really want to post every little thing we are up to, but before I know it the day is over. I guess I just need to prioritize better. Anyway, what we've been up to lately:

*Pics were taken by Mere. Thanks a bunch Mere! I have been into the vintage looks of pics I see on blogs lately, so I did play around editing some... ugh, I don't know though. I should take a photo class someday and learn more about photography/editing.

1. Went to Oregon. Ev had a work meeting there so we were able to lengthen the trip and spend time with the Carlile fam. It was so fun seeing the cousins Jaycee, Gunner and Riggs together. They each have their own personalities even at such a young age. I actually saw a shy side of Jaycee this trip- I think having two all boy cousins running around was very interesting to her.

We fed the ducks, {Jaycee is wearing her cousins clothes because mommy was too lazy and didn't get her coat/hat from upstairs. We should have known they would sneak in bread, too! Adorable.}

went to a children's museum, played at the Albany indoor park,

went to a family/kids day at the local college,

took some Sears pictures of the kiddos, ate {which also means feeding Tootsie},

took baths,

counted down the time until Ev and Trevor were done with their work meetings,

discovered how badly we need a wagon,

watched the BYU games, hung out with friends in Chris's sweet downtown loft, and rolled in style in the awesome mini-van. Although very roomy, I don't think I will do the mini-van thing.

2. Surviving the Blizzard 2011. We are snowed in and I think we may go crazy after being inside all week! I read in the news they are predicting this to be the worst winter storm since 1912. We went to the store before it hit, so we should be good to go. I am a little worried if the power goes out, but our gas fireplace can work on batteries if needed. Although I'm not sure how long those would last us. Lots of blankets and a slumber party may be in our near future! Tomorrow it is supposed to get reeaaallllyyy cold. {Is there much difference in temperature after 5, 10 or 20 below zero?}. It's funny because it was crazy weather like this all the time in Rexburg, but for some reason all the hype of this storm kind of makes me excited... bring it on!

Kailey came up the night before it started snowing because we knew she wouldn't have school and would rather be stuck here playing with us. Today we went out and played in the snow while Jaycee was napping. We attached a rope and trashcan lid to our 4 wheel drive Pathfinder {yep, keeping it classy, I know} and had some fun. *I had a video of this but it's taking forever to upload. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. As you can see in this video below though, I think cabin fever may already have hit Ev.

Yep, so that's us right now. Life is good. Just livin' it up in our igloo! Maybe tomorrow we'll take Jaycee on a walk in her stroller. Hmmm....