CANCUN!!

Thanks to Jonathan's parents we spent the last 5 days at a beautiful resort in Cancun, Mexico! We had an amazing time sitting at the white sand beaches, playing in the huge pool, eating lots of food at the buffets, swimming with dolphins (yes, we did swim with dolphins!), visiting the Mayan ruins, and just having fun with family. The weather was perfect and Abigale had a blast but I think she misses all the attention she got from her grandparents and aunts and uncles more then she misses the beach! Thank you for such an amazing time!

What We Have Been Up To . . .

I know it has been a very long time since I have updated this blog but I have a good excuse, well sort of. Since the middle of May, I have spent three weeks in Pocatello and a week in Mexico. The first week to Poky was just to visit, the second was so that Jonathan could paint my parents house for them, and the third week was to visit my sister and her family who came to the United States for the summer from Singapore. The good news is that I have had an incredible summer but the bad news is that I have not taken very many pictures to document it. The following are random pictures that I did happen to take.

This was Mother's Day when Abigale and Jonathan brought me a bunch of presents in bed and then Jonathan later made me a delicious dinner!

Getting ready for Mexico!

A cute picture of Abigale in her Chinese dress and on her seven month birthday.

Abigale discovered cookies, well, baby biting biscuits but as close to the real thing as she will get for awhile.

The before and after picture of painting Abigale's room.

This is how I found Abigale asleep in her swing, silly girl! Also, notice the new wall color in the background. We painted practically the whole house in a day.

Two Big Announcements!!

Announcement #1:
Congratulations to my sister, Caitlin, and soon-to-be-brother-in-law, Jeffrey!!! They officially got engaged on Friday, when Jeffrey proposed to her outside of her office in Harlem! I haven't seen it yet, but I hear that her ring is beautiful. I am so excited that they are getting married and even more excited that they are getting married in New York City on August 4th and that we get to go!! Congratulations Caitlin and welcome to the family Jeffrey! Let the wedding plans officially begin!


Announcement #2:
Jonathan's dream came true last week while Abigale and I were in Pocatello. He finally bought himself a scooter after years of wishing, hoping and dreaming about it. He is so excited and it has become his new "project". It is a few years old so he has had fun fixing it up and getting it in perfect condition. I tried to drive it for the first time and about killed myself but I will admit that it was fun to drive. I just need a little practice.

Magnolia's Cupcakes

If you have ever been to New York City then you have probably tried or at least heard of Magnolia's cupcakes. While I was at home in Pocatello this past week, my mom and I found the recipe for the famous cupcakes and decided to give them a try. It called for some different ingredients that we did not have so we tried to improvise, and as you can tell by the pictures, it did not work so well.

At least Abigale got a kick out of it!

Just so you all know, we tried again with the correct ingredients and they were delicious!

Additional Pictures from Pocatello:

Abigale with her grandma and her great-grandma at my cousin's ballroom dance show. Abigale loved it and just sat quietly and watched the dancers the entire time.

Starting her early. . .

Happy 6-month Birthday Abigale!

Abigale turned 6 months old today! To celebrate we took her to the doctor for her 6-month check up and she got a lot of shots, poor girl. We are such mean parents but she was a trooper and hardly cried and she was happy the rest of the day!

Abigale on her half birthday.

6-months means that she can eat solids! This is before she started when she was happy but I discovered that she does not like rice cereal or peas and she let me know it. Who can blame her?

Stay-at-home Mom at Last!!

Sorry it has been awhile since I have posted but I have been a little busy finishing classes, taking finals, finishing my portfolio, graduation, etc. Anyway, I am done!! I graduated on Friday so it is officially over and I can now enjoy staying at home and taking care of Abigale and Abigale can now enjoy a less hectic life. She will no longer have to attend college classes or be tossed around between mom and dad and the occasional babysitter. I do want to thank those occasional babysitters- we could never have done it without you! I also want to thank Jonathan for being so patient and willing to put off his schooling so that I could finish. You are the best and I love you so much!
It has already been quite the adjustment to stay at home all day but so far I am loving it!

Abigale and I after my last final ever!! (and just a cute picture of Abigale)

Graduated! Jonathan's parents were nice enough to come to Provo for my graduation and his dad took a lot of great pictures so I will post them as soon as we get them but this will do for now. It was a wonderful day! We celebrated by going to California Pizza Kitchen and then Maverick frozen yogurt!

The flowers my sweet husband got me!

The Many Faces of Abigale

I took these pictures within seconds of each other to show how quickly Abigale can turn on the mad face. She cracks me up!