Lately

What have we been up to lately?

Welcoming Dallas home

Eating sweet potatoes

Going to softball games

Getting earrings.

Kissing our reflection in the dishwasher. Do you think Amaya has enough self esteem?

Drinking chocolate milk at the parade. (and no, Amaya isn't 1 yet, so this is an ILLEGAL act)

Have you ever seen a grumpier pair of babies? It was cold outside, and this is the best picture I could get of Amaya with her cousin.  They're two weeks apart. How many similarities can you see between Maylee and Amaya here? I counted seven.

1.pink jackets 2. Christmas socks from Grandma Abrams 3. pink bows 4. big lips 5. blue eyes 6. matching scowls 7.chunky cheeks

This picture sort of reminded me of this painting:

In other news . . .

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  In case you didn't hear, we're back in Idaho. We decided to cut our summer short so we can spend more time as a family before Dallas leaves for Iraq in September. 
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  And, we're moving into our new townhouse right now! We aren't the official owners until this fall when we close, but we'll be renting it in the meantime. I'll post some pictures when we're all moved in.
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  Amaya is sporting what Dallas calls her "bling". We pierced Amaya's ears on Monday, and she was such a trooper! It's amazing what a sucker can do for your pain tolerance.
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  I'm officially in my third trimester! Only 12 more weeks until my due date, but I'm praying she will come early. Dallas leaves for Boise the latter part of August, and I'm due September 2. Dr. Leavitt will induce me on August 26 if everything looks good, but Dallas will only be able to come home for two days once he's at training, so I'm hoping she will make her appearance shortly after the 37 week mark so that he will definately be here for the birth and recovery and everything.

IDAHO

Last Monday Dallas headed off to Boise for yet another training and Wednesday Amaya and I headed home to spend time with some family while he was gone. After a horrendous flight home (it was cancelled at 11:00 at night, we were stuck overnight in Houston) we finally made it home.  Amaya was a trooper on the plane. I didn't take any pictures on the plane ride because I didn't bring my camera.  I had a brand new birthday present waiting for me in Idaho! A camera from my wonderful husband! Since Dallas is taking his camera in the fall when he leaves, we were in the market for a second camera.

Amaya when she woke up from the monstrous nap she took when we finally got home.  You can see the mesh imprint from the portacrib on her forehead.

Going for a four wheeler ride with Grandpa Clark

Grandma Clark

Look at how the wheels on the wagon are buckling under her! What a little chunk!

The highlight of the trip for me was getting to go see our new baby niece that was born right after we left for Texas.  Tyson and Meagan FINALLY got a little girl and she is so beautiful! She made me so anxious for our little girl to get here!

We also got some really happy news from a certain family member, but I'll wait to share until they have!

I totally spaced taking any pictures when we were with the Abrams, so I'll have to take some and post them before Dal and I fly back Saturday.

Yup I'm officially not a teenager anymore :) I told Dallas I'm going to get him a T-shirt that says, "I support teen pregnancy".

Sunday was my birthday and Jackie (Dallas' mom) baked me a cake and put Dallas and Tony (Dal's dad) on speakerphone so everyone could sing to me.  It was so thoughtful and sweet of her! I forgot to take a picture until after we'd eaten some of it but it was yummy! Last night all the girls on the Abrams side all went to dinner and a movie for my birthday which was lots of fun (again, no pics).  I'm glad I have such a great family to take care of me when my husband is gone!

Yesterday I went into my Dr. appointment and we were able to get a sneak peak at our little baby girl via 3D ultrasound! (You have to use your imagination a little bit) How cool is that? I sent Dallas a picture message of the ultrasound pic and he said that it looks like she's going to be a cutie just like Amaya.  We are so blessed to have such a healthy family.

Little side note: Dallas and I have officially known each other 2 years.  Crazy! We had a bunch of two year milestone/anniversaries that have passed while Dallas was gone:

May 22: The day we met

May 24: Our first date

May 27: Our first kiss

Potty Training

What's the first step to potty training?

Familiarizing yourself with the area.  Amaya has learned to flush the toilet and unroll the toilet paper.

Way to go Maya! Only 47 more steps to go!

Joy

Nothing brings me greater joy at the end of a long, trying day than sneaking into Amaya's room and seeing this:

I've heard it said before that "there's lot's to think about, but nothing to worry about." That's how I feel when I see our baby girl sleeping peacefully.  We are so blessed.

Happy Mother's Day

Little Miss Maya

I promised to keep my blog updated really well this summer while we're gone, and I've been trying. These are a few pictures I took on our balcony a few minutes ago. It's currently a balmy 91 degrees outside--at 5:30 at night. Luckily Amaya and I are hanging out in our air conditioned apartment but poor Dallas is sweating it out in the hot sun.

A couple of fun new accomplishments for Amaya in the last few weeks:

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  big, sloppy kisses
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  waving bye-bye
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  hi fives
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  saying "mama" and "dada" (usually it's "mama" when she wants out of her crib or picked up because she know I can't resist)
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  standing alone for about half a second
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  lots and lots of cruising, crawling, jabbering, laughs, and smiles

We love our crazy nine month old girl!