Big Girl Bed

Every night at bedtime we have a routine. First it is a bath (not every night, cause her skin is so dry, but most). Then we get our PJs on and watch a Baby Einstein Video or a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse video to calm down. While we watch that, she gets a drink of milk with her L-lysine tablet in it for her face. As soon as her show is over, she hops down to the floor and gets "on my knees! Tims for prayer mommy!" We say prayer and she jumps up to give 'besos' (kisses) to all who are present and runs to her big girl bed where her 2 bears and her minnie mouse are awaiting her arrival patiently. She climbs into bed and lately she has asked for "mommy lay down sing temple song". So I lay with her and rub her face and run my fingers through her hair and sing I love to see the temple to her. This is my absolute favorite part of my day. I hope that it doesnt go away, but I don't think she will always be so anxious to go to bed, or to have her mommy lay down with her when she does. Until then...Here is my princess sound asleep!

I can't really complain though, she has been a good sleeper. Peyton at around 1 month old...Taking a nap.

Temple Day!

Today my mom and I took the kids to the Sacramento Temple for a picnic. They had so much fun running around and playing with eachother. Their favorite part by far was the Water fountain right in front. They could have played there all day if we would have let them! If only mean mommy and Grandma would have let them climb INTO the water fountain, life would be complete! Better luck next time kids!
Let me in! They put new doors on the front of the Temple. They are beautiful! Peyton kept asking "I go in?" Not yet baby! But someday!

Playing with her cousin Adam

All the kids!

WOW

That is all that I can say. I am such a horrible blogger! It has been so long! I haven't had a camera to take new pictures in about 6 months! It disappeared one day and has never been able to be retrieved. But for Valentine's Day, my sweet husband bought me a new camera~ He does a good job sometimes! It would be such a sad day if we had a new baby in a couple weeks with no camera to take pictures with! Then on top of not having a camera (and who wants to read a blog with no pictures?) we haven't had a computer in about a month. We have been fine without it since both of us have our iPhones which allow us Internet access, but I haven't been able to blog at all, or do anything which requires an actual computer to do it. It is amazing how you become so dependent on technology!
Well, Peyton and I have made the trip down to Sacramento to stay for 6 weeks. We left on Monday, February 15th. Lance will be joining us on March 1st and we will be here the whole month of March. Because I had a c-section the first time, I really want to try and have this baby vaginally (I won't say naturally, since I will have drugs!) and the only hospital in Northern California that allows VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean) is UC Davis, which is where I had Peyton so I feel comfortable there. So here we are. Waiting patiently for this little man to arrive. It has been a quite a change for little Peyton coming down here. She hates being away from her daddy (her best friend) and her mean mom just doesn't fill that void! Luckily she has her Papa to play with our I would be up a creek! (and nana to help me out as well! ~thank you both!) She also has transitioned into a "big girl bed" with her very own princess sheets and pillowcase. When I tell her it is time for bed, she jumps up and runs and says "ye-ah! I go ni-ni my bid-derl bed!" She has done great so far for the past 2 nights, but this morning she got out of her bed, opened her door, climbed down the stairs and went into nana and papa's room at 10 minutes to 8. We didn't even know she knew how to open doors! And as I sit and type this, I hear her in the room kicking her feet on the wall and refusing to shut her eyes...Ok, I'm back. I just had to go and lay with her for 5 minutes until she fell asleep. Sometimes it is so worth it to see them when they actually do fall asleep and all you hear is their sweet little deep breaths. It makes all the mad feelings you had 5 minutes before about them NOT going to sleep go away. So, that is a little catch up on us Lively's. I will try and do better, and now that I have a camera, I will be sure to post more pictures!

Being a little weird-o!

In her Christmas Dress..."I so pretty!"

New House

Lance and I purchased our first home and closed escrow and moved in the day before Thanksgiving. It has been such a blessing to finally give in to what the Lord wants and give up on what I want. I guess I am just one of those people who have to figure that out the hard way! Here are some pictures of our new furniture that we got.

The Living room furniture.


The dining room set. Sorry it is so dark, and please don't mind the little creature posing in the bottom right corner.

New bedroom furniture. It is such a difference to have a king sized bed! We love it!
We love our new house, and are so thrilled with the idea of making it our own. We have sure spoiled ourselves this Christmas with all the new stuff we bought, (Lance got a 55" LED tv as well) but we have saved like mad for the last 3 years. Now we feel poor and are working on getting our savings back to where it was. Luckily the President has decided to give us money back for being first time home buyers! I knew he should be able to do something right!

Busy

I am just letting everyone know that I have not forgotten about my Blog. I will be back as soon as the internet is hooked up at our new house. We moved in the day before Thanksgiving and have had a whirlwind of a time ever since. So stay tuned...Many new posts to come!

First Snow!!

Yesterday, we had our first real snow of the season here in "The Ville". At around 10:30 am, it began with little flurries, and within half an hour, it was a full blown storm. There were some of the biggest flake I have ever seen! Peyton went down for her nap and woke up at 2:00, cranky as all get out. Lance took her straight to the window and she looked outside and proclaimed "Es no-wing mommy!!". Pure enjoyment. Much the opposite from last year, when she would freak every time we tried to get her to touch it. We bundled her up, and took her out for a little snow-fest. She was laughing the whole time! Oh to be a kid again! The storm is over today, but she wanted to go outside and see the 'no-wing' again. She won't call it just snow, it is 'no-wing'. When I told her it was time to go back inside, she said "ok, bye bye no-wing, see ya!". She loves to have me put on her "pittens" too. She sits so patiently while I get her all bundled up and stick each individual little peanut finger in its slot! I wish getting ready to play in the snow didn't take so much time! But it is worth it in the end!
Pure Bliss!
Catching them on her "lengua"

Throwing a snowball at daddy!

Running to get daddy. Kind of scared me on that icy sidewalk.

Last year. Not nearly as interested in the idea of 'no-wing'

Halloween!

Well, we had the cutest Bummblebee ever (thanks Jaquelle) at our house this halloween. Peyton got all dressed up without a fight (shocking) and we went out with her 'buttet' (bucket) to get some 'annie' (candy). We went Uptown where they close down Main Street for a couple hours and the little shops pass out candy so the kids can trick or treat safely. It was a lot of fun, but next year will be better I am sure. Peyton was just getting the hang of the whole candy in the bucket thing as we were leaving. She was focused more on the actual DumDum lollypop that I let her eat while we were walking. She was so happy though when people kept dropping more and more into her bucket!
Afterwards, we went to our Ward Halloween party around 5:30. The served hotdogs and nachos and had some little rooms set up around the church for the kids to have some fun. The primary from our ward was in charge of the Cake walk, and thankfully most of our teachers were there to help. I would not have been able to hold Peyton and play the music at the same time. During dinner, she fell through the back of the metal chair and landed on her head. She screamed for a minute, but wouldn't let me put her down for the rest of the night. Needless to say, I didn't stay much longer than that. It isn't very fun to hold your little Bee the whole night! She did win a cupcake in the cakewalk (which I had to hold her for) and was happy about that!
Hopefully next year she will be a little more extroverted and actually play with the kids at the party! We all know my hands will be full with another little one this time next year!