The Move

We recently moved to Colorado for an internship that Josh got at the department of securities downtown Denver. It just so happens my parents live 20 minutes from Denver so we moved in last week and have been taking over the house with all of our stuff!

We flew while dad drove our stuff over. Lyla did great on her first flight! Here she is holding on ready for take-off :)

A big thank you to Josh's dad for helping us move all of our stuff over! I know Josh really appreciated having a driving buddy on the long 18 hour drive.

Louie is having a hard time adjusting to the new "baby" in the house, he isn't getting all of the attention he used to!

Hangin with grandpa, (i love the crossed legs). He even got to change a poopy diaper the other day, Lucky!!

Dad and Lyla looking out the front window, we are loving living in a real house with no annoying neighbors and having A/C is the best!

Mother's Day

It was a great first mothers day! I woke up to Lyla handing me my favorite thing in the world- See's candy. They were even all individually picked out to make sure I loved every piece, and I did, it was gone by the end of the day, haha.

Here she is all ready for church (done by daddy) holding the candy

Out on the grass by our apartment, had to take a "first mothers day" pic

That same day she made a "milestone" and grabbed her toy several times, and actually on purpose, not just by accident! I thought she looked so cute with her little tongue out concentrating so hard to grab on. Such a little thing but I was so proud of her :)


Being a mother is the best thing in the world. I know, everyone says that, but it really is. I wake up every morning smiling knowing I get to spend the day with such a sweet little girl who I love so much. Don't get me wrong, every day isn't just a bundle of happiness and and ease, but all the hard work is definitely worth it. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and daughter. Thank you Josh (and Lyla) for making my first mothers day so special :)

And also, of course, a big thank you to my wonderful mother for raising me with such love and care, being such a great example of how to raise my own daughter. Mothers day definitely has a different tone to it now that I know how truly strong a mothers love is for her children.

Shoes & A Cutie

I can't find any shoes to fit Lyla's long and super skinny feet so I decided to make some of my own! I got this cute pattern from a friend at work before I left and finally got around to making them and I love them.
I just might get addicted to making lots of them since they are so easy and you can make them super cheap and whatever patterns/colors you want!

Just decided to add this adorable picture of my 2 loves

Go Bulldogs!

First things first:

Lyla in her sunday outfit. She really doesn't look much like this picture at all but i can't stop laughing at how cute her face looks so i just had to post it.

This Friday we went to the Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball game with the Harris' and Gwilliams and had a lot of fun. It was perfect weather, one of the warmest this year. It was a slow game so we left about the 7th ending and the score was 7-1 Zags, i'm pretty sure they ended up winning.

Lyla sportin her GU gear

You can tell Lyla was really into the game

Aaron Gwilliam and his adorable twin 4-yr olds Cade & Connor

Hangin with the Harris'

9:30pm-6am

That's right people, Lyla slept her first full night, from 9:30-6. Yes, you read that right, she is not even two months yet and SHE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! Only those who have seen Lyla's sleep schedule, especially during the day, can realize how amazing this truly is. We went from last week of eating at 9:30pm, 1am, 4am, 6am and then up after that and slowly we have eliminated the two middle feedings and it has been amazing. I attribute it all to the Baby Whisperer (a book by Tracy Hogg) which helped me get her taking naps during the day to longer than 15-20 minutes at a time to usually an hour to 2 at a time and to get her sleeping through the night. It felt so nice to get up and see that clock show 6am instead of 1am or 3am. Whew! I LOVE my sleep, so this is going to be a nice change around here :)

AND A BIG THANK YOU TO MARISSA GWILLIAM FOR TELLING ME TO READ THE BABY WHISPERER, I OWE HER A BIG ONE!

First Play Date for Lyla

Yesterday we went on a walk to the park with Heather, Brittney, Summer and Claire. It was the first real nice day in Spokane and it was so sunny and warm, I loved it! We met at Brittneys and then strolled on over to Friendship Park just a few minutes away.

Summer being oh-so-helpful pushing the stroller from down below

Lyla slept most of the time, but when she woke up we sat on the swings for a minute and enjoyed the sun!

Brittney and Claire just hangin while Summer played

Summer LOVED the park. It was one of the first times she has got to play at the park since it has been cold and last year she was too little. It was so much fun to watch her explore and get so excited about the swings and slides. I can't wait until Lyla can run around at the park too!

We decided to visit Josh at work afterward. Here she is with the attorney there, Anastasia. She is really checkin out the lawyer paperwork, she just might take after her dad :)

New Baby in Town

Our friends Jenn and Andy Day welcomed their sweet baby girl McKaylie Wednesday morning and we got to go visit them in the hospital that evening.

She has lots of hair!

The cute new family of 4
(Brooklyn, their 1.5 year old was at a friends house while we were there)

McKaylie was 8lbs 7oz, one ounce bigger than Lyla (at least according to her weigh in from last week) so it was funny to see the two together weighing the same but 6.5 weeks apart!

Happy Easter

Today was both general conference and Easter. We woke up and Josh had hid some eggs around the house so I looked for eggs and then we watched the first half of conference. In between sessions we had some friends come over for a brunch and to watch the second half with us.

Dad and Lyla watchin conference together

After eating we had a little easter egg hunt in the back of our apartment with the kids. They loved picking up all the eggs and we were happy they got the concept since all three of them are just over a year and a half years old. This is Gracie Howard and Summer Barney

Here is Summer Barney and Brooklyn Day

Lyla in her Easter outfit

She didn't like it very much, but I thought it was too cute that she could almost fit inside the basket

Lyla's First Roadie

Last weekend we went to Portland, OR for Josh's cousin Karli's wedding. It is about a 6 hour drive from Spokane and Lyla did amazing! We were worried since she usually hates the car just doing the short errand trips around town, but the lull of the car on the freeway got the best of her and she slept almost the whole way there and back!

Just waking up to eat after about 3 hours!

Dad & Lyla hangin at the reception

Karli, the beautiful bride

Spencer and Karli coming out of the Portland temple

Waiting for the couple to come out of the temple. Portland had beautiful weather that day and spring was everywhere there, we loved it.

Josh and I both wanted to go into the sealing so here is Lyla's first babysitters, cousins Becca and Marissa, who watched her out in the foyer for us

Some of the family that came and was at the temple

The morning of the wedding we went out to breakfast, Lyla's first restaurant experience.