one year ago today...

...we were anxiously awaiting our little boy. By this point last year I thought I had every last detailed prepared, but I don't think you can ever fully prepare mentally for becoming a parent. This time last year I had no idea that in a week I would have an 11 pound NEWBORN! I had no idea what labor and birth would actually be like. I had some idea, but didn't fully realize how much I would love that little boy until he came.
I can't believe it's been a year and we are fast approaching Kash's first birthday. I've been extra weepy lately thinking about his first year of life. Words can't describe how much love I have for my baby boy, so I'll just stop here. And leave you with this little reminder of the big ol baby in my belly, one year ago!

Let the posts celebrating Kash's first life begin!

baby's first baseball game

disclaimer: this is my blog therefor I get to brag about my baby, if this sort of thing nauseates you maybe don't read this post.

We were nervous.  Blaine just out right didn't want to take him.  But after many discussions, input from the fam and a last minute "should we just stay home" we packed up our boy (and his million accessories) and headed to what would be his first Rockies game.

There were thoughts that he would just cry the whole time, that there wouldn't be room for all his gear, that we would be miserable, but Kash was awesome!  He ate his dinner, wouldn't stop smiling at everyone that would make eye contact with him and then fell asleep in his car seat right at bedtime.  People all around us went out of their way to say, "wow he's such a good baby" and "dang he's the happiest baby I've ever seen"!  Yep, he's a pretty dang good boy and we are really lucky.  I still can't believe how good he was!

So, first baseball game down no sweat.  Okay so there was some sweat.  We got there a little late and had to park 7 + blocks away.  Meaning Blaine had to carry our giant baby, in his car seat, for 7 + blocks.  I tried to give him a turn but I didn't even last a block...that kid is freakin heavy!  Good job dad!

Overall it was a fun family outing and I'm glad we took the risk of taking Kash.  But I think to Blaine's dismay Kash might have inherited the people watching disease from me and didn't really catch much of the game :)

happy birthday juli

Dear Pooge,

Happy Birthday! I wish you were here so the Turnbow's could show you a good time on your big day (and yes we still know how to have a good time even though we are crippled and knocked up)! Or I wish we were all in Logan so we could do our traditional girls birthday dinner, stay at the restaurant for hours after our meal was done laughing the night away. To be followed maybe by a Slurpee run to visit our favorite Sev guy, Steven, and then cruise Main in Scratchy. Then maybe we could go home and get in a few more hours of laughs in until I got grumpy/tired and decided that it was time for bed. Which would really mean we could go to our separate rooms and chat online (to each other) for a few more hours!

I miss you so much and feel ever so blessed to have you as a best friend after all of these years. If you were here today with me I would totally make you something like this (but it would be a really moist not so cakey cake)!I hope you have an awesome birthday! And sorry to break it you, you're in our "old" club now! :)

Love,
E

t h r e e

I know this time of year blogs are filled with gushy posts about people's anniversaries. Well our anniversary is just as important so here's another one!

I love candid pictures-the kind that capture who you really are without the cheesy smile. Just natural interaction.

One of my favorite memories with Blaine is when we were dating...Sundays when we were dating in particular. We would spend all day together on Sundays and I would usually beg him to take me on a drive through Logan Canyon. We would drive for hours and Ben Folds: Songs for Silverman was usually the soundtrack to these mini road trips. We would cruise around in his old Mazda that had a fancy cd player and I would always change the screen saver to the swimming dolphins...he hated that one! :) Later it would be his new Land Cruiser, Spike, in which I would ask him to drive deep into the mountains so that we could hunt for the fall leaves just starting to change--he didn't mind this so much because he got to really test Spike's offroading skills. Sometimes we would stop off at First Damn and feed the ducks. Sometimes we would just end up walking the trail at Second Damn.

Dang, I miss those days!

I love thinking about that time in our lives. The beginning where we were starting to fall in love. It didn't matter back then what we were doing as long as we were together. It didn't matter what our friends were doing or what we may have been missing out on just as long as we were together.

Happy Anniversary Beez! I LOVE YOU!

fireflies

My aunt called me this week and said, "I'm just driving home from work and there are fireflies in the cornfields and it made me think of you. I don't know why I just always think of you when I see fireflies!" I told her it's probably because I thought they were make believe before I moved to Illinois and it was a magical experience the first time I saw them.

Fireflies were my favorite part of Illinois. And sometimes when it's a little humid out and the sun is just going down I search for them, but unfortunately they are no where to be found out here in the west!

Have a happy summer weekend everyone!

best friend weekend

warning: picture overload!
Our friends the Dewey's called us up one day and said, "I know we were talking about coming to visit you guys in June but I just don't think we can wait!" (can you blame them?!?) So they told us they were coming in a few weeks and Blaine and I couldn't even believe it! Friends actually coming to see us? WOW!

Juli and I met our freshmen year of college and knew pretty much from the first week of school that we would be friends for life. As roommates we would stay up late talking about boys, school and planning our next road trip. So for us it's an added bonus that our husbands get along so well...sometimes you would think they were the long time bff's!

Since it was snowing we hit up the museum, the movies and eventually Red Rocks. Along with late nights (as in 4am bedtime) of chatting, Guitar Hero and episodes of The Office. Looks like you guys might have to come back in June anyway to experience Denver minus the snow!

Needless to say we had the time of our lives, no thanks to the blizzard that decided to show up for the party. Thanks for coming to visit Juli and Bryan! We miss you guys already and really wish you lived here. It's amazing how much more you can like something (Denver) when you experience it with your best friends!

speaking of the jazz...

Jerry Sloan and John Stockton were inducted in the basketball hall of fame this week!

Stockton is the reason I love the Utah Jazz and the game of basketball. Watching the Jazz still doesn't feel the same without hearing Stockton to Malone.

I think I will forever be obsessed with John Stockton. In my high school speech class we could pick any person to speak on and of course I chose Stockton. My Chicago Bulls-loving peers laughed through my entire speech. I still carry Stockton's trading card in my wallet in case I ever meet him he can sign it. My freshmen year of college I sat in my dorm room and cried as I watch the last game Stockton would ever play. And my eyes welled up again when I heard he was inducted into the hall of fame.

So to the greatest point great ever, from your number one fan...congratulations Stockton! And congrats to the greatest coach ever, the Jazz will never be the same once you are gone!

"I think Jerry certainly deserves it," Layden said. "There wasn't a doubt in my mind he should be in. If anybody didn't vote for him, they should be investigated."

remember when...

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." ~The Wonder Years (love this show)

If anyone loves memories it's me. I'm probably too nostalgic for my own good and sometimes live too much in the past. But I think memories are good thing and just like The Wonder Years said it lets you hold on to things you love.

So I got this from my sister-in-law Joy's blog and decided I wanted to do it too...

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.