its a boy!

So excited to welcome little man schiller in may!!! we cant wait!!

Summer 2012

Ive been MIA in the blog world for the last oh 4 months.. I guess thats what summer does to you! Heres a 10 min update on our lives for all those friends and fam who actually read this :)

May: Our big girl officially became a toddler. She goes to Nursery all by herself and has quite the vocabulary! We took a trip to Moab with the young single adults in our ward, which was a lot of fun. My cute sister Noelle and fam came to visit!! it was soooo fun I miss them so much! Now that i think about it, they were here in June, but you get the picture..

June: I officially quit my full time job on June 1st! I now work about 10 hours a week, give or take if I need to sub or not.. this is the best most amazing decision we have made. I honestly dont know how I juggled working 40+ hours a week, school (when I was in it), being a mom, and a wife and my calling, before now.. Its amazing how busy a stay at home mom can be! It sure does feel great to not be so stressed anymore though. To celebrate my retirement (lol) Cassidy and I went to Denver for a weekend to get away and relax. We made it to a Rockies game, which we always have fun at! 

July: I celebrated my 23rd bday! We did some camping, some dirt bikin, didnt have any fireworks because of the fire ban in CO, I went to Baton Rouge to visit Ashley!, My dad came to visit, we went to the rodeo, and so much more! 

August: We were busy with softball and recovering from the month of July.. July was seriously like a blink and it was over.. so august was pretty low key. Daddy skipped work one day and we went fishing (Bentley is in her car seat, in her life jacket, on the boat) such a safety freak..We went camping one weekend which bentley cant stop talking (and praying) about.. ("bless caaaaamping, amen") 

September: Now we are home for the summer! at least i hope..2 weeks ago, Caleb (Cassidys brother) got married in Las Vegas! Talk about a quick weekend! It was a beautiful ceremony and we are so happy for Caleb and Shelby! We took Bentley to the shark reef, which she LOVED. Then last weekend was the montrose reception which we were busy prepping for. Then of course since family was in town, we had to do something fun aka go jeeping! which resulted in a blown up tire.. we wont go there..

Our girl is growing up SO fast its hard to believe.. She will be 2 in 2 short months.. She is such a sass and her little personality is just hilarious. Shes such a sponge, anything you say, will be repeated. She tells me what she needs now and I can have a full on convo with this chick. She insists on picking out her own outfits everyday. She wears the same 3 shirts over and over and over.. She is obsessed with "sharkies" shark week is now her favorite time of year. She loves her "cart" (her mini stroller) and her rubber "nake" (snake) which got taken away in Nursery last Sunday for scaring other kids..She thinks every color is piiiiink, and she loves putting on "erfume" (perfume) every morning. She is such a girl but such a tomboy all at the same time. She has someone in her life named NINA? we have no idea who she is, i think it may be her 1st imaginary friend. Her best friend is "deesy" her dog.. she loves going to target and shopping for new things. "buy me sumting" is all i hear while she sits in the cart.. She HAS to wipe the cart with a clorox wipe at stores, or she throws a fit. She def has hit terrible 2s. DRAMA is her middle name. she doesnt just say no, everything is "no way" or "no way dude" favorite food is "mamamellows" (marshmallows) and "sa sa" applesauce in a tube that she squeezes out. Bentley says the prayer every night and at every meal.. "Father, bless food, bless dees, family, camping, jesus, amen".. And the most spiritual part of bentley is at church before the sacrament comes she YELLS "HERE IT COMES BREAD!!" or "HERE COME THE WA WA!!" She is such a hoot and we are having too much fun with our little miss b! 

 22 months, with her "nake" of course

Easter

  fillin up her tank..

 Easter morning, LOVED hunting for eggs!

 On Saturday we went to the russell stover egg hunt at a local park. It lasted about 30 seconds since there were 2.5 million kids there.. but bentley had fun

her new "smile" :) hope everyone is enjoying spring!!

15 & 16

We have been so busy, 15 & 16 month marks have flown on by..

 went swimming for the 1st time while we were on a weekend trip to denver.. she was scared and just wanted daddy to hold her. is she really my child? scared of the water?

 we went to the zoo! that was the purpose of the trip. bentley is in such an animal lover stage. she had a blast (and so did we) fishies were her favorite for sure..

 she was a little scared with this thing.. im not even sure what it is? a baby dinosaur or something..

 she loved sitting in front of each exhibit.. and walking ALL DAY. she is such a busy body right now..

 back at home, bentleys new favorite thing to do is sit in her car and watch tv..

Its so hard to keep up and watch my baby turn into a real kid. when people say "they grow up too fast" its really true!! i cant believe how much my girl changes everyday! she no longer walks, she runs, everywhere. she loves to color with crayons. she has 2 molars now but still eats everything with her 8 little front teeth like a little chipmonk. she loves her daddy so much. shes such a talker.. she trys to say anything u ask her to say its hilarious. she says "amen" when she wants the prayer to be over (she usually says it a good 3 times before the prayer is actually over) she is my super helper, she does her chores everyday.. she feeds diesel and her pet fish rusty. she sweeps the floor (she has her own baby size broom & dust pan) she dusts anything and she loves spraying frebreeze! she is a crack up. she points out most of her body parts and is learning new words everyday. i think she speaks more spanish than english. whatever works! she loves MELMO (elmo) and dances realllllly hard when his song comes on. she is a major brat and is not happy when she doesnt get her way. she loves bubbles and feeding the ga ga's (ducks) shes a handful but sure does keep us laughing!! Until next time. OLOS (adios) as bentley says it :))

update on us: maxx is no longer a member of our family.. i decided i liked my new carpet more than i liked him. note to self: NEVER EVER EVER will i get a non potty trained puppy again! I am slowly starting to work less.. i now have tuesdays off which is amaayzing. i have a day with just me and my girl! we are busy with church callings and dirt biking any time we have a spare hour or so.. we cant wait for softball season to get here and summer to be in full swing!!

14 months

well another month has flown by and my baby is quickly turning into a toddler..today marks 14 months :)

 We were bored at work the other night and thought we would take the ol swing for a trial ride.. i think she may have out grown it..it was fun for a minute though

 SO. we were walking around hastings (book/music/movie store) the other night and we turn our backs for 1 second and we find our daughter holding what? yes a beer bong. and she even had her mouth on it!! we were dying.. and when we took it away from her, she threw fit#651684168. sorry bentley, we were not going to buy u a bb.

 bentleys new thing is watching tv on the couch like a big girl.. she especially likes when her puppy is up there with her..

 we love going to feed the ducks.. bentley looks like a little shephard here.. holding the dog chuckit'. she would not let it go!

 no fear.. she will go right up to those ducks.. who cares if they are bigger? not bentley..

 once again, holding the dog toy in the swing..

the ducks ate an entire loaf of bread that day. fatties.

i caught this on camera this last sunday morning.. RARE moment. bentley is NOT a cuddler.. and what did daddy get on sunday? 10 whole minutes of this!! so jealous!

So @ 14 little months bentley is growing like a weed. dont know how much she weighs.. but i know she has grown a ton! she is a lug! she has her mommas stinky feet and she picks up shoes and says stiiiiiink! it is the funniest thing i have ever heard. her vocabulary grows every day.. her most used sayings are hiiiii dadda or hiiii doggie. stiiink, deees, no!, nigh nigh, she signs "more" when she wants more food and she is a copy cat. she usually tries to say anything we say. she loves her bottle ( i know bad mom award, that should have been gone months ago.. but she will live and im not ready to fight that battle) she loves any kind of animal, we are soooo excited to take her to the zoo this summer. she has to walk on her own every where we go. no more being held.. no way, dont even think about putting this kid in a cart. shopping takes 15x longer now. she loves her daddy omg she loves her daddy.. (note picture above) hates getting dressed, that is a 7 minute battle twice a day. starting to like her baths a little more. loves fish. says hiii fishie everytime she comes into work (cody has a lifesize fish mount in his office) loves elmo and barney. loves applesauce, goldfish crackers, honeycomb, granola bars, and MILK. man my kid is going to have some solid bones, she goes through a gallon in 3 days..loves ice. LOVES ice. cries for ice! crazy kid. we love our princess sooo much!! cheers to being one month closer to my child being able to attend nursery @ church!! (18 months could not come soon enough!) :))