Posted by Amanda
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:58:00 GMT
My blogging streak didn’t last long, did it? Well here’s a little update.
We painted the office pink and moved Anna in, with a “big girl” bed. The first thing she did was find a loose edge of paint and peeled a basketball sized spot off the wall. There is still no other furniture in the room besides her bed but that will change soon.
In August we took a trip back to NY and we had a lot of fun visiting family. Anna especially loved the gum drops from Great Grandma and Grandpa Shaver’s.
We have season tickets to the BYU football games in Provo. We’re huge fans and have started the girls out early. Anna loves “BYU Cougar Day!” and I’m trying to teach Molly to raise her arms when I say “touchdown!” The BYU bows are my favorite part of their fan gear.
In early September Ben ran a 5K at Liberty Park. He did an awesome job after only training for 6 weeks. He crossed the finish line after 27 min 13 seconds. Go Ben! I’m so proud!
While Carrie was in town we got together for a “craft night”. Carrie helped me make a BYU sling, AWESOME! I love my girls!
Molly has learned to sit up!
My friend Antoinette had a baby just a week before Molly was born and we’ve already decided they are to be married. Isn’t this a cute engagement picture?
I’ve taken up bow making. These are to match their Christmas dresses
Molly has started eating solid food and she loves applesauce! I make her baby food in the food processor and so far she’s tried squash, peas, pears, applesauce and bananas.
Here are only a few of the many tomatoes we harvested this year. I have had fun learning to can with Ben’s mom. We’ve done tomatoes, taco sauce, pears and peaches.
A tickling match? Well yes, but the important thing to note in this picture is the PANTIES! Anna is now potty trained!
I made the Halloween costumes this year. Anna is Goldbug from the Richard Scarry books and Molly is a ballerina. I made the tutu and the alteratations to the jammies, as well as the antenna headband.
Tonight we went to a pumpkin patch/corn maze! Anna LOVED it and our 4 person family got in for only $6! It was great.
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Posted by Amanda
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:25:00 GMT
I can’t believe my little girl is 2 years old already! Time has flown by so fast. We had a party for her on the Saturday before her birthday. We had a bunch of family and friends there, it was a lot of fun. Anna loved the pool and didn’t want to get out, even for cake and presents. She successfully blew out both of her candles, and was very proud of herself. She also really enjoyed opening presents and has loved all her gifts. Thank you everyone!
On her actual birthday we went to see a movie, Wall-E. Both of the girls did great! Ben’s family came along and they were a great help. Anna loves her grandparents and aunts! She also loves pizza, popcorn and soda!
After the movie there were more presents to open, here is the one from Aunt Liz, and she loves it!
Opening her gift from grandma and grandpa Hall
Molly had a good view of the present opening from this perch:
As always, the rest of the pictures are here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbytheway/sets/72157606264795932/
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Posted by Amanda
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:49:00 GMT
I thought this would be fun, we’ll see if anyone plays along :) Thanks Jenni!
Here are the directions:
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. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you.
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Posted by Amanda
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:59:00 GMT
Ben played plumber with his dad this weekend and put in a new water heater. It started leaking on Friday, and was worse on Saturday – the day of Anna’s birthday party which I will blog about later. Most reapir places were either closed or wanted $100 just to come look at it. Ben found one guy who came do a free estimate, but he wanted $950 to do the job!! Finally after some more research Ben bought a water heater from Sears for $450 and he and his dad installed it. They had to take a break for Anna’s party, and finished up somewhere around 12:30am. At one point I heard them joking with each other that they should quit their jobs and become plumbers, lol. Uhhhhh…..yeah. I guess when all is said and done, I’m just much more grateful for hot running water!
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Posted by Amanda
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:00 GMT
We’re due for a trip to New York to see my family. Trying to plan it is majorly stressing me out. We could fly, and between the tickets, car rental, gas and food we’re looking at $2000. Driving with hotel stays would be a little cheaper – around $1200. Then there’s the poor-man option of my flying alone with Molly, and that would run about $750. Ugh. The whole thing is making me sick.
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Posted by Amanda
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:28:00 GMT
Sleep….yes…we are finally getting some! Last night Molly slept from 7:45-11:45, ate, then slept from 12:15-7:30! I was in heaven. She’s also crying a lot less, more patient, and eating more regularly on the 3 hour mark during the day so life is a little more predictable.
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Posted by Amanda
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:14:00 GMT
We will be having a little party for Anna’s 2nd birthday on Saturday July 19th at 7pm at our house. We’ll have the splash pool filled and serve cake and ice cream. We would love all our friends to come! I can’t believe how fast time has flown by! Here is a picture of Anna at her party last year, she has grown so much since then!
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Posted by Amanda
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:34:00 GMT
Molly was giggling up a storm today! We were at Ben’s parent’s house, and Anna was playing with a huge monkey. Molly must have thought it was the funniest thing she’d ever seen, because she just started laughing, over and over again! We didn’t have our video recorder with us, but we got a cute video on my mother in law’s camera. I don’t have it to post, but here’s a cute one I took today of Molly while Ben was holding her. The dress is so cute, a gift from someone in our ward!
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Posted by Amanda
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:33:00 GMT
I did remember to dress my girls in red white and blue. And there was a BBQ involved. Other than that it wasn’t too different from a normal day. We didn’t see any fireworks because the girls needed to be in bed by 8pm. Oh, well…next year. I got a few good pictures of the girls, here are some of my favorites!
Molly snuggling with Auntie Lisa
Anna was having fun, but Molly wasn’t such a fan
Molly has learned to roll over!
Molly was having floor time, so Anna gave her a kitty and a blanket, then joined her!
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Posted by Amanda
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:01:00 GMT
Our little girl made her entrance into the world last week! She was born on Saturday March 29th at 5:32am. She weighed 6# 9oz and measures 19.5 inches long. She was delivered with no pain medication, and came so fast the doctor wasn’t even in the room yet! The nurse barely made it in time to catch her. She is a very good baby and Anna is being very sweet with her. Life just got crazy at the Bytheway house!
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