Mrs. Criertower

Anna is 2 years old!

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:25:00 MDT

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/

Memories

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:49:00 MDT

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.

From engineer to plumber

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:59:00 MDT

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!

Fly or Drive?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:11:00 MDT

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.

Sleep

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:28:00 MDT

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.

Announcing Anna's 2nd BDay Party!

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:14:00 MDT

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!

Giggles!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:34:00 MDT

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!

Our 4th of July...even if it's a little late

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:33:00 MDT

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!

Molly Elizabeth is here!

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:01:00 MDT

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!

Baby Predictions

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:28:00 MST

For those of you who haven’t had a chance to guess already, I’m collecting predictions for our baby! The due date is March 29th.

Birthday:

Weight:

Length:

Eye Color:

Hair Color:

I know many of you have been wondering, but we still don’t have a name picked out. We’re going to wait until we see her to decide. At this point the pool of first names consists of Katherine, Molly, Clara and Marta. The middle name will probably be Jane, Grace or Elizabeth.