A Baaaaaaaby!

That's how Korina describes it whenever she sees a little baby. It's so funny and she couldn't be more loving and kind around them. It makes me feel a little more comfortable bringing home a newborn. So I went to the doctor and he informed me he is leaving town on September 1st for Labor Day weekend so we are going to schedule and induction to make sure the baby comes before then. I wouldn't want to risk the baby coming while he is gone and have another doctor deliver him. At first, excitment was all I thought about since I am getting super uncomfortable these days and I can't wait to meet this little guy! Then I got thinking about reality and noticed that the induction would come in 25 short days from now. Colby was a little freaked out by this news and we decided that we should probably get going on everything that we have been putting off. With Korina's pregnancy, I pretty much had everything ready to go for a couple months before her due date and then I just sat around waiting for her to get here. So I told myself with this one that I didn't want to do that since it would make the time go by slow, but now we are needing to still get some things done and who knows, the baby could even come early! Plus, Colby is in the middle of moving the factory up to Clearfield while still filling orders and we are moving the office part of it to our house. So things are a bit crazy around here anyway, so I know these next couple of weeks are going to go by pretty fast. I am just trying to enjoy these last days where it is just Korina as our only child, but I can't wait to see her be a big sister. She has been such a blessing in our life and we couldn't have asked for a better or sweeter daughter. And here is a picture with her best friend Jovi. They are way too cute when they get together!

Warm Weather!!

I am so excited it has finally warmed up a little bit. Korina loves to go outside and play, which is nice since it really wears her out and she gets in a good nap during the day. We decided to buy a membership to the zoo this year since she is a little older now and able to enjoy the animals. I was hoping to go before school got out, but it never warmed up enough so today was our first time up there and it was super busy! Hopefully we can find some days where there won't be as many people. Korina sure did enjoy herself though. She loved the elephants and monkeys the best. We were a little disappointed that we couldn't see any of the bears. They are totally redoing that section of the zoo and it won't even be open until summer of next year. It looks like it will be really nice, but it's a bummer the bears are gone for now. Korina will also enjoy the carousel and train, but they both had long lines and we needed to get her some lunch and home for a nap. Now we know for next time and we will definitely get there a little earlier and go on the rides. Here are a few of the pictures we got today:

Finally Settled......Mostly

I honestly don't mind the moving process. Packing everything into boxes wasn't so bad and then unpacking was nice to have a chance to do a little spring cleaning and reorganize everything. The only problem is that we had certain places in our old house that we don't have in this house. For example, no linen closet and no medicine cabinets. You'd think that those things should come standard on a house! There is plenty of space for them so I'm not sure why they weren't part of the house. That's okay though, this is only a temporary house and we are happy with the rest of the features. It has just taken a little bit longer to get all the odds and ends put away out of the boxes. The other bummer about moving is that things inevitably get some dings and scratches along the way, but I just tell myself that it's just furniture and life will go on. I think I've gotten better over the years. Having children teaches you to let go of the little things and focus on what's really important. I have to tell myself that when Korina is driving me crazy sometimes! And most important about moving is that we got the TV hooked up:

I thought of one more bummer about moving. I guess the surfaces and visible areas in our house were clean, but I realized how dirty our previous house was once we moved all the furniture and cleaned up for the new owner. And then I saw how dirty our new place was. That guy defintely didn't do any regular cleaning around here. At least I feel good it's clean now and we can start over, although it's not my idea of fun to wipe down a whole house and get ready for a birthday party all in two short weeks. But at least we had a helper:

Korina's party went pretty well I would say, I just have a complaint about the weather.....again! I guess I should know by now that just because her birthday is in the middle of May, doesn't mean you can count on the weather here in Utah. Last year and this year were both colder than normal and rainy. It's becoming a bit frustrating when you plan to have a party outside. Other than that, we were really happy with the turnout and are glad that so many people were able to make it. Korina didn't mind all the attention on bit! Here she is in her birthday outfit.

My mom made the cake just like last year and she did another amazing job! My goal is to make one of these someday:

She ended up getting a little bike for her birthday. She loves to get on and then say "Go!" So she puts her feet on the pedals, we push her about 5 feet and she says, "Enough!" and wants to get off. Hopefully she'll get the hang of it.

A Good Excuse

So I know I haven't been keeping up with posts the way I would like, but as of now, we are living out of boxes at my dad's house since we had to get out of our old house, but couldn't move into our new place yet. It has been nice to kind of rest for a couple weeks after having to move all our stuff, but we are ready to get settled down again. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for moving day and also for Korina's birthday, which is in only a couple weeks. I can't believe how awful the weather has been for it almost being May! I am desperately hoping the weather will be good for us to have a BBQ outside. I'm pretty sure Spring is way past due! So when we finally get settled, I will try and post some pics of our new place and Korina's party. We will have a very busy next couple of weeks.

New Hairdo

So I actually did something with Korina's hair other than just a simple ponytail on top of her head. We are getting her pictures taken on Tuesday and I wanted something a little more fancy. It turned out pretty good for my first time I guess, but her hair has been combed to the side for months now, that it was hard to get it to go any other direction. Good thing we still have a couple days to work with it before the pictures are taken. She probably felt better anyway just having the hair out of her face.

And here is just a picture showing that she still loves to put on all my shoes. She always manages to make a mess, but she has a ton of fun trying to walk around with my shoes on. Although I didn't let her walk in these out of fear for a broken ankle!

Training Day

Lucky me, I didn't even have to teach Korina to clean the floor like this. She just loves to clean things with the wash cloth. Even when I wipe off her tray after she eats, she's the one that wants the cloth to wipe the food away. Hopefully this habit will stick around for a long time.

As for this type of training, she doesn't seem as eager to get started. We bought it a couple weeks ago hoping that we could set it out and she would eventually get used to it a little. The only problem is that she doesn't really know what "yes" means. She has always said "no" to everything we ask her. She'll tell us "pee" and if we ask her if she has to go, she just says "no". It's definitely cute and funny, but not really helpful when trying to potty train her. We'll keep working on it!

Ready or Not

If you can't tell what her shirt says, it basically means our lives are about to double with happiness! We are excited to announce that we are expecting another baby around the first part of September. We tried for a few months and we were really wanting another one, but now that it's coming, I'm realizing that we are setting ourselves up for more sleepless nights and thinking that my shirt is clean only to find a spot on it. Once the excitement fades a little, reality sets in and we start thinking, "Wow, here we are starting all over again." For the most part, the "Wow" is just because we can't believe how fast the time goes by. It seems like we just brought Korina home. I can't wait to see if we are having a boy or girl and how different it will be from Korina. And to think it will be here in only six short months, especially with summer coming. Summer seems to go by too fast anyway.