Happy Valentines!

Happy Valentines!

I know its been quite some time since I last posted.
Where has the last month gone!!??
Here is a quick update on what we have done..

Before the end of the year Rhett challenged his team at work to break a company record.
The record for induction was 35,000 units during an 8 hour period.
If they inducted 40,000 units in the 8 hour period Rhett agreed to shave a Mohawk.
(Rhett didn't really think this would happen.)
Well about a month later his team not only broke the record they shattered it!
This was the result ...



Yes this was taken at Rhett's work. Rhett is on the left and the man on the right is Rhett's boss! Somehow he got drug into the deal as well!
Nadya and I got to go watch!



Nadya was unsure who the man was holding her at first!
Rhett kept the Mohawk for a week as the deal was, then he shaved it bald.
I must admit I became quite fond of the Mohawk as strange as it sounds!

Nadya has been so fun. She's changed so much.
it's beginning to be difficult to keep up with her!
She hasn't been napping for the last month and a half.
Since Napping is a thing of the past she demands all attention be on her all hours of the day!
She's been holding her own bottle for months now,
she also rolls all over the living room floor
getting into my plants and at times my freshly folded clothes!



Nadya has been working on sitting up in her Bumbo.
She's getting lots better at sitting up with out it.
She can sit up on her own for a few min before tilting over!



Nadya has also been attempting to crawl.
She gets up on her knee's and elbows and begins to rock back and forth.
She builds up enough momentum just in time to fall in exhaustion.
On Monday night she was determined to get to her jammies on the other side of our bed. She began to rock back and forth and when you thought she just might fall she... well why don't you watch the video! :)

It breaks my heart!
Part of me really wants to go find Neverland, the other part is so excited to so her change and grow!
As you can tell no one is as big a cheerleader as her Daddy! I cry first then I cheer at the new developments! I assume this is pretty normal for first time moms! :)

Merry Christmas!

I love Christmas!
I love celebrating Christ's birth!
I love being with my family!
I love the happy bright looks on peoples face's when they open gifts!
I love watching Nadya tear wrapping paper!
I love tearing wrapping paper!
I love Rhett reading Christ's birth from the Bible!

Here are some pictures of our Very Merry Christmas! Some didn't turn out as well as we hoped, but we love them all still the same!



Nadya and her stocking!



Daddy helping her get into it!



Nadya and her Teddy Henry!



Nadya and her Russian hat!
(I know the pictures are blurry but she kept moving, but she's smiling!!)



Nadya and her Boise State jersey from Grandma Krista!


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Proud daddy.. need we say more!?



Nadya and her darling Christmas dress!






This year we were a little naughty...



but mostly nice!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from our family to yours!

Anther cute picture of Nadya just in case you didn't get enough! :)

What I'v Been Working On

I know in previous posts I had mentioned that I have a goal of selling some of my crochet crafts. Since having Nadya that kinda went on hold for a bit. I have been trying to crochet as much as I can as she naps {which hasn't been much lately}.

I'm posting some pictures of a few things that I've come up with. What you'll be looking at are some baby booties I've made!

I know most of these pictures are girls shoes but the boots can go girl or boy. I do have little boy booties I just haven't taken pictures yet.. The boots are my personal favorite for this time of year. It keeps my Nadya's feet nice and warm. I make everything with the best yarn I can find. I'm very picky, especially when it comes to things that will touch my baby's skin, so I make sure to use the softest yarn around.

I'm in the process of creating an Etsy account. Once I'm finished you'll have to come check out the rest of what I have created! {I'll keep you posted!}

I of coarse cannot do a post with out mentioning my little PeeWee!
She's so much fun! I was never much of a baby person, but I so completely enjoy this stage with my baby girl!
My Nadya is so smart, she learns so much every day! She "talks" to us every day! {I say "talk" but its more COOOO!} For some reason she really loves listening and watching me say "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"!! Her eyes light up then she focuses on my mouth and she smiles and tries so hard to "OOO" back at me.

She started sleeping thru the night starting last week.. but she's forgotten naps during the day so that makes things fun! hee hee!

I LOVE this girl!

Little Bit of Everything

Words cannot express how happy this little girl makes us!
She is the apple of our eye!
She completes us!

It kills me how big she has gotten! I looked at Rhett the other day and said, "Rhett I'm ready for another one Nadya isn't tiny any more!"
{I'm really not ready yet, it was a joke..}

So this post is just a bit of everything...

Her Halloween costume! My little angel!

MOM! Look what I can do!!

My sleeping sweetheart!

Happy Halloween!

I love fall! I love the changing trees and all the beautiful red and burnt orange colors! Since it was such a beautiful Kentucky fall day we decided to go pumpkin hunting and take pictures of our adventure!
We found this darling little farm that was selling pumpkins! They offered tractor rides that took you to a corn maze as well! They had these funny little chickens that I loved and had to take a picture of! It was so fun!
I'm not a big fan of Halloween but I love pumpkin hunting and carving! Poor Nadya was so tired but we had to make her first pumpkin hunt a fun one!

Daddy helping her hunt her pumpkin!

Happy Halloween!

Meeting Grandparents

We just returned from our trip to Idaho. We went to Idaho to bless Nadya and so Nadya could meet her grandparents and aunt's and uncle's for the first time. It was so sweet to see her with her grandparents, to see the love that they had for her.

The blessing was beautiful! Nadya did cry a little during, thank goodness she has such cute sweet little cry's. I had to laugh, I tried to rock her to sleep before Rhett blessed her but she wouldn't fall asleep. As soon as the blessing was over I took her out in the hall so it could be quite for the sacrament and she feel asleep in literally 2 min. She likes to do things in her own time.

Visits are never ever long enough. {Although I will admit I was looking forward to coming home, I was exhausted!} Nadya was a great little traveler. She slept both flights on the way to Idaho, and was awake and only cried twice on the flights back home. Poor Rhett was our pack mule in the airports, we didn't want to check anything cause of our layovers so he got to carry most of the bags. I owe him a massage I think..

So here are a few pictures I took from our trip. Unfortunately because I was so tired I forgot to take my camera to most places so the pictures I wanted to try to get didn't get taken :S

Here she is in her gorgeous blessing dress!
{I made her blessing blanket she's laying on!}

Getting love from Grandma Krista

Sleeping with Grandpa Bryan

Being held by Great Grandma Barnes

Sleepin with Grandma T

Talking with Grandpa Scott!
{She looks like she's crying but she wasn't she really was just talking with Grandpa!}

Sleeping & Smiles!

I some how got Nadya to smile and laugh today!
Up until today the only time she would smile was while she was asleep. I just happened to capture it on camera and thought i would share it! I love these smiles!

This is how Daddy soothes the upset tummy and helps her to falls asleep!

She looks so cute when she sleeps!

So in love!