Laughing

Maeli is starting to laugh... like really laughing at stuff. She was laughing in her sleep and every once in a while we could make her give one little giggle but today she really started to laugh. I turned on the camera to record her big and adorable smiles but she started to laugh and it was so much more fun! It has been a lot of fun now that she is getting bigger and interacting more with mike and i. We just absolutely love her to death!!! And we got her ears pierced so she is starting to look like a beautiful little lady! We feel so blessed to have such a healthy and happy little baby girl!

Crafts with Emiley!!

The other day Emiley gave me a sewing machine. I have been so excited to get to make some crafts with it but i havent had anything to make yet. So today... Emiley and I went to the craft store and bought some patterns that were on sale. One of them was a pattern for an apron! We picked out our fabrics and spend most of the day making them :) We were having so much fun and I am so impressed with how mine turned out!! I think that it is so adorable!!! I did it in a black and white print with green! I made mike a little upset that i spent the money to buy it all... but he was very impressed that i was able to make it look so good!! He isnt too mad now because he just said that i have to put it to use and make him some amazing dinners :) So i had mike take a pic of it so i could show it off! :)

Hooping!!

Mike and i were playing in the park the other day with our hoops and so i made a video of it. We have been having so much fun at the park every day! Hope you enjoy!!

Oregon and other adventures

Its been a little while since i have updated my blog so i thought i would put a little something up here! We have had lots happen in the last month.
I finally got my hoop and have been enjoying spending lots of time learning lots of fun new tricks and getting back in shape after the baby!!! its been lots of fun!! i love it!!
We got to go home and visit for a little over a week! We had the time of our lives! On the 4th we got to go to the Vale 4th of July rodeo which is always the highlight of the month!! My Grandpa Hiatt's funeral was at the beginning of the week which was a really great funeral. I got to see so much of my family and we all came together to celebrate my grandpas life! it was beautiful to hear all the personal stories everyone had about Grandpa. We got to spend some time with BreAnne and got to go floating the boise river with her and my sister Brittany and her hubby Adam! it was a blast but very cold!!! Later in the week we got to go and visit the Marvin family who was also in town that same week. I saw lots of cousins and aunts that i hadnt seen in 5 years. We had another baby shower and got tons of clothes and money! we love all of the support that all of our friends and family give us! We got to go boating with my fiends Morganne and Sarah and Matt and his girl and my siblings :) Lot of things to do and tons of people that we got to see!!!
Since our trip home, we have gotten lots of cleaning done! Maeli got shots and had a fever for a day so that was a bummer for her! We also had to put her on formula because she was getting collic so bad that she wouldnt nurse anymore. But we are just glad that she is a happier baby who is in less pain!
Mike is still on the search for a job. he has been out applying for jobs every day this week and we are just hoping that he gets a good one soon!
Well now that our lives have slowed down...we have been enjoying getting to spend all our time together since mike doesnt have a job and have just been enjoying our summer by going to the park to HOOP!!! and spending time with friends

Hangin out with the Rios family

We are so lucky to have such great friend here in Pocatello! We spend a lot of time with our very good friends Zech and Emiley Rios and their baby Elai!! This last thursday we got to go and play softball and have a BBQ with them and we had lots of fun! I forgot Maeli's binkie so she threw a huge fit about 20 min into the game so i had to bring her home, but other than that it was a load of fun!! Mike got to stay and play the whole game so he was very happy! He loves getting out and doing things with other people. We just had a few pics of the beautiful day at the park and thought you all might enjoy!Mike and Zech out in the field

Mike up to bat


Maeli having fun making faces

Picture time!!

We got Maeli's pictures done and I love how they turned out! She is getting so big already!! I hope that you all enjoy our little beauty!

Over the river and through the wood to Grandmothers house we went!!

We got to got home for the first time with little Maeli! It was definitely an adventure trying to drive all the way across Idaho with a little baby. We only had to stop once though so it was not bad at all!! We had so much fun though! We got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Rankin who had not yet seen Maeli without all of her tubes and hook-ups and still had not gotten to hold her. So that was a TON of fun for us to watch them fight over her all day!! and uncle Matt hadn't see her at all so that was so much fun too!! Then we got to go and visit my Grandpa who is not doing so well at the nursing home in Vale! It was super cute to see him baby talk to her and play with her little feet! We also got to hang out with the Marvin clan which is always entertaining and enjoyable!! Sunday we blessed Maeli at the church in vale and the whole family came for that and then Sunday night we went and saw Maeli's cousins and Aunt Brittany and Uncle Adam! :) We had so much fun playing with them and visiting all of our family! Its kinda sad to be back home but we are going home in July for a week so we are looking forward to that!!!