A Day in the Life

We had such a fun-filled 4th of July weekend, but didn’t post anything about it! Scott came home from Missouri on the 2nd, and we spent the next couple of days just hanging out with him and the family. It helped that it was a holiday weekend, and everyone had the day off. And Cami got to come down! Yay!

We went to see fireworks on the 3rd at Andy Brown park, and kept Adelyn up way past her bedtime so she could see them too. She was amazed by them! I thought she would be scared by the booming, but she didn’t even flinch. We had a BBQ on the 4th of July, and made such yummy food! Bleu cheese burgers (courtesy of chef Zac), real Italian pasta salad from TJ, and dessert burgers and fries (courtesy of Bakerella’s recipe). We also had to take Adelyn swimming to try out her new sunglasses. We thought we should get some for our Hawaii trip. They are so cute!

Lastly, Adelyn started crawling this weekend! Originally she would only crawl for food, but now she will crawl for toys, for the movies in the entertainment stand, or for mommy, etc. It is so fun to see her crawl across the room to get something, and sit up and look at me and smile so big. She is so proud of herself! She flails her arms and giggles. It’s so funny.

Zac’s birthday was yesterday, and he turned 25! I asked him what kind of birthday cake he wanted, and he said a cookie cake. So I looked up how much cookie cakes cost from that place in the mall, and they are, of course, astronomically overpriced.(Are there too many commas in that sentence?) I decided to make my own, and I think it turned out pretty good! And I’m pretty sure it cost me about $5 to make, or less. And it was DELICIOUS. Seriously, you gotta try this. It was so easy!

When Andrea and I got married we made a deal that each year we would switch who was responsible for our anniversary. I took the first turn and took Andrea out for a night on the town. We went to a fancy restaurant for dinner, to Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and then we spent the night in a downtown hotel. It was a fun way to celebrate our first anniversary. The following year I had just graduated from BYU so we combined our second anniversary with both our graduations and went on an Alaskan cruise.

This year was Andrea’s first try at organizing and planning our anniversary and she set the bar really high! As many of you know Andrea and I met when we were about 13. We have been best friends since then and have great memories through the years. We started writing notes to each other in high school and because we are both a little bit sentimental we both kept all of our notes. So Andrea took TONS of time during the baby’s naps over the last few months to scan and organize all of these notes. So for our anniversary present she printed a book with 300 pages which goes from early high school to the end of my mission. It is so cool and definitely the sweetest present I have ever received. Most of the notes show the signs of intricate folding, highlighter explosions, and ridiculous stick figure drawings. Although I am totally embarrassed by reading the notes the book turned out great and I greatly appreciated her thoughtfulness. So next time you are over at our house you will have to take a look at our awesome book! If you have any ideas for me next year let me know because Andrea did an awesome job.

Our Custom Book

Well, we survived Zac’s first business trip of the year. Zac travels probably 50% of the time during the summer months, and last week was the first trip he’s been on since Adelyn was born. I was pretty nervous that I would go crazy without him here to help me out in the evenings. I really depend on him to help out when he gets home from work, because I’m usually pretty worn out by then. Poor guy, he doesn’t really get much of a break. But he is so great with her, and it is fun for me to see them together.

So we spent a couple nights at my parents house, and a couple at ours. We spent the days shopping for home decor (our bare walls are starting to drive me crazy) with Grandma Norrie, and tried to stay busy so that the time would go by faster. We went to Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, which is where the TV show “Dallas” was filmed. Well, actually only the outside scenes. So we drove around, looked at a few barns, horses, pastures, and the outside of the house. We looked at the inside of the house too, but since all the indoor scenes were filmed on sound stages in LA, the inside of the house was nothing like it was on the show. And I’ve never seen the show anyway, so it was just any old house to me. Except that it was decorated in the most gaudy, 80s styled decor you’ve ever seen.

Update on Adelyn: she turned 6 months old on May 5th, she was 13 lbs 7 oz, 25.5 inches long, and took her shots like a champ.

She is sitting up so well!

Sitting up!

She loves to chew on EVERYTHING, including when she can’t find anything else, her toes:

Trying to eat her toes

She loves baby food! She cannot get enough of it, and eats every drop I ever offer her. She has tried peaches, sweet potatoes, and squash so far. She is a screecher, and often calls attention to herself at most public places such as grocery stores, malls, and even church, by screeching at the top of her lungs. But she’s just so cute, you can’t help but smile:

Not quite crawling

And her latest trick: Spitting. She gets drool all the way down her shirt when she does this, but I think it’s so funny.

Lastly, we went to a Mavericks game last week, and had a blast! We went with Ron, Lisa, Jake and the Blakes from the stake. It was a heartbreaking loss, by 1 point in the last second, but it was a really fun game! And it was good to go out with my hubby again. Here are some pics:

Which way to victory?

American Airlines Center

We thought we had it

We had a great time

Thanks for letting us come Ron and Lisa!