Utah trip

Three days after we moved into our new house, we went on a weekend trip to Utah to visit family and have fun. I don't recommend leaving your house right after moving, but we had the trip planned for a while, so we decided to go anyway. Here are some highlights:

- Womens' Conference with my mom and sister, including pedicures, BYU brownies, and shopping. Thanks, Jay and Steve, for watching the boys so we could have some girl time!

- Getting my hair colored and cut (it was much-needed!)

- Celebrating Erin, Steve, and Jay's birthdays with yummy food at Bombay House and some birthday pies

- Getting to see Jay's parents after they returned from their mission. We hadn't planned on seeing them on this trip, since they were going to take longer driving home from Pennsylvania, but they were speedy, and it was so great to see them! We missed them!

- Hayden got some awesome cousin time with Tyler and Spencer

- Seeing my brother Tyler after 2 years (we weren't able to go to his mission homecoming when he got home a few months ago)

Here are some pics:

Mom and her two pregnant daughters (notice my strategically cropped-out enormous belly):

I love this picture of Hayden (which caught cute Tyler by surprise):

My Handsome Little Man

Doesn't he look handsome all dressed up?!

It's a good thing he's so cute, otherwise we would have been tempted to give him away yesterday. He emptied an entire tub of Vaseline all over his carpet, wall, clothes and toys while he was supposed to be taking a nap. Unfortunately, this was while I was at work and Jay had to clean the whole mess himself (sorry, sweetie!) Hayden knew he was in trouble and didn't even try to get out of time out. Hayden's current favorite movie is the Curious George Movie, and I'm convinced more and more that he's our own little monkey.

Movin' On Up...To the (West) Side

We moved into our new house a few weeks ago, and the move went relatively well. As much as I hate moving, it could have been much worse. In our six and a half years of marriage, Jay and I have now moved eight times! We hope to be done moving for a while. Even though we've moved a lot, I still learned a few things from the move:

1) A major hidden cost of moving: eating out.

With kitchen stuff in boxes, and little time or desire to cook, we ate out almost every meal for several days in a row. In one week, we ate at: Sonic, Del Taco, Subway, In-N-Out, Taco Bell, A&W, McDonald's, and (as our reward for a job well-done) Grimaldi's Pizza. I was definitely ready for a home-cooked meal by the end.

2) Always get the bigger moving truck.

I ordered the medium-sized truck, since we had most of our boxes already moved over and all that was really left was furniture. We still couldn't fit everything in the truck! Fortunately, the guys from our church that helped us move went above and beyond, and five of them had pickup trucks that they let us load up. Thanks guys!

3) My mom is the greatest (OK, I already knew this one)

She came to town for a few days, and we wouldn't have made it without her. She packed almost all our boxes, helped with some serious cleaning, and kept Hayden entertained and fed. Since I couldn't help as much as I wanted (see #4), she and Jay worked non-stop from early morning to late at night for several days in a row. Thanks!

4) You can't do as much pregnant as you wish (or want to pretend) you can. Once again, thanks Jay and Mom for picking up the slack.

Big Boy Bed!

To go along with Hayden's new room in his new house, Hayden has a new big boy bed. He's been able to climb out of his crib for a while, so he was ready for a big bed. And also, we were lazy and didn't want to set up his crib in his new room, only to have to take it apart and put it back together in the baby's room in a few weeks (the crib is a PAIN to put together!)

Hayden could hardly wait while we assembled his bed. He was SO excited! We could not get his bed put together fast enough. He tried helping Daddy tighten the screws and tried putting his new sheets (with cars and trucks on them, no less) on the bed himself. And of course, he loves his new Star Wars comforter--which Jay bought for our future children before I was ever even pregnant with Hayden.

Look at this glee:

Once the bed was put together, he couldn't contain his excitement:

He was not too happy that we were interrupting his fun by trying to take his picture: