April 5th-11th
So my Dad got to come down for General conference and when he headed back up to Boise he took Chloe and me along with him. I was super sad to leave Scott for a whole week! Scott packed me a lunch for the drive and I found this napkin in the bag. He is such a sweetheart. I love him so much! Gosh I got to lucky when I married him.
We made it to Boise and grandma was so excited to hold Chloe! The house smelt so amazing because roast was cooking. HOLY YUM! That is probably the thing i miss the most about living at home. Growing up every Sunday we would have roast, potatoes, and carrots. My FAVORITE meal ever! Thanks mom and dad for making that for me while I was there!
On Monday Mom & I went to the Village in Meridian and walked around Kleiner Park. It was a little chilly out but the park was pretty much deserted so that was nice. The park is sooo nice! I cannot believe how much they have upgraded that area! I remember when it used to be just soccer fields that I played on. Crazy how much it has grown in the last couple of years.
Chloe is getting so big every day it amazes me. This week was her first time sleeping in a pack n play and I was pretty nervous about how she would do but she actually did really really good! This picture however, is her fighting her nap. This is a regular occurrence. She loves to sleep but hates to go down. She just loves to play =)
That night I was able to hang out with Annette and we watched Big Hero 6. I hadn't seen the movie yet. I LOVED IT! Oh my gosh it is definitely one of my new favorites. So so cute and so so good. I would totally recommend it to everyone!
On Tuesday morning Mom & I went over to Other Mothers to get some outfits for Chloe. We found so many cute things! Gosh they had quite a selection. We ended up getting like 8 shirts, 1 jacket, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of shoes, and 4 jumpers for less than $50 bucks!! I am so excited for Spring clothes. Gosh she is going to look so adorable in all those outfits. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! We really appreciate that.
After Other Mothers we drove by the site for the Meridian Temple. I am so excited for that temple! It didn't look like much of anything yet but I am excited to see it when it's all finished. Afterwards Mom & I took Chloe for a walk around the block. It was kinda chilly so we bundled her up and she LOVED it! Gosh I love our little neighborhood!
That night we gave Chloe Rice Cereal for the first time! She wasn't quite sure about it but I think she will learn to love it in time! Gosh she is so cute when she eats. That night Mom & I went to the Boise Temple for an endowment session and Annette was kind enough to watch Chloe for us! Thank you so so much Annette! You are the bestest! The temple was so beautiful! Gosh I love going to the temple so much and it was so fun to go with my Mom!
Wednesday was our shopping day! We first headed out to Big 5 and Mom got me some good walking shoes. Thank goodness because the ones I was wearing were so worn out in the heel and always made my feet hurt. I got the cutest sketchers! Thanks again Grandma & Grandpa you guys seriously spoil me! After Big 5 we went to Target and sadly there was nothing there that I liked... Ugh I swear my look is just not in anymore. I need like a whole new wardrobe. Anyone want to lend me a ton of money!? After Target we went to Kohls and I found a couple of shirts I really liked and a pair of earrings. Yay finally! New shirts go me!
I put Chloe's hair into a pony tail for the first time ever too! She looked like a little whoville! Sadly the pony tail did not last long because little miss chloe kept pulling it out. Good thing she's cute. I can't wait until she has even more hair and I can put it up in two pony tails on the sides of her head.
Thursday we started the morning off by going to Merrits! Oh my freaking yum! I swear I crave those scones all the time! I am so glad I converted my parents to that place. I got the powdered sugar scone and Mom got the strawberry scone and we shared hashbrowns, eggs, and sausage. I love breakfast food. I also got a Chocolate Mint Milkshake. Their shakes are also the best! Thanks for the breakfast! Everyone loved Chloe. She did so good there! Gosh she is such a good baby. There was an old couple by us that said they wanted to take her home and spoil her! I was just fine with that =)
It was finally a sunny and warm day so Chloe and I hung out on the tramp outside! I bounced with her a little and she did not know what was going on. I don't know if she liked it that much. But I put her jungle play mat on the tramp and covered it with a blanket and she loved playing out there.
Later that afternoon I had a mommy play date with Julia and her little girl Olivia! Julia took a couple pictures of me and Chloe! She has a hidden talent for picture taking! It was so much fun to catch up with them and hang out. Chloe wasn't quite sure who the little human was that was touching her and laying next to her but it was so fun to see them interact with each other! And Olivia kept holding Chloe's hand. Gosh that killed me. I wish I lived closer to you Julia! It was so much fun!
Grandpa loves hanging out with Chloe. It is so cute to watch him play with her. He seriously can get her to laugh more than anyone! She loves him so much. Mom had to work at the temple so Dad & I made Mac & Cheese and Hot Dogs for dinner. YUMM! Thanks Dad for putting up with my silly dinner choice.
On Friday morning Mom & I headed downtown to walk on the Boise River Greenbelt. It was such a beautiful day out again! We started our walk in Ann Morrison Park and walked all the way up to Julia Davis Park and back. WOW am I out of shape. I was dying the whole way back and we only walked like 2 miles. Haha gotta love post baby body. I thought that Chloe would love this walk sadly she slept the whole time... at least she was happy! haha What a little stinker.
It was so fun to walk around down by BSU campus and hang out with my mommy! We had such a good time! I seriously wish we lived closer. I miss having such pretty walking trails so close to home. If anyone knows of any good ones that you can a take a stroller on please let me know because I love taking her on walks outside!
After our walk we headed home and we all took a nice long nap! Gosh was I pooped.
That night we headed down to Julia Davis Park to go support Annette in her Bo-Glo 5k run. I made her a poster and everything! Wow my artistic skills have not improved at all. That silly thing at the top is a running shoe in case you can't tell =)
Annette did so good on the run! I was so proud of her! It really made me want to get into better shape. Walking/Running a 5k would be so fun! Maybe this summer I will be in good enough shape that I can enter one! There was a mom there running and pushing her baby in a stroller! Gosh I was impressed.
After the race we headed home and once Annette got home we hung out. Annette even painted my nails! We watched an episode of Lost. Wow I haven't seen that show in forever. Gosh I forgot how good it is.
Saturday rolled around and Annette and I decided to have lunch together! So I suggested Buffalo Wild Wings because she had never been there. OH MY GOSH i seriously love that place so much. It is Finger Lickin Good. And Annette loved it too! Yay. It was so fun to catch up and hang out. We are so weird it's great. Gotta love these pictures.
After Buffalo Wild Wings we came home and hung out around the house. I cannot say how nice it is to have help when I need to change or feed Chloe! As much as I love that little girl its such a help! Thanks Aunt Net. Grandma & Grandpa for helping me out so much especially with her poopy diapers. Everyone always said that once you had you're own kid that the poop wouldn't bother you. And let me tell you whoever said that was a liar. I still gag and almost barf everytime I change her dirty diapers. Maybe one day it will get better but for now its just nasty.
Enough sidetrack though. That night Mom, Dad & I went out to dinner at McGraths. We all love that restaurant so much. I got the steak and shrimp combo. I came to realize that my favorite shrimp in the world is coconut shrimp. It is pretty much candy! Gosh it's delish. Sadly we had terrible service though. Our waiter was seriously so awful. He barely ever filled up our waters, he forgot the bread plates (even after we asked twice) and forgot a part of my meal until mom noticed! Good thing the food was good.
Sunday morning we got Chloe ready to go to Church in her new easter dress from Grandma and Granpa. Gosh she looked so dang cute! Thankfully she slept most of Sacrament and then played during Sunday School. Sundays are definitely not as easy as they once were. She is quite a handful.
Thankfully Mom and Dad were there to help me out! Mom took her during Relief Society and got her to fall asleep in her arms! Gosh that takes talent. Go grandma! She loves you.
After church Dad & I played Settlers of Zarahemla. We both get so competitive when we play that game. I was red and Dad was blue. The board was such a good one. It was a close game the whole time and we kept stealing the longest road from one another but I ended up winning because I was holding onto a victory point. WOOT. Finally! Dad always wins so it was about time I won. Don't worry Dad you'll get me next time.
That night for dinner we had Uncle Layne and Aunt Debbie over for dinner. Dinner was of course roast. Gosh I love roast so so much. Can you tell I love good food.
It was so fun to catch up with family and Chloe loved them!
After dinner Mom, Dad, Annette, & I played Quirkle. It was such a crazy close game! Plus the board was insane! I have never seen it like this! I ended up winning! Annette claims it's because she helped me a couple of times but really I'm just that talented. Gosh I love playing board games with my family. We were all laughing so hard through the whole thing.
Sadly Monday came way to quickly and it was the day we had to pack up and head out to go back to Utah. Of course I was so excited to go home because I missed Scott so much but it was so fun to go out and do thing every day with family! I am so glad that Boise isn't too far away! Mom & I headed out around 10 am and got in mid afternoon. Chloe did so good on the drive. She loves her car seat.
Thank you so so so much for such a fun week and for letting me and Chloe come up and eat all your food and get spoiled! We can't wait until we visit again.
Below are a couple of the pictures Julia took for us! Thanks again girlie girl! I love how they turned out.
My first 'real' Mother's Day was so great! It started off with Scott not feeling so good so I went to church with chloe and they gave all the ladies a bag with some candy and hand lotion and a nice book. It was so sweet of them. Then after church I came home and Scott gave me some chocolates from See's Candy (which are the bestest ever!) and a homemade card. He is seriously so sweet.
Chloe and Mikayla (I am not sure if I spelt that right... sorry Chelsie!) had so much hanging out with each other, or at least staring at each other. It's so fun to have cousins who live so close.
