Jack be Nimble, Jack be quick

 I made this little nursery rhyme book for my sister in law's baby shower. It was so much fun and I think it turned out rather cute!

Hope for Sarah

I met Sarah almost 6 years ago when I started working at Breathe day Spa. She was an incredibly hard worker, but she took the time to get to know all the people she worked with, and was genuinely nice and considerate. I later found out that she had battled cancer as a teenager, but she had been in remission for awhile.
She and I were pregnant at the same time, and Ella was born 3 months before I had Mae. Sarah found out shortly after having Ella that her cancer had returned. She has now been fighting for almost five years. She is one of the most incredible people I know. 

{Determined. Faithful. Optimist. Strong. Beautiful.}
{Courageous}

This past weekend they had a benefit 5k for her, and I was lucky enough to participate. It was an incredible experience to witness all the people pulling for her!
It is also incredible to witness her strength. She is truly someone who is a tremendous example and inspiration to me.
I am pulling for her, I believe in miracles, good things happen to good people!

Check out her blog, it is inspirational!

Hope for Sarah

Family VGetaway!

My parents rented a condo down in Mesquite over Easter weekend and they were nice enough to invite us to come! I'm not sure that it made for the best vacation for them, but we had a blast! 

Its a 5 hour drive, I was so nervous for Lydia to be in the car that long, but she was amazing! She was awake the entire ride and just as happy as can be! We made it about 20 minutes before Mae on the other hand was asking "how much farther?" Oh boy! But she did great too!

We went swimming every day which was a blast! Mae would beg and beg all day to go, then we'd get back to the condo after and I would tell her that she needed to shower and her reply was "I didn't even want to go swimming so I don't have to shower!" Wow she is a firecracker!

Lydia absolutely loved the water! She was smiling, giggling, screaming and kicking! It was so cute!

It was a super relaxing trip, we swam and ate and relaxed, saw Rio and went bowling. It was so nice to get away and do something different. 

Mae keeps asking me why we can't go back to the place with the pool and live there. I keep wondering why not myself! I would love to live somewhere that stayed that warm. It was amazingly uplifting to get some sunshine!

 Ahh don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?

A few days before Easter curious Mae happened upon the Easter Bunnies stash of goodies. I thought Easter was sure to be a bust after that! But he still came and left all the goodies hidden around the condo, and she was still just as enthusiastic about even though she had already seen everything. And surprisingly she didn't really question it either.  My mom got the girls these cute matching little rompers for Easter and I thought they were the perfect Easter day outfit!

We packed up that day and went to Easter lunch with my family before making the journey home. 

It was so much fun to get to spend time as a family, and hang out with my family again. Its been a long time since we've been on a vacation together! 

Easter Activities

Easter Egg Hunt. Easter Bunny. Coloring Eggs.

I'm an Aunt

Braxton Robert Farnsworth

April 6th

7lbs 14 oz

20"

A few weeks before my sister in law Michelle was to have her baby she asked if I would come be there with her along with her mom and sister when she had the baby. I was absolutely shocked and honored that she would want me there for such an intimate and life changing moment! 

I got the call on April 6th about 8 am. They said she was almost fully dilated, having never had a baby the "normal" way I panicked thinking I would never make it in time! Turns out having a baby is quite a long process! I made it in plenty of time.

I called Cody right after he was born, Mae got on the phone and asked me where I was. I told her that I was with Michelle. She asked me if the baby was out of her tummy yet, when I said yes she screamed to Cody, "DAD THE BABY IS OUT!" Then she gets back on the phone and asks "Is it a kid or is it a baby?" 

She begged me for days to go see him, when I was finally able to take her she takes one look says "oh isn't he cute? Grandpa will you come play with me?" and out the door she went!

Michelle had high blood pressure towards the end of her pregnancy and shortly before delivering she had a developed a fever. Braxton was born and seemed to be doing well. But after taking him to the nursery to get cleaned up they noticed that his respiratory rate was a little elevated and he also had a slight fever.

The doctor came in to tell Michelle, and my heart broke for her.

There is nothing worse than hearing your child is sick.

A few days later they determined that he had a blocked intestine. It took another few days but with the help of some medication he was able to pass it without the need for surgery. They seem to think his digestive track is getting a slow start.

During this time Michelle's blood pressure continued to rise. It got really scarey. They were able to get it back down with the use of several medications. They are still watching her really closely to help her heal and get her heart back on track.

It just blows my mind the rough start that some people get. It doesn't seem fair. But I guess that's life! And I got a cute little nephew out of it! And my girls got a cousin! Its been so fun and I'm so excited for Michelle to start this crazy journey we call motherhood! Man is it a ride!

Cupcake Night

::Dippidee::

{For the love of all cupcakes this is the place!!}

They announced on their blog that they were doing a mother daughter cupcake night. I had been thinking about taking Mae out on a little date, just the two of us, since she hasn't been getting as much attention since Lydia was born and I thought that this looked like just the thing!!

We went to drop Lydia off at my friends house, we got back in the car and Mae asks me isn't Lydi coming? I said no I thought it could just be the two of us, she replied but I will miss her! Mae is just so sweet! Any jealousy is totally out weighed by how much she loves her baby sister!

We got to get our faces painted, played cupcake bingo and we got to decorate our very own cupcakes to take home. Mae was so cute and it was so fun to be able to spend a little one on one time with her again!

Cody's birthday!

March 31st 1985 Cody Royal Farnsworth was born!! 

That would make him 26 this year, he was a little bit of a bad sport, for some reason passing 25 was a little traumatic for him! But we made him celebrate anyways! We took the girls bowling and to the arcade, Mae was in heaven! And Lydia is always so good! 

Then that night we went out with our good friends Chelsi and Derek. 

I think he had an alright day!