Catching up!

Well I've been trying to catch up a bit on my scrapbooking. I've been making myself find time because I just enjoy it so much. So I decided to do the pictures Brittney took when Eden turned a year old. I wanted this page to be perfect because the pictures are just so precious! I spent a long time looking through scrap pages trying to find an idea of how I wanted to do it and then all the sudden I got this idea! So it's s little different than my other pages but I really love how it turned out! I can't believe how big my little girl is getting! I just wish she'd walk already!!!!!!!

Scrap pages!!

Ok so it's been forever since I've been able to sit down and scrapbook! I've been able to get a few pages done this summer but definately not as much as I really wanted to! Eden keeps me VERY busy and I think she's trying to get down to one nap which is sad for mommy because she doesn't get as much of a break!! But I thought I'd post a few pages that I've been able to do! Savvy just had her first birthday and Daxton's birthday is coming up so it made me feel terrible that I haven't scrapped ANYTHING from Eden's first birthday! So I did a page from her birthday and it was so fun to go back and look at all her pictures! Now if any of you know me, you know I'm kind of crazy about keeping Eden clean! I really don't let her get too dirty, which maybe is a bad thing, but I just have a hard time with it! So at her birthday party when we were all watching her getting ready to get super messy with her cake, Eden didn't want anything to do with it!! We tried to put her hands in the cake and she got so mad and started crying! She looked at her hands covered in icing and looked at me and started crying! It was so funny, but I felt bad because I made my daughter a clean freak!! Even now she hates having anything on her hands or face, or even her high chair when she's eating!! So we didn't get the messy face and hands like a normal first birthday, but it was still SO fun!! She got SO many girft and had so many friends there! It was so much fun!
The next page, Brittney took some really cute pictures of Eden when her and I were up in Utah. We were over at Gramsy and Papa's for 24th of July, and Gramsy has this ceramic mickey outstide her front door. Well Eden LOVES mickey mouse and so she always was trying to go outside to see mickey! Well Britt had the great idea to take some pictures with it! We got Eden to kiss mickey's nose!!!! How cute is that???
THe next ones are from one of our many disneyland trips. We got to see tigger and pooh. Eden loves them too so it was so fun to see her recognize them and smile at them! I just love disneyland! I can't wait for the next time we go. Eden is really starting to have her favorite characters and so I can't wait for her to actually see them!

I am ALIVE!!!

Ok people! I am SO sorry for the lack of blogging! Many reasons, I won't make up excuses but I'm finally getting a chance to use the internet! So since I haven't blogged in forever, I thought I'd give you quite a few pictures of the last couple of months! Eden and I went to the aquarium! She has been LOVING Nemo lately, so we went ot go and see all the fish! She had a great time, but I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the Albuquerque Aquarium! Savvy's first birthday! It was a luau and so much fun! For the adults and the kids!!! There are a couple pictures from 4th of July...I know I know! Then there is a picture from our Canada Trip, some while I was in Utah, and Bear Lake! We've had so much fun this summer and I can't wait to really tell you all about it! Hope you enjoy the pics!!

My Little Carebear!

Since I don't have my camera cord here in utah with me, I haven't been able to get any pictures on this computer!! So that's why the posts have been so scarce! We have been doing a lot of fun things, but I'll have to post about them when I have pictures to go with! I've had to rely on my sis Britt to take pics for me!! She watched Eden a while ago while I had a Dr's appointment and her and Eden played dress up! What a fun aunt! So She took some way cute pics of Eden in a carebear costume! How cute is that? Eden is just growing up so so fast. I can hardly believe that she is 15 months old. It seems like we've had her in our lives forever, but it also seems like time has just flown past. Britt did a page of Eden and Cameron from when Eden was so little, I think maybe 4 months, and she just looks so different!! We were trying to figure out how she still has looked like Christian the whole time, but has changed so much!! I just love her. These past couple of weeks with just her and I have been so special. I mean we have missed Christian so much, but I really feel like she's my best friend! She's growing up so much and I just feel like our relationship is getting so much stronger. She'll just come up to me while she's playing and give me a big hug. It makes me tear up a bit! I just can't believe how blessed I am to have such a happy, loving, beautiful daughter! I can't wait to add another one in just 3 short months!!!

Home Sweet Home!

Well we've been in Utah for about a week now and it's so nice to be living in our own house, be close to family and be in a regular routine! But I have to say, being away from Christian has really been a struggle for me, I am constantly telling Eden her Daddy loves her and showing her pictures of him, and every time I do, it just breaks my heart a little. I went to church yesterday for the first time by myself with Eden (if CHristian wasn't there with me, I had either my sister or someone else there) and WOW I cannot believe how hard it was. I don't think I heard one word the whole time. Eden was great of course but just so busy! She just wanted to crawl around and say hi to EVERYONE and get into other people's bags! I was exhausted by the end of the 3 hours! I commend all you mother's that have done this with more than one child...wow! I cannot imagine how i's going ot be when the next one gets here! At least Eden will be in Nursery then! Thank goodness! I do have to say that I am so thankful for my daughter though. She is so happy ALL the time. Even though she tires me out, she hardly ever cries or throws fits, she is just happy! And she is really starting to be loving. Today she came right up to me and gave me the biggest hug, for no reason! She even patted my back! I don't know what I would do without her! She seriously is my best friend and I just can't wait to see her as a big sister.
Well after church Eden and I headed up to mom and dad Rodee's for sunday dinner! It was so nice being back there! I just LOVE how much they love me and Eden. We probably watched Eden play and be funny for half the night! They just love her and I am so lucky to have in-laws that are so loving and kind! And Eden just loves her Gramsy and Papa and all her Uncle and aunt Brittney and Uncle Cameron and Uncle Chad! She loves them. While we were there, Brittney got some really fun pictures of Eden and Papa bouncing on the Trampoline! It was so fun to watch her laugh and smile!! She loved it! Her hair was SO staticy!!! It was awesome! It was so fun being at their house and just spending time with them. I really am so lucky to have such wonderful families! Mine and Christian's. Well Enjoy the pics!

I'm still alive!!!

Wow it's been a while! Things have been pretty crazy in the Rodee house! I'm actually writing this on my comfy red couch, back at home in Utah!! Yes I'm in Utah! Just for a couple of weeks. We just got back from a family reunion up in Canada, and while we were up there, Christian decided that his office in INdianapolis needed a change of scenery! So He packed up our whole apartment and his office and got everything ready to go, then flew up to canada for a few days with my family, flew back to Indianapolis, only to drive 17 hours to Albuquerque, New Mexico!!! Can you believe it? So instead of flying back to Indy to dirve with Christian, Eden and I decided to take a shorter drive home to Utah with Stef. We're staying here until Christian comes back up to go to Bear Lake with his family. We're going to be apart for 17 days!!!!! It's only been 4 days and it's already been really tough! So after Bear Lake Eden and I will head to et another destination this summer, New Mexico! Man is Eden a traveled baby! Lucky girl!
I'll try to catch up as much as I can...4th of July! I don't have any pictures on this computer I'm using so I"ll have to get those up another time, but we had a lot of fun! It was great because Christian had the day off!!! So we got to spend the WHOLE day with him. So we got up and hung out for a bit and then went to breakfast at Denny's with some friends. After Breakfast, Eden saw all these stuffed animals in one of those claw dropper things. She wanted one so bad so of course her Daddy had to get one for her! It only took him a couple of try's and he got one of the cutest animals in there! Eden didn't stop kissing it all day!! It was so cute! So then we went to walmart and got groceries for the BBQ. We got home and Eden took a nap. Then we headed over to the pool and started to grill! Of course the guys had to go and get the best steaks they could find! Unfortunately it wasn't that great of a day so we didn't get in the pool. For the fun part of the night, the guys all pooled together and spent a TON of money on some awesome fireworks, and we had our own show! I wasn't sure how Eden was going to do with all the loud cracks of the fireworks, and I don't think she was very sure in the beginning, but towards the end she was loving it! SHe even held a sparkler! It was so much fun!
So then the next day Eden and I headed out to Canada to spend the week with my family! It was so so nice being together with them. I got to meet my adorable niece, Cambria for the first time! I just love her so much. It was so fun to be with Mac and Melanie and see them as parents. It was just the best week. Eden got to meet a ton of cousins and relatives, and we just visited and played cards the whole week. Christian came on Thursday for the last couple days of the reunion and so he got to spend time with the in laws. We had so much fun. Eden loved it. She got to color, play with sidewalk chalk, swing...so many fun things! I don't have too many pictures on this computer yet, so I just put up some from our day trip to Waterton. We go up there every time we're in Canada. Eden loved seeing the big waterfalls and all the trees. It's like you're seeing everything for the first time when you see it through your child's eyes! After Cameron Falls we headed over to Red Rock Canyon so the boys could be boys and hike up the canyon. We thought this would be a little adventure, maybe an hour...oh no. 3 hours later, after we had notified the park rangers, they came out of the canyon. They just 'lost track of time'!! The wives were a little frustrated, but it all worked out ok! We also got to take some family pictures, which I will have on the computer, so I'll post those as soon as I can. The week ended great but sad. It's so hard to say goodbye to your family. Especially if you don't know when you'll see them again. I hate saying goodbye. And then after we said goodbye, we had an 8 hour road trip to sit and think about it. But Stef and I had fun visiting and singing and dancing in the car! Eden did great! She was really tired of being in the car after a while, but she did great!
So we've had a great july and we're just waiting till we get to see christian agaiN! But enjoying being in our house!! It's nice to finally see what is so great about Utah in the summer. Everyone says how great the summers are here and I've never had the chance to experience it. So now I get to! It's really nice. It's so pretty and the breeze is just perfect. It's nice being close to Christian's family. We got to watch So You Think You Can Dance with Brittney and Josh and Eden got to hang out with her aunt Brittney on Monday, while I went to a DR's appt. Which the baby is doing great by the way! You should go to her blog and see the AMAZINGLY cute pictures she took of Eden while they were hanging out. They played dress up...wow! Just go and look at them! And of course it's so fun being able to see Stef all the time! I just love living close to her. I miss her when we're gone!
Well since this is pretty much a novel, I guess I'll end now! I'll try to get some more pictures on here soon!! Here are some, mostly from Cameron Falls!

Busy Baby!

First off I just want to say thanks to everybody who gave me great advice and made me feel like being a mother of 2 is going to be so fun!! Well despite the fact that our pool has been closed this ENTIRE week, we've managed to find some really fun things to do! Of course we had play class again this morning! It was so much fun! Eden just loves going and singing and clapping and finding all the new fun things to play on! She's getting so good at walking along things and standing herself up! It's so exciting to see her grow and figure things out!! We went to the park yesterday and Eden had a great time swinging with Daddy and going on the slide! Daddy even tried a new trick with her...he hung her from the monkey bars and she actually held on!!! It was pretty scary but she did it! She mist have learned from her boyfriend Dax, he's an old pro!!! And since the pool is closed, and it gets so hot here, we decided to go and get our pool! The kids weren't thrilled in the beginning but they ended up having a really fun time! Eden kept Jumping up so high and splashing down so the water got everywhere! She loved it! I had to get some time in there myself because I was SO hot!! We've been having a blast out here with everybody! I'm getting so excited because I leave for Canada on Saturday to see my family for a big Gallup family reunion! I am SO excited to see my family!