A Day In the Life...

Well I thought it would be fun to share with everyone a typical day in the life of the Rodee's! So me and the girls usually start off with a morning run. Our apartments have this really great jogging trail around a lake! Eden colors and Ella usually takes a nap! (PS these adorable blankets were handmade by my sister! How talented is she! Check out her Etsy site here. More on that later)

Then we head over to the park and spend some time on the swings and the slides and play in the sand at the volleyball courts! Sometimes we all play volleyball while the kids play at the park! It hasn't been warm enough to go to the pool much this year, as you can tell from the bundling of the girls! 

Then we come home and play! We usually color, play with stickers, read books, sing and dance! We have fun!!



Then we make lunch...mac and cheese is always a favorite for Eden!
Then we sit and watch a little TV while Eden eats lunch! It's usually High School Musical! That is Eden's ALL TIME FAVORITE movie right now! She seriously wants to watch it all day long! She asks for Troy and she sings all the songs and dances! If you ask her about Troy she says, "He's so cute!" How funny is that!
These are her High School Musical sunglasses. They say 'I love Troy' on them!
After the girls naps we usually go to Target and get groceries or go back to the park or go to the mall with these cutie pies!


And then we come home and make dinner, eat and have baths and then go to bed! 
Not too exciting but we love it! I seriously love being at home with the girls! It may get a little crazy at times with 2 but I do love it! We love the mornings that Christian's home and we get to do fun things with him, and we miss him on the days we don't! 

Easter Update..I know I know!

Ok so I know Easter was forever ago but I haven't had a chance to put anything on here about it! Since Christian was leaving early for Denver, we were going to be able to spend Easter with him. All of our friends were the same way, so we decided to do a fun little Easter egg hunt early for the kids, so they couls at least do something with their dads for the holiday! I t was so fun. Eden loved finding the egs and putting them in her princess bucket! All the kids had such a fun time! We LOVE that Eden has such great friends! Here's Eden with Daddy showing him her eggs!Daddy and his 2 girls!
Eden and Aunt Stef
Daxton and Savvy! Aren't they cute??
Mommy and Ella
So for Easter we were in Texas visiting Mimi and Grandpa Ellingson. It was so fun to be at their house for a holiday other then Christmas or Thanksgiving! I hadn't been to Texas since right after Eden was born so it was a long overdue trip! Mimi and Grandpa loved having the girls there and they LOVED being there! We did so many fun things...more pics to come...we went to the zoo, took pictures in the blue bonnets! It was so fun! On Easter we did a little scavenger hunt for Eden to find her basket. I dressed her in bunny ears! It was so cute!!! She loved looking at Ella with them on!!!


Then we did a big easter egg hunt with Some Texas friends. There were so many kids there and it was so fun!
Here's Eden's Texas Best Friend Saylor!!
All the kids!
All in all it was a great holiday! It was sad being away from Christian but it was wonderful being with my family! Hopefully Eden kind of understood what the holiday was all about! We got to hear my dad sing in church and it was just amazing! I love hearing him sing! As soon as he saw Eden waving to him, he lost it! It was so cute! We just loved spending time with you guys Mimi and Grandpa! Love you!

SO we're still alive....

Hello all!! This post is so late coming but we've had NO INTERNET since we've been out in Denver! Luckily one of the guys out here, a hero in my eyes, finally got our internet working so I'm back! Yay!! I have SO much to go back to but I thought I'd just give you guys a sneak peak of what's been happening lately!
So Easter was so much fun! We did so many Easter egg hunts, Eden loved them! We were actually in Texas for Easter this year. It was so fun to be with my parents for a holiday besides Christmas or Thanksgiving. The girls were spoiled of course by their Mimi and Grandpa! They love them so much! I'll have to post Easter pictures later.
Then we came out here and Eden turned 2! Can you believe my baby is 2 years old! Time has seriously flown by! She is so awesome. We just have so much fun everyday! She gpt an ariel bike for her birthday and she loves it! She's still a tiny bit too small to reach the pedals but she loves riding on it and pushing it around! Ella is getting SO big! We got her ears peirced a few weeks ago and it just makes her look so so cute!! She has 2 teeth, she is babbling a ton and rolling everywhere! AND... she's about to start crawling ANY day! Can you believe that? For any of you the knew eden when she was this age, it is the exact opposite! Eden was so content just sitting in one spot. I don't think she even rolled over until she like 8 or 9 months old! And she hardly ever crawled! She was a scooter. And now here comes Ella who has to be moving CONSTANTLY!!! She wants everything around her and is determined to get it! She can backwards crawl and she gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth! She's so close! The other day she tried to pull herself up on the couch but I pushed her down...mommy is NOT ready for that yet!
We love it out here in Denver so far! Things have been non stop fun it seems like! Our summer family this year is just so great! All the kids best friends are out here and Mommy's too. We have GREAT apartments and so I think that makes a big difference. There is a nice park for the kids, sand volleyball, pools, an awesome gym and a running trail around the lake. It's so great! The kids love to go outside and play at the park and build 'cakes' in the sand...thanks Lindsay! There are some really fun girls out here! It'll probably be one of my favorite summer's to date! We've been to the zoo and the aquarium! Everything is really close! So many fun things for the kids to do!
We took a really quick trip to Arizona for Corey and Jen's wedding. It was so fun! We stayed with my best friends Mandy and Carl. We love them so much! It was so fun just sitting up talking and making food at 10 at night! We also got to see our cousins Morgan and JOsh who had just had a baby a week before we came out there. She was SO beautiful!!! It was so nice visiting with them and watching Gracelyn and Eden play! It was a great trip!
So we've been out here about 5 weeks now and the summer is already going by so fast! We are havign tons of visitors this next month that we are looking so forward to! And we welcome ANYONE else who wants to come!!! I hope everyone is doing great and I'll be posting way more often now that we have internet! See ya!

My Precious Eden

Dear Eden,

Today you turn 2 and it seems like just yesterday we were on our way to the hospital, not knowing what to expect with your arrival! From the first second you were born you have brought more joy to my life than I could ever express. You have made me into a better person. Watching you grow, your first smile, getting your first tooth, laughing for the first time, sitting up, rolling over, scooting, your first word to know listening to you sing a while song, learning to walk, listening to your stories, watching your imagination run wild, seeing how gentle you are with Ella, all these things have brought a new sense of meaning to my life. You are growing up into such an amazing, smart, funny, beautiful little girl. Everyone wants to be around you! I wouldn't change the fact that I get to be at home with you all day long one bit! I love you so much Eden. I hope you always remember that. And I hope you always remember just how important and loved you are, not just by your daddy and I, but by all your family and friends. You are SO loved Eden. You are so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents and Aunts and Uncle and friends that are so willing to drop anything to come and spend a little time with you. You're out on a date with your daddy right now and I hope you always keep such a strong relationship with him. He loves you so much Eden. And Ella, she just always wants to be where Eden is! She watches you with such loving eyes. You are such a great big sister to her. You make mer laugh way more than mommy can, you sing her songs, you play with her, you share your toys with her...thank you for loving her so much. And Eden your Heavenly Father loves you so very much too! He is so proud of the little girl you're growing up to be. He is so happy that you bring so much joy to all the people around you! And lastly Eden, your mommy loves you more than anything. You will always be my special little baby. Thank you for knowing when I'm sad and just coming up and giving me a big hug and kiss. Thank you for laughing at me when I'm trying to be silly. Thank you for treating me like one of your friends! I know that we're always going to be best friends. I am so proud of you for who you are. You are such a good listener and you are so sensitive and you are so loving and kind and beautiful and funny! You make me laugh all day long and I couldn't have asked for a better 2 year old! I don't know how I got so lucky. Eden I hope you know that 2 years ago today was one of the best days of mommy's life! I can't wait for more special days like today! I love you so much!!!

Love you Forever, Mommy

So I probably have THE BEST husband ever! What husband will sit through a 3 hour concert with thousands of screaming teenage girls, just because he knows his wife loves David Archuleta?? That's right, my husband did that! He got me tickets to the David Archuleta concert for my birthday and it was last night! I cannot tell you how much fun we had! I have never been to a concert that was louder than this one. The ENTIRE time these girls were screaming for their lives, hoping that David would notice them!! We had 3 girls sitting right next to us that were SO in love with him! In one of the videos you can hear one of the girls yell, "I freakin love you!" It was so fun to have them right next to us! They made it so much more entertaining! David was so good! He is just such a little cutie! No wonder all these little girls love him! He was such a great performer! It was seriously one of the funnest nights! Thanks so much baby!


Look at that face! Does it get cuter than that?? Well besides my 2 girls...hehe!

So after the concert we took advantage and stayed the night up in Salt Lake, thanks Britt and Stef, at the Little America! Such a pretty hotel! Look at our view! We were on the 16th floor!! So while Christian was checking us in, I was sitting in the car looking at my pictures and videos from the concert. I looked up and saw this huge man walk out of the lobby. I looked a little closer and thought, "is that Shaq?"



And yes it was!!!! He started walking right by the car and he smiled so I waved and was a little in shock! It was Shaq! So I jumped out of the car and asked if I could take a picture with him and he generously let me run up and hug up next to the biggest man I've ever seen! He made small talk and was very nice! It was the coolest thing that's ever happened to me! I was SO sad though because Christian just missed him! I would have asked him to wait, but who makes Shaq wait!! So I called Christian and he was so sad!! But the Hotel receptionist said that the whole suns team was staying there for their game today! an you believe that? Shaquille O'neal!!! Amazing! And then I got to send the whole night, baby free, with my hot husband! It was the BEST NIGHT EVER!!!

What we did today...

Meltdowns and Milestones...

Well if anyone knows Eden you know that she has a favorite blanky. She's had it since she was 2 months old and LOVES it! We've tried replacing it with a new one because hers was getting too dingy, but she wouldn't take it! She can't sleep without it, she can't watch a movie without it...it's so cute! But her love for this blanky makes some things a little hard, like washing it! Today I snuck it away from her in hopes to wash it. Well she started asking for it and I told her I had put it in the wash. She seriously had a meltdown! She was crying so hard and went to the dryer and just sat there and watched until it was finished! It was so sad!!


We've also had some fun things happen this week! Ella is 4 months old!! Wow! Can you believe that? It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital! We had her appointment on Monday and she's growing so much! She's 13 and a half pounds in the 50th percentile and she's in the 75th percentile for height and the Dr. said she's super healthy! He also said we could start her on solid foods! It's been so fun! She LOVES it! The video we put on here is her first try and so she's not really too sure about it, but she is loving it now! I love watching her grow! She's making so much noise and smiling all the time! She loves to be held and cuddle! We just love having her in our home!! I put a video up of her talking too! It's so cute!