Lucy pre-birthday photos

I was bored and wanted to play around with the camera, Lucy became my target. I wish she would hold still sometimes but this is what I got. Seriously wish I was better as getting a good shot but for now I will blame my 6 year old camera.

Spring, where are you?

February is coming to a close and spring is just around the corner, at least I hope it is. The amount of snow fall in the last couple of days would suggest otherwise. For Valentines Day Sterling and Lucy brought me flowers at work and later took me out for dinner at Mimi's Cafe! What a lovely surprise. It was a load of fun to get out of the house and Lucy was able to get a feel for her new car seat which she loves!! When ever we are out everyone compliments on how beautiful Lucy is and how well mannered she is. We were truly blessed with just the sweetest little girl.
Construction on the fireplace starts next week! I am so excited!! Not only are we blessed with a house but also the means to remodel just the way we want. It can get hard waiting but I know in the end we will have our custom dream home. Thankfully Sterling has loads of experience as a superintendent of commercial construction when he lived in California, so all I have to do is pick out what I want and its done.
Work and church callings are going great. New beginning's was last week and it was a blast to get to know all the new beehives coming in this year. Hopefully our ward will continue to grow with families and not retirees.
Lucy is growing at an impressive rate, in the matter of weeks she has completely grown out of her 9 month clothing (that were fitting perfectly might I add) to 12 month. I only note this because she was still wearing some 6 month clothing at 9-10 months. She can pull herself up and will walk across the couch and other things. In the last couple of days she has been daring enough to let go of the couch and try to one-two step it to mom or dad. Of course that is only if she has a deathly tight grip on our hands/arms. The new shoes really help with the hardwood floors. It can get pretty hard for her to walk across things with socks or in her PJ's. Not to mention Mom loves shopping for shoes ;)
Loads of things coming up... keep posted.

All about Lucy!

Updates

So this year has already seemed to fly by! Its February and I have only blogged once...sadly I don't think those numbers will increase any time soon. Lets start with my pregnancy count down! As you remember my due date was bumped up, leaving me with about 76 more days until our little man is here. This pregnancy has been so much harder physically. But I would think that is because the two pregnancy's are only 3 months apart- my poor body wants a break! Still have some last minute shopping but nothing I cant knock out in a weekend with the help of my sister! I think we have finally picked out a name too! I'm going to keep it top secret just in case we end up changing it again. I'm really starting to wonder how I am going to do it with two kids....in diapers...but I know the Lord will bless me.
I'm loving my new job. Its keeping me very busy the hours I am there. My primary job thus far been setting up an Instar system so the office becomes paperless. It will take most of the year, being I am the only employee he has that knows how to work the Internet let alone start a computer! (I kind you not on that fact!). I love the that I dont work full time every day. Even more then that-Lucy never has to go to a daycare! What a (huge) blessing!
I love all my time here at home with Lucy. I have picked up on baking (mostly cookies) and some new recipes for on the go dinners for Sterling. And I have finally taken the time to make home made baby wipes! Super easy to make and WAY cheaper! I have been seriously thinking about using cloth diapers for the little guy but hesitate just a little because my lack of experience. If anyone has done cloth diapers let me know what your experience was like. I was told once that using cloth diapers helps down the road with toilet training. I also have some really cute sewing project in the works. I completed a pair of boy burp rags and will be starting on a couple of onies with ties (kind of like the ones you see in the mall, except way cheaper!). If only I knew how to make those really cute shoe/socks....I just might break down and get some. I am also sewing PJ bottoms for both sterling and I. Now all I need is about 3 hours of un-interrupted time to complete all of what I have started!
Last Sunday I received my first calling in our ward! I will be int he Young Womens presidency! I am super excited to be working with the youth! We dont have a very large group of girls (yes we live in Utah) 12 to be exact. I will be over the beehives of which there are 4 girls! Our theme this year is the 12th Article of Faith. Right away we have new beginnings, and I acquire 3 of those 4 beehives next month! I have already started planning out some of my lessons, hand outs and personal progress binders for each girl.
Construction on the house...well the lack there of. The contractor that was to come out to start on our fireplace suffered from a near heart attack and had bypass surgery the day before he was to work on our fireplace. SO....according to the contractor he hopes to be back on his feet and working on our place no later then end of March, about the same time we have our other contractor working on the master bedroom and living room. If anything it leaves us some additional time to same money up for my maternity leave, especially after this tax season....as Sterling would say "we got bent over this year in taxes".
This Spring looks very busy. There is the birth of little boy Ricks, the two baby blessings and our temple sealing! We are really looking forward to scheduling our sealing. We haven't decided where but we know for sure it will be as soon as we have our temple recommends! Hopefully I will be able to blogger more then once a month, keeping my fingers crossed;)




Lucy saying Hi to little brother...she want his to come out to play!