SUNDAYS!

I love getting her ready for church its so fun!Now if I could look as cute as her.....

Well I got called to teach in the primary the ctr6 so the 6 year olds so much fun I am loving it so far, kids say the darnest things. Last week when I was teaching my lesson this kid raises his hand in the middle of the lesson and says teacher I have cavities and then all the other kids start talking about there teeth so funny I tried really hard not to laugh! Being in the primary has made me truly see how God loves all the little children no matter what the circumstances maybe and they are just so sweet and innocent. Yes of course there are those kids that just try you patience and at the end of the day you just want to runaway from ha ha but I find if I just laugh it off to my self  it makes everything so much better. It has helped me to become a better mother, I think we all seem to forget at one point or another that they are children and they dont understand, yes they cant and shouldn't get away with everything but we need to let them be children and teach them in kind loving way that will help them understand. Now I am not perfect at this at all, just last night after the 4th time of Jayla waking up in the middle of the night and me not getting any sleep, I just wanted to scream at her and tell her to go to bed and every little sound she made annoyed the heck out of me. Then I looked at her sweet innocent little face and I said a prayer that I would be blessed with patience, after that I realized she is just a baby she doesn't understand and I need to be an example to her, I need to stay calm  no matter what and I need to watch what I say and how I act and react to things. I love sundays so much its my time to reflect back on my week and see what I can improve on for the next week. How grateful I am for a father in heaven who loves me and has given me everything I need to get back to him. I am at awe when I think about his unconditional love for me, words cant describe hoe much I love him and the beautiful life he has blessed me with!

Cute Girl!

I cant believe how grown up she looks in this picture just like a beautiful little lady! This was the first time I pulled her hair back in pig tails and yes she has that much hair and I am so jealous of her! She will have more hair then I will ever have in a life time! And every mother is bis towards there own child of course but every time I look at her I just cant believe how incredibly gorgeous she is and she is only 7 months old! I wish I looked like her ha ha! I am so so incredibly grateful for her!

We Recently just started feeding this girl food and wow dose she love every minute of it! If we even eat in front of her she throws a fit because she thinks she should be able to eat what we are eating and when we are eating. I have pureed things for her and she like the real stuff ha ha, that is why in this picture she is eating regular peas and she has gotten the chewing part down pretty good, she just needs teeth now !

 FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY!!
 Bath time is her favorite part of the day she love love loves the water!

 She is so happy and content in the bathtub, she kicks her feet and giggles I swear if she could she would play in the tub all day long! She puts her face in the water and tries to drink the water and the coughs cause she cant so funny!

After we stuck our head under the faucet!

Growing Up Faster Than we'd like!

She can sit up all by her self! She looks like such a big girl! It feels like yesterday she was just so fragile and we had to make sure we held her head every time we would hold her and now look at her she is sitting all by her self! It truly amazes me how fast she is growing! She just turned 7 Months this Thursday and in 5 months she will be 1 what the heck!

Jayla and I went on a little outing with our bestest friend Bonnie and her little nephew Nash (such a cute name)! We took them to the Silverton Bass Pro Shop! It was so neat never had really been there but they have a lot of really cool displays in there not to mention the awesome live fish tank! And of course when we got there this is what Jayla decided to do, she couldn't sleep in the car she had to fall asleep after she got out of the car ha ha silly girl you have it backwards.

This was one of the many cool displays they had there! So many fun things for kids to look at!

And if you must know the truth I woke her up ha ha, I just couldn't have her missing all the fun things there was to see, bad mother I know but hey I am the one who had to deal with her and she was GREAT!

She loved it! There was so much to look at! I personally think fish are so weird looking and kind of nasty ha ha. I kept thinking to myself wow heavenly father sure has a sense of humor! And I wanted to know what she was thinking, like what are these weird creatures and what are they doing!                                                                                                                                                                                                            

This picture tells me how smart babies really are and I can tell that she is just amused!

Life Lately!

This week Josh will basically start his last semester of College well until he gets his master's program! So excited for him even though he will be super busy and it will be a lot of hard work on his part, I am just so proud of him and grateful to have an amazing husband! Jayla is in the rolling stage, she rolls everywhere its so fun to watch her. But she is also the sudden getting so fussy out of no where which is just not like her now Im sure it comes with the age and that she is teething.. This teething thing is so awful I just feel so bad for her that she has been teething sense she was 2 months old and she still has not gotten any teeth now on the other note I kind of do not want her  getting teeth because I do not want to get bet thank you very much! The last two notes she has been very good about going to bed kind of on her own, I do the routine and put her in her crib she fusses maybe for a minute and then falls asleep now KNOCK ON WOOD I hope this continues, but I do have to say I am not perfect and I do have a problem with letting her cry so I do tend to pick her up but I dont have a problem with dealing with that, I am a firm believer that everyone can give you advance or say how they do it and you take what you want from it but you do what works best for you, I know love advance and am grateful for it but I know the lord has blessed me with knowing how I should do things for my child and I am so grateful for that. I am so grateful to be a mother and it is hard work! Today I got called to teach in primary to the ctr 6 I am super super excited for this calling I love children and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve, learn, and teach our heavenly fathers children I know that this will help me to be a better wife and mother. This week I just feel so much gratitude I am so amazed at what I have been given I have been taking this challenge that my sister n law whom I adore Juelaine has  given me she got me a journal and told me to write down in it every day something I was grateful for and WOW it was made such an impact on my life! I find myself being way more positive, able to handle things that come my way and wanting to serve others with all my heart. This journal has made me realize I think I have it bad but wait did I forget everything I have been given its so amazing to me how big of a difference this has made in my life and I am so grateful for it. This weekend I got to spend a fun Saturday with my family ( jayla and josh) Oh it made me realize how I much I love doing everything with them, and I want to take more days off just to be with them I feel like my work owns me most of the time new years resolution is to change that, dont get me wrong I love my work but priorities!  I love the new year! That we can take the time and reevaluate how are life's are going and what we can work on to make it better! I am so looking forward to this new year and all my new goals I have planned!

Babies make life so much more meaningful!

I  can remember the day she was born like it was yesterday, everyone tells you stories of good and bad experiences of having a baby but no one could of ever prepared me for how much of heart this sweet little girl would take.The first time I saw her I was speechless for the first time in my life, shes more  beautiful then I had ever imagined she'd be. I remember feeling in ah that heavenly father had trusted me to take care of one of his precious daughters, I loved her from the moment I knew she was mine. From then on it made me have way more respect for my mother, I finally understood why she did some of the things she did and it made me wish I would have treated her so much better. I felt scared because I didn't know what I was doing and compared my self to everyone around me, it was hard to go back to work and leave her with someone that was not me, I made myself feel guilty everyday and still do at times. I was scared she would not know me or have that great of a relationship with me, I saw the way she was with my husband and I knew she loved him. I longed for her to love me and my husband being the amazing man that he is gave me a blessing and it was amazing I know that every child is sent to the home they are suppose to be in and I thank my savior everyday for sending her to me. I am learning how to be patient, to rely on my savior, to be selfless, and most importantly what it means to have an eternal family. This sweet little spirit of mine is such a an amazing gift every day I look at her, I cant believe she is mine. She melts my heart when she laughs or smiles and no matter what she is happy only if she has not eaten. She makes everyday worth living just to see light in her eyes. I cant tell my heavenly father enough how grateful I am that he is letting me be a mother the greatest gift he has ever given me!

More Holiday Fun!

Christmas PJ's and hanging out with Nana Noa!

Jayla and Mommy on Christmas day!

 Look at her beautiful dress what a lady!

Jay's new high chair!

 And she loves the paper

getting malted by the cousins!

Jay and mommy at the game!

Shes already starting to make the moves on him!

 Who is chubbier?

Seahwaks greatest fans!

Holiday Fun!

Jayla was born in June of 2011, she weighed 7lb and 10oz. and was 19 inches long. She was so beautiful we had never seen such a hairy baby though. She was born with a full head of hair and it was every where ha ha, our little monkey. Never did we know that we could love something so much. She has changed our lives in so many ways for the better. I remember thinking before she was born am I going to be good at this, is this really what I want, I will be poor and my body will never be the same well it was worth everything! When she smiles at me she melts my heart she is our whole world. I can see now we were a commanded in the church to have children it teaches you to be selfless and I learn so much from her even though she is only 6 months old. The holidays have been a blast spending them with her and especially because this is mine and Josh's first year actually spending the full holidays together. Its funny how when you have a baby you seem to want to be into crafts, and I have all these little projects I want to do. Then I decided oh I want our family to do this and this and this... Im so very grateful for all I have been given.  This Christmas it was so fun to be able to watch Jayla play with the wrapping paper, oh how I wish it could be this simple every Christmas ha ha.  We also had the opportunity to play Marry and Joseph with jayla being baby Jesus for my mom and dads ward party. What a very humbling experience it was. It made me reflect on the birth of our savior and how Marry must have felt and I think that I am uncomfortable when I am pregnant I cant imagine how it must of felt back then. What an amazing woman she was and is. It also made me realize that I bet baby Jesus cried and wiggled just like my little girl dose! The best gift of all was the gift I gave Josh! My client had given me a clever idea to surprise him for Christmas, She made a Seahawks basket to go see the Seatle Seahawks play the Arizona Cardinals on New years day  and the game is in Arizona. So we got to see the IlI's  our family in arizona that we havent seen sense our wedding. Leilani and DJ had their cute baby boy Talis a couple of weeks after Jayla so I wanted her to meet him as well! He was so excited ,we all got seahawk tshirts to wear to the game. After our very long week with Jayla, she cracked her skull by hitting it on the stairs daddy accidentally fell down the stairs with her. I felt so bad for them both, Josh of course felt awful and our poor baby girl was in so much pain, luckily our prayers were answered and she is healing quickly and great! Our trip was so much fun! We loved getting to spend time with the Ili's! I got to go for a ride on a motorcycle thank you bobby was a daring experience! We loved the football game, different experience we had great seats the fans totally get way more into those games then some of the professional baseball games Ive been too! Everyone was standing, so of course I had to stand if I wanted to see which at times were hard when Im holding a sleeping baby. Its funny she sleeps so much better when everyone around her is so very loud!  The best part of the trip was playing quelf with the Ili's, if you haven't played that game go check it out its the best game ever if you have the right people so fun!

Jayla  loving the Christmas tree and getting ready to hang her first ornament!

 

My family went to the Belliago to look at the lights and then afterwards we went to Serendipity to have the frozen hot chocolate and in mine an Josh's opinion not that great ha ha but it was fun! 

Jayla's christmas present the Bumbo seat which she cant decide if she likes!

Christmas Eve with the Noa  Family!