Aliana's 2 month check-up

Aliana had her two month check-up last week and she is now 10 lbs. 10 oz. and 24 inches long. She is so stinkin' long! All of her outfits are so short on her but don't fit around her waist because she's so skinny. She is definitely growing well though!

Easter Stuff

I got the kids these cute outfits for Easter. I didn't get any pictures of them in them, but they looked so adorable and all grown up! I will post some pictures when they wear them again!

We had a good dinner with my grandparents and Roger's parents. After dinner we sat around and talked and ate the incredibly good cheesecake I made for dessert. That was the last dessert I'll have for a while. There is still plenty in the fridge but I'm dieting! Everyone has said enough so I know I need to lose weight. My dear husband however hasn't said one word and hates that so many people have said things, but I know I'm big. People don't have to tell me. It's harder now than ever before to not eat though because I'm constantly home with the kids! If anyone has any tips I'd love to hear them!

On the way home..

When we went to Spokane two weekends ago we lost our camcorder and we thought for sure no one would return it if they found it. Roger even went in to the hotel we stayed at and they hadn't seen it. Just when we had completely lost hope they called on Tuesday and told us they found it in the parking garage. We are so lucky it didn't get run over. I videoed this on the way home!!

holding hands

Ben got his MISSION CALL!!!

Ben got his mission call Friday afternoon. He reports to the Provo MTC June 18 to learn Spanish because he will be serving in the Buenas Aires Argentina West Mission. It is funny because my dad served in the Cordoba Argentina Mission and told Ben earlier last week that he hopes he goes to Argentina so they can go down there and revisit when Ben is done with his mission and he got his wish! I was excited to be there when Ben opened his mission call since I didn't get to be here when Robbie opened his. We called all the extended family and met at my grandparents for him to open it. I was standing behind his shoulder so I actually read it to myself right before he read it out loud. I was in tears. A mission is such an incredible thing and I am so blessed to have two brothers to be worthy to serve missions and even more blessed to be married to a return missionary. Not only do they learn a lot of life lessons but it makes them grow up and learn how to be more independent because they have to do things for themselves and not rely on others, instead they are the ones church members or investigators rely on. I know two years can be a long time, but just have two babies while a sibling is gone and it'll go by extremely fast! :) Haha..

I know this church is true and that it is an extremely important thing in all of our lives and I wouldn't know where to be in this world without it! I have so much to say on this topic that I could go on for days but I'll just simply state it at that.

The picture of Ben is one I quickly took one Sunday so that he could have it for his papers to be submitted.

What I wake up to everyday...

How could you not wake up happy when you see these smiling faces? Ethan got his clothes all dirty the other day so I took them off but left his socks and shoes on and he started running around playing with things so Roger snapped these pictures.

I tried to get her smiling but I just kept getting in between smiles.

I love this one! Look at those curls..
I like this one a lot because her face looks so pretty even though there are some shade spots that don't make the picture look as good.

So concerned!

***My Mom's Blog***

My mom has officially posted her first blog entry so check it out! You can go to her blog at www.juliewaitesphotography.com/blog or click on the link for her blog in my favorite links sidebar. She has some amazing images in her header and a lot of them I assisted her with and helped edit! The best part is that she posted a beautiful picture of Aliana that she took a couple weeks ago..Check it out! :)