Aspen is 3!!

I know I'm 2 weeks late, but that's the way I roll :D! I can't believe it my little Aspen is 3! How could it have been 3 years already? She seems so grown up all of the sudden. She is doing her alphabet all the way (correctly now) she is "texting" on her Barbie phone and being such a big help with Kambri! She seems to crack us up more and more every day with the things she comes up with! We love you too much Aspen!

We went to Jump on It and had a blast! It was so much fun to watch them jumping around on the trampolines and sneaking in to take tastes of the birthday cake! She loved having all her friends come! As you can see by the picture of her and Zoey it was a lot of fun!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Aspen, Kambri and Winnie on Halloween - Kambri is starting to smile :D

Aspen & Zoey at the neighborhood party, they had to hold hands crossing the street! It was sooo cute!

Carving pumpkins - she was covered in pumpkin guts so the shirt had to go!

Mom, if I smile can we go Trick or Treating? she kept asking me all day!

She makes a great blond - if she would have worn the wig we would have thought of something to go with this - it was too cute!

She had to try on the Mickey Mouse hat

and the punk rocker!

and the purple go go wig!



Needless to say Halloween was fun until the next day when she wanted to go Trick or Treating again. I think that Aspen is ready for Halloween again everyday! We had a blast going (2 cultisacs and she was tired :D) we were lucky that we didn't have to go too far and the weather was nice for my little Tinkerbell!

The zoo!

I can't remember the last time I went to the zoo, obviously I was young enough to not care about all the hills or mind the heat! Oh well, I needed the workout pushing the stroller up the hills. Aspen had a blast, I couldn't believe how hot it was for the last day of September, but she enjoyed it so it was well worth it!

Kambri & Aspen pics by Tiff

Here are some pictures that my amazingly talented friend Tiffany Ericksen did of Kambri and Aspen - They are so cute and I am so glad that I have a friend like her that is this talented! Here is a link to her picture blog for more information http://www.tiffs-pics.blogspot.com/ - call her to do you family pictures! Thanks for the awesome pictures Tiff!

Aspen's First Day of School

Aspen finally had her first day of school and was so excited she could hardly stand it. She has been asking me since we had Kambri when she could go to school, "Because I am big now mom." she sure is, mom had a harder time with her going to school than she did. I also think she was wondering what was up with the couple of kids completely melting down when she walked in the door. Needless to say she is already asking when she can go back! She had so much fun and is getting so big - mom wants to cry (I am sure it's all the hormones :D)

Kambri J Cowley

She is here! We are so excited that Kambri arrivevd at 12:08 am August 30, 2008. She weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces and was 17" long. We had been to the doctors office earlier that day, where the nurses all said again, "I can't belive you still haven't had that baby" since I had been having fairly regular contractions since 35 weeks and went to the hospital a week earlier with contractions every 8 minutes! So needless to say I figured we wouldn't have a baby until September 5th when they would induce me. At the doctor my contractions were every 10 minutes, but still not far enough along to go to the hospital so I told Jer lets just go to dinner. We grabbed Aspen and headed out to Los Hermanos since I figured I already had heartburn so what the heck! While we were waiting on the list my contractions got closer and I began wondering about my idea. We told the waitress we were going to a movie so they would get our food fast as my contractions continued to get closer and harder during dinner. Jer was ready to jump and run out the door just in case (I told him unless my water broke I was eating my meal! :D) On the way home we decided to stop by the hospital, it was 7 pm and they decided to "watch" me for a bit. After 1 1/2 hours I asked the nurse the plan since I was either taking Aspen to put her to bed or calling grandma, she said I have kids so I completely understand bedtime and will call the doctor. They decided to keep me since my contractions were 3 minutes apart and asked how soon I wanted an epidural? Finally, some relief! They moved me rooms while Jer took Aspen to grandma & grandpa's for the night and the anestesiaologist was on his way! We got settled about 9:30 pm with the epidural and Jer got back from dropping Aspen off. The doctor came in an broke my water and said we would just wait it out. We called Grandma Betty at 10:50 pm to let her know where we were and then it seemed like we had a baby. Fortunately the doctor was close and I was able to deliver amazingly fast. Kambri was wide eyed from the moment she got here, when she is awake she is looking everywhere checking things out. It only took us 2 days in the hospital to name her, but we wanted to make sure we had it right!

Tagged!

OK Molly - here is your tag - as bad as it is - here's my house!

Master Bathroom

The closet - Aspen was doing "work" in here earlier while I was getting ready - hence the munchkin chairs :D

Favorite room - actually only room with an almost complete feeling

Kitchen sink

Laundry room - at least all the laundry is done - maybe not put away yet

Fridge - so cooking is so over-rated in 90+ degrees 8 months prego! :D

What my little one is doing - this is why I am catching up on my blogging!

Favorite shoes - pre-pregnancy!

All I wear during the summer is flip flops anyway and especially this year!!

My dream vacation would be Maui, Hawaii with my hubby and two munchkins - just some time to hang out in the sun, sand and relax - it is so laid back there!

I am tagging - Ali Olsen, Becca Farrer, Lora Stephens and Marianne Martin! If I can do it so can all of you professional bloggers! This is a NO CLEANING tag - it is what it is!!

Thanksgiving Point

We took Aspen to Thanksgiving Point to see if she would actually ride the horses that she wouldn't last year. Needless to say we had success and she wants to go back every time we drive by there now. She had a blast feeding the animals except for the cows that kept licking her hands - she wasn't quite sure what to do about all their saliva except say EWE!

Bear Lake

I admit it - I have been a total slacker on my blog lately, but honestly I am just trying to keep cool these days! I am down to the last month of being prego and oh boy 90 degrees is hot! Oh well at least there is an end in site! Now if Aspen just liked the indoors and AC as much as I do! Anyway here are some pictures from Bear Lake - I have been a bit of a picture slacker these days too. I have to say it was a blast, the weather was nice and the kids loved the water - Aspen wants to go camping by the water again tomorrow just about every day!

Ring around the Hosies - as Aspen calls it

So is it good or bad that my daughter doesn't know what to do when I tell her to go potty in the water? She told me she had to go so I told her to go out in the water and go potty and next thing I know she is taking her clothes off! I couldn't resist taking a picture in between laughing!

Family picture - a must to prove we were there!