Farewell Elder Erik McGregor

Erik's farewell went really good, it was such a relaxing sunday just enjoying the company of family all around to say goodbye and see Erik's farewell talk before he is gone to Uganda Africa for 2 years! 

We are going to miss him awhile he is away, but we know where he is and what he is doing. Serving the Lord. Erik got to at least meet Aila and see her before he leaves :) Were going to miss you Airegar! Love you! xoxo!

Baby Origin on Etsy

A New project I've been working on called Baby Origin on Etsy. 

For my shower I made a Baby Origin for Aila and it turned out really cute and such a creative piece to add to the nursery. So I decided to offer it on Etsy to order.

Looks really cute finished and framed!

The simple CTR motto

I thought i'd never say this, but with the way things have been going and are headed that I cannot wait to get out of California! WHAT!? California has always been my home, I was once so proud to be a Californian! Not anymore sadly. The way things have been going it is impossible to stay here, not only financially, but morally. Our government/governors have really made there bed here and well now they can lie in the fifth they have created. It's not all about Democratics, Republicans, Conservatives, Liberals...etc. How about doing what is RIGHT! Doing the right thing for the people, doing the right thing for our country. It's come down to just that. Our president, governor and the government are not doing what is Right. Its really that simple don't you think. How can people stand strong for what is not right? It only does Bad...as you can see things are falling apart. Stop choosing sides and vote for what is right!

2 1/2 weeks

Little Sweets

Aila is doing really good. We are enjoying her more and more everyday. So far being a mommy has been everything i'd expected and more! Sleep is pretty much over rated and you don't get much "you" time anymore, but thats the way it goes. When you see your little one looking into your eyes you want to be no more than a second away from them at all times! Aila is such a hardy feisty girl. She may be a dink, but she's a tough one :)

I LOve to watch Todd with her. He's so happy and proud daddy. He's a natural with her, most guys freak out about babies around and how to hold them. They learn to take care with time but not Todd..He was great and so natural about it right from the start. He kicked into Daddy mode real quick and takes such good care of us. 

We are one happy little family!

Lil "Pee" nut

There is something about Aila right now that just makes me laugh and get a bit frustrated. It seems that every time I go to change her diaper she starts to Pee...and all over! I laugh because its cute and it just comes out of nowhere! REALLY she couldn't have gone a second before I take off her diaper!? Haha! Silly girl! And the frustrating part is me having to clean everything she pee's all over! Time and time again! These are the cute things I will jot down for memories, so when she's older we can laugh about it :) Till than I'll be learning to change her diaper just a little bit faster!

She's absolutely "Perfect"

Well we think so anyways! Aila is 11 days old today and already I see little changes in the way she acts and looks. She is without a doubt a clone of her mama. The other night we were looking at baby pictures of me and yup, she looks exactly like me it's so funny! I'm sure with time and growth sperts that she will start changing, but for now she's my Wittle Cloney :)

Yesterday I was a little bored when Aila was taking her nap so I whipped out my camera and just took a couple photo's of her sleeping and the cute faces that she makes. She smiles a lot and I caught some of her smiling. She is just so perfect and adorable! So in LOVE!!

She's here and we are in LOVE!

Aila Leeann Walker was Born August 20th @6:45 a.m. Weighed 5lb 9oz and 18.2 Inches long! She is just "Perfect". She was Born 2 weeks early on a saturday morning, perfect timing if you ask me because I was so worried and stressed out to hear that I had a mild case of Pre-Clamsia. A very serious thing that I do not quite understand fully, but that I had high blood pressure and protein in my urine which is not good at all! SO needless to say I was pretty Scared/Happy/Anxious/Freaked out/Worried and feeling like I wasn't prepared when I got the call from my doctor saying that They were going to induce me a.s.a.p on friday Aug 19th. My labor took about a little over 16 hours and I pushed little subborn Aila for 4 Hours!! Honestly the pushing part took the cake, Up till than I could handle it. But of course once Little Aila finally made her way into this world it was all worth it. Being a mommy is awesome, I love it! Todd and I are so happy to have Aila in our life! We still can't believe she's really here! :)

Cookie Experiment

Today I decided out of nowhere to make Chocolate Chip Cookies from scratch because their easy and I was craving something sweet. The only problem is I was missing 2 rather important ingredients that goes with making cookies...Baking soda and Vanilla extract.

I had the butter, Egg, Sugar, flour and mini chocolate chips already, but of course when do i ever make anything from scratch that I would already have baking soda and vanilla extract. That didn't stop me though...I was determined to make cookies and somehow work around it haha.

So here is how I made my Chocolate mini chip cookies today!

1/2 cup Butter

1/4 cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 1/2 cup Flour

Powered sugar

1/2 cup Chocolate cake mix

Put them into a mini cupcake pan and baked for 15 mins on 350 temp.

Here is how they turned out...A little stiff, but not bad tasting! Haha!

I do know they could have been A LOT better if I have had the motivation to run to the store, but half the fun is experimenting with what ya got!

36 1/2 weeks

The countdown is here and soon Aila will be cuddled in our arms!

I cannot believe the time is coming to a close of not...

-Having a big-0-belly

-Not being able to sleep on my stomach/back

-Peeing every 10-15 mins

-Not being able to bend down often to pick up something without grunting or feeling that your smothering your babies poor head

-Not worrying/stressing as much about eating the right kind of foods

-Not having to worry that NOTHING fits

-Having no ENERGY

Things i'll miss Im sure about pregnancy:

- My big-0-belly

-An excuse to go shopping cause NOTHING fits ;)

-Feeling her move inside me

-Sleeping in and taking naps a lot

-Having an excuse for a lot of things because of being pregnant(haha)

It's been fun, but soon me and the belly must depart and I am looking very much to that moment!

We cannot wait for Aila to get here!

She's about to "POP"

••Our Baby Shower for Aila was this past saturday and it was a blast! I must admit, I did a lot of planning and arranging my own Shower but thats just how I am. I like things a certain way sometimes and so most times its just more successful to do it yourself! PLUS I love getting creative and making things.

••My Shower was really cute, The theme was -{She's about to "POP"}- I actually got the idea of course online, but they really didn't get all to clever with the idea, so I took it to a whole new level haha. If anyone needs an idea for a baby shower...this is such a cute/fun/creative idea! Everything had to do with the word POP! SO we had Popcorn, CakePops, TootsiePops & Pop drops, Chocolate Popsicles, Pop'ems donuts, Lemon cake Popper's, Popcorn shrimp, Jalapeno Popper's, Salad with Poppyseed dressing, Pop chips, Soda Pop, and more. SO fun and we really had a fun time doing it. My mom and sister Winter were a huge help of course, I couldn't have done it without them!

••We got so much stuff for our Aila, she is going to be one stylish babe thats for sure! She has clothes coming out of our ears! We recently just set up her little area in our room and we cannot wait to meet her. Thanks to everyone who came to my shower, tons of fun! Todd & I both appreciate all the goodies and Love! xo