Trevor Nicole & Emma Dschaak

Kellen Gary

2012-02-13T17:27:00.001-08:00

Kellen Gary Dschaak
8 lb 10 oz
20 in.
February 13, 2012
12:31 pm

we are crazy.

2012-02-04T14:10:00.000-08:00

if baby boy is not here by the 13th i officially am scheduled to be induced that day! did i mention i am SO done being pregnant.

as for real big super exciting news.....we are moving. we might just be nuts but i am actually excited. we found a great HOUSE....let me say that again...a HOUSE for rent in Blackfoot. it is a great deal and newly remodeled with a fenced in yard. i am beyond excited to leave apartment living behind and live in a neighborhood! as for the crazy part, we have to be out of our apt by the end of the month. i'll just have a baby and pack and move all in a few weeks. no biggie.

next post WILL have pictures of baby boy. let's stay positive, people.

Done, for real.

2012-01-26T17:56:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we set off to search antique stores for a rocking chair. At the first store we found a dresser and the cutest headboard for Emma's future bed (when baby boy grows out of the cradle). At the second store we had the choice of a few rocking chairs and found the PERFECT one! It sits pretty low to the ground and I love that my feet can completely touch the ground which is a problem with most rocking chairs and me. Anyways, not that you would know now but it used to be lime green. Seriously. The dresser was just plain wood so we added a little character to that too : ) The best find of all were the soccer knobs. Found by Trevor at the second antique store. There were only 4 sets so we had to work with what we had. After a couple freezing hours painting outside we are very happy with how they turned out! Now we are seriously done with the baby's room.

I feel like this waiting game is annoying. I am about 37 weeks and I can hardly take it! The fact that Emma came at 38 weeks keeps me hoping we will have a baby in a week or two instead of three. I am having tons of lower back pain that past few days and a few contractions here and there...I feel like I don't know what to expect because I didn't really have any contractions or pain with Emma before my water broke. I am so in the dark on what to expect! Tuesday I get my membranes stripped (with Emma she came the day after that) So cross you fingers!!! : )

p.s. the doctor said that earliest day he would induce is Feb. 14th. What are your thoughts on a boy having his birthday on Valentine's day? I just don't know how I feel about it.

baby boy

2012-01-15T19:15:00.001-08:00

I have been crafting and sewing A LOT lately. Baby boy can come anytime because all the basics are covered. We are still on the search for a dresser (hint's the reason for clothes piled on the floor) but we might just go with something small and temporary until we can hit some garage sales this spring/summer. I am now 35 weeks and the doctor said at 37 he will strip my membranes!!! With Emma I had it done at 38 weeks and she came the next day. Oh ya and as for having the basics covered we FINALLY decided on a name...but I will keep that off the social networks until he is born : )

Burp cloth from extra fabric.

Our $2 DI shelf.
Betcha can't guess his name from the initials : )

All made from things I found at the dollar store : )

I could not find bumpers for a cradle ANYWHERE....so I just made some. Kinda made it up as I went but I was pretty proud how they turned out!

Soccer ball piggy bank thanks to the dollar store. I made the car seat cover and made the straps removable so it can be used as a blanket and the straps just stay attached to the car seat handle!

Christmas in Kansas

2012-01-15T18:42:00.000-08:00

I thought I could just do a quick post of a few Christmas pictures...I was wrong. I haven't look at these since I took them and there were so many to choose from! We had an excellent Christmas with my family in Kansas which was nice because we had a less than excellent time traveling there. We decided to take the Greyhound bus because it was about $600 cheaper than flying. Well there is a reason for that. Lets just say there are very interesting people who ride those buses. We witnessed one drug deal and heard about another. We also ate at McDonalds wayyyyyy too many times because that is the only place the bus stops besides the gas station. Being pregnant made the small uncomfortable seats worse and by the time we got to Utah, on our way home, my feet were so swollen I was scared they might stretch out and stay that way. Moral of the story....DON'T EVER TAKE THE BUS.

Colton and Emma opening stockings Christmas morning!

Very happy for 4am. Yes we woke up wayyyy too early because my family is crazy. And it took 3 1/2 hours to open all the gifts before church. jeeze.

Little Anna.

Backwards, but Santa (Great grandpa Sloop) brought Christmas eve PJ's for everyone!

Christmas Eve. My sister Meagan, Reid, and Anna.

Colton and Emma playing ring around the rosie.

They were little trouble makers.

KISSES AND HUGS!

Baby Anna

They had quite a fun time in the tub. : )

Life

2011-12-30T16:41:00.000-08:00

Usually I only post if I have pictures to add but right now I just thought I would document life. I am about 34 weeks and so done with being pregnant. Still no name picked out, no nursery set up and practically nothing has been bought. But I am still ready for him to come, like now.

Emma is as sassy as ever and I can't help but laugh every time she says "my gosh". She loves to kiss my belly and say "baby brudder". Buster has actually warmed up to her and they play together all day long while I lay around like a large pregnant lady should. right?

And one last little thing to note. Having a puppy to potty train is way easier than a toddler. Emma is practically potty trained but today she peed MAJOR in the front room and all the way down the hall to the bathroom. SERIOUSLY? Oh and she refuses to wear underwear that aren't spongebob. Silly little girl.

I will eventually get around to a Chrismas post and the lovely adventure we had on the greyhound bus to Kansas. Haha. That's a joke.

Off to make some much needed chocolate chip cookies. You should too. We all deserve it.

Holidays!!!

2011-12-17T15:16:00.001-08:00

Things are festive around here. We have all our shopping done and are anticipating our trip to see my family next week! I just wish we could have an inch or two of snow before we leave for Kansas on Tuesday morning. It just makes it feel more like Christmas. And a white Christmas in Kansas is like a 1 in 10 chance.

We wern't going to have a Christmas tree since we don't stay home during break but I REALLY wanted one. Thanks to an awesome mother-in- law we have this wonderful tree : )

I LOVE pintrest and had a fun time making these stockings and advent calendar!

Walmart was the place to get Santa pictures this year. Emma was excited to see Santa but nervous to sit on his lap!

Early Chirstmas

2011-11-20T15:27:00.000-08:00

Emma got her Christmas gift early this year...not that she really gets the Christmas gift thing anyways. Here is the newest member of our family, Buster. He is a 3 month old pug/chiuaua that we have had our eye on for a couple weeks. He is the best little puppy ever and we are so glad to have him in our home(which is saying a lot for me...I am NOT an animal person). He loves to be held and snuggle. He is actually quite scared of Emma because she is still learning to be soft, but she is OBSESSED with him. The potty training thing has been a breeze (cross you fingers) and we have had no accidents in the house yet. Wish we could say the same for Emma. ha.

Chopped

2011-11-09T20:40:00.001-08:00

welp, i did it and so far i have no regrets.

First Snow!!

2011-11-05T19:23:00.001-07:00

Last night was our first snow that stuck! Trevor had to work all day so Em and I went out for some fun in the snow! We built Emma's first snowman ever and she loved it.

I am glad it waited to snow until now. Perfect timing right after Halloween.

Halloween

2011-11-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

Here is Miss Snow White. We had a simple Halloween. First we went to the mall to trick or treat at all the stores. What a genius idea for the little kiddos. Less walking and no cold! Then we spent the rest of the evening passing out candy to trick or treaters. It was fun to live in a place for the first time where we actually get kids coming over!

Pumpkin patch

2011-10-15T22:25:00.001-07:00

Went to Swore Farm here in Pocatello today and had a great time picking out a couple pumpkins! Emma was sportin' her Boise State cheerleading outfit for game day. What a cutie.

p.s. we are LOVING the fall weather :)

Preschool

2011-08-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

While I am student teaching Emma gets to go to preschool! It is basically a daycare/ preschool and right across the main street from our house! She has her own little 2 year old classroom with a cute little teacher. She gets to take her lunch and a backpack with her blanket for nap time. She just looked so old and cute this morning I couldn't help but take the traditional "first day of school" pictures!

She has been obsessed with this lunch box from the moment she laid eyes on it at the store a few weeks ago!

Had to add a little cuteness to her plain backpack.

When I took her into her classroom she left me and never looked back. I couldn't even get her attention to say goodbye! I know she had the best day ever because she threw a complete all out fit about leaving and Trevor had to carry her out. Quite the opposite of how I thought she would react. That's my girl- stubborn, independent, and outgoing. Hopefully she will actually miss me when it comes to real school.

New phases of life.

2011-08-18T10:05:00.000-07:00

We are all moved in and loving our new place but lacking motivation to get completely unpacked. We have moved WAY too many times in 3 years and I think we are allowed to be burnt out for a while.

This is the scene around our house lately. I think little buns in undies are the cutest thing EVER. Emma LOVES (that's an understatement) her new spongebob undies and has been wearing them for a couple weeks now. She is slowly getting the hang of it and my lack of consistency is probably the biggest problem. How do you potty train and run errands? I still havn't figured that one out so for now the solution is pull ups. I am proud of the progress and hope that her new daycare/ preschool will really help get her trained when she starts in a few weeks.

As for new news...I'm pregnant and.....

We are SOOOOO excited and can't wait for the new addition in February!

summer fun

2011-06-24T13:36:00.000-07:00

summer is making its way to idaho! any warm, free afternoon we have is spent at the splash park. emma is starting to venture off on her own and make new friends, unless trev is with us...then she won't let him leave her side. she still isn't sure about actually going down the slides on her own and for now is just sticking to all the fountains.
lately when I tell emma to "say cheese" she does it while sticking her elbow/ arm in this silly way(pictured below). it cracks me up. i can't get her to ever look at me when taking picture and it drives me crazy!
emma is very independent and set in her ways. we are going to start the potty training in a month and i am hoping that i can keep myself together through it! i am going to try the 3 day potty training program...not that i actually believe that is possible but I am hoping that it cuts down on how long it takes her. some friends have recommended it and i already purchased and read the ebook! a huge perk about it is that there is an online help desk when you buy the book. you can submit specific questions and get a personal response from the lady who wrote the book! i'm pretty sure she could be potty training now but i have got to get through this semester first!

Speaking of school, next week is my last week teaching summer school and then I will only have classes on monday's and wednesday's! i have major senioritis and the worm weather doesn't help. 1 month until i graduate!
and another countdown.......7 days until my bday! : ) it is a pretty big deal around here.

Spring!

2011-05-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

Spring is here! We have had a mixture of sunny days followed by rainy days. I don't mind the rain and it it nice to actually have spring weather...not too hot and not too cold. Emma and I have been taking advantage o the warm days that have been mixed in!

Emma's first ice cream cone!

We got some sidewalk chalk!

It was 70* and Em was finally able to ride her little bike for real!
...it doesn't work so well inside on carpet.

p.s. phone pictures are bad quality, SORRY!

moms day

2011-05-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

This was the hardest, most rewarding day of my life. Thinking about this day helps me remember how much I just wanted her to come. I just wanted to be a mom SO bad. Some days seem HARD, but she is so worth it.

Here is my mom. I'm missing her today. She is having a really hard time this mother's day because my brother left on his mission 2 weeks ago. I guess when you are in the MTC you don't get to call home on mothers day. It is so sad.

This was all the girls in the family until little miss Anna came to the world last week! Happy mothers day to my older sister Meagan! She is now the mother of 2 under the age of 2 and is doing it like a pro.

Easter

2011-05-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

The most recent news is that my sister Meagan had her baby on Saturday! Her name is Anna Marie. I have only seen a naked, just popped out picture that wasn't very flattering which was also on my little phone screen so I am still waiting to really see her!

Here are our Easter pictures. We had a great weekend in Burley with Trevor's family and Emma LOVED hunting eggs. She called them balls and tried to kick them at first but then got the hang of it.

Running down the hill.

Aunt Kelcie's dog Mollie, Emma is a HUGE pet lover...so the opposite of me.

Seriously.

2011-04-28T14:40:00.001-07:00

Easter pictures soon! For now, I saw this on a friends blog and HAD to re post it. I am a BIG believer of tough love when it comes to bed time for emma...no negotiations.

Put Your Dang Kids to Bed

Source: Brant's Blog of Awesomeness
Put Your Dang Kids to Bed

Seriously. You can do it.

If you want to have a marriage with some zing, put your dang kids to bed. Put them to bed EARLY. Put them to bed on time, the same time, every night, and make them stay there.

Then, go goof off with your wife. Laugh and talk and unwind and watch "Walker, Texas Ranger" until you can't laugh anymore. Be unproductive. Smooch. Do this every night.

Your kids need to sleep, and they can sleep. They actually don't have to get up every ten minutes. They're just doing that to get attention and delay bedtime. Don't allow it, or you're a pansy.

This gives you -- and, more importantly, your wife -- some peaceful time, every day, to look forward to. Moreover, it lets you stay happily married. She's under less stress, you have time to connect, life is good, your marriage means something, and you remember you're not just roomies with junior-size roomies running around.

Don't just "help" with bedtime. Supervise it, entirely. Let your wife use that time as wind-down time, or to take care of last-minute things. Kids will want to make bedtime an endless parade of traditions, too, in order to stave it off. Don't let this happen. Make it as simple a process as possible. If you want to read a story, awesome! Just start early enough that the lights go off at the appointed time. Your kids will start to complain. Too bad. Lights off. Sweet dreams. Buh-bye.

Let them know that your time with your wife trumps all other considerations, and, after their bedtime, they are "other considerations." Kids resist this, but -- deep down -- positively love it.

7 p.m. is not too early for young children. Give yourself a couple hours together, not one or two nights a week, but five or six.

If she's stressed out every night, because of her job, let her quit her job. If you can't afford it, afford it. Sell stuff. Move. Rent. Forget the college fund. Don't buy dumb cars and houses and stuff to make yourself feel cool, and miss out on a joyous, stress-limited marriage. She can take care of herself. It'll give her time, and energy, to love her children, her neighbors, and you.

So you bought her a nice car? Who gives a rip? She'd rather drive an old mini-van and have you around, living life together at a sweet, beautiful pace. Even if she doesn't think she wants this, she does.

Quit buying garbage and live in a trailer if you have to. And put your trailer-kids to bed, for crying out loud. Don't let them get up unless it's an emergency. Smooch your wife.

There. Sheesh.

Ch ch ch changes.

2011-04-11T12:00:00.000-07:00

This week is moving week. Friday we are heading back up to Rexburg so I can finish my last semester of classes. I really don't enjoy moving but I am SO excited to be in an apartment with a dishwasher and a disposal! Plus I will actually be able to get ready in the bathroom...ours right now is WAY to small for me to blow dry and straighten my hair. I will NEVER have a bathroom again that has NO counter, literally.
Anyway we had a great last weekend here in Pocatello and took Em swimming. She LOVED it. Sadly Rexburg weather is going to be colder than here and we will have to wait a couple months before it is warm enough to go to the splash park up there. I can't wait!

Kansas

2011-03-31T11:37:00.000-07:00

For spring break we were lucky to get to go to Kansas and visit my family. Trevor's mom and sister were already planning on driving to Ohio to see his brother and they dropped us off in Kansas on their way! We had a blast and sadly it was the last time I get to see my brother before he leaves on his mission in a few weeks.

My family. (Minus Meagan) I don't quite understand why the younger 2 kids get to be tall?

Brooklyn was sad that Emma was crying when we put her to bed so she decided to go snuggle with her. I was AMAZED that she fell asleep with Brook in a real bed.

Kelly came to visit!

Emma LOVED that she could go outside and play. We had a couple of days in the high 70's!
Saw the flower.

Picked the flower.

Tried to smell the flower. haha.

She loved messing with Uncle Massey...he has the best reactions.

Full on toddler.

2011-03-01T20:12:00.000-08:00

Emma is a full on toddler these days. Today marks 18 months. 1 1/2 years old, can you believe it?! I haven't been the best at taking pictures lately except on my phone. So this is all I got today. Here is a bit about our little princess...

-she is getting the hang of walking up and down stairs
-her hair is long enough to put in a little nub pony tail
-she can say a lot of words but is too stubborn to do it when you ask
-feeds herself with a spoon or fork...without making a mess
-LOVES shoes and wears mine around the house
-knows how to turn on the t.v. and if i turn it off while she is watching she will get up and turn it back on and go sit back in her chair
-is starting to cuddle more
-she loves to wear jewelry, especially bracelets
-knows how to point to her eyes, nose, ears, hair, toes, and belly
-blows kisses
-loves to be a mommy...she wraps her doll in a blanket, tries to put a diaper on it, feeds it, rocks it while singing, and reads to her baby
-found a "blankie"...one stolen from gma dschaak's house
- has MASTERED the fake cry

Emma is so much fun. I love having a little buddy that follows me around all day. She has her moments, but we just get through them and make memories.

Love you Em.

Little Valentine

2011-02-08T22:48:00.000-08:00

today i decided to take some picture of em to send out some valentines cards to family. i got emma to smile in 2 pictures, one looking at me and one looking the other direction. so i decided to take her outside since that usually makes her happy and it was a nice day...i was wrong. i got NO smiling pictures and in the last picture here, she was on the verge of tears...which ended up lasting for 10 minutes once we got inside. needless to say, today was not her day for pictures.

DIY

2011-01-27T12:37:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting a dresser for emma's room for a long while. Her clothes were growing out of her little plastic storage containers with drawers (i don't really know what else to call them, but their real purpose is for a craft room or office.) Anyways last week we went on a hunt to some antique stores and this is what we found....

an old beat up dresser with no knobs for $35...but i saw potential!

That evening we made a run to Lowes....the next day we sanded and painted out hearts out...and at a total of $65 we have this new addition to em's room : )

little sailor

2011-01-22T13:21:00.000-08:00

i just cant believe how different emma is every day. she is starting to say SO many more words, some of her new ones include mam ma (grandma) pam pa (grandpa), ball, and more (as in more food please). i have started letting her feed herself which has been a challenge for me and wonderful for em. i have a problem of always wanting her to be clean and hair well done. letting her feed herself means letting her make a huge mess which sometimes includes mac and cheese in her hair. She is doing great and i am working on letting her be more independent.

my life is one huge amount of stress. byu-idaho decided to change how their classes are for el ed majors. this translates to possibly not being able to graduate in july and student teach in the fall. i have done EVERYTHING i can and talked to EVERYONE i can about working things out so i am not delayed. it might not seem like a big deal but we are living in pocatello for trevor to be in pharmacy school and my ONLY time to take my last semester of classes is this summer when we move back up to rexburg, otherwise i will probably have to wait another year to move to rexburg again next summer. ew, the more i think about that, i would rather not graduate. i really dislike living in rexburg and dislike moving even more. I mean it was great while i was a single college student and didn't need much but seriously...a 3o min. drive to get to the mall or even a super walmart...seriously?

anyways life is insane but we will get over it.

here is a picture em. this might be the cutest dress i have ever seen. (thanks to my mom for sending it)

Christmas

2011-01-03T15:07:00.000-08:00

The Holidays have been crazy, to say the least. Trevor's parents house burned down the second weekend in December due to an electric heater tipping over. It is our turn to be with his family for christmas this year and luckily they were able to quickly find a rental home. Everything is starting to work out really well and thanks to Home Owners insurance they have plans to rebuild by the end of the summer.

Here are some pictures of our 3 1/2 week stay in Burley, Idaho.

We couldn't get Emma to crack a smile on Santa's lap...but at least she didn't cry!

Christmas Morning. Emma is sitting on her new chair from us.

Emma & I made a "gingerbread" house.

The week after christmas all the cousins were here...one decided to open the front door for Emma, and then shut it once she walked out. A few minutes later we realized she wasn't around...this is how we found her. ha.

Christmas Night we went to go see a light display....they had a live camel there! Em loved it.

I took pictures of all the grandchildren so that Trevor's mom could replace the ones she lost.

Most recent family picture!

Emma's new Christmas dress from gma Dschaak.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thanks-mas in Kansas

2010-12-01T12:35:00.000-08:00

Every year we switch off holidays. This year Thanksgiving is in Kansas and Christmas is in Idaho. So at my house we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas on the same day! It was an eventful day to say the least. We woke up early Thrusday morning and opened gifts, then the boys plus meagan and brook went to play in the turkey bowl while others stayed home a cooked for our Thanksgiving meal! Family came over that afternnon and we ate and played games. Black Friday apperently starts Thanksgiving night now, so at 10pm we were out shopping! It was a LONG day.
Here are a "few" pictures from our break.

Ice skating at Crown Center...a double date with my brother and his girlfriend.

Bright and early!trying out her new boots!

Colton LOVES shoes and was really excited about these.

Family Pictures

Sloop kids!

Reid, Meagan, Colton & new baby expected!
cousins.

This is my favorite....it is her new sassy pose.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T19:21:00.000-07:00

I love all holidays but Halloween is up there on the list. It is so much more fun with my own little girl to dress up and take out. Although walking is still a work in progress...we had fun carying our little fairy around.
We had a few days of festivities this week! Sunday we kicked off the week carving our pumpkin and making cookies, monday we made emma's costume, thursday we had trunk or treat on campus, friday was a halloween party at the pharmacy school, (where emma took first in the kids costume contest, and our family took first in the group costume contest!) saturday was a carnival at a company here in town, and sunday we went out trick or treating. Trevor was a trooper the whole time : )

I made the skirt and bow and got the wings at the dollar store= $6 costume!

Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinker Bell!

family pictures

2010-10-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

I got a tripod for my camera a few weeks ago and have been wanting to get some family pictures taken so yesterday we went out! Our friends Skye and Fletcher came with to get Emma to smile and click the button once I got everything all set up. I was happy how they turned out!

Emma

2010-10-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

I just got a tripod for my camera and I hope to start taking more pictures and get some practice. So today we went to the park and did just that!

Mission Reunion

2010-10-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

October is our favorie conference of the year because that means we get to go down to utah and see all of trev's mission buddies. These guys are the funniest crazy group of boys you will meet. We were especially happy to see the Baron's and the Reimers since they both had new additions to their families!

The boys...minus Brig

With Bro. and Sis. Smith. (Mission president)

The married boys and their babies.

I don't know if Brig is ready to be a dad...poor Broxton about to fall out of his carseat!

The first time Emma and Rocky got to meet!

Until next year...

First steps!

2010-09-18T11:08:00.000-07:00

Emma took her first steps. No this isn't a picture of it....but just a picture of her standing up. Do people really get their child's first steps on video? (i don't think so) Anyways, last night Emma was just standing in our room...which she has been doing a lot lately. And then all of a sudden she just took a step with one foot and then with the other. I feaked out and yelled to trevor, which freaked her out and she fell. opsy. Today she tried it again but two steps with the same foot which resulted in loosing her balance. She is SO close!

Lovely lady after a nap. stunning bed head.

And Emma's first birthday party was on Labor Day.

The icing on the cake was the Boise win over Virginia Tech that evening.

1 year

2010-09-01T22:07:00.000-07:00

It is really hard for me to believe my little girl is 1 year old today. I don't even know if I will be able to say it when people ask how old she is. Where has the time gone?

Oh em, we love you so much!

2 years

2010-08-30T13:09:00.000-07:00

Wow.

I can't believe it has already been two years. Life has been full of ups and downs and tons of fun. Happy anniversary Trev.

I love you.

New Beginnings

2010-08-28T16:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of our cute new apartment. We are still getting settled but loving it. Trevor likes school and we are getting adjusted to pocatello. Nicer weather has been moving in and I am so excited for Fall. Mmmmmm bring on the crisp cool air.

Trevor's Graduation

2010-07-26T15:02:00.000-07:00

Lucky boy is done with BYU-I. Unlucky boy has 4 more years of Pharmacy school plus a year of residency. For now we are celebrating the accomplishment and getting excited to live in Pocatello!

Time Flies...

2010-07-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

Wow I havn't posted anything all semester! Here is a life update.

Tomorrow Trevor graduates from BYU-I! He is Majoring in Biology and Minoring in Chemistry. Next month he will begin the 4 year Pharmacy program at ISU.

Saturday we are moving. We got a cute little vintage apartment that is newly remodeled...it is a perfect mix since Trevor and I have quite different taste. I am so excited to get out of our old apartment and out of Rexburg. It has been fun but I need a change.

Emma is such a big girl now. She crawles all over the place and pulls herself up on things. Sometimes she even lets go of my hands when she is standing and tries to do it on her own.

The next few weeks before school starts for trevor we will be living in Burley so that he can get hours in at the hospital pharmacy. Next weekend is the Spudman (trevors big triathlon) and the weekend after that we are headed to Arizona to mee up with my parents and younger sibblings and visit my sister!

Here's a little bit of our summer...

June: Emma & Austin watching their dad's flag football game. May: trevors track meet.

June: The circus.

Circus

June: Camping at Rigby Lake

July: Family Reunion at Moon Lake

Family Reunion

Fourth of July

Fourth of July...She is so goofy.

Kansas

2010-05-08T19:24:00.000-07:00

Over our week break between semesters we went to Kansas to visit my family. It was a much needed break and we had so much fun.

Update on Emma....

She has 6 teeth now, can roll across a whole room, and is just starting to scoot herself backwards. But the funniest thing she has begun to do is get a little attitude. If someone does anything to her that makes her upset she will calm down and then completely ignore that person. Seriously. She wil look at you for a second and then look away and ignore when you say her name and everything. It makes me laugh so hard when she does it to me. I probably shouldn't encourage it...but when she gets older that will probably just make her more upset. ha jeeze.

We went to T-Rex...a place that has huge dinos everywhere and looks like you are eating outside. You can even dig for bones! Emma is still a bit too young for it but my dad insisted.
Riding the bull at Wild Bills...more like just sitting on it.

We went out on my grandpa's boat. It was very chilly but trevor and massey skiied and wake boarded. Crazies.

My FIRST rugby game! My brother's team is the striped shirts.

Aunty Brooklyn. One of the best things about Kansas is the beautiful springs...I love my mom's garden and miss it every spring.

oh summer...

2010-04-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

This is seriously the most flattering swim suit I have EVER owned. I can't wait for warmer weather and laying out in the sun!!! Thank you target for always having inexpensive cute tankinis.

(it also comes in a black v-neck halter)

Easter

2010-04-04T17:15:00.000-07:00

All of the first Holidays with Emma are so new, fun, & exciting. We have been in Burley all weekend with Trevors family and it has been a nice break but, I just can't get the stress of finals this week out of my head.
**A very exciting announcement**
Trevor got into Pharmacy school at ISU in Pocatello, Idaho. We are moving in the fall and I am sooooooooo excited. This means that I will be taking the fall and winter off school and we will move back up to rexburg next summer for my last semester. I can't wait to move and be off school so Em and I can just hang out. : ) She is the best.

Family Home Evening Activity

HAPPY EASTER!

Sittin' Pretty

2010-03-24T15:07:00.001-07:00

All of a sudden I feel like things are moving so fast. First a tooth...now the second is making its way in, and to top it all off Emma is sitting up by herself. All these milestones are very bittersweet.

TOOTH

2010-03-13T19:32:00.001-08:00

Yes, Emma has a tooth. WOW.

Dad decided to share his girl scout cookies. ha.

6 months

2010-03-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

Where is my baby girl?

Monday Emma turned 6 months. I just can't believe it.

6 days old
6 months old

We have been enjoying putting her hair in a little side pony : )

This is a little project I did last weekend.

Just truckin' along

2010-02-19T16:30:00.000-08:00

The semester is half way done! whew! Life is just moivng along. We got some exciting news Monday, Trevor has been asked to come interview at ISU to be in their pharmacy program! His interview is March 8th. We are crossing our fingers!!! Emma still doesn't roll over really. she doesn't really like to lay too much, instead she always wants to be standing. Maybe she will skip crawling and just walk. ha.

Saturday we got em's ears pierced! She only cried for just a minute. This is the best picture I could get because she was facinated with the camera.

Emma loves my cheerleading poms.
One day I drove to school then trev walked up later. While he was working out I walked to the other side of campus with em in her stroller to get the car, when we got there I realized I had no carseat. This is what I decided to do and I drove sooooo slow down to pick up trevor, then the two of them sat together on the way home. (0nly 2 blocks from campus) Jeeze what bad parents.

Happy Birthday daddy! Trevor is now 23!

Her hair is growing, growing, growing!

loving hats

2010-01-30T14:31:00.001-08:00

I am so into hats for Emma lately, I think it started around the same time her little bald spot started. I wish I was crafty enough to make something like this myself because then I wouldn't have to convince trevor to let me buy another hat for miss Em bem. I want this....Emma NEEDS this.

Sloop Family Pictures

2010-01-12T15:05:00.000-08:00

Life is crazy. Trevor is taking 15 credits and I am taking 18. Dumb.

Anyway, here are family pictures from Christmas break in Kansas with my family. I will put up more Christmas pictures hopefully this weekend!

Sibbling Love.

Dschaak Family

Johnson Family

One big happy family.

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countdown.

2009-12-16T15:13:00.000-08:00

I can't believe this semester is coming to an end! We leave in 2 days for our long trek to Kansas and I have mixed feelings. I am overwelmed with all the things that need to be done since we will be gone for 2 1/2 weeks, nervous for the 20 hour drive with Emma, and so EXCITED to see my family, especially my sister Meagan and her new little boy Coleton who is just a week older than Em!

I would also like to inform you all that Trevor and I were planning on a cruise with all of our friends this summer but Boise State is going to the Fiesta Bowl IN Arizona ON January 4th....who knows when this will happen again?! Sooooo....yes we bought tickets and will be making the trip, missing the first day of school, and will postpone our cruise for a couple years. I am slightly bummed but whenever Trev talks about going to the game it makes me so happy inside...he is so worth it. Plus it is a trip without Emma and that will be a nice little getaway.

The tickets arrived today at his mom's house (since we weren't sure when they would come) anyways he was SOOO excited, he had his mom send a picture of it. cute.

This is our little family's Christmas picture for our annual letter.

Christmas

2009-12-12T11:28:00.001-08:00

Just sitting in the library procrastinating as usual. Thinking about going home to a wonderfully clean kitchen and making ginger bread cookies. mmmmmm... Then having a glass of hot chocolate and snuggling up on the couch with my little Em to watch a christmas movie, the Grinch to be exact.

I am so thankful to get to go home to Kansas for Christmas. I miss my family and all the fun we have during the Holidays. I miss playing in the snow with them, my mom's perfectly decorate Christmas tree, gathering around the piano to sing while my mom plays, and just seeing my brother and sisters.

I'm very excited to share some of my family's Christmas traditions with Trevor and Emma, it will be the first Christmas at the Sloop's for both of them!

What we've all been waiting for.

2009-12-10T17:08:00.001-08:00

Trevor is sleeping...this is my attempt at taking pictures of myself.

2009-12-09T10:07:00.000-08:00

Sorry to disappoint, no updated picture yet. Although I love my new hair cut, I am about to go exercise and then have a volleyball game tonight sooooooo tomorrow I will get one with it all done up!

Until then.....

...I don't think I am being bias when I say,

"She is the cutest baby I have ever seen."

Seriously.

It's time.

2009-12-07T16:58:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the day. I finally talked trevor into letting me cut my hair and Emma is starting to pull my long hair out daily. It's time. I am so nervous!

Just can't get enough.

2009-11-25T10:52:00.001-08:00

Oh Emma, I just can't get enough of her.

We were just sitting here on the couch and i heard a long rumble...you know what that means. Then it was followed by two more long rumbles. So I got up to change her diaper and what a lovely surprise, somehow she managed to get 3/4 of the mess out the tops and sides of her diaper and 1/4 of it inside. Sick. She must be a magician.

On a happier note, I just can't have enough pictures of this girl. She is so perfect.

Blessing Day!

2009-11-11T12:39:00.001-08:00

Grandpa Sloop

Grandma Sloop

What a great weekend! My parents came in town and it was the first time my dad got to see Emma! Trevors family also came up on Sunday for Emma's blessing. She is 2 months old now and just getting cuter every day!

Fall

2009-10-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

I love the Fall season and I think that living in Rexburg has made me appreciate it even more because it only last for two weeks tops, and thats pushing it. Anyways I love holidays and we are about to begin the majority of them starting with Halloween!

Let the festivities begin!

The straw maze with trevors mom and sister.

Haunted Mill with Holly & Eric followed by scones and caramel popcorn!

Carving Punpkins with Fletcher & Skye

He are some updated pictures of our little Em...she is getting so big!

Trevor dressed her : )......and her first pony tail!

Rockin' the mowhawk

Time Flies

2009-10-08T16:39:00.000-07:00

Wow can you believe Emma is already a month and 8 days? I can't! Well my little sweet pea is becoming more life-like every day. She is still on her wonderful schedule of only waking up around 4am and then not again till 8. It is lovely. She smiles all the time and even tried to laugh once. So cute.

But the best thing is when she sneezes, never just once, and followed by a sigh.

We have also discovered her hair is getting curlier and curlier.

We have been busy cheering on Trev at his many events. He is a member of the cross country team and also head of the triathlons here on campus. He also plays on a rec league flag football team. We love to watch him! One of his most recent events was a golf scramble. Their team shot 6 under and tied for first. Sadly they lost by 1 on the shoot out.

Our little family.

Mr. Drew Jones.

It was intense.

The team.

Oh Trevor. How is he soooooo good at everything?

3 weeks!

2009-09-22T23:26:00.000-07:00

She just kills me....

2 weeks...

2009-09-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Emma is 2 weeks old today!

Life has been busy and so much fun. She is on a pretty good schedule and luckily I only have to wake up once around 4-5am to feed her. She is such a good baby....doesn't even cry! Trevor is loving being a dad and can't resist kissing her chubby cheeks any chance he gets. He even said that he wants to have all girls. (haha that might change in a few years).

Anyways...school has started and we are back settled into our apartment, except our room, that alwys seems to be the last unpacked. I will put up some pictures of Emma's room later but here are some pictures of our little cutie pie for now!

Her going home outfit Trevor picked out (gangster shorts)

THe carseat has become her favorite sleeping place since this.

She's a good winker

My precious little girl

SHE'S HERE!

2009-09-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

Baby Emma Nicole

September 1st 2009- 9:17pm

7lbs 1oz 19.5 in

Oh boy....its a BOY!

2009-08-26T10:37:00.000-07:00

I am now a proud aunt of Colton Massey Johnson! He was born on Tuesday...2 weeks ahead of schedule!

7 lbs 4 oz. 21 in.

Tick Tock

2009-08-24T11:11:00.001-07:00

Life is all about the waiting game right now. Waiting for Trevor to get home, to get back to our apartment in rexburg, and our baby Emma.

I had my first doctors appointment today and I am 1 cm dialated...9 to go. Im at 37 weeks, which is full term but I don't think she is coming any time soon. My next appointment is next Monday, which I am not looking forward to since today was a bit painful. I really don't know how a baby is going to come out and I am getting kind of nervous about that whole process that is supposed to be a "natural" part of life. We'll see...

Just a side note...

this little girl ALWAYS has the hiccups.

Summer Break

2009-04-17T12:41:00.001-07:00

School is out! Trevor and I finished our semester on the 9th. We had a busy week driving that night to Provo, to Burley on saturday, Salt Lake on tuesday, Rexburg on wednesday, and back to Burley on thursday night. SO much driving.

Now we are just enjoying the nice weather and relaxing here at Trevors house. He is getting in some shadowing hours at the hospital while I am babysitting his cousin's two kids. We are waiting to hear back from KU to see if Trev got accepted to the internship he applied for in pharmacology. If he gets in we will be spending 10 weeks in Kansas for the summer living with my family. Otherwise we will take the even longer trip down to Orlando, FL to do security sales.

Only one week from today until we find out what kind of baby we are having!

The newest bloggers

2009-04-10T23:02:00.001-07:00

A lot of people have been telling me that Trevor & I need to start a blog...

It may take some time to get it going : )