In The Spirit of Weddings

So with this wedding business in my head, I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of my own wedding. Look Brea, I made a collage! I have Photoshop and didn't even realize it...Blonde-o-licious!
My Gorgeous bridesmaids were Katie, who was maid of honor, Laura and LeAnne. We traded places when they got married. I was Matron of Honor in Kate's wedding, and a bridesmaid in LeAnne's and soon to be Matron of Honor in Laura's. I heart my best friends!

You can click on the picture to make it bigger.

Bride-To-Be

I thought I would introduce everyone to Laura since Im sure a lot of posts will be about her in the up and coming months. Laura is getting married and has asked me to be Matron of Honor. She also asked my other two best friends to be bridesmaids as well. Im so excited because we get to spend a lot more time together when someone gets married.
She and her fiance Joe will be getting married in September/October in Scottsdale. We're all so excited!
This is the most recent picture I have of us. This was at a Cardinals game. That was the game we beat the Seahawks... my other favorite team.

Kentucky Please!

So it's no secret that Greg and I would love to live somewhere green with lots of land to have horses and whatever else came along. I randomly look at houses for sale in different states and today came across Simpsonville Kentucky. I thought, OOhhh, I love Jessica Simpson, so a place named Simpsonville must be great. It is!!! I want to move today!!!
I found this small farm that has 7 acres and possibly 10 more for a price. The house isn't that great, but very doable! You have to look at the pictures of the land. Its gorgeous!
Then I found one way out of our price range, more like a dream. If you have the time to look at these houses you should and then you'll know why I want to move to Simpsonville Kentucky. Oh, and if anyone would like to donate $500,000 toward our house funds, we would appreciate it.

The Week in a Nutshell

This week wasn't as busy as some, but I realized I didn't make one post all week. Monday I went and saw my good friend Laura to watch Deal or No Deal. She and her boyfriend, I mean FIANCE, were on the show Monday night, so her parents had a big Deal or No Deal party that was fun. I also got to see Kate and LeAnne which is always nice. Congrats to Laura and Joe. They got engaged in Napa Valley for Laura's birthday last weekend. She also asked me to be Matron of Honor and Im so excited.

Monday was also Trevor's 5 month birthday. He is a chunk of a boy! He offically has his 2 bottom teeth in and is eating baby food regularly. He can hold his bottle when he is laying down. He is very good at getting things in his mouth now which is really scary. He loves to naw on those teether biscuits, but I do take them away when he starts getting to end of them. Im too afraid he'll choke. He loves to sit up and see whats going on. That seat I bought has really been working out nicely. He loves that he can sit up in the bath now and splash is feet around. It's also fun to take it outside, so he can see whats going on out there too. Cody did try and run him over with his play lawn mower and was a little upset, but other than that he loves his seat. He is also starting to laugh. I love his laugh! Every time we sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, he laughs at the shoulder part b/c he is so ticklish. I know I say it all the time, but this little boy is my sweet angel baby.



On Wednesday, Laura and I went to visit Kate and Riley for a little while. Laura hasn't seen Kate's house since it's been remodeled, and it looks fabulous I might add. I had Cody and Trevor and Laura brought her baby Ella. Ella is the sweetest 2lb long haired Chihuahua I have ever met. An she is very patient. Cody decided that he really liked Ella. He was picking her up, dragging her all around on her leash and she put up with him the whole time. We heart Ella Bella. You can check out Laura's blog to see some pictures of Ella modeling some of her out fits.
And we're still working on potty training with Cody. I haven't been very strict about it, but he has to be potty trained for preschool. May 1st Cody will have his hearing and vision check for preschool. Then if he passes that, May 2nd will be the preschool evaluation. We're very excited and hopeful that this will help with his speech.

You know It's Getting Hot Out When...

Today was the usual outing day with my mom. We went and turned Cody's papers in for preschool, stopped at Joanns fabric store, went to lunch at Red Robin (they have the best hamburgers ever!), did some shopping at Old Navy and then since Cody was very good and patient all day, we took him to the park. All day he was saying mama park, mama park. We got there and of coarse there weren't any other kids there. He played a little bit, ran around with my moms glasses on (I don't think he can see a thing with them on) and then it happened... Cody asked if we could go home! OK, this kid lives to go to the park everyday. Usually I have to carry him to the car kicking and screaming 'No No'. You know it's getting hot outside when Cody wants to leave the park.

Another Useless Fact

Did you know that stressed spelled backwards says desserts. Coincidence? I don't think so

Useless Fact of the Day

Did you know that Dairy Queens famous vanilla soft serve is served at a temperature of 23 degrees. If it were served at 0 degrees, we wouldn't be able to taste it.

What A Weekend

Wow! This was a busy weekend. Friday my mom's church, Shepherd of the Valley, had it's 50th anniversary banquet at the the Phoenix Country Club. It was so much to dress up. I used my maid of honor dress that I wore in my best friends wedding. That was kind of exciting considering that was 2 years ago. A little tight from what I remember, but that's what happens after a couple of kids I suppose. So the banquet was a lot of fun and very classy. I even saw the pastor that baptised me when I was a baby.

Saturday started out with a trip to Babies R'Us Us. Dangerous Dangerous territory there. I love that store! Anywho, I ended up buying Trevor this 3 Stage Super Seat by Summer. I was looking at the Bumboo seats, but there were too many recalls and warning hazards, so I decided on this one. I love it! Trevor loves to sit up and this works out perfectly. I can even put it in the bath to bathe him b/c he grew out of his bath tub. The 2nd stage allows you to put this little playtime activity tray on it with all these cute, fun toys and stage 3 converts to a toddler booster seat. I love it! Well worth the money. Later that day, some of the ladies from Codys play group invited us to their wards BBQ. It was a lot of fun and even Greg went! I heart my park ladies. They have been so nice and sweet and Im so glad I was able to meet them.

Today was the big day at church. It was the actual 50th anniversary day. Of coarse I woke up 15 minutes before I was supposed to leave. I was able to get myself ready and Trevor, but Cody didn't make it. I ended up dropping him off at John and Keri's. He was still in his sweat pants with no shirt. Not exactly church attire. Trevor was so good during the 2 hour service. we ended up sitting in the balcony with my mom and at the very end of the service, the choir was singing, the organ was playing, the bells were ringing, and Trevor was sleeping. I couldn't believe it. Today was also uncle Nathans 23rd birthday, so after church we went over there for spaghetti and ice cream cake. Afterwards, Cody got to squirt Nathan with his new water gun that he is very proud of. I also discovered that Trevor's 1st tooth came in!!! YaY! For some reason I was so excited about it. It's the bottom right.

My mom and I at the banquet


This is Me and Amy

Allison, Me and Amy

Trevor in his super seat

Trevor and Daddy playing at the BBQ. P.S- I have such a hot husband!


This is Trevor and McKylah. How cute are they?!

Cody trying to get Uncle Nathan wet. Notice his Diego underwear


Wow. I think this is the longest post I've ever made. Go me =)

Tagged From Mykelle

20 years ago:
1. Had a best friend also named Lindsay (she spelled it wrong though=)Its EY
2. My favorite shows were Shera Princess of Power, Jem, Lady Lovely Locks, and Rainbow Bright.
3. Had a dog named DD that stood for 'dumb dog'. I loved that dog

10 years ago:
1. I met Gregory
2. Was in 9th grade at Washington High School
3. Had straight A's in school

5 years ago:
1. Moved to Yuma and worked at the YMCA
2. Met my Mexican Mamas who adopted me and took care of me when Greg was gone
3. Greg was sent over to Iraq

3 years ago:
1. Cody was born
2. Bought a new car (time to trade in again)
3. Moved back to Phoenix with protest. I loved Yuma and was very close to my friends there

1 year ago:
1. Found out I was pregnant with Trevor
2. Was in one of my best friends wedding. I heart LeAnne!
3. Drove to Utah for the annual Wessel Family Reunion

so far this year:
1. I have finally started a blog
2. Found one of my very good friends after 9 years. I heart Heather!
3. Cut my hair short

yesterday:
1. I went to a banquet with my mom for her churchs 50th anniversary. I love dressing up
2. I fit into my maid of honor dress that I wore in my best friends wedding 2 years ago
3. Bought Cody a pair of hot wheels shoes.

today:
1. Update blog with the banquet pictures. Hopefully in the form of a slideshow
2. Go to Babies R Us to get Trevor a new thing for the bath. He's grown out of his bathtub.
3. Take Cody to the park... a daily thing at our house

in the next year:
1. Maybe get pregnant again
2. Cody will start preschool
3. Sell Gregs 450 gallon fish tank

Warning! May Be Hazzardous To Your Appetite

Hhhhuuuuuhhhh...Where to start? First of all, if you have a weak stomach, you may not want to read this. Yesterday started out as any normal day. Get up, get dressed, change diapers, fix breakfast. Cody had play group at the park and that was great. After that, we went over to Keri's house b/c my mom was getting her hair done. Trevor spit up on me pretty good a couple of times, that's normal. Hot, wet, stinky old spoiled milk. I can handle that just fine. After my mom was done getting her hair done we went to Target. Trevor was taking a nap, so he stayed at Keri's. Cody came with us. Even the Target trip was normal. Cody running around like a little wild indian, trying to drive the handicap scooters, grabbing all the necklaces and putting them on his head, running up and down the isles saying Hi to everyone he sees, pretending to shoot at the imaginary monsters. After Target we went to eat dinner at Casa Carmens. Its a great Mexican food restaurant that has wonderful food, the best salsa, and nice people. Not the nicest part of town, but if you're in the mood for mexican it's a great place to go. Lucky for us, the restaurant was empty. We got our food in, no joke, 5 minutes after we ordered. After Cody was done he was playing in one of the booths a couple rows from us. Half way through our dinner Cody comes back to our table with runny, brown-green diarrhea dripping down his leg and says 'mom, pooped'. I immediately grabbed him and ran to the bathroom. I didn't have any extra diapers or wipes b/c I really wasn't planning on him coming with us. Once in the bathroom I see that there's puddles in his shoes. I take his shoes off and put them to the side. I take his shorts off and his diaper is falling down. I even had to wrap his diaper in paper towels b/c I was so afraid that it might be some sort of weapon of mass destruction. There is diarrhea all up and down his legs, all over his feet... All over everywhere!!! Including the bathroom floor. Luckily there was some Comet cleaner in the bathroom, so I could clean up the floors a bit. I worked in Daycare for 3 years, and never have I seen a diaper this gross, this stinky,this disgusting EVER! It was horrible!!!! I don't know how I cleaned him up without regurgitating my food. It was a good thing my mom had bought him an outfit when we were at Target. Oh to the glorious and glamorous joys of being a mom.
Always an adventure with the Tiemans!
(Note to self: Potty train Cody immediately!!)

Trevor Baby

Trevor is at that stage right now where he loves to look at everything, anything he can pick up goes in his mouth, and he is realizing he would much rather be held than be put down. He is also in the early stages of rolling over.

He loves to look at his feet. He also likes to try and get them in his mouth

Trying to roll over

Arizona Science Center

Friday, my mom and I took Cody to the Arizona Science Center to see the Dinosaur exhibit they have. But first we went put to lunch. I think we learned our lesson with Cody after he got us kicked out of 5 n Diner. He must eat first to be happy. Duh! You would think after working in daycare for 4 years, I would have learned that lesson a long time ago. Blonde-O-licious!

This is Cody at lunch sporting my glasses

Cody would not look at the camera even if I would have bribed him to.

Cody digging up Dinosaur bones

Cody was very concerned that this dinosaur was getting an ouwee. The picture might be a little hard to see, but it's being attacked by raptors

The Science Center is such a cool place for kids. The Center contains four levels with more than 300 exciting hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium and a five-story high IMAX® theater. Some of the places Cody like were the Fab Lab, All About You, Many Hands Make A Home, and Music Landing
This is Cody in the Fab lab.

Mommy's Little Hunks

I love this picture of Cody. I said 'say cheese' and this is the face he made.