the sayings of kate

Kate has said the funniest things lately I just need to document some of them...

-Last week Chad came to sit by her on the couch and she said "eww dad, your stinky, go away"

-This morning I was putting on my scrubs to go to work, and she said "are those your work jammies mom?".

-The other night we had just finished scripture reading, and Chad asked if she liked her scriptures, and she said "yes, I read it with all my heart."

I am going to do better keeping track of all the funny things she says, and I will post them :)

welcome home elder gollaher

Chad's little brother Landan came home from his mission on Monday. The whole family met at the airport to welcome him home. He served in the Chihuahua Mexico mission.

Kate was so excited to see uncle Landan, she spent the entire afternoon before he came home coloring a banner for him, it was so cute.
We didn't ever tell Landan that I was pregnant with Emery, and Chad thought it would be fun to surprise him at the airport when he got home... He certainly was surprised! It took him a minute to figure out that I was holding a baby, and then he asked who's baby it was, it was so funny!

Landan instantly became Kate's new best friend, she keeps telling me "Landan is so nice" it is really cute! We are so proud of Landan, and happy to have him home safely!

tub time

Here is Emery all ready for her first sponge bath! Who knew it took so many supplies to bathe someone so little!

She loves having her hair washed, it is so cute to watch!

After her bath her hair stands straight up, it is so hilarious and cute!

This is Emery right before her "real" bath in her tub, her cord fell off when she was only five days so we didn't have to wait long to give her a "real" bath.
she wasn't the biggest fan of the tub I have to admit, she is starting to warm up to it though.

maternity leave

My maternity leave has gone by too fast (although I still have two more weeks since the physician I work with is out on vacation). We have had a lot of fun with all the spare time, and Kate says every day "mom you're home from school!". Apparently she thinks I still go to school every day.

Today we went with my mom, sisters and grandma to Ephraim for Scandinavian Days, they had a lot of really cute booths, and Kate had a blast getting spoiled by grandmas!

She discovered one little booth full of dresses, purses and bows and charmed my grandma into buying her this dress, she also worked her charm on the owner of the booth and she gave her a free purse! I guess I need to take lessons from her.

This last week we met up with my cute cousin BrieAnn and her adorable little boy Braxton and went to the zoo. Kate loved it so much that I could never get her to sit in the stroller, we chased her around the entire day!

The favorite animal of the day was definitely the monkey! Kate will tell you all about them if you ask! She watched him swing around and carry his blanket in his mouth and thought it was hilarious!

Here is our picture to officially document Emery's first trip to the zoo! (she slept the whole time).

To celebrate Kate being totally potty trained my mom promised Kate that we would all go out for ice cream. Kate waited so patiently that she fell asleep and would not even wake up for a bite! So this is our proof that we actually did take her, and she really did get ice cream as promised.

Along with all the play, we have also had plenty of time to rest. I found Chad snoozing on his books last week, poor guy has been studying so hard for his dental application test, but he will do awesome!

Kate snuggled up in her chair for a nice afternoon nap.

And depending on the day this swing may or may not be Emery's favorite place to nap. She has now learned that it is more fun to have everyone hold her while she sleeps.

We also went up to the Gateway Childrens Museum with some of Kates BFF's Savannah and Emma. They had a blast!

It has been a fun six weeks so far and we have done alot of fun things. It will be hard to leave my girls and go back to work but it was a really nice break to adjust and welcome our adorable new addition to the family.

potty success

I am happy to report that we have had two days of zero accidents! Kate is doing awesome and has really got the "potty" thing all figured out. We have been using a suggestion from my neighbor and after Kate uses the potty she gets to call her favorite cartoon character to celebrate her success. So far we have called Dora, Kai-Lan, and the Wonder Pets... multiple times. I usually get to act the part, or my mom- when Chad is not home to place the call. We even took her to church and nursery and she told her nursery leaders when she needed to go! We are so proud of her, and happy to be done with her diaper era.

potty training nightmare

So we are on potty training round two. We have tried this multiple times before with no success. I have officially decided that I can only handle changing one childs' diaper and Kate needs to be potty trained. This all began on Monday... It is now Thursday and I am ready to die! She still goes in her pants about 90% of the time, she will come tell me she needs to go after she has already gone in her pants. It is seriously driving me crazy!!! I need help, does anyone have suggestions for me? We have tried treats, books, rewards, punishments and still no success. We told her when she is all potty trained we will take her to pick out a bike but she doesn't care, and she asks for her diapers. Let me know your suggestions! I'll keep you updated :)

emerys newborn pics

Last week we had Emery's newborn pictures taken, they turned out so cute! By popular demand I have decided to post the link. Click Here (and it may ask for my email address which is ashley160@hotmail.com) let me know what you think!