My Fancy Nancy

    When Annabelle was born, her aunt Megan sent her this Fancy Nancy book. Even though she was much too little to completely understand the books, I felt it necessary to read them to her. My in-laws have always talked about her becoming a basketball player (yuk! Boys can play, but not my little girl!) ever since we found out she was a girl. You can see why I had to indoctrinate her at a very young age. You can see its working! HAHA!  

 sorry, just had to be excited that my Girl is acting like one!  She can like to watch sports with her daddy, i don't care about that, just so long as she wears  hair bows with her jersey! 

Craigs Turn

Well I think its my turn to add a post.  Its been awhile for us.  So last night we got to go to my companies Christmas Party.  This year it was at the Alamo Dome here in San Antonio.  We also had two bands this year.  Lonestar and Styx.  We had a great time!  The food was really good and so was the desert.  There wasnt long lines like last year and there was actually enough room for everyone.  Just to give you all a perspective my company i think employees 24,000 people.  I think 15,000 people are in San Antonio alone and everyone gets to bring someone.  So you can imagine you have to get a big place for everyone.  

Of course we dont have any pictures.  Santa hasn't brought us our new camera yet.... oh well some of our friends took our picture, Esther will add it I am sure.  I hate adding pictures on these things.  I am a computer nerd and I criticize the interfaces these site build because they re just awful.. ok sorry i ranted.  But the music was really good.  The traffic wasn't bad at all.  Work supplied buses to take us down town from the office.  It was great!  Lonestar was pretty good, we new more of their music since I am a country fan.  Styx was great!  They are getting up there in age but they put on a good show.  They made fun of themselves for being around for so long but I  think its great.  

Overall it was a great night!  Of course I felt sick when I got home... whats up with that?  Cause I feel better now.  Oh well.

My first tag!

Husband Tag

1. Where did you meet?

We meet at school (BYU-I). He was friends w/ my sister in VA, transferred to my school, i called him, and my roommate and I wanted to meet cute boys, so we went to his apartment, and the rest is history! 

2. How long did you date before you got married?

Our first date was the beginning or Aug 04, we stared officially dating in Oct. We were married in May or 05

3. How long have you been married?

3 1/2 years.

4. What does he do that surprises you?

Sometimes he makes me fall in love with him all over again! (Cheesy, but true!)

5. What is you favorite feature of his?

Well, he is just tall enough, he has beautiful eyes, and a really cute smile! 

7. Does he have a nickname for you?

Not really...

8. What's his favorite color?

Green

9. What's his favorite food?

Anything I make. :) I love that. (Have to steel Kara's on this on!)

10. What is his favorite sport?

Football!!!! And everything else other than soccer and hockey, is just below that! 

11. When and where was your first kiss?

He had just come from visiting back east, he picked me up, we had a very long conversation as i recall, and then he kissed me. 

12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?

Watch our favorite tv shows, or go to the movies. Or just talk about whatever.

13. Do you have any children?

Yes, our beautiful baby girl is Annabelle, she is almost 18months.

14. Does he have a hidden talent?

He cleans a mean bathtub! And he makes really good meatballs with homemade sauce! Thats why we started dating! 

15. How old is he?
25

16. Who said I love you first?
He would say it was me, but if you want to know the truth, it was him!  ;)

17. What is his favorite type of music?

He is funny about music, he likes country, or weezer and third eye blind! Its wired! 

18. What do you admire the most about him?

His strong sense of right and wrong, his honor for his priesthood.  He is hilarious, and the best daddy ever for Belle!

19. Do you think he will read this?

Yes.

20. Who will you Tag?

Amy, and Krista! 

What did you say?

  On thursday I was putting Belle to sleep for her nap. I still hold her, its cuddle time for me! :) Well she usually has to say a few things to keep herself awake, and then I'll tell her to go to sleep, and then she'll say "Night night". Well, she kept saying something over and over. I was about to tell her to hush and go to sleep, then I realized that she was saying "Love you" (wov ew) I almost started to cry. She has never said love you on her own before! I told her that I love her too! And kissed her and then she fell right to sleep! That is going on my top ten favorite mommy moments!  Just had to share!

     Has anything like that happened to you where you were caught off guard with something that made your heart melt? 

Halloween!

  Halloween was a first for me. Not the actual day itself,  but the trick-or-treating part. No I never went trick-or-treating as a child. Some of might say how crappy that must have been for me! What horrible parents wouldn't take their kids out on halloween? Well, I would say to that, what SMART parents wouldn't take their kids out! It was hot, and all Annabelle wanted to do once we got home was be a pill and eat candy! Yes I know thats what you are supposed to do after getting all that candy, but I have a good kid! She has NEVER acted that way before! It was obnoxious! Oh well, it will probably happen again next year... Will i never learn? She looked really cute though! 

I think she had fun, which, in the end, is all that matters! 

Jacob is home!

    Ok, so I know I haven't been so diligent about blogging for the last, well ever! So here I am to play catch up!
On Friday September 19th my little brother Jacob returned after serving a two year mission for our church in Minnesota. It was so good to see him, we have always been really close so it was good to have him back!
We waited for what seemed like FORVER! We heard over the intercom that his plane landed so we all lined up.

Our shirts say "We heart J A C O B !" Starting at left, Miriam, Rachel, Joseph, Daniel, Paul (my sisters husband) Sariah, Rebekah, Me and Annabelle. Yes I know the color is horrible, Jacob's favorite color is yellow!

  We could see Jakes gate from where we were. After MANY false alarms we saw him. Unfortunately for us he saw us too. He high-tailed it to the bathroom to tell himself that was going to be alright. I guess we are pretty overwhelming, even to one of our own! Then he came out to see us!

My dad got the first hug! 

Then it was mamas turn!

For those of you who have never had Blue Bell ice cream, shame on you!  Come down here and get some! That was one of the three things requested for Jakes welcome home dinner. 

How do ya think we did? And yes, it was all gone with in just a few short hours!

 WELCOME HOME LITTLE BRO! 

Our Adventures

So we have been busy.  We got to go to Dallas for a whole week.  I (Craig) was in training for most of the week and Esther got to hang out with the family in Dallas.  We got a really nice hotel.  It had two flat screen TVs, king size bed.  It was great.  We also got to go to the TCU BYU football game.  Yah not so great of a turnout for BYU.  I was so pumped up for that game and then we got there late and it was 14 - 0 when we finally got to our seats. 

This last weekend we got to go to a work party.  It was at the Don Strange ranch in Boerne, TX.  Its a really cool place.  Annabelle got to ride her first pony.  She kept saying. "Nay, Nay " for a horse noise.  It was so cute.  She also got to pet goats, sheep and chickens.  There were ducks but they were kinda mean and would peck at your feet.  It was a fun time!  We were glad we go to go. 

Here are some pictures of our adventures:

 

My big helper!

  Annabelle has a new favorite thing. Helping me cook. I don't mind, I like the company. It all started one day i was making dinner and she seemed to be getting into EVERYTHING!!! It was driving me crazy, so what do I do? Plop her on the counter next to me. She thought it was the coolest thing ever. The only problem is that now when I'm chopping something, or I am handeling raw meat, she tries to squeeze in between me and the counter, to get my attention so I will put her up on the counter. Its so fun to me that loves "cooking" so much! I guess she is my kid!

  Yesterday she and I were watering the plants and trees in the front yard, and she was helping by holding my hand with her right, and playing in the water with her left. It was such a good experience for both of us. I know that might seem silly, but I feel that we have been growing closer these past few days. It makes me happy. 

This was when it rained this summer. Not from her playing in the hose. 

 She has a few new words that she says and recognizes the objects: Frog, Croak, Yogurt, Delicious ("Licious"),  Flower and today we were walking up and down the sidewalk waiting for daddy to come home and she bends over, pats the ground and says "sidewalk"!!! Can you believe it?!?! I was shocked at how smart she is! Has anyone else had something like that happen? 

She is such a big helper!! And I love her!

The love!

I would just like to take this moment to express the LOVE I have for my little family! We have been in New York for the past week visiting the Haessig side of the family, and I have had the opportunity to be able to sit back a bit and observe my wonderful husband and presous baby girl! Not one moment really stands out in my mind, just an overall happyness has seemed to wash over us! It has been good for Craig to be able to take some time off and play with his family that he doesn't get to see very much. I feel like I have fallen in love with him all over again! I LOVE YOU CRAIG!!!!! I LOVE YOU ANNABELLE!!!!!

She really is his kid!!

  So last week I came into the office to see this. (The picture speaks for itself!)
She had gotten her little hands on the laptop, and get this, had flipped the picture and had changed it to black and white! Craig had to google what he needed to do to fix it! It was crazy! Now I am living with TWO computer nerds! At least she likes girly things too! 

There's my fancy girl! :)

Update

  Oh my goodness! So much to catch up on! We had a birthday back in June, (I know! I said I needed to catch up!) My baby girl turned one! Happy birthday Belle! She had  party with all of her little friends! I was so much fun! She loves cupcakes, pics of that to come, she got some really good presents, and fun was had by all!

            These are the cup cakes I made for her birthday. So yummy!

This is the Cake I made for her party. She loved it! 

Do you think she liked it?

"I get cake AND PRESENTS?!?"
For the 4th of July we went up to Dallas to visit my family. We ate good food, stayed up late, got up way to early to eat some pancakes, (in my parents ward they started at 7!!! ) and watched some guy that looked like Kermit the Frog sing a song about the Alamo. Then that night we watched fireworks. 

Waiting for the bike parade to start, and being patriotic.

My crazy little sisters! 

Another Girly shot!

We brought two of my sisters back with us. Here are Sariah and Rebekah before the dance. Aren't they beautiful!?

Did you know?

Did you know that garden hoses can explode? Well that very thing happened to me yesterday. I was going out to water my sad little garden, turned on the hose... heard a strange noise, thought nothing of it, then GOUSH!!! Water was all over me, and the worst part was that the water was hot!! It was horrible! Craig just stood there trying not to laugh at me. 

This is what my hose now looks like. Crazy huh? I could have died!! Not really, but I have to be dramatic. Lets face it!:) 

 Annabelle is going to have her first birthday on Wednesday. *Sniff sniff* My baby is growing up! She also started walking  really well over the past week. She is getting more fun all the time! Here are a few update pictures for those of you who haven't seen her for a while, or for those of you that just want to see my cute kid!

This is her making a funny face, one of my favorites! 

She got some new sunglasses, now she is one cool chick!! 

That's my pretty girl!! 

Ok, so since i am a foodie, I have to put up some pictures that will make you  hungry. In advance I apologize.

This was a very yummy salad I made one day for lunch. Mixed greens, strawberries, asparagus, and some feta cheese. Can you get much better than that?

Some cupcakes I made for some friends, Delish! 

Yes, I give my child chocolate frosting, she said please! 

The best cookies i have made in a while. Chocolate chip with pecans!!! 

  Well, now that I'm hungry, I think I'll go get a snack and see ya'll soon! 

I'm a BLOGGER!!!!

Oh my goodness. So this is where all the cool moms are!! Crazy! I feel like I am starting a new journal or something. I always feel so awkward, like I dont know what to say. Well, my husband and I moved to San Antonio two years ago right after we graduated from BYU-Idaho. He got a job at USAA. Since then we have had the most beautiful child ever, sorry to all you moms, but its true! We bought a house and have lived her for almost a year! I am in the middle of starting my own cake decorating company, and Craig just switched teams at work. Its been pretty busy for us, but we like it that way! I am excited to be doing to blog thing!