Justin's 9th Birthday

This year for Justin's birthday we were so blessed to have Grandma and Grandpa Peel visit. This was the first time they were able to spend time with Justin on his birthday and we loved having them with us in our new house.

Justin's Birthday started off bright and early with a summer soccer game. It was such a humid day for Arizona too. Grandma and Grandpa were so glad they got to see there great grandson play soccer.

We got home just in time to decorate for the party and make it over to the pool.

Our wonderful friends the Knights let us use their pool for Justin's swim party. Justin and Sariah both love the water.

This was the first birthday party that I have thrown for Justin were he got to invite more then one friend. He was sooo excited. The boys had a blast in the pool.

I love this photo of James and his Grandma. Love it!

The Happy Birthday Boy!

He asked for a carrot cake this year and I was so glad that the grocery store had one, because I did not have time to make it this year.

Last year Justin didn't get a big birthday with presents at all. So this year we went all out. He was so happy. He loves presents. Grandma and Grandpa got him a DS game.

Pops and Honey got him a rock tumbler.

All the boys at the party! He had so much fun.

Have to have the crazy picture too!

3 Years

I can't believe that it has been only 3 years since the day that I married this wonderful man. It seems like a life time has passed in these last 3 years. So many twists and turns have occurred on our journey together in this life. It has been an adventure that I have been truly enjoying with him by my side.

We are far from perfect and our life so far together hasn't been perfect either. But we are perfect for each other and I feel so blessed to have him in my life. So far the greatest day in these last 3 years was the day that we knelt across the alter in the Salt Lake Temple and were sealed for time and all eternity, to each other and then to our children. Oh I will cherish that moment forever.

James, my love, you are my forever! Thank you for understanding my type of crazy and loving me still! I will love you for the rest of forever! Happy Anniversary Babe!

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

Watched this video today and was so grateful for the wonderful mothers in my life, especially my own mother. I am also so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a mother and pray every day that I am up to the responsibility!

Summer Soccer #1

This summer we decided to try out a summer soccer league here in AZ. The league we tried out wasn't the greatest but Justin enjoyed being the best player on the team. He was so much fun to watch as he pretty much took the ball from everyone and defended like crazy. But what was I thinking? Summer in AZ is so hot and soccer is outside. Next year we will look for an indoor summer league but this year we had fun with the one we signed up for even if it was super hot.

Here is Justin before his first game. He is getting so big. This kid loves his shirts to be big and his shorts to go past his knees. He is so handsome too!On the field with the rest of the players

Throwing the ball into play.

Sariah trying to stay hydrated and keep the sun off her head.

Love this little gal...isn't she just so cute!

Half time break with Dad always brings out the smiles.

Sariah didn't want to miss out on the fun either.

Wahoo they won!

Birthday Party #2

Wahoo thank you blogger for letting me finish this post. I must admit I haven't even come close to trying to post this everyday. I don't normally sit down at the computer to blog that often. But tonight was my lucky night and all the stars aligned for me to be online and the pictures to upload. Wahoo again!
Sariah loves Elmo. When I found this recipe online , I just had to have a Elmo birthday party for her. The cupcakes were so much fun to make.
Cute Justin helped me decorate. He spelled Sariah's name out in pink cupcakes.

Pops and Honey came out to celebrate with us too!

I loved this picture of Sariah. She is just such a cutie all excited to open her presents.

Honey helped her open the presents from her and Pops.

Oh my she got an Elmo doll from Pops and Honey!

Elmo grew a number 2 candle in between his eyes and nose.

Big girl blowing out her candle.

Eating the candies off of her cupcake.

Sariah had been sick all week before her birthday so her appetite wasn't up to finishing her cupcake...can you see her eyes asking..."do I have to finish this"

We went to a park and BBQ'd for the party and had lots of fun. The kiddos played on the field and at the playground until way after it was dark.

We love the Z fam! They are an awesome family that are in our new ward and they came to celebrate with us. Here they are playing on the slide.

This lttle gal loves to play at any park I will take her too.

Seriously these 2 are so adorable.

Honey and Sariah with my sisters and Crystal. I had to post this picture even though it is blurry. Cause there was still excitement way into the night from all the sugar they ate on those cupcakes. We had tons of fun celebrating Sariah turning 2! Thanks to everyone who came and played with us!

Frustrated

I am super frustrated with Blogger...I have been trying to upload photos for the birthday party part 2 for an hour this evening and it's giving me a horrible time. RRRRR! I know that I need to post pictures and will as soon as I can but until now know that our little fam is doing well.

Birthday Part 1

Finally I was able to upload pictures! Wahoo for Birthday Part 1, hopefully Birthday Part 2 won't be too far behind.
A few days before Sariah's birthday we had the puking episodes. After all the puking was over she was fine the day before her birthday. But of course, Sariah woke up with a fever on her actual birthday, seriously no fun. I think I might have been looking forward to the big day way more then she was because I was so bummed we couldn't celebrate. I had her day planned every hour. Anyway, I called all of our friends and family who were coming to celebrate with us and canceled. Then little miss and I ate waffles on the couch and opened her first present....Elmo and Abby's Happy Birthday movie. Needless to say we watched movies the entire morning.
Her hair is getting so very long. Such a cute little 2 year old!

When she woke up from her nap she was feverless and wanted to play outside with Daddy and Justin. The boys were outside washing the car and Sariah just had to get on her suit and play in the water. I was just happy the fever was finally gone.

Big Brother teaching Little Sis how to wash the tires.

Daddy Man drying off his car.

Washing all by herself.

Getting some pointers from Daddy.

Justin cooling off.

Sariah wasn't brave enough to put it on her head but she loved playing with the hose.

Birthday present number 2 came when Pops and Honey came over to deliver one of their presents that they didn't think would last till the undetermined rescheduled party. Oh Sariah squealed so loud when she saw her birthday balloon. I don't know if she was more excited to see her Honey and Pops or the balloon. Since she hadn't seen them in almost a week. I was so thankful they got her a balloon. She loves them and it was on the list of things to do that morning, before I knew she was going to be sick.

She is holding her balloon in this picture, such a happy face.

Justin was able to give Sariah present #3 that night before he went to bed.

2 pink puppies!!!

She also got some stickers.

A memory game which she loves to play. We play it as a matching game right now and she loves to find the cards that match as the are turned face up.

A book for church.

And her big happy birthday doll house.

Sariah and I actually found this doll house at a 2nd hand store called Treasures here in Mesa. About a month before her birthday we were in the store browsing and I had stopped to look at a game on the shelf in front of me. Behind me was this doll house. Next thing I know I hear Sariah saying Mommy and I couldn't see her anywhere. She had crawled through the front door of the house and was laying down inside looking out the window. At the time their was only entrance to the house since the backside was up against the other items in the store. Sariah immediately wanted to take it home with us. I made the mistake saying well maybe we will get it for your birthday. My birthday? Was her little response. Then for the next month every time we passed by the store she would ask to go see her happy birthday. Thank goodness no one else thought this little house was a treasure since it was still there in the store the week before her birthday. I made her Daddy go pick it up for her and hide it in the garage. Daddy got to be her hero by bringing the happy birthday present into the house.

Poop

This post might be a little to much information for you about Sariah's poop. If you don't like to talk or read about poop...don't read this post. Since I use this blog as a journal I am writting it down because I don't want to forget it. The author can not be held respobsible if you have issues with poop and continue to read. You have been warned.

Little Miss has not fully recovered to her 100% functioning intestines since she was sick with the puke almost 2 weeks ago. She has been having issues with the pooper. Seriously no fun.
Yesterday she had a problem going down for her nap. I let her read a book to herself in bed until she is sleepy. Most the time she is asleep within 15 minutes. Yesterday, she took about an hour before she fell asleep and then woke up an hour later.
For some an hour nap might be great but for my 2 year old...not so great. She was a mess when she woke up. At first I thought her problem was that she was so tired....which of course was a small bit of the problem but not the heart of it. Just as I started to get her calmed down she would scream in pain. My husband thought I was crazy and came and took her outside to distract her. When he brought her back in all she wanted was for me to hold her and I got her to almost fall asleep when she started crying again in pain.
This time I noticed that her tummy was tight and came to the conclusion that she had to poop. So I massaged her tummy and did some exercises with her legs hoping to help. Every time she tried to poo she would cry so hard and ask me "mommy tell me what to do". Finally I came up with an idea to put her in the bathtub and see if the warm water would help her tummy relax. I have a huge tub in my bathroom and the kiddos hardly ever get to use it. So I filled it up as a special treat to see if it would make her feel better.
Oh my goodness is all I have to say. Sariah and I were in the tub for 5 minutes when she asked to go potty. So she got out of the tub and successfully got a itsy bitsy turd out of her pooper into her little toilet. Congratulations were going on since that was the first time she pooped in her toilet. I wiped her, shocked that such a little turd was the problem, and put her back in the tub with me.
As we were playing in the water after a few minutes she says, "Mommy I have to go poop." The next words from me to get on the toilet don't even make it out of my mouth when I see this ginormous poop floating in the tub. It was huge. No I did not take a picture of it....that would be way gross. But it was huge and I don't know how it was able to fit inside my little girls intestines. Seriously it scared Sariah it was so big. She thought the poop was trying to get her and harm her. I would be afraid of that thing too if it had been in my body causing pain.
Well we clean her up and the tub. She proceeds to have 3 more poopy diapers....all diarreah. She seemed to make it through today with out any problems. She ate normal and had a normal range of diapers. I am hoping yesterday was the last of this but I don't want to hold my breath. This flu bug that hit our family is horrible and I am sorry if any one else is getting it. Our intestines are a mess, especially my little gal and I am just hoping that all the spinach smoothies I have been making will help repair the stomachs much faster.