happy birthday lily! i have been sorely neglecting my blogging duties so i have to catch up starting with lily’s birthday that was on May 10th. i can’t believe that my little baby has grown from this tiny little baby (well not that tiny at 9.3 i think she was closer to a 1 month old) with tubes up her nose and hooked to all sorts of monitors
to this grown up beautiful five year old.
five years have gone by so fast and that is a little scary to think about. how fast will the next 5 years go? for now she loves to play with her brothers, loves puzzles, games, any kind of craft, making messes (not cleaning them up), high school musical 1, 2 & 3, princesses, pink, purple, coloring, writing words, trying to read, she only eats chicken nuggets, quesadilla’s, pizza, grilled cheese, any kind of fruit, yogurt, candy, cakes, cookies & milk. she literally wont eat eat something if she is not sure that she will love it. this is where her stubborn side shows the most because she is more than happy to got to bed without eating to save herself from eating anything that she might not like. even though this is so frustrating sometimes, i love that she accepts the consequences of not eating what i have made with such grace. lily is constantly singing or talking. unless she is in her room for quiet time (she hates that i make her do this), i can be guaranteed to hear some sort of chattering. lily is very studious and i just know that she will be the best student in our home. ever since preschool ended, she keeps asking, “how many more days until summer is over?” the girl can’t wait to start kindergarten this year. i thank heavenly father everyday for bringing her love and light into our home. i love you lily belle
lily shoving her face with cake at her little party.
opening one of her presents wearing a hat that she made at school.
happy birthday lily! i have been sorely neglecting my blogging duties so i have to catch up starting with lily’s birthday that was on May 10th. i can’t believe that my little baby has grown from this tiny little baby (well not that tiny at 9.3 i think she was closer to a 1 month old) with tubes up her nose and hooked to all sorts of monitors
to this grown up beautiful five year old.
five years have gone by so fast and that is a little scary to think about. how fast will the next 5 years go? for now she loves to play with her brothers, loves puzzles, games, any kind of craft, making messes (not cleaning them up), high school musical 1, 2 & 3, princesses, pink, purple, coloring, writing words, trying to read, she only eats chicken nuggets, quesadilla’s, pizza, grilled cheese, any kind of fruit, yogurt, candy, cakes, cookies & milk. she literally wont eat eat something if she is not sure that she will love it. this is where her stubborn side shows the most because she is more than happy to got to bed without eating to save herself from eating anything that she might not like. even though this is so frustrating sometimes, i love that she accepts the consequences of not eating what i have made with such grace. lily is constantly singing or talking. unless she is in her room for quiet time (she hates that i make her do this), i can be guaranteed to hear some sort of chattering. lily is very studious and i just know that she will be the best student in our home. ever since preschool ended, she keeps asking, “how many more days until summer is over?” the girl can’t wait to start kindergarten this year. i thank heavenly father everyday for bringing her love and light into our home. i love you lily belle
lily shoving her face with cake at her little party.
opening one of her presents wearing a hat that she made at school.
we decided to go to mcdonald’s one night to get an ice cream cone and this is how much asher enjoyed it. i don’t think we had ever given him a cone before and now i know why. he would literally just shove his face into it thus the craziest mess. it was soaked into his jacket, messed in his hair, eyebrows and needless to say, his hands were covered with it. thankfully lily and jackson were much better at eating their ice cream and created no further messes.
this was obviously a while ago because asher still had his lovely hair. by the way, we did end up buzzing his hair and it looks much better than when we got it cut at the hair place. i have to say that i am looking forward to the curls growing back and if they don’t, i will be very disappointed.
we decided to go to mcdonald’s one night to get an ice cream cone and this is how much asher enjoyed it. i don’t think we had ever given him a cone before and now i know why. he would literally just shove his face into it thus the craziest mess. it was soaked into his jacket, messed in his hair, eyebrows and needless to say, his hands were covered with it. thankfully lily and jackson were much better at eating their ice cream and created no further messes.
this was obviously a while ago because asher still had his lovely hair. by the way, we did end up buzzing his hair and it looks much better than when we got it cut at the hair place. i have to say that i am looking forward to the curls growing back and if they don’t, i will be very disappointed.
we have lived in this house for a little over a year now and asher’s hand print has been on the downstairs window since the first week. i thought it was so cute that i didn’t have the heart to wash it off. well we are getting ready to move to a new house and i am going to have to wash it away so i thought i would preserve his little hand print on the window with our camera. isn’t it amazing how quickly they grow up? my little baby lily will be starting kindergarten this year and i can’t even believe it. where does the time go? it is funny because sometimes the days seem to be so long but then all of the sudden it is saturday and i feel like, where did the week go? i don’t know if that makes any sense but it is how i feel. i love my babies so much and even though it is sad to see them grow up, i am excited to see the people they grow in to. i am eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father for blessing me with three of the best kids ever.
we have lived in this house for a little over a year now and asher’s hand print has been on the downstairs window since the first week. i thought it was so cute that i didn’t have the heart to wash it off. well we are getting ready to move to a new house and i am going to have to wash it away so i thought i would preserve his little hand print on the window with our camera. isn’t it amazing how quickly they grow up? my little baby lily will be starting kindergarten this year and i can’t even believe it. where does the time go? it is funny because sometimes the days seem to be so long but then all of the sudden it is saturday and i feel like, where did the week go? i don’t know if that makes any sense but it is how i feel. i love my babies so much and even though it is sad to see them grow up, i am excited to see the people they grow in to. i am eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father for blessing me with three of the best kids ever.
I saw this on a friend’s blog and decided to have a little mindless fun. If you want to do it too: Go to Google, type your first name followed by needs (for example, I typed “Jana needs”) and then list the first 10 hits you get. Do the same for wants (“Jana wants”). Here’s what I got followed by commentary by yours truly.
JANA NEEDS
1. jana needs creative pursuits in stamping (isn’t stamping amazing?) 2. (the last thing) jana needs is more trouble – especially man trouble (i have no trouble with my man) 3. jana needs a home (who doesn’t!) 4. jana needs a 30-minute block of time to set up her equipment and do a sound check with the sound engineer at least 90 minutes before the program ( this would have been nice back in the day. the funny thing is, this jana also has the last name of heller) 5. jana needs a bang trim (if i actually had bangs, i would definitely need a trim) 6. Jana needs to find that peace and soften her anger towards her Father (not really, i love you dad) 7. jana needs to get her a!# back to new york (i added the exclamations, i didn’t want a cuss word on my blog) 8. Jananeeds a 1600 loan to buy some new office furniture and a computer 9. JANA needs at least version 1.4 of Java®. (now if only i knew how to use it) 10. Jana needs to read some books on assertiveness to increase her skills (i think steven would say i have this one covered)
JANA WANTS
Jana wants to replace those two directors, and add five new seats, giving they 7 of 14 directors and voting control of the board. 2. Jana wants more shares? 3. Jana want less drama and more fun. (who doesn’t?) 4. Jana wants to discuss budget concerns. (not really) 5. Jana wants to share her Potts family photo with this list 6. jana wants to attend training course about NABL in Kolkata, West Bangal, India. (i actually would like to visit india) 7. Jana wants to marry the tallest man in California. (well since i am already married, i don’t think this would work and besides steven is the perfect height for me.) 8. Jana wants to marry fattest man in Utah, whoever he might be.(i thought this was really funny) 9. Jana wants to try Old Town Alehouse 10. JANA wants to recruit highly qualified board members to increase the long-term value of the company for stockholders. (who knew their was an actual company named JANA?)
I saw this on a friend’s blog and decided to have a little mindless fun. If you want to do it too: Go to Google, type your first name followed by needs (for example, I typed “Jana needs”) and then list the first 10 hits you get. Do the same for wants (“Jana wants”). Here’s what I got followed by commentary by yours truly.
JANA NEEDS
1. jana needs creative pursuits in stamping (isn’t stamping amazing?) 2. (the last thing) jana needs is more trouble – especially man trouble (i have no trouble with my man) 3. jana needs a home (who doesn’t!) 4. jana needs a 30-minute block of time to set up her equipment and do a sound check with the sound engineer at least 90 minutes before the program ( this would have been nice back in the day. the funny thing is, this jana also has the last name of heller) 5. jana needs a bang trim (if i actually had bangs, i would definitely need a trim) 6. Jana needs to find that peace and soften her anger towards her Father (not really, i love you dad) 7. jana needs to get her a!# back to new york (i added the exclamations, i didn’t want a cuss word on my blog) 8. Jananeeds a 1600 loan to buy some new office furniture and a computer 9. JANA needs at least version 1.4 of Java®. (now if only i knew how to use it) 10. Jana needs to read some books on assertiveness to increase her skills (i think steven would say i have this one covered)
JANA WANTS
Jana wants to replace those two directors, and add five new seats, giving they 7 of 14 directors and voting control of the board. 2. Jana wants more shares? 3. Jana want less drama and more fun. (who doesn’t?) 4. Jana wants to discuss budget concerns. (not really) 5. Jana wants to share her Potts family photo with this list 6. jana wants to attend training course about NABL in Kolkata, West Bangal, India. (i actually would like to visit india) 7. Jana wants to marry the tallest man in California. (well since i am already married, i don’t think this would work and besides steven is the perfect height for me.) 8. Jana wants to marry fattest man in Utah, whoever he might be.(i thought this was really funny) 9. Jana wants to try Old Town Alehouse 10. JANA wants to recruit highly qualified board members to increase the long-term value of the company for stockholders. (who knew their was an actual company named JANA?)
to this grown up beautiful five year old.
lily shoving her face with cake at her little party.
opening one of her presents wearing a hat that she made at school.
