My Projects!

I thought I had no time for myself when I first had Chloe but now I truly understand what it's like to have no me time. When Jeff has a deadline at work, I am a single mom and it's hard! Fortunately, my parents live close and they are so willing to save my sanity! Me and the girls go over there when Jeff goes out of town (which has been August, September, October and will be November). But, with a lot of help, I have had some time to do some things that I enjoy!

First off, a couple weeks after Adelaide was born, I was worried that she might have an allergy to lactose, so I decided to go off dairy. But before I could totally commit, I wanted one last Hooray and this is what I chose...


YUM!!!

While I was staying at my parents', while Jeff was in New York, my mom received an assignment for the church. She had to update a poster showing what materials you should use when teaching a lesson. She knew she wasn't creative enough and so she lucked out that I was staying with her. We had a good time going all around looking for the materials we needed. After taking off a couple of days of work, checking multiple craft stores, and hauling two children all through Hobby Lobby, we were able to finish in time to have the poster up for General Conference!


Lastly, I had purchased some frames for our new family pictures a while back but never got around to hanging them. The only reason I finally got them up was because I knew we would be having company over after Adelaide's baby blessing and I didn't want my walls to be bare. So here is a picture of our "Family Wall"!



But the part I am most proud of is the Andersen. I drew that! It looks like I used a calligraphy pen, but I only used felt tipped pens. So yeah, I thought it turned out nice!



Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom and I absolutely love my two girls! But it is nice to remind myself that I've still got some talent!

New Family Pictures!

My wonderful and amazing sister-in-law, Brittany, took some family pictures for us a few weeks ago. She is so talented! Here are a few of my favs!

Daddy Time!

I start each day with good intentions, but they usually don't turn out the way I plan. I'm sorry I haven't posted anything lately (Liz) but here are some pictures and updates!

I don't know if you know, but I have the best husband EVER!! He works really hard all day but is still able to come home and be the best Daddy at night. I know I wouldn't survive with out him! Chloe just loves to play with her Daddy and Adi will get there, I'm sure. Here are some pictures of the girls getting in the Daddy Time!


Believe it or not, Jeff does Chloe's hair more than I do. And I believe he is better at it! He also paints her finger nails and toe nails and just recently bought her a pack of 24 different polishes. She was in heaven!




Jeff took the girls to the playground one morning so I could sleep. These are pictures he tried to take before they left. You can see how much they are both enjoying it! The park was more fun for both of them!



Bath time is so much easier with Daddy home! I personally don't bathe both kids at once, but that's what makes Daddy so cool!



And, of course, Daddy wanted a quick fashion shoot of the girls in their towels! My family says both girls are Jeff in girl form...what do you think?

India Souvenirs

Jeff had the great opportunity to travel to India for work. He had a great time while the girls and I stayed with my parents! He has lots of cool pictures but I will wait to put them up until he is with me and can tell me what they all are. Until then, here are some cute pictures of the girls loving their souvenirs!


(My gifts included a beautiful turquoise necklace, a gorgeous red scarf, an awesome red elephant, and some delicious European chocolate! Sorry, no pictures!)

A Belated Shout Out To The Man I Love!

August 11th we celebrated 4 awesome years of marital bliss! Thanks, Jeff, for being my best friend! I love you!

The First Bath

I had to document this moment, not only because it was baby Adi's first bath, but this time Jeff was able to do it. He was out of town when Chloe had her first bath...sad! She really liked her bath from Daddy, but she certainly loved snuggling with Mommy after more!

I'm Only 1 Month Late!

I really don't want to make this a super long post, so I will try to keep it sweet and to the point with some fun photos! We got moved in to "Chloe's New House" on July 30th. If any of you went to the "UP" house during the parade of homes, you were in my neighborhood.

This is the view from my back door!


We were able to go to church in the new ward and let the right people know that I was having a baby any day. Everyone I met seemed great so I'm excited to be in that ward! Anyway, I worked really hard to put myself into labor now that we were moved in. It took a couple of days, but I finally made Jeff take me to the hospital at 12:30 am on August 2nd. I wasn't as far along as I would have liked, but my doctor had me admitted since she knew I nervous I was now that I was a lot farther away from the hospital. Everything went great! I won't go into boring details, but know that this labor was so much shorter and easier than the first!

Here she is! Adelaide Kim Andersen! Born August 2nd at 12:34 pm weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz and measuring 19 1/2 inches long!


We are all doing great and loving our new addition!