Welcome Home!

Welcome home Sister Roberts!! Tom's sister Julie just got back from her 19 month church mission in the mid-west. She came home on Tuesday night and we all gathered at the airport to welcome her home with signs and balloons....

too bad they got in 20 minutes early and we made it just in time (traffic was horrible) but we were sitting down waiting for 5:30 to roll around when their flight came in so we could 'set up' but while sitting, tom started saying "they're here!" we were like what? and then he said just kidding (he always does this, and we always believe him.) so when he said it again "THEY"RE HERE!" we were like no... and he said "seriously! they're right htere, i saw dads orange coat!" so we turned around and there they were..

sorry Julie! haha wish we were in "formation" but we got into it afterwards and got a few good shots. We're so glad she's home! It'll be the first time since May '08 since we'll have all the family together this coming may when bonnie, jason adam and baby niccole come to visit! we're so excited.

here are pictures from the airport!













P.S. - Dulany turned 20 months yesterday! (on the 16th) - only 4 more months to go and she will be 2 years old. I never imagined I would say "im a mother of a 2 year old". Sigh....

she's a roberts!

The Roberts clan have no butts...haha its just a fact. Dulany got daddy's genes and she has a little itty bum. Its too cute though. Even with a big diaper on she's always sporting the plumbers crack.
today i put her in a onsie, which i haven't done in a LONG time (she only owns 2 right now) and even with it on, her pants sag and you can see bum crack THROUGH her onsie. Yup, she's def. a roberts!


ps another new post below!

chocolaty sprinkled donut.

Tom brought home donuts on saturday morning. I haven't had donuts in forever. Maybe because they aren't my most favorite thing in the world. I would probably chose a bowl of cheerios over a chocolaty frosted donut with sprinkles. D saw it though and she wanted a few bites but she HAD to hold it. of course. So I let her have some. She sure did enjoy it even though she only took a few bites (thank goodness, i was sure i would have to rip it out of her hands with her throwing a tantrum, but she didn't!).

and of course, she has to have her little fingers up while she eats it, as my sis said, like a little lady!

Peek-a-boo and Caterpillar

here is a video of dulany playing peek-a-boo. She tries to say it (as you can see) but mostly just says 'booo'




here is a video of her reading. She likes to go in the corner between the couches and infront of the bookshelf. We put our blankets ther so she likes to lay on them and read. And hide when we come out of the bathroom with her toothbrush haha.

Lately she's been obsessed with The very hungry caterpillar book that her aunt bonnie got her. Randomly at church we had it and she said 'Cat-pillar' - tom and i both looked at each other and said 'did she just say caterpillar?!' - well she now says it like a pro and i caught it on video



ps, incase you didnt see her other long video - check it out below!

my smart girl.

here is a video of Dulany doing a whole lot of things...

her new thing: singing to Barney's "I Love You" - she's obsessed with Barney.

FHE

A few weeks ago we had a RS activity about FHE and it got me thinking that we really do need to start doing it now that Dulany knows what prayer is and everything. (for those who don'tknow. our church encourages us to have FHE - family home evening once a week where we can have a lesson/activity just time for our families to get together so we can grow together).so after reading sad blogs about trials people were going through, i realized that i have it good in life. I don't know why I complain about the little things when there are people in this world going through HORRIBLE things yet they are so optimistic and strong and have so much faith! So i decided i was going to make a "count your blessings" board and every week for FHE we were going to start over on the blessings we have received through out the week. This picture is just of main things i thought of when i made it. It doesn't look like how i wanted it to... but oh well, it'll work for now!

we also decided to go out for icecream after we wrote our new list. We then realized, we might as well get our own icecream to bring home since it would be cheaper. This way, Dulany got her own PINK ice cream cone! it even matched her outfit..

now if you look closely, and in one picture you can see that Dulany lifts her last 2 fingers whenever she eats something. it's too funny but i realized she gets it from her daddy. whenever he would drink something he would lift his two fingers and i always made fun of him. Now its just so stinkin cute when Dulany does it!

here are some pictures with her own 'i cream ' cone.







ps 2 NEW posts below!!

An Apple a Day..

This little girl LOVES her fruits and veggies (still working on meats, although she ate all of her bbq chicken last night!) she saw daddy eatting an apple today before going back to work and she HAD to have it, so he gave it to her to have a bite and it was too funny, she wouldn't let him have it back!



blowing kisses to dadda when he left
waving goodbye!

big bites!

Cheese ball!!


i AM grateful she loves eatting healthy (although she is like her mamma and likes 'yummy!' sweets too.. but trust me i wouldn't give her yummy stuff if she didn't eat so well on the healthy side!)

Sick Girl

D and I have had runny/stuffy noses this past week. ive been laying on the couch.. i got up to get something, she steals my comfy spot. She likes to crawl into our bed and tuck herself under our covers so she did just that on my spot on the couch!

she def. has a personality when she's mad/upset/happy/whatever! its too funny.

This weeks Menu

Im mainly doing this for me. Because since we moved, i haven't gotten my little Menu pad I used to have on my fridge. I always write my menu and the groceries i need to buy for the week... then i end up losing it. and forgetting what i planning to make.... so here it is.

Tuesday (today): Leftover Cream cheese chicken potato soup (had it last night, so yummy)- D and I aren't feeling well, which means no cooking for me and I don't need to go to the store till tomorrow.

Wednesday: BBQ chicken Cobb Salad (haven't made it before but it looks darn delish!) found HERE

Thursday: Marinated chicken breast with scalloped potatoes and green beans (i just use a marinade from the store)

Friday: BBQ Chicken Pizza - Toms fav.. mine not so much.

Saturday: Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Sunday: SUPERBOWL - which easily means chili and baked potatoes!

Monday: Chicken Salad (aka salad with grilled chicken on top)

Tuesday: Crockpot BBQ chicken w/ scalloped potatoes (we love scalloped potatoes!)

Wednesday: (my stepmom's) Meatloaf (so good, too bad it's not even a recipe. its a whip it together by taste sort of thing, and im surprised i get it right every time!) w/ mashed potatoes and side salad

Thursday: Ground turkey taco salad (notice we're eating a lot of salads? TRYING to be healthy!)

Friday: (my mother in law's) Lasagna and side salad (this is the ONLY lasagna i will eat... ask my family. i hated lasagna growing up!)

then come saturday ill make tom go with me to make a big shopping trip.

and can i just say, i LOOOVE having WINCO 5-10 minutes away? I love not having to make a 30 minute drive to go save money!

workin at the car wash...

While mommy had a meeting for her church calling daddy took Dulany over to grandma and grandpas house so he could go wash his car since it was such a beautiful day out! I got there and found Dulany helping!! I stole these pictures from Kaylee's blog, hope she doesn't mind!! Also thank you kaylee for watching her while also watching your bro and sis in law on the trampoline!

look at that hair!

here are pictures of Dulany of her bath and after her bath showing how long her hair has gotten. But its layered(bc of her bald spot) ... so when it dries it gets crazy and doesn't look as good but i still cant get over how long it is!


ps. for more of bath photos like ABOVE ^ click below for a post about it.

splish splash..

she's playing in the bath...

she loves loves loves the bath! we got her colored things to make the water turn colors and bath crayons/markers. She loves the bath even more! (plus bubble bath). here are a few pictures:



she loves to squat in the tub


look at those teeth!


Trying to swim on her back


Cute Bum!


as you can tell she's having a BLAST!

finally - a beautiful day!

today it was finally gorgeous out (for at least a few hours!) it was about 55 degrees and sunny! so we def. took the opportunity to go outside for a walk (although, i tried to put her in the jogging stroller so i could get my exercise but no, she had to have HER stroller with HER baby to walk around. oh well, i guess ill exercise later!) and then we met grandma and aunt kaylee and cousin ayla at the park and then of course it got cloudy and windy so we only stayed for a little bit. But she loved going down the slides!

here are a few videos of her playing outside today:










ok here are other videos i had on my camera - Enjoy!

here is a video of her in her old exersaucer we got of storage. Who knew she would love it so much!




I guess tom took this video when i was not home - she likes to try to sneak drinks of our soda... mainly daddy's moutain dew. when i got home she was throwing a FIT because tom took it away from her ... oh geeze.




here is a video of Dulany singing "skid-i-mi-rink-i-dink" shes getting good at it!



Dulany is getting smarter and smarter. Its pretty crazy. She's officially 19 months old. I was just looking at her old baby (ok newborn) pictures and i miss how little she was! As for us....Tom is currenly in washington for the week. I think im going a little crazy being in this new apartment at night by myself... but oh well, i need to grow up! I'm trying to keep busy but its a little hard! only 4 more days.... gah.

videos videos videos

Dulany going "night nights" in our bed. she's too funny! she loves getting in our bed (and grandma and grandpas) and pull up the covers and say nigh night and 'read' tom's big books!






this video is just of her talking to 'herself' in the camera. Notice she tries to say her name and also repeats me saying "don't touch" - smart girl. we really have to watch what we say now!






this is of her doing "ring around the rosies" but jumping onto the ground instead of falling. She was cracking up and even putting her hand over her mouth when she laughed. Too funny.

ROBERTS

i saw this type of thing in the campus bookstore at BYU-Idaho. they charged 5 bucks a picture! and the same with a few websites where i've actually seen it... plus like $90 for a frame (which is a nice frame, but still)

so i figured, i could take my own pictures and find my own frame! the pictures were easy. not so much the frame. i looked and looked everywhere for one. Finally found a 7 opening frame at Ross for 12 bucks. It was hideous, but figured this may be the only one i can find for that cheap! so i got it anyways...

here is the finished product.

I want to be able to take more pictures (of the whole alphabet) and make these for weddings, but the problem is getting frames... they are expensive!but its kind of a neat hobby and it gets me using my camera more!



PS> Post about our NEW apartment BELOW! - check it out~