Congrats Krista & Kenny

My baby sister Krista got married last week! I can't believe it. Even though she's only two years younger than me I still feel like she's 14. But she's not. She's a beautiful grown woman. And here are a few pictures from the wedding. Friday Morning, getting ready for the big day! Sally did hair while I did make-up.
And this was pretty much how the week went for me. Unless I was nursing her, someone else usually had Sadie so I could take care of Ava. Here she is with Aunt Natalie while we get Krista ready.

This was my other babysitter, Sofie. She is a family friend who was visiting from Sweden and she was always my go-to babysitter. She was really great with both Sadie and Ava.

And here's the happy couple! The ceremony was great and they both looked amazing. I am so happy for them both!

And I love this picture because I think Krista just looks absolutly gorgeous!

Congratulations guys! Before you know it you'll be celebrating ten years!

One Month Old!

Today my baby is one month old. I know it's only been a month but it's gone by so fast! She's already gotten so big. Here are a few pictures of our beautiful baby girl. Sadie is so sweet and happy. I wish she could stay this small and sweet forever....okay not forever, but for a while!

The three of us girls went to a parade earlier this week. It's called the Burning Mountain Festival (there's been lots of forest fires around here, obviously). There were dogs and horses and people throwing candy so of course Ava had a good time. Me, on the other hand....they closed the streets down earlier than expected so I had to park a mile away and then walk pushing a stroller AND holding Ava (she refused to walk next to me). Maybe it's time for a double stroller!

I wanted to get so pictures of the girl together. Ava doesn't really understand yet how to hold Sadie so it's a little awkward. :)

And finally, I put them laying down next to eachother but everytime Sadie touched Ava she would yank her arm away. I just happened to snap this picture as she did it. I've entitled this picture "touch me not".

a big fat mess of pictures

Blogging has officially dropped several places on my list of priorities. Sorry it's been so long. So far it hasn't been to hard having two kids, just much more time consuming and exhausting. But we are hanging in there.
The first two weeks after Sadie was born we had a lot of company come and go and here are a few/lot of pictures of what we did. Unfortunately I can't seem to be able to move my pictures around and organize them and I am sick of trying to figure out why, so here are the pictures in one big mess!

My sister came with her family and the kids wanted to go camping so we set up a tent for them in the yard. We have a fire pit so for them it really was camping.

Samm was SO excited to come see Auntie Jenn but mostly it was because of the horses (and the kittens).

Sadie is such a good baby. She is very happy and content

Her hair cracks me up. She has a receding hair line...poor girl. Takes after her Uncle Keith. :)

We went to Rifle falls and had a picnic before we went exploring.

Samm and James got to feed the horses.

Samm buttering up Bandit before riding him.

The kids all loved the four-wheeler and went on several rides.

Of course we played beauty salon while Sally was here. For some reason I decided I needed a big change so sally put my hair in a ponytail and cut it off. You'll see the new "do" in the group picture below. We also went darker with some highlights AND she did my nails. Thanks Sal!!

And of course we can't have a firepit and camping without marshmallows and s'mores.

Another picture of Sadie, just because she's cute!

Uncle Keith and Aunt Natalie came to visit too.

Macy and Ava played pretty good together most of the time. Sometimes Ava was a little intimidated by her though. I think it's because Macy, being the youngest of three, had to learn early how to be aggressive. It was fun to see them together though. They are only 3 weeks apart in age.

A picture of them playing good together.

Back to Rifle falls.....Chris and Ava exploring the caves.

All 5 of my parents grandchildren. Macy, Samm, Sadie, James, Ava.

Rifle falls, chris and ava chewing on a hay.

Rife falls group picture. The falls were amazing.

And finally, this is a picture of Ava panting like a dog. Cute huh?

She's Finally Here!!

Sadie Cora Shideler

6lbs 6oz, 19 1/2"

6/24/09 @ 8:40 am

Mom and Baby enjoying some snuggling time in the oh-so-comfy hospital bed.
Daddy is proud of his little girl

Coming home!!
Ava getting used to the idea of having a little sister....may still take some time I think.
Ava checking out baby sister.

It's A.....

Tomorrow morning I'll be having a baby. Because I will be in the hospital for a few days I've asked my sister Sally to announce Baby's arrival for me on her blog. So to find out everything you need to know about Baby Shideler #2 go here Wednesday afternoon.

Wish Me Luck!!

Nesting

So this must be what they call "nesting". It's after midnight and I can't stop. I've cleaned the laundry room, kitchen, pantry, fridge, microwave, oven, and I still feel like I could go for hours.

I'm not, of course. The sane part of me is telling me I should go to bed and try to get what little sleep I can because in a few days it will no longer be an option. But I have to admit I do like this "nesting" feeling. It'd be nice if I could be this motivated all the time. Is it strange though that my nesting instinct the last few days has always kicked in at night? What's been your nesting experience?

And just for fun, here is a picture of us almost exactly 18 months ago. I'm so excited to see what's in store with this baby. It will be here this Wednesday, June 24th @ 9:30(ish) a.m.

It's a sad day when

you tell your husband your future brother-in-law will be staying the night and the coversation goes like this:

Chris: "So where will he be sleeping?"

Me: "On the couch."

Chris: "So where am I supposed to sleep?"

Sorry sweetie. I guess you'll just have to sleep with pregnant me!

Calling All Bread Recipe's

I am still having trouble with my bread-making and I've decided it must be my recipe. It cannot possibly be that I am that bad at making bread. :)

SO I want to try some new recipe's. Anyone willing to share their best bread recipe I'd love to try it! You can leave a comment or email it to me at jenn.shideler@gmail.com.

Some Call It Brave

Most would call it just plain crazy!!

With just 2 1/2 weeks to go I braved the cold, hard ground and went camping! Okay, well not the hard ground, I used Chris's cot. But I did brave the cold! Every year Chris and I go camping with my brother Keith and his wife Natalie. This was year #4. I didn't want to miss out just because I was pregnant and it was either go camping at 8 months pregnant or go camping with a newborn. I chose pregnant.

It was an eventful trip for sure. To make a long story short, our original camping spot was crap! You had to put your tent on gravel! It was ridiculous. So we spent the first night in a hotel in durango. Good thing too because it poured rain that night. We ended up finding a really nice place the next day and enjoyed the rest of our camping trip...for the most part. Ava got really sick the first night (in the hotel) and was sick the rest of the trip. The first night we camped she threw up twice and ended up sleeping with Chris on the ground instead of her pack and play. (poor Chris! Ava is the worst to sleep with!) The second, and last, night we camped was much like the first without the throw up. Oh, and it was FREEZING! But during the day we had a good time. Here are a few pictures from the trip. Ava really loves being outside and had a good time playing in the dirt and on the rocks.

Keith's big 30th birthday was strategically planned so it happened on our camping trip, far away from any possible surprise party!

Keith's surpise face! (He picked them out a while ago!)
It's not a Morgan/Shideler camping trip without Keith giving me his "I'm too sexy" butt pose! Here the boys are getting ready to go fishing.

Unfortunately the fishing here was terrible, but Keith enjoyed soaking up a few rays on the pier.

Ava and I also trying to soak up the rays while dad and uncle Keith (keek, as Ava called him) fished.

Ava and Dad (either morning or bedtime, I'm not sure)
And as luck would have it the radio worked fine so the boys were able to listen to Game 2 of the NBA finals. Lucky us!

I just realized I have no pictures of Natalie from our camping trip. You can thank me later, Natalie! :)
Thanks for the good time guys. Looking forward to next year already!

Fun In The (almost) Sun

Ava gets bored very easily and is difficult to entertain all day long. She loves being outside but we've had rainy, gloomy weather for the last two weeks that she's been cooped up inside. But a few days ago we had a little break in the clouds that lasted long enough for Ava to play in the sandbox Grammy made for her. Marilyn had this old plastic kids pool that had some holes in it, so we turned it into a sandbox. Ava really likes it and once the weather gets nice I hope she'll spend even more time in it. Maybe, just maybe, it will give me a few moments break each day!

Our kittens are still around and getting bigger and bigger. Ava loves playing with them and for some reason always wants to sit in their bed with them. (Pretty gross really. That bed is disgusting. But I let her do it anyway.) She also likes to pick them up and carry them around which they, and their mom, don't really like. (Just as long as she doesn't throw it against a tree, right Sally?)

And for some reason I am always the one behind the camera. I don't have any pictures of Ava and I so I made Chris take this one the other day. We only have three weeks left of just the two of us, and I wanted to capture it on camera. Other than the chin, you'd never know she was mine. She is all Shideler!