Family Pictures.

Ughh..today is just a lazy lazy Sunday. Stephen left about an hour ago for Detroit and will be back sometime late late tomorrow. I hate when he has to leave us.....there just always feels like a void. However, I am so so so so thankful to have Leimana here with me or I'd be SUPER bored, mind you the house would probably be spic and span, my life would just be dull. Obviously she's napping right now, so I thought I would blog and do a little update on our week!

Stephen's family just left a couple days ago and while I love having them here...it's always nice to get back in to the swing of things as a little family. It's so funny how much Leimana was fascinated by Pora. When she would be freaking out when I'd leave...he'd just have to start playing the uke and things would be peachy! OH SHE TURNED 1. Ahhhhhhh!! I honestly feel so old.

She is doing so much now. At her 1 year check up she weighed in at 28lb 7oz and was 32in tall. And my goodness, you can feel all 28 pounds. She is such a character. She laughs at herself, talks on the phone(her hand) to herself and just today is using a STRAW!! Awww...we were so proud. We just got some Jamba Juice and Stephen put his straw to her mouth and at first she just bit it, but after a little moving around she started sucking and BOOM she uses straws now!! I was so proud I called Florence and told her the whole story. BTW I'm SO SO SO SO excited for Florence to come. It's gonna make Stephen's trip to London go by WAY fast. I wanna plan an itinerary for us when she comes so she can get a feel for this place. I LOVE it here!!

Yesterday we got family pictures...just from JCPenny...but they turned out pretty well! Leimana cried in between takes but hey...we still got some smiles from her. I'll upload them later from the desktop. Annnd yes. That's the update! Nice and all over the place =)

OH YEAH. We have a nanny too!! She's very cool and Leimana loves her. She is a rarity and we've only used her once, but Leimana was in love with her when she met her so we knew she'd be a good pick. So, tonight we're gonna go have dinner with her since the hubby's are out for work!! Cheesecake Factory here we come!!!


OH HERE'S THE PICS!!!!

 Sooo...she sat on this for about 2 minutes...then it was SEE-YA!!

 Every time I walked away.....her reaction ^^^^^

 Thank the Lord she Loves her Daddy now..he was her comic relief when I didn't cut it lol

 She just looks over it. 

 One of our favorites...

The only photo she'd stand up long enough for.  

Her <3 belongs to Daddy...it's true.  

Senior Picture already?? 

 Escaping to Mommy =)

 Lovies

 My Favorite! 

  Another good one.... 

 Just moving all around...

 Hop on Pop!

Yeah....I tried editing it myself. No bueno.

Birthday weekend choochoo!!

So last weekend my Mom, Florence and Nia came to visit because I WAS TURNING 21!! Woot woot!! Yeah except it wasn't a big deal really because I don't drink or go "clubbing" or anything like that. But I will admit that I did buy alcohol just to be asked for my I.D. Which I was, so that was my right of passage. The game went off with a lame hit. The Bears lost =( Stephen didn't play...but then again he hasn't played since the season opener so there was no surprise there. I think Heavenly Father is playing a big part in Stephen not playing. From talking to Stephen, I know that he desperately wants to just get out there and show them what he can do...but the defensive depth chart is kinda a little deep right now because after they picked up Stephen, they went and signed on another 2 d-tackles. Kinda frustrating, but at the same time understandable because he was still recovering from his surgery and knee knee injury. ANYWAY this
not playing is a blessing in disguise because at the last game of the preseason, someone stepped on his ribs and left a HUGE bruise....so much that his ribs are bruised. Well, it hasn't gotten much better and now, every time he goes to touch a certain spot too hard, it kind of knocks the wind out of him. So, to me, I'm glad he's not playing because my hunny needs to rest up and recoop. I hate seeing him hurt and hate the fact that his job basically puts him in those dangerous situations whenever he goes to work. But I'm grateful that he's willing to take these hits because his career has affected many many many peoples lives. Sooo here's some pictures from the weeeekend.

 She didn't want Auntie to leave.

 Their love is unbreakable. Untouchable. Immoveable.

 Oh our airbrushed family LOL

Something about this woman...babies love. 

 After the game...nice and sweaty and stripped down 

Oh I love my Nia-Bia....she is just a ball of CUTE!!