Happy to Be Free!

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! On Saturday we went to a BBQ with some friends and just kicked back and relaxed! It was so much fun! While we were there, Berkley decided that she's ready to sit up by herself. It was seriously out of nowhere! It was so cute though!

On Sunday, Berkley turned 6 months old! We celebrated by painting her toenails for the first time and doing fireworks after family dinner. I LOVE her cute little toes!

Modeling her cute outfit from her Aunt Cherie and her cute red toenails!

Sitting up like a big girl!

It was so fun to do fireworks on Sunday! Berkley was intrigued and was cooing like crazy...then she suddenly crashed! She seriously just bent over and went to sleep! It was adorable!

Even with the noisy fireworks I was able to sit her up and she didn't even flinch! I guess it's exhausting to be 6 months old!

On the 4th we went to the Cherry Days parade with our friends, Nate and Josie (it was Josie's birthday so I made sure to wish her a Happy Birthday before a Happy 4th...go me!), and my mom and brothers. It was kind of a lame parade but it was still fun!

Berkley with my mom! Such a little ham!

Berkley ended up falling asleep during the parade but she woke up for the fun kids corner activities!

Munching on the otterpop she got from the kids corner!

Hanging out with daddy and checking out the cute rattle wristband she got from going fishing!

Hanging out in the stroller at the mall...totally lounging! We thought it was so cute that she stuck her foot up and her arms out on the armrests! What a cute little firecracker!

Sadly, I failed to think of using sunscreen because it was so cloudy for the parade and Berkley got burned! I almost cried because I felt so bad! Apparently she didn't care too much! I love how happy she is!

We went to a BBQ with some friends on the 4th and watched fireworks in Layton. It was awesome! We had a great 4th of July and I feel blessed that I was brought to the realization that because we are a free country we are free to worship how we want. I can't imagine not being allowed to worship our Heavenly Father and I am so thankful for those who sacrificed so much to make freedom possible for this beautiful country! I am PROUD to be an AMERICAN!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon!

Before Transformers 3 came out we made plans with a few friends to go to the midnight showing. We made plans for my mom to come up and babysit for us and everything. I decided to surprise Aaron and enter to win tickets and a gift pack to see it on Monday at 7 PM at the Gateway theater and he won! So we saw the movie before pretty much everyone else! Aaron's mom and dad watched Berkley for us (it was our first movie without her since she was born!) and the movie was fantastic! A big surprise for both of us was that we got to see the movie in 3D! It was so cool!

The next night (Tuesday night), my mom and brothers came up and we got to go see it again! It was such a fun treat! We sure did miss our baby girl though! I know it's hard to see but her shirt says "What happens at grandma's stays at grandma's"! I thought it was totally appropriate and super cute!

Berkley Becoming a Big Girl!

Ever since Berkley was born she has slept in her room...up until she was 5.5 months old. That was a sad night for me. She does pretty well in her crib though. We haven't worked on her sleeping habits strictly but she will sleep for about 4-5 hours in her crib before she wakes up and freaks out. I just bring her to bed with me when that happens (which is fine with me cause I miss her so much when she's in her crib!) and put her back to sleep! We will keep working on the crib thing but I am fine with how things are for now!

Looking so cute in her crib the first night she slept in there! I literally checked on her at least 3 times before finally making it to bed. I missed my little snuggle bug!

Father's Day!

I love this picture! Berkley is just so excited to give Aaron his present for Father's Day! She gave him some adorable cuff links that say "I Love Daddy" and a personalized case that has an engraving on it saying "For My Daddy...Love Berkley"! Aaron absolutely loved the gift! We also gave him a personalized card with cute pictures of Berkley on it and a couple CDs and Otterpops!

As good as the day turned out for Aaron, I still wish it could have been even better. After all, he does deserve the best since he is the best!

This cute girl is so lucky to have him for a daddy and I am so lucky to have him for a hubby!

Random Cuteness!

I take LOTS of pictures and I love to share how cute my baby girl is! Here are a few of my favorites from the past few weeks!

Hanging out with grandma!

Cute face!

Playing outside on the front porch on a nice summer day!

Playing with daddy!

Cute sleepy girl!

Fun summer outfit!

Our pretty flower wearing a pretty flower!

She fell asleep reading (eating) her book! The other day she was actually playing with this book in her sleep! It was hilarious!

Reading her book again!

Pucker up!

I absolutely ADORE this picture! I left her laying on this blanket on the grass, came back and found her like this! She just started playing with her headbands recently and on this day she was able to pull it over her eyes! She actually really likes playing with blankets and snuggling up to them! I seriously LOVE this!

I got bored one day and decided to take some fun pictures! I got some really stinkin cute ones but Berkley got bored and started playing with her feet so most of them show her little butt sticking up in the air and her feet in her mouth! So cute! This is one of the few pictures without her feet in her mouth! We absolutely love this baby girl and can't get enough of her!

Strawberry Days 2011

We were able to go to Pleasant Grove's Strawberry Days this year. We went on June 16th, which was the day of the children's parade, and also on the 17th. We bought a cute strawberry outfit specifically for this occasion last year soon after finding out we were having a girl!

This is Berkley looking super cute in her strawberry outfit!

Cute strawberry bum!

We went to hang out with Aaron's sister Dani on the 17th before going to the carnival and showing off the cute strawberry outfit. We all went shopping at Kid-to-Kid.

While shopping Berkley had a blow-out. It wasn't a horrible one, but there was definitely poop on her strawberry outift that she hadn't even worn to the festivities yet. I told Aaron to start looking for a new strawberry outfit and he found one with tags still on it for only $4! I was really excited! Because of the poop on the outfit, I left Berkley in just a diaper and decided I would dress her in whatever outfit we decided to buy. We found a few more for good deals too!

While we were walking around with her in just a diaper, people started giving us dirty looks. Aaron went up to the desk and asked if he could just dress her and pay for the outfit with the other stuff we were buying. They gave him the okay so he took off the tags and handed them to the employees.

As we were checking out, I reminded the worker to have us pay for the outfit. After we finished checking out and paying for everything, we noticed that they hadn't charged us for the new strawberry outfit so we told the worker. She told us not to worry about it so we got the new strawberry outfit for FREE! I LOVE free stuff!

This is the new strawberry outfit that we got for free!

We had a good time at the carnival, despite the crazy wind! We enjoyed some strawberries and cream (a must during Strawberry Days!) and did some shopping at the booths. It was a nice trip after all!

Our beautiful little strawberry!

A Day Off Together!

Aaron had the day off today and we decided to make the most of it! We had a very busy and very fun day! We started off by getting ready and going to Seagull Book to buy some baptism programs for a baptism in our ward tomorrow (because Aaron is the ward mission leader) and then we went to Wal-Mart to get a few things.

After Wal-Mart, we went to a few other stores looking for Transformers t-shirts for the big premiere on Monday night (Yeah, Aaron totally won VIP tickets and stuff and we get to see it before almost everybody else...YAY!!!...can't wait!). We were pretty much unsuccessful ($20 for a shirt is a little much) so we gave up.

We decided to go check out South Ogden Days. I just have to say that their carnival rides looked so awesome! We didn't actually go on any rides but they sure did look fun! We walked around the vendor booths and checked out the car show. It was a pretty good car show!

Aaron and Berkley in front of a gorgeous Camaro!

Berkley and mommy at the Relay for Life!

After everything at South Ogden Days we decided to just go home. On our way home, we noticed that something was going on downtown and we decided to check it out. It turned out that it was a Relay for Life so we walked around the path one time and bought a few things to support the cause for cancer.

Aaron got some hot dogs (I can't eat hot dogs because I'm allergic and I throw up when I eat them sometimes) and we got some cotton candy to share. Berkley really liked the cotton candy but she was so sleepy that she hardly had the desire to play with it. I got a super awesome wristband that says, "Cancer Sucks". It's so true!

One of my very best friends from growing up is fighting cancer right now and I couldn't stop thinking about what I would do to take it away from her. Lindsey is such an inspiration to fight for life and I look up to her so much. My husband and I both struggled to fight back tears as we walked the lap around the park.

I know that Heavenly Father is there to help us through anything and I 100% believe in miracles, moreso now than ever before. I am so grateful for my amazing little family and the healthy bodies that we have! I can't think of a better way to end a wonderful "day off" than to go snuggle with my husband and baby and show my appreciation for them, so good night!