Paizley and Kasen: my two beautiful, sweet kids

Easter 2012

Easter this year was really fun with Paizley.  We had an Easter BBQ at Craig's Uncle Ben's house.  Good food and company like always.  They had an egg hunt and Paizley loved it.  She thought it was so neat when she would spot an egg; an even better that there was candy inside!  We also colored eggs which was a fun activity for her.  She is like the perfect age, everything is just so exciting for her!  Easter morning she woke up and we told her the Easter bunny came.  Craig hid our colored eggs around the house.  She thought that was pretty neat.  She found all the eggs before she even looked at her gifts.  It looks like she got alot, but she needed summer clothes.  Her favorite gifts were her Spirit movie and softball mit.  Now she can play catch with Craig and I.  Such a fun weekend.  We also tried to teach her about the real meaning of Easter.  I know that my Savior died for me and that he was resurrected and lives.  I hope that someday Paizley will understand this precious gift and that I can teach her how much her Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ love her. 

 Egg Hunting

 Easter Morning

Heading to church in her new Easter dress

The Aquarium

My sweet friend Jess suggested we go to this aquarium up in Sandy.  Paizley loves going places.  She gets excited if we have to go to Walmart or even just to Grandma's, so I knew she'd love this place.  We got to go with our friends the Peterson's.  I loved that I got to hang out with my good friend and catch up and Paiz loved hanging out with her little boy Oli and seeing all the fish.  Her favorites were the penguins and sea otters.  After the aquarium we had a picnic at the park.  Thanks for a fun afternoon Jess and Oli! 

War Wounds

Here is poor Paizley with her first black eye.  She was so tough and brave!  She fell down the stairs.  Luckily I was ahead of her so she only fell down 2-3 stairs, but she hit right on her bone under her eye with the corner of the stair.  It bruised instantly and just got worse as days went on.  Here she is showing off her scar.  What a tough little girl.  This is just one of many times I have been so frightened because of her getting hurt.  She is very daring.  Just the other day she was on the love sac doing "nastics" tricks on it and fell off the back of it and cut her head on the decoritive part of the window.  If you've ever seen a head wound you know they bleed like crazy.  Well, I didn't know that!  I seriously thought my poor sweet baby girl was going to bleed to death.  Dramatic?  Maybe.  But when you love someone as much as I love her, I was terrified.  I put a rag on it and within seconds it was soaked in blood.  I was freaking out and called my mother-in-law in hopes that she was home.  She was and could hear Paizley screaming on my lap and said she'd be there in a minute.  She seriously came within 3 minutes, bless her!  She helped me bath Paiz and stop the bleeding.  She was just fine after that, but it sure scared her mama.  I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father that she is ok.  She was crying so hard and I told her we'd say a prayer that she would be ok.  It helped comfort both of us and I am glad everything turned out well.  I'm sure this won't be the last "war wound".  I wish because it's the worst feeling for a mother to see her child hurt.  But for now, I'll just keep trying to keep this little monkey safe.  Again, I'm so thankful each and every day that she is safe, healthy, and happy.  Love you Paizzers.

Snow Day

Paizley LOVES the snow.  Saying that is almost an understatement.  She loves to play in it, throw it, build snowman, and especially eat it.  Here we are on one of our days in the snow.

I can't figure out why this picture won't rotate.  Lame.  Don't judge the no make-up, yucky look.  Just enjoying a day out in the snow with my sweet girl.  She's the best and I'm so lucky each day I get to be with her.

Heart Beat

This last Friday we went in for our monthly check-up.  No big deal right, just making sure everything is still going as it should.  Well, our Dr. goes to listen to our boy's heart beat and we can't seem to find it.  At first I didn't worry because he is sitting completely different than Paizley; low...super low.  As she kept trying to find it and was unsucessful, I then started to worry.  She asked if I had felt him moving and I told her yes.  I could fill him actually when she was trying to get the heart beat, but then I started to think that maybe she was just pushing him around.  She told me we'd go look at him on an ultrasound to make sure he was ok.  Immidately I panicked.  Such a scary feeling not knowing if you're little baby is ok.  My heart goes out to all those who have ever lost a baby.  Luckily everything seemed fine.  His heart was beating and he was moving.  She did say that he was pretty much bent in half and that could have been why we couldn't find it.  She tried to confirm that he was a boy but he was being very stubborn that day.  The funniest thing she said was that it looked like he had a big head and that a repeat c-section would probably be a good thing!  Haha, just like his daddy already.  Craig's mom said that everyone use to comment on her kids having big heads.  Looks like this Marvin boy is going to keep up the tradition.  We're so glad that he is ok.  We just have to get through 4 more months.  Love you little man!

Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was wonderful.  Paizley was starting to get the whole Santa concept and was a joy to watch over the holidays.  She loved Santa and Christmas.  She wanted a pink bike for Christmas and that's what she got.  It makes me so happy when she's happy!  I want to give her the world!  We also taught her about the true meaning of Christmas by reading books about Christ's birth.  She would say, "Baby Jesus, born."  What a great season filled with service, family, the spirit, love, and happiness.  Merry Christmas everyone and I hope to carry the spirit of the season with us into 2012.

Paizley's 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl Paizley!  I can't believe you're two.  The last two years have been the best of my life.  I love being your mama.  You're so smart, adorable, fun to hang out with, and just perfect in every way.  We love you so much.  Happy Birthday Princess!

Marvin Family Pics 2011

The brothers and sistersPaiz with her Grandma and Grandpa MarvinThe whole fam

Paiz and MamaPaiz with her Daddy, they have so much fun togetherThe cutest little PaizzersThe three of usOne of my favorites of our family

Thanks Grandpa Marvin for taking our pictures and doing a great job like always!

Update

It's been way too long since I've posted. Mostly because our computer is horrible. However, we finally purchased a new one!!! Yeah, hopefully I'll find time to post more. I just find it hard to post when I have my sweet Paizley to spend time with. She is growing up so fast! What a girl! What a kid! She really is so much fun to hang out with and her personality is just charming. She's a hoot and makes me laugh most of the day. She's also a talker. A very good talker. Pretty much says whatever she wants and what's on her mind. Funny story: some how she's learned the word boobs. Not sure how it happened, but it happened. I think it's probably because she touch herself and looks at me like, "mom what are these!?!" So I tell her. Is that wrong? I don't want her to feel like she can't ask questions, so I'm honest with her. Well, now she will find my bras and say, "boobs". Oh what's a mother to do! Sometimes she accidentally calls her boots boobs too. So funny. What a kid! I love her so much and don't think Craig and I have been happier. She really brings love, joy, and happiness into our home.

She also just got a big girl bed. Mostly because the crib was getting ridiculous to get her to sleep in. Also because we found out baby #2 is on its way, I'm only like 6ish weeks, so we wanted to get her use to the idea very slowly. She is use to having ALOT of attention. So when we told her we were expecting she said, "NO!!" I explained that it will be fun to have someone to play with and that she can help me change it's bum and feed it. She started to like the idea after that. She loves it at times and hates it at other times. Hopefully it will be a fun thing for her. Craig and I are really excited. We just know how much joy Paizley has brought into our lives and know this baby will do the same. Unforuntely, I've been SO sick with this baby. Throwing up, tired the whole gig. I finally got some medicine and it's really been helping. I'm wondering if this one is a boy. I never threw up with Paiz. We'll see I guess, but very exciting. If this is how you found out that we're expecting please don't be offended! It's so hard to tell everyone personally. We told family and that's really it. So don't be offended. We love you all and want to share the news with everyone but it can be so hard.

I've got some pictures to post that I will try and get up soon. But the Marvins are doing well and are just enjoying the news of the new baby coming and the beautiful fall weather.

The new purchase...going back to ford!

What we have been up to lately

Like I mentioned awhile ago, my computer has been so weird lately so I haven't been able to post. Well, today I out smarted my computer! I realized it was kind of over heating so I put an ice pack under it while I've been on here and what do you know! It's been working great! Good thing too because I have alot to catch up on...we really have been up to some fun things lately. Here are just a few. The first group of pictures is of us camping for the 4th of July. This has been quite a tradition for our family the past few years and this year was even better because we purchased our first trailer and was able to take it with us! What a treat it was!
Paiz getting her daddy

The new trailer!!! We got a sweet deal on it. It's super nice inside, everything works, sleeps 6, and even has a private master bedroom...Horray!

Paiz playing with her cousin and friend Jackson

Paiz, Jackson, and Jakell playin

Can you say DIRTY!! Paiz seriously looked like this 99% of the time. She couldn't keep clean and didn't want to stay clean either! She is alot less prissy that she appears!

The next group of pictures is from when we took our dog Hank to the Course Alure. It's a big dog show thing that more people go to than I ever imagined! Lots of fun activities for the dogs and fun to see different types of dogs. Here is Hank running through the course...he did pretty well for his first time! Go Hank

Dad and Hank getting ready for the race. Next year we will try the water jump. It was expensive and we wanted to train him alittle before we paid for him to do it. They just jump after a water toy into this huge pool of water to see how far they can jump compared to their size. Craig's uncle Keith's dog is the first in the state of Utah. We want to try and give him a run for his money!

Next are some pictures of Paiz and I doing her favorite thing...swimming. We go atleast twice a week. She loves it. And she is getting so tan...she has beautiful skin!

Snack time after the pool

The next group of pictures is us at the zoo. I got to go with some of my highschool friends and their kids. It's so fun getting together with them and their kids. Paiz needs more friends! She lives in such an adult world right now and just loves the chance to play with other kids. Here's us at our fun day at the zoo. She loved all the animals!

Yes, I forgot my stroller and had to rent one! CRAPY! But I wasn't going to walk through the whole zoo without one. Oh well, it all worked out!

All the kiddos

I took a picture like this when I was a kid at this same zoo, so I just HAD to take one of Paiz. She couldn't figure out how to hold her hands out there by herself, so I had to help alittle! Still SO cute!

Next are some pictures of when we went to St. George in May for our 4th anniversary. Can you believe it...4 years! It's really gone by so fast and I have really been so blessed and happy. Craig is the best. He's such a hard worker and wants to help others. He just has a big heart and I love him more and more each day! Love you babe, thanks for choosing me

Paiz came with us, we just couldn't leave her behind! We love this girl too much. But we had a great time all of us together. We stayed at my brother's the first night, went 4 wheeling, stayed at a hotel, went shopping, ate yummy food, played tennis and basketball, and did lots of swimming. Before we headed home we visited the St. George temple. Beautiful!

Although in this picture it doesn't look like Paiz loves swimming, she does! She would just jump right in to Craig. She would swim around kicking her legs too! So fun

Headed swimmin

Lastly are some pictures from Craig's sister Annette's wedding. It was so pretty and we were so happy for her and Payden!

Paiz supported that orange dress like a champ...we got so many complimants on it. What a cutie!

Paiz smiling because we're telling her to smile! Sometimes she closes her eyes, too funny!

Paiz and her handsome daddy