First Apples!

Her First Bite!

When Jackobi went into the doctor last week he told me that we could start letting her have rice cereal and any fruit. Since we're just getting her used to new foods, we're just trying out one new food a week. This week, she tried applesauce! She is such a cute girl and gets so excited when we put her in her high chair! She does really good with food too. Everything must be so different and she's getting used to the texture of things, but manages to eat pretty good for us (which if you've seen the rolls on this girl, you can vouch for it!!)


She's still not too sure about the applesauce and cracks some pretty cute little faces when we're able to sneak a spoonful in her mouth!

Shoshone Falls

My sister's boyfriend David has only been to Idaho once before his trip here with Sara so we decided to do a little of the 'tourist' thing while he was here. We went out to the Minidoka Dam and traveled to Shoshone Falls. I had been once before with Nate a few years ago, but forgot how beautiful it is up there!! All too often I think we really forget what a pretty area we live in! We have the river, the canyon in Twin Falls and I even take for granted the fact that we get to see the beautiful sun set every night! You don't get that in the big city! My friend Sara and her little girl Emaiya and niece Tenili met us there and spent the afternoon with us. We had a great trip; just a nice relaxing day!

Jennie & Ernie's Wedding

Yesterday my cousin Jennie married her sweetheart Ernie. It was a beautiful ceremony & getting the whole family together always proves to be fun!! It was great to see some of our out-of-town relatives and catch up with everyone. Congratulations Jennie & Ernie!! We wish you all of the happiness in the world!!

The happy couple's first dance!

My little family...


Just us girls!!
Sara, Grandma Bellem, Mom, Me & Jackobi and Sara!!

Welcome Sara & Dave!

My sister and I are so close, it's been hard since she moved to Las Vegas (which was a few years ago!) but we manage to keep in really good touch. She only makes it home a few times a year and I'm SO EXCITED to have her visit this weekend! Her and her boyfriend Dave are staying with us - it's going to be great (especially since I hear Dave makes some mean cheesy eggs!!) They're so much fun to be around -- hopefully we'll be able to make it down to their place in Vegas soon (Dave.s neighbor is Wayne Newton! How cool is that!??)

Swing Time!

We're so glad that the weather has finally turned nice! We love summer time and Jackobi has quickly learned that she LOVES it outside! Her Grandpa Christiansen bought her a swing for her to play on while at their house and we were finally able to test it out!! At first I don't think she quite knew what to think, but the verdict is in and she LOVES it!! It's pretty darn cute to watch her eagerly kick her legs with excitement! I'm sure we'll have lots of fun using it this summer!

Happy 1st Father's Day Nate!

Today was our very first Father's Day with our little family!! Nate is such a great daddy to Jackobi! We've already decided that he's the 'cool/fun' parent out of the two of us! Jackobi sure loves her daddy too; she's just to the age where she's really starting to interact and play with things and they have a ball together! He can make her giggle SO hard! I'm so lucky to have such an amazing husband who is such a great father to our daughter - I know I'll never have to worry because we're always priority #1 to him and that's just the way I like it!!


It was a wonderful day -- we're so lucky to live close to both of our families and got to spend time with each of our families. We went out to my parents and had a BBQ with my dad's entire family -- we don't do huge get-togethers with his family very often, so it was nice to get to see everyone! Then we went to Nate's parents house and spent the rest of the afternoon there. All in all, we had a great day!

Father's Day was a fun day for us -- Thank you Nate for all you do for Jackobi and our family!!

The Quickest 4 Months EVER!

Jackobi was officially FOUR month's old yesterday and I can hardly believe it!! She amazes me each day -- we are so blessed by having her in our lives!! Watching her learn and grow is the most rewarding thing I've ever experienced! She's just learning how to sit up by herself. She can sit for a few seconds by herself, but then tips -- she tries so hard! Jackobi is such a happy baby, her smile is priceless and her little giggles are the most precious thing ever. We're so blessed by her!

Weekend at Chris & Sara's

This past weekend we traveled to visit our friends Chris and Sara in Idaho Falls. They just bought the cutest little house in the nicest neighborhood -- it was fun to go and see everything! Saturday morning Jason came up and the guys all went golfing -- it was freezing, but they all had a good time (once they could feel their hands again!) Jacobi did so good traveling -- she loved playing with Chris and Sara and was such a good girl!! We had such a nice little weekend get-away!

Sara & Emaiya's Visit!

This past weekend Sara and Emaiya came down to visit Jackobi and I!! We had so much fun -- Emaiya and Jackobi played together and were so much fun to watch! Jackobi likes to have another 'small' person around -- she would just watch and stare at Mya! And Mya loved her little friend 'Tackobi' (she can't say her 'J's very well sometimes so calls Jackobi - Tackobi -- it's cute!)We went to dinner for Sara's birthday & had a great visit! I'm so happy to have such a great friend!