The Douglas Daily

A Bit At A Time!

2010-04-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

In the fall of every year we head up to Flagstaff and ride the ski lift to enjoy the fall colors. We brought Daisy as a special little date with just her and she loved it!

Is that a happy girl or what?! Daisy's name is so perfect for her. She is such a happy little flower! She skips and sings all the time and has a contagious laugh!

Love, love , love this man. Scott thrives on family fun and I'm so lucky to have a husband who truly values family like he does.

Daisy got to go fishing with Daddy, Nana, and Papa! She caught a ton of fish and can even bait her own hook!

This is her special fishing pole that she will stay entertained with for hours!

If you know me well you know that when I'm pregnant, I pretty much hide in my home until the baby's well out and I'm somewhat back to normal. No joke! I have a friend that keeps tally marks for every time we see each other because it's so rare. I also fail to keep up with all the normal things I would do like blogging! So I am so sorry to anyone that may be sick and tired of checking out our blog and seeing Jenna's fatty face smiling at you in mockery. Like, "Ha ha it's still me!" So this may be a slow process but here goes!

The Ranch

2009-09-08T21:10:00.000-07:00

Please tell me you're laughing. No normal person can see this fluffy baby and not literally laugh out loud! This is at Grandpa's Ranch. There's something about going up north and sitting in thick super comfy green grass that would put this kind of goofy grin on anyones face. Does she not look happy? Sorry, she's mine. I get to squeeze her whenever I want. I also get to nibble on those fat cheeks and see those big blue eyes disappear when she smiles so big. Mine. :)

Cousins are the best! We got to bring Aiden up with us a couple times this summer and he was surrounded by girls most of time! What a trooper. These guys would spend forever in the play house and amazingly, no one came in bleeding!!

Our great friends came up for the 24th celebration. Josh and Sadie and their 3 boys were so much fun to have up there. We're watching the St. John's rodeo here. I just love how D can hang with the guys!

Jenna's Cheerio mouth! This was one of the first times I saw her do it, but now it's a constant! Those little lips are just so kissable!

There's an afternoon shower almost daily up there and the girls HAD to get their "baby soups" on! This is Crystal and Abby ( Shelly's kids ) with Daisy. Those girls are just glowing with cousin love!!

Utah!! For Grandma's 90 Birthday!!

2009-09-08T14:27:00.000-07:00

We went to Utah for my sweet Grandma Gunderson's 90th birthday! We drove up with my sister Cherise's family in their motor home and holy cow was that nice! No stopping to eat or change diapers! We watched movies and played games and even took very comfortable naps. So fun!

Daisy decided to get a little reading time in on our way up. Did I mention how awesome the motor home was? Not one time did either of my kids say, " I want out!"

This is my incredible Grandma Gunderson. She has this contagious laugh that draws you in. She's almost completely blind but still lives by herself and has a pot of fresh stew and hot bread every time we come to her house. She sends a birthday card to all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren every year (130 something people I think). Whenever we talk on the phone, I always get a little sting in my eye thinking that it could be the last time I hear that wonderful laugh of hers. I love and admire this woman so much for her incredible example of optimism and kindness. She has spunk too! We often quote her when we say, " If you've got it, flaunt it!" or " Oh, you can always sneak one in." ( talking about having children if your husband says no more!) How could you not love this woman!? I'm so blessed to have her!

Our family with Grandma Great!!!

Four generations of crazy spunky girls! :)

California!!!!

2009-09-05T18:51:00.000-07:00

We went to visit some friends in Santa Monica and had the best time! The weather was amazing, the beach was beautiful, and it's always good to see fun friends! Note the sand all over Jenna's mouth. She ate it all day!

This is our so cute friend and amazing hostess Brittny. We made her pose so we could take a picture of her wedding ring. Holy crap! Right?! I love it! Go big or go home!

No Daisy did nothing evil to Jenna! The girl never even lays a finger on her! I think Jenna's mad cause she just realized that the sand doesn't taste like chocolate.

Daisy made sand castles all day! She loved the beach and says she's going back in a minute. :)

Scott and Brad ( Brittny's hubby) were roommates at UCI and played soccer there together. They got to go to the LA Galaxy vs. Barcelona game and loved it! Those are happy boys huh!

Colorado Summer Trip

2009-08-07T21:54:00.000-07:00

There's something about road trips that make me want to giggle and cry at the same time... Actually more cry than giggle. Why does flying have to be so expensive?! Optimism. OK. We really saw some beautiful sights on our way to Scott's cousins wedding in Colorado. It is truly a gorgeous state.

This, unfortunately, was not one of our gorgeous sites. This is the face of a child thinking, " If you jam one more cracker in my mouth, I'm gonna lose it!!" Poor Jenna.

Suckers were our saving grace! Oh, and Barbie movies.

Before you call CPS! You need to know that at this point of Jenna's life her buns were "sturdy" enough for her to keep great balance! She wasn't going anywhere. This was just another diaper changing break.

This picture cracks me up! For those of you offended by tub shots, look a bit closer!! It just so happens that there are no offensive body parts showing!!

Daisy and Nana at the fish hatchery. Scott's Uncle Ed worked at the hatchery and had some major pull on getting us loads of fish food! :) Notice the sweaters!! This is June ladies and gentlemen June!!

Here's Uncle Ed, Jenna, Scotty, and Aunt Marsha.

We went for a drive up in the mountains. We were about 2weeks early for all the wild flowers but it was still amazing! Look at how stinken green!!

OK all you photographers! Scotty took this one and I think there needs to be some award. Like the "Awesome Picture Taking Daddy" award. We were just driving along and he stopped and said, "Lets get a picture right here." Good eye babe.

Sooo Sweet! Here we are at Sarah's wedding. Jenna got passed around to everyone but I think she loved Papa best! This one is definately a framer.

Why? You ask? Because he's Scott. That's why. I don't know how the crap those glasses wound up at a classy wedding...wait yes I do! He brought them!!! Wow! He makes me laugh!

This is Scott's oldest sister Shannon and her hubby Robert. They live in Denver in this awesome house that they've totally personalized. They had us over for breakfast and we had such a great time!

This picture means so much to Scott. This is Ed and Sheila's "Weena's" ( that's what Daisy calls her) home. He grew up going there every summer as a beautiful escape and now we go every summer for the same reason! We get to enjoy cool weather, fun family, and Weena's amazing cooking!

This is our Jenna in the same high chair the Weena ate in. I love things like that. I've never been super sentimental but things like that are pretty special.

This is Weena's mom. We call her Nana! This woman is amazing! She is 96! She's sharp as a tack and hilarious! I love spending time with her and hearing about how she grew up and how ridiculous kids are these days! :) "Kids these days." I love saying that.

2009-08-07T21:33:00.000-07:00

We gad some very good friends come stay with us! This is Emma and Andrew with Daisy. Emma made up a little diddy with Jenna's name and we still sing it daily! Thanks Emma!

BFFs! Scott and Mike served their mission together in Chili and I'm pretty sure it's love.

We Have Arrived!!!!

2009-08-03T15:32:00.000-07:00

We finally got our computer! So now I'm trying to find balance with everything. I have to remember to be a wife, mom, and catch up on my blog! :) This may be a long process but I'm up for it! Bring on the DR.Pepper! I have like four months of family fun to catch up on!! And I'm not sleeping until it's done!

Women's Conference!!!!

2009-05-07T12:40:00.000-07:00

Imagine 18,000 women all in one room singing "The Lord is my Light". Amazing! The spirit was so strong that everyone stood up and just belted it out! I'm not going to go on and on about the classes and each individual topic. I feel what I really need to do is just share a couple of thoughts and hope it touches whoever it needs to touch. When Elder L.Tom Perry spoke, he shared a video of random people being asked if they knew what the Mormons were or what they believed... What a shock!!! I don't really expect everyone to know what a Mormon is. I don't think I'm that naive. But my heart broke at what people thought they knew about our beliefs! It went from, we aren't Christian, we can't eat chocolate (AHHH!), we have multiple wives, to we ride in horse and buggy and we're not very social! How sad! I felt sick that I'm not doing my part as a Ladder Day Saint! Our job is to share the gospel! Open our mouths and clear up all the crazy nonsence that may be giving us such an interesting reputation. We need to ask friends and family what they DO know about our religion. Then make sure they know that they're WELCOME to ask what they don't know! We are surrounded by people who know we're LDS and won't ask the questions they want to, because they don't want to pry or be rude... Wouldn't it just make your day to have them just ask!? They won't unless you help them! Woo-Hoo! I hope I just lit a fire under your and you also get to work!! I love the gospel! It brings joy into my life daily. I have my sweet eternal family because of the blessings of the Temple and I will be forever greatful to my Heavenly Father for this beautiful life.

2009-05-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

We had new family pictures taken!!! We took them at the Mesa Temple where Scott proposed almost 6 years ago! Barf moment: I truly love him 100 times more now than I did then. We have so much fun with our sweet little girls and I couldn't even imagine life without him.

Jenna is STILL PERFECT!!! I love it! She sleeps great, eats great, and smiles when you catch her eye. We get stopped often in stores for people to squeeze her thighs. They are huge. No, really. Huge. I would have it no other way!!!!

Daisy has had it!! No more smiles for anyone anywhere!! Did I mention she's two? Family pictures are rough. It's kind of a love/hate relationship. I love having new family pictures but, I hate, no loathe, getting them taken. They are always priceless in the end though. Once again! My dear friend Keira Poulsen took our pics and she's like 7months prego! Bless her heart.

We've Moved!!!

2009-02-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

We are now in our new house that is slowly but surely turning into a home. Moving is horrible! But once your done and settled it's a little refreshing. Cleaning out your cupboards and closets rarely happen when you stay in the same house forever. Or is that just me? Anyways! We don't have Internet at our new home for now so this will be my last post for a bit. I'm so sad! Blogging was becoming a fun outlet! Oh well.

So until who knows when! I hope you all stay healthy and happy!

Ya, She Looks All Sweet and Innocent

2009-02-01T10:38:00.000-08:00

Miss Jenna caused some drama at church today. Scott was at work so I was flying solo and Jenna decided to get a little fussy during sacrament mtg. Well, my only choice at the moment was to gather the diaper bag, Jenna, and loud Daisy and get to the mothers lounge. It wasn't until I got in front of the mirror that I realized Jenna had pooped all over the front of my white shirt. I always bring a change of clothes for Jenna but hadn't thought of a change of clothes for myself! So of course I have to trudge back into sacrament mtg and gather all my goods with Daisy saying ( not quietly) " Mom! Bubye?" We made quite the scene. Anyways I hope there are brownie points in heaven for moms who try to conquer church by themselves!!! You all get an E!! For Effort!!! Even if you do go home early.

Daisy Bliss is 2!!!!

2009-01-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

January 16th Daisy turned two! This is her leading everyone in the Happy Birthday song! We went to Peter Piper and had such a great time! She truly knew that she was princess for the day. Since then, when I see her in the morning she tells me about her birthday cake and how she blew out her candles! Too fun.

Spoiled little girl got another party at Nana and Papa's house like the next day!

I told Scott to grab some balloons when he picked up the cake and guess what he showed up with!? Go Cardinals! It's true, she could care less what kind of balloons she got but I was really expecting Elmo or Barbie or something a little more child appropriate. I should know better. He's ALWAYS good for a laugh!

Scott made her Mickey Mouse pancakes with sprinkles. I just love how excited she looks.

Elmo slippers! She opened them, ripped off her shoes, and insisted on playing for the rest of the evening in them.

Sometimes AZ is Actually Pretty

2009-01-23T12:09:00.000-08:00

My honey has been hunting javelina and deer these past few weeks and we decided to make a family outing of it! We all busted out our camo and did some four wheeling into the hills toward our previous Flo town ( Florence). The weather was gorgeous and Daisy loved the bumpy rodes! Everything was perfect til the poor girl got cactus in her foot, head, and hand. :( So sad. That pretty much wrapped up our adventure in the desert.

We had to take a family shot to capture our hunting experience but obviously there was no one there to take the picture! So we had to make due with the timer on our camera...

This is only one of the headless pictures we ended up with! Sorry, but I think it's hilarious. We all rush to the same spot and sit ever so still until we see some sort of light or flash. If it takes too long we all move and then click! You've got yourself yet another silly family photo.

Happy Girls

2009-01-22T07:30:00.000-08:00

I think I'll cry the day Daisy doesn't fit in the sink for her bath. It's gonna be a while being that she's in there with her cousin Ally too! :) These two always seem to end up in a bath when they're done playing. That could only mean they truly have fun!

My dad brought an antique fire truck over to show the girls and they thought it was very cool! We threw on some little fire hats and they were in heaven.

Doesn't this picture just make you happy? I don't remember what they were so happy about or what absolutely ridiculous gesture Scott was making but it made for such a sweet shot. You gotta love happy little girls!

Better Late Than Never!

2009-01-22T06:55:00.000-08:00

I was watching Cool Runnings the other night and my very favorite line is, "Sanka! Ya dead?"..." Ya mon." It made me giggle and think I should update my blog before friends start thinking I'm dead! The temple lights are a must for our family every year! I love the crisp air and hot chocolate! We don't get to bundle up in AZ very often! This picture was one of our MANY attempts to get a half way decent shot of our family for a Christmas card.

This was a dollar at a yard sale! Make way for the bargain shopper! Sad I unplugged the battery about five minutes later cause she kept running into everything. It's now outside and Daisy says it's, " Bwoke." But it was a beautiful moment when she opened it!

Christmas morning is crazy at the Douglas' ! There are so many presents and the kids are so excited! Sweet Debi goes above and beyond to make sure everyone gets their Christmas wish. That's Aiden with Daisy and Jenna. Don't they look just way too happy?!

She's not quite sure what to do at this point but NO WORRIES! By the end of the day she had it down! Aiden is one year older so he was happy to show her how this whole present thing goes! :) In the end we all got a lot of awesome presents. I opened a wad of cash from Scott with a note that said, "I go hunt... now you go shop! Here's a day with money and no kids to do whatever you want." It doesn't get better than that. Scott got some hunting stuff and other odds and ends. The girls were spoiled! SO! That was our Christmas!

My Snuggle Bug!

2008-12-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

You know the kind of babies that you can only describe with food words? Like delicious, yummy, or nibblable? OK so I made nibblable up, but you know what I mean! That's my Jenna. I would eat her up if I could but I can't so I just nibble on her ever growing fat rolls!

Scott handed her to me with this sticker on her forehead and it made me giggle so...

The Great White Hunter

2008-12-30T08:34:00.000-08:00

Those of you who are pro Bambi better not read this post. Scott shot his first bull elk!! I was all weird about the hunting thing until Scott convinced me that it was completely necessary for population control... Anyway! He brought home the meat and we made some awesome food storage!

Ah. A perfect family picture, except that Jenna's missing and there's a huge animal head in her place. Don't mistake my face for super happy, I'm just freaked out that this huge elk head is way too close to mine!

The butchers are here! Scott's little brother Jason was there too but unfortunately, I didn't catch a shot of his face! It was priceless. Scott skinned the elk at my parents ranch and brought it straight home to be bottled.

This is my mom The Cannery Queen!! That's five pressure cookers we have going all full of delicious elk meet! I'm not kidding it was so good! We made some green chili burros and they were awesome!

By the end of the day we had 120lbs of elk meet and we threw in 75lbs of chicken for kicks and giggles! Thanks to everyone that helped!

The Terrible Two's are Sooo Real!!

2008-12-19T12:04:00.000-08:00

Ah. My beautiful daughter will be two January 16th, and she's decided to make me a believer in " The Terrible Two's"! I used to see naughty kids and think that their parents needed to do some damage, but NOW! I'm tellin YOU!! It does not matter what I threaten to take away or threaten to do...

I don't know if there's a smell or if she knows that I need to get something done but Walmart is the last place I ever want to go with Daisy. On that note I think ALL kids hate that place! I don't think there has ever been a time where I've gone and not seen some poor parent trying to please their rotten kid out of pitching a humiliating fit! Well last week was my turn. After whining about getting out of the cart for the first 15 minutes I finally let her down. DUMB!! It all went down hill from there and I ended up saying " Bu bye Daisy! I love you!" as she lied face down on the nasty concrete floor kicking, screaming, and crying. Meanwhile other parents were walking by just grateful that it was my turn and not theirs. I hate Walmart.

It's Who You Know

2008-12-18T10:21:00.000-08:00

Scott got a call from our good friend Cameron to go to the Suns game! Well as you can see they had great seats! You know you're sittin nice and close when you can see the sweat on Shaq's face! Thanks Cam!

I don't know if it's because I have a thing for soccer players, but Nash is one of my favorite!

Jenna's Fans are Calling!

2008-12-18T09:36:00.000-08:00

There has been a request for more Jenna pictures! This baby is the sweetest thing EVER! She really hardly ever makes a peep, she smiles like crazy when you catch her eye, and she sleeps through the night (most of the time:) Does it get better than that? Somehow she has this brown hair that doesn't seem to be getting lighter yet, and deep blue eyes ( beautiful combo). We ALL truly adore this girl. She has a special sweet little spirit that brings a ton of smiles into our little family.

Sisters

2008-12-04T12:35:00.000-08:00

Jenna already loves Daisy! I don't know why!!!! She sits on her face and squeezes her head!
I think there's a special bond between sisters. The little one ALWAYS looks up to the bigger one and the bigger one ALWAYS looks out for the little one. They can say things to each other they would NEVER say to others and it's ok! Well, most of the time!
I pray that these two will have the sister's love that I've been blessed with. I grew up with three older sisters, and even though we had to enforce the $5 rule and suffer more than enough dead legs, I LOVE having sisters!
FYI- The $5 rule was if you were caught wearing someone elses clothes (without asking)you owe the 5 bucks!

Cousin Fun!

2008-12-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

These are some of Daisy's cousins. I know I mention them a lot but they are truly Daisy's favorite! She's got 20 between Scott's and my family and LOVES every last one of them! She is literally standing by the computer giggling just looking at this picture. :)

We put big t-shirts on all the kids and then stuffed balloons in them. We then paired them off to see who could pop it the fastest. Daisy lost miserably. She wanted the balloon too much to pop it! We go to all extremes to entertain these kids for even a few minutes. Try this one at home it's a crack up! Thanks Dave and Shel!

BEAUTIFUL!

2008-12-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

We had a couple of rainy days around Thanksgiving and we just happened to catch a FULL rainbow. Like really! A full arch, pot-of-gold-at-the-end rainbow! The picture doesn't do it justice. You're thinking, " Yikes Janelle. Ever see a rainbow before?" But this one was beautiful. And I spared you all from the kissing picture! :)

Jenna's Blessing

2008-12-04T11:55:00.000-08:00

My sweet Jenna was blessed on November 23rd. Of course she didn't cry because she NEVER cries! Thank you so much to the family and friends that came to show support. This little baby has no idea how many people love her. How blessed she is! How blessed WE are!

TWILIGHT

2008-11-22T07:24:00.001-08:00

That is a theater full of women at 11:30pm waiting for the midnight showing of Twilight to start. I need to mention that most of them have been in line since about 7:30pm and some since that morning! There were 9 other theaters sold out as well. We had so much fun giggling, talking and sometimes screaming like 12 year olds. The lady on the right is my Aunt Philis from Utah. She had been in the car for 12 hours that day and still tuffed out a bunch of crazy girls in love with a vampire. I'm gonna risk the chance of sounding REALLY dumb, but it was so fun to see all different types of people in the same place with something in common...kinda like the 4th of July but not. (Yeah that sounded dumb).

Scott's 28!

2008-11-22T07:14:00.000-08:00

Blowing out the candles!! I'm sure he's wishing for world peace or more likely hunting equipment.

Happy birthday to Scott! We celebrated Scott's birthday at his parents house the 16th. Yummy food, good gifts, and family always make for a perfect celebration. That little girl loves her daddy!

Gilbert Days!

2008-11-22T06:44:00.000-08:00

Every year in the fall we celebrate Gilbert Days! We all meet at the parade and drink hot chocolate while we wait for our favorite float. Everyone's is different but we all agree that the marching band is the best to dance to. This is my sister Cherise dancing with Daisy and Reese. Might I add it takes some major muscles to not just hold these two but dance with them? Yowza!

Yep! That's my kid playing in the street!

It's kinda strange to think that 13 years ago I was holding Victoria probably in the exact same spot for the same occasion! Yikes! I'm having a moment.

Cousins! These are just a few, but I think that they are Daisy's happy place. She begs to see any of them daily.

Mother Daisy

2008-11-22T06:08:00.000-08:00

Daisy was named after Scott's Great Grandma. Everyone called her Mother Daisy and the maternal instinct must come with the name. This is Daisy nursing her baby. I walked in on her so into Sesame Street and nursing that I literally went and got my camera came back and snapped the picture without her even blinking.

Somehow I wish that I could actually teach her how to change Jenna's diaper instead of just her baby doll.

Miss Bliss getting in trouble for wasting wipes! Yes, that's what she does when I'm disciplining! She smiles like, " My cute face might get me out of this."

Dang She's Cute !

2008-11-13T20:18:00.000-08:00

Those of you that know Scott don't have any questions about this picture. That is an empty case of Diet Caffeine Free Dr Pepper (almost as good as the real stuff...:) on my daughters head. Someone once told me that Scott will forever keep me young. I think I'll have some pretty gnarly laugh lines though.

Tumbleweed park

2008-11-13T19:48:00.000-08:00

This is Tumbleweed Park. It's the kind of park that accommodates most ages. It has the slow and steady slides and then it has the wedgie making slides. For some reason Daisy likes the wedgie slides! Here's Daddy and D on a slow and steady slide.

Now D has gained some confidence and starts goin for the big kid stuff.

Somehow Scott caught the tragedy on camera! D's little body was bashed face first into the side of the slide. So sad. Impressive photography though! Note the shoe streaks above D's head from all the other kids trying to stop themselves from this same catastrophe. It makes me think of that movie, A Christmas Story, when the kids get shoved down the big scary slide screaming after they tell Santa what they want.

And that was the end of our day at the park. Most of the other parents there thought we were pretty stinken sick for taking pictures of our screaming baby but our theory is "Rub it out." or "Hey! You're not bleeding!" Don't worry! We still comfort and love our children too!

FUNNY STORY!!!

2008-11-13T19:25:00.000-08:00

Scott and I are living at my parents house until we move into our house in a few months. It's really been great! No! Really! OK, so the other morning we got a phone call at like 5:30AM! Who does that?! Anyways, I didn't think much of it until I heard a huge SLAM on our bedroom door...huh? So of course I wake Scott up to check it out! He fully grabs our gun to go looking through the house for whatever maniac banged on our door and ran. Sadly all he found was my humiliated father. Why was he humiliated you ask? Well, when he heard the phone ring he was working out in his gym down the hall from our room. He b-lined it to get the phone before it woke any of us up. So here we have a pitch black hallway and a man who just jumped off a treadmill. Unfortunately he thought there was just about five more feet of hallway before his turn and he right on bug smashed into our door. (Just writing this down makes me laugh until tears come.) I hope you all have the same sick sence of humor as me and truly don't find many things funnier than people running into screen doors, sliding glass doors, or in this case just a straight up in your face door. Love you Daddy! Next time just let it ring.

Bapa and Daisy

2008-11-05T16:04:00.000-08:00

Honest! Does it get sweeter? Daisy keeps my dad entertained pretty much all the time. She follows him everywhere!

Funny how the poor girl doesn't even think twice! She's sitting on a bunch of twigs and bushes with no shoes thinking, "Hey, life's good."

Our Halloween

2008-11-03T15:01:00.000-08:00

Now, before you go off on how Janelle got fat face... remember that I just had a baby sixish weeks ago and EVERYONE has fat face when they take a picture of themselves! Then why would you take a picture of yourself you ask? What better way to capture my hillbilly costume! duh. It's gonna take a whole lot of strength or is it humility to click on that PUBLISH POST button.

I don't quite know how to put these pictures in order yet, but here's the aftermath of our Trick or Treating! Can we say tired?

Daisy was too excited for the next house to even make eye contact! We couldn't get the words "Trick or Treat" to sound right so we opted for "Peeese?" and "Daytoo!" It worked. Her cousin Aiden is the cute little bumble bee. We all worked on keeping his eyes in view. Yup! That's Daddy! He was on shift that day but begged for a few hours off so he could be w/ the fam to trick or treat. What a good Dad! What the heck is that on his head? He claims it was a costume, but really it was an odd distraction that kept him swinging his head like Stevie Wonder cause he thought it was cool.

As you can see this is at the beginning of our evening! All smiles. This is another cousin Abby. Daisy seriously loves her cousins. She often hops on the piano and pounds out a song with lyricks like, "badoo mama! obsder Tito! Lala Abby!" The list goes on. On occasion we get a " whashawhasha bpthbthppbbth!" That's the noise that happens when you stick out your tongue and blow. We don't know who that is yet.

So Cute

2008-10-27T15:20:00.000-07:00

After we put about a million princess dresses on, we decided that Daisy's just too cute as Minnie Mouse. We were at Nana and Papa's house (Scott's parents) and she had just about had it with pictures at this point so no smiles.

Oh my little flower! We had just ripped out the pacifier so her lips are all puckered up and so kissable! I love this costume. It's warm and comfy so it just made sense!

Funny Girl

2008-10-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

Pretty! This is Daisy and Reese trying on Halloween costumes. Cherise, my sister, had a whole slew of princess dresses and all Daisy could do was keep saying, " Pretty mama pretty!"

It's happened. She was drawing on PAPER when I looked away and then... naughty! She's done a few times since and thinks it's pretty flippen awesome. Dang, look at those thighs. You kinda want to squeeeeze 'em!

We went to Sportsman's to just look around on a random Saturday morning. Scott is like a kid in a candy store at this place. They happened to have Customer in Training shopping carts for kids to push around the store. Aside from running into her dad's heels every other minute, Daisy did some SHOPPIN! You can't see it but she grabbed herself a puzzle and couldn't pass up the Anti Monkey Butt Powder, not one but two!

First Sunday

2008-10-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

Jenna got to go to church for the first time this last Sunday and slept the entire time. :) This made me just a little sad because she spent the whole time u=in her car seat and I never got to show off this adorable dress that my good friends gave me! Oh well! She's so much stinken fun!

Good Dog

2008-10-27T14:41:00.000-07:00

This is our dog Rocky. He's a boxer and lives up to boxer reputation of being great with kids. Daisy is actually being very tame with him in this photo. She usually acts like she's bronc riding by grabbing his collar and jumping up and down yelling, "Yee Haw!" When he finally has enough he just calmly gets up and she rolls off and says, "Oh. Puppy."

GO BRONCOS!!

2008-10-27T14:00:00.000-07:00

Scott is from Colorado. There are some places that just have die hard fans. A few that come to mind are the Boston Red Sox, the California Raiders, and of course the Denver Broncos. When I came into the Douglas family there were a couple key points before true acceptance. One was, "Are you a Broncos fan?" I was previously a DeWitt and had never watched a football game on purpose so, heck ya I was a Broncos fan! :) I now know what the yellow flag means, which one the tight end is, (not the guy w/ the best hiney), and that those great big guys are essential even if they look like they can't even move. So this is a night at the Douglas home cheering on our Denver Broncos! This is Scott with Daisy and Aiden her cousin.

If you look really close that is a Broncos shirt on even Jenna. Poor girl doesn't even get a choice! As you can see it's getting late for Daisy. (my little grumpy gills).

Yup! Here's the clan. Well, almost! We were missing a few. Can you guess who's the biggest fan of all!? Scott looks a little nuts when he's really excited. Did I mention he wants seven kids because it's John Elway's number?

It's Here!!!!!

2008-10-11T10:06:00.001-07:00

Yes, it's true! The cool weather is on it's way! Today Daisy was asking for "nanigh". I told her heck ya you can go to bed! It was only like 10AM! She of course said " No. Nanigh!" I finally put together that she wanted a blanket. Dumb mom. I suppose this morning when we realized that it was cool outside and we ran around opening ALL the windows (and turning off the ac of course) it might have cooled the house to degrees that my little ones not quite used to. Now we actually have to get her dressed every day instead of let her run around in her diaper. Sad. Oh, I can't wait for hot chocolate and sweaters! I'm thinken that only my fellow Arizonans know what I'm feeling here. :)

Catchin Some Z's

2008-10-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh. Isn't this the sweetest? I don't know if there's a better way to nap than with a warm yummy baby nestled next to you. We moved in with my parents for a few months until our house is ready and I'm tellin you! This is the life! I am serious! My family is so envious because I have my mommy to help out with EVERYTHING! Thanks mom!
Like mother like daughter! Anyone close to me knows that I'm gone as soon as my hands snuggle next to my face. Well, here's Jenna doing the exact same thing. :) Her cheeks are starting to get chunky and I love it! More surface area for my kisses!

Conference Weekend!!

2008-10-05T17:42:00.000-07:00

I always looked forward to conference weekend. You get a little break from curling your hair and wearing a dress! With kids it's just a little different. No nursery. I still thoroughly enjoy conference weekend. I always feel uplifted and rededicated. This was one of the ways we tried to keep Daisy busy and...let's face it, Scott too! We haven't built a fort in a long time, but now that we've started I'm sure D will be beggin for them constantly!

Sorry! This shot was just too stinken funny! Daddy was being sweet and changed D's diaper and she wound up with a right cheek wedgie for a good part of the day. :) I could have fixed it but why fix something that makes you smile?

Did I mention Daisy loves horses? Our neighbor across the street has a few animals and she has NO FEAR! She would feed them forever if she could. This is definitely Scott's and my bargaining tool for just about everything. This was, " Let's go outside so mommy and Jenna can sleep." Thanks babe!

These are a Few of Her Favorite Things!

2008-10-03T08:19:00.000-07:00

Daddy took Daisy hiking at Peralta trail. Looks like we've got ourselves a little rock climber!

"Mimming!!!" Daisy pretty much asks everyday for three things... "Memo, Tito, and mimming." Which in translation is Elmo, Crystal (her cousin), and swimming. Here she is in Colorado about to go swimming in a freezing cold creek with her daddy and Nana.

Yes that's my daughter riding a GOAT! And yes it was our goat. We actually had two great big goats for a while which is so not me, but so my hubby. Daisy really prefers horses but the goat ate the weeds. Yep country folk!! Oh! Here's the reason why we got rid of brown goat (I didn't like him enough to give him a name). Scott was at work and as I was making breakfast for Daisy I heard this goat scream "GAAAHHH!!" (try to imagine). So I go outside to see that brown goat has managed to completely bind himself with his front hooves at his ears to the tether of a 5oft long chain. Good grief. I debated on leaving him there until Scott got home...the next morning. Then I saw goats face. Have you ever watched Ren and Stimpy? You know the part when they choke each other and their eyes pop out and tongue looks like a weird extension of their face? Well, that was brown goat. So after I cut my hands all up -did I mention I'm like 6months prego? Anyways, I untie him and he's so flustered that he head butts Daisy and sends her flying! What's a mom to do? Unfortunately I found out that brown goat has a ridiculously hard head AFTER I took a wind up punch at him. OUCH! Brown goat went bubye the next day.

Daisy went to her cousin Ali's soccer game and found dirt of course. Scott and I have tried to make Daisy a tough girl so whenever she falls or bonks her head we say "rub it out" or clap with a "good job!". So our friend was pretty shocked when dad was kickin the ball around and took out D's legs (on total accident I'm sure) and she popped right up to get the ball and kick it back! Note how red her cheeks are! Summers in AZ are so stinken hot! Poor girl.

I Did It!...Sort of.

2008-10-02T21:32:00.000-07:00

Well, It seems only appropriate now that we have a real stinken family with kids and everything that I start this blogging thing! So I'm completely computer illiterate and had to stalk my genius sister down to help me. Thanks Nae! I hope this is something that friends and family will enjoy and it's also a great way for me to actually document some of our little families adventures! Heaven knows that I am no good at keeping a journal. I was instructed to NOT care if I sound like a total goober and just write, so... Enjoy!!!

It's a Girl...Again!

2008-10-02T21:02:00.000-07:00

Here it is! Our little family. Introductions- Scotty was born in Colorado, is a firefighter/paramedic, loves ANYTHING outdoors, and is wrapped around two little girls fingers. I am an AZ native, an orthodontic assistant once a week, and can't find anything more enjoyable than running in crisp cool air with super loud LOUD music screaming in my ears...except being a mommy...right? :) Daisy Bliss is our first daughter. She loves all animals, especially horses. She'd live outside if she could! Daisy also fools people often with her cute little smile, curly blond hair, and a voice that sounds kind of like a Wooki(sp) Jenna is our latest addition! Although personality traits are hard to determine at this point, she rarely cries and has given her mom a few 4-5 hour stretches of sleep at night. So needless to say we love her! So that's the shortened version of our sweet family.