Mr&Mrs.Kline

Luckily for me we made it back to Idaho JUST IN TIME for my high school friend BreAnna's wedding! She married a wonderful guy named Derek and not only was i able to be there for her special day but she asked Bella to be her flower girl:) we where soo honored! Her reception was beautiful! her colors where blue, green, and purple and they looked lovely!





The table setting




Center Piece



The Cake (which BreAnna made herself!)

Cute Decor

Look how nervous Derek looks!

And here comes the bride happy as can be!

His Expression completely changes!!

I Do



Some of the beautiful bridesmaids! (I LOVE LOVE LOVE their flowers!)



You may now kiss the bride<3

Bre Also made these (hardworking bride!)

As you can see they where delicious!

Cute ring bearer

Cutie flower girl:)

Awesome shoes!

Bella and one of the bridesmaids Austyn

Clearly I am not a photographer but these are a few of the snap shots i took of BreAnna's and Derek's special day and i wish them all the happiness in the world!

Moving, moving, moving and some more moving.

We are now professional movers....not! I very much dislike packing, hauling, taping, storing, etc. but it is what it is. Doug is being deployed to Iraq for 6 months to a year and even though it is awful that he has to be away for so long i am grateful that he is going to safe place in Iraq! While he is gone Bella and i are moving back to Idaho because we have friends and family there and in Texas we do not lol. These last few weeks here together we try to enjoy as much as possible so we are celebrating my birthday, mothers day and any other reason to hang out together:) I'm very glad we did because with all the added stress and separation anxiety a little fun and lots of laughter was just what we needed.

Mothers Day Flowers :)

Took a break from packing to take some silly pictures

Went to BLORA one last time for family day

At the laundro-mat 2 days before our move

Again at BLORA (not BAlora)

Helping dada take down her crib:)
(what a big helper!)

:)

On the pattleboats

so fun and such a beautiful view!



Spaghetti dinner! (easy dinner since we had packed almost all our stuff!)



What Bella did while we packed...

In utah somewhere...we gave her a nice snack:)

MMMMM otter pops!!

Im so grateful we got to spend some fun time together before we all moved:)

A Little More Easter Fun.

I have been looking forward to decorating eggs so much lately, and i guess its because it was so much fun last year. My whole family got together with our babies and it felt like we decorated thousands of eggs but it was a blast! This year i was excited to do the same with my family but poor bellsie was still sick and a little cranky. It started so fun and she loved it but she was just too tired at the end and just cranky. Doug and i still had a good time though and i hope bellsie did too:)

I think being away from my mom, dad, sisters and mostly the kiddo's gets me homesick. We have tonz of fun just us three and its nice but my nieces and nephew definitely add more fun. I'll be excited when we can get the kids together again:) but for now I'm going to do my best to enjoy my family time!

Towards the end.....

Bellsie was just tired but the rest of the night she was happier and I'm seeing my little girl more and more. She even wanted me to paint her toes before bed:) I'm excited for Easter Sunday tomorrow! If i don't get to tell you in person HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

B.L.O.R.A Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt

We took Bella to BLORA Thursday night for their annual Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt and it was so fun! They had 5 sections  with different age group signs and even had ribbon barricades and people guarding the areas (kinda funny right?) they had face paint, bouncy houses, the Easter bunny, and a few other parent/child activities:)

Bella even made a cute little friend who was only 4 days younger than her. We waited till 8:30sharp to start collecting Easter eggs. They turned off all the lights in this giant park and we turned on our flashlights and we where off! They had special golden eggs with special prizes from stuffed animals to a 32'' tv's! Of course Doug got one for Bellsie and she won a stuffed bunny rabbit which she loved! My favorite part of the whole Easter egg hunt was how well prepared they where. Bella's basket was overfilled and there was still eggs and candy EVERYWHERE! When we walked to collect her prize every kid we passed had a full basket. I know its not about how much you get but i was happy to know that all the kids got PLENTY! Bellsie had fun watching everyone and playing with her new friend. Kids really do make holidays more fun<3

Sad Baby Bella

Our poor little love bug was so fussy all day yesterday and Doug and I just thought it was because she skipped her nap but to our surprise last night she woke up crying and since she never does that i checked up on her and she had a fever:( poor baby. Doug and I let her snoozy with us and she'd wake up off and on was trembling and then finally at 5:30(ish) am she threw up on the bed, pillow, me (probably TMI) and Doug and i  just looked at each other and knew it was doctor time. I cleaned her up, he cleaned the bed and we headed to the E.R.

We didn't wait to crazy long, they gave Bella Some medicine to help with the nausea and her fever. We ended up coming back home finally around 10am and we all feel asleep. Poor Bella was so weak last night she had a hard time even walking. She finally woke up at 2pm so she finally slept for a while and everyone around here was groggy all day but when Bella woke up she was feeling better and that made us all happy. She was just tired and wanted to cuddle which was just fine with me:) baby needed to rest.

Just another Friday night right? not...Fort Hood does this thing called "time out for parents" every forth Friday of the month which was today and Doug and i where signed up...we have been waiting for a month to finally go on a date since we don't go on many here but we knew we really couldn't. Oh well...Doug got pizza and ice cream and we are having a date in now:)  Oh the life of a parent lol.

We Have The Best Kid In The World!

I am sorry to all you other parents out there because somehow we ended up with the BEST kid in the whole world! She's not only adorablee, but she's loving, smart, independentt, and brave. I know all parents out there think they have the best kid ever and I'm glad...we are biased because we love them so much!

Adorable is self explanatory when you look at her. Her loving-ness is precious. She loves giving besos to Doug and I. She'll just grab our faces and lay on a nice big sloppy kiss! or a hundred. Also she loves to cuddle up when she first wakes up, or right before her naps/bedtime. Or any random time she feels like giving us loves she does and i defiantly don't mind:)

Smart: I know everyone thinks their babies are super smart and i am one of those parents! She knows how sign: Please, all done, mas, food, and eat! And she has great manners, before she gets anything she says and signs please and when she gets it she says "thanks!"

At 22 months she can say:
monkey and make a monkey noise (oohohh aahahh), rawr like a tiger, thanks, awww (when she sees something cute happen), cute, pretty, nice, snack, wiggles, dance, kikki, juice, love you, book, OPA!, shoes...

some of her sentences are:
i go
i cute
monkey please
so cute!

She can also count to 3 and she repeats her ABC's after me.

When we go to stores she'll touch clothes and say "oooooohhh cute!" or pretty. She's girly and funny like that.

Independent: I never thought i would say my one year old is independent but she is in certain aspects. I first really noticed when we went to Galveston for the first time. We where on the beach and i know my little girl loves water but we couldn't push her to do so, she had to stand at the sand and then go in by her self which brings in how brave she is. She concurred her fearr of the different water that was in front of her. Not only did she go in at her own time but she just kept going in further and further but only at a safe distance.

She loves watching and dancing with her wiggles, she loves singing with me, reading book by herself but mostly with Doug and I of course, cuddling of course, PLAYING OUTSIDE, getting ready with her mom (playing with make-up brushes), playing with dollies and playing tea, and just chatting.

She talks and talks and talks, who knows what she really says but she can hold a conversation. She's just getting so big and every day she just seems to get smarter and smarter. Doug and I are just amazed of how silly, and funny she is.  We defiantly love watching her grow!

Our FIRST family vacation!

So it is no secret these days that my wonderful loving husband is a hero and will be deploying soon. Its a subject we don't talk about too much because it makes us sad when we do...SO we decided we should go on a real, relaxing, FUN, family trip. We found out that Galveston Island is only 4 ours away so we booked a hotel room at La Quinta 10 miles away and where able to stay for 5 whole nights! We where sooo ecstatic! We drove out Wednesday around one and arrived at 6...Houston traffic is awful!! we where wiped so we went out to dinner and just drove around that night.


The next day was fabulous! We headed out in our beach attire:) Bellsie was just excited to spend so much time with us and when we got to the sand, water, and sunlight! There where a few dead jelly fish so i was paranoid about them the first day with Bella walking around even though she was wearing water shoes. After we walked around the strip and went in and out of fun touristy stores:)
yes we are tourist and cannot help it lol.


Our week flew by! We found Stewert Beach which was much cleaner but our favorite spot was off Jamaica Beach. It was completely quiet and only 2 other families there. Doug got an awesome kite and we flew it which was a BLAST! Bella especially loved it there. She was able to run freely since we didn't have to worry about her running into anyone or taking any ones things. She found a Board and had a funny fascination to it. She kept running into the water and then run back to the board and when Doug sat on it she'd tell him all about the water:)

We also went to Moody Gardens which was such a blast!!!

It has an Aquarium Pyramid, Discovery Museum, A 3D theatre, The Colonel Paddle boat, and we got to watch a 15 min 4D Dora movie! We spend the whole day there. Our skin needed a Little break anyways and we couldn't have picked a better day.

Bella had such a wonderful time, every night on our drive to the hotel she was soo tired. She was a little grumpy sometimes but she was just so happy to be able to spend so much time with us and Doug and I where equally as happy. Trips with kids will always be a little stressful but we still had a wonderful time. Just having "us" time was wonderful. We didn't have any place we had to be, we didn't have to meet anyone, we just did what we wanted, when we wanted, and with each other. Life was so sweet those days and when we came home we where still happy and relaxed.

I think sometimes we take life for granted and the people in it. Being a parent especially we as a couple at least i do forget how important it is to find time for each other during the day. To treat ourselves. I've been so worried about being a good mom and helping Doug be a dad that i didn't realize i need to worry just as much to be a great wife too. This trip together reminded me how lucky i was to have such a wonderful man and little girl in my life and when I'm not worried about dishes, dinner, bath times, naps, etc i was able to enjoy them like I'm suppose to=]