A lot to catch up on.

I have not been keeping up on my blog like I would like to. I have been distracted reading the Twilight books. Yes I am hooked. I love them.

I do want to share some things about Ayla this week. She has tried to master sitting up and rolling over. She is doing great at both. She has also begun to say "La, La, La!" over and over again. She yells it and it is pretty loud. It is adorable. She is starting to talk instead of just cooing. Though she has not said her first word yet, of course.

This weekend was fun. I usually go to breakfast almost every Saturday with my dad, uncle and my sister. So that is how I started my weekend. After that I had a relaxing Saturday. I got to watch the movie "Enchanted." I love that movie. It is so cute. I also got to read a lot that day.

Sunday was great, while we were in Sacrament meeting at church, Kurt was feeding Ayla a bottle. He was holding her head up with his left arm and I was sitting on the left of him. Ayla began to lean back and look up at me. It was so cute. After a while Kurt just handed her to me. He thought she wanted me. I think she was just having fun looking at me. After church we went around visiting Kurt's side of the family. First we went to Suz and Chris's and then we went down to Orem to see Krista's family. So we got to see baby Kurt! Yay! He is too cute. What a great week and weekend.

This is a picture of Ayla I took before we got up to go to breakfast.

My dad sitting at the table at Dee's family restaurant. We usually go to Dee's. A lot of the waitresses know us pretty well. They loved rubbing my belly while I was pregnant. Now they love to see and hold Ayla.

Our uncle Ernie. I love my uncle Ernie. :)

Ayla just waiting to be taken out of the car seat. Such a good baby! :)

This is my dad's best friend Gary. He joined us this time because he was taking my dad to a cabin for the weekend. How fun for my dad! He and my dad have been friends for as long I can remember. I think they were friends before I was born.

I had to post the picture of my sister Marion and Ayla. Too cute!

And of course this one. Ayla hanging out on the table. Once again too cute!

Ayla on her Uncle Chris's lap looking in the mirror. I love visiting family!!

And of course, here is a darling picture of the new addition to the Perry family. Baby Kurt. We love him!!

Last but not least, my handsome hubby holding Baby Kurt!!

Say Cheese!

I wanted to share a picture Kurt took of Ayla for his mother's birthday. Kurt's mom had bought a dress for Ayla way before she was born. So naturally we had to wait until she grew into it to take a picture of her in it. Kurt has been going to school for film and animation. He has learned a lot. This past February he took a lighting class. He had practiced a few times with lights before this picture was taken. We can't afford Kiddie Kandids all the time so he took this picture on our couch. Kurt then added the picture in the corner in Photoshop. Can you believe that the back drop was my robe? Kurt had to photoshop out the lines on the robe so that it would blend. We had the picture printed out at Inkley's so that it would look like it was taken in a studio. When I picked up the pictures, the girls behind the counter were asking where it was taken. I told them "On my couch." They were like, "Wow, it looks like you had it taken in a studio." I am very proud of my hubby. I think he did a wonderful job. I had to share! :)

I love this picture. I think she looks like a ballerina with the poofy dress and her tights. I had one of the pictures printed for us as well.

TWO exciting of a Weekend!

TWO exciting things happened this weekend. I have been wanting to blog about it but have been very busy. First thing's first. Our nephew Kurt was born on Friday. Yes, I said Kurt. He is named after my husband. Kurt's sister, Krista, has always wanted to name her first son after her brother. Kurt was born at 1:58 p.m. weighing 8 lbs. 12 oz. 21 inches on 08-08-08! Lots of 8s! We went down to Provo to see him that day. Below are some adorable pictures of him.

He was upset that uncle Kurt was taking his hat off! Too cute!

Kurt holding baby Kurt.

I also got to hold the new bundle of Joy! Isn't he so cute? We love him!

The second exciting thing that happened this weekend: Ayla started to sit up on her own.

"Hi everybody!"

"Rrr. I will get you my pretty!"

Victory!!!

Cake decorating with the Youth!

This last Tuesday we had Young Women's mutual at my place. We have mutual on Tuesday every week. I love the Young Women's program. It helps the youth feel their shelf worth, value themselves and come to know they are beautiful daughters of God. This mutual turned out better than I thought it would. I taught them about cake decorating. I have been wanting to teach some cake decorating to the youth and have been asked before but had never actually got to do it yet. It was fun for me to show the girls all the cakes I have made. I will posts some sometime. After I showed them all the cakes. I decorated a cake to show them what they were going to do. I also showed them how to use a few tips to make roses, balloons, star flowers and writing on a cake. They each got to decorate their own little cake. They had so much fun and did such a great job!

This is the cake I decorated for them and the one they duplicated. Some of the girls got creative and put what they wanted on their cakes.

Here are the girls and their beautiful cakes! You might want to click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see their works of art.

From left to right starting at the top: Clair, Laura, Hannah, Erin, Ida and Paula.

Great work girls!

Lagoon!

My family and I all went to Lagoon on Saturday. It was too much fun. I now love the new ride called "Wicked." It lives up to it's name. It is so crazy it goes straight up and straight back down. What a rush. I wanted to ride it last year but could not because I was pregnant. I also got to ride this years new ride "Sea Odysea" with my nephew Lane. It is exactly like Dumbo at Disneyland but you get wet on this one. My nephew and I were fighting over the controller. We were trying to get the other one wet. It was so fun. I love riding rides with Lane. He makes it fun. I look forward to when Ayla is around his age. I can wait though. I don't want her to grow up too fast. We had about 19 of us all together including my mom's best friend Val. She was visiting from Kansas. Below are some pictures of that day that I want to share.

My dad Rob, Monty, Marion and Kurt all waiting to ride Wicked. Notice my dad's hair.

My dad's hair after riding Wicked. L.O.L!!!

Ayla with her Daddy and uncle Ernie waiting over by Wicked. Such a happy girl! :)


Marion and my nephew Lane. I can't believe how big he is getting. I love you Lane!!


My mom Chris, her best friend Val and Ayla. I am glad Ayla and Val got to meet!

Mommy and Ayla having a good time!

"Look mom no hands!" This had us all cracking up. Ayla loved playing with this water bottle and she decided to stick it in her mouth and let go. L.O.L!! I love her so much. She is too fun!!

Ayla made some new friends!

Yesterday Ayla and I met my friend Tonya and her two kids for lunch. Guess where? You guessed it Wendy's. It is cheap and fast and if any one has a kid you know that is what you want. I have been friends with Tonya for about 17 years. We go way back. Yesterday was the first time that Ayla and Tonya met. We get together about two to three times a year. She lives down in Saratoga Springs which is a little far from us but not too far.

Tonya, her daughter Shaylyn and Ayla. I thought it was weird that the tables were turned. I use to watch Shaylyn when I was about her age and she was about Ayla's age. I can't believe how time flies.

This is Tonya's son Cody. Cody is such a cute kid. He is so talkative and loves to show and tell.

Ayla also got to meet our friend Chris Miller yesterday. We are friends with Chris through Leah. He is practically Leah's brother. He lives here in Utah. He brought over Ayla's gift that Leah and Evan gave her. He goes out to Tennessee a lot to be with Leah's family.


Here is a picture of what Leah and Evan gave her. We love it! I will have to take a picture of it when I fill it with Ayla's picture and hospital band.


I loved this! Ayla was so tired yesterday from the days events that she fell asleep on me feeding her. ZZZZ.....

Happy Birthday Amy!

Today is my good friend Amy Isolampi's birthday so I wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday! Below are the 5 top reasons why I love Amy!

#5-It is always fun to talk to her about Harry Potter books and movies.

#4-She is thoughtful on the gifts she gives to people. The ones she gives to me always represent me in some way.

#3- She is a movie Buff. I love that if I want to go see a movie Amy is up for it.

#2- She is fun to hang out with. I love going shopping with her, out to lunch or dinner with her or just going to get hot chocolate or Ice cream.

The #1 reason I love her is because she is a genuine friend.