I am doing another book order and it's due tomorrow. If you are interested in ordering anything and I will see you in the next few months please do it! These books are a great deal and I can get points toward getting books for my classroom.

Go to scholastic.com and click on the Parents tab then scroll down to Book Clubs (or book orders, I'm not really sure which). Enter the username mrsburdens class and the password pathfinder. Make sure to put in your name where it asks for the student's name, that way I know who it is for! I'll probably place the order tomorrow night or Sunday morning.

Spring Break

We had such a fun Spring Break! We went to Boise and rested and played. I love going home and relaxing with my family. We had a blast going out to lunch and watching movies. Steve even got to go golfing a few times. The weekend was crazy fun. My cousin and her two cuties as well as my aunt and uncle and their family got to my parents' house on Thursday. We made cake pops as seen on the Bakerella blog and hunted for eggs. My cousin's son was very excited to make popcorn in the air popper...We loved listening to him scream, "Take it off! Take it all the way off!" to my mom. He was a little disappointed when the popcorn didn't pop all over the kitchen. We finished the week with a nice Easter dinner at Steve's sister's home. What a great week! It was very hard to come back to reality on Monday. (I am sorry the quality of the picture is so bad! I'm not sure what is up with blogger today!)

2 Month Appointment

This is E right after her shots...look at how serene she looks! I was amazed!

I know I already posted about E's 2 month "birthday" but I figured I would post her stats from her appointment this morning for posterity's sake.

Weight: 11.9 pounds (75%)
Height: 24 in (95%)
Head Circumference: 15.5 in (75%)

The doctor said she looks perfect and even told me that I could start putting her to bed earlier and just waking her for her nighttime feeding! This is exciting news because it means we can all be sleeping all night long now (except for one 11:00 feeding)! E got her shots today and did awesome! She cried while they were giving them, but stopped immediately after. She really liked the Rotovirus medicine that she had to drink...it even made her smile. She is a little cranky now, but who wouldn't be after being stuck 3 times! What a brave girl. Since she can't have any treats yet, I got 2 for myself : ).

Sorry there aren't any pictures. I will (hopefully) get some posted once I download them.

2 Months

For E's 2 month birthday we got her all gussied up and went to visit Daddy at work and then took a quick trip to Costco with grandpa.
*Make sure to note her sweet shoes that Grandma K gave to her in the hospital when she was born. So cute!

*The illusive smile!

*A collage of some of her cutest moments this last month.

I can't believe my baby is 2 months old!!! Time really flies! I was just thinking about how 10 months ago our lives changed forever when I found out I was pregnant. The dreams and imaginings that I had over the following 8 months cannot compare to the love and joy I feel having E in our home. I love this girl wholly and completely! My heart is no longer mine...it belongs now to Steve and E.

This month this sweet girl learned to laugh and smile. We can tell now when it's gas and when she really thinks we are being silly. There is nothing like having an infant smile at you...that's when you feel really funny! Our other other favorite trick she learned this month was to sleep through the night! That started happening about a week and a half ago. It is awesome!

Going back to work has been one of the hardest transitions I have ever had to make in my life. I have been so grateful for the help we have received from my mom and my in-laws. They have come into our home and taken care of my baby just as I would. Steve has been lucky enough to stay home with her on his off weeks. I couldn't ask for any better baby sitters!!!

Holy Crap!

***Lucky for you all I decided to forgo any pictures along with this post!***

Sorry for the subject of this post...but I feel that most parents will understand and be able to relate! Tonight Steve was holding our sweet little E when I heard him say, "Oooh, I felt that one on my leg!" (While our baby may be our princess, she doesn't make princess-like sounds or smells.) Then he said, "Oh my gosh! That's why I felt it!" Followed by him running up the stairs yelling, "I could use some help with this one!" As I followed behind him I (luckily) looked down at the tile and saw a bright splatter the color of deli mustard. As I got up the stairs I saw a cute little girl covered in poop. It was disgusting! Steve hopped in the shower while I proceeded to change a very cute little bum. When I took of the diaper E decided to finish the job and piddle in the open air. I quickly covered her up, let her finish, and then wiped her down. After a quick shower with daddy I took her out and started drying her on the towel when she decided to live up to her new nickname of Squirt...that's right...she piddled again. So now we are left with one sweet smelling little baby and a large load of stinky, stained clothes.

P.S. Any awesome tips on how to get out breastfed baby poop? Feel free to share because I haven't quite mastered the art yet!

Boise Baby Shower

The week before I went back to work we were able to go to Boise for a little vacation and a baby shower. It was so much fun to relax and let people hold E for us! The shower was so much fun. I loved seeing most of the people I love from home. I just wish everyone could have made it! Thank you so much to Debbie and Linda and everyone who helped!!! I loved it!

Steve and Miss E at the ward party.

4 generation picture.

Yummy food from the shower and the CUTE diaper cake!

Some of my favorite people were able to make it to the shower:

Little Miss got tons of snuggle time that week!

Thanks Mom and Dad and everyone who helped with the shower! It was so much fun!!!

Another Yummy Dinner

image taken from Taste the Joy

My new past time has become looking through food blogs. I star the yummy recipes on my reader and then go back later and try to make them. So far I have been very successful. I consider these blogs like the ward cookbook of the 21st century...recipes that are tried and true and really don't need much tweaking to make them to my taste. Here is another success: little cheddar meatloaves. Holy moly these were so yummy! The only changes I made were to use onion soup mix rather than onions because it was Sunday and my supplies were scarce; I also added a bit of ketchup to the meat mix because I really like "tomatoey" meatloaf. I am so glad I doubled this recipe so we can have leftovers this week...yum!