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It snowed over the weekend so Levi took Cooper out with the Gubler kids sledding this morning. It's nice with the motorcycle track, it's like built in bunny hills. please ignore the shaky parts, i had to run and get into veiw.

Gemma also started laughing, not just smiles and gasps, like actual giggles. It's so cute!!

Coop the poop

I have only been blogging about Gemma lately so I thought I would put some pictures of the Coop. The ones in the plaid shirts are on Thanksgiving. He was such a good helper until he turned the stove up and almost burned the squash. He was just so tired he fell asleep at 6:30!! A thanksgiving miracle. :D

TWILIGHT!!!

It's Here! Twilight is out!! We bought out tickets 2 weeks in advance to make sure we all got in. Jandi is nice enough to let me tag along with her and all of her girlfriends to dinner and the movie tonight.I even made t-shirts for her and I, and a few of the others. I was going to write, "All i want for Christmas is a Cullen" (courtesy of Leah) but it was too hard to write with the bleach pen or permanent marker.. so i settled for some swirls and the title. Jandi's turned out way better than mine because i did her's second, but they still look pretty good. Here is a pic. I hope the movie is good. :D

More pics...

Here are a few more pictures of Gemma. They are a little more recent than the ones i posted earlier today.

Photo Shoot

Here are a few pictures i have taken of Gemma. They are a few weeks old,so she looks quite a bit different now. She is just getting cuter every day... :D

Blessing

We were lucky enough to have Levi's family come up for the weekend to help with the basement and be here for Gemma's blessing. Gemma was such a good baby up there getting blessed, she was wide awake and didn't make a peek. Levi did good as always. I didn't get the family pictures on my camera, but here are a few pictures i took of all of us after church with Gemma...

The Great 8

8 Favorite TV shows...(ONLY 8!?)
1. Lost
2. House
3. Bones
4. Smallville
5. Cash Cab
6. Alias
7. Wheel of Fortune
8. 24

8 Favorite Restaurants...
1. Outback
2. Texas Roadhouse
3. Olive Garden
4. Marv's
5. The Dogfather
6. Chili's
7. Winger's
8. Taco Beezy

8 things that happened yesterday...
1. Fed Gemma and Cooper
2. Watched cartoons
3. Got Gemma, Coop, and Myself dressed in 20 min.
4. Went to the park with Jo and Boys
5. Ran errands
6. Went to Leah's
7. Called Levi
8. Actually slept more than 4 hours!!

8 things to look forward to...
1. Christmas
2. Snow
3. When Gemma sleeps all night
4. Seeing Levi
5. watching my kids grow
6. Levi getting into P. School
7. Levi Finishing school
8. Being financially stable

8 things I love about Fall...
1. Pumkin pie
2. Thanksgiving
3. Seeing family
4. Warm clothes
5. BYU vs Utah
6. Halloween
7. Kids parties
8. Fall Break

8 things on my wishlist...
1. A Bike for Cooper's birthday
2. a really cute warm jacket
3. lose 10 pounds
4. A deer for Levi
5. A boat for Levi (someday)
6. A sweet scrapbooking room for me (someday)
7. A Denali to pull the boat..haha
8. An easy day

I tag who ever wants to do it :D

St. George

I am on a little vacation in St. George with the kids. My mom is helping me out with the kids and i am having a good time visiting with my sisters. Here are a few pictures of the kiddos...

Here is coop making a "spongebob" smile

I just thought this was hilarious...

Gemma Girl

We have been calling this the Levi face.

The Boys.. Coop, Spanks, Bub

Gemma Girl

Here are a few more pictures of Gemma. Coop is doing good with her most of the time. He gets pretty jealous though.

Gemma Nadine

Our baby girl is here. She was born on September 16th at 8:41 pm. She was 7 ounds even and 19in. here are a few pictures...

Idaho

A few pictures of our adventure in Idaho...

The Gubler's Home and our new pad... :D

Cooper and his new bud Andrew snacking on some icecream


Levi enjoying the wide open space

Cooper LOVES Blake's 4 wheeler


A different kind of sunset

Happy Birthday Levi!!

Happy Birthday Levi, I can't beleive your 25! A Quarter century... :D I love you so much, your the best thing that ever happened to me. I hope you have a great day!!

I'm tagged!

~So here's how this "Tag" works people. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts about yourself. Then tag 5 people at the end of your post and leave them a comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

3 Joys
1. When i get cuddles from Cooper or Levi (they're both quite rare ;D)
2. Spending time with my sisters and thier kids
3. Nachos from Taco Beezy (also quite rare)

3 Fears
1. An unhealthy baby
2. Being alone
3. Heights

3 Goals
1. Get back into my skinny jeans after this baby!!
2. Help Levi finish school
3. Be a GREAT mom with 2 kids (thats still wierd to think about)

3 Current obsessions/ collections
1. Making head bands for my baby GIRL :D
2. Finishing getting ready for her arrival... 9 weeks!! AHHH!!
3. Boggle

3 Surprising facts about me
1. I am the only one of my childhood friends with a baby (ies)
2. I think Wolf spiders are Gods greatest gift (they eat cockroaches)
3. I have never left the country besides Mexico

I tag everyone who would like to!! I love to read em'

Melissa's birthday cake

Since i have been making some cakes lately Penny asked me to make a cake for Melissa's birthday this year. I didn't really have an idea whether to make it just cute or elegant or what, so i mixed and i think it turned out really good! Here are a few pictures...
P.S. I just noticed there is still powdered sugar on one of the bow loops. Oopps!

Kitties

We are finally moved into Levi's parent house for a few weeks until we make our move up to Idaho. To our surprise his family got a couple kitties to help out outside around the house. They are so Cute! Cooper loves them. he asks for the "Ditties" all day long. He is really good with them and picks them up nice and sets them down nice 95% of the timw. :D Here are a few pictures...

Twilight

I was a little hesitant at first because i didn't really like the actor they chose for Edward, but after seeing the trailor i decided i am really excited!! Here is a link to the trailer at IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/video/trailer/vi2380464409/

Ps.. Levi bought me The Host for mothers day, I haven't started it yet, but am excited about that too. I'll let you know how it turns out

Update

I haven't been keeping up on the Blog too well lately, so here is an update... Our family is just working really hard to get everything ready for Jo's Wedding, I'm practicing cakes, Leah is sewing dresses, my mom and dad are franticly trying to get their house in PV ready... It's been pretty hectic, but fun.

As far as my pregnancy goes i am feeling the baby move more and more, Levi has felt it a few times. My ultrasound showed that my placenta is too low, so i am going to have a few more ultrasounds to watch that and make sure it doesn't grow too far down. My doctor says it shouldn't be a problem though, so i am going to take his word for it. other than that we are staying busy with Cooper and work.. Hope everyone is doing good!!

practice cake top

I am making Jo's cake for their wedding in June and this is just a practice top layer. She already has a cake topper so i'm not going to do a monogram i was just messing around... But i was pretty proud of myself for the first try..

And the verdict is.......

It's a GIRL!!! :D I am so excited, i already went to look at fabric for her room!! I didn't find anything though... I will post the ultrasound pictures when i get a chance. But she looks healthy and everything is normal.

How Many of Me?

I had a friend send this site to me, i thought it was pretty interesting, but i doubt it's that accurate since there are NO Cooper Willard's in the US..

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 55 people with my name in the U.S.A. http://howmanyofme.com">How many have your name?

There are 613,976 people in the U.S. with the first name Amanda.
Statistically the 80th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Amanda are female
There are 27,355 people in the U.S. with the last name Willard.
Statistically the 1298th most popular last name.
There are 55 people in the U.S. named Amanda Willard

"Gook Mama"

Cooper woke up a little earlier than usual this morning, and i was exausted, so i put on a blues clues, made him a bottle and some toast and went and laid back down for a little while. I knew it was a recipe for disaster, but i was too tired to care. About 25 minutes later when the Blues Clues was over i could hear Coop out in the living room playing around and laughing... as i laid there i smelled something stinky, but i figured it was Ava, our dog's, breath, or mine. Then i heard it... "gook mama poo" which translates "look mom poo". i imeidiatly jumped up becuase i was scared Ava went in the house and Cooper had it, but to my surprise, in the middle of his room sat Cooper with his hand in the edge of his diaper pulling out poo. He painted a beautiful mural on the wall. It was awsome. :S I threw him in the bath and got him all clean and then i had to tackle his room. I am so glad that my gagging reflex is in full swing from the pregnancy, it made things so much more fun...

Templates

I wanted to change my background template for a while now, so i found one that i liked, copied the HTML and pasted it, but it was going to delete all of my family and friends links and the baby ticker and everything so i didn't change it... is there a way to use a custom background and not lose all of that?? I guess i'm not as blogger savvy as i thought.. :D

Is it a boy or girl??

I went to the doctor last week for my monthly check up and i got to schedule my ultrasound!! YAY!! So on April 23 i will know if its a boy or a girl... :D I'm hoping for a girl myself, but everyone is telling me i want another boy. Whatever it is i will be so excited! OH! p.s. my due date isn't in October it is in September.. the 26th to be exact, it;s always good news when they take a few weeks off. :D At the bottom of the page there is a poll... let me know what you think!

P.S. Check out this cool baby progress thing -->

Names

My Cousin Jessica had this name thing on her Blog and i thought it was really funny so i did it... I think hers was a little better but it's still pretty good...

1. ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, street you live on): Birdie Main
2. GANGSTA NAME (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Jamocha Thongs
3. NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): Pink Horse
4. SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Marie Walnut Creek
5. STAR WARS NAME (first three letters of your last name, last two letters of your first name): Wilda
6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Aqua CranApple
7. NASCAR NAME (names of your grandfathers): Spencer Claude
8. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 6th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Gravit Gainsville
9. SPY NAME (favorite season/holiday, favorite flower): Spring Dahlia
10. CARTOON NAME (favorite fruit, article of clothing you are wearing right now): Apple Skirt
11. HIPPIE NAME (what you ate for breakfast, favorite tree): Yogurt Dogwood
12. MIDDLE EASTERN NAME (you first and last name backwards) Adnama Dralliw

Farewell Uncle Jaden

Levi's brother Jaden left for the Munich Germany Austria Mission on Wednesday. He is a Great uncle. Cooper Loves him so much. Jaden played with Cooper so well and was always willing to take him on the go cart and play games with him. Cooper and us are going to miss him a lot!

Easter

Over Easter weekend we were invited to leah's to have a egg hunt with some of our cousins, and on Saturday we went out to the desert with Levi's family to have a picnic and another egg hunt. We had a great time with both, and the best part was since Cooper got to practice hunting eggs at Leah's he was great on Saturday!

Here is Cooper in Leahs backyard a little confused on what to do...

Figuring it out :D

I think he's got it. Hahaha

Here's cooper on Saturday in the desert running to get some eggs. Ava isn't far behind, like always.

We also had a great time shooting with all the cousins.
Cooper in his easter outfit after Jaden's farewell on Sunday.