Rylee Allison Bean- what a cutie!

I took these pics of my friend's baby a few weeks ago. She is a sweetheart. We love the Bean family :) Rylee and Bentley are best friends already...

My Life Could Not Be Sweeter

Never been happier :)

Happy Father's Day to my best friend

Happy Father's Day JJ!!

I got up and made JJ homemade cinnamon rolls to start of Father's day. So yummy!

A few little gifts... there are pics of Bentley in the wrapping so he could have pictures of her to put in his office at work.


His main present though was a pair of tickets to Stadium of Fire, A.K.A. BRAD PAISLEY CONCERT!! B.P. is JJ's favorite and I kept this a secret from him for months. He was pretty excited!!

I know this post is a little late, but better late than never, right....?? Father's day was so fun for me, I don't know about JJ, but I love making surprises for him and doing things he doesn't know about. He hates it, and that's partly why I like it so much :) Anyway... JJ has to be the cutest dad I have EVER EVER seen. I know I'm partial, but he is just so sweet with Bentley. Sometimes I want to cry just watching him with her.

I love how happy he is to help me with her, even when it's 3 in the morning. He always is happy and excited to talk to her and hold her, even if he can't keep his eyes open because he's so tired!

I love how he talks to her... ha ha. It's like they're in their own little world or something. He says she understands because he talked to her like that when she was in my stomach- he was prepping her.

I love that he has probably changed her diaper more than I have- so nice!

I love that while he's at work all day he asks me all the time how she's doing or what she's doing or if she's okay. He makes sure I have the hand sanitizer available whenever anyone comes over and he's really concerned about taking her anywhere. Not even three weeks old and already so protective.... we'll see what happens when she's a teenager- poor girl :) (JK jage)

I loved his comment the other day: "Everyone always said 'Just wait until you have your own kid- you love them more than you ever thought possible.' It's really true. I can't believe that she's ours and I can't believe how much I love her already." This made my heart melt.

I love when he's burping her and her head is just flopping everywhere because she can't stay awake and JJ says, "Bentley, do you think this is a massage??" Ha ha ha... cracks me up every time and I don't even know why.

I love how much he loves her to fall asleep on his chest. It's so stinkin' cute. He said the other day: "I could hold her like this forever."

I love how proud he is of her. He loves carrying in her car seat when we go places and I know he feels (in his words) "so legit" to be a dad. I think he wants her to look cute as much as I do. He was being so picky when we went to the mall the other day to pick out a bow.... sheesh JJ! That's supposed to be the mom's job :) Totally kidding. I love how concerned he is!

I love how sweet he his to Bentley's mom (yep, that's me). Any good father always loves and admires their children's mother, and JJ does such a good job of that. He always asks what he can do to help. He always makes me laugh when I'm tired and stressed and don't know if I'm being a good enough mom. He looks for the good in every situation and makes me feel like everything is going to be okay. Every day I am more and more grateful for him. Every day I realize more and more why Heavenly Father put us in each other's path. I need him every day. He makes my life so good and so happy. I pray every day that he'll be safe and healthy because I honestly don't know what I would do without him. I'm so grateful for the Gospel because it allows me to be with him FOREVER :) And allows our sweet baby Bentley to be with us forever too!


Thanks for all you do Jage. For working so hard every day and going to school and being the best father/husband we could ask for! Bentley and I love you so much.

Love this! My two favorite people in the whole world... sleeping peacefully :)

JJ and Gentry with their baby girls. So sweet!

Our little family. I am soooooooo lucky!!

Sneak peak at Baby Bentley

Wow- what an experience bringing this sweet little girl into the world. I absolutely ADORE her :) Bentley Mae Melton was born on June 2, 7 lbs 1 oz and 18 inches long. I've been recovering from a C section and sooooo tired all the time (sheesh, moms go through a lot) so I haven't blogged about her yet. This is just one pic of her to satisfy my sister, Kari, but tomorrow I will make a real post with tons of cute pics we have of her. JJ could not love her more and I just love watching him with her. These two weeks with her have been so sweet- I'm going to love being her mommy.

Spring 2011

Some highlights from Spring...

We went golfing a couple weekends in a row with my brother, Jonny, and his wife, Hannah. It was fun to be outside and be JJ's caddy/driver. I only took a couple swings- I didn't think my body would appreciate a fully round of golf after not being active for the past 8 months... :)

The best part was JJ's HOLE IN ONE!!!! Couldn't believe it. Par 3, hits from the tee box, bounces once then rolls right into the hole!!! What can I say, my husband is amazing! Seriously though, that was pretty awesome Jage- congrats. He wasn't jumping up and down on the tee box with my brother and yelling out of excitement... or anything :)




Easter weekend... JJ was his nieces and nephews' personal jungle gym for at least 20 minutes... he has so much fun with kids and I can't wait to see him with our own daughter. He's going to be the cutest dad ever!

JJ caught me in the action... who can resist Girl Scout cookies??? Samoas and Thin mints.... mmmmm hmmmm.


I absolutely love the swing on the back porch at JJ's parent's house. Maybe it's because we used to sit out there and talk for hours when we were dating... I love making JJ tell me about when we were dating- at first he complains but then he realizes how fun it is to remember all the cute things we did when we were dating (our whole 6 weeks of dating before we got engaged... ha ha). Anyway, I think he looks really cute in this picture.

Ace and JJ had twinner shirts on- Ace thought this was the best thing EVER!
(Pic #1 of JJ's rotten beard)


Pic #2 of JJ's beard... I don't know why he loved it so much. I guess it's a guy thing- maybe you feel more like a guy if you can grow a beard??? I wouldn't mind it so much but kissing a bearded face is not my favorite....


Pic #3 of JJ's beard... right before he shaved it and got his hair cut (thank you Jobi!!!)

St. George

Earlier this year we went to St. George as sort of a last getaway before the baby comes. Everyone we told called it a "baby moon" whatever that means. I guess people do this a lot? Who knows. Anyway, we stayed at JJ's aunt and uncle's house. We slept in, went out to eat, we sat in the hot tub- well JJ did, got some sun.... it was just fun to get away and not think about work or school or anything. I usually dread the car rides to anywhere, but a lot of times they are one of the funnest parts. JJ sings his heart out to Brad Paisley, we play the "guess who sings this song" game (only with country songs though), and we get really good snacks that we're always excited to munch on. Mine is always twizzlers and JJ loves Dill Pickle sunflower seeds, and he'll get some kind of chocolate along the way.

This first picture isn't the most attractive, but I had to put it on here because it's evidence of my one true craving since I've been pregnant: ROOT BEER. I just can't get enough of it. I've never really had a thing for soda. I don't dislike it, but I'd usually rather have lemonade or something. Now, when I drive past a gas station it's a battle to decide whether or not to stop and get a drink! I can't believe it. I don't ever stop but I've gotten close! I wonder if she'll love root beer because of me....

We drove a little ways to watch Jaxon, JJ's little brother, play baseball. I look really annoyed to be there but I was actually enjoying being outside. I think I had gotten mad at JJ over something about McDonald's breakfast.... so dumb!! So that's probably part of why I look annoyed. I was glad we went to watch him. Jaxon is so sweet!

We tried this frozen yogurt from a place called Menchie's and we LOVED it. Maybe it's because we never get frozen yogurt and maybe it's because everything tastes better when you're on vacation and not worrying as much about how much you're spending :) Either way, I love the picture below because I think it describes our personalities. As much as I love chocolate, I can't get away from the fruity flavors- I think this was a mix of strawberry and peach. Kind of boring but sweet and tangy- like me I guess. JJ loves his chocolate, and his also has layers of butterfinger and something else mixed in- which describes him: enticing to look at (at least I think so- ha ha) and a mix of whatever floats his boat that day. But of course his is always better than mine.... even if mine really tasted better than his by the end of our debate he would have me convinced that his is better, just because he's so good at getting people to think like him.... sometimes I hate this, but it makes me laugh at the same time. I love him- even if he does make me think his frozen yogurt is better than mine!!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day... I can't believe I'm blogging about Valentine's Day and it's June tomorrow. Oh well, I'll do it to keep the memories I guess :) It's our 2 year tradition to go to Teppenyaki for V-day. Who knows if we'll have money for things like this next year without me working... so we enjoyed it while we can. We love it. I eat as much as I can and JJ eats his plate plus the rest of mine. We look forward to it all day! You might not be able to see my stomach, but my face definitely looks bigger- couldn't hide being pregnant anymore at this point.

Ace's Birthday

Ace is my 4-year-old nephew, and honestly one of the cutest kids I know. Ace's best friend in the whole world is JJ. Sometimes we'll walk into their house, Ace will run up to JJ, take him by the hand and ask "Jage, we're still best friends, right?" He'll ask his mom if he can text JJ and he always wants to be right next to him whenever we're with him. It's pretty cute. For his birthday we decided instead of giving him a present we would take him on a date. Here are a few highlights from the night...

His favorite color is blue so we took him to Macey's and got Blue Raspberry dipped ice cream cones. He liked it, but he just liked the fact that he had the same thing as JJ.

As we were walking into Macey's Ace asked, "Hey Jage, can we get something from the drink giver?" We didn't really know what he was talking about but then he pointed to the soda machine. So we let him get something from the "drink giver" on the way out. Seriously, his mind works in such funny ways sometimes... ha ha :)


We ended the night by going to the dollar store. He got to pick out 4 things since he was turning 4 years old!! He almost fell asleep in the car on the way home- I guess we wore him out. I can't wait to do fun things like this with our own little girl, but there is something special about being an Aunt and Uncle that just makes it so fun. Maybe it's because you can sugar them up and then give them back!!

Baby Ashlyn

This is Ashlyn. She is the daughter of one of my best friends, Jenny.
I took these pictures of her a few weeks ago.
She is a sweetheart and so stinkin' cute!

It's a GIRL!!!

We went to our 20 week appointment/ultrasound on Thursday and we found out that we are having a baby GIRL!! We are so excited. I really thought it was a boy so I was kind of shocked when she said it was a girl, but I can't wait to have our sweet little daughter. I hope she's more like her dad so that she's not so emotional like I am :) Here is a picture of her cute little profile. I think she has my lips!

Baby!

This is the first picture we took of my pregnant belly. I was only about 4 months pregnant so it's not too big, but significant enough to make me know there is a baby in there :) The second picture is an early ultrasound that we had to have.... it was just a little peanut then...

Christmas

Christmas break was the best. I love when JJ and I don't have to work and we just get to hang out with each other and our families....

We decorated our little apartment the best that we could. Here is a pic of our cute little tree that Andrea and Austin gave us for our wedding. JJ was excited to put the ornaments on it- he's cute about things like that.
We had a Chinese theme for our Christmas dinner with the Meltons.... I love them. They make everything fun. Jon and Julie even dressed up for the occasion... ha ha. We're making "I love you" signs in this pic to send to Jobi since she and her family couldn't come until the next week.
We went over to the Mitchell's on Christmas Eve to be Santa's elves and help Ana and Jas wrap a million presents for the kids. I made my sister Kari's cinnamon rolls (so yummy) and we woke up at the crack of dawn to make sure we got to watch the kids run down the stairs and find their Christmas presents. They were pretty funny to watch.

My BEST Christmas present, well one of them, was getting my own car!!!!!!!!!! It may not seem pretty or special to anyone else, but if you knew that I have been riding the bus, walking in the cold and just the fact that we've been trying to get me a car for months, you would probably be excited. I seriously had tears in my eyes the first time I got to drive myself to work.... it really is such a blessing. JJ's friend Grant gave us a really good deal on it so of course JJ was excited about that!