Avery's 2nd Birthday

So I totally cried, not while everyone was around because I wanted to make sure things went well, which of course they never go exactly as planned but it was AWESOME!!!! It was the family and friends who made it awesome! I was planning on making invitations for everyone for the party but ran out of time and sent an evite which worked out great anyway. I am in the process of making an invitation for Avery's book regardless. :) Today wasn't her actual 2nd birthday but we knew that people would be gone on her acutally birthday which was the 28th and we didn't want to interfer with anyone else's birthday so we did it today.

Since Avery loves Tinkerbell I went with a Tinkerbell theme. I have an awesome sister-n-law Adelyn who makes fabulous cakes so I totally asked for help with making Avery's cake. She and I looked online and found the PERFECT cake! It was a green fairy cake! It turned out AWESOME! Adelyn did a great job with the fondant and I couldn't have asked for a cuter cake! Avery was really excited last night and while Adelyn and I were working on it because I told her it was HER cake! We finished putting it together right before the party started! :) My awesome mother made homemade Broccili soup, I made Bean and Bacon and yes it was out of the can, while my mother-n-law brought a veggie tray. So everyone was able to have some lunch before having a sugar overload! We had so many family and friends there I was worried because as most of you know that house isn't huge in size but it worked out great. It ended up being really nice outside so the older kids would go out and play in the backyard and then all of the kids pretty much ended up in Avery's room to play with the toys.
Avery was very blessed to have those who were able to make her party there and even though some couldn't make it we know you would have if you could have and we really appreciate that!

I can hardly believe almost 2 years ago I was in labor with Avery for 12 hours before Dr. West took her by C-section. She has and is a true joy in our life and I couldn't ask for anything else! We are excited for another girl but Avery will always be my baby!

Halloween

Well I am trying to catch up on my blog. So I decided I better do some of the Halloween pictures I had. Of course they didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but I figured my little "Tinkerbell" better get recognized anyway.

Avery LOVES "Tinkerbell" and I got an awesome deal at the Disney Store on her costume! She was so excited that she had to put it on the night we bought it! We didn't end up making it to our ward Trunk or Treat but we did make it to Sky's parents. So here's my baby girl as Miss Tinkerbell for Halloween 2009. It was pretty funny so learned the concept that if she would hold her bucket up to people she got candy! Eventually her bucket was so full that she could hardly raise it up to people anymore, so we made the decision that she didn't need anymore and besides Sky and I would probably eat most of it for her anyway.

What's in a Name

This is the main topic of discussion at our house right now....Girl Names! Still undecided and driving me crazy since I don't have a name picked out yet but Sky's gentle reminder is 3 months away but to me it's like 3 days away since I'm OCD about having everything ready!

The day we found out we were having a girl I was on my way out to the Western Idaho Fair and my friend Alexis who is Charlie's best friend from high school was working the same shift I was and she thought it would be fun to have a name suggestion box, well as you can probably guess people through out some really crazy names probably none of which we will use but it was fun for everyone and fun for Skyler and I to read them since we wait til the fair was over which was another 6 days or so.

Here are the name suggestions:
*Jasmine
*Kinnsey
*Joie Tatiana
*Areia
*Shineequa
*BraBra
*Emery
*Indigo Sky Jones
*Nicholas Jones the Second
*Veronica
*Logan
*Gertrude
*Bethusala
*Winifred
*Bertha
*Herminee
*Helga
*Bon Qui Qui

Thanks for all the fabulous name suggestions!

"Another Baby Girl!"

Our newest and greatest surprise is girl #2!!!!

Skyler and I were both hoping for a boy but like my mom told me, "You always wanted a sister" so I guess Avery gets one instead of me. We went in for the ultrasound on th 25th of August right dead smack during the mild of the fair and reality finally kicked in that baby #2 is on the way! We both noticed right away that we were having a girl but neither of us said a word to each other. Our newest bundle reminded me of Avery, constantly moving (and does on a daily basis) and didn't want to be picked on with the ultrasound probe. We have some fun pictures but no side view profile like with Avery.

Overall this pregnancy has been great, I was sick til almost 5 months and worked loved that I would throw up all the time but now I'm completely exhausted. I guess working full-time, being a full-time wife and mother of a toddler sure is wearing me down but only 3 months to go and then Skyler who already is the odd man out will be even more so...but then again his little girl loves her daddy more than anything so my thought process is so will this little girl!

New Toy

Avery has a new play area!!! All thanks to my parents...So thanks mom and dad! Avery absolutely loves it, especially the big slide. We are also hopefully planning on using this so I can stay home. I am hoping to be able to watch 2 other children if I can find someone who has the need for a less expensive baby sitting opportunity. It's looking like things might be to expensive for me to continue working with having 2 babies in daycare. If you know anyone who has a need please let me know. If it all works out I will do preschool for Avery at home as it is much cheaper than sending her some where.

We also had another great find about 3-4 weeks ago, the picture didn't turn out so I will have to post it later but we found Avery a Hummer H2! We have been looking for something for her for a while but weren't going to spend between 250-300 dollars for one so we drove by a yard sale and boom it was right there! Other peoples junk is sometimes a great treasure!!!

Baby Jones

We are please to annouce "Baby" Jones!!!! This was my first ultrasound when I was only about 7 weeks and 4 days along! Of course now I'm between 14-15 weeks at this time.
So I kept putting off the possibility of being pregnant with "Oh it's just major stress from work!" WRONG! We waited about 3-4 weeks before taking a pregnancy test. Sky and I weren't thinking about having a baby just yet, we had talked about but decided to wait until later in the year but I guess that Lord had some HUGE other plans for us.
I'm amazed at how different this pregnancy has been compared to when I was carrying Avery. I don't think I have thrown up so much in my life before! I'm finally starting to keep food down so hopefully Dr. West will be happy with some weight gain since that wasn't happening (even though the belly is getting bigger!) I've already noticed that my belly is higher at the top then it was with Avery. Funny thing is Sky and I were out and about the other day and saw some expecting mother's and their belly's were sure hanging super low and they just looked super uncomfortable I felt bad for them so hopefully I just carry up high again.
We will find out late August what we are having, right around fair time so that should be loads of fun! DANG SUMMER HEAT!
I know I'm a huge slacker when it comes to blogging but never being home because of work and then being to tired to care sure hasn't helped me much in this aspect but if Sky and I can get things figured out I might be staying home, this of course would put a possible second job on Sky but he is being great about being willing to sacrifice for this family so I can be a stay at home mother which is both our dreams! If anyone has any great ideas for stay at home mother's to make an income let me know. I also have thought about watching at the most 2 children so that I can help someone out as well!
So I promise more blogs to come with tons of pictures!

Time for an update!

So I finally have internet at home again! Yeah! And noticed how horrible my blogging has been. I can't believe the last entry was March. :(

So it's time for an update on life at the Jones residence. There will be multiple postings all of which I might not get done today but will have time tomorrow as well!

Well our life is full of wonderful surprises and some not so good ones as well, but that's why the Lord gives us trials.

Sky's work is going great and he loves it! He is making huge progress there and has been told multiple times that he will go far! It's so nice to have him working full-time even though Avery and I don't get to see him as much but we know it is for the best right now. He is still busy playing indoor soccer a couple days a week. Originally he wasn't going to play again this session but one of his buddies is moving to Chicago so we felt he could play 1 last time before the summertime. He is way excited about golfing! He got all of his clubs just last month and has been invited to do some tournaments with his boss but he hasn't had the time just yet so on Memorial Day he is going to get to play 9 holes at Robin Hood and just have some man time. He has been super busy putting our sprinkling system in! This was a HUGE project for us (mainly him, since Avery and I could only do so little). He is way excited to have a green lawn and have nice flowers for me this year! I couldn't ask for a better handy husband.

Avery is 18 months old now...we can't believe it! I have been curious as to how much my little girl weighs and it is about 21 pounds. I guess being short and petite is a good thing. :) She is starting to talk tons! Her vocabulary is growing everyday! Our nursery in our ward is huge, 6 groups just for Avery's age. We are friends with the 1st counsler in the Primary Presidency and she told us we could already put Avery in nursery even though her birthday mark isn't until the 28th. So she has been in nursery since the beginning of the month and she absolutely loves it. Learning to sit still for lesson and singing time will be her challenge but that is something she will leran to do. She truly is our joy and blessing!

I have been busy as mom, wife, and full-time employee. Work has slowed down so much because of the ecomony. People always are saying the people will still take care of their pets....WRONG! Yes there are the people who feel and think that the pets are their children and would do anything they could for them, but then there are the people who can only afford to do some much. It breaks my heart when someone wants to do anything they can but money REALLY does only go so far. Hours for every employee have been cut back and some wages too, but I am pretty lucky. I was made officially the head technician at my clinic! I really have been since Dr. Maloney purchased the clinic a year ago but it was officially signed and announced today! I am really excited and so are the people I work with. Work sure keeps me busy but it's nice to have a husband who does cook when I end up getting off late. I also have been working on losing weight. This has been a struggle for me all my life, but I have so many loving people who are supporting me that it has really helped. I have lost about 10 pounds in 3 weeks! I am way excited! I am back down to pre-pregnancy weight and am working on losing a lot more. My only concern is I don't know how much my body will actually let me lose but the progress I have made is awesome!

There will be updates from Easter, Yardwork, the Sprinkling sytem and a post about our truck so look forward to pictures and lots of info!