Getting Organized, Finally!

3 way Laundry basket

Now I can see what I have!

All River's clothes are now in order of size, so no more searching.

We finally have a dresser!!

I can see everything now! Yay!

Tony and I both have a dresser

Just cause I couldn't do a post without River :)

I have always been somewhat of a organized person, but since I have been married I have felt so unorganized and felt things start to get cluttery and I hated it. I have just felt to overwhelmed and didn't even know where to begin. A couple times Tony and I have tried to get our closet organized (our closet was the worst) but it never felt or stayed organized because we haven't had a dresser, so there would just be piles of clean clothes on the floor. Then, I have been really bad about laundry! We have never really had a good place to put dirty clothes either, so they would just end up on the floor with the clean clothes and then who knew what was clean or dirty! Well, we decided to finally do something about it. One of my mom's friends and designer was having a gargage sale and we were able to pick up two dressers for a really great price! Finally we had a place to put our clean things that didn't need to be hung. I was so happy that I decided I needed a luandry basket to keep up the organization. I found this great 3 basketed laundry holder that was on sale at Target. Now we have a place for a dirty and clean clothes! Now I just need to make sure I stay on top of the laundry, but I really feel like it will be a lot easier now. I got in the mode of organizing and decided to get my jewelry out of the plastic bin it was all jumbled up in and now have it displayed on a cork board so I can actually see what I have. It is kind of ghetto but hey it works :) Next was River's closet and clothes. I put them all in order of size so now I'm not searching in the morning for things that match in the same sizes. You probably think I'm ridiculous for blogging about this, but I just feel such a sense of relief now that it is done!! Here is to happy organizing...hopefully I can keep it looking like this :)

TV already?!

River isn't even 3 months and he loves the TV already! We learned he liked it when Tony went to youtube one night Riv was upset and played him a video of Elmo's song. He loved it! He would stop fussing and just stare at the computer! So, I decided I would get a Elmo DVD, and it works! Riv has been getting to the point were he will fuss unless you hold him or entertain him. Needless to say it has made it hard for me to even take a shower without him crying. This little DVD has worked perfect, I just turn it on and run and get ready, and no crying! YAY! I just can't believe he already likes TV, I thought that was more of a toddler thing. Im grateful though!

Splish Splash I was takin' a bath..

He may hate me later for posting this, but he is so cute!

Ignore my double chin! Sick! Haha

Tony doesn't look happy cause he isn't! I used River as a ploy to get him out of bed :)

This is the kind of water River loves! Warm bath water! He takes after his mother, I love hot showers and Tony thinks my skin should all be burnt off by now. He is learning that if he kicks his little legs the water will splash. It is so cute how he looks stunned for a minute after the water splashes, like, Did I do that? I tried to get him splashing on video, but he was done :( The last pic is of Tony trying to take a nap on a Saturday, but River and I had other plans. We wanted to play! Poor Tony wasn't very happy when we woke him up, but we ended up going to get some cookies at smart cookie ( Yummy ) So it was worth waking up :)

Pioneer Day!

River & Tony at the pool

Luckily Cheyenne let us borrow a hat so Riv didn't get burned

Poor guy still doesn't like the water :(

Tony looking good!!

Cute Cheyenne & Ava joined us later that day

What do we have to do to get River to like water?

Loving my boy!

So, Tony has been wanting to go to the pool all summer, but we never found the time. I figured Pioneer Day would be perfect because he would have the day off. We got there right when they opened to ensure we could get some lawn chairs. I thought that maybe with Daddy there River would do better in the water, but no luck. I guess he is still just to young, but I will keep trying. :) My friend Jill's daughter, Kelsey, calls River "baby water" because of his name (So cute!) So he really needs to like water, not hate it!! haha! After a few hours at the pool we decided it was time to go. Luckily River's skin has done really well in the sun with his spf on. Tony on the other hand has always been allergic to spf, but for some reason River's baby spf he can use. So, now that he had spf he could use I thought he would...nope! I guess he just put it on his shoulders, so the rest of him was all red. I still don't know why he didn't just use it everywhere?! But boys will be boys I guess. We then met up with my family in SL to go to dinner @ Ruby's Diner. None of us had been there so it was fun to try something new. We had a fun and relaxing Pioneer Day! Yay for days we can all spend together!

This is what I love about the South

The South knows how to make beautiful neighborhoods! I want this home, I love it! We found a neighborhood full of beautiful homes like this while in NC. I wish Utah would wake up and get some class. Someday I hope I will be able to have a home similar to this one. It is just so timeless, this home will always look classy. I will keep dreaming......

We are back from North Carolina!

River was the best behaved baby EVER!!

River taking a business call with Grandpa @ Biltmore

Grandpa and Riv relaxing

Amazing detail!

The view from the Biltmore patio

The Biltmore Estate

We had a wonderful time in North Carolina! We were super lucky in more then one way. First, River couldn't have done better on the flights there and home! He was amazing, seriously such a little trooper. He didn't make a peep :) I was amazed and very thankful! Second, North Carolina was having some unusually low humidity which made our stay so enjoyable. While we were there we took a day and traveled about two hours away to visit the home of the Vanderbilt family. It is the largest privately owned home in the US! It is huge. It was built in the late 1800's and was equipped with all the latest and greatest, nothing was spared. They had electric light bulbs (Thomas Edison light bulbs), indoor swimming pool (lit with under water lights!), and anything else you can think of. It is still owned by the family today but is used as a tourist attraction. North Carolina approached the family in the 1930's and asked if they would open there home to tourism to help in the depression. It was a unbelievable place. We weren't allowed to take pics from inside, but it was like a castle! The house alone takes up 4 acres, they owned just over a thousand acres! So all you can see in the pic of the view off their patio, they own it! It was a very cool place to visit. It took us over 5 hours to see the whole house. River was so good, he didn't even get a nap the whole trip, but he never complained. He is such a good child! I'm so lucky :) We had a very fun relaxing trip. River and I were glad we got to tag along with my Dad on a business trip. We did do a little business too, but that's not fun to talk about :) We were glad to come home to Tony and be in our own place again.

North Carolina

River and I are off to North Carolina this morning for a business trip with my Dad. This is going to be River's first time on a plane! Wish me luck I'm very nervous about it. I will be back late Wed. so I will update with pics then :)