Random trips and fun times

**WARNING** Picture overload!!

I have been so behind, and I have been taking so many pictures, and so this post will

mostly be pictures of some things that we have been doing.

Remi in her new pj's. 

She is constantly waving. At. Everything!!

Her hair always cracks me up.

I have given this little stinker two hair trims already, but it just keeps on growing!

I love her bed head when she gets up from naps. 

Love this picture of my loves.

Remi is such a daddy's girl!! The other day, I went in to Best Buy while Eli was working to say hello.

We took Remi out of her carseat and let her see her daddy.

As soon as it was time to go, she cried the instant that he handed her back to me.

She screamed the entire time I tried to buckle her in to her carseat haha.

Here she is again, waving! She is so good at doing it when ever she hears the work Hi or Bye Bye.

What a smartie pants! 

When ever I would bring her out from her room she would wave at the Christmas tree. 

I can definitely tell that she is my daughter whenever I look at pictures of us.

I love seeing myself in her. It makes me realize that I had a part in creating her. I play a part in raising her and making sure she becomes all that her heavenly father wants her to become.

A pretty huge responsibility if you ask me. 

Motherhood has definitely changed me for the better. Sometimes ya it's hard to see my friends carrying on with their fun social lives and college. But I immediately realize that there is nothing else, and I mean nothing, that I would rather be doing than spending my time as Remington's mommy.

We have so much fun each day playing, cuddling, laughing, crying (sometimes not so fun) and just hanging out together. I LOVE being a mom and a wife and am so happy with my life!

My grandma Mallard brought this back from Guatemala for Remington.

She looks so cute and old wearing a back pack.

Before I know it she will be heading off to kindergarten with one of these!! 

*Tear*

Lately, all she wants to do is STAND! She is getting very good at walking. 

The other day she stood for probably 4 whole seconds on her own.

She has very good balance and I wouldn't be surprised if she walked before she crawls!

We were able to go and spend the night at Eli's oldest sister's house, Rebecca, and hang out with their AWESOME family! We had a lot of fun visiting, eating delish food, playing settlers of catan, and watching a movie. I had such a great time! 

Here is a picture of Calvin, Remington, and Mollie.

You could tell that Mollie was so excited to have another girl join her in the house full of boys.

Loved this view and immediately got my camera out!

Isn't it gorgeous!?

I got out to take pictures of the geyser and Eli and Remi

waited in the car because it was chilly!

Not the best family picture, but here is the Mallard Family with 2 

new additions in it since we took our last one. Oh man how I love my family. 

We had so much fun on our little trip to SLC.

I got some pretty cool pictures of the temple!

Eli is pro at walking the stroller! ;)

Baby and daddy

Remi and daddy looking at Jesus

Ok so right when we walked up to the Christus, Remington just sat and waved the whole time we were standing there. When we walked up close to him, Remi just stopped and was so still and silent, and put up one little wave. I am glad we got to come here because it reminds me that Remi is the Lord's sweet daughter and he has entrusted in us to take care of her. She was just with him not to long ago. It's so crazy to think.

Dec. 2012- Coon Family- SLC

Awesome sister missionaries!

The sister missionary in the middle knew a missionary that served with Eli in London!

 Her sisters fiance to be exact!

Trying so hard to crawl!

Sweet shades from GPA Mallard

That's yummy!

Pretty girl with sweet peas in her nose!

Me and Rem on a walk. It was such a nice day, I swear it felt like spring! But the next day it snowed!

Have a good one!!

8 Months

The time just keeps getting faster and faster!! 

This last month, Remi has learned to do so many different things.

She started to reach for things while she was sitting and roll out on to her stomach. She still couldn't roll over and would get so sad when she ended up on her stomach!

Remi is on a really good nap and sleep schedule. She has 3 naps a day and usually goes to bed around 7:30- 8:30. She usually sleeps until 7 in the morning without waking up, but the last week or so she has been waking up in the middle of the night but she falls right back asleep.

Her favorite snack is baby mum mum rice cakes!

She loves them so much. She always takes huge bites and says mmmm the whole time!

She has got to be getting close to about 20 pounds or so. Hauling her car seat around is not fun!

Remi thinks it is so hilarious to drink out of a cup or water bottle! She is seriously obsessed with drinking water! She is eating all fruits and veggies now and she is starting to like rice cereal! 

We have been driving back and forth to Utah a lot lately and she is such a good baby in the car! 

We even went to the BHS Choir concert and she was quiet the entire time and loved the music. 

Remi gets SO excited when her daddy gets home from work. She loves her daddy.

Remi smiles and giggles all of the time! She loves to fake cough LOL.

She has the silliest and most stubborn personality of an 8 month old and I couldn't love her more.

She is just so full of life and I can't imagine not having her! 

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'Tis the Season!

We had an amazing Christmas this year! We started the day off by going over to my parents house and opening presents with my family. While we were there, we got to talk to dad and we had a yummy breakfast. After that we went over to Eli's parents where everyone was hanging out and eating the traditional crepes. Uncle Beau had the four wheeler and sled hooked up and was pulling around all of the grand kids. They were all having a blast!

Then we went home and got ready so we could go to THE HOBBIT!

My Uncle Kelly and Aunt Michelle paid for our whole family to go and see.

Remington did basically amazing! She slept for an hour, sat for another hour and watched and played, and then basically the last hour we were hanging out in the hall...not because she was crying but because she was talking really loud lol. I was so proud at how well she did!

After that we went home and hung out with our own little family. 

Eli made us chicken, veggies, and baked potatoes!

We had such a great day, surrounded by our family that we love so much!

Hahaha Eli got me this shirt. Love his face in the background.

She was SO excited for this toy!

Our family- Christmas 2012

He really is a ninja!

I think we look alike :)

Making breakfast together

<3 second Christmas together!

My mom got her this horse. She loves it!

Sorry this post was so late, but I hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas!

7 MONTHS!

I just keep getting more and more behind on my blogging!! 

Here is Remi's 7 month old picture.

At 7 months old, Remi was still sitting up very well on her own, but still not rolling!!

She started to eat her peas and carrots along with her sweet potatoes. So that was nice

to get a couple more veggies in to her diet!

She started to say mama and dada a lot!! 

After a little while, she only said mama when she wanted a bottle!

Eli is pretty happy about this :)

She was still sleeping all the way through the night which is far more than amazing for mom and dad.

She is such a happy baby and is always smiling and laughing. 

I can't believe how much she is picking up each and every day!

Love you Rem!

Halloween Stuff :)

I am SUPER behind on blogging, but here is a quick post from Halloween!! 

We had fun as a family carving pumpkins! I loved having Remi feel the pumpkin guts!! 

And... I am LOVING her bed head hair right here hehe.

We had lazy morning and wore our pj's while we carved!

Here is Remi and her pumpkin!! 

I am not that good at carving, but here is Remi's!! 

Baby's 1st :)

Mine was supposed to be a one eyed monster....

You can think what you want! haha...

Of course, Eli did Batman, and of course his is basically the best! 

I love his!! 

Daddy and Remi :)

Our cute little fairy!

Aunt Livvy and Remi were twinners.

A witch, batman, and a fairy!! 

We went to two trunk or treats. We pushed Remi around in the stoller and you could say that Eli was the one tick or treating haha. Then we went to my family's and had sloppy joes!!

Eli and Remi sorting their candies!!

 We had a GREAT Halloween and I had a GREAT birthday.

I got to sleep in and the woke up to eggs and toast in bed :)

Eli got my a tripod and some kinect games for my bday!

Then we hung out and home and took some family pictures!!

we had such a great day spending time with each other!

6 months old!

Yep, my little girl is actually 6 months old! 

I remember a friend of ours had their 6 month old hanging out with us, and I was still pregnant with Remington. I remember thinking, wow, what will it be like when my daughter is that old? 

Remington is getting so independent. 

I think it drives her crazy sometimes that she can't exactly tell us what she wants.

She is FINALLY eating baby food! WHOO!

The day before her 6 month check up, she downed a whole can of applesauce.

She is still getting used to it, but she eats a lot of it now. I am so proud.

It is really cute to see her sitting up in her high chair, the carts in the store, or the high chairs in the restaurants  She loves being a big girl.

Remi still hasn't rolled, but she can get about 3/4 of the way over. 

She is very good at going from a sitting position to her belly.

Her new favorite thing to do is suck on her lip, and it kind of sounds like she is beat boxing, just like her dad! 

The other day, she was sitting playing toys, and she reached down, got the remote, and held it to to TV. 

I don't' know if this is a good thing or a bad thing...

I really don't watch must TV though so I think it just means she is very smart for her age... :)

She is getting more and more talkative everyday! She loves primary, especially singing time. 

She likes to sing along with me whenever I sing to her as well.

She laughs at every thing! It is probably the cutest thing ever  to see what she finds completely hilarious.

The two things that made her laugh the hardest lately is when my sisters were throwing little stuffed animals at the ceiling fan. Sometimes she would start laughing before they even threw it!

Another thing is when ever I put a stuffed animal on my head and tip it over on to her. She laughs SO hard!

She is so good at picking things up with her hand (wants to eat EVERYTHING!) and is very good at sitting up by herself. 

At her 6 month check up, she weighed 17 pounds and 14 ounces.

She is now 25 inches long. 

Still in the 75th for weight and the 25th for height. Taking after her mama!

I love this little stinker so much! 

Happy 6 months Remi!!

Scrap retreat and Sunday drive.

I am getting slightly behind on our blog, so here comes some catch up post + a lot of pictures!!

At the beginning of October, Me and Remington hitched a ride, with my sister in law Kailey and her daughter Chloe, to the bi-annual Scrap Retreat down in Preston. 

We had so much fun. Staying up late, laughing, eating, crafting, scraping, "your face jokes", and hot tubbin'!

The Fall colors were absolutely GORGE, and so I did a little mini-sesh with my baby doll!

Remi was playing around while I was getting all of our stuff packed.

Basically, she is the cutest baby, EVER! ;)

I love when she is in her little hooded towel. 

She loves bath time. 

Waiting for Kailey and Chloe to pick us up!

Pretty sunset on our way to Preston, Idaho.

We got to the retreat and set up all of the tables and chairs. 

We picked out our room and then we ate some Papa Murphy's Pizza!!

We were all so delirious while playing phase 10 and watching "What happens in Vegas."

I think I laughed at part that weren't even meant to be funny..

The next day, we went in to the Preston D.I., of course!

At first I didn't think that we would find anything worth buying, but the more we looked around, the more things we found. Books and clothes mostly!

We spent the rest of the weekend crafting and scraping away!

We ate some very delicious meals and had some great conversations.

Many memories were definitely made!

A few weeks ago, Eli and I took our usual Sunday drive!

I enjoy this time with him and Remington very much!

We saw a lot of deer just like we always do! 

This herd was pretty close to the road.

Here is a different herd of deer. 

They were right in the middle of the road and then ran up on to the hill side.

Beautiful view!

This would have to be my very favorite picture yet! (That I have taken on our drives.)

Eli said a good title for this one would be "For the beauty of the Earth."

I couldn't agree more.

He is just so cute.

Especially when he gets all giddy like a little boy when he spots some deer. :)

Little piggies on the road side!! They were rubbing their snouts in the dirt all crazy like!

Just had to post this!

I was trying out one of my new lenses that Eli got me along with my camera.

She is just so beautiful! 

And then here are the pictures I took up in Preston while we were at the retreat!

The colors are beautiful. Remi was quite fascinated with the leaves!