Groovy!

Who says a 7 month pregnant lady can't dance? This is a pic from our ward Valentines party. They said to dress up in any era dance attire. Everyone else was dressed in formals with shirt and tie. Mike and I walked in dressed like this. We did win a prize for craziest dress and became known as the crazy Courtright's by a few.

Okay, so I love doing Kira's hair. Not so much the process of it because she doesn't love having her hair done. But if I don't do it, she looks like a vagabond like the above picture. Hair hanging all over the place. (Side note: She drew that "y" herself. It's totally backwards, but she wrote it and said "y".) Back to hair. So I love making Kira's hair look cute. I have a couple of hair blogs I get ideas from and sometimes just use my own.

Here is Kira's Valentine heart hair. This was a popular hit. Everywhere we went people kept commenting on it. I decided to get a picture of it. It so much fun to give her cute hair do's. After I'm done Kira always says, "Pretty!" She likes the end result too!

30 weeks and growing!

Here's a pic of me preggo as ever at 30 weeks. Seriously, you would think I have never been pregnant before! I am having all these crazy pregnancy things happen to me which never happened when I was pregnant with Kira. At some points, I'm thinking....Is this normal? So with Kira, I was just sick the whole entire prenancy. Yes, it got better, but I threw up until the end, and threw up 4 times during her delivery. This time, I'm done throwing up now! (I think.) I still have some NAUSEOUS moments but it is much better. Thank goodness!!!

So I've been recently plagued with DIZZINESS! Not all the time, but I definitely have had dizzy spells. One so bad it made me puke like I'd been on a rollercoaster. Then I had this horrible, acidy, unearthlike burning in my throat. Why the heck do they call it HEARTBURN when it has nothing to do with your heart? Daily CONTRACTIONS. I felt maybe 3 Braxton Hicks during my whole pregnancy with Kira. All the sudden I'm contracting like crazy, multiple times a day. What is going on here? Severe LOWER BACK PAIN! For reals! I had to take some drugs just to get to sleep the other night because it hurt so bad. I also have some nerve in my lower back that is going a little crazy on me. I never had any of these symptoms with Kira except puking my guts out. This little boy is also so high. I never ever felt Kira in my ribs. Shoot, I'm only 7 months and this boy thinks he's Chuck Norris. So is all this stuff normal? Like I said, you would think that I had never been pregnant before. Plus, I'm so much bigger with this little guy. Here's to 9 more weeks of pregnancy. (Please let me be 2 weeks early. Doesn't 7 sound so much better than 9?)

Kira turned 2!!!

Here we are with our two year old!!!! I can't believe Kira is already two. The time has flown by! She got to have two little birthday parties this year. One with my family while we were in Vegas and one in Portland with all the folks she loves there.

The Barbie cake. Kira loves Barbies!!! She likes dressing them, putting their shoes and clothes on, and playing with her Barbie house. (Thanks Werner's! She loves it!)

This is just so Classic Kira. She is a big ham!

This is Kira smiling at herself in the mirror with her pretty birthday hair. I love it!

Kira's birthday do!

This is from her party in Portland. Kira loved, loved, loved the party. I think it was like heaven for her because all of her favorite people were there. She always had someone to play with. This is cake #2: the catepillar.

It was hilarious because she couldn't get the second candle to go out. As you can see from the pic, her bangs are blowing straight up, but as for the candle, didn't even flicker.

Eating her spoils. I think this is the only bit she actually ate.

Kira is such a blessing in our lives. She has a sparkling personality and is a complete socialite! She has a great capacity to love. She loves to sing and dance. Her favorite movie right now is "Up". She wants to watch it everyday. Kira loves to tease and have fun. She's always been a great gal. We love her to pieces!

Zoo Lights

At the zoo here in Portland, they put up tons of Christmas lights for the Zoo lights celebration. It was incredible. We had a great time. It was packed at the zoo. We had to take the Shuttle over. The Shuttle was a School Bus. Kira loved riding on the bus and seeing all the lights. I love Christmas lights too! Zoo Lights is fabulous!

Here's Kira having a fabulous time!

Some of the lights at the zoo.

Here we are waiting for the shuttle.

Mikey and Me

5 Month Comparison

So this is me 5th months pregnant with baby Chase. I am already feeling much bigger than I did with Kira. It's crazy how much faster this baby has popped out! I am officially 22 weeks and starting to have a little bit more energy now that puking is at a minimum.

Here's the comparison picture. This is me 5 months pregnant with Kira. I wore those same jeans last week and decided I could not wear them again because they were so tight around my belly. I swear my abs ran away this pregnancy! What happened?

We're having.......

30 and lovin' it!

Yep, that's right! I turned 30! I actually had a great birthday. My birthday was on a Sunday, and I was literally able to relax all day. Mike took care of Kira the whole day. I also didn't puke the entire day which even makes it a more successful birthday! Mikey made me breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I took a long nap. When I woke up from my nap, Mike had put little notes all over the house for me. So I had this trail of messages to follow. He arranged for someone to watch Kira so we could have a candlelight dinner too, along with some of the bubbly. It was an excellent night. I was so spoiled with visits, gifts, and calls from friends and family. I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family. I guess that was even more why I felt so good. I feel like at 30 I am tremendously blessed with all the great things in my life! Fabulous husband, the cutest little girl in the world, great family, wonderful friends, the Gospel, pregnant with another babe, all the good stuff.

Mike surprised me by taking school off on Monday and took me up to Mt. St. Helens. It was awesome! The drive was about 2 hours. We had a great time exploring and checking out the mountain. We had a little picnic as a family and checked out some of the beautiful lakes and rivers around the area. It was a great day. I've determined that 30 is a great age!

Here's the family pic on my birthday.

My gifts from Mikey and Kira including the Snuggie which I love.

Mt. St. Helens Observatory

Kira discovered snow for the first time (that she remembers).

Mount St. Helens in the background.