Sunday, March 31, 2013

Easter Morn


I will never forget visiting the
Garden Tomb in Jerusalem with Jake
in 2010. I do not know if this is the actual 
spot of Jesus' resurrection, but it was a 
beautiful place to visit and contemplate 
the Savior's victory over death.

In the words of my mother,
Easter is the most hopeful day
of the year, as we celebrate the
single most important event
that ever occurred.

Corbett is a little young to 
understand all of that, but he 
will someday. In the meantime, 
he sure had fun (and so did we)
celebrating his first Easter.









Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Video Dump

This is a collection of my favorite videos
from the past five months that show some of
Corbett's growth, development, and milestones.
Please excuse my "mommy voice." :)

Corbett rolling (5 months)

Corbett swinging (6 months)

Corbett's bouncy ball (6 months)

Corbett playing in exercauser (7 months)

Corbett's squeaky laugh (7 months)

Corbett and Great Grandpa Clegg (7 months)

Corbett in the Johnny Jump Up (8 months)

Corbett learns to clap (8 months)

Corbett's first cruise (8 months)

Corbett's "inchworm" Part 1 (9  months)

Playing at Buy Buy Baby (9 months)

Corbett's new walker Part 1 (9 months)

Corbett's new walker Part 2 (9 months)

Corbett's "inchworm" Part 2 (9 months)

Corbett's pop up toy (9 months)

Little Leprechauns

Corbett and I are in a playgroup with 
some other moms and babies his age. 
We had an activity making St. Patrick's 
Day onesies, then dressing the babies 
up and having a little photo shoot.



Corbett fell asleep before all of the 
other babies were ready for pictures, 
which is why he is not in the group shot.
I took a few more pictures after his nap.



On St. Patrick's Day, Corbett woke up from
his nap and I found him sitting up with his 
legs sticking through the crib. He looked like 
a mischievous leprechaun caught in a trap.


What a funny kid.

Valentines Day Shoot

Corbett hamming it up for
some Valentines Day pictures that 
we sent to the grandparents:




Corbett is quite the charmer!
He passed out Valentines to all of his
baby friends, and got lots of attention
from this picture on Facebook:



We have a lot of love for
this little guy, on Valentines Day
and every other day of the year!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Carnival Ecstasy

We had to take advantage of our location
and go on at least one cruise while we live in
Florida. We chose to sail out of Port Canaveral
and go on a little birthday cruise to the Bahamas.
We were joined by some of Jake's family
from UT, and we had a great time!

We sailed to 3 ports:
Freeport, Half  Moon Cay, and Nassau.

We did not take a lot of pictures,
but of course the ship's photographers did.

Here are a few:


Corbett did great on his first cruise, although 
the 2 hour dinners were a little long. We'd take turns 
walking him around the ship while we waited for our food. 
This picture was taken on one of those walks.


He had fun meeting new towel
 animals each night in our cabin.

We had so much fun, we just might have 
to go again before we leave Florida.



Ships Ahoy!

30 & 31

I am 31!

Last year we had a lot going
on around my birthday, including
a hectic grad school schedule (for me)
and work schedule (for Jake), and
packing up our apartment to move.

So this year we celebrated
two birthdays in one: 30 and 31.
It was big and it was awesome!

The "pre-birthday" festivities included:

A fun girls night with friends
where we made our own
chocolates at Farris and Foster's.


Opening a package from my mom,
which included this cute photo album
with pictures from every birthday so far.


Opening my first round of 
gifts from Jake, and celebrating
my first birthday with my son.


The "day-of-birthday" festivities included:

Relaxing on a cruise (more on that here),
including sleeping in, a head/neck massage, 
hot-tubbing, unlimited soft serve ice cream, 
dinner (complete with cake), and a show!





Plus, more gifts from Jake (not pictured).

The "post-birthday" festivities included:

A day at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.
I especially enjoyed the "not-so-lazy-river"
and the Leap of Faith water slide,
which drops straight through a shark tank.

A few days at Disneyworld
(along with a season pass to go back).


And more packages!


Not to mention numerous phone calls,
text messages, e-mails, and Facebook
posts wishing me a happy birthday.

Needless to say,
I was really spoiled this year.
I will never forget this birthday, and
have to say thanks to Jake and both of
our moms for making it so special.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sunset at Siesta Key

Back in January, we hopped
in the car and went on a little road trip
down to Sarasota, FL. In addition
to having a Trader Joe's (which we do
not have in Orlando), Sarasota is
also home to one of the most beautiful
beaches in America: Siesta Key.

We arrived at the beach just
in time to take some pictures and
watch the sunset. It was so
peaceful and beautiful, and we
have plans to go back soon!






Friday, March 1, 2013

The Great Poulter Family Photo Shoot

The last official Poulter family photo 
was taken in 2009, the summer 
before Jake and I met.


A lot has changed since then,
most notably the addition of Jake
and four new grandchildren.

My mom really wanted new family
pictures, but we had a very small window
to take some with everyone in them. 

It had to be:
AFTER my sister got home from
her mission, BEFORE my brother left
on his mission, AFTER my newest 
nephew was born, DURING the week
that Jake was in town for Christmas,
and BEFORE my brother and his family
drove to California for the holidays.

It is a miracle that these pictures
happened, and that our clothing is
(more or less) coordinated and the
kids are (more or less) smiling.

Our photographer was Laurel Parker.
The setting was Wheeler Farm.
The weather was COLD.

But the pictures still turned out pretty great!







I have to wonder how much will 
have changed the next time we take 
family pictures, which will probably be
in 2016 (when my youngest  brother is
back from his mission). Stay tuned!