The past week

The last week has been a little busy for us, we had something almost everyday, which as was fun but also tiring. On Monday a Anna the neighbor girl come over and play(this was the first time her and Eliza have played together) they did well, I see many more play dates in the future. Then we went out to Jenny Clark's for a little play date with her two kids Suzzie and Zane, they are cute kids and it was good to see Jenny, it has been a while. The next day we headed up to Jeff's aunt Diane's to play with Adrie and Kolby, what a fun day! Diane is great, and it is always nice when Eliza can play with kids her own age. Our final adventure for the week was to the children s museum with some girls from my ward. It was fun we had all the kids do a class and they learned about pirates and made spy glasses. What a fun week we had!


Mackenzie, Isaac, Will, David and Eliza

A new year brings changes.

December 23 was my last day of work, I had mixed emotions as I left. I have always had to work and have enjoyed American Family for the last 7 years. Although I will miss working( only a little bit) I know that being home with my little girls, is where I need to be. Being home hasn't been to bad of an adjustment for me. I think the biggest adjustment will be not going shopping and buying things when ever I want, I am glad to make that sacrifice if it means staying home. Besides Eliza and I have been pretty much home bound since it has been so cold here, so that has made it a easier to break my shopping habit. I hope it warms up a little so we can at least go outside and play, but I know that is wishful thinking, it is January and I live in Utah.

With the new year in full swing, my belly keeps getting bigger and bigger!!! I don't remember being this big with Eliza, but maybe that is because the last 3 months of that pregnancy I was on a strict diet of rice and chicken. No complaining here, this pregnancy has been a breeze compared to the first and I would rather have a few extra pounds then go through that again! I can't believe I only have 10 weeks left, it has gone so fast when I look back, I just hope these next weeks go by just as fast.

What an Update!!

Where does the time go? I can't believe it has been quite some time since the last update, but the sad thing is I don't feel like much excitement has happened. As I looked at our archive, I'm a big slacker when it comes to updating. Maybe this new year can bring some more updates.

We did find out what we are having, and it is another girl. I'm so excited for another little girl in our house, plus I can recycle all my girl things, got to love that! We are having a hard time picking a name that we can agree on, so any suggestions would be great! Eliza keeps asking when the baby will be here, I'm glad she is excited. She tells me that she will help me carry her and get her out of the bath, and even said she would share her bed with her. She will be a great sister.


School is out and thank heaven! My classes weren't to bad, but one class I had a group project( I know most of you know how those go). We had to do 10 hours of community services for a particular group of people, my group was disabilities, and then we had to write a 10 page paper. The services went well but when it came down to writing the paper, now that was a different story! Plus they nominated me to be the editor, but in a way I'm glad so I could see what the final product looked like before turning it in. Although it was tough getting the paper together, I guess is was good since I got an A in the class. Now just waiting for my diploma they said it would take 6 weeks.

And then there was 4

Yes, for those who don't know, our family is expanding, I'm 15 weeks along and must say this pregnancy is far better then the last one! Except I've been battling a cold for the last 6 weeks. It's weird sometimes to think we will be having another one, since it has just been the three of us for so long. Eliza is so funny one day she wants mommy to have a baby and then the next day she tells me she doesn't want a brother or a sister. In my mind I think sorry sister, no turning back now. I hope that she will adjust well to the new addition, which I think she will, she adjust to change very well.

Life have been busy for the Harden's and especially for me, I'm back in school for my last two classes, so I'm gone three night a week at school. I have been approved to graduation (for my associates) if I pass these two classes, and I better because I'm already wishing the semester was over. It will be nice to be done with school for a while although I will problary miss it when it's done. I would like to return and finish with my bachelor but only time can tell.

Eliza is getting so big, I love my little girl! We have been doing a lot of things with her cousins,( and yes none of us have taken a camera so sorry no pictures). We went to the zoo last week, which was so much fun, our zoo has so many baby animals right now, there is 3 tigers, a snow leopard, a giraffe, and a baby elephant. I'm not much of an animal lover, but baby animals are just so cute! This week we went to the children's museum or museum kids (if you were to ask Eliza) with the cousins and then went to Little America for a little swimming. The kids had so much fun, I didn't get in but Lesleyand Summer, and all the kids had so much fun! I will try to be a little better at the picture taking, can't make any promises. I'm not much of a picture taker but I will try. Untill next time, Which could be a while with my updating skills~