picnics and kiddie pools

what have you done this week?

can't think of a title for this one...

jillian got her first french braid for valentines day. it was a big hit with the locals.
jillian likes to have the blanket on and run back and forth kissing me. i love it! petersons, does this video remind you of anyone when they were younger?

emma and taylor

when i was pregnant with jillian i was thrilled to find out that mandy, a friend in my ward, had the same due date. she already had three children but had since had six miscarriages. tragic news came shortly after the first timester. she was pregnant with twins that shared a heart and a liver, conjoined at the belly. after all her doctors urged her to terminate, and many prayers later she choose to carry. the doctors didn't expect her to make to the third trimester. suprisingly sept. rolled around and the sweet twin girls were scheduled to come c-section a month early. again the doctors prepared for the worse, stating that the seven chamber heart won't last minutes past birth. now the twins are exactly a month older than jill and doing very well. mandy is now expecting a boy the same week i am due!
mandy never wanted to public with her story, not knowing if it was the right thing to do (requesting help etc.). now the girls have a possibility of being separated and recieving artificial hearts until a donor is available. with this possibility the family is looking at being out of state for several months and many expenses. they have now come public. please check out their blog and donate if you're able. if not with funds please pray for their family. http://emmaandtaylorbailey.blogspot.com

up-date

jill is feeling better today!! last week was a pretty rough week for her. hopefully she'll continue on the up and up. with a sick baby on my hip it was hard to blog. this is a little up-date:

a couple weeks ago sarah w. dropped off a toddler bed for jill. i really didn't plan on using until the new babe is about 6 weeks old and needs the crib. thus, i had until about mid-july to get jill into it. the first day i put the bed into jills room she was so curious about it. she would crawl onto it and lay down (just pretending) and then crawl back off. when it was time for bed, with a little push from jeff, i thought we'd see what happened if we put her to sleep in it. a couple of hours later this is what we found. . .
jill and ava raced and both got a cool gold medal.

a few feet from the bed, face down, jill was passed out asleep. poor baby. needless to say she wasn't quite ready for a big girl bed. however, she really does love it. since this night she's actually taken a few naps in it and stayed put. i can't believe what a big girl she's becoming!!


two saturday's ago i ran a 2 mile run for charity with hayley and her husband eric. it was for a girl that was in my ward and passed before we moved down to johnson ranch. the event was held at a big farm (a lot like latin farms but more commerical). it is so fun and exciting to be a part of "something". they also had a 10k and a half marathon. i couldn't help but watch as the runners from the half marathon came in thinking to myself, "am i really going to do that in a few months?" the two mile run was just right for me and my 6 month belly.
jeff and his mom were volunteers there and jeffs dad and ross watched jill for me. after the run they had food, vendors, a rockwall and a kids area.



the week before last jeff had to make a trip down to tuscon for work. he wanted to take jill and i and show us around a bit. jeff lived there from age 4-8. this is his old house . the owners don't keep it up very well.

jeff had to get a picture of him looking in the garbage can in the alley. he has memories of stan and him dumpster diving for "cool stuff". a famous story of jeff was how he started a fire in the alley and then walked all the way around front (in-stead of going through the back door) to tell his mom.

we stopped by and saw jeff's kindergarten teacher Candy Likes. i am not kidding about her name, i may of mis-spelled it though. Mrs. Likes didnt' remember him and i think jeff was pretty shocked. jeff actually got kicked out of her class and had to go to another school b/c of his behavior. jeff kept saying "i can't believe that you don't remember me, i kicked you!". lol.

as we were driving home we saw this truck. tuscon in a nut-shell...

sick baby

jill hasn't been feeling well since monday. monday and tues. she barely ate and was sleeping all day. yesterday she felt really warm... her temp was 103!! today hasn't been any better.
normally, jills attention span for cartoons is 5 min max. today, jeff laid her down and she just laid down and watched tv. poor sweet sick baby. hopefully tomorrow she'll feel better, her budda belly is disappearing! here's jill in happier times. (i had to post these pics, i think they are so cute. jill loves her crib and sleeping. it's so funny.)

pres. hinckley

goodbye sweet beloved prophet. i will never forget the day i got to shake your hand. we will miss you.

she did it again...

jillian peed in her toliet again this morning. only this time she added her sunglasses and the book Think and Grow Rich (which she read out-loud as she was going pee). she seems to be quiet content sitting on her toliet. when i left to go get the camera, i was sure she'd follow me. nope, there she was licking her finger so she could turn the page in her book. i love being her mommy. (i wonder how she'll feel about this picture when she gets older!?)

when the kid is quiet...

every parent knows that if your child is quiet for any amount of time in another room something interesting is going to happen. as clingy as jill has been lately, today she was in her room and being very quiet. finally i yelled her name and told her to come out. this is what i got... nothing too bad. just a few tights around her neck that she kept trying to put on her head. oh, and socks and tights strung all over her room.
jillian's imagination and speaking is really starting to develop. she'll continue to eat air out of the fruit snack bag after they're gone. she likes to pretend to put her toys and blankets to sleep. everyday she says a new word. yesterday was moon, and today was poop. of-course the next day she's not sure how to associate the word but it's awesome to watch her grow up. i guess it's almost time for a new baby around the house because mines not so "baby" anymore.

i almost forgot, today jill peed in her toilet twice!! jeff wants her out of diapers before the new one. i think it's wishful thinking but i really should never underestimate jillian.

hey hayley. . .

check out the link to the left for our training for the half marathon. i'm going to try and start running again now that i can but after i have the babe i think i'll follow one of his schedules.

everyone else... hayley and i are going to do a half marathon at the end of this year!!

(hayley, i had to post this to make sure that we really do it)

good news!!!

i had an ultrasound today and i feel good. my placenta is all good!! i do have a venous pool but it shouldn't cause any problems for the pregnancy. the baby measuring right on schedule (20 wks). oh and by the way it's a GIRL! is that a crack up or what? i guess it's extra funny to me b/c today hayley and i were looking at boy clothes and jeff and i haven't even considered any chick names. pics of the 5 month belly to come. i'm going to go work-out now that my placentas not bleeding :)

the club

welcome to the married club caitlin and ben!! jeff's sister got married the last week of december. this was my first sealing to attend beside my own and proxy. it was amazing!! they had the same sealer jeff and i had. he is jeff's grandpa's bestfriend. jeff is named after his grandpa dayton and wears his wedding ring. dayton passed when jeff was on his mission. dayton and jeff had a special relationship. it was really neat to see the emotion from the sealer as he talked about caitlins and jeffs family. the sealers name is Milo LeBaron. i am totally stuck on this name for our boy. jeffs not too keen on it. long story short my top two names for the new baby are: Milo or Dayton.
i just love wedding dresses. caitlin looked great in hers!! jillian loved to roam around the temple grounds. we had a great time.

more christmas fun

4 generations of greatness: grandma phyllis, mom, me, jillian
are these socks on my hands suppose to help in the snow?

nora and jill at the provo mall.
fun in the snow.
jeff's texas sized snowman, made christmas day!

towed behind dads truck.
pigged-tailed twins.
i wish that i had a picture of the group of us at mom and dads house. scott and britta, brett, sarah, olivia, amy, grandma and grandpa beaumount, mom, dad, me, jeff, jill...oh, and the dog. we had so much fun in utah. jeff got to go snowmobiling with his buddy and i got some great r&r with mom and dad.

merry christmas

white christmas from Alisha on Vimeo.


rocking horse from Alisha on Vimeo.


christmas dancing from Alisha on Vimeo.

sunday dress

we love christmas. we love the snow. today we loved jillians new sunday dress (thanks judy)!!! she got so many compliments and she loved to swish the skirt.

i have officially started to feel pregnant. today at church i couldn't wait to get home and take my tights off. this belly is ready to come out!! no more holding it in. next wed i'll be half way done (5 months or 20 wks). my body has changed faster this time around but i just want to be past the "did she just eat a big dinner or is she prego" phase. maternity clothes here i come...

PARRRRRRTTTTTAAAA!!!!!!

jeff and i partied hard yesterday. first, we stopped by the Old Country Buffet for Grandma Pete's 87th birthday. it was fun to see some of my uncles and other family. grandma did great (for those that don't know she has Alzheimer's). she kept quizzing everyone, "do you know know how i really am?" then she'd have to whisper to grandpa to get the answer. i think aunt wilma has a crush on jeff. more than once she said "can you imagine if your son looks like your husband? oh my". jeff did look pretty H-O-T yesterday. here's jeff and jill and my second cousin Abby. she couldn't get enough of jill. (i told you that jeff looked good.) as formal as Old Country Buffet is ;) we actually got all dolled up for my works Christmas Party. i put on an extra coat of mascara, curled my hair and jeff put gel in his (not a daily occurrence). we dropped jill off with sarah and put our dancing shoes on. the food was yummy!! i got prime rib and jeff got some special chicken. we one a couple prizes and danced until the music stinked and my feet hurt. jeff called the DJ "the offended DJ". If no one was one the dance floor after the first measure of a song he'd make some stupid comment ("well, that one's a bust", or "come on, this is a great beat") and the start a whole new song. it was pretty funny.
my batteries died so we didn't even get a pic of jeff and i. my nurse friend snapped one, so if i ever get it i'll post it.
i had to make sure the ice sculpture was real. yup, tastes like...cold water.

we fly out tomorrow to party it up in Utah for Christmas. can't wait!!!

jeff + alisha + jenni = true love

jeff and i had a date night last night. his mom gave us tickets to the suns vs heat game. we had a great time!!! the hi-light of the night was meeting JENNI from the show "the Bachelor". i was going for her from the moment she stepped out of the limo. 1. she's dancer 2. she lives in pheonix. looking at this picture i realize that i could use some self-tanner and more make-up!
here's shaqui. he is huge!! i'd have a pic of steve nash but he played like a soccer player...only 3 points going into the fourth quarter. after the game jeff and i stopped by a live press thingy and saw tom chambers and i think we made it on the news. i love date nights.

sweet face

girls day out

yesterday was mom and jill's day out!! we started in mesa at caitlin's bridal shower. it was good food and great company. caitlin looked radiant and jeanette and sarah were beaming. after the shower we went to ava's (hayley's baby) 2nd birthday party in scottsdale. jill had a blast playing with the kiddo's and splashing in the puddles outside. we had the borrow some pants after jill got soaking wet. we had a fun day out but were very excited to get home and get a nap! cute baby in cute borrowed pants

sweet caitlin and ben.
i stole this pic from jeanette's blog. this is caitlin, sarah, emma and sadee (sarah's babes) and jill and i dancing to the soundtrack from Hairspray. i can't wait to party and caitlin's wedding reception!

Denise Austin

push-ups from Alisha on Vimeo.



lunges from Alisha on Vimeo.


a fond memory i have of being young is waking up and working out with mom to denise austin. like mother like daughter!

Giving Thanks

As the annoying girl who always carries her camera around, you wouldn't believe that I forgot to take it with me all weekend!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at Jeff's grandmothers home, with tons of food and pies. Jeff got to play football Thursday morning and is still recovering. Jill and I have been enjoying the cooler weather with extended walks (Jill wants to walk and not be pushed in the stroller) and playtime in the backyard. Last night we went to a party put on by Jeff's dad's family for Caitlin's fiance Ben. It was a blast. Good food, good people and good fun.
Jeff can attest to the fact that I'm not always positive about living in Arizona. I need to express my gratitude more often. Here's my top ten thankful list:

1. My husband JEFF. He's a worthy priesthood holder. He's very patient with me. He's a great cook. He has a desire to provide for us and works hard at it. Best of all he's amazing with Jill. Quick side note: I worked last night so I had to meet Jeff and Jill at church after my shift. He had Jill dressed in a shirt, tights and socks over the tights. The shirt is one of the longer shirts that you wear tight pants under and Jeff thought it was a dress. It was hilarious!! I'm blessed to have him on my team.

2. My sweet baby girl JILLIAN. Lately she's really started to hug and kiss us with purpose. I knew having a family would bring happiness but I never knew how fulfilling it would be. I will do anything to make her happy and keep her safe.

3. The new BABY IN THE BELLY. As a pregnancy that I've been slowly warming up too, I can now say that I'm getting excited. Jeff and I have been so blessed by Jill, I can't wait to see what joy a second will bring. btw, I had an ultrasound at work a couple weeks ago and the tech thinks it's a boy! I was only 12/13 weeks so I'll do it again in a few weeks for the final word. The tech took measurements and counted fingers and toes. . . all is in order, which brings me to...

4. Good HEALTH. Jeff, Jill and I have been very healthy and safe. I am grateful for my body that is able to protect and nurture my babies. I'm also grateful for Jeff's health that allows him to work hard and play hard.

5. My JOB. I was fortunate to get a great education in Nevada, that allows me the opportunity to make money where ever and when ever I may need it. As much as I complain about going into work I really enjoy being a nurse.

6. My HOME. Plenty of space, A/C, and keeper of my family.

7. My SAVIOR. Of-course this is #1. I have been studying the life and teaches of Jesus and I feel as though my love and gratitude for Him is 10 fold. Along with this I love my calling and am thankful for the primary children.

8. FAMILY and FRIENDS. Jeff and I both were raised by exceptional parents. We both have wonderful siblings that have growing families. Jeff and I also have good friends that are concerned about us and love us.

9. SLEEP. I love how I feel after a good nap. More than that, I love climbing into bed after the day and just relaxing. I look forward to this daily.

10. DANCE and EXERCISE. I've been able to take a couple dance classes and I still relish being in a studio. Allowing my body to move through space and feel the beat of music. . . I will never grow out of this. I also love to exercise and I am grateful that my body allows me to do so.