1.02.2011

Santa!!!!! We Know HIM!!!

Ryann got such a wonderful surprise on Christmas! Santa himself showed up at her front door, and brought her a pony!!! She was pretty unsure about him, and refused to sit on his lap, but she liked it when he jingled bells for her! She was so cute in her reindeer Christmas jammas, and LoooVed ripping open gifts! Every gift she opened she said "Wow!!!" It was so stinkin cute! She made out like a bandit, considering Mommy and Daddy decided no more toys....that didn't work out so hot. She has a toy room that is already Filled to the brim with toys, so we are just going to replace some old ones with the new ones.  Santa brought her a big jumpjump, a mini dyson vacuum like mommy's, a cute little baby boy (so she will understand a little more how to act with a baby, and she is doing incredible with it already).

  


The best gift of all was having Gramma and all of her Crane aunts and uncles here to celebrate with her! We love having all of us together, even though we just have a small house for all of us, its nice and cozy!
Ryann love love loves her Gramma, she gets so upset every time she has to leave, and is lost for days after :(, its a good thing she has so much fun with her while shes here though!  So this year, all us Crane kids drew names and decided it was homemade gifts only! This was so much fun, and I hope we keep the tradition up because it means so much more to have to put time and thought into a gift you have to make! Chauntelle made me a wayyyy cute knit headband, Trent made Chauntelle a really pretty mod podged shelf, I made Hallie a cute Monogram Necklace holder, Britt made Will some sweet shelves made out of skateboards, and Hallie is making Britt an Aggie Blanket.  Will and I (it had to be a joint effort because it took soooo much sanding) made Trent a giant Jenga set!!! It is so awesome, if I do say so myself! We had so much fun playing it, and we decided we are gonna have to make one to have at our house too!


Christmas was so awesome this year.  I love having my family here, I wish we could all be together more often.  I am so grateful for all the blessings my Heavenly Father has given me, and my family is definitely the most amazing gift He has given me.

12.16.2010

Too Much of Something is a Good Thing!

So...I got extremely bored today, and decided I needed to try something new for astoria, and have been in love with the vintage-lace & satin style headpieces that looked too difficult to attempt, but I figured hey what the heck...why not!?   This is what came of my day, I got started and ended up having way too much fun making stuff!!!





12.11.2010

Can I love Anything More...I think not!!!

This little thing is the love of my life. My pride and Joy. She is the best thing that could have ever happened to Will and I, and we are so unbelievably blessed that she chose us as her parents. She is the best helper, the best eater, and an amazing sleeper. I couldn't ask for a better baby.  I love her to pieces, and then some....
She is gonna be the best big sister in the whole world!!!

New Stuff on Astoria!

If you don't follow Astoria yet...PLEASE DO!!! I'm adding way cute new stuff all the time-Check it out! www.astoriadesigns.blogspot.com!!!!  My newest Creation:
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Ahh Christmas Time!

I love Christmas! I love baking and making candies for friends and family! I am going to attempt making sugar cookies today, so wish me luck!!! Ryann love loves the Christmas Tree, well not so much the tree as the candy canes I should say.  She has a real knack for finding them...   Anywho... Lucky me, Astoria is getting busier all the time and I'm having way too much fun making new things all the time! I'm such a lucky girl, getting to stay at home with my beautiful little girl and making crafts all day! I have the best hubby in the world! Will has been working 6 days a week at Sprint, which really sucks because he is on salary so the extra hours don't mean more $$$, just more work for the poor guy :(. No worries though, this time next year he will be doing Xango full time and we won't have to worry about work schedules and not getting any time off for the holidays. He literally gets 1/2 of Christmas Eve off, and Christmas Day, and then has to be back to work.  So needless to say, we won't be going to visit family in Casper, which is kinda a bummer. We are excited to have our own little Christmas in our new house, but it just won't be the same not seeing our parents on Christmas Day for the first time in our lives... :/.  Here's what Ryann has asked Santa pretty please to bring her:
And POSSIBLY this:

but we shall see!

11.16.2010

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11.15.2010

As of Late...

Well, as usual we are keeping pretty busy! Got some of my Christmas shopping done, and it got me really excited to be having a boy! For some reason holding the little outfits makes it more real! We are starting to look at names, and I forgot how hard it is to name a little person! Its a pretty hefty task, and I get so nervous about it haha! I really can't wait to have a little tiny baby around to snuggle with (even though Ry has started snuggling me again because of the cold weather-yay!) Newborns are just so soft and sweet, and asleep! I am just dying to know what he is gonna look like too! Will he be a blondy like his Daddy? Or a little Indian baby like his sister haha? I'm so excited to see, but also trying to spend and soak up as much of my time with Ryann as I can.  I know things will be different once he gets here, so I am loving every minute with her! Speaking of.....Ryann is quite the character. She is learning and picking up on everything everyone around her does! She loves to sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, and make dog and pig noises! She loves to shake her finger at Mommy and Daddy and say No No! Her signing is getting better, she does More, Please, Eat, All Done, and Thank You (almost!).  I love that I can communicate with her! She loooooooves her soft blanky, and all of her furry stuffed animals, she rubs them on her face and says Sooooft! She also gives the animals kisses! She has a pet fish, which she called shish, but she Loves to watch him swim around! She never gets tired of playing with her Daddy either....he throws her in the air and she does flips and drops backwards, it makes me super nervous, but she can't get enough of it-She is such a thrill seeker! She blows raspberries on Mommy's belly, and gives kisses to her brother (I really wish she could understand that theres a baby in there, but its cute nonetheless!) She blows kisses bye bye, waves and says bye bye perfectly! She is really mastering peek a boo too! The way she says boo is so cute because its just in her little voice, and is a perfectly pronounced boo!
As for Will and I life is going pretty great! We are loving our ward here in Smithfield with all the old people haha! Someday we hope to actually sit in the chapel, but Ry doesn't really cooperate...     Wills job is awesome, I am so proud of him and the things he has accomplished in his store, he really is such a great manager! He is also getting really excited for the snow to come so he can start his snowboarding season....sure wish I could tag along...but I will have to wait til next year! As for me, I stay busy relentlessly trying to keep my house clean and tidy, making bows and flowers for Astoria, and taking and editing pictures for friends.  I feel like the time goes by so stinkin fast when you are a stay at home mom, I don't know why the world thinks its such a cush job. I'm not complaining, but I will say it is definitely a full time job in itself~
Other than all that I am super excited for the holidays and visits with family! Thanksgiving is going to be hard this year controlling myself as I only have a limited amount of space to fill my belly....I guess I'll just have to resort to eating in increments! And yes...I am going to put up my tree this week. Because I can. Ha.
TTFN~

9.21.2010

New!

Well, Astoria isn't quite off to the start I had hoped...I've only sold 3 pieces.. :(
And the jerks at Violet Hill Boutique here in Logan have yet to say anything about the application I turned in 6 weeks ago...
But I have decided I need to advertise better, and definitely need to put my new stuff up.  It has been hard because we don't have the internet...so I'm doin my best!!!
Life is crazy...Ry is sick, My belly is more and more evident everyday, and Will is doing amazing at the Sprint Store, generating more sales than they ever have-so his bosses are loving him!
Wills brother Mike is coming home off his mission from El Salvador next Thursday so we are going to take a lil road trip, I'm so excited for him to meet Ryann!!
Other than that...we have been having way to much fun lately hanging out with our friends,  Casey and Emily Hansen, and TJ and Veronica Morton!!! Its like a party everyday haha!

8.23.2010

Astoria

So I finally did it, I got everything together, and I now have a blog for my company.  I have been playing around making bows and headbands for Ryann since she was born, and have built up my skills enough that I think I can sell a few! There is a new boutique in Logan called Violet Hill, and I will be selling there hopefully by this next week, as for now I am going off of my blog.  Please check it out and let me know what you think!
                                                 astoriadesigns.blogspot.com
 XoXo

8.18.2010

Wow!

K I am seriously so awful at writing frequently...A lot a lot a lot has happened since I wrote last!!! We finally got to move home to Logan, and we found a great little grandma house in Smithfield which is like ten minutes north of Logan.  I love having a house, it is so nice!!! Its a super super old house, but we love having a yard, and not having to worry about being quiet. 

Ryann loves it too, she seriously did laps around the house the first night we got here! She is nuts about being outside, she gets a huge thrill out of dirt, and playing in the water.  We also got her a swing for her 1st Birthday, but I am going to do a separate post on that event :). She just can't get enough of playing outside!


Will got a job managing a Sprint store in Logan, and he absolutely loves it! It is sooo nice to have him home at decent hours, and to have a regular schedule and a regular paycheck.  Don't get me wrong, the traveling sales thing was quite an adventure, but we were so past ready to settle in one place!
My days are filled cleaning up after Will and Ryann, and boy is she a little tornado. She gets such a big kick out of taking all the dvds off the shelf one at a time and throwing them on the floor, and I don't have the heart to tell her no...so obviously I put them away about 3 times everyday. I am also starting up a company with my sister in law Jocelyn...  its called Astoria, and I will do a separate post about that here in the near future :).

The most exciting news we have this month is that we are expecting again!  Ryann will be a big sister in February of 2011.  My due date is February 20th, so I am about 13 weeks right now.  This baby happened a lot sooner than we had planned, but then again so did the last one ;).  We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be parents again, and I can't wait to have a little tiny one again!