A Woman, Man and Little Boy

24 September 2012

The Gratitude Challenge

Yesterday the Relief Society lesson was on gratitude. We all know that when we pray to Heavenly Father we thank him for our blessings. But we somethings just leave it at that. There are so many blessings each one of us have in our lives that should thank Him for each and every blessing that he gives us specifically.

At the end of the lesson we were given the challenge to write down 100 things we are grateful for in our journal. Since I use this blog as my journal I am going to do it here and let you all know as well.

Since some might think writing 100 things that you are grateful for might be a little hard they gave us an outline of how to get to 100 things. There are 10 categories and you write 10 things per category.

So here we go!

Physical Abilities

Material Possessions

Living People

Deceased People

Things About Nature

Things About Today

Places on Earth

Modern Inventions

Foods

Things About the Gospel

After doing this challenge, I have noticed that it is a lot harder than I thought it was. But I am glad I took the time to write down things that I am thankful for. And 100 things just scratch the surface of all the things I am grateful for. Even if it was hard to write down 100 things I know I can think of so many more. I hope that I start to notice more of the things that I should be grateful rather than the things that I wish I didn't have or I wish I did have/could have.

I now challenge anyone who reads this to do the same thing.

♥ The Schroeder

21 September 2012

Walker Monthly Update: Month Five / The Theobald's Family Reunion

Walker is growing up so fast. I can't believe it at times. He is getting so big right in front of my eyes. This month he has learned how to roll all over the place. He sometimes surprises me by how much he rolls. At one moment he is in the place where I put him and and the next he is on the other side of the room. It is crazy how fast he grows and learns new things. Walker is now drinking mostly from a bottle since it has gotten too hot to nurse. He is doing very well with it and it is nice for me to have a break. Since he is taking a bottle mostly, we are starting to teach him how to hold the bottle by himself. He is doing very well with it. He can hold it for a couple seconds at a time. He is also able to sit up by himself for a few seconds before falling over.

Walker and I at Disneyland | Sitting up for a few seconds by himself
Casey and Walker on one of their favorite rides | Sucking on a carrot
At the Wild Animal Park with Aunt Sidney | Sitting up like a big boy in the stroller

The big thing that happened this month was that we started Walker on foods. He is just eating veggies and rice cereal. He loves being able to eat foods. Before when we ate dinner or anything for that matter he started to cry. Casey says that he thinks it is because he wants to eat real food. Now that he is eating some foods he has been much better. Another that has gotten better since he has started to eat is his spitting up. Since he was born he has had a problem with spitting up a lot. Since he was spitting up so much it started to irritate his throat and gave his acid reflex, which wasn't super fun at all. But he is now doing so much better to the point where I don't have to give him medicine and I am not changing my shirt 5 times a day.

Some other fun things that has happened this month was that Walker got to meet his aunt Summer and her family. It was fun being able to see them and have Walker meet his cousins. Sidney and Scott was here for the month so he also got to know them very well. We also went to Disneyland a couple times, which is always so much fun. We love taking Walker to Disneyland. He loves going on the little kid rides and just look around while we are walking around the park.

Our little family with Grandma Carter | Walker with Kaylie
Walker with Grandma Theobald | Our Beach Baby

Walker also got to most of all of his cousin on my side of the family. At my family reunion walker also got to experience his first time at the beach. He seemed to like it. We also went to the Wild Animal Park with my family which was fun to see all of the kids look at the animals and see everything that is there. The cool thing that we got to see that I haven't seen before was the cheetah run. I never have been able to get there in time to see the event. I am glad I got to share that first time with my family. Also at the family reunion we got to see my grandparents. My Grandma is where we got Walker's name. It is her maiden name. I wanted to make sure I got a picture of our family and her because she does mean a lot to our family and I want to be able to show where Walker got his name when he gets older. She is a very special person. It was fun being able to spend time with my family.

He sure is a cutie. I can't get over on how much I love him and how fast he is growing up.

♥ The Schroeder

Walker Monthly Update: Month Four

I know this is a little late but life is life and sometimes it gets busy. Now it is time for me to catch up on my blogging and get back into blogging about our family and the adventures we have had. So the next couple post will be about what has happened to us these past couple months.

Oh my goodness little w is four months! Time sure does fly by. I can't believe how big he is getting!

This month consisted of many firsts for our little W.

Walker's first Disneyland Trip.

We took Walker to Disneyland first time. He loved it, even though he slept most of the time, when he was awake he loved looking around and meeting some of the famous Disney characters. We got to meet Goofy, Donald, Mickey, Minnie, Chip and Dale. He loved it. It was also a special day at Disneyland. It was the grand opening day of the new California Adventures entrance and also Carsland!

Another one of Walker's first was going up to Livermore California to see my parents. Walker and I got on a plane and flew up to see and visit them for a couple days. It was Walker's first time on a plane and he did great. I was worried a little about him being fussy because of his ears not popping, but he did great for the fact that he is four months old.

Spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Theobald

While we were at my parents, we went to San Francisco. It was Walker's first time there, well while he was out of my belly. While we were in San Francisco we went to the aquarium there. He loved it. It surprises me every time we go some where new how much Walker enjoys just looking around and absorbing everything in. At the aquarium, he loved looking at the fish, mostly the orange ones. It is sure fun to see his little personality coming out and how he is a lot like his daddy.

Celebrating Fourth of July

It was Walker's first Fourth of July. We got to spend the day with the family down by the pool and had a BBQ. Walker loves being in the pool/spa. We normally heat up the spa to bath water temperature and have him in that because the pool can be a little cold for him. Robin and Perry got him a swim seat. He loves being in there. He actually got so relaxed that he feel asleep in it. Casey had to work that day, which was a bummer but he did get to spend that night with us. That night it was his first firework show. We watched a couple firework shows from the Schroeder's porch. He loves being outside and he loves seeing all of the colors in the sky from the fireworks.

Go Padres!!

Like I have said before he loves going to new places and seeing everything that is around him. At home he loves watching baseball games while Grandpa Perry is. He is just so interested in it so we decided to take him to the real thing. And a plus was it was beach towel night. He did great at the game. He loved looking at the big bright lights and also all of the signs. It was fun being able to take our little guy to a baseball game. Close to the end of the game he started to get a little fussy because it was getting close to his bedtime so I went up where there was a walk away and started to rock with him. And a big surprise came when I looked up at the jumbo screen and there we were! It really didn't phase Walker to much but he can say that he has been on the jumbo screen at a Padres game!

With all of these first he is always growing up so much. Walker is now rolling from his back to his front. He is wanting to move so bad that when he is on his front he gets frustrated that he hasn't really figured out how to roll back. He is starting to make little baby noises. It is just so cute and amazing to me how much he has grown since he was born. It sure does go by fast.

♥ The Schroeder

18 June 2012

a daddy days

Since it was Casey's first father's day I wanted to make it special.

I made a card for him from walker and got him a belt. In the morning the twins made breakfast in the morning. We had french toast with eggs. It was very good. We then just hanged out until church. After church we had dinner with the Todds. We grilled steak and had shrimp, corn and potato salad. After everyone left we watched the new sherlock homes. It was fun being able to celebrate father's day with family.

some of my favorite pictures of Casey and Walker.

Casey is such a great dad. He loves Walker so much and you can tell. Whenever Walker starts to cry he makes sure that he is taken care of ASAP. He is such a sweet dad to him. I love seeing how much he loves Walker and how much he wants the best for him. I could not imagine someone better to be the father of my children. I love you Casey.

My daddy and I at my wedding.

I also wanted to mention Happy Father's Day to my dad. He is such a great example. I love him so much. He has done so much for me in my life and still is doing so much for me. I could not express how grateful I am for everything he has done. He has been there for me thur happy times and sad times. I know that I am able to go to him with any question or any problem and he will be able to help out. He really has been such a great example. I couldn't ask for a better dad. I love you daddy!

♥ The Schroeder

17 June 2012

Two years down, eternity to go...

On Tuesday, June 12, was Casey and mine anniversary. It was also the day that Walker turned three months. I can't believe that in the past two years so much has happen. I can't believe I have been married to the love of my life for two years now. I couldn't be happier.

Visiting Grandpa Schroeder

This day is just not our anniversary, it is Grandma and Grandpa Schroeder's anniversary. In the morning we went to the cemetery where Grandpa Schroeder is. It is such an honor to be able to share this special day with such a great example. I do wish that I could meet Grandpa Schroeder. It seems like he was a great man. This year would be year 64 for them. I can't wait until Casey and I hit that mark.

Our little picnic.

To celebrate our anniversary, we went on a little picnic. Robin watched Walker while we went. It was great to be alone with just us but at the same time I missed my little boy. We made some chicken salda sandwichs, fruit salda, and brownies. It was amazing. We went to the beach and ate while watching the waves and listening to the ocean breeze.

We got a little cold so we decided to go back home. It was only 7 when we got home, so we decided that we should go in the spa to spend some more us two time. It was great being able to spend time with just Casey. I do miss that but having little w in our life is even more amazing.

It has been such an amazing past two years. Life has been such a dream being married to such an amazing guy. I can't believe I got this lucky. Casey has been a true blessing in my life. I do not know what I do without him. He is the reasons why I am the person I am today. He is such a great husband and father. I couldn't imagine being with someone else. He means so such to me and I love him with all my heart. Thanks for being such an amazing guy. Love you so much!

♥ The Schroeder

Walker Monthly Update: Month three...

Walker
just chillin' in his diaper | learning to roll
holding his head up | enjoying bath time

three months down and an eternity to go. I can't believe that my little boy is already three months. It feels like he was just born yesterday. He is growing up right before my eyes.

Some of the big events that happened this past month are:

- Walker discovering his little hands... He now loves to grab my hair and shirt when I am holding him. He is starting to figure out that he can grab something and move it. He does it all the time with his pacifier.

- Walker smiles... He is such a happy boy when he is well rested and fed. He has such a cute smile, I can't get enough of it. Sometimes he even smiles when he is just laying on this toy pad thing and looking at his toys. He even smiles when he is just laying on our bed while I am getting ready for the morning. The best part of him smiling is that when he wakes up in the morning and I say "Good Morning Walker", he gives me the biggest smile. It just melts my heart.

- Walker laughs... It is probably THE CUTEST thing ever. He just started to laugh more in the past couple days. I am sometimes get him to laugh by tickling him but we are still working on the whole laughing thing still. It is seriously super cute when he does. I love it. Here is a video. It is adorable!!

- Walker figuring out how to roll... He has rolled from his tummy to back a couple times on his own but I kinda think it was by accident and he didn't really know that he did it.

- Walker loves to be naked... and full on naked. He still loves his baths. He can stay in them for a while and just chill in the water. But when he gets out of the bath is still a fun time because he is naked until I put clothes on him. Whenever he gets fussy and we aren't able to figure out what is wrong we just take off his clothes and he is perfectly fine. It is quite funny to me. I think he could seriously be naked all day if I let him.

- Walker went swimming... well kinda. Since Walker loves taking baths, we wondered if he would love to go swimming. On memorial day we tested it out. He heated up the spa to a bath tub temperature . Casey and I held him in the water and he loved it. He didn't even get a look on his face that showed that he was even unsure about it. I can't wait for the summer when we can take him in the pool and play with him more in the pool.

- Walker holds his head up... He loves to stand up on our legs and look around the room. He even loves to sit and just look around. Anyway he is, he is holding his head up by himself so well. I can't believe it. Sometimes when he is laying on his bobby or in my lap he tries to sit up by himself but he can't get up there the whole way, so he is just doing little crunches.

- Walker focusing... Walker loves to look around the room. He is so good at focusing on one thing. He loves to look at lights, fans, and clocks. He also likes to look at Connor and Kyle's surfboards that are above our bed.

He has grown so much in this past month. It is crazy to me. I love him so much. He really makes me want to be a better person. I want to make sure that he has everything he needs. I want to be the best mom for him that I can. I love you Walker with all my heart!

♥ The Schroeder

23 May 2012

A day for mothers

It was my first mother's day where I was actually a mother.

The day was great! In the morning, I got to cuddle with my sweet little boy while Casey got breakfast ready for Grandma Schroeder, Robin, and I. We then went down to the car port and had an amazing breakfast. Casey made some blueberry bread the night before and then made it into french toast in the morning. It was so good! He also made some homemade cake batter ice cream with carmel sauce.

Cuddling with my little w
eating breakfast, yes I look terrible but hey its mother's day I can look like what I want to look like.

We then got ready for church. Church was great. Perry talked in sacrament meeting. He thinks that they asked him to talk because of his situation. He has three mothers that are living in his home, his mom, Robin, and me. Walker was a little fussy during sunday school and RS but he wasn't to bad.

Later that day we went to Grandma Evans (Robin's Grandma) house. Grandma Rozsa was in town and surprised her mom (Grandma Evans) for mother's day. When we were there we took a five generation photo. It is crazy to think that Walker will have a picture with his great great grandma! It was so cute. He is even smiling in the picture. We then went to the beach to take Connor and Kyle's senior photos.

five generations

Mother's day is a special day for mothers. You should show your mom how much they mean to you and how much you are grateful for all that they have done for you. I know my mom has made such a difference in my life. I don't know who I would be without my mom. She has been there thru thick and thin. I know she will always be willing to listen and will give be advise when I need it. She is my best friend but most importantly she is my mother. And being a mother is more special than a best friend.

Here is a video about mothers.

One of the family friends made the video.

It is so precious.

I love you mom! I hope I will be a mom just like you!

♥ The Schroeder