Familia Soares

Feliz Aniversario Andelyn!!!

2011-10-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

Yet another year has gone by and our baby girl is now TWO!!! Where does the time go??!!?? Andelyn is such a little firecracker!! It is so fun to see how much she learns each day! She all of a sudden has started talking up a storm and guess what...I can actually understand most of what she is saying. She loves coloring, anything that has to do with princesses, elmo, singing and dancing, giving sister kisses (smothering baby sister is what mom likes to call it), and of course still LOVES her daddy. I am so grateful for these last two years and for the love and excitement she has brought into our lives. She definitely keeps us on our toes.

Andelyn and Lyvia both had big little milestones this week. Andelyn of course turned two and Lyvia is now three months old. They are growing up SO fast and I wish that they would just slow down a little bit. Even though they are a handful, I wouldn't change anything even if it is practically impossible to get a good picture of a 2 yr old and a 3 month old together but its worth a try, right??!!??

Not exactly the easiest thing to do!!!

But you keep trying...

and eventually get one like this

I love you my little divas :)

and another one takes the dive

2011-09-22T09:01:00.000-07:00

Getting hitched, tying the know, the I Do's, taking the plunge or dive..... However you want to say it, Kaitlyn and Trevor are finally married!!! It was a beautiful day and I am so happy for them!! However, I'm not ashamed to admit it that I am sure glad it is finally over! I do wish that they would get back from their honeymoon though. Andelyn won't stop asking for Trezor and KK everyday. Anyway, Love you Mr&Mrs Chambers. Thanks for letting us be a part of your special day with you!

Now maybe I can catch up on life :)

2 month celebration at the zoo!

2011-09-12T11:06:00.000-07:00

Two months already??? Yep thats right!! I still can't believe how much our little girls have grown in just two months!! These pictures were taken the week Lyvia was born and I can't believe how different she already looks to me!

Even though I am sad that time is going by so quickly, I can't wait until Lyvia is a little bit older so that she can give back a little bit of the love that Andelyn has so "generously" given her. I always have to be so careful when I leave the room, because if I am lucky this is usually what I find......

...Andelyn snuggling up right next to her baby sister. However, more often than not I find Andelyn on top of Lyvia literally smothering her with kisses. She still gives me that look of confusion when I get so upset with her its almost like she is saying "mommy what's the problem I'm just trying to give my baby sister lots of loves and kisses." It's what every mother wants, right??

In all reality I am so happy with the way Andelyn is with Lyvia! She loves her so much and seems to be so patient with us. She has really never shown any jealousy and I am so grateful for that! They truly are best friends and I hope that lasts! Anytime we go anywhere in the car Andelyn grabs Lyvia's hand, no matter how awkward it is and holds it the whole time in the car. It just melts my heart!

Lyvia turned two months old so we decided to go to the zoo to celebrate. Lyvia didn't really notice much, but Andelyn sure enjoyed herself! It was fun to see her get so excited to see all of the different animals, however, I think the carousel was her favorite part!

These last two months have been absolutely wonderful! I never thought there could be so much more room for so much more love in our house, but there is! Lyvia is healthy and happy. I can't believe how much she smiles at her age, but of course she loves to give her daddy smiles and he can even get her to giggle.

Her blessing was last Sunday. What a blessing she truly is in our family. I am so happy and quite proud of our little family! Thank you so much to all those who came and supported us on this special day!

We have been crazy busy these last two months from Lyvia's birth to moving upstairs to birthdays and brazilian bbq's and a baby blessing and school starting to everything else in between including "kind of" potty training....don't let Andelyn's face of excitement fool you for going potty. She has the whole routine down, but for some reason she just doesn't want to actually go potty in the toilet, but she sure has some good fake out and makes you run to the bathroom with her at the speed of light. ( I think she really does know what she's doing and just gets a kick out of watching us adults) anyway, I'm sure it will come soon.

Now hopefully after my sister's wedding this week we might get a chance to relax for a bit, but as for now I am just trying to take it all in and enjoy the ride!!!!!

Lyvia is here!!!!

2011-07-10T14:18:00.000-07:00

Lyvia is finally here!! I say finally when in all reality she was 13 days early. I was just done being pregnant. I thought that I would share her labor and delivery story more for personal record, so if you don't want to know the details, don't read any further :) Anyway, for the last two weeks my doctor said that he thought I would deliver at any moment because I was already at a 4 and 80% so it was just a waiting game and the anticipation was killing me. Anyway, on Friday my two sisters, Nikki & Kaitlyn decided it was their goal to try to get me to go into labor so they turned into these two inducing drill sergeants and tried to get me to do anything and everything to go into labor. It was quite funny. We settled for an intense walk and I tell you what it wasn't easy, however it was totally worth it. Later that afternoon I thought that possibly my water had broke but I wasn't sure because there was no gush like you always see on the movies and have nightmares about so I kinda ignored it. I really didn't think much about it because I didn't have any contractions at all. Anyway, towards the end of the night I just felt like I had been leaking all day, but since I was induced with Andelyn I really didn't know what to expect. I called and talked to my mom and she and my dad told me to call the hospital and just see what they think. So I did and they said I should come in just to check to be safe. Well I was in no hurry, especially because Vagner was playing soccer in Murray and because I didn't have any signs of contractions, so I decided to wait until he got home so we could just run up to the hospital real quick. By the time we got to the hospital it was about 11:00 p.m. It seriously took forever for them to check me. When they finally did they told me indeed that my water had broke and that I would be having a baby soon. I was actually really releived! We called my family and told them that we would let them know when it got closer so that they didn't have to sit and wait forever at the hospital. By the time we finally got to our room it was about 1:30 a.m. and I was hooked up and ready to go. The first nurse said she predicted that I would give birth anywhere between noon and 4 p.m. Boy was she wrong!!! When the nurse checked me at about 3:00ish I was at about a 3, at about 3:30 she came rushing in and said that she thought I was progressing a lot more than she imagined and boy was she right! I had gone from a 3 to an 8 in less than an hour so we decided to hurry and call my family-still thinking we had a little bit of time, but still told them to hurry. Sadly to say, Brooke and Kaitlyn were the only ones who made it because I went from an 8 to a 10 in less than 7 minutes and Lyvia wasn't waiting for anyone or anything!!! I pushed twice and she was here!! It was seriously so easy!! She was born at 4:05 a.m. on Saturday the 9th and weighs 6 lbs. 8 oz. and is 19 inches long. She has so much dark hair and is just as beautiful as her big sister was. My parents and Nikki were able to hear her first cry because they made it to the door when she came. Woops sorry guys you can definitely blame Lyvia for that one. We are so excited and she has absolutely already stolen our hearts!!

I have been so curious to see how Andelyn is going to act around her. She came to visit and was SO excited!!! We let her sit on the couch and hold Lyvia and she thought that she was the neatest thing in this world. She just kept saying "baby sister" and kept getting everyone's attention to make sure they looked at the baby. She was giving her kisses about every five seconds. I sure hope this lasts!!! Any time someone would try to have a turn to hold Lyvia Andelyn would yell no and pull her back so no one could have her. She eventually let others have a turn, but only if they would let Andelyn sit on their lap while she held her baby sister. It was so cute.

Anyway, that is Lyvia's story of how she came into the world and we couldn't be happier!!! Lyvia will have to thank her inducing drill sergeant aunts later.

Thanks to all of our family, friends and loved ones who have been so sweet and kind to help us we love you all!!!

Gagoon

2011-06-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a lot of fun! Vagner's work has a day each year at Lagoon (or Gagoon as Andelyn would say) Vagner has been working like CRAZY!! He is going to Weber for the summer semester full time and is working full time as well. He goes to school everyday from about 8:30-1:00 and is off to work by 3:00 and gets home anywhere from 2:30-4:00 a.m. But he only has two more weeks left--Woohoo!! Then maybe I will have a husband again for atleast a few weeks :) Since we don't get a lot of play time with his crazy schedule we decided we needed a fun day at Lagoon. I don't know what was more fun, watching Andelyn on all of the kiddie rides or Vagner. Vagner has so much fun at places like this and I love watching his excitement. He's just like a little kid!!! He decided that he wanted to do the giant bungy jump swing thing. It was hilarious! That's one thing to check off his list. Now he is saying sky diving is next. We'll see!

Andelyn's favorite was without a doubt the boats. Just look at that smile!!! I just love seeing her giggle and laugh with Kamryn. She sure loves to be around her, and I am glad they have each other. (When they're not fighting that is) I guess its just preparation for what's soon to come.

She wasn't too sure about the carousel

However the boats we didn't even have to ask!!!

It's amazing how I can fall even more and more in love with my sweet daughter each day! How can you not??!!??

She is repeating everything and her personality shines more and more each day. We decided that one word to describe her is simply "sensitive" and not necessarily in a bad way. She loves to cuddle and cries for no given reason, yet has the most vibrant little smile. She loves to laugh and give kisses and of course still dances everywhere she goes. She is so in love with her baby dolls right now and I sure hope that lasts!! Honestly, I wouldn't change one thing about her. I have LOVED the time that the two of us have had this last 20 months. It will be something very difficult for me to give up. I feel so blessed to not only have her but my wonderful husband and second princess that is soon on her way. I seriously feel like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!! However, I still can't believe that I only have a little over 6 weeks left! I feel like I have so much to do to prepare for her arrival. Hopefully I will be able to get it all done.

Well not much excitement going on here, but we are happy!!!

Our little bun...

2011-04-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

Today we went to our big target ultrasound to receive very good news!! Our baby girl is doing just perfectly! The tech said that she is exactly on target and that everything looks great. She is 1lb 8oz right now and doing all sorts of flips in my belly. I always feel so much better after this ultrasound. Its just great to know that everything looks so good. There were two things that our ultrasound tech kept saying; "Perfect...just perfect" and "Look at those lips!!!" (She is going to be thanking her daddy for that one!) We just feel very excited and blessed that everything is going so well! It still hasn't sunk in that there really is another little one coming. Hopefully that will kick in soon before she gets here. Just thought we would update that our little bun in the oven is doing GREAT!!

and....for our other little muffin or our little FURACAO (which means "hurricane" in Portuguese), she is just that!!!! I can't believe how fast Andelyn has been growing! She loves to throw tantrums lately and climb on everything, especially the kitchen table. She is definitely trying to find her independence and doesn't care who tries to get in her way. She is full of so many words from "Elmo" to "boca" to "bebe" to "macaco" to "oh no" to her first sentence, "where'd the kitty go?" she picks and chooses what words she likes in which language. She is so much fun! She has absolutely LOVED playing outside and exploring when there have been sunny days. She has such a sweet side to her and loves to give cuddles. I try to talk to her about a new baby coming every day, but I know she has no clue what I'm talking about. (Guess she'll understand when the little one is here).

I get so overwhelmed with the love I feel when I think how much the Lord has blessed us.

3

2011-02-21T21:29:00.000-08:00

How is it that three years seems like an eternity (in a good way)? I feel like I've known you forever and that you have always been a part of my life. Thank you so much for all you mean to me and for being such a wonderful friend, husband, and father. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father knew that we were supposed to be together and made sure that we found each other even if I had to travel half way across the world. Thanks for the happiest three years ever! I am so excited for an eternity with you! I love you!

Happy 3rd Anniversary to my wonderful husband!!!

Once Upon a Time.....

2011-02-07T22:07:00.001-08:00

Well I just looked at my blog and realized that my background was still from Christmas time, woops! We have been busy yet steady. Vagner decided in less than a week before school started that he was going to go to Weber State. So we had to scramble to get him all set to go. Fortunately, it has all worked out and he is doing great in school! I am so proud of him. He came home the other day and said while sighing..."Its official, I'm a nerd!" He was referring to the fact that he is really actually enjoying school and is really liking to study. (something that if you told him that he would be like this ten years ago, he would have never believed it) He makes me laugh.

Well we just found out this last week that there is a possibility that we might just one day have a household of all princesses. How would that be??

That's right...we just found out that baby number two is going to be another little princess! We are so excited. Names this time around have been a little harder, but we have some in the lead right now. Vagner keeps saying that no matter what we are going to have to have a little Vagner Jr. in the mix one day. The funny thing that no one ever sees is the little smirk on Vagner's face when he is the only one Andelyn wants. She bawls now every time he even leaves the room. He loves the fact that his little princess is head over hills for him. We both know that all of his little girls are going to be like that. What can I say... I don't blame them. (we can't help it) I got caught in his spell too :)

Thanks to everyone who helped me through that first trimester. Its never pleasant for me because I am quite naseous and just feel crummy, but all I have to do is get past those first 12 weeks and I feel great!!!

Where'd my baby go??

2010-12-10T21:30:00.001-08:00

Wowzer!! Well November definitely was our month and a great month it was!!! My wonderful husband and us received some great news after great news!! First of all Vagner is now a step closer to starting college which is a huge step. Also, my husband got a GREAT new job. Something that literally just fell in our laps thanks to great family members who keep us in their thoughts. This is something that we have been praying for for a long time. His job includes benefits and everything. (No one really understands the importance of that until you have gone for a long time without insurance for their family!) I am so happy and proud of my husband!!!

(My very own Bob the Builder)

I am still so grateful everyday that Heavenly Father made it possible and wanted us so badly to be together!! Anyway November was definitely a month to give thanks!

Now to answer the question to this post... Where'd my baby go? There are two answers, first look at my baby girl!!!! She is all grown up!! She's not my baby girl anymore :(

I love to just watch her play and see those little wheels in her head start to turn. Her little giggle is absolutely priceless!! She still absolutely ADORES her papai (daddy) and now cries everytime he has to leave for work. I know she is going to grow up with so many of his wonderful qualities and I am so grateful!!! She has even wanted to start drinking "chimarrao" (the staple to Vagner's culture hahahaha). Oh brother what am I going to do. She is just so curious! She wouldn't stop hounding Vagner until he let her try some of it. And of course Vagner is a sucker for those puppy eyes. Such a proud daddy :/

And... to answer the second part of the question, well actually.... I think that the picture can explain it better........

Yep that's right IN MY BELLY!!! Baby Soares number 2 is on its way and we couldn't be happier!!! I am not very far along, only 8 weeks, but if you think about it that's already two months!!! It sounds so good to say that! I have been quite naseous the last few weeks but I just keeping saying to myself this too shall pass! My poor husband and daughter have been very patient with me because a woozy and irritated pregnant person is really not someone that's fun to be around, but I try. I think Vagner really gets the brunt of it, but that's why I love him so much!!

Well thats all of our news for this month! I know I kinda rambled, but that's what you get!!

Halloween @ our cave!

2010-11-03T08:14:00.000-07:00

I seriously love this time of year, including Halloween. Since this was officially Vagner and Andelyn's first Halloween to dress up we decided to go as a family of cavemen. We didn't really have anywhere to go besides our ward party, but it was fun anyway. Hope everyone had as much fun as we did. Vagner sure had a blast. (I think he especially enjoyed the "trunk or treat" part) I love my caveman and little pebbles :)

Birthday Bash!!!

2010-10-21T09:31:00.001-07:00

Well... a lot has been going on lately and I finally feel like its starting to wind down. First of all our "baby" just turned one year old and I still can't believe it!

Its kind of a bitter sweet for me.. bitter because my baby isn't my baby any more and is just growing up too fast and of course sweet because of all the fun wonderful memories that we have had with her this last year. She is our greatest blessing!!! Andelyn had her 12 month appointment this week and the poor thing knew exactly what was going to happen the second we got into the dr's office, poor thing. Despite her screaming and crying, she is a very healthy girl! She is now 30inches long in the 80% percentile and 21 lbs 10 oz in the 50% percentile. She is really close to walking and will take about five steps by herself until she realizes she is done. She loves playing and laughing and of course is still into everything! But we still love her even more every day!

We have always said that we want our children to love their culture and know where they came from, so we have decided to do all we can to keep with Brazilian and American traditions. Including the huge one year birthday party. I know some people think that we are crazy, but to us its important and tradition . We decided to have a huge brazilian birthday bash for Andelyn. It turned out great! We had a lot of fun with many friends and family.

Andelyn had so much fun too which made it all worth it.

95% of our guests came in their brazilian attire which made it even better! Everything was in green, yellow, or blue.

I made the cake and was quite proud of it!!!

I almost felt like I was back at home in Brazil (just without our good brazilian friends, but we had quite a few there).

Thank you to all those especially my grandparents and friends who helped out so much for the party I know it was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. So THANKS!! And of course thanks to my wonderful husband who is so great and always supports me even in my crazy ideas!(even though this one was kind of your fault :) )

PARABENS ANDELYN WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

lil' miss snaggle tooth!

2010-07-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

okay okay I know, I am horrible at keeping up with my blog, so I will try to share a few highlights within the last few months. First of all... Andelyn just had her nine month check up! I can't believe how fast she is growing! She is now 18 lbs. 13 oz in the 50% and 28 3/4 inches in the 75%. She is now our little vampire! At 7 months she got her first tooth. We are definitely not your "average" family so of course Andelyn can't be either, her first tooth wasn't your normal bottom front, oh no it was her top left side tooth, then her bottom front teeth came in and now her top right side tooth. Too bad its not Halloween :) Zoom in on those teeth! Its hilarious!

Over the fourth we went to Centerville for our annual breakfast and parade with our family and last minute decided to go to Wyoming. It was a lot of fun! And of course the Weber State Fireworks. I absolutely love being with my husband and baby girl! I wouldn't trade it for anything in this world!!!

I wish that these pictures did justice to show Andelyn's personality. But there are a few things that you can see for sure...she loves to smile, loves her daddy, is happy as a bug because is finally crawling and standing up, she is just the sweetest thing, and so much more. She loves to scream and talk in her own little language, she claps and says "YAY", immitates you when you cough she says mamae (which means mommy and i'm sure she has no idea what she is saying.) We got her to even say papai (daddy) the other day. She is just so much fun and brings so much happiness into our lives!

Well I hope that'll catch us up for a little bit :)

Viva Las Vegas!!!

2010-05-09T14:46:00.000-07:00

This last week my family decided that they were going to take a family trip to Vegas and then to San Diego. Vagner and I decided that we wanted to go but would only be able to go to Vegas. We had so much fun! I always get so excited to show new things to Vagner! He is so fun to surprise almost just like a little kid.

When we got there we took Andelyn swimming for the first time. She looked so stinkin' cute in her new little swimming suit, however, she wasn't so excited about it and definitely wouldn't let us take a picture, so this is the best we could do :) We did get her in the pool and she wasn't loving it at first. She had to make sure that she was holding our thumbs and I tell you what, that little 6 month old has a death grip! By the end she started kicking her little feet and Vagner almost got a little smile out of her.

That night we went to Freemont Street and it was something exciting for Vagner and Andelyn. We had woken Andelyn up at 6am to feed her so that we could be ready by 7 am. My mom rode with us in our car and Andelyn is not use to having someone in the back with her so it was all fun for her. Anyway, she didn't want to miss a thing that WHOLE day. She took only three little cat naps of 30 minutes or less and didn't settle down until midnight that night. She was so fascinated by all the lights and loved watching all the groups of different people. It was fun to see her so happy!

The next day my family went on to San Diego and Vagner and Andelyn and I stayed in Vegas for one more day. We decided to go to the wax museum and just hit all the big hotels on the strip.

We put Andelyn in the stroller and I kid you not, she giggled the whole time we were on the strip. It was so funny because every time a new group of people passed us she would just start laughing, and I don't mean a little giggle, I mean an all out kick your feet and arms pure laugh, she was smiling the whole time, it was so fun to just watch her. She is the happiest little baby! She did so good in the car too! We were nervous about that, but on the way home she slept just about the whole way and didn't even think about fussing until we got to Layton (pretty good for such a little one for such a long time)

......AND all of a sudden, my baby LOVES her binki!!! I have no idea what happened! She started to cry when she was tired one of the days and my parents said "just give her a binki," I confidently told them both you can try but she doesn't like it. Well she sure proved me wrong! She started sucking that binki like it was nobody's business and has loved it ever since. After all that hard work and NOW she starts wanting a binki?? Who knows. I honestly tried so hard since she was born, but I guess Andelyn had her own agenda. Hey whatever makes the little one happy :) I know this was kind of a long blog, it was just such a fun time to be with my family that I had to blog about it. But in the end I think it was Andelyn who had the most fun :)

Spring has Sprung??

2010-05-03T14:12:00.001-07:00

Well there's not a whole lot of news, so I just thought that I would just post some new pics. We went down to temple square this week to see all the tulips, even though it was freezing cold, the flowers were still gorgeous. Andelyn sure seemed to like the flowers. It was a fun family outing with grandma and grandpa :)

TWO WHOLE YEARS!!!!

2010-02-22T09:00:00.000-08:00

This entry is dedicated to my wonderful husband. Today we have been married for two whole years and they have been wonderful! It is amazing to think of all the things that we have been through together in these last two years- it truly has been an adventure!! From our wedding day to living in two different countries to having our first baby and falling even more in love with you each day with everything else in between. I seriously couldn't and wouldn't want to do it with anybody else!! Thanks for being my best friend and the most wonderful dad and husband!! I love you so much babe thanks for all you do for us! Happy Anniversary with many more to come!! I LOVE YOU!!

Time Flies When You're Changing Diapers!!!

2010-02-03T13:53:00.001-08:00

I can't believe that it has already been almost 4 months since our little one was born!! Time seriously flies!! She is so sweet and so much fun. We (or should i say "I") finally bit the bullet and put her in her crib, it has been a whole week and to our surprise she has peacefully slept through the night each night. Woohoo!!! I can't beleive how big she gets so fast she is so much fun and absolutely full of smiles. Grandma says it's because she is half Brazilian. We have taken so many pictures of her that we can't even count, but I just thought that I would put a few of our favorites.

Andelyn's Blessing

2009-12-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

This Sunday was Andelyn's blessing day. It was such a wonderful day! We were so grateful to have our families and friends over to celebrate her special day. Vagner was so nervous about giving his first official blessing in English. He did such a great job it was a beautiful blessing I am so proud of him! We are so excited for the life of our little one, we are so blessed to have her. Andelyn was blessed in the dress that was made for me when I was blessed. It was made by my Grandma Roberts from the same material that was made from my mom's wedding dress, so that was pretty neat. Thanks for everyone's love and support!

The Young & the Restless

2009-11-09T13:58:00.001-08:00

This post is a thank you to all of my sweet friends! Andelyn has been having a hard time sleeping just about every night from 2 t0 5 in the morning and it just left me absolutely exhausted!!! All of my friends have just had babies so, I decided to text all of my close girl friends to see what in the world I could do to help her sleep better at night. I was immediately flooded with text messages, e-mails, and phone calls. What wonderful friends I have! In the end pretty much the advice I got was just ...hang in there... and that is what we have been doing. I know that Andelyn is still super young, but I was super tired. I would love to report that Andelyn has done extremely well this week (as well as a newborn can do:) ) We sure love her even if we don't get all of our beauty sleep.

Thanks Girls!! I sure do love ya!!

P.S. I am always open for advice, so if anyone has baby secrets- please share the wealth

Andelyn

2009-10-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

I know, I know.... We have been slacking on our blogging, not because of a lack of things to report, but quite the opposite. We have been INCREDIBLY busy, but in a good and wonderful way. Well our biggest news is that our beautiful little girl has arrived. Andelyn was born on Sunday October 11th @ 5:06 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 9 oz. and she looks like she really did come straight from Heaven. We are so overwhelmed with love and excitement to have her. She is only 6 days old, but they have been absolutely wonderful!! Thank you so much to all those who have been such a big help, from moving in, to getting adjusted, to help with our open house, baby showers, baby, and just for your love and support! We are so lucky to have so many wonderful people in our lives from all different corners of the world. We feel so blessed in so many ways.

Celebrate!

2009-07-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

This is how we celebrate getting our Visa, by going to Christ the Redeemer. For our interview we had to go to Rio de Janeiro and even though it was a pain to have to travel just so that someone could give us a piece of paper saying that we could finally go to the United States, it was worth it. Especially when you get have a view like this one!

See ya on Wednesday (by the way that is in 3 days)

YAY for the USA!!!

2009-07-14T04:45:00.000-07:00

First of all, thank you for all of your prayers because they sure worked! We had our interview on Friday and we were accepted! We are on our way home! We are just waiting for our visa to get here in the mail and by next week we plan on smelling that fresh Utah air. Thanks to all who helped us out so much! We are excited and anxious to see everyone!!!

USA here we come (Finally :) )

ALRIGHT already!!!

2009-06-30T12:02:00.000-07:00

Well as much as I LOVE to take pictures of myself, I understand that I need to take atleast a few while I am pregnant. And...since everyone is on my case to put some pregnant pictures on here, here you go, to everyone who wants to see my belly :) Andelyn is definitely growing fast, but atleast I can still see my toes.

Confirmed!!!

2009-06-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

We had our regular monthly check up and our little girl is definitely on her way! We are so excited. The baby and I are doing great! We got another 10! We had the big ultra-sound and the doctor said everything is looking perfect and functioning just right. We got to see all of her little fingers and toes, heart, and she definitely has her daddy's nose. She's a little over a pound and the doctors were even a little surprised that she is EXACTLY at all of her target points even to the exact date. Woohoo! Andelyn sure moves a lot, but of course she never kicks when her dad is around.

What can ya do?

Our baby GIRL!!!!

2009-05-19T19:11:00.000-07:00

Our Baby....

2009-05-19T18:28:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

We just found out that our baby is going to be a GIRL, and her daddy couldn't be happier! Our doctor told us that on a scale from 1-10 the baby and I are a 10 he said that we couldn't be more perfect than we are. So what more could we ask for? She was doing sommersaults in my belly during the ultra-sound, but the doctor got a clear shot and said there was no question. We are happy and excited to add yet ANOTHER girl to the Roberts' line. We're all about continuing family traditions! Congrats Grandpa Brett! Your next little girl is on the way!

It's never too late for the Lord

2009-04-28T07:03:00.000-07:00

Well this weekend was a very wonderful and rewarding weekend! We had the opportunity to go to the South to see Vagner's mom get married and baptized. This is a day that we have been waiting for for so long.

When Vagner was first baptized in 2003 his mom told him she didn't want anything to do with the church and even told him that if he joined he would have to leave home. Well, even though he knew what he had to do it was very hard on him because he loved his mom. When Vagner decided to serve a mission the situation got even worse. With no support from his mom and being the only member in his family he went off to do the Lord's work. Vagner faithfully wrote his mom every week, in return he only received about 5 letters at the most. When he got home from his mission his two brothers and sister who were of baptism age were baptized. Yet, his mom was still not ready to be baptized, however, Vagner never left without hope. What a wonderful day it was when Vagner's mom called to say she was going to be baptized. I have never seen Vagner so excited. We of course knew we had to go to support her. On April 24th Vagner had the long awaited and wonderful opportunity to baptize his mom.

Like Nikki and grandma well put it, maybe there are reasons that visa's are delayed. I guess the Lord really does always know what he is doing!

Vagner...you play soccer with your FEET!!!

2009-04-12T12:44:00.001-07:00

Well, anyone who knows my husband knows that he LOVES to play soccer. It doesn't matter what kind of pain he is in, he is always there bright and early for a good game. However, this time it might slow him down a little bit. This last month he has been complaining because his wrist has really been bothering him. This week was the last straw when he fell on top of his wrist in the middle of the game. Of course he finished the game and made many goals, but after it really started to hurt. He told me he was just going to run to the doctor really quick to see if he could get something for the pain. Next thing I knew, here comes my husband with a cast from his fingers to his shoulder. (He chipped a part of his bone on his wrist). I couldn't help but give a little chuckle when he came home. He told me it was no big deal, but..... the doctor said otherwise.

2009-04-12T12:31:00.001-07:00

Did you think a cast was going to stop him???!!!??? HA!

This was a day after he got his cast. We went to a park on Easter Saturday where he played ultimate frisbee, went biking, and rollerblading. I don't know if he is just a very determined guy or a little crazy, either way I love him. (Just a note, Vagner is back at the hospital right now to get another cast because he has already broken this one. What can ya do? I have no comment :) )

Mom in training.....

2009-04-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

OK... before I start to explain this post first you need to know that Tia=Aunt and Tio=Uncle in Portuguese.
Aren't they cute in their Easter dresses?

Well this last week I definitely had plenty of time to train for what is coming. These two sweet little girls are Isabela and Giovana, our friends' little girls. Anyway, Andreza (their mom) is 7 months pregnant and was pretty sick the other day. Her doctor told her that she couldn't even pick up Giovana who is 1 year and 3 months old. Imagine how difficult that is when your little one is crying. Well being the good friends that we are, we offered to watch the girls for a day. Vagner of course had to work so at night I stayed with the girls. At dinner time I asked Isabela to say the prayer to bless the food. What a sweet little prayer. There was definitely no way to hold back the tears when suddenly she said, "Heavenly Father, please bless Tia Rachel and Tio Soares (Vagner) that they can go to the United States soon." I was so humbled at that moment that such a pure little thing was thinking about us and asking Heavenly Father to help us that the fountain was open and it took a while to close. I am now a lot more positive that everything will go well because with a powerful little prayer like that I know that Heavenly Father will be listening.
Thank you everyone for all of your prayers and support we sure do love and appreciate all of you!

Anniversary???!!!???

2009-03-20T14:55:00.000-07:00

Well we still haven't had a honeymoon and this is what we were doing on our one year anniversary....
I am the YW President and Vagner is in the stake YM's Presidency, so we celebrated our anniversary at youth conference :) One day I am sure we will be able to have an anniversary just the two of us.
I don't know if this video shows how much the YM love Vagner or not, but notice how many boys it took to get my man. He is definitely quick, but I guess just not quick enough. Make sure to check out this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7G1e2o_87A

a bun in the oven??!!??

2009-02-19T17:06:00.001-08:00

Yep that's right!! We just got back from the doctor and it is double and triple confirmed...We are Pregnant!! I am exactly 5 weeks and 3 days along. We are so excited to be able to start our little family. Our brazilian babe is on the way. Hooray!

Our Wedding Day

2009-02-01T15:59:00.000-08:00

For those of you who missed our wedding (which would be every single one of you-except for my parents...) I decided to put a few of our pictures to share this wonderful day with you! It truly was the best day of our lives. We were so happy and you can tell on our faces. Although it was such a hard decision to get married so far away from those we love, it was the best decision that we made. We are so happy and so much in love. (I know it sounds corny, but it's the truth)
Anyway, if anyone wanted to know, it is quite complicated to get married in Brazil. There is so much stupid paper work. Here we practically got married three times in one day. First, in the "cartório" (which is the marriage license place) second, in the temple (because legally you have to be married civily first and the temple marriage in Brazil doesn't count), and finally, we were married and had our "reception" at our ward building. It was VERY simple, but it was PERFECT. We were so grateful that we had the miracle to have my parents and Vagner's mom there. In the end it was wonderful! I am so grateful that the Lord has blessed me with such an incredible eternal companion! How lucky we are! We love you all!!! Thank you so much for all of your support!!!

Our Wedding pics

2009-02-01T15:56:00.001-08:00

our bestest friends

2009-01-27T17:30:00.001-08:00

These are two of our best friends Andreza and Tiago. It is incredible, Andreza and Vagner are exactly alike they could be brother and sister and Tiago and I are exactly alike too . It is so funny because we always know what Vagner and Andreza are thinking and the same with me and Tiago. (Pay attention to who are the clowns....hmmm) Andreza and Tiago have two cute little girls and are finally awaiting their little boy who is due in June. They are more than friends, they are our family. Everyone knows that we are a package deal, if someone invites us to something they know that Tiago and Andreza come along with us and vise versa. As you can see, we have so much fun together! It's always a party!!!

Did someone say BBQ??

2009-01-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

now THIS is a barbeque!!! Watch out Utah, because I am bringing home one of the best!! This was our Christmas BBQ. Just take a look..there's beef, lamb, chicken, ribs, sausage, and something else that I don't remember. This was just for 10 people, but wow was it good. The brazilians from the south (Rio Grande do Sul) are known for their bbq's. I can definitely testify that the rumors are true-they are good. This is actually done in the ground. My husband has been promising me for a long time a bbq like this and like always he follows through with his promises.

Christmas in the South

2009-01-26T16:36:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of Vagner and his family when we were decorating the Christmas tree. Vagner is the oldest of five kids. Starting to the right of him is his brother Emerson, Jackson, his stepdad "preto", his mom (Noedi), his little brother, Alexandre, and his sister, Lorem. Christmas was a lot of fun. Of course I missed being with my family, but atleast we were with our Brazilian family. It was very hard for us to leave, especially thinking that it is going to be a while before we see them again, but it was a happy Christmas together in the South.

Those are sure some pretty good lookin' chinese people

2008-12-03T10:45:00.000-08:00

If anyone was curious with what we have been doing this last month, well here is one of the things.......we definitely don't have a boring life!