Um yes, talk about a picture perfect couple.

A few days after we got home from Europe we flew to Utah for my cousins wedding.

Hello Jet-lag- ha Ryan was finally getting the hang of sleeping at night again.
I love this cousin of mine and he picked the cutest girl ever.

I'm so happy she is finally apart of our crazy Rascon Fam!
She is perfect and I love her!

They were married in the Salt Lake City TEMPLE and their sealing was beautiful.


I was beyond excited to see these two. Words can never describe how much I miss them living so far away!
If you get my huge chico family together, we can really dance up a storm.
It was one good party!
(Ryan has a thing with my little brother. It's the cutest thing,-they love each other.)
BBQ, Smores, golf, movies, and games...
It was so beautiful up there!

Aaron stayed through Sunday and then had to fly back for work.
I stayed the extra week with the babe.

I had a running buddy every day- miss my momma!
And Ryan was in heaven with all the attention from my fam.
It was perfect.

Houston bound we went.
As hard as it is to say goodbye, it was one GOOD reunion when this little boy saw his daddy!
xo

Don't ask me how he is already 11 months old.

I cried. and then cried again.

My baby is growing up wayyyy too fast!

-He goes through a box of cherrios like there is no tomorrow.

Who would have thought we would be going broke off cherrios;)

-He is probably the fastest crawler on the planet. This kid can fly. Not kidding.

 He uses one fist and one palm and it's hilarious to watch him coming at you!

We make a good duo every day.

- He thinks he is a pretty big deal around here.

No but seriously, he runs the Powell household.

-He LOVES the water. Bathtime, pools, everything water, you name it. 

Oh and he is not afraid of anything.

Like the vacuum- some kids cry because of it.
No Ryan comes charging at it full force.

fearless baby and it scares me to death.

Watching him try to push this table everyday kills me.

-He dances every time music comes on. It's hilarious.

-This is his favorite toy.

I will tell him "go get the ball!" He will crawl to it, pick it up and say "ba" and throw it.

-He goes to bed at about 8:30 PM and sleeps until 7:15 AM.

Nap from 10-11:30.

Nap from 2-4.

It's the best.

Oh yeah, he is toothless and it's the cutest.

I love those little gums.

I didn't get my first tooth until I was like 14 months hahaha ultimate slow poke.

and Aaron was like 11 months, so who knows when it will come.

-He still nurses about 4 times a day (morning, night, and midmorning and afternoon) but is slowing weening the day time feedings. I never thought it would make me so sad but it does!

-He's a good little eater. His favorite foods are bananas and avocados, toast, and my green smoothies.
(no kidding- he downs them like theres no tomorrow)

Oh and Red Mango..

Talk about my little love boat, and my bestest bud ever.

We do everything together, and I feel so lucky to be his mommy.

Happy 11 months sweet baby boy. You are my world!

After 12 nights on a boat, you get to know a lot of people-
We got a lot of "We will miss baby Ryan!!" ha

(There is nothing worse than getting off the ship and seeing the people waiting to get on the ship 
because their cruise starts that day! I hate it!)

The day we got off it just happened to be my darling mother-in-law's birthday!

Aww Happy Birthday!!!
She is the prettiest (enter her age) year old I know!

Her and I were in heaven finding the cutest candy stores.

I love Spain. So pretty.

We explored the city for the day, and Ryan's favorite part was watching the birds.

He would get so excited when they would come close to him.

It was the cutest thing.

We stayed at a pretty cool hotel for 2 nights!

The next day was my father-in-law's birthday! Awww Happy Birthday!!!

How fun that they are a day apart huh!?

We had a tour guide the second day and he took us up to Montserrat. It was incredible.

The views were unbelievable!

After lots more touring of the beautiful city,

we ended the trip with a bang when we ate at the most incredible restaurant with really good bruschetta.

A huge thank you to these two for making it a dream vacation.

I am so lucky to call them second parents.

Seriously the best cutest in-laws in the world.

I have received many emails with specific questions so hopefully this helps! PLEASE please email me if I missed something I would be happy to help!

1. Get a bassinet! (As seen in above picture) We tried to get one on the way out to Europe and there just happened to be 12 infants on the plane and so we couldn't get one! (even showing up 3 hours early for our plane- still couldn't get one)

Ryan slept like a rock in there.

2. We cruised on Norwegian Cruise line! and did the 12 night Mediterranean from Venice to Barcelona. My in-laws have tried out most cruise lines and this was our first time trying Norwegian. Loved loved loved it! I would totally recommend it.

3. Our backpack carrier was the best thing ever purchased. 

You can use it until they are like 40 pounds or something so it lasts forever!

SO glad we decided not to!

But seriously.

A. Take the stairs. We were on floor 10 and never took the elevator. Only to carry up our suitcases.

Some mornings we could go run 5 miles on a treadmill if we were at sea or we ported later but most of our tours left at 8 AM (or earlier) so Aaron and I brought resistance bands and would do abs together or arms the days that we didn't have time to go to the gym before our tour.

C. Go dance at night. Burns lots of calories and we had a blast.
D. If you are craving sugar, go get some fruit! Cruise ships have the freshest fruit (usually) and it's an endless supply!! 

E. Choose one meal to splurge on instead of making every meal a crazy 1000 calories.

I'm not a huge breakfast lover (Don't get me wrong I NEVER EVER skip it, I would just rather have cereal than eggs and bacon) So each morning I just had a bowl of cereal and fruit, even though there is 200 items to choose from on a cruise ship. I would rather eat a pizza for dinner then 4 waffles for breakfast. Make sense?

6. Highlights- There were lots of highlights, but if I had to choose one-
If you ever have the chance to do the Gondola in Venice, DO IT.

And my last really educated tip:)- If you do go to Europe get a baguette or two, and eat lots of gelato and pizza.

Somehow America just hasn't quite caught on to those three things like Europeans have:)

Until next time Beautiful Europe! xoxo

 France is GORGEOUS.

Our tour guide took us all over and we spent the day in Marseille.

It seriously doesn't need words, it's just that pretty.

Lets now talk about how pretty Italy is!?

And finally, let's talk about how much gelato we ate that day.
Ok, lets not talk about it, I almost get a sugar rush headache thinking about it ha.
But seriously, we stopped at 3 different gelato places on ONE STREET.
That's a lot of ice cream.
Hey, when in Italy- do it right!
Loved you Florence.
Next stop.. Beautiful FRANCE!