Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Pioneer Day

 Last year we took the kids to the Handcart Days at the park, and they were too scared to go on any of the rides. This year my parents took them while we went on a date. P1 was so brave and went on a lot of rides all by himself! I was so happy and proud of him when we found out! P2 still just wanted to watch at a safe distance, but maybe next year!


My parents were telling me how P1 would spin his cup around in the teacup ride. They mentioned there was a little girl with him, and showed me the pictures. I laughed because I know her! She is the daughter of one of my high school classmates, and I had just barely seen her post pictures of her daughter enjoying the rides at the park. Small world!








Happy Pioneer Day!

Friday, July 8, 2016

Sending off a Missionary

My baby brother left on his mission, I can't believe it! He will be serving in the Omaha, Nebraska mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He will be a great missionary, and we are excited for him!




Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Fourth of July

PE's parents live close by the golf course where they do city fireworks for the 4th of July. They always host a BBQ, and then everyone walks up to see the fireworks.

This is the first year that we all went as a family. Last year, PE took P1 while I stayed home with P2. It was very hot, and we were melting, so I went to go find us some cold drinks. The kids decided to tag along, which made carrying back 2 smoothies through a huge crowd extremely difficult. I'm amazed I didn't lose one of them in the chaos. They drank the smoothies in less than a minute, and experienced their first brain freeze. 





Once it started getting dark, P2 kept wanting to go home.




They got some fun light sabers, which they absolutely love! P2 did not like the fireworks, but at least she didn't cry or scream. She just snuggled with dad while we covered her ears. P1 did great with the fireworks this year!


 We did some sparklers and a few little fireworks at our house. Both kids liked the sparklers, except P1 burned his finger on one.


P2 did not like the ones we did on the street. Grandma has to take her inside while we did those. P2 just cries and says "Loud...loud...loud." At night, our neighbors did some really noisy ones, so she would wake up and cry that is was loud. So we had to rock her back to sleep a few nights.









Happy Independence Day!

Thursday, June 30, 2016

2 Years

Our little girl turned 2! I can't believe my baby is 2 years old.

Stats:

Weight: 27 lbs (56th percentile)
Height: 34.5 inches (77th percentile)

She did amazing for the doctor! She took her shot like a champ, and didn't cry out or shed a single tear. The nurse was super impressed and said she has never seen that before.






She loves to say "hi" and "bye" to people. She is also very good at saying "Thank you", and it is adorable.

She LOVES the park. It is her favorite thing. She says "hi"/"bye" to it every time we drive past it. She especially loves the swings. I finally convinced her that she would be ok on the baby swings, and now I don't have to swing with her every time.


Her prayers are the cutest. She will say "thank you" for every single person she can think of, and every little thing she can think of. And she will go on forever (often repeating herself) unless you help her close the prayer.

She didn't like the ocean and the beach on our vacation. We went swimming at Grandma's house, and she didn't want to get in the water. But once I got her in, she decided she liked it a lot. She was even swimming all by herself (with help from a life jacket).



She doesn't like being dirty. When she spills food (or even just water) on her shirt, she will demand that we "Change clothes!" and she will run off to her room to pull out new clothes. Recently, she noticed that the bottom of her shoes were dirty. And now she refuses to wear them. So she started wearing her "fops" (flip flops), which she has never liked wearing. But then, of course, the bottoms of those got dirty too, and left us in a pickle.

She loves "Jake and the Neverland Pirates", probably more than her brother does. She has a stuffed Jake and Izzy, and is always demanding "Watch Jake! More Jake!".


She loves her brother, and is always yelling his name. They usually play really well together. She adores him, and loves everything he likes.

She actually likes to take naps (she must get that from me!). She loves her blankies and will often try to put herself down for her nap. She sleeps well at night, and in the morning you can hear her yelling "OUT Mom, OUT!" I guess we should put her in a toddler bed sometime soon.


When I am in the bathroom, she will come pound on the door and yell "Come play! Out Mom, out!". She likes to yell a lot if you hadn't noticed...and she has a pretty good scream...and a pretty good dinosaur roar/growl. She is a lot noisier than P1.

Her favorite food is fruit. She is always up for treats. She will eat her veggies pretty well (broccoli, green beans, peas, corn). She loves any type of sauce...and tries to eat it by itself. She isn't so great at eating the main course. And she will hardly eat anything if we go out to eat (except french fries, she will always eat french fries). When we were on vacation for a week, we were worried she would starve, because she hardly touched any of her food. Oh, and she cannot sit in her chair for an entire meal. She is constantly getting up and down, and running around. Which drives me a little crazy, since she has recently decided to eat everything with her hands even though she can use utensils perfectly well.

She is still great at pouting. She still gets "spitting mad". She likes to just collapse on the floor and cry when she is upset. She likes to be held and cuddled still. And she loves to sit on your lap.

She loves to read books, and the books can actually survive her touch now. We even borrowed our first children library books.

She loves taking baths. If you ever even mention the word "bath", she will run into the bathroom and try to take her clothes off.

She was absolutely fascinated with my earphones the other day. When I would put one in her ear, she would get the biggest smile on her face.


And she likes to take selfies, so I indulge her occasionally.


Happy Birthday sweet girl!


And 2 years in review:

Newborn:


6 months:


1 year


18 months:


2 years: