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Last Disney Day...

2015-08-17T16:24:00.000-06:00

We saved our Magic Morning for our last day at Disneyland. We wanted to get there early and beat the line to meet Anna and Elsa. We had noticed that the line was always over 3 or 4 hours long, so we knew it would be our only chance to see them. We'd also been told that you don't know which princess would be there. So we woke up at 5:00, to make sure we'd be at the front of the line for when the gates opened for Magic Morning. As soon as they opened the gate, Matt ran across the park, while Allie and I pushed the kids in strollers and Ruby was strapped to me, so we could get there as fast as possible. Matt was the third person in line to see the princess, and we joined him soon after. The kids were so excited, especially Sydney she could hardly stand it.

She loved talking to Anna and Elsa, and we sure were lucky that both princesses were there! As soon as we got out from seeing them, the line was already over 3 hours long! We sure were glad that we had gotten up early so we didn't have to wait in such a long line. We went on a bunch of rides while we were in Fantasy Land during Magic Morning while the lines were still short and got to go on a bunch of rides.

We finished up all the rides that we wanted to go on again at Disneyland, and then we ate lunch at the Blue Bayou. The food was so yummy, and it was such a fun atmosphere! After lunch, we went over to California Adventure where we went on the Toy Story Mania ride and got to meet Jessie! We finished up our Disney days by buying souvenirs. Cooper chose a Lightning McQueen remote control race car, and Sydney chose a small Ariel toy and waited to buy an Anna dress, since Disneyland was all sold out of everything Frozen. Allie bought the kids lollipops to take home, which they of course loved. Other purchases included matching necklaces for Allie, Sydney, and me, Woody and Jessie hats, and Mickey Mouse Ears for all the kids.

We all had so much fun at Disneyland and were sad to leave. It was so much fun for all of us!

Disney Day 3

2015-07-29T15:25:00.000-06:00

For our third day, we went to go see Captain America and Thor. Cooper was so excited, he was ready to burst! The first thing we saw when we walked in, was all of Iron Man's suits... so cool!

Then we waited in line to see Cap. They had a lot of memorabilia and information about Captain America, like a museum. Cooper loved seeing his shields, posters, and uniforms.

Captain America was so cute with Cooper. He complimented his hair, telling him that is was the same as his... which was awesome because when we combed Cooper's hair in the morning, he specifically told me to comb it like Captain America's hair. He talked to Cooper about Thor, and asked if we were going to see him. He teased with Cooper saying the best heroes don't have long hair and wear capes, (in reference to Thor) and told him to tell Thor hi from him when we met him. It was so cute and nice of him to spend so much time with Cooper. When we left he asked Cooper to give him "Hulk Smash" and did nucks/bones with him.

I love how Cooper can't stop looking at Cap in this picture!

He had Sydney pose like Black Widow...

The Thor presentation was really cool. We went in a room where they kind of explained his story a little bit over some speakers, and then all of a sudden you heard thunder and saw lightning and then some doors opened up and we walked into this room as saw Thor. Thor looked around the room and asked Cooper to come up! He had Cooper try to lift his hammer, and of course Cooper couldn't, so then he helped him. Cooper was absolutely thrilled! Thor teased Cooper, and asked if he had gone to see the "Old Fossil" yet... referring to Captain America. It was so funny to have them interplay with one another when they weren't even in the same place. We gave him a "hulk smash" when we left too....

Then our whole family got to go up and meet Thor. He played peek-a-boo with Ruby, and would hide behind his hammer.

Later that day we went to Toon Town again, and got to see Mickey again, but this time we got to see him in is Fantasia outfit. We also got to go through Minnie's house, which we didn't do the first day we went there.

We sat down and watched the whole parade this time, and got to see some floats we didn't see the first time, including Anna and Elsa which Sydney was so excited about. I guess this float goes by before the parade actually starts, so it's easy to miss it! One of them waved directly at Sydney and she just loved it!

I LOVED the Mary Poppins part of the parade. By far my favorite part!

This seriously could have been the best part of the whole trip. I love that you can't even see Cooper's face, but you can just tell how excited he is!

Peter Pan's ride was a favorite! Good thing is was so fun, because the line sure was long!

We watched the night water show with Mickey Mouse, and then ran over to Main Street and caught the fireworks. We didn't get a good spot for the fireworks, so we had to hoist the kids on our shoulders, but it turned out ok.

And as every day, ended with sleepy kids. I couldn't help but take pictures of them sleeping, just imagining what they were dreaming about!

California Adventure!

2015-07-29T15:24:00.001-06:00

For our second day, we went to California Adventure. I had never been there before. I remember the last time I went to Disneyland they were just starting to build it, so I was really excited to go there this time!

We started the day off with a breakfast at Ariel's Grotto. First the kids got to meet Ariel, and then we sat down for breakfast and more princesses came around to every table. They gave the kids coloring books, crowns to decorate, and stickers. The food was great! And we got to meet Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Minnie. Sydney was so excited that she wore her Cinderella dress, because she was most excited to meet her. All the princesses kept telling Cooper how handsome he was in his CAP uniform, and Ruby LOVED Minnie. She just kept wanting to touch her nose. It was so cute and fun.

After the breakfast we walked through Cars Land, which is just amazing. It seriously feels like you are in the movie and its so authentic and fun. Cooper spotted Mater and raced over to say hi. There wasn't even a line!It was so cool to walk around and see Lightning and Mater just driving around and talking. I couldn't get over it! We saw them switch places, so we got to see them at the same time which was fun. We got family pictures with Lightning McQueen later too. We made our way over to the Bug's Life land and went on some rides over there. Cars Land was by far our favorite place in California Adventure though, and the ride there is awesome! No wonder it has gotten so much hype!

We caught the parade in the afternoon, which was fun, but I did like the Disneyland parade better. I did take many opportunities to take pictures of the "I'm watching you, always watching..." monster to send to Brett. It's always been one of our favorite quotes...

Ruby slept in the baby carrier a lot, because that was easier than the stroller, since so many places you have to park the stroller. She would always hold onto my hair, so we snapped a picture of her tiny hand holding my hair...

We stopped at the Giradelli store and got some ice cream. It was the perfect spot to take a break and relax, and was one of my favorite parts of the day. Cooper made these sea animals from the wax that was around his cheese and was so proud of them.

Poor Lightning had the sun in his eyes... CA CHOW!

While everyone was going on Soaring California, Ruby and I found Minnie Mouse ready to take off in her airplane. Ruby especially loved meeting this Minnie...

We went in this room and got to meet Crush from Finding Nemo. It was really cool, he answered questions that kids in the room had and talked to us all!

We ended the day by watching World of Color. It was seriously amazing. I loved the show! We got great seats, and everyone loved watching it.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip. Our hotel was a mile away from Disneyland, and we walked to and from the hotel every day. Taking a shuttle was just too hard because we had to fold all the strollers up, and figure out how to hold kids, and all the stuff inside the strollers. So, we would put Cooper and Ruby in one stroller, and Sydney in the other and walk all the way back to the hotel. We sure got a lot of steps in!

First Day at DISNEYLAND!

2015-07-29T11:55:00.002-06:00

Disneyland has been a dream of ours for a long time. We saved for many years to be able to go. Every time Matt would give Sydney his change from his pockets she would put it in her jar and save it to go to Disneyland. She had been saving since she was two years old, and had hundreds of dollars. Sometimes when she would want to buy something at the store, we'd ask her if she wanted to use her money, and she would say, "No, I'm saving it for Disneyland!" We had finally saved enough and decided that it would make the perfect graduation present to celebrate Matt being done with school! Suffice it to say, it was a very exciting day for us to walk into Disneyland!

For our first day we did a lot of exploring. We really enjoyed Tarzan's playground...

Disney's famous Dole Whip...

It's a Small World (espeically seeing Woody and Jessie in there!)

Seeing Goofy!

And Pluto...

And of course Mickey Mouse! Cooper was so excited to give Mickey a big hug, and to show him his little Mickey Mouse... it was the cutest thing!

And Ruby loved playing Peek-a-boo with Mickey!

Toon Town was definitely a hit. The kids loved all the cars, trying out pianos, telephones, escaping out of jail, and of course just the fun fun nature of the place. Minnie wasn't around so we told them we could go back to meet her another day...

And then when we got out onto Main Street, we saw her! Sydney was so excited!

The line was so short that we waited in in twice, so Allie and Grandma could meet her, and so we could get a picture with the girls' Minnie Mouse ears, which Matt had just bought them. (Allie came with us to help with the kids, and as a reward for all her years of unpaid babysitting... and my mom and Diane were in California for a couple of days so they stopped by Disneyland to see the kids.)

We went to dinner that night at ESPN Zone, and Sydney drew this picture of her favorite part of the day... SPLASH MOUNTAIN!

It was a tiring and fun day, to say the least!

We caught a little bit of the parade, but didn't get to see the whole thing. It was fun to see the floats and many of our favorite characters and princesses!

Girl's Trip!

2015-07-29T11:15:00.002-06:00

I met my college room mates and friends in Oceanside CA for a girls trip! It was such a blast, and so good for my soul to reunite with these girls who are such a part of me. I did take my nursing baby, and was the only one there with a baby, but she was a gem, so it was all good. Dayna, Nicole, and I flew on Allegiant out to California, and drove a rental car to the beach house. Stacie and Chelsey drove from Sacramento, and Kelli, Bekah, and Lena drove from Arizona.

When we got down to the beach house, we were the first ones there, so Dayna, Code, and I went and ate lunch at Ruby's on the pier. It was so fun, and brought back memories of going there with Matt when I was pregnant with Ruby. I think her name was meant to be Ruby... even though at that point we didn't even know a gender... haha! So of course I wanted to get some pictures of Ruby at Ruby's!

After lunch, the Arizona crew had made it, so we got into the beach house with them, and set up for a surprise birthday party for Stacie. The girls from AZ brought all the needed party supplies, including Santa beards/hats, bead necklaces, great sunglasses, streamers, balloons, Code's Bundt Cake, and most importantly a Pirate Pinata. Stacie and Chelsey were the last to arrive, and we surprised Stacie with a pretty great party. It was a blast!

Kelli, of course, brought some important supplies... her journal from freshman year, and our freshman list of memories. It was so fun to remember all those times and see really how silly we were. We sure had a lot of fun, even if we were immature... haha! We slept in, spent time at the beach, went out for ice cream, played games, watched chick flicks, stayed up late, and of course talked, talked, and talked. On Saturday we drove to La Jolla and ate breakfast at the yummiest place ever... the Cottage. The food was amazing! Then we went over to the beach and hung out. The beach house rental came with kayaks for 4, so Dayna, Kelli, Stacie, and Chelsey went out on those.

I seriously could not stop smiling. These friends uplift and inspire me, and are so much a part of me that I feel more whole when I am with them. It was an amazing weekend. I only wish we could get together more often!

Ruby's first time at the beach!

We saw Anna and Elsa, which made me super excited for Disneyland! I, of course, sent the kids this picture!

Recreating a picture from their childhood...

Stacie and Kelli went out and tried to ride the waves on these pool floats... it was hilarious.

Successfully dug a hole for the umbrella. It was a lot harder than it looks.

Our sand castle

Allie's Graduation!

2015-07-28T17:03:00.000-06:00

We have enjoyed lots of graduation festivities for Allie. It is so nice to be able to celebrate these milestones with her!

Sydney was practicing her recital songs during Allie's graduation, and I had to get a little video. I remember doing this when I was in lessons, but I was much older... I would practice on my lifeguard tube while I was lifeguarding!

Seminary Graduation!

I had fun going out with Allie and taking her pictures for her graduation announcements! We got so many good ones, but finally narrowed it down to these three.

Sydney's Piano Recital

2015-07-28T17:00:00.000-06:00

Sydney had her first piano recital and she did such a great job! She has practiced so hard, and memorized both of the songs she played! She played "Rondino" and "Edelweiss." It was especially fun, because I got to play a duet with her for Edelweiss. I sure loved practicing and performing with her! We are just so proud of her and all of her hard work! She has grown up so much this year and is becoming a great pianist!

Sydney with her teacher, Holli Guzy

Kindergarten Graduation!

2015-07-28T16:56:00.001-06:00

Sydney is officially a Kindergarten Graduate! She has worked so hard all year, and has just done amazing with a very challenging (3rd grade reading anyone?) academic experience. I'm so proud of my sweet, smart, talented Sydney!

These girls got to perform "3 Little Kittens" in the program... it was so cute!

Coming in to the program... doing "lock it, pocket." I have loved this phrase and use it often in my house when Ruby is sleeping. It really helps Sydney and Cooper walk quietly past her door!

After graduation, we went out to breakfast at Mimi's Cafe to celebrate!

Downtown Disney

2015-07-28T16:37:00.001-06:00

Matt, Allie, and the kids came and picked me up from my girls' trip in Oceanside on Sunday, and we drove to Anaheim. We checked into the hotel, and then I took the kids on a walk around the hotel while Allie and Matt found the room. As soon as the room was ready, we took the kids up and surprised them with a bunch of souvenirs that we had brought from home. It was such a fun way to start the trip!

After we got settled in, we decided to walk over to Downtown Disney with the kids. I was so excited I could hardly stand it, and snapped this picture of Sydney and Cooper walking with Matt. The anticipation was killing me!

I was so glad that Matt and I had gone to Downtown Disney on his work trip when I was pregnant with Ruby, because I had never been before, and it made me that much more excited to take my kids! We showed them the entrances to Disneyland and California Adventure, and then walked through the Disney Store. They wanted to try on these mouse ears, and of course were dreaming of the souvenirs they would get to pick out at the end of the trip...

We made our way over to the Lego Store, which was a favorite spot for all of us! They had a station where you could build a car out of legos and have a race. We had a lot of fun with that!

Then we went into the store and saw all the figures that were built out of legos! I still can't get over them! So awesome!

We decided to eat dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, which was so fun! We all loved the atmosphere and the food! We got a table that was pretty much all by itself, which was nice because the kids still weren't keen on sitting for too long since they had been in the car for two days!

When we were walking back to the hotel after dinner, and we saw this wedding taking place. It was so fun to see a real live Cinderella Carriage! Sydney, of course wanted her picture taken in front of it.

After dinner we went back to the hotel and went swimming! The kids loved playing with some of their new pool toys.

9 Months!

2015-07-22T18:37:00.002-06:00

Nine months! Nine months is always a hard milestone for me, because it's about the length of a pregnancy, and it is just mind boggling how slow 9 months goes when you are pregnant, and how quickly it goes when you have a sweet baby to take care of! At nine months: Still as happy as ever- loves mommy and only wants to be held by her- says "mama" - likes to play independently with toys on the floor... pulling them out of the bin is the best part- is showing interest in crawling - loves bath time and the pool (splashing!) - likes to sleep in her crib - babbles and "talks" all the time. I just love her to pieces!

Sydney's Field Trip

2015-07-22T18:33:00.000-06:00

I was able to volunteer for Sydney's field trip this year. I had so much fun going with her and watching her with her classmates. We went to an artist's house and saw all the art he made out of metal, and then we went to the park for lunch and field games. Seriously, I just loved watching Sydney laugh and play with her friends. All year, she would come home telling me a story of a "best friend" and it was always about a new person. Sydney is friends with everyone and I love it!

May 2014

2015-07-22T18:28:00.000-06:00

May was a fun and eventful month for our family! Some of our day to day activities included:

Taking Allie's senior pictures at the lake and watching this family of ducks swim...

Cooper's first birthday party!

A crazy night with two sick kids sleeping in our room. This was after Cooper threw up in the car on the way home from family dinner, and we ran him into the house to throw up more. All the while, Ruby is crying/coughing hysterically. While all of this was going on, Matt pulled the hose out to clean out the car, and I was helping Cooper throw up. When we flushed the toilet, from the first of several, there was a massive leak, which detoured Matt to the basement to figure out where the leak is coming from, having Sydney running through and flushing every toilet in the house. Pure craziness! At this point it was day 6 of sickness for Ruby, and I don't think I've ever had a baby this sick before!

My last day of teaching preschool!

T- Ball

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I've been looking forward to this day since we found out we were having a boy... baseball, or in this case t-ball, games are my favorite! We had so much fun watching Cooper play t-ball this season, and had many, many laughs because the boys, who have no idea what they are doing, are just so cute and little! He got to be on a team with his buddies, Hudson and Lewis, which was really fun. Seriously, such a blast! We can't wait for fall ball!

I loved watching him play catcher, and just thought he was the cutest in all that catcher's gear!

There is just something about seeing his name on the back of his jersey, and I just love his batting glove hanging out of his pocket!

Cooper was ALWAYS ready for grounders, and spent most of the games like this.

I'm glad he loves baseball as much as I hoped and thought he would!

Preschool Graduation!

2015-07-22T18:27:00.000-06:00

I've had such mixed emotions with this preschool graduation. It's very hard for me to believe that it was my last one as a teacher! I'm so happy and excited to be able to stay home with my kids, volunteer in their classrooms, and focus a little more on my family. But it is definitely bittersweet. I'll miss those sweet, loud, fun preschoolers. i love dancing and singing with them. I was so lucky this year to teach with Andrea. I learned so much from her, and just loved teaching with her! Thanks for helping make it a great year Andrea! I am so glad I took on this little adventure, it has been amazing!

Cooper finished his second year of preschool, with this graduation. He had a great year, made some new friends, kept some old friends, and learned a lot. He has started reading, and could be ready for Kindergarten if he was the right age. But I'm certainly glad to keep him in preschool for another year and have my little buddy at home with me! He did such a great job in his program. He remembered and sang all the songs, and said his part loud and clear! I have absolutely loved being his teacher! Having my kids in my class has been the best part of my job!

8 Months!

2015-07-22T18:16:00.000-06:00

8 Months! Ruby is getting to be very busy... church is getting harder, and she doesn't want to sit still, but she's still as happy as ever. She's becoming very attached to her mom, and doesn't want others to hold her if mom is around. She's an expert at sitting and babbling. We sure love her! Time flies!

Easter

2015-07-22T18:15:00.001-06:00

We had such a great Easter this year! We went down to a condo in St. George, which always just feels right to me, since that's what we did for so many Easters when I was growing up. The Easter Bunny brought us baskets, we dyed eggs, we went swimming lots, we got to go over to the temple, eat at Anazazi Steakhouse, try Swigg for the first time, go to a family reunion for my Grandpa McEwan's family, go to a park, go on walks, go mini golfing, and of course take lots of pictures! Such a blast!

Family Pictures

2015-07-22T18:04:00.000-06:00

Oh how I love this little family of mine. Quite literally, Matt has made all my dreams come true, because all I ever dreamed of was getting married in the temple and being a mom. It is a lot different than I dreamed, a lot harder, and a lot better, and I wouldn't trade any of it for anything!

"God gave us families to help us become who he wants us to be. This is how he shares his love, for the family is of God."

Fire Station Field Trip

2015-07-22T18:03:00.000-06:00

The fire station field trip is always one of my favorite days of the preschool year. We went to a new fire station this year, and it was fun because it was two stories and had a fire pole! Cooper especially loved it, and I brought Ruby along, and she did great in the stroller.

Matt's Graduation!!!

2015-07-22T18:02:00.000-06:00

Honestly, I don't know how to even begin to capture my feelings on this amazing, wonderful, accomplishment! I do know, that going through school with Matt, and watching him work toward his degree has taught me so much about the man he is. He truly is dedicated to his family and will do anything for them, which is such an amazing blessing in my life. His dedication to his family, did make this road long and hard for him, but he knew that working to support us was his number one priority. How incredibly grateful I am for that! When we began this journey, I know neither one of us expected the road to be so long, or so hard. I know there are many things we could have done differently to make it "easier." But we followed our hearts and our beliefs and we both would do it all again. I couldn't be more proud of the man i married. This day is such an accomplishment. He has worked full time at a demanding job, solely supported our family, and has dedicated many hours to busy church callings, and comes home happy to help and spend time with his family, all while working toward this degree. I love you Matt! You are easily the best thing in my life. Thanks for all you do, and CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I planned a surprise party for Matt to celebrate, and we actually pulled it off! We had it at Dennis and Connie's house, and had a lot of family and a few friends there to celebrate.

When the big day finally came, we were all just thrilled. We took tons of pictures and really enjoyed the day. After the ceremony we went to dinner at Brio with Matt's family, Nana and Jonne, and my mom and Allie. What a perfect day!

April 2014

2015-06-16T22:15:00.001-06:00

Milk drunk baby...

I just love finding my kids toys like this...

Our countdown chain... 30 days until Matt graduates, 49 days until I'm done teaching preschool, and 66 days until Sydney is done with school and summer break!

Ready for General Conference!

We went to a zip line park in Daybreak and had a blast!

The highlight of my day is picking Sydney up from school... I love watching her run over to our car! Today after school she got to go to work with daddy, and we are realizing how much we are going to miss her when she's in first grade next year!

This boy melts me... He was the spotlight at school this week. He was so careful with his poster, and did such a great job with it! The other night, he left his baby blanket, that he sleeps with every night, laying on my bed for me because he didn't want my feet to be cold. His favorites from his poster: colors- red and blue, animal- elephant, food- macaroni and cheese, place- Cowabunga Bay, thing to do- eat at Chick-Fil-A, when he grows up he wants to be Captain America, and if he had one wish he'd with for a Captain America swimsuit!

Love mornings when we don't have to be up and out of the house early... Yay for Spring Break!

Matt had his very LAST final!!!! We can't wait to spend some more time with him! Graduation in one week!

We woke up super early for Comcast Cares Day, and volunteered at West High School. Luckily we got to stay inside since it was pouring rain! It pays to know the man in charge, and to have a little baby!

Movie day at preschool! I can't believe the year is almost over!

Just printed my last preschool calendar! It was definitely bittersweet and really weird!

Just wanted to remember her cute spelling for Elephants! Her way makes more sense!

7 Months!

2015-06-16T21:56:00.001-06:00

Seven months! Ruby loves her rice cereal- sitting up- smiles and laughs all the time- and is the happiest baby ever. Seriously, I'd have 100 babies if they were all as happy as she is (and if they stayed that way as they grew up... haha!)

Solids!

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Ruby all ready for her first taste of mush!

Her initial reaction... ha ha ha!

March 2014

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March was a fun month for us! We took lots of pictures of Ruby trying to sit up, and Sydney took lots of fun selfies! I sure love these three kids!

Sydney taking Ruby for a walk...

Man do I love watching Cooper and Matt play catch!

Almost as small as Sydney's doll!

Sydney's tree hanging on the bulletin board at school!

This tiny little thing got shots today... And graduated to size 2 diapers...

Playing catch with Dad! Melt my heart...

Baseball wears him out...

We went to the driving range to watch Daddy hit a bucket of balls...

We eventually got Ruby to like her mush!

We love it when the leprechaun brings us Lucky Charms for St. Patricks Day!

Trying to sit up!

Had my first arthritis related shot, after having a swollen finger for months. I had to go back in and get another one, but after two, the swelling finally went down...

She loved her first time in the park swing!

Had fun celebrating Allie's birthday with her at Blue Fish...

Finally got a good picture of Ruby doing her V-ups! She's better at them than I am!

My girls...

The kids love this old truck with produce by it, when we go to the grocery store...

Sydney's poor finger got run over with the shopping cart. She eventually lost the nail, but we won't show those pictures... gross!

I think I love them more when they are sleeping... haha!

Reading with Ruby on my lap... I love her tiny hand!

We went to the new Aquarium and had such a fun time. We especially loved the penguins, and climbing across the rope ladder.

Cooper loved this this turtle because they told him it was 4 years old! Just like him!

My favorite thing Cooper has said lately... "Daddy doesn't let me slide down the stairs, But I let me!"

Look what's on my counter!!! Matt's graduation in one month! Can't wait!

I can't believe how much Sydney has grown this year... She has become such a responsible and smart little girl. I love listening to her play the piano and read. It was a big day for her today because she gave a talk in Primary with no help! She helped write her own talk, and read it by herself in Primary. She was brave and articulate, and I couldn't be more proud. I love you Sydney!

I just can't help myself... I know I take a million pictures of her... it's like I'm trying to capture every moment, since time just goes by too quickly!

6 Months

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At 6 months Ruby loves to be talked to- loves to play with her toes- rolls from front to back, but shows to interest to roll to her tummy... instead she likes to do crunches and tries to sit up- she knows when mom leaves the room- loves to play with her binky- will not always take a bottle- and is one of the happiest babies I've ever met!

Valentine's Day

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This year we made homemade crayons for Valentine's Day. I thought it was such a great idea to use up all of our old, broken crayons, but it was a lot more work that I had anticipated. At least they turned out cute!

We had a lot of fun at our annual neighborhood Valentine's Day party!